GOD GATHERS US
Prelude
Gathering
Welcome
Songs of Worship
GOD ADDRESSES US
Children’s Time
Scripture Exodus
32:1-14
Message “Make
gods for us”
Song of Response
GOD HEARS US
Sharing
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
GOD SENDS US
Benediction
Sending Song
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Centro Cristiano Hispanic Worship Service 2:30 PM
Martha Hernandez, pastor
ABIDING
FAMILY--“Your word is
a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”
Psalm 119:105 has been one of
my favorite verses for life. “Tell it to your children, and let your
children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.” Joel
1:3
I have felt one of my callings in life is to see that my
children and grandchildren know Christ and follow Him. Billy Graham once said, “Pray together and
read the Bible together. Nothing
strengthens a marriage and family more.
Nothing is a better defense against Satan.” I want to lead by example. Joanne Roth
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Worship Leaders:
Prelude: Roger Farmer
Worship Leader: Roger Roth
Children’s
Time: Andrea Leyden
Song Leader: Carol Detweiler
Offertory: men’s quartet-- Dick See, Monte Asbury, Tim
Widmer, Roger Farmer
Visuals: Becky Litwiller
Message: Grant Nebel
Pastoral
Prayer: Amanda Beachy
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): Sandy Buhrow
Adult Bible Study:
(end classroom of Fellowship Hall):
Barb Ramsey
Preschool – 2-5 years (middle classroom in Fellowship
Hall): Becky Widmer
Grades 3-6 (classroom off kitchen): Karen Bates
Youth grades 6-12 (upstairs): Grant Nebel
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) Amanda
Beachy:319.325.4522
319.931.2579 (cell) (cell)
grant.edie at gmail.com abeach25 at gmail.com
Elders: Francis Litwiller 656.3426 Becky Widmer 653.4714
Myron Graber 653.1674
Church Secretary:
Martha Graber 653.6393 Church
Office Phone: 653.6041
Church Office e-mail:
wash.mennonite at juno.com
Each week we would
like one person to list their favorite Bible scripture and how these verses
are encouraging them in their walk with God.
Each week Amanda and Grant will be asking someone for their
response. The congregation’s response is
to pray for that person during the week.
As our abiding in the Word person
this week, keep Joanne Roth in your prayers.
Offering for 10/2/11:
$3524.01 (regular), $150.00
(Mutual Aid)
Happy Anniversary to:
Gordon & Karen Watson
(10/11), Craig & Brynna
Hemsath
(10/14)
The women from the “Thinkers” group are meeting together once a week to pray
especially for Tina Watson Wiklund and would like to invite anyone else to join
us at 1:00 PM on Friday, October 14th at the church.
Fundraising lunch for Iglesia
Centro Cristiano (Hispanic
church plant in Washington) will be at noon, Sunday, October 16 at Sugar Creek
Mennonite Church. Pastor Martha
Hernandez, along with others from the church, will be serving the meal. It is a free-will donation and all proceeds
over cost will go to fund the ministries of this church.
TODAY: Dessert Theatre meeting at the church, 5:00
PM
:
Washington Area Crop Walk, 12:30 PM at Central Park
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Oct. 19: Mennonite Women all day meeting at the church
Nov. 3: Mennonite Women’s Banquet at First Mennonite
Dec. 1, 2, 3: Dessert Theatre performances at Washington
Mennonite Church
CROP HUNGER WALK, today, at Central Park in Washington:
Registration is at noon and the walk begins at 12:30 PM.
THREE WAYS YOU CAN
HELP FIGHT HUNGER
1. Say
YES to walking the mile course.
2. Say YES to sponsoring a walker from our
church by pledging any amount you choose.
No gift is too small.
3. Help furnish four dozen cookies for the end
of the walk.
Thank you for
your prayerful consideration of how you wish to be involved. Each one of us can make a difference. Each one of us has a vital role to play in
making this CROP Hunger Walk successful.
Funds raised are used to fight hunger in our community and around the
world
The IMS music department will present their Fall Concert this afternoon at 3:00 PM in Celebration
Hall. The concert will feature the
choral groups, instrumental ensembles, and various smaller ensembles. All are directed by Karenza Yoder; an
offering will be taken in support of the music department.
Fall Hymn Sing—Singers and listeners are invited to be part of an afternoon hymn sing in
an old country church with lovely acoustics, today, at 2 PM. (Richwoods Church, south of Trenton on W55). Please bring copies of Hymnal: A Worship Book, Sing the Journey, and Sing the Story. Afterward,
everyone is invited to eat homemade ice cream at the nearby home of Gary and
Gloria Graber.
Everyone is invited to attend the fall meeting of the
Mennonite Historical Society. It will be held at Kalona Mennonite Church at 7:00 PM on
October 10. The program will focus on
area Centennial Farms. Centennial farms
are ones in which the property has remained in the same family for at least 100
continuous years. Family members from
several area Century Farms will be speaking about their farm’s history and the
people who lived and worked on them.
