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July
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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! |
July 4, 2004
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This week delegates and other interested persons from across Canada
will be gathering in Winkler to worship God, fellowship with one another,
and discern God’s will for Mennonite Church Canada. Pray for
safety in travel, and for wisdom, understanding and profound sensitivity
to the Holy Spirit throughout these days. |
MC Canada Financial Update: Thank-you to congregations for your
strong support this year. A number of congregations have raised
their support for this year. Year-to-date giving is about 10% ($87,000)
short of plan. Each gift is an important part of making possible
ministries like seminary teaching in South America, counseling for
AIDS victims in Africa, and support for rural pastors in China.
Thank-you!
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Children and community are two themes that emerge frequently
for the Mennonite Church in Bolivia with whom Mennonite Church Canada
Witness partners. Together, we teach Anabaptist perspectives; resource
pastors; work with children’s ministries and support PROJUSE,
a Bolivian voluntary service program.
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July 11, 2004 |
Assembly 2004 is now finished and those who gathered in Winkler
are on their way home. To learn what happened, check www.mennonitechurch.ca
and follow the links to the daily news sheet, or watch for the next
issue of Canadian Mennonite. Continue to pray for the church and
for the MC Canada staff as they implement the decisions that were
made. Pray for our people, our congregations and our area conferences
as we all continue the walk together toward faithfulness.
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MC Canada Financial Update: Thank-you to congregations for your
strong support this year. A number of congregations have raised their
support for this year. Year-to-date giving is about 10% ($87,000)
short of plan. Each gift is an important part of making possible ministries
like seminary teaching in South America, counseling for AIDS victims
in Africa, and support for rural pastors in China. Thank-you! |
Mennonite Church Canada Witness ministers among the Isaan people
in north-eastern Thailand through mission workers Pat & Rad
Houmphan. Your support of this ministry is critical in church planting,
ministering to young people, leadership training, English teaching
& Vacation Bible School programs for children.
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| July 18, 2004 |
The International Mission workers on North American Assignment
and new workers going to serve with Mennonite Church Canada Witness
and Mennonite Mission Network are gathering this week (July 17 -23)
in Syracuse, Indiana for their Missions Seminar. Please pray for
the participants and the staff who lead workshops, worship, and
orientation sessions and spend time with workers individually.
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MC Canada Financial Update: Thank-you to congregations for your
strong support this year. A number of congregations have raised their
support for this year. Year-to-date giving is about 10% ($87,000)
short of plan. Each gift is an important part of making possible ministries
like seminary teaching in South America, counseling for AIDS victims
in Africa, and support for rural pastors in China. Thank-you! |
The Multi-Cultural Newsletter is produced on a quarterly basis
by Samson Lo, Director for Multi-Cultural Ministries, Mennonite
Church Canada Witness. This form of networking and learning from
others who are struggling with common issues is sought after by
the leaders of the multi-cultural congregations. Thank you for your
support.
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| July 25, 2004 |
Please pray for congregations in Riverton, Pine Dock & Mattheson
Island, Manitoba who are hosting the bi-annual
Native Assembly this week, July 26 - 29. This is a gathering of
native congregations from across North America, with worship, music,
tours and workshops that resource church programs and strengthen leadership.
Your prayers for bridge building and strengthening the church are
appreciated. |
MC Canada Financial Update: Thank-you to congregations for your
strong support this year. A number of congregations have raised their
support for this year. Year-to-date giving is about 10% ($87,000)
short of plan. Each gift is an important part of making possible ministries
like seminary teaching in South America, counseling for AIDS victims
in Africa, and support for rural pastors in China. Thank-you! |
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August
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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! |
August 1, 2004 |
In mid-August, Neill & Edith von Gunten, long time Native Ministry
staff, will complete their term of service with Mennonite Church Canada.
They will now be accountable to the partnership circle developed between
northern Manitoba Native fellowships and several Mennonite Church
Manitoba congregations. Please pray that these groups will work well
together and provide leadership and guidance to the responsibilities
and service that Neill and Edith can give. |
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Ivan & Violetta Dyshenko, local pastors of the Evangelical
Mennonite Church in Zaporozhzhya, took over the work of Jake &
Dorothy Unrau just over one year ago. Mennonite Church Canada Witness
continues to support the church through a grant for their ministries. |
August 8, 2004 |
Pray for Arlyn Friesen Epp at the Mennonite Church Canada Resource
Centre, as he helps congregations discern which study and worship
materials best serve God’s ministry in their context.
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The London Mennonite Centre offers Anabaptist teaching resources,
including seminars and congregational speakers to the broader Christian
church in England, as well as mediation and conflict management
and a retreat centre for broader networking. With your support,
Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers, Vic & Kathy Thiessen,
provide leadership for the centre.
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| August 15, 2004 |
Rod & Kathi Suderman, Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers
with China Educational Exchange, are the resource people for the
China Mission Festival hosted by the Saskatchewan Valley Churches
this weekend. Please pray for a good connection & learning experience
between the congregations and the ministry in China, making the
lives and everyday struggles of the Chinese people real.
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Jake & Dorothy Unrau are providing pastoral leadership to the
congregation in Niedergoersdorf, Germany. This congregation also works
with a community run job creation program, and a number of social
service activities. Together with you, Mennonite Church Canada Witness
is able to assist this congregation in its community outreach. |
| August 22, 2004 |
Just over a year ago, at the Mennonite World Conference in Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe, women from Latin America learned about and met with the
Africa women theologians. Stemming from this meeting of minds, a women’s
theology group is developing in Central America. Pray with thanksgiving
for the inspiration and excitement found by these women and that they
may spread the joy and love for the gospel throughout the region. |
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Canadian Mennonite University students Jeremy Martens and Allison
Pauls leave shortly for South Korea, under the Mennonite Church
Canada Internship Program. They will assist the Korea Anabaptist
Center (KAC) in their new English Language teaching program. Mennonite
Church Canada Witness supports KAC in their ministries.
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| August 29, 2004 |
Publishing Sunday – Please pray for the ministry of Mennonite
Publishing Network and its Executive Director, Ron Rempel. Pray for
wisdom and enthusiasm for the task of providing published resources
that strengthen the vision and mission of the church. |
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Janet Plenert, executive director of International Ministries
with Mennonite Church Canada Witness, and her family will spend
the next 3 ½ months in Bogotá, Colombia, where Janet
will be continuing her responsibilities while getting to know the
Colombia Mennonite Church and the context in which they work. Mennonite
Church Canada Witness supports the church financially, assisting
with leadership training through the seminary, work with displaced
people, educational resources, bookstores, and evangelism.
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