More 60th Anniversary Information

Below are a few more posters with some information that you may or may not have known before.

Maybe some of the info will resonate with you and propel you to become involved with your local Women's Ministry in your congregation or community.

Or maybe you would just like to send in a donation towards the ministries that Mennonite Women Canada is already working with.
Just click right  HERE and we would be ever so grateful for your contribution!

I think that the posters below don't need any captions as they pretty much have all the info right on them. 

Ohh... and do you know that you are allowed to leave comments on each and every blog post? Sure would be nice to actually hear from someone/anyone every once in a while. :-)

Blessings to all our friends out there in cyberspace! ! !

Enjoy the beautiful Fall Season!

Thank-you!

On behalf of the Task Force commissioned by Mennonite Women Canada, I would like to thank all those who completed our recent survey both on-line and on paper. We received over 1000 responses and are meeting in Calgary on November 14 & 15 to analyze the results and work on our recommendations to the executive. We feel encouraged by the responses and also daunted by the task ahead of us. We ask for your continued interest and your prayers as we discern the future direction of women's ministry under the umbrella of Mennonite Church Canada.

Task Force Survey

Greetings to you from the Mennonite Women Canada Task Force!

We are seven women from across Canada who have been given the task to make recommendations for future women's ministries in Mennonite Church Canada congregations. We have developed a survey which we would like Mennonite women of all ages and backgrounds to complete. The survey takes only about 5 minutes and we really need your participation to ensure that we get a good response. Just click on the survey link below. All responses will be kept strictly confidential. Please fill out the survey before October 25, 2009.

Survey

Welcome to our Blog!

We have been up and running since January 12, 2009 and we welcome all of our who are visiting our site for the first time or are repeat visitors. In the May 11, 2009 issue of the Canadian Mennonite we issued an invitation to all Mennonite women across Canada to come and check us out. Since you have taken the time to get here, would you please share a comment, thought or idea here? Can you also let us know how you got here? (Where you found out about our blog?)

You may have also heard about the CWM Task Force and their challenge to find ways to reach out across all ages and backgrounds and connect with women across the country. (See blog posted last week.) The Task Force is planning to post a survey here withing the next month and we hope that everyone who accesses the blog will take the time to fill it out! Your responses are critical in our evaluation and final recommendations to CWM.

Thanks for taking the time to check us out!

Bridging the Gap, Enlarging the Tent

This is indeed a challenge! How do we go about finding what it is that will bring Mennonite women of all ages together with a common vision for women's ministry in the church of today?

In recent months a group of seven women from across Canada have met several times as a Task Force appointed by Canadian Women in Mission (CWM) to discuss, explore and discover ways in which we can 'bridge the gap' and 'enlarge the tent'.

A devotional that was presented at one of our meetings was based on Acts 9:36-42, the recounting of how Jesus raised Tabitha/Dorcas from the dead. Tabitha was well know for 'always doing good and helping the poor' and her death was lamented loudly. But the story doesn't end there. Jesus raised Tabitha to new life! Similarly the Task force has been set up to find new and exciting ways through which CWM can be raised to new life.

We would like to hear from women of all ages from all across Canada about what they see as their mission. Are there new ways in which we can connect with each other as well as learn from and support each other?

The Task Force is inviting you to discuss ways in which the Spirit is working through women in the church. Here are some questions that you might want to consider. Your responses will help us discern the future direction which CWM takes.

1. What is your prayer/vision for Mennonite women in today's church and church of the future?
2. What activities or pursuits are Mennonite women being called to participate in?
3. What are some innovative ways Mennonite women of all ages across Canada can connect with each other?

Over the next few months the Task Force will be developing a survey which we hope to post on this blog as well as print in the Canadian Mennonite and distribute to Mennonite churches across Canada. We hope that everyone will participate. We need to hear from you!

As CWM strives to connect and nurture Mennonite women across Canada we as a Task Force ask for your prayers as we continue to look for ways to 'bridge the gap' and 'enlarge the tent'.

Posted by Liz Koop (on behalf of the Task Force) on May 22, 2009

Consequences!

Wanted ! ! !

It's quite amazing...
...the changes one little word can bring to ones life!

It's been almost a year now since I said "Yes"
to the call to take part in
Canadian Women in Mission's "Task Force".
My first thought, after having been asked was...

"Why me, Lord?
What is there that I can contribute to this "Task Force?"

In any case, I ended up saying yes and the next thing I know...
....my life has been turned upside down!

Stepping back a few years.....
Veronica Thiessen, BC Women in Mission's last President
had asked me to take her position
I declined the invitation to let my name stand.
I just felt that I was not the right person for the position and yet....
...here I am
writing for the Canadian Women in Mission's blog
as the spokesperson for BC.

Now...
NOBODY better tell me that our Lord and Saviour
doesn't have a sense of humour!
How else would I have gotten into this predicament?

After all, I only said yes to the "Task Force" right?

Well, with lots of prayers and the Lord's help,
I hope to do justice to the place I find myself in!

The moral of this little story is....
that we just never know what the Lord has in mind for us...
and... He gets us there one way or another!
We just have to be prepared to accept what He has planned for us,
even when we think that we cannot do it or are not the right person,
He may have a different opinion on the matter!

Let me assure you;
I never imagined being in this position ...
... not even in my wildest dreams!

Found the following in "Our Daily Bread" for March 15, 2008....
and can't believe that today is March 15, 2009.
Another coincidence? I don't think so ! ! !

It says....

I'm available for God to use me,
Available, if God should choose me;
Should it be now or then, it doesn't matter when;
I want to see lost souls be born again. --- Anthony

God has work for all His children,
regardless of age or ability.

Will you be ready when He needs you?
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
I just noticed that the date stamp on my post is for today. I obviously forgot the time difference between Ontario & BC. I actually did write and posted it during the evening of the 15th. :-)