Bulletin for April 10, 2011

 WASHINGTON MENNONITE CHURCH

WE GATHER

Prelude

Call to Worship

Sharing

Songs of Worship

Confession

Silent Prayer

WE RECEIVE GOD’S WORD

Scripture Reading

                NT Reading                           John 11:38-44

Drama

Children’s Time

WE RESPOND

Offering and Offertory

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD

Message:                                               “Second Call”

Song of Response

Pastoral Prayer

Benediction

Sending Song

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Worship Leaders 

Worship Leader:  Barb Ramsey

Song Leader:  Myron Graber

Drama:  Jon & Becky Widmer, Grant Nebel

Sermon:  David Heusinkveld

Children’s Story:  Karen Bates

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):  Barb Ramsey

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 4/3/11:  $5780.50 (regular)

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 461.6393    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 April

• April 17: Grant Nebel
• April 24: Grant Nebel

Happy Birthday to:  Jon Widmer (4/14)

We welcome David Heusinkveld to our pulpit this morning.  David is administrator of Pleasantview Retirement Center in Kalona.  May God bless his message to us today.

Please pray for Tim Detweiler, as he recovers from shoulder surgery.  Tim will be unable to drive himself for six weeks.  Keep Tim and Carol and the Conference Ministry Staff in your prayers during this time.

Washington Mennonite Church will provide a brief worship service this afternoon, April 10, at McCreedy Home and Washington Care Center.  The Outreach and Service Ministry will lead the service at McCreedy Home at 1:45 PM and at Washington Care Center at 2:30 PM.  If you would like to participate in these worship services in the future, please contact a member of the Outreach and Service Ministry (Tim Widmer, Mike Bates, Carol Detweiler, Roger Farmer, or Grant Nebel).

On Thursday, April 21^st we will be having a Maundy Thursday Service here at the church at 6:30 PM.  Come and help us remember and celebrate the last supper Jesus shared with his disciples.

On Sunday, April 24^th there will be an Easter brunch in the church fellowship hall from 8:00 – 9:00 AM.  Please feel free to bring yummy breakfast food to share, in fellowship, with our church family.  There will be no Sunday School on Easter Sunday due to the brunch.

Those who are renewing their subscription to THE MENNONITE, should put $37.00 in the offering and write “The Mennonite” on the memo line.

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

THIS WEEK:

Wed.:  Spring Business Meeting, 7:00 PM, agenda is in your mailboxes

UPCOMING EVENTS:

April 20:  Mennonite Women all day meeting at the church

May 8:  IMS touring choir will be at WMC in the evening, 7:00 PM

June 3 & 4:  MCC Relief Sale

JPOG (Just Peace Outreach Group) invites you to view the DVD movie “Gasland” which describes the dangers of air and water pollution from a new method of drilling for natural gas called “hydraulic fracturing”.  Mennonite landowners in Pennsylvania and North Dakota have been asked to lease their land for this destructive process.  Join us at the Washington Mennonite Church, this evening, April 10, 2011, at 6:00PM for a finger-foods potluck and conversation (please bring your own table service) or at 7:00PM for viewing “Gasland”.  For more information, call Roger Farmer at 319-653-2547.

It’s family night at Crooked Creek Christian Camp and we invite everyone to a special gathering of the Climbing Club at the Activity Center from 5-7PM on Sunday, April 10.  We’ve lowered the age limit to 8 years old and encourage families to come and give climbing a try!  Family maximum rate is $25, adults are $10, and kids are half price. This is an affordable and active Sunday evening adventure that you should try. Call the camp to register at 319-653-3611. Every child must be accompanied by an adult, no more that two children per adult.

Jubilance Children’s Choir, a community children’s choir directed by Rhonda Miller, will be giving their spring concert at Kalona Mennonite Church on Sunday, April 17, 2011, at 3pm.

TV & Movie Star Frank Runyeon will perform his one-man dramatization of the Sermon on the Mount at 6:00 PM, Sunday, April 17, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington.  Everyone is welcome.  Child care provided for ages 3 and under.

Sounds of Washington Spring Concert will be on April 19^th at 6:30 PM at St. James Catholic Church.  Check it out on the bulletin board.

The high school aged youth of the United Presbyterian Church’s INSIDE OUT group will be presenting a “Journey to the Cross,” an experiential event on Good Friday, April 22^nd.  This ecumenical event will be from 4:00 – 7:00 PM.  Attendees will need to allow about 40 minutes to experience the event.  Persons are asked to use the parking lot door.  Those attending will be placed into small groups of 5 – 8 persons and will walk the journey of Holy Week.  Each of the 8 stations will take about 4 – 5 minutes and groups will rotate at the sound of a chime.  Each station will include a short scripture reading, a meditation and a possible hands-on activity in response.  Communion will be included in the event.  INSIDE OUT invites community members of all ages and denominations to take part in this opportunity.  Plan now to add this to your Holy Week calendar!

The Culinary Arts class of IMS is preparing, hosting, and serving breakfasts in the lobby of Celebration Hall twice in the coming weeks.  Reservations are being taken for 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.

The Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum has received a request for quilts for Japan.  Any size quilts can be used and they can be either quilted or tied.  These can be new or CLEAN USED ones. Also, cash donations are needed to pay for shipping.  Checks should be made out to the Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum and sent to Marilyn Woodin, Box 340, Kalona, Iowa, 52247.  If you need someone to pick up your quilt, please call 319-656-2555 or e-mail Nancy Roth at kalonatours at kctc.net, or call Marilyn’s cell at 319-931-5691. Deadline to be at the Museum is April 28^th.

Looking for a great retreat location for your family gathering this summer?  Call Crooked Creek Christian Camp and ask about specials on the June and July open weekends.  Call 653.3611.

Summer Camp brochures are out!  The bright red flyers and registration information for Crooked Creek Christian Camp summer camp were in your mailboxes last week.  There was also a flyer about the 2^nd Annual 5K Fun Run & Walk on May 1 at 4:30PM.  All proceeds go to the Campership Fund so that every camper can attend, regardless of financial need.  If you’d like to volunteer to help at the race, call Johanna Bontrager at the Camp Office, 319-653-3611.

Please keep Karenza Yoder and IMS’s Touring Choir in your thoughts and prayers as they are traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico this weekend to participate in the Mennonite Schools Council Choir Festival.  They will spend several days in San Juan, along with eight other schools, and will be involved with a service project on Monday, April 11.  The concert at Academia Menonita will take place this evening, April 10.

BRIDGES TO the CROSS Pittsburgh 2011 (July 4-9):  Don’t forget to register for Pittsburgh 2011 by April 24 to take advantage of registration discounts!  If you’ve never been to a Mennonite Church USA convention or haven’t been since you attended as a youth, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find out all the activities offered at Pittsburgh 2011 for all ages!  Visit: www.mennoniteusa.org/convention to register and read stories from those who attended for the first time, parents who bring their children and adults who have been coming for years.  Find out what brings them to convention.  Find out what convention can mean for you.

Mennonite Mission prayer requests:  A Mennonite Mission Network family who has served long-term in the Arabic world asks for God’s protection over Egyptian Christians.  Pray that these stress-filled times may become great opportunities to share the good new of Jesus’ healing and hope.