October 21st Newsletter

Bearing Fruit
October 21, 2012

Our Church

Happy Birthday to:  Shannon Slagel (10/21),

                Carl Wulf (10/23), Jared Widmer (10/27)

Offering for 10/14/12: $2605 (regular),  $150 (HACAP)

On October 28 we will be starting a new Sunday School class, facilitated by Roger Farmer. This class will be for people who are reading through the Bible in one year, following the Bible reading plan that was handed out in September. The class will be a place for people to discuss the scriptures that they have been reading each week. Please let Roger Farmer know if you are interested in being a part of this class.

On October 28, we will have a noon meeting for all who are interested in thinking about/making decisions about a dinner/dessert theatre in the coming year. From this meeting, we will appoint a dinner/dessert theatre committee. We will order in pizza for lunch during this meeting. All are welcome!

Iowa Mennonite School

Tickets are still available for the IMS production of Stealing Home, featuring 10 cast members under the direction of Mary Forney.  Show times are 7pm Sat, Oct 27, and 3pm Sun, Oct 28, and may be purchased by calling the school.

Tickets are available for the IMS Pork Supper on Sat, Nov 3, hosted by the junior class and their parents.  The menu includes roast pork, baked potato, salad, and homemade desserts; serving is from 4:30-7:30pm in the IMS gym.  Call the school office to purchase advance tickets (they will also be available at the door).  Thanks for your support of the class in their efforts to raise funds for their class trip next summer!

Mennonite Agencies

High school seniors and recent grads! Now is the time to start applying for Service Adventure, a Mennonite Mission Network program that gives you the opportunity to take a gap year after high school to serve and learn in a community of faith. Get more information at MennoniteMission.net/Serve.

The Sower Prayer Request:  Pray for those who will gather at the Prairie Arboretum in Freeman, South Dakota on Saturday for the second regional meeting for discernment and counsel.

Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:  MMN Voluntary Service local leaders are beginning their fall meeting on Thursday in Tucson, Ariz.  Pray for them as they support one another in the ministry of God’s reconciliation in their respective communities.

Mennonite Education Agency Prayer Request:  Several veterans joined the EMU community to study under the GI bill this fall.  Pray for them as they learn more about Anabaptist values and build relationships on campus.

Washington Area

JPOG (Just Peace Outreach Group) invites you to consider the emerging and entrenched faces of poverty in the nation and Washington County.  We invite you to view a DVD documentary about poverty in the aftermath of the recession and also hear comments about local poverty from Edie Nebel, Washington County Director of Public Health.   Join us at the Kalona Mennonite Church, 902 6th Street, Kalona, Iowa on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. for a finger-foods potluck and conversation (please bring your own table service) or at 7 pm for the program on poverty.  For more information call Roger Farmer at 319.653.2547 or email Jane Yoder-Short at yodershort at netins.net.

All people of all ages are invited to the biggest fall festival of 2012. Wayland MYF is organizing this community-wide event at the cafeteria and gymnasium of WACO Secondary School on Sunday, October 28th from 12pm to 3pm. You can join us for a fall meal from 12pm to 1:30pm. You can bid on our silent auction items from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. And you can participate in our fun activities (crafts, games, hay ride, bake sale, cookie walk, pumpkin sale, caramel apples and much more) from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. All proceeds will help the youth attend MC USA Youth Convention in July 2013. Invite your friends, family and neighbors to this extraordinary event!

A pork loin supper and auction benefit for Carissa Swartzendruber will be held on November 3^rd at the Pathway Christian School from 5:00-7:20.  Carissa was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.  For more information contact Amy Drayfahl at 319.461.4049, Kim Gingerich at 319.430.4690, or Valerie Gingerich at 319.430.5529.

There will be a Caring for the Heart conference at Upper Deer Creek Church, November 4-8.  This is for anyone wanting to better understand how to resolve personal and marital difficulties.   For more information, you may contact Elmer Miller at 319.656.3843.

Get your feather or foam pillows cleaned, sanitized, deodorized & NEW TICKING on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 8:30am – 4:00pm at Kalona Mennonite Church (902 6^th St).  Sponsored by the Kalona Mennonite WMSC.