Equipping No. 43 February 2004
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

Winter greetings to you all. This issue of Equipping includes numerous pieces of helpful material for pastors and church leaders, education leaders, worship and music leaders, and office administrators. Can you help us get these items to the right person in your congregation?

Thanks for your help! Karen Peters – Equipping Coordinator – email: kpeters@mennonitechurch.ca

Inside this issue of Equipping:

General Secretary’s Office

• Letter from Dan Nighswander (for your bulletin board and church leaders) [53 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer Notes and News (for your church bulletin) [42 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Formation

• Denominational Minister’s Office
  • Pastoral Leadership – Letter from Sven Eriksson [48 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Formation Letter from Justina Heese [48 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Updates
  • No. 2, 2004 Highlighting resources for Christian Education and Worship [169 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• Mission Action Profiles (MAPs) (to photocopy for bulletin insert) [37 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Colombia, South America
  • South Korea
• Leadership in a Missional Church – 80 Hours of Hope (Invitation for church leadership) [46 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• News
  • Letter from Jack Suderman on latest Mennonite Voluntary Service and Service Adventure developments [46 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • A Moment for Celebration (a read-aloud moment — or for your bulletin board, newsletter) [48 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Extending our Faith…

• Faith and Life Resources
  • Resource listing [55 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • HUGE savings on Hymnal Subscription Service packets [37 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Worship Music Survey [37 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Leader promo [100 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Ministry and Church Supplies Order Form [46 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Jubilee Update [110 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Note about PDF documents:

Trouble cutting & pasting from Acrobat PDF files? The newest version of Adobe Reader lets you select the exact amount of text you want, even from documents that contain columns (older versions of Reader selected text line by line across all columns – a process that would jumble text and challenge even the most patient user). Download the latest FREE version of Adobe Reader with this link.

• To select text from a PDF document, choose the “I” beam Select Text tool from the Adobe Reader tool bar at the top of the screen, and highlight the text you want to copy from the document. Copy it. Then paste it into your bulletin or other document.
• To select images from a PDF document, choose the "Select Image" tool from the Adobe Reader tool bar at the top of the screen, and highlight the image you want to copy from the document. Copy it. Then paste it into your bulletin or other document.