Bearing Fruit
April 13, 2014
Our Church
Happy
Birthday to: Jon Widmer (4/14)
The annual Maundy Thursday meal will be this Thursday, April 17th at 6:30pm.
Please sign-up in the foyer if you are able to bring a veggie tray,
fruit tray, or bread.
There will be an Easter Potluck Breakfast before church
on April 20th at
8:30am. There will be no Sunday School following the service.
Church Clean-Up Day will be Saturday, April 26th starting at 8:30am.
There will be work to do both inside and outside.
Thank you so much for the support and prayers you have
given to our family! We are thankful for a supportive church
family. We have enjoyed the flowers,
meals, visits, and cards. Carol has been
recuperating well from surgery and we think all the prayers and support have
contributed to her healing.
-- Tim and Carol
Lenten Quiet Day is April 15 8-4pm. Complimentary day. Please call ahead to reserve lunch by noon on
April 14. Come and go anytime during
these hours.
New Curtains for Cabins are needed by May 31.
If you would like to help, call the camp office and ask for dimensions
and material options.
SAVE the DATE: May 10
is Camp-A-Palooza. Fundraiser for
Campership Fund. See our website for
more details crookedcreekcamp.org.
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Pre-registration at IMS will be held April 17 (3:15-7pm) and April 23 (3:15-6pm) for new students
entering IMS in the fall of 2014.
Initial classes will be set up with guidance
counselor Dwight Gingerich; please call to arrange a specific time or to
get further information.
Tickets are still available for the Steel Wheels performance at IMS
on April 29 (7pm). Please call to reserve your seats; they
are available at $15 for adults and $12 for students.
Camp Creamery is coming to IMS once again
this summer, featuring the Old Creamery
Theatre from Amana and interested children ages 7 and up. The camp will be held July 7-11 from
8:30am-12:30pm, with a performance at 7pm on Friday, July 11. Camp size is limited, so call Candi Schmieder
at IMS or go online (www.iowa mennonite.org/camp-creamery) to register.
Central Plains Conference
Community Good Friday Service: Join local Central Plains Conference churches as we worship together
Friday, April 18 at 7pm at Celebration Hall in IMS. Seven area high school students will share
testimonies relating to Jesus’ last seven words before his death on the
cross. Child care will be provided for
ages 3-8. Student speakers are Olivia
Yutzy, Isabel Mendoza, Naomi Clouse, Elizabeth Yoder, Ben Fiordelise, Casey
Perez, and Reggie Hostetler.
Sunday, April 27 has been named IBA
Sunday by IBA tutors. Your congregation is invited to join in a
church-wide fundraising effort for Instituto BÃblico Anabautista (Anabaptist
Biblical Institute) the last weekend of April.
By joining in you will be supporting leadership education for Hispanic
Mennonites. You may also take this
opportunity to become an annual IBA sponsor.
Churches and small groups are encouraged to find creative ways to raise
monies for IBA. Some possible activities
might be a garage sale, a bake sale, a fund-raiser meal, a special offering or
another idea that fits your small group or congregation. Every gift helps. Tuition covers less than a third of the
actual cost of providing Hispanic Pastoral and Leadership Education for more
than 300 students every year. IBA has
been blessed by many supportive congregations and individual gifts this year
and wants to express its thanks. Give
online at MennoniteEducation.org.
Celebrate
Holy Week at home with the children this week with the
family devotionals at tinyurl.com/nz8e5qu.
The Sower Prayer Request: Pray for the
Outreach & Service Committee meeting next weekend in Cedar Falls,
Iowa. The O&SC helps our churches
with evangelism, church planting, peace and justice. Roger Farmer is the chair and David Boshart
staffs the committee.
Mennonite Agencies
Bridge
the GAP between high school and college!
Serve and learn for a year in Anabaptist
communities through DOOR Dwell, Mennonite Voluntary Service, Radical Journey,
and Service Adventure. Info and applications
at MennoniteMission.net/Serve.
MCUSA
Announcement: Mennonite
Church Canada is inviting all members of MCUSA to attend their summer assembly,
from July 3-6, 2014, in Winnipegt, Manitoba.
If you’re interested in learning more about this worshipful event, visit
home.mennonitechurch.ca/events/Winnipeg 2014.
Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Rejoice with Alfonsina and José
Oyanguren of MMN. The completed
translation of the Bible into the language of the Toba-Qom people of Argentina
is scheduled to be released this week.
Pray that many will have a deeper understanding of God’s love for them
when they hear God’s word in their mother tongue.
Prayers for faith and learning: Pray for
students participating in the MSC Choir Festivals at Freeman (SD) Academy and
Sarasota (FL) Christian School.
Area Events
The annual BBQ pork dinner fundraiser for ministry expenses of CrossWorks Youth
Ministires will be April 13 from 11:45-1:15 at Upper Deer Creek
Church. Cost is on a donation basis.
On April 14th the Kalona MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) group
is hosting a ‘tip night’ at Pizza Ranch.
Please come and enjoy dinner at Pizza Ranch in Washington from 5-8
pm and a percentage of the profit and tips will go to the Kalona MOPS
group. Kalona MOPS is a Christ-based
ministry with a mission to connect moms in Christ. Kalona MOPS meets at Kalona Mennonite Church
on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 8:45 am-11
am. Mothers with children from birth to
6 years are welcome to attend.
First Mennonite Church of Iowa City
will be offering GriefShare, a 13-week
discussion/support group for persons who have lost a loved one, on Tuesdays
from 6:30 until 8pm beginning on April 15. Each 90 minute session will begin with a
video, followed by group discussion of the topic. Each participant will receive a workbook to
use during the week. Topics to be
covered include: living with grief; the journey of grief; the effects of grief;
your family and grief; why?; the uniqueness of grief; when your family member
or spouse dies; God’s prescription for grief; feelings of guilt and
forgiveness; stuck in grief; top twenty lesson of grief; and heaven. If you are interested in attending, or would
like more information, please contact either Marian Schwabbauer (319.466.3094)
or Marilyn Rose (319.887.5285), facilitators, or go to www.griefshare.org. Please pass this info along to any family
members, friends or neighbors who might wish to attend these sessions.
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church’s
Stations of the Cross Prayer Walk will be April 17-19. The Prayer
Walk is a time of personal meditation and prayer to remember the journey to the
cross by Jesus. Plan to spend 20-30
minutes walking and praying through the stations. The church will be open for the Prayer Walk
from 4-9pm on Thursday, April 17, and 6am to 9pm on Friday, April 18, and
Saturday, April 19. Please enter through
the front doors of the church. On Thursday,
there will also be a Footwashing Service at 6pm and a Tenebrae Service at
6:30pm. The service will include a
simple meal and communion and is child friendly. Please contact Sugar Creek at sugarcreekmc at
farmtel.net or 256.6061 if you plan to attend the Tenebrae Service.
On Sunday, April
27, from 2-4pm, join Bob and Kristie Black, Paul and Julie Roberts, and
other area fine bluegrass musicians as they lead a community hymn sing at
the lovely, old St Michael’s Church, Holbrook. Hymn sheets are provided and all who attend
have the opportunity to chose their favorites.
Everyone is welcome to this informal, come-and-go gathering. Free admission. Sponsored by the Friends of Old St Michael’s. For further information contact Stephen
Hanson at 319.396.8674.
There will
be a women’s conference at Washington First Assembly on Saturday, May
3, from 9am-4pm. For more
information see the poster in the foyer.
The Washington
United Methodist Church is hosting a women’s conference called Pink Impact
2014 at the church on Saturday, May 17, from 9am-9:30pm. For more information see the poster in the
foyer.
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