Therefore, I urge you, sisters and brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–God’s good, pleasing and perfect will
(Romans 12:1-2, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Rev. Dr. Lori E. Hatch-Rivera ministering with MCC of the Spirit, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of Feb., 2011)

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
yet I will look again toward your holy temple.
(Jonah 2:4, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

New Light MCC, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA (Church Anniversary near Feb. 3, 1996)

and

Reverend Sandra Emery ministering with Open Circle MCC, Bellview, Florida, USA

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Praise the Eternal.
Blessed is the person who fears the Etermal,
who finds great delight in God’s commands.
(Psalm 112:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

Rev. Vance Haywood ministering with St. John’s MCC, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (Pastoral Anniversay Month of February, 2018)

Through the Bible in a year:
Genesis 20-23
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2020-23&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, they must deny themself and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeits their soul? Or what can a person give in exchange for their soul?
(Matthew 16:24-26, ESV)

4th Sunday after Epiphany

Thank God for the ministries of:

Our Tribe at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

and

Mary Bohacek ministering with Shenandoah Valley MCC, Winchester, Virginia, USA (Pastoral Anniversay Feb. 1, 2015)

Through the Bible in a year:
Matthew 14-16
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2014-16&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

O God, you will keep us safe
and protect us from evil people forever.
(Psalm 12:7, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Spirit of Change MCC, Baguio City, Toronto, Canada

and

Rev. Steve Swafford ministering with Founders MCC, Los Angeles, California, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 12-14
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2012-14&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
(Isaiah 25:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Northern Sanctuary MCC, Baguio City, Philippines (Church Anniversary Jan. 30, 2009)

and

Rev. Dr. Carol Kiesling ministering with Resurrection MCC, Houston, Texas, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 23-28
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2023-28&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
(John 20:29, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Teresina, Teresina, Brazil

and

Paul Anway ministering with MCC Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
(Romans 10:9-10, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Washington DC, Washington DC, USA

and

Rev. Daniel Borysewicz ministering with MCC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Give thanks to Yahweh, for You are good;
Your love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Yahweh say this-
those You redeemed from the hand of the foe.
(Psalm 107:1-2, EHV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Rev. Marie Alford-Harkey ministering with MCC Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Joshua 21-24
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2021-24&version=NRSVA

Dale Burkholder
MCC Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”
(Joel 3:10, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

Rev. Bentley Stewart ministering with Joy MCC, Orlando, Florida, 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