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This is a collection of resources designed
to educate and equip our congregations. Listed below are the present contents
of the Missional Travel Bag, all of which are also available by calling
our Resource Centre
toll-free at 1-866-888-67854 or by e-mail: resources@mennonitechurch.ca.
Children’s songs and activities
Check out the 2002 release “God’s
Love is for everybody: songs for small and tall”, packed with
17 pieces of music for the missional church for kids of all ages, AND
the 2003 release of the accompanying Song and Activity Guide for that
CD. The guide has been prepared for use in your home, for intergenerational
worship, interactive Bible study, church retreats, Sunday school, clubs,
camp, in the car, or any other place you’d like to respond creatively
to these great songs.
Resources
- Indicators of a Missional Church
- A surprise “story book” about God’s surprising way
of making things grow. The Growing Seed, by Elsie Rempel, retells Jesus’
parable of the farmer who plants and sleeps (Mark 4: 26 – 29)
with pictures and text on cloth to help the story unfold mysteriously
in the hands of the storyteller. Childrens Story: The
Growing Seeds
- What happens when a church grows
up?" A skit for two voices from the congregational partnerships
office.
- What is God doing?
Reflections on God's role in the post-Sept. 11 world.
- What's new about the missional church anyway?
Response by Dan Nighswander, general secretary.
- Discover Anew: What God calls us to do!
A Six-session Study Series for the Missional Church
- Navigating the Missional Church: Understanding
the Journey...
This short paper was prepared by Jack Suderman, Executive Secretary,
Christian Witness.
- God’s Love is For Everybody: Songs for small
and tall: New children’s songs for the missional church.
This packet introduces six new songs written by Bryan Moyer Suderman.
Includes words and music, ideas for use with children and C.D.
- Missional Alert: Aligning ourselves with
God’s Intentions
This is a reprint of an article from the Canadian Mennonite.
- Mission then and now: responses from
the pew
This is a reprint of an article from the Canadian Mennonite.
- Streams of Living Water: Deeper Life
Series
This worship and preaching series was designed by Ray Friesen, pastor
of the Zion Mennonite Church in Swift Current. The series is based on
Richard Fosters book, Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the great
Traditions of Christian Faith (Harper, San Francisco, 1998). Material
includes six service outlines, ideas for visuals, and bulletin covers.
- Thy
Kingdom Come: Prayers and songs for the missional church [426
kb PDF file]
This 16-page booklet includes examples of prayers and songs that illustrate
how our missional understandings can be present within our worship.
- MC USA's Mennonite Mission Network also offers a collection
of missional resources
Discover Anew: What God calls us to do!
A Six-session Study Series for the Missional Church
...follow Jesus down the Emmaus Road, across the street and around the
world.
The content and focus of this series leads participants toward understanding
God’s purposes for the church ... The detailed suggestions of classroom
and small group process make this material come alive... And when you’re
done, you will have a "missional" roadmap you can use to periodically
check whether you are still on route.
-Robert J. Suderman
To order copies ($3) of Discover Anew: What God calls us to do!
contact the Resource Centre. 1-866-888-6785 (toll-free) or e-mail
resources@mennonitechurch.ca.
Available free electronically in Adobe Acrobat PDF format to member congregations
of Mennonite Church Canada.
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