I long to dwell in Your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings.
(Psalm 61:4, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Somos ICM en Cuba, Matanzas, Cuba
and
The Rev. Robert W. Lee ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Judges 17-21
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2017-21&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
You are like the light of morning at sunrise
on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain
that brings the grass from the earth.’
(2 Samuel 23:4, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
All God’s Children MCCt, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
and
Rev. Elder Aaron Miller ministering with MCC Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Pastoral Anniversary Feb. 23, 2013)
Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 32-36
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2032-36&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not
know on what day your Lord will come.
(Matthew 24:42)
Lent 1
Thank God for the ministries of:
Salz der Erde MCC Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
and
Rev. Daniel Borysewicz ministering with MCC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA IPastoral Installation today)
Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 23-25
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2023-25&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
You, O God, are my shepherd.
I will never be in need.
You let me rest in fields of green grass.
You lead me to streams of peaceful water,
and You refresh my life.
You are true to Your name,
and You lead me along the right paths.
(Psalm 23:1-3, CEV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
Pikes Peak MCC, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
and
Sarah-Jane Ramage ministering with MCC Brighton, Brighton, England, UK
Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 21-23
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2021-23&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people together will see it.
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
(Isaiah 40:4, 5, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (Church Anniversary Feb. 20, 1977)
and
Rev. Kelly Crenshaw ministering with New Light MCC, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 40-44
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040-44&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot were to say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear were to say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body’, that would not make it any less a part of the body.
(1 Corinthians 12:14-16, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
and
Rev. Mark Harris ministering with Vision of Hope MCC, Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Job 15-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2015-16&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson
I pray that God, who gives hope, will bless you with complete happiness and peace because of your faith. And may the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope
(Romans 15:13, CEV)
Ash Wednesday
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Sydney, Petersham, Australia
and
The Rev. Dr. Brett DeGoldi ministering with MCC New York, New York City, New York, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Romans 15-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2015-16&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
(Psalm 150:6, NRSVA)
Thank God for the ministries of:
MCC Toronto, Toronto, Canada
and
Rev. Ellen Tanoye ministering with Reflection MCC, Folsom, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Judges 12-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2012-16&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
(Genesis 28:15, NIV)
Thank God for the ministries of:
aChurch4Me MCC, Chicago, Illinois, USA
and
Bam Noriega ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 28-31
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2028-31&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada
It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Child of Humanity came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
(Matthew 20:26-28)
Transfiguration Sunday
Thank God for the ministries of:
SunCoast MCC, Venice, Florida, USA (Church Anniversary Feb. 15, 1995)
and
Rev. Bodhi Kahlil Der Parunakian ministering with Joy MCC, Orlando, Tennessee, USA
Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 20-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2020-22&version=NRSVA
Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada