WASHINGTON
MENNONITE CHURCH
Prelude
Sharing
CCCC
Update – Mary Lou Farmer
Call to Worship
Scripture
Reading: John 4:7-42
Songs of Worship
Confession
Silent Prayer
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Drama
Children’s Time
Offering & Offertory
Message “The
Importance of Focus”
Song of Response “Fill My Cup, Lord” S&R
22
WE RESPOND
Pastoral Prayer
Benediction
Sending Song
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Worship Leaders
Prelude &
Offertory: Martha Graber
Worship Leader: Barb Ramsey
Song Leader: Tim Widmer
Drama: Myron Graber,
Andrea Leyden
Children’s
Story: Karen Bates
Sermon: Roger Farmer
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 3/20/11: $2102.00
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—
- 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
Meals on Wheels – Washington Mennonite Church
will be doing Meals on Wheels beginning tomorrow 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.
The 3rd, 4th,
and 5th graders Sunday School class have brought bathroom
products to class and we invite you to bring bathroom stuff for HACAP by
Easter.
Thank you,
Trevor, Emily, Mattie & Katie
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: Drew and Mary Ellen
Robinson with their three children are preparing to leave Mongolia in May
after 16 years of service through Mennonite Mission Network. Pray for this family as they adapt to life
and ministry in the United
States.
Pray also that the seeds of the gospel they have planted in Mongolia
will bear fruit in God’s time.
ADDITIONAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS:
April 13: Spring Business Meeting, 7:00 PM
April 20: Mennonite Women all day meeting at the church
May 8: IMS touring choir, evening service at
Washington Mennonite
Happy Birthday
to: Leroy Reber (3/29), Grant Nebel,
Reagan Miller (4/1)
Happy Anniversary
to: Ramiro & Martha Hernandez
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
at uiowa.edu and she will relay the message to Jason.
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.
The Culinary Arts class of Iowa Mennonite
School is preparing,
hosting, and serving breakfasts in the lobby of Celebration Hall several times
in the coming weeks. Reservations are
being taken for a French breakfast on Wednesday, March 30, an Italian breakfast
on April 20; and a Thai breakfast on April 27.
Students in the class take leadership roles for the meals, which are $7
per person. Please call the school to
make your reservation; the class is taught by Ranee Brokaw.
Iowa Mennonite
School’s Touring Choir, a
43-voice select vocal group under the direction of Karenza Yoder, will present
two programs of sacred music on Sunday, April 3: the 9:30 AM service at First
Mennonite Church of Iowa City, and a 5:00 PM service at East Union Mennonite Church
near Kalona. Come hear the choir as they
lead worship through music!
Due to a recent
cancellation, the entire Retreat Lodge at Crooked Creek
Christian Camp is available the weekend of July 8-10, 2011
and the main level of the Lodge is available July 1-3. These are prime summer weekends; 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.
The Freedom Singers will
be at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church
on April 9th at 6:30 PM. The
Freedom Singers began their music ministry when two young men, Simon and
Wesley, arrived in Canada
as stow-a-ways. In Romania, their native land, at that
time, all young men, upon completing High School, were forced to join the
army. Determined to escape to freedom,
Simon and Wesley faced danger and hardship fleeing from Romania to Italy. Freedom Singers share their music and
testimony in the hope that those who listen will be spiritually enriched. They give praise to God for His guidance and
abundant grace. Everyone is invited to
come and hear their story and enjoy their message in song. A love offering will be taken.
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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