Season of gratitude: Let us be grateful for Those who have left their mark on our lives

I call on the Lord in my distress,
and the Lord answers me.
Save me, O Lord, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
(Psalm 120:1-2, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Inclusive Community Church, Bournemouth, England, UK (Church Anniversary, near Oct. 18, 2009)

and

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

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

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

Season of gratitude: Let us be grateful for Technologies that allow us to communicate all around the world

You, O God, are good,
a refuge in times of trouble.
You care for those who trust in You,
(Nahum 1:7, NIV, inclusified)

Thank God for the ministries of:

AGAPE’ MCC, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

and

Rev. Mark Harris ministering with Vision of Hope MCC, Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA

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

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

Season of gratitude: Let us be grateful for our pets

Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
(Proverbs 31:9, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

and

Dr. Carla Sherrell ministering with MCC Washington DC, Washington DC, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Proverbs 31
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2031&version=NRSVA

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

Season of gratitude: Let us be grateful for Farmers

Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
(Hebrews 13:1-2, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Valley Ministries MCC, Stockton, California, USA

and

Rev Gail Minnick ministering with MCC Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Hebrews 11-13
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2011-13&version=NRSVA

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

Season of gratitude: Let us be grateful for another day of LIFE

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
(1 Corinthians 12:12-13, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Voces Inlcuyentes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

and

Rev. Bill Young ministering with upRising, Austin, Texas, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
2 Chronicles 21-24
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%2021-24&version=NRSVA

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

Season of gratitude: Let us be grateful for Our Great God

Your love is a treasure,
and everyone finds shelter
in the shadow of your wings.
(Psalm 36:7, CEV)

Thanksgiving Day (Canada)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

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

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

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

Anniversary of Matthew Sheperd’s death

Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart!
(Psalm 32:11, NIV)

Pentecost 19
Thanksgiving Sunday (Canada)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

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

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

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

Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light for my path.
(Psalm 119:105, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Mountain Spirit MCC, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 119
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119&version=NRSVA

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

Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
(Micah 7:18, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA (Church Anniversary, near Oct. 5, 1980)

and

Paul Anway ministering with MCC Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Nex Mexico, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Micah 1-7
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%201-7&version=NRSVA

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

The righteous care about justice for the poor,
but the wicked have no such concern.
(Proverbs 29:7, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Redwood Empire, Guerneville, California, USA (Church Anniversary, near Oct. 9, 1982)

and

Rev Geoff Ivers ministering with MCC Sydney, Petersham, Australia

Through the Bible in a year:
Proverbs 29-30
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2029-30&version=NRSVA

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