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Please insert these prayer requests and
notes into your bulletin. You can copy and paste from this page!
September
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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! |
September 5, 2004
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This summer, long-time mission workers Otis & Betty Hochstetler
(Brazil) and Chris & Lois Luez (China, Taiwan & Vietnam) are
retiring. They have served with Mennonite Central Committee, Commission
on Overseas Mission and Mennonite Church Canada Witness. Praise God
with thanksgiving for these dedicated mission partnership workers
and for their many years of service, sharing God’s love and
concern for others. |
Canadian Mennonite is seeking a full-time Managing
Editor (beginning Jan. 1, 2005). This position includes editing
and overseeing production of each issue. Please send a resume and
two news-writing samples by Oct. 22 to Canadian Mennonite, 490 Dutton
Dr., Unit C5, Waterloo, ON N2L 6H7. For more info, call (519) 884-3810,
ext. 223.
MCEC only: Mennonite Church Canada Witness invites
you to a Colombia Dessert Evening, Sept. 26th, 7:30 PM at Stirling
Mennonite. This fund-raising event, co-hosted by Stirling &
First Mennonite Churches of Kitchener, features Rudy and Helen Baergen
(Colombia Witness workers) & Latin music with Bryan Moyer Suderman.
Hear the stories, feel the beat and participate in God’s love
for Colombia!
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Glyn & Susan Alison Jones, Mennonite Church Canada Witness
workers in Botswana continue to find ways to nurture
and resource African Initiated Church leaders who are dedicated
to Bible teaching. Your support for their ministry extends the opportunities
for church growth.
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September 12, 2004 |
Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers Jason & Donna Martins
from Drayton, ON are church planting in Italy. Please pray for them
as a family and for the communities they are reaching with the gospel.
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Canadian Mennonite is seeking a full-time Managing
Editor (beginning Jan. 1, 2005). This position includes editing
and overseeing production of each issue. Please send a resume and
two news-writing samples by Oct. 22 to Canadian Mennonite, 490 Dutton
Dr., Unit C5, Waterloo, ON N2L 6H7. For more info, call (519) 884-3810,
ext. 223.
MCEC only: Mennonite Church Canada Witness invites
you to a Colombia Dessert Evening, Sept. 26th, 7:30 PM at Stirling
Mennonite. This fund-raising event, co-hosted by Stirling &
First Mennonite Churches of Kitchener, features Rudy and Helen Baergen
(Colombia Witness workers) & Latin music with Bryan Moyer Suderman.
Hear the stories, feel the beat and participate in God’s love
for Colombia!
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Early this summer, Glenn E. Witmer, Mennonite Church Canada Witness
worker in Israel, led a two week study tour of
the Holy Land. Both Israelis and Palestinians asked participants
to tell their stories to others. Your support helps others to understand
what is happening in this region and how God is working with those
opposed to violence.
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| September 19, 2004 |
This weekend Mennonite Church Canada is celebrating the many
years of service that Neill & Edith von Gunten have given through
Native Ministries. They will continue providing pastoral leadership
in northern Manitoba through the support of a partnership circle.
Praise God for congregations who are walking with native fellowships
and pray for a strengthening of relationships with our aboriginal
brothers and sisters.
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Canadian Mennonite is seeking a full-time Managing
Editor (beginning Jan. 1, 2005). This position includes editing
and overseeing production of each issue. Please send a resume and
two news-writing samples by Oct. 22 to Canadian Mennonite, 490 Dutton
Dr., Unit C5, Waterloo, ON N2L 6H7. For more info, call (519) 884-3810,
ext. 223.
MCEC only: Mennonite Church Canada Witness invites
you to a Colombia Dessert Evening, Sept. 26th, 7:30 PM at Stirling
Mennonite. This fund-raising event, co-hosted by Stirling &
First Mennonite Churches of Kitchener, features Rudy and Helen Baergen
(Colombia Witness workers) & Latin music with Bryan Moyer Suderman.
Hear the stories, feel the beat and participate in God’s love
for Colombia!
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In Mongolia, Mennonite Church Canada Witness
works through the Joint Christian Services International program
which oversees work in education, agriculture, business and health.
Your support helps Vicky Ramsay develop children’s Sunday
School material for JCS.
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| September 26, 2004 |
Congregational Life Sunday. Pray that all the programs of your congregation
will prepare members to do God’s work. Thank God for your congregation’s
gifts and opportunities for ministry. |
Canadian Mennonite is seeking a full-time Managing
Editor (beginning Jan. 1, 2005). This position includes editing
and overseeing production of each issue. Please send a resume and
two news-writing samples by Oct. 22 to Canadian Mennonite, 490 Dutton
Dr., Unit C5, Waterloo, ON N2L 6H7. For more info, call (519) 884-3810,
ext. 223.
MCEC only: Mennonite Church Canada Witness invites
you to a Colombia Dessert Evening, Sept. 26th, 7:30 PM at Stirling
Mennonite. This fund-raising event, co-hosted by Stirling &
First Mennonite Churches of Kitchener, features Rudy and Helen Baergen
(Colombia Witness workers) & Latin music with Bryan Moyer Suderman.
Hear the stories, feel the beat and participate in God’s love
for Colombia!
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Mennonite Church Canada Witness is supporting the Colombia
Mennonite Church and the Seminary through
a grant and is periodically sending teachers for various short courses.
Together, we work with the church in leadership development.
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