Today’s Prayerlink is dedicated to Rev. Brenda Hunt (a mentor of mine) and Phil Griffen. Recent 2 pioneers of our faith have been granted their rewards. Rest in pieace

What do you think? If a person owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will the person not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if the shepherd finds it, I tell you the truth, the shepherd is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Parent in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.
(Matthew 18:12-14, NIV)

6th Sunday after Epiphany

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Cabedelo, Cabedelo, Brazil

and

Rev. Lynda Pantoja ministering with Sunshine Cathedral MCC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

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

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

Keep me safe, O God,
for in you I take refuge.
(Psalm 16:1, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Brighton, Brighton, England, UK

and

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

Through the Bible in a year:
Psalm 15-17
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2015-17&version=NRSVA

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

O God, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
(Isaiah 33:2, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Teresina, Teresina, bRAZIL

and

Rev. Tony Viglione ministering with Church of Our Savior MCC, Boynton Beach, Florida, USA

Through the Bible in a year:
Isaiah 9-33
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2029-33&version=NRSVA

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

“Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher than the heavens-what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths of the grave -what can you know?
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
(Job 11:7-9, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

MCC Washington DC, Washington, DC, USA

and

Louis Martinage ministering with MCC Pittsburgh, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA

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

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

For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.
(Romans 12:4-5, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

New MCC Spiritual Community in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

and

Rev. Dawn Jennifer Flynn ministering with New Life MCC (Gastonia), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (Pastoral Anniversary month of Feb., 2014)

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

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

These I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.
(Isaiah 56:7, NIV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

ICM Duque de Caxias, Brazil

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
www.laylinkmcc.com

Wait for our God; be strong and take heart
And wait for our God
(Psalm 27:14, NRSVA)

Thank God for the ministries of:

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

and

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

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
www.laylinkmcc.com

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:

MCC spiritual community, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

and

Rev. Vance E. Haywood ministering with St. John’s MCC, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (Pastoral Anniverary month of Feb., 2018)

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
www.laylinkmcc.com

I trust your love,
and I feel like celebrating
because you rescued me.
You have been good to me, Everliving God,
and I will sing about you.
(Psalm 13:5-6, CEV)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Travessia Comunidade Espiritual ICM,Belo Hoizonte, Brazil

and

Mary Bohacek ministering with Shenandoah Valley MCC, Winchester, W9nchester, USA (Pastoral Anniverary month of Feb., 2015)

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
www.laylinkmcc.com

Depend on GOD and keep at it
because in GOD you have a sure thing
(Isaiah 26:4, MSG modified)

Thank God for the ministries of:

Spirit of Change MCC, Toronto, Canada

and

Pastor Felicia Pritchett ministering with MCC Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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

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