speakers

Prayer & Holy Spirit Empowerment

September 4–5, 8–9

“Being is primary, doing is secondary.”
– John Sankara Rao

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Carol Letkeman

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• Discernment (Scripture, Community, Holy Spirit)
• Gifts of the Spirit
• Prophetic Intercession – Healing Prayer
• Walking – Reaching Our Neighbours

Receipting

September 10

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Jeff Friesen

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Parable of the Sower

September 11-12

“The empire teaches us to be selfish and self-serving, to be ruthless and violent to get what we want, and to oppress the poor and vulnerable in our pursuit of our own pleasure. The Kingdom stands in stark contrast to the Empire though. The Kingdom belongs to the poor and they are called blessed.” - Jennifer Nalbandian

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Doug Penner

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• Suffering, resiliency & identity in Jesus
• God’s Kingdom Strategy
• Supporting and serving national workes and a national vision

IPSAT - Identity Profile and Self-Awareness Tool

September 18-19

“It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God.” - Patrick Lencioni

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Lloyd Letkeman

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• Every Monday morning, September through October, Lloyd will explore one aspect of our self-identity.
• Several assessments will be required for those participating.
• Each participant will create a set of Identity Profile statements.

Building Relationships Across Cultures

September 22-26

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Doug & Sherry with Arun

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• Culture Map
• Confessing our Faith - Introducing ICOMB Confession of Faith
• Facing Religious Diversity - World Religions that Oppose the 
• Lordship of Jesus

Kingdom Living

September 29-30

“Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” - Jesus the Christ

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Doug Hiebert

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• Exploring scripture with Gospel questions:

Who is God? What is God doing? What is God doing in the world?
Who does God say we are? What do we do in response?

• Mission and God’s Kingdom perspective
• Mission and God’s Kingdom

Conflict Agility

October 1-2

“Rather than hoping the conflicts will go away, I work with leaders to build the capacity to engage conflicts more effectively.” 

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Jodi Enns

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The Bible Through Middle Eastern Lens

October 6-10

“The Bible is a unified story that leads to Jesus.” - The Bible Project

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Nasser al’Qahtani

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• God of the Bible (Overview of the Bible)
• Reading Torah from Middle-Eastern paradigm
• Identity in Jesus
• Life in the Spirit
• Understanding the Gospel from different cross-cultural perspectives 

Introduction to the Mission Strategy Map

October 14-17

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Louise Sinclair-Peters & Jeremy Penner

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• How to work with National Leaders & Western partnerships
• Business as Mission (Coffee, cashews, textiles)
• Discovery Bible Study
• Sharing the Gospel with South Eastern Buddhists

Conversations with the Europe Director

October  20

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Johann Matthies

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Equip Conference

October 21-23

Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren  

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• The Gospel, Peacemaking and the Kingdom
• God’s Peace in an Age of Conflict, Chaos and Confusion

Conversations the North American Director

October 24

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Bruce Enns

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• The Nature and Mission of the Church

APEST

October 27-28

“There is one body and one Spirit, and God called you to have one hope. There is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. There is one God and Father of everything. He rules everything and is everywhere and is in everything.” Ephesians 4:4-6

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Emerson Cardoso

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• The Five-fold ministry or APEST - Ephesians 4
• Visionary Leadership teams and mission strategy
• Principles of serving servants and leading teachers

Financial Training

October 29-30

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Al Stobbe

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• Reimbursement forms
• Ministry expenses vs personal expenses
• Support updates & how to track funding
• Risk Management - Personal Security Course
• Personal Meeitings regarding: Partnership Development Goals and Employment documents

Debrief

May 4-15

Greg Ouellette, Cam Priebe, Lloyd & Carol Letkeman

Revisit IPSAT | CRAFT

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• Edit  self-authored personal statements and Processing Celebration, Reconciliation, Affirmation, Farewll and Transitions
• Clarifying Your Call - Discerning: mission, vision, core values