Jesus said, “I promise you that you cannot get into God’s dominion, unless you accept it the way a child does.” Then Jesus took the children in his arms and blessed them by placing his hands on them.
(Mark 10:15-16, CEV)

Lent 5

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Rev. Kurt Krieger ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Mark 9-10
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%209-10&version=NRSVA

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

You, God, bless everyone who cares for the poor,
and you rescue those people in times of trouble.
You protect them and keep them alive.
You make them happy here in this land,
and you don’t hand them over to their enemies.
You always heal them and restore their strength
when they are sick.
(Psalm 41:1-3, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

Rev. Judith Maynard ministering with MCC Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 39-41
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2039-41&version=NRSVA

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

Praise the Eternal, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise God’s holy name.
(Psalm 103:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Mountain Spirit MCC, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Jeremiah 7-11
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%207-11&version=NRSVA

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

And The Eternal said to mortals,
‘The fear of G-d-that is wisdom,
and to shun evil is understanding.’ “
(Job 28:28, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Valley Ministries MCC, Stockton, California, USA (Church Anniversary Apr. 3, 1999)

and

Rev. Stuart Sutherland ministering with MCC Good Shepherd – Western Sydney, Granville, Australia

Through the Bible in a year:
Job 27-28
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2027-28&version=NRSVA

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

To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and the Spirit gives them to each one, just as she determines.
(1 Corinthians 12:8-11, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Travessia Comunidade Espiritual ICM, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

and

Rev. Ray Simms ministering with King of Peace MCC, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Corinthians 11-12
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2011-12&version=NRSVA

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

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down their life for the sheep. “
(John 10:11, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of the Gentle Shepherd, Vancouver, Washington USA (Church Anniversary Month of April, 1984)

and

Collis Laton ministering with All God’s Children MCC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
1 Samuel 16-20
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2016-20&version=NRSVA

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

Know that the Eternal is God.
It is You made us, and we are Yours;
we are Your people, the sheep of Your pasture.
(Psalm 100:3, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Good Shepherd – Western Sydney, Granville, Australia

and

Collis Laton ministering with Church of the Trinity MCC, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Exodus 1-4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%201-4&version=NRSVA

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

He then began to teach them that the Son of Humanity must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
(Mark 8:31, NIV)

Lent 4

Thank God for the ministries of:

Holy Covenant MCC, Brookfield, Illinois, USA (Church Anniversary, Easter Sunday, 1975)

and

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

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

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

Your love, O God, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O God, you preserve both man and beast.
(Psalm 36:5-6, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Vision of Hope MCC, Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA (Church Anniversary, Mar. 29, 1980)

and

Rev. Grant Helbley ministering with MCC Portland, Portland, Oregon, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 36-38
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2036-38&version=NRSVA

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

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
(Jeremiah 1:5, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC of Louisville, Louisvile, Kentucky, USA

and

Rev. Joe Livingston ministering with MCC Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Through the Bible in a year:
Jeremiah 1-6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%201-6&version=NRSVA

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