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Mennonite Architecture Congo PM 40063104 R09613 OctoberOctober 17,17, 20052005 VolumeVolume 9,9, NumberNumber 2020 Mennonite architecture pages 6-7 Congo: A forgotten emergency pages 16, 17, 32 DeskTop Finding a way through illness ix months ago, on our honeymoon, my wife and I hospital chapel that was very meaningful for us. I’m hang- went on a hike through one of the trails in Ontario’s ing onto Scripture from Isaiah 43 shared with us then: SAlgonquin Provincial Park. It was a sunny, warm day “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by in mid-April and we thought we would fi nish the trail loop name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, in time for a late lunch. I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not We discovered that once we got under the thick forest overwhelm you. When you walk through the fi re you shall cover, everything changed. The light dimmed, the tempera- not be burned, and the fl ame shall not consume you. For I ture dropped and snow covered our path. It was like step- am the Lord your God, the Holy One, your Saviour.… You ping back into winter. are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you.…” At the centre of the trail, the snow was fi rm enough to When you descend into the darkness, you sometimes need support us. Everywhere else, it wasn’t. The problem was help to remember what the light looks like. there were just the faintest of marks on In his instructions to the sick, James the snow giving hints to where the trail He is teaching us that the tells them to call elders to pray over them, was. Every few steps, a spot that looked anointing them with oil in the name of the good, wasn’t, and our feet would plunge Body of Christ needs to Lord. He is teaching us that the Body of through. draw close around those Christ needs to draw close around those It was slow, exhausting going, especial- who are sick, letting personal suffering be ly with the uncertainty of never knowing who are sick, letting shared and calling on God for healing. when the snow was going to crumble Near the end of that hike, exhausted, we beneath your feet. The only way we could personal suffering be discovered that the way home was blocked fi nd where the path lay was to walk it. shared and calling on God by spring run-off. It was too painful to That same feeling is with me again. think of having to retrace all our steps. Three weeks ago, my wife had chest for healing. Then we found a log that had fallen over surgery. The surgery was more invasive the rushing waters a short way down the than originally planned and recovery was river. Clutching onto each other, we inched slow. Then she had a very painful and unexplained build- our way across and made it back. up of fl uid in her chest that had to be drained. We’ve since We’re looking for that log now. But even so, our identity learned that this was caused by accidental damage to her as children of the loving God is not threatened by illness or lymph system during the fi rst procedure. She is now facing death. We are the Lord’s, and no claim on us is more impor- a second major operation in the near future to try to correct tant or more powerful than that one. that damage. It’s been an uncertain, discouraging time. —Tim Miller Dyck We had a service of prayer and anointing for her in the Mission statement: Published by Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service, Canadian Mennonite National correspondent: Leona Dueck Penner, serves primarily the people and churches of Winnipeg. Phone: (204) 888-6781, x178 Mennonite Church Canada and its fi ve area E-mail: [email protected] conferences. Canadian Mennonite is a bi-weekly Anabaptist/ Mennonite Regional correspondents: periodical which seeks to promote covenantal relationships within the Eastern Canada: Maurice Martin, Phone: (519) 662-1031 church (Hebrews 10:23-25). It provides channels for sharing accurate E-mail: [email protected] and fair information, faith profi les, inspirational/educational materials, Manitoba: Evelyn Rempel Petkau, Phone/Fax: (204) 745-2208 news and analysis of issues facing the church. E-mail: [email protected] Saskatchewan: Karin Fehderau, Phone: (306) 933-4209 Head offi ce: 490 Dutton Drive, Unit C5, Waterloo, ON N2L 6H7 E-mail: [email protected] 800-378-2524 Phone: (519) 884-3810 Toll-free: Fax: (519) 884-3331 Alberta: Donita Wiebe-Neufeld, Phone: (780) 436-3431 E-mail: offi [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Editor/Publisher: Tim Miller Dyck British Columbia: Amy Dueckman, Phone: (604) 854-3735 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Staff: Ross W. 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ISSN 1480-042X Website: www.canadianmennonite.org 2 Canadian Mennonite October 17, 2005 Volume 9, Number 20 ThisIssue October 17, 2005 4 UpClose Volume 9, Number 20 Delighting in youth 4 ‘I am willing to learn’ 5 6 Faith&Life You are what you build 6 What does a church look like? 8 9 Arts&Culture The Nazareth Jesus Knew 9 CD series offers hope 10 11 InConversation Bible training trumps poverty 11 Dead Horse Creek 12 Letters 12 The curse of the cloth 13 Page 22 14 WiderChurch MC B.C. vote 14 Page 5 Web site preview Congo: A forgotten emergency 16 Get a preview of the next Canadian Mennonite before it 22 LocalChurch comes in the mail. Selections Carman vision fl ourishing 22 are posted on our web site at www.canadianmennonite.org Rockway celebrates move 24 on the Thursday before the Transitions 25 issue date. So you can check out the October 31 issue by October 27. 28 TheChurches 30 To Cover: What does the Morrow future hold for young Congolese? Children gaze through a broken window at the Mbandu Mennonite Page 6 Brethren secondary school in Kikwit. For more stories and photos on the situ- ation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, see pages 16, 17 and 32. Photo by Ray Dirks Canadian Mennonite October 17, 2005 Volume 9, Number 20 3 UpClose Winnipeg Delighting in youth community thinks ahead ‘Much of youth about issues and transi- n her dynamic and charismatic those kids in ways that tions, it can prepare and way, Kathy Giesbrecht is able to really helped them. It ministry happens navigate, rather than Imake young people feel affi rmed enlarged my understand- outside the church wait on the other end of and valued. They love her, whether ing of God’s commitment a crisis,” she says. she is their youth pastor, camp pastor, to people. building, unseen and One of the ways in retreat leader or just happens to be in “I became more and which Giesbrecht did the same room. Her laughter and her more convinced, how- therefore not always this was by building a ability to listen fi ll them with warmth ever, that the way for fully appreciated, unit on human sexuality and the knowledge they are valued. the church and for me into the Sunday school “When a congregation delights in to reach young people except by the curriculum. She drew in their youth, that goes a long way and their families was parents.’ a variety of resources, towards youth feeling a part of, and through congregations. including people within included in, the church. This can be as The congregation is the congregation to tell simple as clapping,” says Giesbrecht, the locus or centre for their stories. who recently resigned from her posi- outreach.” Youth ministry is tion as half-time associate pastor at A year at Associated mostly outside public view, Springstein (Man.) Mennonite Church, Mennonite Biblical Giesbrecht points out. “You where she served for the past eight Seminary was like a don’t realize the amount years. She is continuing her work “homecoming in a deeper of relational work a youth as quarter-time youth pastor at the way within the Mennonite ministry team does. It Winnipeg Chinese Mennonite Church. community,” she says. “The can be the temptation of a Recently she took some time to theological studies deep- congregation to measure the refl ect on her experiences in youth ened my thinking and faith health of youth ministry by ministry. convictions and my desire numbers in the youth group, Giesbrecht “I was quite sick as a child. My to serve in the context of a but this is a false measuring mother prayed for me and committed congregation.” stick because of the nature me to God. That was the beginning In her youth ministry, Giesbrecht of the group being served.” of the journey,” says Giesbrecht. “I’ve has come to see that “the greatest gift “Much of youth ministry happens always felt God was for me.
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