Bearing Fruit
April 27, 2014
Our Church
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Amanda
is at the Annual Leaders Retreat for
Central Plains Mennonite Conference in Nebraska this morning.
Call out to medically trained personnel: Camp is looking for nurses to assist our week
long camps. If interested in spending a
week outdoors with adorable energized campers, please contact the camp.
Camp-A-Palooza,
our fundraiser for the campership fund is May
10! Early registration is open until
Tuesday, April 29. Come enjoy lunch,
music, games and more. See our website
for more details, crookedcreekcamp.org.
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IMS will welcome Tim Lehman
as the nest principal/chief administrator beginning with the 2014-2015 school
year. Tim is currently the assistant
principal at Bethany Christian School in Goshen, IN, where he has served on
staff for 12 years (10 as a teacher and most recently as administrator). Tim and Jan are the parents of two
college-aged students, and Tim will begin his duties on July 1. We welcome Tim and Jan to the IMS community,
and thank the Search Committee for their service!
Tickets are still available for the Steel Wheels performance in
IMS’ Celebration Hall on Tuesday, April 29, at 7pm. Please contact the school to reserve your
seats!
The IMS music department will present their Spring Concert at 3pm on Sunday, May 4, in Celebration Hall.
Under the direction of Josh Tyson, the Touring Choir, Chorale, Chamber
Singers and Symphonic Band will perform; all are invited to attend.
Central Plains Conference
The Youth
Escape 2014 speaker will be Glen Guyton, former youth minister at Calvary
Community Church in Hampton, Virginia, and currently staff for MCUSA. Glen is a dynamic speaker with a sly sense of
humor who loves God and enjoys relating to youth. Find and ‘like’ Youth Escape 2014 on Facebook
for more info. Register by May 23 and pay only $95!.
Are you starving for God’s Word? Come and be filled at Central Plains Annual Meeting June 19-22 in Mt Pleasant, IA. Children, youth and adults welcome! Find registration information in your church
office and at www.centralplainsmc.org.
Register before April 30 for the best rate.
The Sower Prayer Request: Pray for the
tour group that David and Shana Boshart are accompanying to the Middle East
between now and May 3rd.
Mennonite Agencies
Join
the urban gardening movement! Service
Adventure’s newest placement is
looking for volunteers to join a team of people committed to providing food to
urban and rural communities! Ages 17-20
can apply today at MennoniteMission.net/Serve.
MCUSA
Announcement: Multi-Staff
Congregation Leader’s Summit: Nov 10-12, 2014 at Laurelville Mennonite Church
Center, Mt Pleasant, PA. Large
congregations with multiple pastoral staff represent both opportunities and
challenges in our Anabaptist understanding of church life. Join us to learn together how to navigate
this journey. This event is planned by
MCUSA and Everence to resource and network congregations.
Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Adam and Jeanette Strode of MMN
are beginning full-time language and culture study in preparation for an
assignment with a community-based ministry in Bangkok, Thailand. Pray for them in this time of transition and
intense learning as they build relationships.
Prayers for faith and learning: Today has
been designated Instituto BÃblico Anabautista (IBA) giving Sunday. Pray that congregations will give generously
to support this vital program which is training Hispanic church leaders
throughout the U.S.
Area Events
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 choose 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 Watoto Children’s Choir will be performing at the Immanuel Lutheran Church
in Washington on Thursday, May 8th at 7pm. For more information see the poster in the
foyer or visit www.watoto.com.
Join us for
a “Night at the (Mennonite Historical) Museum” open house on May 12
from 4-7pm. This event is open to all
ages and will feature museum tours, story-telling stations, scavenger hunts,
and refreshments. We’d love to see you
there! Email Amanda Beachy at abeach25
at gmail.com for more information.
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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