Equipping No. 49 September 2004
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

The Annual Assembly, held in Winkler MB, was a huge success! We would like to extend a thank you to all of the churches in southern Manitoba for their hospitality and warmth. For this month we have an announcement regarding a job opportunity, Pastor Salary Guidelines, and the opportunity for you to win a trip from across the street to around the world! Enjoy!

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

Inside this issue of Equipping:

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer Notes and News - September 2004 (for your bulletin announcements and bulletin board)
  • September 2004 PDF Version [45 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Job Opening - Receptionist (for your bulletin announcements and bulletin board) [33 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)
  • The Reformed Church in Zurich [52 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)
  • The Delicate Miracle of Unity [50 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Update (for librarians, educators, Sunday School Teachers, Pastors and Church Leaders)
  • No. 8 Highlighting Resources for Sunday School, Prayer/Spirituality, & Worship... [116 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Pastor Salary Guidelines (For pastors, church leaders and your bulletin board/newsletter)
  • Background and Tips [46 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • 2005 Pastor’s Salary Guidelines [82 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Young Adult Fellowship (For youth and young adult leaders)
  • Community: Living the Tension [157 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Letter from executive secretary Justina Heese (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders,)
  • The Spiritual Health of our Churches. [51 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• North American Vietnamese Mennonite Fellowship - UPDATED (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders.)
  • Cry Aloud – Prayer and advocacy for our sisters and bothers in Vietnam [69 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• A Celebration Moment - Burkina Faso (A read out loud moment for your congregation, Mission Committee or for a church newsletter.)
  • Learning a language of Love – Burkina Faso [67 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Multi-cultural Ministry – Samson Lo (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders.)
  • September 2004 Newsletter [66 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• World of Witness (For everyone in the church from the small to the tall)
  • WOW! What a draw entry form (for your office to copy) [44 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • WOW! What a draw poster (to place on your bulletin board) [112 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • WOW! Prayer directory updates (to place in your book or on the bulletin board) [43 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Extending our faith . . .

• Mennonite Publishing Network (for leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers)
  • Bulletin Announcements [36 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Publishing Sunday – bulletin cover [85 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Faith and Life Resources (for leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers)
  • FLR – News Update [126 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Winter 2004-2005 catalog ** [595 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Winter 2004-2005 order form ** [60 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Adult Education, Leadership and Worship catalog or 2004/2005 ** [676 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

(**Please note that the catalog’s listed in Faith and Life will be available in hard copy in our October issue of Equipping.)

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