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Missions

Matthew 25: 34-45

34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2008 15:05

Missions Facilitation Defined

Micah 6:8

⁸ He has showed you, O people, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.

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The goal of Missions Facilitation is to keep our call to be a People of Mission in front of Leadership Council and to facilitate mission related activity in our congregation.

Mission is understood in a broad sense including:

grateful service to others
the promotion of peace and justice
care for all of God’s creation, our environment
outreach to those outside our church community
church growth.

The Missions Facilitation committee is to stir things up and get things happening, not to “do mission” on behalf of the congregation.

It’s exciting to see mission as being integrated into other aspects of congregational life and our relationship to God. We reach out to be strong within our church home base, and that strength at home enables us to better reach out, so this forms a circular, mutually nurturing relationship. It means that by supporting one area in the church, we are supporting the whole, and it means that we cannot ignore one area without hurting the whole. This “big picture” concept is part of what guides us and gives us strong direction.

Even stronger in our guidance is the direction we receive from God and from scripture. Ultimately, it is our faith in God and our wish to live as Jesus’ disciples that feed our drive to perform missional work.

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2008 16:22

Benin Benefit Concert

Benin Bible Institute Benefit Concert

Sunday, October 16, 2011 - - 7:00 p.m.

Featuring:

Darrel Martin and Friends

Daniel Kruger and Katrin Sawatzky

Madeline Weber

PMS Singers

Menno Valley Sound

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 13:44 Read more...

Benin Benefit Concert

BBI Benefit Concert

Thank-you to all the musicians and organizers for your help in making this concert a success!

We would also like to thank the individuals that attend the concert and donated.

Because of you, we exceeded our goal and raised over $5000 and counting!

Your support is still welcome. Please contact the church office if you can help.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 13:56

BBI Events

Benin Bible Institute

For over a decade, St. Jacobs Mennonite Church has shared a partnership with the Benin Bible Institute (B.B.I.) in Cotonou, Benin.� B.B.I. offers a comprehensive Biblical and theological training program for pastors, lay leaders and government and civil service employees.� Exchange visits have nurtured and enriched this partnership.

This past summer Charles & Linda Kruger and Sandy Shantz visited BBI and we just finished hosting a return visit from Bonaventure Akowanou, administrator of BBI and Antoine Codjo, professor of Old Testament.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 13:57