Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
(John 4:35, NRSVA)

Feast of the Epiphnay

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Portland, Portland, Oregon, USA (church Anniversary Jan/ 6, 1978)

and

Rev. Rich Hendricks member of the Council of Elders

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 4-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204-7&version=NRSVA

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

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
(1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV)

Twelventh day of Christmas

Thank God for the ministries of:

New MCC Spiritual Community in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

and

Velma Garciaa member of the Council of Elders

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 4-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204-7&version=NRSVA

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

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘People do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
(Matthew 4:4, NIV)

Eleventh day of Christmas

Thank God for the ministries of:

Church of the Trinity MCC, Sarasota, Florida, USA (Church Anniversary month of January, 1982)

and

Rev. Nokuthula Dhladhla member of the Council of Elders

Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 3-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203-4&version=NRSVA

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

I will proclaim the decree of the Sovereign:
He said to me, “You are my Child;
today I have begotten you. Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
(Psalm 2:7-8, EHV)

Tenth day of Christmas

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

Rev. Mark Byrd member of the Council of Elders

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

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

Learn to do right!
Seek justice,
Defend the oppressed, (or rebuke the oppressor).
Defend the cause of the orphan,
Plead the case of the widow.
(Isaiah 1:17, NIV)

Nineth day of Christmas

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Hattie Alexander-Key member of the Council of Elders

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

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

Happy New Year. May the new year be filled with hope and good surprises.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

Happy New Year
Eighth day of Christmas
Last day of Kwanzaa
Feast of the Solemnity of Mary

Thank God for the ministries of:

Our Tribe at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

and

Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston, Moderator, UFMCC

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

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

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world.
(Romans 1:8, NRSVA)

Seenth day of Christmas
New Years Eve

Thank God for the ministries of:

New Life MCC (Gastonia), Charlotte, North Carolinam, USA (Church Anniversary Dec. 31, 1983)

and

Rev. Joseph San Jose member of the Governing Board

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

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

From the fullness of Christ’s grace we have all received one blessing after another.
(John 1:16, NRSVA)

Sixth day of Christmas

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Puentes de Luz, Querétaro, Mexico

and

Dr. Leo Rossetti member of the Governing Board

Through the Bible in a year:
Joshua 1-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%201-5&version=NRSVA

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

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1, NRSVA)

Fifth day of Christmas

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

and

Rev. Beulah Durrheim member of the Governing Board

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 1-3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201-3&version=NRSVA

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

The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.
(Isaiah 9:2, NIV)

Sunday of Christmas
Fourth day of Christmas
Third day of Kwanzaa

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Rehoboth Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA

and

Chad Hobbs member of the Governing Board

Through the Bible in a year: (a new Through the Bible in a year starts today)
Matthew 1-2
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201-2&version=NRSVA

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