Equipping No. 50 October 2004
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

Greetings! My name is Jennifer Rempel and I am taking over the coordination of Equipping Canada from Karen Peters (Karen has accepted another assignment in the MC Canada office). This month there are numerous items relating to different mission activities you support through MC Canada, an opportunity to go to Cuba and learn about what is happening there, an exciting Multicultural Newsletter from Samson Lo, and the Winter Faith and Life Resources Catalogue. I am also the person that will now attend to the reception desk, so if you have any questions or comments, please call me at:
1-866-888-6785 (888-6781 local)
email: jrempel@mennonitechurch.ca. Enjoy!

Thanks…

Can you help us ensure that these items reach the right people? Thanks! Jennifer Rempel – Equipping Coordinator.

Inside this issue of Equipping:

Mennonite Church Canada

• Prayer, notes and news – October 2004 (for your bulletin announcements and bulletin board)
  • PDF Version to download [41 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Web version of Prayer, Notes and News

General Secretary’s Office

• Letter from general secretary Dan Nighswander (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders,)
  • The financial situation to date in 2004 [42 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)
  • “End-runs” and empowering leadership [52 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Letter from Der Bote Administrative Assistant – Lois Bergen (For Office Administrators/Secretaries of Mennonite Church Canada congregations)
  • Every Home Plan (EHP) subscriptions for Der Bote for 2005 [81 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Resource Update (For librarians, educators, Sunday School Teachers, Pastors and Church Leaders)
  • No. 9 Highlighting Resources for Sunday school, Family Ministry & Worship [179 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Christian Witness

• Mennonite Church Canada Witness Report – Robert J. Suderman (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders.)
  • Two Worlds: Sometimes I feel schizophrenic [56 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Multi-cultural Ministry Newsletter (October 2004) (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders)
  • October 2004 [68 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Mission Action Profiles
  • Japan and Hongkong - combined on one page [37 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Japan - individual (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders.)
    • Sharing God’s love in Japan [30 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Hong Kong - individual (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders.)
    • Supporting Mennonite churches in the city of Hong Kong [30 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Cuba Learning Tour (For your bulletin board/newsletter and church leaders.)
• January 28 through February 4, 2005 Learning Tour [181 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• A Moment for Celebration (We invite you to share the story with your congregation)
  • Macau: “I have never preached in a church that had a waterfall” [92 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

Extending our faith…

• Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (For pastors and leaders)
  • Pastoring in a Culture of Affluence and Technology **[74 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Interterm January 3 – 21, 2 — 5 ** [220 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
• Faith & Life Resources (For leaders, educators, and Sunday School teachers)
  • With the Lesson: November/December 2004: “Jesus” Tough Calls [80 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Faith & Life Update [144 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Jubilee Update [93 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • MennoLens [72 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Faith & Life Winter Catalog ** [595 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]
  • Faith & Life Winter Order Form ** [60 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files]

(**Please note hard copies of these items will be included in the November/December hard copy issue.)

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