Kaleidoscope 2009 Focuses On Canadian Partnership
June 2009
“What is a partnership?”
“Teamwork,” was one of the replies.
Kaleidescope of Missions 2009 focused on “Canada: Our Partners in the North.” The annual missions day camp for children was held Saturday, May 2, in four locations across Nebraska and Kansas.
Mari Jaquith of the KNCSB staff led the missions session at the event held at Parkway Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kan.
“Our 400 churches in Kansas-Nebraska are joining with the Canadian Baptist churches,” she said.
Canada is the second largest country in the world. There are approximately 250 Southern Baptist churches scattered across the vast nation.
Along with doing crafts related to Canada, children attending Kaleidescope wrote postcards to encourage the Southern Baptist pastors and their families.
KNCSB’s partnership with Canada is now focusing on the province of Saskatchewan. A recent team, led by Jaquith, led a women’s retreat off the eastern edge of Canada on Prince Edward Island.
Canadians have joined KNCSB in partnership efforts in the United States.
After Hurricane Katrina struck in late August 2005, KNCSB worked with Arkansas, its partner convention, in rebuilding in New Orleans. In February 2007, a group of 35 Canadians joined that effort.
A year later in February 2008, the Canadians worked with KNCSB in Greensburg, Kan., in rebuilding in the aftermath of the horrific tornado.
Prayer was an important part of Kaleidescope. The children were urged to pray for requests sent by Ellen Cone, a staff member of the Canadian National Baptist Convention. She asked the children to pray for her as encourages Canadian churches to be active in missions.
Cone also sought prayer for the Canadian convention as it seeks to start 1,000 new churches by the year 2020.
Visit the Canadian convention’s Web site at http://www.cnbc.ca/
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