Jesus called them back. “Let these children alone. Don’t get between them and me. These children are the Commonwealth’s pride and joy.
(Luke 18:16, MSG)

Pentecost 7
Pride Sunday

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM San José, San José, Costa Rica

and

The Rev. Robert W. Lee ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Our God, we thank you
for being so near to us!
Everyone celebrates
your wonderful deeds.
(Psalm 75:1, CEV)

Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots (1969)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Vienna, Vienna, Austria

and

Reverend Brian Hutchison ministering with Emerald City MCC Seattle, Seattle, Oregon, USA (Pastoral Anniversary Jun 26, 2015)

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 75-77
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2075-77&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

The person who follows my decrees
and faithfully keeps my laws.
That person is righteous;
and will surely live,
declares the Sovereign God.
(Ezekiel 18:9, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Sola Caritas MCC, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

and

Rev. Marianne McPherson ministering with MCC UCC in the Valley, North Hollywood, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Ezekiel 13-18
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2013-18&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down their life for their friends.
(John 15:12-13, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Caminando Juntas, Juárez, Mexico

and

Rev. Kevin A. Konkle ministering with MCC of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight
(Philippians 1:9, NIV)

Anniversary of the Upstairs/Downstairs fire (Jun 24, 1973)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

and

Rev. Alan Dicken ministering with Joy MCC, Orlando, Florida, USA

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

My soul waits for God
more than night watch guard wait for the morning,
more than night watch guard wait for the morning.
(Psalm 130:6)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Puentes de Luz, Querétaro, Mexico

and

Rev. Annie Ross ministering with Imani MCC, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Kings 19-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019-22&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

My soul waits for God
more than night watch guard wait for the morning,
more than night watch guard wait for the morning.
(Psalm 130:6)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Puentes de Luz, Querétaro, Mexico

and

Rev. Annie Ross ministering with Imani MCC, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Kings 19-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019-22&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Don’t you not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until you find it? And when you find it, you joyfully puts it on your shoulders and goes home. Then you call you friends and neighbors together and say, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
(Luke 15:3-7, NIV)

Pentecost 5

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Rehoboth Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA

and

Rev. Melinda Ludy ministering with MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Luke 15-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2015-16&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Whom have I in heaven but You?
And earth has nothing I desire besides You.
(Psalm 73:25, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (Church Anniversary, Jun. 20, 1982)

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 72-74
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2072-74&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and God’s love is made complete in us.
(1 John 4:12, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

and

Rev. Bodhi Kahlil Der Parunakian ministering with MCC Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Ezekiel 7-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%207-12&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada