Equipping No. 127, June 2012
a resource packet for equipping Mennonite Church Canada pastors and leaders

	Leanne Plett Equipping Coordinator

Telling Our Story

In Willard’s letter for this Equipping issue, he asks “How do we learn to respectfully share our personal conversions and faith perspectives in a multi faith context?” Related to that question is another one: Are we as welcoming as we could be when meeting people who do not fit our cultural preconceptions? Mennonite Church Canada’s new video series, “Mennonites Everywhere” hopes to help congregations reach out to more people who do not share our dominant cultural history. If you haven’t already, please share with your congregation the first video in the series featuring NHL hockey player Nick Spaling (Nashville Predators). You can find it here: www.mennonitechurch.ca/spaling

The next video in the series will feature Zahara, a refugee from Southern Sudan who has made a Mennonite Church her home.

Thanks for helping to ensure this resource packet reaches the right people in your congregation. If there is something you’re looking for but can’t find, or need to talk to anyone about the resources in this Equipping, please don’t hesitate to email our office at office@mennonitechurch.ca or call 1-866-888-6785.

Leanne Plett – Equipping Coordinator

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Mennonite Church Canada

• Telling The Story - Willard Metzger (for pastors, leaders, bulletin boards, newsletters, youth, young adults)
• Prayer, Notes & News - June 2012 (for bulletin announcements, newsletters, worship planners, leaders)
  • PDF to download
  • Web page to view

Christian Witness

• Celebration Story - A Godchild’s Gift (for bulletin boards, worship planners, church newsletters, mission committees)

Christian Formation

• Resource Update 2012 No. 6 (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarians, bulletin boards)
• Pentecost and the Power to Change - Tim Froese (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarians, bulletin boards)
• Online Children’s Stories - based on lectionary readings (available online only) (for worship planners, teachers, pastors, education committees, librarians - see links at top of page)
• Special Sunday Worship Resources (for pastors, worship planners, teachers, education committees)
  • Mission Sunday, November 11, 2012

Extending our Faith

• Parish Paper (for leaders, educators, pastors)
  • June - Mission Possible: More Men in the Pews
• MennoMedia (for sunday school leaders, teachers, librarians)
  • MennoMedia Summer 2012 Order Form

Note about Resources

All new resources are continuously being added to the Resource Centre Catalogue, where you can use keyword searches to find the resource you need.

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