I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. My friends, I don’t feel that I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. I run toward the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize that God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done.
(Philippians 3:12-14, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

Rev. Barbara Haynes ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise builder who built their house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.”
(Matthew 7:24-25)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Reverend Scottie Shelton ministering with Exodus MCC, Abilene, Texas, USA (Ordination Anniversary Jul 1, 2015)

Through the Bible in a year:
2 Kings 1-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%201-5&version=NRSVA

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

I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
(Psalm 4:8, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Puentes de Luz, Querétaro, Mexico

and

ev. Georgia Thweatt-Johnson ministering with MCC Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Leviticus 10-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2010-12&version=NRSVA

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

“If your sibling sins, rebuke them, and if they repents, forgive them. If they sin against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive them.” The apostles said to Jesus, “Increase our faith!”
(Luke 17:3-5, NIV)

Pentecost 4
PrideTide 5

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

and

Rev Geoff Ivers ministering with MCC Sydney, Petersham, Australia

Through the Bible in a year:
Luke 17-18
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2017-18&version=NRSVA

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

I will consider all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.
(Psalm 77:12, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 75-77
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2075-77&version=NRSVA

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

The person who follows my decrees
and faithfully keeps my laws.
That person is righteous;
and will surely live,
declares the Sovereign God.
(Ezekiel 18:9, NIV)

Annversary of the Stonewall Riots

Thank God for the ministries of:

Heartland MCC, Springfield, Illinois, USA

and

Reverend Brian Hutchison ministering with Emerald City MCC Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USA (Pastoral Anniversary June 26, 2015)

Through the Bible in a year:
Ezekiel 13-18
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2013-18&version=NRSVA

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

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
The Lord said, “Go and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
(Isaiah 6:8-9, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

and

Gregory Rugay ministering with Northern Sanctuary MCC, Baguio City, Philippines

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

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

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
(Philippians 1:21, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Sarandí, Sarandí, Brazil

and

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

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

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

Our God is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
(Psalm 34:18, NIV)

Anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge arson attack in which 32 people died including Reverend Bill Larson pastor of MCC New Orleans

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Rehoboth Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Kings 19-22
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019-22&version=NRSVA

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

Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You trust in God; trust also in me.
In my Parents’s house are many rooms;
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I am going there to prepare a place for you.
(John 14:1-2, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Misión Dios de Amor ICM, Rio Bravo, Mexico

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Leviticus 7-9
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%207-9&version=NRSVA

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