He then began to teach them that the Son of Humanity must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
(Mark 8:31, NIV)

Lent 4

Thank God for the ministries of:

Holy Covenant MCC, Brookfield, Illinois, USA (Church Anniversary, Easter Sunday, 1975)

and

Rev. Kelly Durbin ministering with MCC Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Mark 7-8
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207-8&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

Your love, O God, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O God, you preserve both man and beast.
(Psalm 36:5-6, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Vision of Hope MCC, Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA (Church Anniversary, Mar. 29, 1980)

and

Rev. Grant Helbley ministering with MCC Portland, Portland, Oregon, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 36-38
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2036-38&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
(Jeremiah 1:5, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of Louisville, Louisvile, Kentucky, USA

and

Rev. Joe Livingston ministering with MCC Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Through the Bible in a year:
Jeremiah 1-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%201-6&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

There is one body and one Spirit–just as you were called to one hope when you were called– one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Parent of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
(Ephesians 4:4-6, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Open Table MCC, San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines

and

Reverend Rhonda Thorne ministering with MCC of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Job 25-26
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2025-26&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial.
“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive.
Nobody should seek his/her own good, but the good of others.
(1 Corinthians 10:23-24, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Imago Dei MCC, Aston, Pennsylvania, USA (Church Anniversary Mar. 25, 2000)

and

Reverend Patrick Landau ministering with Spirit of Hope MCC, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Corinthians 9-10
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%209-10&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

For the sake of God’s great name
the LORD will not reject God’s people,
because the LORD was pleased to make you God’s own.
(1 Samuel 12:22, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Church Anniversary Mar. 25, 1981)

and

Sarah-Jane Ramage ministering with MCC Brighton, Brighton, England, UK

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Samuel 11-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2011-15&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

“Because You love me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue You;
I will protect You, for You acknowledge my name.
You will call upon me, and I will answer You;
I will be with You in trouble,
I will deliver You and honor You.
With long life will I satisfy You
and show You my salvation.”
(Psalm 91:14-16, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

and

Rev. Daniel Borysewicz ministering with MCC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (Pastoral Anniversary Mar. 24, 2024)

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 48-50
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2048-50&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
(Mark 6:34, NIV)

Lent 3

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC North London, London, England, UK

and

Dr Denise Powell ministering with MCC Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Australia

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 33-35
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2033-35&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

I sought God, and God answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
(Psalm 34:4, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

St. John the Apostle MCC, Fort Myers, Florida, USA (Church Anniversary Mar. 22, 1988)

and

Rev. Ellen Tanoye ministering with Reflection MCC, Folsom, Calidornia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 33-35
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2033-35&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com

I will tell of the kindnesses of God,
the deeds for which God is to be praised,
according to all the God has done for us-
yes, the many good things God has done
for the house of Israel,
according to God’s compassion and many kindnesses.
(Isaiah 63:7, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA

and

Dr. Rev-Teresa-Tygart ministering with MCC Washington DC, Washington, DC, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 62-66
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2062-66&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
www.laylinkmcc.com