February 12, 2012
Our Church
Happy
Birthday to: Don Headrick (2/20),
Andrea Nussbaum (2/22)
Prayers of Washington Mennonite --
·
Murray Family – as they deal with the
loss of Mick and Julie
·
Cindy Widmer’s recovery
·
Karla Garrett
Saturday Kitchen: Held at
the United Presbyterian fellowship hall every Saturday over noon every seventh
Saturday. Our church is responsible for the meal on March 31. We are responsible
for preparing, serving, cleanup, and food expenses. An estimated 15 people will
be needed each Saturday. Please see the sign-up sheets for more information and
to sign-up to help.
Sing the Story
songbooks have been purchased for use in our worship. Contributions
are welcome to assist with the cost of this addition to our worship. Cost
is $10/book. Please indicate your donation for songbooks on your check. Goodies
and a free will offering will also provide an opportunity to contribute to this
purchase in the coming weeks.
Iowa Mennonite School
The IMS Chamber Singers
are offering Singing Valentines on February 14 for your special
person! The Valentine
package for an individual will consist of two songs, a flower
and a photo for $35. The Chamber Singers will also sing songs for a group
for $60. The songs this year are You Are the New Day by
King Singers, I Will Be There by Steven Curtis Chapman, In
the Still of the Nite as recorded by Boys II Men. To reserve a singing
valentine call the school office at 656.2073 or 683.2586.
On
Saturday, February 18, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the IMS gym, there will be a fund-raiser dinner for Arevik Torosyan, an exchange student at IMS three years ago. She is
currently 19, from Armenia, and was hosted by Larry and Bonnie
Pickard. Now she is fighting a life- threatening
Prospective
Student Day - IMS is hosting an information and visitation day on Monday,
February 20, from 8:00 a.m.-3:10 p.m. Interested 8th-grade students are
invited to visit classes, attend chapel, eat lunch on campus (no charge to the
student), meet potential classmates and teachers, and experience life on the
IMS campus! Parents are also invited to a brief informational session at
the beginning of the day (8:00 a.m.). Please contact Candi Schmieder (candi.schmieder at gmail.com) for further information,
or call the school office at 656-2073 or 683-2586.
Turkey Steak Supper: The IMS Alumni
Association and Washington Township
Optimists are once again joining efforts to host and serve the Turkey Steak
Supper on Sat, March 10. Serving will be
in the IMS gym from 4:30-7:00 pm; the menu includes turkey steak, baked potato,
tossed salad, homemade desserts, and coffee-water. Tickets are available from any IMS freshman;
members of either organization; or by contacting the school. Woody Guthrie’s American Song will also be performed in Celebration Hall, at 7:30
pm. To purchase a package deal (dinner
and show), please contact the school.
The IMS Board
invites you to join them in prayer for IMS every
Wednesday morning at 7:30 AM. Come to
IMS or ask to have the prayer guide emailed to you. Join us either way as we invite God’s guidance
and blessing for IMS each week.
Crooked Creek Christian Camp
Notice to all volleyball enthusiasts: Today from 4-6 p.m., the Activity Center at
Crooked Creek Christian Camp will be open for Volleyball Club. Come in out of
the cold for warm fellowship and some great volleyball games. See you there!
Crooked Creek Christian Camp invites you
to join us for: Exploring Foods and
Farming Conference; The Myth of Sustainability on March 2-3, 2012. Are you
a farmer? Conventional or Organic? Do you garden? This conference is for anyone
who eats food and anyone who produces food. Our keynote speaker will be Neal
Eash. Neal is an Associate Professor in Biosystems Engineering & Soil
Science at the University of Tennessee. His research area is in soil fertility
and carbon cycling in organic production systems. He has ongoing no-till
research in Lesotho, Mozambique, and Thailand. He also continues to farm
his home 160-acre farm in Ohio using only no-till methods. This event will
focus on bringing together conventional and organic farmers to discuss and
learn how all farmers (conventional or alternate) can move towards more
sustainable and restorative practices. Diane Zaerr Brenneman will lead
activities that help unpack how our language and assumptions affect our
conversations. How do we build bridges between farmers who produce food
differently and consumers in hopes of creating community?
Mennonite Agencies
You are invited to the Mennonite Central Committee Central
States Annual Meeting at New Creation Fellowship Church in Newton, Ks.
on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7pm. Joanna Hiebert Bergen, MCC's HIV/AIDS
Program Coordinator will share how MCC is touching the lives of millions by
caring for people living with HIV/AIDS, supporting children orphaned by the
disease, teaching prevention and addressing the poverty and injustices that
perpetuate the spread of the disease. New Creation Fellowship is located
at 221 Muse St in Newton and refreshments will be served following the meeting.
Mennonite/s Writing VI:
Solos and Harmonies: You’re invited to a literary arts festival March 29-April 1, 2012
at Eastern Mennonite University, co-sponsored by Conrad Grebel University
College. Features playwright Vern Thiessen; poet Greg Orr; a growing list of
Mennonite scholars and writers including Katherine Arnoldi, Stephen Raleigh
Byler, Todd Davis, Dora Dueck, Jeff Gundy, Ann Hostetler, Jean Janzen, Julia
Spicher Kasdorf, Keith Ratzlaff, Sofia Samatar, Hildi Froese Tiessen, and Rudy
Wiebe. Learn more and register by March 16 at www.emu.edu/mennos-writing
Early registration discount available through
February 3.
See MCC in
action, go on a Learning Tour! April 20-30 an MCC Learning Tour will travel to
Honduras. Participants will learn about Mennonite Central Committee's
work with marginalized children, at-risk youth, vulnerable river neighborhoods
and the Honduran Mennonite Church. Registration deadline is March 9 and
the cost of the trip is $1500 (includes all costs except necessary
immunizations). Curious? Call Sarah Bunn or Maynard Knepp with
questions at 316-283-2720 or email sbunn at mcc.org.
Ecuador
Partners: Please pray for a young refugee family who
live in the refugee house in Quito. They
were recently denied refugee visas and their future is very uncertain.
Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request: Pray that God’s presence may be felt by all participants as the
Anabaptist 1643 Community in Australia goes through changes to conform to local
government requirements. May God grant
wisdom to Mark and Mary Hurst of Mennonite Mission Network as they walk
alongside fellow community members during this time of uncertainty.
The Sower Prayer Request: Pray for the family of Mick
and Julie Murray who lost their lives in a car accident February 4. They are survived by four children, Brittany,
20; Nicole, 18; Chase, 16; and Jordan, 14.
Mick co-pastored Kalona (Iowa) Mennonite Church with Schott
Swartzendruber for 17 years. Pray for
Scott and his wife Jan and the congregation as they grieve.
Washington Area
Bethel Mennonite is hositng Randy Davis of Drawing Closer Ministires. Randy does a chalk art drawing as his wife plays background music. Randy will be at Bethel on Sunday, February 19th at 7pm. For information see the poster on the bulletin board.
The Goshen
College Men's Choir is on a Mid-west tour and will be giving a concert at First Mennonite Church on Wed., Feb. 29th at 7:00 pm. Dr.
Scott Hochstetler directs the choir of 48 men (two from this area). All
are welcome to attend this concert of singing on the theme of "Light in
the Darkness".
There is a World Day of Prayer gathering at the United Presbyterian Church in
Washington on March 2 at 1:30 pm.
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