Cor Hartenberg – With the Lord

We received word that Cor Hartenberg, beloved former Briercrest Seminary registrar, has gone to be with the Lord.  He passed away late afternoon on May 25, 2009.  Cor was 62 years old. We here at Briercrest have missed Cor & Mieke deeply in the past two years, but we know that Cor is now in Christ’s presence. A memorial service will be held in Listowel, Ontario on Friday May 29, 2009.

We do ask that you pray for Cor’s wife, Mieke, as she mourns the loss of her husband. Pray also for Richard, Joyce, and Marc, and their families, as they also mourn the loss their father and grandfather.

If you wish to send a note of tribute or condolences to Mieke, you can do this by sending David Guretzki an email at dguretzki@briercrest.ca. The notes and tributes received will be printed out, compiled and presented to Mieke. Tributes and notes of condolence must be sent no latter than 3:00 pm (CST) on Wednesday May 27. 

If you wish to send a card directly to Mieke, please contact me privately and I will be able to provide a mailing address for you.

Thanks for your prayers.

David Guretzki

dguretzki@briercrest.ca

Cor Hartenberg update – May 2009

I just got off the phone with Mieke Hartenberg. Cor’s condition continues to degenerate. It is at the point where he is barely conscious of his surroundings. When he is conscious, is feeling quite suspicious of anyone getting close because of how much pain he is in. Someone just touching him is very painful. A nurse comes in once a day to help with washing, etc. and the doctor was in today and told Mieke that Cor may need to be moved very soon to the hospital because his condition is at the point where constant care will be needed. At this point, they are just trying to make him as comfortable as possible.

I asked Mieke specifically what we should pray about. She said, “That God would take Cor home quickly.” So please do pray together with her for this.

I also talked to Marc, who happened to be there. If you are wanting to send a note to Cor and Mieke, he suggests that the best way to do this is through sending comments to Cor’s Facebook group. If you are on Facebook, you can find the group here.

If you aren’t on Facebook, but you still want to send an email, you can send an email to Marc’s email address and he will make sure Cor and Mieke get it. Marc’s email is: hartenberg4@yahoo.com

You should know that Cor’s old email addresses are no longer functional, so if you have one of those email addresses in your contacts, you should stop using it because it will likely be undeliverable.

Finally, Mieke wanted me to tell you all that she very much can feel the prayer support they have and thanks us all for praying.

David Guretzki, PhD
Associate Professor of Theology

Seminary 1/2 Day of Prayer – February 26

This coming Thursday (February 26) the Seminary community will celebrate a morning of prayer. The plan for the morning is as follows:

7:30-8:30AM – Contemplative Prayer – reflection, prayer, quiet music

8:30-9AM – Breaking of the Pastry – fellowship 

9:00-11:00AM – Group Prayer Stations

11-12:00 – Community Prayer through Song (Revelation and Response)

Noon – We will continue with our tradition of Soup Lunch for a loonie. 

 

Some suggestions on how you might participate:

As an off campus student, we would invite you to consider how you might join with us. One of the ways this might happen is through spending time in prayer during the morning. We could share with you some of the prayer requests from the resident student community and at the same time, invite you to share with us prayer items that are relevant to your life and local community.  If you would like to participate in this way, please forward any prayer requests to tschnare@briercrest.ca. Similarly, ff you are in ministry and we could support you and/or your faith community in prayer, please feel free to pass on requests. If you would like to receive prayer requests from us, please let me know and I will add you to the prayer list and send requests to you during the morning of prayer. We look forward to gathering together in this way and supporting one another as we spend time with God in prayer. 

As an on campus student: We would invite you to join with us in the Seminary Chapel beginning at 7:30AM. If you are unable to join us for the whole morning, please note the transtion times and join us as you are able. We would also invite you to submit prayer requests ahead of time and will will include these in our prayer times during the morning. Please forward any prayer requests to tschnare@briercrest.ca. 

Rich Blessings,

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Tony Schnare

Update on Cor Hartenberg

Please be in prayer for Cor & Mieke Hartenberg in the coming weeks. Cor is going to be going through radiation treatment and the prognosis isn’t very optimistic. His blog address is:

http://corsjourney.blogspot.com

David