Gloria Woodland (Chaplaincy Program Director at MB Seminary) gives a brief overview of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program and her thoughts on the recent decision to delay the expansion of the program to include persons suffering solely from a mental illness. She speaks to why Christians should be concerned about expanding the eligibility criteria and how loneliness contributes to individuals seeking out MAiD. Gloria also shares her perspective on MAiD’s impact on the medical professionals, patients, patients’ families and Christians across Canada.

• MB Seminary small group study guide: mbseminary.ca/xce0692/
• Ministry amid Competing Values: Pastoral Care and Medical Assistance in Dying: directionjournal.org/47/2/ministry-amid-competing-values-pastoral.html
• Pastor to Pastor podcast: bcmb.org/podcast/43-expansion-of-maid-in-canada/

Mike Engbers (Lead Pastor of Parliament Community Church in Regina, SK) talks about his interest in technology from a young age. He shares his theological framework in thinking about technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and how Christians should respond to the rapid development of AI. He provides some examples of how AI can be used as a tool to enhance ministry and further the Kingdom of God.

• The Church and AI: Developing a Theology of Technology: mbherald.com/developing-a-theology-of-technology/
• The Church and AI: Five Questions to Ask: mbherald.com/the-church-and-ai-five-questions-to-ask/
• The Church and AI: Tools for Gospel Ministry: https://mbherald.com/the-church-and-ai-tools-for-gospel-ministry/
• ChatGPT: www.chatgpt.com
• Sembly AI: sembly.ai
• One Accord (translation services): oneaccord.ai

MB Biblical Seminary president Mark Wessner discusses the purpose of CCMBC’s National Ministry Team and his role in it. He talks about the priority area of Leadership Development, CUSP and the proposed initiative of Leadership Front Counter. He also presents a higher-level discussion of leadership in churches, addresses whether there is a generation gap in our churches and shares his insight on how to raise up new leaders.

• National Ministry Team: mennonitebrethren.ca/nmt/
• CUSP: mennonitebrethren.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/NA009_cusp_full_april2021.pdf
• Leadership Development priority area: mennonitebrethren.ca/leadership-development/

Cam Stuart (National Director of CCMBC) shares his passion for disciple-making and the vision of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. He talks about how the Great Commission is for every believer, and that Jesus has called every person — and every church — into the mission of disciples who make disciples. Stuart shares what his priorities will be as he begins this new role as National Director, as well as what he sees for the conference in the next three to five years.

• Mission, vision and values of CCMBC
• MB Confession of Faith
• Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard
• Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry by Ruth Haley Barton

Darrell Janzen (Executive Director of Simonhouse Bible Camp) and Courtney Armstrong (Executive Director of Camp Evergreen) talk about camp ministry: why it’s important, its joys, challenges and how churches can best support camps. Hear stories of how God uses camp ministry to impact the lives of young people.

• Simonhouse Bible Camp: simonhouse.ca/camp/
• Camp Evergreen: camp-evergreen.com
• All Canadian MB Camps: mennonitebrethren.ca/camps/

At 1310 Taylor, MB Mission, MBCM and CCMBC staff all work together under one roof. But sometimes it takes an appointment to sit down together and hear what each other are up to. In this episode of the Multiply podcast, Kara Friesen and Rob Schroeder of MB Mission talk about the short-term teams currently on service, and share about one special moment that occurred during the training sessions when Lloyd Letkeman invited newcomers to share an evening of fun.

What does it look like for Christians to be a faithful presence? On this episode of the Multiply podcast, Carson Samson (MBCM) explores this concept raised at the recent CCCC convention he attended. MB Mission's Sarah Brown interviews Jacob Chandler of MoveIn, an incarnational ministry nurtured in part by the Ontario MB church. MB Herald's Karla Braun speaks with the 2017 archive intern Jordan Duerrstein, a one-time MoveIn-er himself who is researching how Mennonite Brethren have lived out their understanding of the gospel in community throughout our history.

Death and suffering. Joining the stream of the MB Herald's July/August issue "on dying – the next stage", the Multiply podcast wades into these almost taboo topics with the help of Donwood chaplain Wanda Derksen and CMU professor Paul Doerksen. Don't be afraid: the spiritual caregiver and the ethicist are thoughtful and passionate guides into what seem like turbulent waters.

Dementia: Living in the Memories of God (2012) by John Swinton https://www.amazon.ca/Dementia-Living-Memories-John-Swinton/dp/0802867162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501863254&sr=8-1&keywords=dementia+swinton

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (2011) by Richard Rohr
https://www.amazon.ca/Falling-Upward-Spirituality-Halves-Life/dp/0470907754/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501864545&sr=8-1&keywords=falling+upward

July/August 2017 - Mennonite Brethren Herald
http://mbherald.com/july-august-2017/

No one dies alone - Mennonite Brethren Herald
http://mbherald.com/no-one-dies-alone/

Between two worlds - Mennonite Brethren Herald
http://mbherald.com/between-two-worlds/

Journeying to the next stage - Mennonite Brethren Herald
http://mbherald.com/journeying-next-stage/

Canadian Mennonite University
http://www.cmu.ca/

Donwood Manor
http://www.donwoodmanor.org/

Bread We Break – Come Morning EP (iTunes)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/come-morning-ep/id1159334706

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