Please come to learn more about these interesting family farms.
The Loaves & Fishes Consultation on Children’s Ministry scheduled for Saturday, October 15, has been cancelled due
to the low number of registrations. If
you are interested in ministry to children, you are encouraged to contact
Conference Minister for Christian Formation Shana Peachey Boshart for resources
and ideas. For starters, find a list of
curriculum and resources for mid-week kids clubs on the Christian Formation
page of www.centralplainsmc.org.
In order to allow
more access to your representative, Everence has partnered with Wayland
Mennonite Church to create an outreach location at the church. On the third Tuesday of every month, this
month will be October 18, Justin Brokaw will be available from 10 AM to 2 PM at
Wayland Mennonite Church. He will also
be available by appointment during the remainder of the day. They will be available to help with questions
on current accounts, help in reviewing your Part D plan, budgeting and
retirement savings assistance, as well as health, life, and long term care insurance
needs. Our desire at Everence is to help
you follow God’s will for your life in managing what God has given. Give us a call at 877.656.4242.
The Optimist Club of
Washington will sponsor the Blood Drive for the
Washington community
on Thursday, October 20 at the United Presbyterian Church. Blood donations will be accepted from 1:30 to
6:30 PM.
The MDS Region III
annual meeting will be held on October 21 and 22 in Kalispell,
Montana. If you would like a
registration form, call John Schrock at 646.2260.
Students at IMS are available for hire on Friday, October 28, with all wages earned supporting
the school’s Student Aid program. To
hire one or more students for the day, please contact Mary Lou Gingerich in the
school office: 656.2073 or 683.2586. Thank you for your support of this program.
Iowa Mennonite School’s National Honor Society is organizing a blood drive through the Mississippi Valley
Regional Blood Center, on Monday, October 31, from 7:30-11:30 AM. The drive will take place in the school
gym. Members of NHS are soliciting
donors; interested persons may also contact the school to schedule a time.
Live Inspired: Finding a creative space at the intersection
of faith, art, and the church. Women are invited to the annual Mennonite Women’s Banquet,
held this year at First Mennonite Church in Iowa City on Thursday evening,
November 3rd at 6:30 PM.
Mingle and munch in a gallery-style atmosphere and join us in
celebrating this gathering of imaginative souls and the art these women create!
Featured artists are: Emma Yoder (harp), Martha Yoder
(printmaking/mixed media), Erica Yoder (paper creations), Samantha Bender
(photography). Food artists are: Sherri
Miller Thompson, Twila Beachy, Simone Delaty, Regina Miller, Anna Geyer. Cost is $10/person. Please RSVP to Cathy Ropp. Registration forms are in mailboxes.
Tickets are on sale now for IMS’s production of Mark Twain’s timeless classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, featuring a cast of nearly 50
students and directed by Mary Forney and Karenza Yoder. The musical will take place November 4 and 5
on the stage of Celebration Hall.
Tickets are available by calling the school office (656.2073), for $10
(adults) and $8 (students).
SAVE THE DATE! ‘Tis the season to drink tea! On Saturday, December 3, Crooked Creek
Christian Camp invites you to join us for our annual “Come to the Table”
event. This year we will be throwing a
tea party just for you. We will share
conversation over tea (or coffee), talk about how to throw a tea party and make
some goodies that you can give away as gifts during the holidays. This is a great event for women of all ages
to come and pause, relax, reflect and renew during the Holiday season. Make it a special event by bringing your
daughter, mother, granddaughter, niece, cousin or friend!
Crooked Creek Christian Camp offers “close to home” volunteer opportunity! Assistants are needed to help with laundry at
the Retreat Lodge throughout the winter.
Call Mary Lou Farmer at the camp at 653.3611 if you can give a few hours
to help the camping ministry. Thank you.
Swan Lake Christian Camp invites young adults post high school to age 26 out for our first
ever Young Adult Retreat December 18-20.
Adam Sieff will be our speaker.
His specialty is using hip-hop to tell God’s story and our relationship
with God. Registration deadline is
December 5. Email Renee Neufeld at
programdirector at myslcc.com for more information.
Mission Network prayer request: Pray for
the Mennonite Church in Brazil and its mission agency, Junta Menonita de
Missoes Internacionais (JMMI), as members share the good news of Jesus’ love
both within the country and internationally in Albania and Mozambique. Mennonite Mission Network partners with the
Brazilian Mennonites.
“I want to thank each and everyone who made my experience at the Crowded Closet a truly
blessed event. The support, team work
and dedication to our Lord is awesome.
So now---------We are happy to announce that Betsy Slaubaugh has
accepted the position of manager of Crowded Closet. Karen Shrock has accepted the position of
assistant manager. Please continue to
pray for the Crowded Closet and staff as we make transitions.” Your resigning manager, Connie Freyenberger
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