“Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
(Isaiah 55:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Voces Incluyente, Aguacalientes, Mexico

and

Rev. Wanda Floyd ministering with Love MCC, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 51-55
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2051-55&version=NRSVA

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

And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
(Job 19:26, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, USA

and

Thomas Domröse ministering with MCC Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Through the Bible in a year:
Job 19-20
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2019-20&version=NRSVA

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

So then, people ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.
(1 Corinthians 4:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Mountain Spirit Metropolitan Community Church, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

and

Keith Cornett ministering with Eternal Joy MCC, Dayton, Ohio, USA (Ordination Anniversary Mar. 4, 2017)

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Corinthians
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%203-4&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

\But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you.
Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay.
Your people will be my people and your God my God.
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried.
May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,
if anything but death separates you and me.”
(Ruth 1:16-17, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Our Tribe at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Scotland

and

Collis Laton ministering with Church of the Trinity MCC, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Ruth
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth%201-4&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
(Proverbs 3:3, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Cristo Sanador, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (Church Anniversary March 2, 1996)

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 36-39
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2036-39&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Parent and of the Child and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’
(Matthew 28:19-20, NRSVA)

Lent 2

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Buenos Aires Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Church Anniversary month of March, 1988)

and

The Rev. Dr. Brett DeGoldi ministering with MCC New York, New York, New York, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 26-28
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026-28&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

The earth belongs to our God, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
(Psalm 24:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Topeka, Topeka, Kansas, USA (Church Anniversary Feb. 28, 1981)

and

James Hartman ministering with MCC of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 24-26
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2024-26&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

“Even to your old age I will be the same,
And even to your graying years I will bear you!
I have done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.”
(Isaiah 46:4, LSB)

.Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

and

Rev. Kai Millar ministering with Northern Lights MCC, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 45-50
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2045-50&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

I have seen You in the sanctuary
and beheld Your power and Your glory.
(Psalm 63:2, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

St. John’s MCC, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (Chruch Anniversary Feb. 26, 1976)

and

Rev. Rhonda Thorne ministering with MCC of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, Virginia, USA (Ordination Anniversary, Feb. 26, 2022)

Through the Bible in a year:
Job 17-18
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2017-18&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong
(1 Corinthians 1:27, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Emerald City MCC Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USA

and

Rev. Marge Ragona ministering with MCC Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Corinthians 1-2
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%201-2&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada