Bearing Fruit
April 6, 2014
Our Church
Happy
Birthday to: Cindy Widmer (4/8)
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Several copies of Jeremy Kempf’s CD’s are available for sale in the fellowship hall today. They include some original songs as well as
other worship songs. $10 each. Checks can be made to Jeremy Kempf or cash
left in the envelope. See Edie if you
have questions.
One of our partners
in the Ecuador Partnership is the Colombian Mennonite Church. As you know, part of the ministry in Ecuador
is helping refugees from the violence in Colombia. Today
is a special day of prayer for Colombia.
Currently the government is one year into peace negotiations with FARC,
the country’s largest guerilla group after a half century of violence. The peace process has turned a corner and
people are hopeful for a solution. For
further involvement and information you can go to
http://washington.mcc.org/days/signup
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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IMS’ Touring Choir will travel to Sarasota, FL for the annual Mennonite Schools
Council Choir Festival, leaving April 9 and returning April 14. En route to the festival, they will present
concerts in Paoli, IN and Gainesville, FL; they will be accompanied by director
Josh Tyson and administrator Norm (and Linda) Yoder. Prayers for safe travels are appreciated.
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.
Central Plains Conference
How are you celebrating
Easter at home with the children? Find
family devotionals for the weeks leading to Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday
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
We
are collecting gently used books to sell at the MCC Sale. Best selling books include children’s books, ‘bonnet’
books, recently published books, mysteries, and newer appearing books. We welcome children’s and family DVDs and music
CDs. We are not including magazines, or
VHS, or cassette tapes. Your MCC sale
rep will put out a collection box for your donations or books can be brought
directly to the Book Booth at the south end of Building B on Thursday afternoon
or by noon on Friday of the Sale.
Thank-you for your contributions.
The
Iowa MCC Relief Sale is asking for donations of beef and pigs, or monetary
donations to cover the cost of processing, for this year’s
sale. If you’re interested in supporting
the work of MCC in this way, please contact Bryan Amstutz at 641.675.3423 or
Roy Beechy at 319.430.9086.
MCUSA
Announcement: In
response to calls from across the church, Ervin Stutzman, executive director of
MCUSA, and Sara Wenger Shenk, president of AMBS, convened a discernment group
to continue healing and reconciliation work int eh wake of John Howard Yoder’s
abuse of women and of ongoing questions about how the church responded to
it. They said in an earlier release, “We
hope this work will lead to churchwide resolve to enter into lament, repentance
and restoration for victims of sexual abuse by other perpetrators as well.” Read more about the work of the discernment group,
find answers to FAQs, and access a list of resources to help prevent sexual
abuse in your own congregations at www.mennoniteusa.org/executive-board/transformative-peacemaking/a-way-forward/.
Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: At this point in their year of
service, the novelty of international immersion has typically worn off for MMN’s
Radical Journey participants. Pray that
as these young adults become more at ease in their host communities, they will
see how Jesus is forming a global church across cultures.
Prayers for faith and learning: Join with
the AMBS community as we pray for MCUSA – in praise to Christ who makes unity
possible, in lament and confession, in intercession for leaders and in petition
for the way forward.
Areas Events
You are
invited to join the West Union Mennonite Church in Parnell, IA on Thursday, April
10 at 7pm for an evening of choral worship given by the Christopher Dock
Mennonite High School choir from Lansdale, PA. They are traveling to the Mennonite High
School Music Festival in Freeman, SD and are being hosted by West Union
enroute.
You are
invited to a French Toast Breakfast on Saturday, April 12th,
to benefit the non-profit group Heifer International from 6:30am-10:30am at
Kalona Mennonite Church. Come join us as
we raise money to send an “ark” of animals to people living in poverty all over
the world. The menu will include French
toast, scrambled eggs, sausage, and homemade rolls. There will be a free will donation and
carryouts are available. Questions? Call Trent and Tammy Yoder at 656.3743.
A night of Southern Gospel Music! The Inspirations will be in concert with the Bontrager Family Singers on
Saturday, April 12, 2014, 6:30pm at the Fairview Mennonite Church. No tickets are required, a love offering will
be taken. All are invited to
attend! For questions call 319.330.513.
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.
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