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  • After a few months home in Canada, Dan and Kerry Wiens, World Partners Global Workers, arrived back on the Inundo Farm in South Africa at the end of June. Inundo, which in English means overflow, applies to land, people, and community. The model farm follows the principles in...

  • Oct5Mon

    Interim President Update

    October 5, 2020
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    Here to Serve


    Paraphrasing the words of Jesus (Mark 10:45), “I am not here to be served but simply here to serve.” I am humbled to be entrusted with this interim assignment. I did not expect to be here, but here we are. I sense all of us are living the phrase, “I never saw that coming.” But yet, we remain...

  • Internship Application Now Open for Nov-Dec 2020 in Levís, Quebec
    Hey there,
    World Partners is excited to announce a four week internship opportunity this fall with disciple-making leaders in Levis, Quebec.  


    Immerse Yourself in Entrepreneurial Mission
    This 1-month Internship will give you a change to participate in Francophone life...
  • Sep14Mon

    EMCC Board of Directors Announces Departure of President

    September 14, 2020
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    With regret, the EMCC Board of Directors, announces the denomination will be parting ways with its President, Rev. Kervin Raugust.

    “We are grateful for the insight and service Pastor Kervin brought to the denomination during his three years of leadership,” says Board Moderator Kerry Belt. “This did not come without a lot of...

  • He has shown you, O mortal, 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. Micah 6:8  

     

    The EMCC recognizes the inherent value and dignity of every human being, based upon the foundational Judeo-Christian principle of Imago Dei: that all humans are created in the...

  • Apr22Wed

    EMCC National Board Update - April 22, 2020

    April 22, 2020
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    Hello everyone, I trust that this note finds you safe and well as we navigate these unusual days.

    The EMCC National Board met for our board meetings via Zoom March 26-28 and then again on April 19. Please receive this note as an update on those meetings.

    I am always struck by the amount of work that is done when we meet: the high quality of work...

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  • by Joel Zantingh and Nicole Jones-Qandah | International Development Week - #IDW2020
    Sustainability
    Francis Njoroge and others have influenced our current understanding of development in World Partners. In our   "7 Resources Given to All People"   Brochure (click the picture for a copy), it says,
    "Development is not about projects, or “things...
  • On Sept 29 congregation and friends of the Macoun Church Family and special guests gathered to celebrate 90 years of God’s faithfulness and provision. Among those present were Member of Parliament, Dr. Robert Kitchen, Member of Saskatchewan legislature – Lori Carr, and town Mayor Glenys Baerg.  Rev. Brian Archer, the...

  • On the weekend of July 27-28, 2019 the congregation and friends of Lipton EMCC gathered to celebrate 100 years of making a difference for God in and around their community in rural Saskatchewan.

    As a family of churches throughout Canada, we join in congratulating them on this special milestone!   

    Their theme for the weekend,...