I will give thanks to You
for You answered me and
have become my salvation.
(Psalm 118:21, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
ICM Cabedelo, Cabedelo, Brazil
and
Renee McCall ministering with Liberating Spirit MCC, Boise, Ideaho, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 24-27
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2024-27&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Then Jesus said: I promise you this. If you don’t change and become like a child, you will never get into the commonwealth of heaven.
(Matthew 18:3)
5th Sunday after Epiphany
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Brighton, Brighton, England, UK
and
Rev. John Leite ministering with ICM Teresina, Teresina, Brazil
Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 17-19
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2017-19&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
God, who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill?
The person whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart
(Psalm 15:1-2, WEB)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Mountain Spirit Metropolitan Community Church, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
and
Rev. Sheena Metal ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 15-17
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2015-17&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
But God still waits for you to come to God
so God can show you love and compassion.
For God is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for God to help them.
(Isaiah 30:18, NLT)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
and
Rev. Angie Scottkees ministering with MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 29-33
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2029-33&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
“Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher than the heavens-what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths of the grave -what can you know?
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
(Job 11:7-9, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Voces Incluyente, Aguacalientes, Mexico
and
Rev. Dawn Flynn ministering with New Life MCC (Gastonia), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of Feb., 2014)
Through the Bible in a year:
Job 11-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2011-12&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Therefore, I urge you, sisters and brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–God’s good, pleasing and perfect will
(Romans 12:1-2, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
New MCC Spiritual Community in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
and
Rev. Dr. Lori E. Hatch-Rivera ministering with MCC of the Spirit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of Feb., 2011)
Through the Bible in a year:
Judges 1-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%201-6&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
yet I will look again toward your holy temple.
(Jonah 2:4, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
New Light MCC, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA (Church Anniversary near Feb. 3, 1996)
and
Reverend Sandra Emery ministering with Open Circle MCC, Bellview, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Judges 1-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%201-6&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Praise the Eternal.
Blessed is the person who fears the Etermal,
who finds great delight in God’s commands.
(Psalm 112:1, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
and
Rev. Vance Haywood ministering with St. John’s MCC, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (Pastoral Anniversay Month of February, 2018)
Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 20-23
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2020-23&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, they must deny themself and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeits their soul? Or what can a person give in exchange for their soul?
(Matthew 16:24-26, ESV)
4th Sunday after Epiphany
Thank God for the ministries of:
Our Tribe at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
and
Mary Bohacek ministering with Shenandoah Valley MCC, Winchester, Virginia, USA (Pastoral Anniversay Feb. 1, 2015)
Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 14-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2014-16&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
O God, you will keep us safe
and protect us from evil people forever.
(Psalm 12:7, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Spirit of Change MCC, Baguio City, Toronto, Canada
and
Rev. Steve Swafford ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 12-14
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2012-14&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada