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Prayer Requests:
Consider praying for the work of the Church! |
Announcements:
Stay in tune with the wider church |
Witness Notes:
This is how your financial support of Mennonite
Church Canada WITNESS is ministering...from across the street to
around the world! |
May 2, 2004
Stewardship Sunday |
Today, May 2nd, is "Benin Bible School day" where all
the churches in Benin are being asked to take a collection to support
the work of BBI. Pray for the students and the supporting congregations
as well as Nancy Frey, (mission worker) who meets weekly with staff
for decision making in the day to day running of the school. |
Please place the following announcement in your bulletins for the
next three Sundays, if possible. Mennonite Church Canada is accepting
applicants for the position of Director of Finance. Please visit
mennonitechurch.ca/getinvolved/jobs/
or call 1-866- 888-6785 for more details. Application processing will
begin on May 17. |
The Mennonite Seminary in Bogotá, Colombia is able to
offer 16 courses. Your gifts of stewardship for Mennonite Church
Canada Witness help provide a grant to the Seminary.
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May 9, 2004
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"O Loving Lord, who has created us for loving relationships,
our families are dear to your heart. We lift them before you, and
commit to you our hopes and our fears for mothers and fathers, sons
and daughters, grandchildren and grandparents, and all family members.
We also pray for all who give their best energies for the nurturing
of healthy family relationships and the healing of family brokenness-
teachers, counselors, and pastors. May our families be centers for
both healing and hope."
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Registration information for Winkler 2004 (MC Canada assembly) should
have arrived at your church. Consider being a delegate! Early bird
registrations are due May 31. Visit
mennonitechurch.ca/events/winkler/
for details. |
The church in Cuba is growing as more and more families are drawn
to the church. They express a great need for more church leaders
and are eager to prepare more qualified leaders. Mennonite Church
Canada Witness has been asked to assist with leadership training,
through short courses two times a year for three years. Your assistance
helps make this a reality.
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| May 16, 2004 |
On May 17 Native Educational Facilitator Donovan Jacobs will
be meeting with members of the Elim Cross Lake Church to discuss
future plans for development of the local church. Please pray for
clarity and understanding as this will be the first opportunity
for most of the congregational members to have been involved in
this type of process.
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Pick up a Winkler 2004 bookmark as a reminder to pray for your delegates
to Winkler 2004. Visit
mennonitechurch.ca/events/winkler/
for details. |
In April, Eric Olfert & Jack Suderman led church leaders in
Saskatchewan in Missional Church understandings and how these impact
churches and their programming. Your gifts assist Mennonite Church
Canada Witness in resourcing congregations. |
| May 23, 2004 |
This week, Werner & Adelia Wiens, Mission Associates in Nairobi,
Kenya complete their school year and will be returning to Canada for
a two month home leave. Your prayers for a joy filled time of reconnecting
with family and friends and a readiness to return for another 3 year
term are appreciated. |
“Enough for all” (from John 6:1-14) is the theme of
this year’s MC Canada Assembly in Winkler 2004. Plan to attend.
Early bird registrations are due May 31. Visit
mennonitechurch.ca/events/winkler/
for details. |
Rod Suderman, Mennonite Church Canada Witness worker in China,
visited the Daming Church that is in the process of building a new
Bible Training Center and Church. Your gifts help support their
faith and desire to train new leaders, which in turn helps God’s
church to continue to grow.
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| May 30, 2004 |
"Come, Holy Spirit, revive our hearts to serve and worship
in joyful release;
Open our eyes to perceive that you are uniting the separated and
distant;
Excite our imaginations to the power of your Pentecost in our midst!"
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“Enough for all” (from John 6:1-14) is the theme of
this year’s MC Canada Assembly in Winkler 2004. Plan to attend.
It’s not too late to register! Visit
mennonitechurch.ca/events/winkler/
for details. |
Vic & Kathy Thiessen, Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers,
provide leadership to the London Mennonite Centre which is a resource
and teaching centre rooted in the Anabaptist tradition, cultivating
discipleship as a way of life. Your gifts support this resource
to a wide range of British churches.
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