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June 19 Weekly Update
Gathering 2019 - In a week and a half, our nationwide MC Canada family will come together for Gathering 2019 in Abbotsford, B.C. Please pray for safe travels for the 290 people who have registered. Pray also for the Spirit to inspire us as we gather to hear each other's stories, share what the Spirit is doing in our lives and churches, and strengthen our connections with one another. And for our planners, as they wrap up final details and preparations. Stay tuned for stories and reports from your Regional Communicators and from the Canadian Mennonite. Please continue to pray for Reuben Tut, pastor of the Edmonton South Sudanese Mennonite Church. For the past two months Reuben has been in the University of Alberta Hospital due to complications arising from tuberculosis. Recently he was also diagnosed with pneumonia. Pray for his return to health, for his family, and for the church as they miss his leadership. Please keep MCA’s Vision: 20/20 process in your prayers. Pray for our relationship with God. Pray for our relationship with Each Other. Pray for our relationship with All the World. Last chance for 262 Bill C-262 - the Indigenous Rights Act - is in its third reading in the Senate and must get passed before Senate rises on June 28, or it will die on the order paper. Opposition leader Andrew Scheer has stated that the Conservatives will do all that they can to prevent its passage. Please pray for those who are afraid to honour the “minimum standards” necessary for Indigenous peoples dignity and survival, because of fears as to how it will impact Canada’s resource extraction economy. Pray for courage to do right and to trust God to provide “enough” for all. The Friedenhaus (“Peace House”) continues to promote a peaceful community within
We give thanks to God along with Meserete Kristos Church and College as 48 students celebrated their graduation last month on May 18. Since 1994, 1,865 trained ministers have graduated from Meserete Kristos College. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would empower these recent graduates for faithful service in Ethiopia and beyond. |
the multicultural city of Ludwigshafen, Germany, among immigrants, refugees, and Germans. This peace work is promoted through daily German language classes, weekly quilt-making, and homework help for school-aged children. Pray that all who participate in the activities and interact with the volunteers of the Anabaptist resources for Ethiopia
Ethiopians appreciate Anabaptist resources and training Palmer Becker has returned from his month-long short-term teaching assignment in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Palmer reports strong appreciation by students and leaders in Ethiopia for his booklet “What is an Anabaptist Christian?” and eagerness for “Anabaptist Essentials” to be translated into Amharic and Oromo. Leadership training was also warmly received in Tanzania, where, through two workshops, Palmer trained more than 120 church leaders from his teaching resource “Begin Anew.”
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Anabaptist-Mennonite resources are plentiful in North America, but in other parts of the Prayer for Pantoja family
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We pray for Dann and Joji Pantoja (Witness workers in the Philippines) and her siblings as they grieve the passing of Joji’s father, Armando Bautista Sr. May God continue to provide comfort and peace to the Pantoja and Bautista families as they share memories of their father and grandfather. Colombia Mennonite Church
 The National Assembly of the Mennonite Christian Church of Colombia (IMCOL) will be held this weekend, March 22 to 25. Pray for this assembly of our brothers and sisters in Colombia as they worship, pray and discuss their strategic plan for the next five years of ministry. |
New Believers on Thailand
New Believers in Thailand
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This past weekend, Tom and Christine Poovong (MC Canada Witness workers in Thailand) celebrated the baptisms of 20 people in Bueng Kan, where a new church began three years ago. Pray for these new followers of Jesus as they grow in grace and exercise their faith at home and throughout Thailand.International Witness Update and Prayer
International Witness Update and Prayer Thailand  Tom and Christine Poovong (MC Canada Witness workers in Khon Kaen, Thailand) recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. We give thanks and praise to God for their married life together and for all workers and their marriage relationships. Pray for all of our workers that God’s grace and perseverance would be evident in their marriages as they face unique challenges of living and ministering cross-culturally.
United Kingdom  An update from Mike and Cheryl Nimz, Anabaptist Network in the U.K. “It isn’t feasible for us to travel all over the UK to continue on with the connections we have made and so we have suggested and the Anabaptist steering group has agreed that having regional ‘ambassadors’ is the way to go. One ambassador will be Simon Ramacci. He is a
student from Essex and believes working for peace is at the core of the gospel.
He works part-time for St John Ambulance and he had such a problem wearing the
red poppy [Simon was being made to wear a red poppy] that he put forward his
case for the white poppy to his managers and they agreed that he could wear his
white poppy for peace. This is a huge
deal in the UK. Simon said finding Anabaptism has helped his faith grow.”
Prayer Venezuela 
Congo 
(*The above two items regarding Venezuela and Congo first appeared in Mennonite Mission Network’s December 2018 Prayer Vine.) |
Points of Prayer Nov 21, 2019
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MC Canada Congregations Called to Prayer
MC Canada Congregations Called to Prayer  MCA
is inviting all congregations to join in a nationwide call to prayer
for comfort and strength for our Jewish faith communities, particularly
those here in Canada and the USA. In the wake of the Pittsburgh massacre
of Jewish worshippers this week, all congregations in MC Canada are
being asked to pray this Sunday for Jewish faith communities that have
been impacted by this act of violence. This horrific act of anti-Semitism is one that we as a denomination strongly condemn. While anti-Semitism has been a an ugly part of the history of the Christian Church, we believe that our Christian faith and the words of Jesus compel us to love all persons regardless of race or creed and to denounce all forms of violence against each other. Please join our sisters and brothers across the country in lamenting all forms of violence against those who are different from us. Pray that those who grieve may be enfolded in God’s comforting embrace and that God’s healing power might restore shalom in communities whose peace has been shattered by violence. May our prayers stand in solidarity with all who call on God in this time of sorrow and grief. |
Points of Prayer October 10, 2018
   MC South Korea Annual Gathering: prayer for the upcoming Mennonite Church South Korea Annual gathering this weekend, Oct. 12 – 14.  Joanne and Werner DeJong: Remember Werner and Joanne DeJong in prayer in their continued interactions with students, mentoring and teaching at Meserete Kristos College. May the students be inspired by teaching on Anabaptism and encouraged by the DeJong’s commitment to demonstrating God’s love through relationship building.
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Points of Prayer - August 22, 2018
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