The Bearing Fruit
March 29, 2015
A Look Ahead
Sound of Wash Thank-You Dinner Mar 31
Maundy Thursday Service, 6:30pm April 2
Easter Potluck, 8:30am April
5
Monthly Sewing, Luke 24:13-35 April 15
Spring Business Meeting, 7pm April 15
Saturday Kitchen April
25
IMS Concert Choir at WMC, 6:30pm May 10
Our Church
Happy Birthday to:
Leroy Reber (3/29), Grant Nebel
(4/1), Reagan Miller (4/1), Tanner Leyden (4/4), Roger Farmer (4/4)
Happy Anniversary to: Ramiro
& Martha Hernandez (4/2)
Maundy Thursday, April 2nd,
6:30pm – we will be meeting in the
Fellowship Hall for a Maundy Thursday service, including a light meal and
communion. A sign-up sheet is in the
foyer for you to assist with bringing fruit trays and/or bread. Please sign-up today and have your food to
the Fellowship Hall by 6:15 on Thursday evening.
Easter Sunday, 8:30am – Potluck Easter Breakfast to celebrate our Risen
Lord! Bring a dish to share. Coffee, juice and table service
provided. Worship Service at 9:30am. No
Sunday School.
Do you want to update your family photo
for the church “family” bulletin board? Or
need a new one? The Farmers will
have their camera to take pictures on Sunday, April 5th and be happy to take it for you!
If you would like to receive MC USA’s
monthly publication “The Mennonite”
talk to Andrea or email the church before April 5th. A yearly subscription is $37.
“THANK YOU WASHINGTON MENNONITE CHURCH! For the last
six years you have allowed Sound of Washington to use your fellowship hall for
our practice sessions. There were many
Tuesday evenings when we almost raised your roof with the singing and laughter
of the choir members and staff. The
choir would like to show their thanks to you as well as get to know you better.
You are invited as our guests for a simple meal and evening of
fellowship on Tuesday, March 31st, at 6pm in the church fellowship
hall. Please RSVP to Andrea TODAY. We
hope to see you there! - Sound of
Washington Planning Committee”
Iowa Mennonite
School
Renee Buckwalter, daughter of Tom & Paula
Buckwalter of Wellman, will present various lighter musical selections in a coffeehouse setting in the IMS lobby
(outside Celebration Hall) on Tuesday, April
7th at 7pm. She will be
assisted by friends and family. All are
invited.
IMS’ 21-voice Touring Choir, under the direction of Josh Tyson, will travel to the annual high school choral festival
April 10-12. The festival will be held
on the Goshen College campus, and hosted by Bethany Christian Schools. IMS is one of 14-16 schools participating…more
than 500 voices will join together. Pray
for their safety and a wonderful time interacting with their peers from sister
schools.
Central Plains
Conference
Community Good Friday Tenebrae
Service: Join local Central Plains Mennonite Conference
churches as we worship together this Friday, April 3rd at 7pm
at Celebration Hall in IMS. 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 Hall, Stasia Majerick, Hannah Miller, Leslee Rios, Jenna Boller, Liza
Zanozina, and Kaycee Miller.
The
Sower Prayer Request: Pray for MC USA Executive Board meeting in
Kansas City next Monday through Wednesday to prepare for the July delegate
assembly.
Mennonite Agencies
Select
titles of Believers Church Bible Commentary series are
on sale for only $10 USD at www.MennoMedia.org webstore – but only until March
31st! Know someone who would
like to have more in depth study of Scripture?
These make a great gift and Father’s Day and Graduations are coming
soon!
Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Janet Stucky of MMN serves as a nutritional consultant at Bethesda
Hospital in Benin. Pray for funding to
implement a program to improve the diets of pregnant women, children under 5
years old, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
MCC Iowa Relief
Sale
The IA Mennonite Relief Sale needs
your help. Individuals and businesses can help support
the sale with a donation of furniture, a household item, or children’s toy or
item that can be sold on auction. If an
individual or business has no item to donate or if a cash donation is
preferred, monetary sponsorship is possible. Individuals and businesses can provide
sponsorship at the following levels. Relief Sponsorship: $100-$249; Justice
Sponsorship: $250-$499; Hope Sponsorship: $500 or more. All donors and sponsors’ names will be listed
in the sale booklet given each sale attendee.
Contact your MDD sale church rep, Jon Widmer, for more information.
Area Announcements
THE TEAM HAITI TACO DINNER AT BETHEL CHURCH
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED!
International
Student Aid Fund Soup Fundraiser Meal on Sunday, March 29th
at noon at Kalona Mennonite Church to benefit our current project, Rudi Mucaj,
who will be attending Goshen College.
More info to follow.
You
are invited to a French Toast Benefit Breakfast on Saturday, April 11th,
from 6:30-10:30am at Kalona Mennonite Church in memory of our daughter, Ivy
Jane Yoder. Come join us as we raise
money to support El Comedor, a mission of the Peruvian church Luz y Vida that
daily feeds 50-60 children living in poverty nearby. With your help, we hope to send enough money
to provide meals for 6 months (around $4200).
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.
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
14th. Each 90 min 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 lessons 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.greifshare.org. Please pass this information along to any
family members, friends or neighbors who might wish to attend these sessions.
The
United Presbyterian Home is sponsoring Rev. Dr. Georgine Buckwalter,
a retired spiritual care provider in an adult residential care facility and
adjunct professor at Louisville Theological Seminary in Kentucky and specialist
in spirituality and aging, to speak
about how best to care for folks dealing with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
on Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30am
– 1:30pm at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington. Please RSVP by April 10th by
calling Kitch Shatzer at 319.461.0266 or emailing her at revkitch at
hotmail.com. For more info on a second meeting later the same evening see the
poster by the mailboxes.
Kalona
Mennonite Church is hosting a Priscilla Shirer Live Simulcast on April 25th
from 9am to 4:30pm.
Pre-registration is $5 per person, Mail to Shirer Simulcast, PO Box 232,
Kalona, IA 52247 (Checks payable to Kalona Mennonite Church). Registration will be $10 at the door. A freewill offering will be taken to cover lunch
and other expenses. For more information
email kmcsmallgroups at gmail.com or call 319.936.0113.
Last
week to register: If
you have not already done so, please pick up a registration form for the Sister
Care Seminar and send it in this week.
Sister Care is a special gathering for women of all ages to share our
stories and care for one another. This
Friday evening and all day Saturday event will inspire and uplift you. We will meet on April 17th and 18th at Kalona Mennonite
Church, but your registration form is due by April 4th. We
hope to see you there!
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