Let us be grateful for our Pastors and Pastoral Leaders

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift they have received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
(1 Peter 4:8-10, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC UCC in the Valley, North Hollywood, California, USA (Church Anniversary near Nov. 12, 1972)

and

Rev. Terri Steed Pierce ministering with Joy MCC, Orlando, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Peter 4-5
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%204-5&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for our Veterans

Therefore I will praise you, O God, among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.
(2 Samuel 22:50, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Guadalajara, Zapopan, Mexico

and

Bishop Pat Bumgardner ministering with MCC New York, New York City, New York, USA (Ordination Anniversary near Nov. 11, 1986)

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

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

Let us be grateful for Police, Firefighters and EMS workers

I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
(Psalm 57:9-11, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Good Hope MCC, Waterfront, South Africa

and

Rev. Alisan Rowland ministering with MCC San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Deuteronomy 13-15
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2013-15&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for Jesus, God incarnate

This is the brand-new covenant that I will make with Israel when the time comes. I will put my law within them–write it on their hearts!-and be their God. And they will be my people. They will no longer go around setting up schools to teach each other about GOD. They’ll know me firsthand, the dull and the bright, the smart and the slow. I’ll wipe the slate clean for each of them. I’ll forget they ever sinned!” GOD’s Decree.
(Jeremiah 31:33-34, MSG)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

Rev. Charley Garriso ministering with Central Texas MCC, Waco, Texas, USA (Pastoral Anniversary, month of Nov., 2000)

Through the Bible in a year:
Acts 15-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2015-16&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for Artists

From the depths of despair, O G-d,
I call for your help.
(Psalm 130:1, NLT)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA

and

Rev. Andrew Holmes ministering with Spirit of Change MCC, Toronto, Canada (Ordination Anniversary, month of Nov., 2018)

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 128-130
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20128-130&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for Our Homes

‘As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt,
My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!’
(Haggai 2:5, NASB)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Voces Inlcuyentes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

and

Rev. Kelly Durbin ministering with MCC Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USA

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

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

Let us be grateful for the Atom

When you tell God you’ll do something, do it–now.
God takes no pleasure in foolish gabble. Vow it, then do it.
Far better not to vow in the first place than to vow and not pay up.
(Ecclesiastes 5:4-5, MSG)

Thank God for the ministries of:

CRAVE MCC, Paddington, Australia (Church Anniversary near Nov. 6 2008)

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Ecclesiastes 5-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%205-6&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for Poets and poetry

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises the One who called you out of darkness into God’s wonderful light.
(1 Peter 2:9, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Dr Denise Powell ministering with MCC Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Australia (Pastoral Anniversary month of Nov., 2022)

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Peter 1-3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%201-3&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for Elections

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God was appealing through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
(2 Corinthians 5:20, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Spirit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Church Anniversary, month of November, 1980)

and

Rev. Sheena Metal ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
2 Chronicles 33-36
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%2033-36&version=NRSVA

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

Let us be grateful for the Bible

And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all God’s ways, to love God, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe God’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
(Deuteronomy 10:12-13, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Mountain Spirit MCC, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

and

The Rt. Rev. Robert Griffin ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (Pastoral Anniversary November 3, 2007)

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

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