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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! |
October 3, 2004 |
This past summer, Glyn Jones, Mennonite Church Canada Witness worker
in Botswana, traveled to Zambia with a group of youth, to learn how
churches are responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Pray for the church
as they look at lifestyle choices, get handles on the present consequences,
and find ways to minister to the multiple needs of people with HIV/AIDS. |
Visit a World of Witness worker! Mennonite Church Canada invites
you to enter the World of Witness draw, BEFORE November 1, to win
a $2000 gift certificate towards an airline ticket to visit any
Mennonite Church Canada Witness ministry location. A local Witness
worker will host you for a day.
See http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/wow/contest.htm
(or your bulletin board) for details and check the 2004/05 World
of Witness Prayer Directory for ministry locations.
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The church in Cuba has requested assistance in training their
pastors. Jack Suderman and Janet Plenert just completed teaching
the first of six week-long courses of a Biblical Theological curriculum.
This course for pastoral training is supported by Mennonite Church
Canada Witness. Your support is crucial for the church leadership
in Cuba.
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October 10, 2004 |
Praise God with thanksgiving for the many opportunities we have
as a church to share the gospel, from across the street to around
the world. Together as congregations, area conferences and Mennonite
Church Canada, we have multiple opportunities to share of God’s
healing and hope in a world that desperately seeks peace and joy. |
Visit a World of Witness worker! Mennonite Church Canada invites
you to enter the World of Witness draw, BEFORE November 1, to win
a $2000 gift certificate towards an airline ticket to visit any
Mennonite Church Canada Witness ministry location. A local Witness
worker will host you for a day.
See http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/wow/contest.htm
(or your bulletin board) for details and check the 2004/05 World
of Witness Prayer Directory for ministry locations.
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This week Gordon Janzen, Partnership Facilitator for Asia&
Middle East with Mennonite Church Canada Witness, is traveling in
Asia for two weeks to visit mission workers in their context. Your
support for ministry in the different countries is crucial in spreading
God’s word, and in providing healing and hope around the world.
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| October 17, 2004 |
This coming week, Christian Witness Council and the Mennonite
Mission Network board are meeting to work at common issues as we
partner in mission in North America and around the world. May we
all be open to God’s vision of many people working together
to build God’s Kingdom, living faithfully to God’s calling.
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Your prayer is invited, as together we seek to meet the financial
faith commitment to the world of witness through Mennonite Church
Canada. As a church, at the end of August, we were $113,000 behind
our plan. Give thanks in what has been offered and be in prayer
for that which is needed.
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In Thailand, Pat and Rad Houmphan have planted churches and worked
hard at developing local leadership. This has proved to be very
beneficial for the local church during Pat & Rad’s year
long North American assignment. Your support is strengthening the
church both locally and internationally.
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| October 24 |
Pray for the writers and editors of the new Christian education
curriculum “Gather Round: hearing and sharing God’s
good news” as they prepare a valuable new resource for the
teaching ministry of the church, scheduled for completion in 2006.
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Your prayer is invited, as together we seek to meet the financial
faith commitment to the world of witness through Mennonite Church
Canada. As a church, at the end of August, we were $113,000 behind
our plan. Give thanks in what has been offered and be in prayer for
that which is needed. |
A number of Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers are involved
in the China Educational Exchange meetings that are taking place
in Bejing on October 24 & 25. By supporting these workers, we
are able to develop relationships, build a climate of understanding
for each other’s culture, have a Christian presence, and exchange
faith stories.
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| October 31, 2004 |
Mennonite Heritage Sunday Offer a prayer of thanks for the Spirit-led
leaders long ago who envisioned a renewed Anabaptist Christian faith,
and for present-day leaders who call the church to be vital and relevant. |
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Church leaders in Saskatchewan were invited to participate in
a workshop this weekend, ‘Being a Church that Makes a Difference
- Missional training for lay leaders’. Your support for Mennonite
Church Canada Congregational Partnerships assists in facilitating
regional workshops such as this. |
