WASHINGTON MENNONITE
CHURCH
Prelude
Gathering
Welcome
Songs of Worship I Owe the Lord a Morning Song STJ 112
We Will Dance
Give Me Oil in My Lamp
GOD ADDRESSES US
Children’s Time
Scripture Matthew
25:1-13
Message “The
Beta Church”
Song of Response Keep Your Lamps Trimmed
GOD HEARS US
Sharing
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
GOD SENDS US
Benediction
Sending Song The Lord Lift You Up STJ 73
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Centro Cristiano Hispanic Worship Service 2:30 PM
Martha Hernandez, pastor
ABIDING
“I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret
places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons
you by name.” Isaiah 45:3
To summon is defined as “authoritatively or urgently calling
on (someone) to be present”. That God
calls on me to be present, summons each of us by name. I wonder if we were truly present in each
moment what we would find. Hidden
treasures of God’s goodness and love?
Riches stored in secret places that we might miss if we are not present?
I love this invitation to embrace the
present, this moment. Learning to
embrace the moment so that we might find the abundant life Jesus offers us. A simple, yet complex challenge. Angela Stauffer Widmer
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Worship Leaders:
Prelude/Offertory: Susan See
Worship Leader: Jared Widmer
Song Leader: Edie Nebel
Children’s
Story: Carol Detweiler
Meditation: 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
Happy Birthday to:
Francis Litwiller, Roger
Roth (11/14), Edie Nebel (11/16),
Tim
Detweiler (11/18)
Happy Anniversary to:
Stan & Roberta Skinner
(11/16)
Offering for 11/6/11:
$2424.00 (regular), $150.00
(HACAP)
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, November 17th at the church.
On the table in the foyer is a list of food items needed for a HACAP food box. If the box is complete it will be given to
Washington families in need. Incomplete
boxes need to be marked so HACAP can complete what is needed. Would you or your family be willing to work
on one or more food boxes for needy families in Washington?
The Washington Ministerial Association is beginning a soup kitchen for people and
families who may need help with a hot meal during the weekend. This soup kitchen will be every Saturday from
11-12:30 beginning in January. The
pastors are encouraging us to volunteer one Saturday a month to prepare and
serve a meal. Some planning needs to be
done by the Outreach & Service ministry.
More information will be coming later.
TODAY: noon meal for WMC, hosted by Centro
Cristiano—We are invited to the
worship service at 2:30 PM. The service is in Spanish. All are welcome.
: Dessert Theatre practice at the church, 5:00 PM
THIS WEEK:
Tues.: Elders’ meeting, 7:00 PM
Wed.: Dessert Theatre practice at 6:00 PM
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Dec. 1, 2, 3: Dessert Theatre performances at Washington
Mennonite Church
Prayers of Washington Mennonite—
·
Angela
Widmer
·
Tina
Wiklund
·
Tim
& Cindy Widmer as they travel to China, talk to students who want to study
in the U.S.
·
Dessert
Theatre preparations and ticket sales
Needs around Washington—
·
An
apartment
·
Winter
clothes for family with children
-
Male:
T-shirt size XL, jeans size 36-32
-
Female:
size 18, XL-1X T-shirts
-
Son: 6T
-
Daughter:
6T
Please see Amanda with any donations of clothing or money for
Goodwill gift certificates.
·
Help
moving to another house
Amanda and Grant are getting several calls a week from people who need assistance with
housing, utilities, food and other essentials for the coming winter
months. When we get calls we will place
the needs in the bulletin. If you are
interested in helping with these needs let your pastors know. All of the requests are checking out with
HACAP.
The CROP Walk Committee thanks all those involved with this year’s project. There were 75 walkers and $5,704.89 was
collected. Twelve walkers from WMC
raised $695.00. Your support is
appreciated.
Josh Evanovich and Mike Jewel will give a concert today at 2:30 PM at the United Presbyterian
Church. It will feature piano and organ.
Crooked Creek Christian Camp will hold its Annual Meeting on Monday, November 14,
2011. All SIMCA members and interested
persons are invited to attend. Supper
will be served from 6:15-6:45 PM with a program starting at 7:00 PM. Call the camp at 653.3611 if you have questions.
