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MCEC Weekly Bulletin
Your place for information from MCEC and Mennonite Church Canada

Mennonite Church Canada Nationwide Summer Worship Services
September 4, 2022
Bethany Mennonite Church, Vineland, ON  (MCEC) |  Livestream begins at 10:00am EDT

Title: “Workin’ for the man up top”
Scripture: Colossians 3:17, 23-24 
In Luke 10 Jesus tells his disciples that "the worker deserves their wages" implying that they should not shy away from being paid. Yet few of us work only for the money - that is too spiritually unsatisfying. The bible speaks to this as well: when we work we serve others - customers, co-workers, employers , our own families - and most of all we serve Christ.

Services and schedule available on MC Canada website.

MCEC in Prayer - Each week we list prayer items. You can find them hotlinked at the bottom of the weekly bulletin. This week we pray for:
  1. Our MCEC faith community
  2. Meserete Kristos Church as they have recently held their annual conference of regional church leaders. Werner and Joanne De Jong, International Witness Workers, as they assist with leadership development in MKC in Ethiopia
  3. Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park as they recover from a mild case of Covid-19.
  4. Mennonite churches in Burkina Faso as they transfer leadership to new leaders.
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MCEC Sept/Oct Events
MCEC Pastoral Conversations: Connected to God's Creation
Sep 13th, 2022, 2-3:30pm online
Cost $15

This conversation will explore ways that church grounds (and/or church members’ yards) can become sanctuaries for bees and other pollinators. As we begin to understand more about the importance of biodiversity, habitat loss, and our place in a ‘community of creation,’ planting gardens that support a variety of life is an act of reconciliation with creation. Hosted by Wendy Janzen, MCEC Eco-Minister with guest Carrie Dohe from Bees for Peace.

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Innovate: Networking Day
Sep 17th, 2022, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Floradale Mennonite Church
22 Florapine Road, Floradale, ON
Cost: $25

On September 17, we will demystify the prophetic and explore how it can impact many different areas of our lives and mission as God’s people. We will unpack a holistic, Jesus-shaped perspective on the prophetic. We will consider some key principles for developing an authentic and mature prophetic culture, as well as discovering how we can all learn to listen to God’s voice.

Shalom For All Creation - An Ecotheology Learning Retreat
Sep 21st, 2022, 1-4pm Online
Cost: $40

Join Wendy Janzen, MCEC Eco-Minister, for a half-day ecotheology learning retreat. This will be an online session interspersed with two blocks of outdoors reflection time in your location. Teaching blocks will introduce tools for reading the Bible with an ecological lens and reading the ‘Book of Creation’ as a revelation of God, with opportunity to put these into practice.

This retreat falls on the UN International Day of Peace and the Autumn Equinox and is a good way to celebrate either of them!

Ministering in a Liminal Space
Oct 18th, 2022, 7-9pm
50 Kent Avenue, Community Room, Kitchener, ON
Cost: $35

In this workshop, the participants will review tools developed with MCEC for congregational processes like “The Congregational Lifecycle,” “Informed Conversations,” and “Appreciative Inquiry.” We will ask practical questions around how, when and by whom these processes can best be used for congregational processes. In addition, the group will work at questions of planning and conducting a vision exercise with a congregation looking carefully at what discernment means for faith communities in this work.

Pastoral Conversations: Compassion Fatigue
Oct. 25th, 2022, 2:00-3:30 pm Online
Speaker: Wanda Wagler-Martin
Cost: $35

Compassion Fatigue - not a gift we are looking for!

Congregational Leaders and Pastors are invited to an experience of self-care in the midst of a demanding time. Join Wanda Wagler-Martin for a 90min zoom workshop to enter Advent healthy, in Body, Mind and Spirit.

Registration Will Open Next Week
Living Our Faith: Shaping Community Culture
Oct 25th, 2022, 10am-12pm

This event has been Cancelled.
Seeking Transformation: A Retreat for Christian Settlers
Date: Friday September 30 – Sunday, October 2, 2022.
Time: Friday 3:00 pm – Sunday 1:00 pm.
Facilitators – Derek Suderman and Tanya Dyck Steinmann
 
Explore the biblical and theological perspectives that undergirded the churches’ participation in colonization and Indian Residential Schools. Derek Suderman, biblical scholar and teacher at Grebel University College will propose alternative biblical/theological perspectives, envisioning an alternative path moving forward in relationship to Indigenous peoples, cultures, and spiritualities.

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WEEKLY NEWS HOTLINKS
More great information and regular updates.
Don't forget to scroll the web-page so you get all the news!!
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  • MCEC Cluster Congregations
  • Meserete Kristos Church, Werner and Joanne De Jong
  • Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park
  • Mennonite churches in Burkina Faso
Bulletin Announcement Cut and Paste
  • Shalom for All Creation - An MCEC Ecotheology Learning Retreat
  • Ministering in a Liminal Space.
Mennonite Church Canada Update
  • Nationwide Summer Services
  • Transmission Film Series
  • International Witness
    - Save the Date: International Witness Sunday October 16
    - MC Canada leaders meet at regional church gathering in Ethiopia
    - Witness workers recovering from Covid-19
    - Burkinabe pastor passes leadership of churches on to young pastors
     
  • CommonWord
    - Engage CommonWord in-person or online
    - Engage critical issues
    - International Peace Sunday - Sept. 21
    - World Communion Sunday - Oct. 2
    - Community Peacemaker Teams
Pastoral Transitions

Partner Events and Information
  • Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
    - Exploring Peace and Justice in the Bible
    - Employment Opportunity: Seeking a Doctor of Ministry Program Assistant
  • Canadian Mennonite University
    - It's not too late!
    - Fall at CMU
    - Xplore: At the Intersection of Faith and Life
    - Mennonite Village Photography
  • Conrad Grebel University College
    - TS Ministry Forum: Land Acknowledgements in Worship
  • Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp
    - Employment Opportunity: Housekeeper
  • MCEC Community of Faith
    - Listowel Mennonite Church invites you to Renske's World of Quilting - September 9, 9am - 8pm
  • Mennonite World Conference
    Employment Opportunity: Development and Regional Representatives Assistant
  • Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
    - Employment Opportunity: Custodian
  • UMEI Christian Highschool
    - Employment Opportunities
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