Equipping No. 48 July/August 2004
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

Assembly is just around the corner! Make sure you have registered your delegates and they have registered for the Assembly. We look forward in seeing you there. For this month we have some announcements about the Assembly but a highlight is the resources available under Formation and Witness. Enjoy!

Thanks for your help! Karen Peters – Equipping Coordinator – e-mail:

Inside this issue of Equipping:

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer Notes and News - July / August 2004 (for your bulletin announcements and bulletin board)
  • July 2004 PDF Version [41 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • August 2004 PDF Version [40 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

General Secretary’s Office

• Letter from the General Secretary - Dan Nighswander
  (for your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders)
  • Being a World of Witness [51 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Formation

• Letter from the Denominational Minister – Sven Eriksson
  (For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • Summer Reading [70 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Update (for librarians, educators, Sunday School Teachers, Pastors and Church Leaders)
  • No. 7 Highlighting Resources for Christian Education and Worship [136 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Discover! Resource Centre information sheet (for worship leaders, educators, teachers, pastors or for your bulletin board) [52 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Parish Paper (For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • May – Preventing and Curing Conflict Triangles - Hard copy only, see your church office
  • June – Fixing and Preventing Financial Shortfalls - Hard copy only, see your church office
• Christian Education and Nurture (for librarians, educators, Sunday School Teachers, Pastors and Church Leaders)
  • KidsPak Refreshed! [237 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files] - See KidsPak 2004 - 2005 on our website

Christian Witness

• Letter from executive secretary Robert J. Suderman (for your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders,)
  • Enough for all and leftovers [55 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• A Celebration Moment - Korea
  (A read out loud moment for your congregation, Mission Committee or for a church newsletter.)
  • Baseball brings people to church [76 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Mission Action Profiles (MAPs) (Bulletin insert, or to be shared with Mission Committee, Women’s Groups, or Sunday school leaders)
  • Mongolia & Native Ministry [36 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Mongolia [30 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Native Ministry [30 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Menno Project (Mennonites Encountering New Neighbours Overseas - For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • Menno Project – Colombia [216 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Extending our faith . . .

• Faith and Life Resources (for leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers) - Hard copy only, see your church office
  • Jubilee Update - Hard copy only, see your church office
  • FLR – News Update - Hard copy only, see your church office
  • Biblical Passages used in Mennonite Bulleting Series - Hard copy only, see your church office
  • Fall 2004 Catalog/Order form - Hard copy only, see your church office

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.