Bearing Fruit
October 20, 2013
Our Church
Happy
Birthday to: Shannon Slagel (10/21),
Carl Wulf (10/23)
Offering for
10/13/2013: $2,693.00 (regular)
Next Sunday will be a Conversation Café. There will be
no Sunday School. The early Anabaptists,
our spiritual ancestors, believed that in order to understand the scriptures
and God’s leading more correctly, they needed to be discussing, interpreting
and discerning together, in groups of committed believers. Next Sunday, we will carry on that tradition
by worshipping around tables and studying the scriptures together as a
congregation. The passage we will study
will be 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18.
The Board of
Directors of Crowded Closet will be meeting for a planning session in the
Fellowship Hall of Washington Mennonite Church from 12 noon to 5 pm on Wed, Oct
23.
“We would like to thank you for helping to build our future home. We could not do it without all the wonderful
volunteers donating their time and energy.
God Bless! - The Perry Family” (The
card is on the table by the mailboxes.)
Crooked Creek Christian Camp
Join
us for Women Walking this Tuesday, Oct 22 at 10am. Meet at the Activity Center. Bring walking shoes and warm clothes and
please RSVP to Angela at ccccprog at gmail.com or call the office at
319.653.3611.
On
Saturday, Nov 9, camp is hosting annual
Wood Cutting Day. Come with chain
saws and pickups or to exercise. Please
call ahead to reserve your lunch spot.
On
Nov 22-23, camp will be replacing the
North side of the Pavilion roof. 4 volunteers needed Nov 22 to prepare the roof for steel sheets. 8 volunteers needed Nov 23 to nail down the steel sheeting. To
volunteer please contact Tim Friesen 319.653.3611.
Central Plains Conference
The Sower Prayer Request: Pray for Tim
Detweiler, David Boshart and Shana Peachey Boshart as they take a retreat day
on Tuesday to reflect, pray and plan for the future of our conference.
Mennonite Agencies
Mennonite
women, young and old, are invited to the annual Fall Mennonite Women’s meeting
where we will celebrate generations of strong Iowa Mennonite women. From baking pies to making soap to piecing
quilts for beauty and for warmth, wise Iowa women have been doing sacred work
for generations. Join us at 1:00pm on Saturday, November 2 at Kalona
Mennonite Church to hear stories from our past and learn skills from our
grandmothers, mothers and daughters. We
encourage you to invite someone of a different generation to join you in this
celebration. The cost is $20 per person
and registration is required. Check your
church mailbox for a copy of the flyer and registration form.
Mennonite Mission
Network Prayer Request: Pray
for smooth adjustments and joy as MMN’s Service Adventure unit leaders and
participants settle into their new communities in Anchorage, Alaska; Colorado
Springs, Colo.; Raleigh, N.C.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Albany6, Ore.; and Johnstown,
Pa.
Prayers for faith and learning: Pray for the
new Instituto Biblico Anabautista (IBA) Study Center at Iglesia Menonita Rey de
Gloria in Brownsville Texas and the tutor, Lupe Aguilar and also for students
from Rios de Agua Viva, Nueva Jerusalem and Gethsemani churches in Matamoros
Mexico and their tutor Meiliton Viveros.
Pray that these studies are a personal blessing. May God’s wisdom and patience be with the
respective tuytors as they teach this new group of students. May this leadership training ministry be a
blessing for their congregations and communities.
Area Churches
Social Responsibility & the Crisis
of Hunger: Oct 21 7-8:30pm
Lang Hall Auditorium, University of Northern Iowa. Dr. Ronald Sider, Distinguished
Professor Emeritus at Palmer Theological Seminary and author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,
will address the persistence of hunger in this country and in the world and
what can and should be done about it.
Sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Education. Contact Michael D Blackwell, 319.273.2250, michael.blackwell
at uni.edu. Cedar Falls Mennonite
Church will be hosting a reception at 4:30pm, 215 W 9th St. All are welcome.
Revelation: Through the Eyes of Faith. Come to Iowa
Mennonite School the evenings of Oct 30 and 31 for a bible event hosted by 7
area Mennonite churches! Nelson Kraybill
(former seminary president, current president-elect to Mennonite World
Conference, pastor and scholar), will come together with local artist and
pastor Martha Yoder to bring new insights to the hope and doom in the book of
Revelation by exploring the intersection of art and study. Contact Nathan.wmchurch at gmail.com for more
info.
Get your feather or foam pillows
cleaned, sanitized, deodorized and NEW TICKING on Tuesday, Nov 5th from 8:30am-4:00pm
at Kalona Mennonite Church. Sponsored by
the Kalona Mennonite WMSC.
Business Leaders and Pastors: Partners
in Leadership and Ministry As followers of Christ, both business leaders and
pastors want to work for God’s purposes in the world. Yet despite this common desire, business
leaders and pastors sometimes encounter barriers to pursuing a shared vision.
Join other Christian business leaders and pastors for a conversation at the
Parkside Activities Center in Wellman on Saturday, Nov 23, 8:30am-12:30pm,
sponsored by the Center for Faith and Business, AMBS, MCUSA, and Mennonite
Economic Development Associates. Early
registration deadline is Nov 11. For
more information go to www.centerfaithbusiness.org or contct Anna Geyer, David
Boshart or Erin Ramer at info at centerfaithbusiness.org.
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