Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Etermal our Maker;
for You are our God
and we are the people of Your pasture,
the flock under Your care.
(Psalm 95:6-7, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Church Anniversary Jan. 27, 1974)

and

Rev. Ellen Tanoye ministering with Reflection MCC, Folsom, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 16-19
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2016-19&version=NRSVA

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

Jesus told them another parable: “The commonwealth of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.”
Jesus told them still another parable: “The commonwealth of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.”
(Matthew 13:31, NIV)

3rd Sunday after Epiphany

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Pittsburgh, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA (Church Anniversary Jan. 26, 1975)

and

Leanna Hamilton ministering with Valley Ministries MCC, Stockton, California, USA

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

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

You hear, O Eternal One, the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
defending the orphan and the oppressed,
in order that we, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
(Psalm 10:17-18, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

A Church for All MCC, Sacramento, Carlifornia, USA (Church Anniversary Jan. 25, 2009)

and

The Rev. Dr. Brett DeGoldi ministering with MCC New York, New York, New York, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 9-11
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%209-11&version=NRSVA

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

Our God, you bless those who join in the festival
and walk in the brightness of your presence.
(Psalm 89:15, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

King of Peace MCC, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (Church Anniversary Jan. 26, 1975)

and

Rev. Wanda Floyd ministering with Love MCC, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 18-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2018-22&version=NRSVA

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

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
(1 Thessalonians 3:12, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

and

Rev. Mona Lopez ministering with Resurrection MCC, Houston, Texas, USA

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

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

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us
(Romans 8:18, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Caminando Juntas, Juárez, Mexico

and

Stacey Ingrassia ministering with MCC East London, London, England, UK

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

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

See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
(Jeremiah 31:8, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

and

Rev. Deana Dudley ministering with MCC Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Pastoral Anniversary Jan. 21, 2024)

Through the Bible in a year:
Joshua 16-20
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2016-20&version=NRSVA

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

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. … When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
(Martin Luther King)

Martin Luther King Day Observed (USA)Thank God for the ministries of:

Trinity MCC (Grand Prairie), Grand Prairie, Texas, USA (Church Anniversary near Jan. 19, 2014)

and

Rev. Andrew Holmes ministering with Spirit of Change MCC, Toronto, Canada

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 12-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2012-15&version=NRSVA

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

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Person in charge of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into the harvest field.”
(Matthew 9:37-38, NIV)

Second Sunday after Ephiphany

Thank God for the ministries of:

Wichita Falls MCC, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (Church Anniversary Jan. 19, 1987)

and

Rev. Sharon Henry ministering with Church of Our Savior MCC, Boynton Beach, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 8-10
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208-10&version=NRSVA

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

I will give thanks to the Lord because of Your righteousness
and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
(Psalm 7:17, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Sola Caritas MCC, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

and

Rev. Sharon Henry ministering with Reflection MCC, Folsom, Carolina, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 6-8
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%206-8&version=NRSVA

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