The students and IMS Music Boosters invite you to join us for dinner at the Washington Pizza
Ranch on Wednesday, November 16th from 5-8 PM for buffet-style
dining. Pizza Ranch will be donating 10%
of all sales plus tips to assist students in raising money for orchestra
festival, touring choir, scholarships for students, and music equipment. We hope you are able to come support the
awesome students of IMS!
Crowded Closet will be
having a half price sale day this Thursday, November 17. There will be extended hours that day until
8:00 PM.
Iowa Peace Network is
having a holiday open house on November 20, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in Des
Moines. Jess Hoffert, the new
coordinator will be introduced. See the
flyer on the bulletin board for more information.
You are invited to
attend a Thanksgiving service of praise, music and sharing at West Union
Mennonite Church on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 24 starting at
9:00 AM. Anna Geyer will be sharing her
experience at the MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development) conference she
attended. An offering will be taken for
the Hopi Mission School in Arizona where Rebecca Yoder teaches. The money will be used to buy her students
Bibles and wherever else it is needed for their school.
IMS Alumni Madrigal Singers are invited to sing on November 26 at the Festival of
Trees in Wellman. Practice will be
November 14 at 7:00 PM at IMS. Call Lori
Witthoft at 319.325.2210 if interested.
Sunday, November 27, 4:00 PM: Hymn
Sing at Kalona Mennonite Church led by Nate Yoder. Nate is a graduate of Bethel College in
Newton, Kansas with a degree in music.
Refreshments will be served following.
All interested 8th-grade students are invited to check out Iowa Mennonite School on Monday,
November 28. Students will visit classes
and chapel, eat lunch on campus (no charge for the meal), and meet other
potential classmates. Parents are also
invited to participate at the beginning of the day by attending a brief
question-and-answer session at 8:15 AM.
Those planning to attend should respond by November 21. Please contact Candy Schmieder at 656.2073 or
candi-schmieder at gmail.com for further information.
Join us on Saturday, December 3, 2011 for Come to the Table.
‘Tis the Season to Drink Tea! Wendy Leichty (Bethel MC) will share with us
about tea time in Ireland while traveling with a mission group and we will all
learn how to host a tea party. We will
also make tasty treats that you can give as gifts during this holiday season
and we will spend time sharing together around a cup of hot tea (or
coffee). Registration is $18/adult and
$10/child (ages 5-8) and lunch is included.
The day will be geared toward adults but if you have a young lady, 5 and
up, who would enjoy this ladies day out then bring her along! Remember to wear your favorite tea party hat
if you have one and have your registration in by Monday, November 28. We look forward to seeing you!
International Nativity Festival: We
invite you to a display of over 400 Nativity scenes from more than 100
countries. The artists who created them
have interpreted what Christ’s birth meant to them. The event will take place at First Mennonite
Church, 405 Myrtle Ave. in Iowa City.
The dates and times are: Friday,
December 9 from 5-9 PM, Saturday, December 10 from 10 AM-5 PM, Sunday, December
11 from 1:30-5:30 PM. Your friends and
families are welcome at this time of celebration, giving and remembering. A free will donation will be given to LCC
International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania. It is a small private Christian University
with 650 students from 21 mostly Eastern European countries. It provides education within the Christian
context and the framework of servant leadership.
On December 10 from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning, we have been asked to ring the bell for the Salvation Army
outside the Wal-Mart store. Four
volunteers are needed, two per hour. If
you would like to ring a bell, please sign up in the foyer.
Jubilance Children’s Choir, a community choir led by Rhonda Miller, will be giving
their Christmas concert at Kalona Mennonite Church on Sunday, December 11 at
4:00 PM
Prayer request from our conference: Pray for
Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.
Mennonite Mission Network prayer request: Dustin
and Tiffany Wyse-Fisher, with their children, Miles, 3, and Liam, 1 recently
began a two-year Mennonite Mission Network assignment as resource persons with
the Corrymeela Community in Northern Ireland.
Pray for them as they transition to their new home and join in a
ministry promoting reconciliation and peace-building
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