WASHINGTON MENNONITE CHURCH
9:30 AM
WE GATHER
Prelude
Call to Worship
Sharing
Songs of Worship
Confession
Silent Prayer
WE RECEIVE GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading
Psalm Reading Psalm 121
NT Reading Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
Children come forward
Drama
Children’s Time
WE RESPOND
Offering & Offertory
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Message: “Waking up in God’s Realm
Song of Response
Pastoral Prayer
Benediction
Sending Song
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Worship Leaders
Prelude & Offertory: Sandy Buhrow
Worship Leader: Barb Ramsey
Song Leader: Carol Detweiler
Drama: Amy Widmer, Myron Graber, Jon Widmer
Children’s Story: Karen Bates
Sermon/Pastoral Prayer: Grant Nebel
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 3/13/11: $2294.05
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)
grant.edieatgmail.com
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 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
Happy Birthday to: Martha Graber (3/21)
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.
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)!
On April 3 we will receive several young people as new members by letter. Justin Litwiller will also be received into our fellowship by baptism.
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.
Mennonite Mission Prayer Request: Mennonite Mission Network’s DOOR personnel are gearing up to host spring break groups. Pray for city directors as they put together meaningful programs, and pray for the youth who will be spending their vacations serving, learning, and witnessing the face of God in the city.
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
THIS WEEK:
Sat.: 3rd Annual WMC Breakfast at the Bates Farm
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 13: Spring Business Meeting, 7:00 PM
Jason Litwiller is selling baseball tickets to the IMS vs. Keokuk baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO., June 19th. Kids 3 and under are free. Face value of the tickets is $49 but IMS is selling them for $28. That gets you in for BOTH the Cardinals vs. Royals game (2:00 PM) and the IMS vs. Keokuk game (immediately following). If you want tickets, please send your money to Jason at 1945 Nutmeg Ave., Washington, or give him a call at 653.6812 and leave a message and he’ll be happy to stop by to see you and pick up the money. Then he will turn the money into the school and they will mail out the actual tickets to you directly. You may also email Jason’s mom at becky-litwiller@uiowa.edu and she will relay the message to Jason.
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 (this weekend); 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.
Parkview Home in Wayland is planning their annual peanut auction for the residents on Wednesday, March 30 at 2:00 PM. They are asking for donations of small items that residents will be able to “purchase” at the auction with peanuts provided by the activity department. Please have items to Parkview Home by Friday, March 25. If you can come to assist a resident with the auction, please call Jerilyn Winga or Judy Williams at 256.2775 and let them know. Please be here by 1:30 PM so you can review the items and discuss what they would like to purchase.
Iowa Annual MDS Meeting will be held at Wayland Mennonite Church Sunday, April 3rd at 2:00 PM
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.
You are invited to a French Toast Breakfast to benefit “Empowering Haiti: The Ivy Jane Yoder Baby Rooms” on Saturday, April 9th, from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM at Kalona Mennonite Church. For a free will donation, you can have a tasty homemade meal of French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage, and rolls. Carryouts are available. Come join us as we raise money to help build a permanent health clinic in Lambert, Haiti. Questions? Call Trent and Tammy Yoder at 656.3743.
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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