WASHINGTON
MENNONITE CHURCH
GOD GATHERS US
Prelude
Sharing
Call to Worship
Songs of Worship
GOD RECEIVES OUR GIFTS
Offering & Offertory
GOD ADDRESSES US
Scripture Readings
Worship Time
Song of Response
GOD HEARS US
Pastoral Prayer
Benediction
GOD SENDS US
Sending Song
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Worship Leaders
Worship Leader: Sandy Buhrow
Song Leader: Carol Detweiler
Worship Input: Susan See, Gay Widmer
Pastoral
Prayer: Becky Widmer
We welcome all to this place for the worship of God
and for Christian fellowship. Let us
worship God in spirit and in truth, reaching out to one another in Christ’s
love. We welcome our guests and visitors
and hope you will join us again soon.
EDUCATION LEADERS
Adult Sermon Extension (Sanctuary): Roger Farmer
Adult Bible Study: (end
classroom of Fellowship Hall): Gay
Widmer
Preschool (middle classroom in Fellowship Hall): Gloria Widmer
Grades K-2 (corner classroom of Fellowship Hall): Edie Nebel
Grades 3-5 (classroom off kitchen): Cindy Widmer
Youth grades 6-12 (upstairs): Grant Nebel
Offering for 3/6/11: $1978.41
Happy Birthday
to: Jillian Bruegge (3/15), Vickie
Bender (3/17),
Teag
Miller (3/19)
Happy Anniversary
to: Tim & Cindy Widmer (3/17)
Meals on Wheels – Washington Mennonite Church
will be doing Meals on Wheels beginning March 28 and ending April 29. Please sign up in the foyer if you can be of
assistance in delivering meals in the town of Washington.
Thank you.
VISION STATEMENT: As
followers of Jesus Christ, we are a community of faith
empowered by the Holy Spirit,
seeking to love God with all our heart, mind, soul,
and strength, and to love others as our self.
Ministers: All of
God’s People
Pastors: Grant Nebel:
256.7252 (home)
319.931.2579 (cell)
Elders: Francis Litwiller 656.3426, Gay Widmer 653.3423,
Becky Widmer 653.4714
Church Secretary:
Martha Graber 653.6393 Church
Office Phone: 653.6041
Church Office e-mail:
wash.mennoniteatjuno.com
Sunday morning prayer
time at WMC – Come to church at 8:50 AM each Sunday morning for a time of
prayer for any concerns you may have.
Everyone is welcome.
Preaching schedule
for February/March—
- March 13: Susan See, Gay Widmer pictures from Cambodia & Haiti
- March 20: Lent 2, Grant Nebel
- March 27: Lent 3, Roger Farmer
- April 3: Lent 4, Grant Nebel
- April 10: Lent 5, David Heusinkveld, Administrator of Pleasantview Home
- April 17: Lent 6, Palm Sunday, Grant Nebel
- April 24: Easter, Grant Nebel
Grant and Edie are
gone until Wednesday, March 16. If you
need any assistance please call one of the elders.
July 4 – 9, 2011 is
the biannual meeting of Mennonite Church USA in Pittsburgh, PA. Each congregation is entitled to one delegate
per 100 members. WMC can have two
delegates. Grant Nebel will be a
delegate. Is there someone from out
congregation who would like to be a part of Assembly in Pittsburgh? Please talk to Grant soon so we can register
you as a delegate.
Please join us for
the 3rd Annual Washington Mennonite Church Breakfast on
Saturday, March 26 at 8:30 AM. It will
be held in the Bates Family Farms shop.
All are welcome (men, women and children)!
Martha Hernandez is
pastor of Iglesia Centro Cristiano
which meets in our church building Sunday afternoons. She has sent a letter to all the area
Mennonite churches sharing about her ministry among Hispanic people. Her passion is for people of minorities and
people in need of Christ. She would like
to devote more of her time to this ministry yet needs to earn a living. Martha is establishing a support network of
$300 per month for three years from area congregations or individuals to join
her in her outreach. A newsletter and
vision statement is on the bulletin board in the foyer.
ADDITIONAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THIS WEEK:
Wed.: Elders’ meeting, 7:00 PM
Thurs.: Iowa
MCC Relief Sale board meeting at WMC, 7:00 PM
UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 26: 3rd Annual WMC Breakfast at the
Bates Farm
April 13: Spring Business Meeting, 7:00 PM
Mission Network
prayer request: Four months ago,
David Shenk arrived in Ecuador
to serve through Mennonite Mission Network.
Pray for him as he discerns how God is calling him to serve alongside
the Quito Mennonite Church
in their ministries with refugees, with the youth group, and in worship.
IMS Senior Taylor Fulton will present a senior piano recital in Celebration Hall this afternoon
at 3:00 PM. She will be playing a
variety of pieces including one of her own compositions inspired by a young
friend who was battling cancer at the time at St. Jude’s Children’s
Hospital. Taylor will be assisted by Ida Short, Sam
Swartzendruber, Katie Nisly and teacher Susan See. All are invited to attend this free concert
and the reception that follows.
Crooked Creek Christian Camp invites everyone ages 16 and older to join us tonight for
Climbing Club at the Activity
Center from 5-7 PM. For only $10, you will get two hours of
entertainment, fitness challenges and all the climbing you can handle! We will spend some time learning how to tie
knots and how to belay. High school
students—don’t forget about our special $5 student rate! Call the Camp and leave a message if you are
planning to attend (653.3611).
Washington Area
Habitat for Humanity will be holding their 17th Annual Dinner and
Auction at the United
Methodist Church
on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Serving of
the meal prepared by Ione Burham will be from 6:00 to 6:30 PM. An auction of unique items will follow at
6:45 PM. Tickets are $12 ahead of time
or $15 at the door. Tickets may be
purchased from Rhonda Henry at Federation Bank, any board member, or Myron
Graber (WMC representative). If anyone
wishes to contribute items for the auction, they may be brought to the United Methodist
Church the day of the
dinner.
Stewardship
University, a ministry partnership
between Everence and our local faith community, is coming to Kalona, Iowa,
on March 19, 2011! Financial Aid
Consultant Galen Graber will present College
Planning. For more information or to register, contact
Everence at toll free (877) 656.4242 or visit www.StewardshipUniversity.org.
Welcoming the Stranger, a cultural awareness and action seminar, will
be held at the Columbus
Junction United
Methodist Church
on Saturday, March 26 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
This event is sponsored by the Charter for Racial Justice Committee of
the United Methodist Women. Registration
of $6 includes lunch and morning coffee.
See Martha if you would like a registration form.
Over the next several
weeks, IMS students and faculty will be traveling to various places, and
your prayers are coveted during these times.
Orchestra Festival will be held in Kidron,
OH (March 18-20); Interterm to many areas
(March 21-27); and the Choir Festival to San Juan,
Puerto Rico (April 7-11).
Iowa Mennonite
School’s Prospective Parent/Student Night
has been moved to Monday, March 28, 7:00 PM in the school’s Celebration
Hall. New students contemplating
attending IMS in the fall of 2011 are encouraged to attend, to receive
pertinent information, meet other students and parents (and IMS personnel), and
ask questions. For more information
please contact Chris Nachtigall (319.656.2073), IMS admissions director.
Due to a recent
cancellation, the Retreat Lodge at Crooked Creek Christian Camp is
available the weekend of July 8-10, 2011.
It’s a prime summer weekend; give the camp a call for details:
319.653.3611.
Please pray for the
people of Japan and especially members of the Japan Mennonite Christian
Conference and the Tokyo Area Fellowship of Mennonite Churches. Mennonite Mission Network has one worker and
four families of mission associates living in Japan. We are grateful to God that none have so far
indicated being harmed by Friday’s tragic magnitude 8.9 earthquake, which
triggered a tsunami that has reportedly killed hundreds of people in
northeastern Japan. Pray for safety, comfort, and God’s peace in
the chaos that now surrounds them.
June 3 & 4, 2011
– 32nd Annual Iowa Mennonite MCC
Relief Sale—Plan
now to attend and consider other ways in which you might be involved in helping
bring relief to the world. Many
volunteers are needed. Stay tuned for
more details about where you can be of service.
If you have livestock to donate (beef or pork) contact your church
representative about your donation.
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