Newsletter for June 23, 2013

Bearing Fruit 

June 23, 2013

Our Church

Happy Birthday to:  Jacayla Litwiller (6/26),

Craig Hemsath (6/26), Amy Widmer (6/29)

Happy Anniversary to:  Jared & Angela Widmer (6/27)

Offering for 6/16/2013: $1916.00 (regular),

        $210.00 (bike to church)

Iowa Mennonite School

IMS is holding a week-long theatre camp this summer, from July 8-12.  Come and join the cast ofCalamity Jane & the Showdown at Dry Gulch!  The camp is for anyone who has completed grades 1-12, and will take place in Celebration Hall on the IMS campus.  Camp times are 8:30 am-12:30 pm daily, with a mid-morning snack provided each day.  A performance will be given at 7:00 pm on Friday, July 12, also in Celebration Hall.  There is a cost to attend the camp; for more information please call Candi Schmieder at 319-656-2073, and check our website at www.iowamennonite.org.

Crooked Creek Christian Camp

As part of CCCC’s cabin renovation project, the camp will have several cabins for sale in July and August of this year.  Contact Mary Lou at the camp 319.653.3611 for more information as soon as possible.  Thanks.

Grandfolk-Littlefolk Day, July 2, is just around the corner.  Activities will include games, chapel, swimming, nature, crafts and fun!  If you haven’t registered your 5 or 6 year old child (along with a grandparent or other adult), please call the camp 319.653.3611 by June 28 to register.  There is still room!

Area Mennonite Churches

On June 30^th, there will be a fund-raiser meal prepared by the Maria & Enrique Mendoza family from the Torre Fuerte congregation that meets at First Mennonite in Iowa City.  Donations will assist their children in attending IMS.  The meal will be at First Mennonite, beginning at approximately 11:45 am.

Central Plains Conference

The Sower Prayer Request:  This morning is the final worship service at the Central Plains Annual Meeting in Ashland, Montana.  Pray for speaker Terry LeBlanc and those gathered, that our conference may experience the presence, power and guidance of the Holy Spirit today and in the year to come.

Mennonite Agencies

Waging Peace:  Muslim and Christian Alternatives documentary produced by MennoMedia on behalf of the Mennonite churches is airing on NBC-TV from June 23 – November at the discretion of local NBC affiliates.  Check Interfaith Broadcasting http://www.interfaithbroadcasting .com/program.aspx?PID=383 to find local listings with time and date.  The program examines courageous threads of peace quietly being sown around the world and includes Mennonite-related spokespersons David W Shenk, Leon Kehl, Peggy Gish, and an interfaith peace camp for children held regularly at EMU.  For more info on the DVD, visit store.mennomedia.org/

 The Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Fear Not campaign is initiating a poster contest to help congregations 
reflect on the different faces of militarism and biblical call to peacemaking. Cash prize for the winner! June 30, 2013 deadline.  For details see: http://bit.ly/fearnotposter

Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:   Barbara and Tad Wulliman serve in the Philippines through MMN.  Praise God for their 29 years at Faith Academy, a Christian school.  Pray for many staffing positions yet to be filled for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Prayers for Faith and Learning:  Give thanks to God for people who contribute to Mennonite higher education, and ask God to prompt generosity as colleges, universities and seminaries approach the end of the fiscal year.