The Bearing Fruit
September 27, 2015
A Look Ahead
Saturday Kitchen Oct
10
Our Church
Happy Birthday to:
Johnathon Miller (9/29),
Susan See (9/30), Brandy
Miller (10/3)
Happy Anniversary to: Jason
& Jillian Chalupa (9/29),
Lynn &
Kaylene Miller (9/30)
Offering for
9/20/15: $1,893.20 (regular); $1 (kitchen)
Washington Mennonite Church is scheduled for Saturday
Kitchen on Saturday, October 10th.
There will be sign-up sheets
including instructions for food and workers at the Church Retreat at CCCC this
weekend. Please consider helping us as
we prepare and serve a meal at the United Presbyterian church Saturday
Kitchen. If you have questions contact
either Phyllis Litwiller or Gloria Widmer.
The IMS Jr. Class Pork Supper fundraiser will be held Saturday, Oct 10th. Jim
Wang is selling tickets. You can reserve
your tickets by calling Tim and Cindy 653.6241 or emailing Jim at jwang2017 at
iowamennonite.org. Thanks for your
support.
Coffee FOR SALE – Villatoro Family Blend Honduran whole bean coffee (12 oz bags) is
available in the Fellowship Hall for $15/bag to continue support of the Max
Villatoro family during Max’s deportation.
Checks can be made to Central Plains Mennonite Conference or cash can be
placed in the basket and will be sent to the conference.
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
Come
be a kid again at Senior Day, October 8th. Join Lynette Gingerich
along with Crooked Creek as we look at familiar stories through the eyes of a
child. Register online at www.crookedcreekcamp.org
or call the camp office. Lunch is
provided.
Central Plains
Conference
The Sower Prayer Request: This weekend the
Central Plains Christian Formation Committee is meeting for a planning
retreat. Pray for God’s guidance and
wisdom as they consider how best to provide faith formation resources for our
congregations. Today David Nickel is
installed as pastor at First Mennonite Church, Lincoln. Pray for David and the congregation as they
begin their ministry together.
Mennonite Agencies
Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: MMN partners Annette and Paco
Castillo are commissioned by the Mennonite Church in Burgos, Spain, to begin a
children’s ministry in Ivory Coast. The
Castillos, who began the La Casa Grande
ministry in Benin, request prayer for the children’s health and for
electricians and plumbers to mentor apprentices.
Area Announcements
Ten Thousand Villages, Iowa City will be returning
with two pop-up stores this year! The downtown Iowa City store will be in the
former Whitey’s space at 112 E Washington St and the second location will be in
the newly re-opening Schlabaugh and Sons Woodworking showroom in Kalona, Both will be open from mid-October through
December and will again need many volunteers.
If interested in bringing fairly-traded products to our communities,
consider volunteering and send an email with the subject line “volunteering” to
iowacity at tenthousandvillages.com.
The Board of Directors of Crowded Closet is pleased to
welcome Carey Miller to the position of General Manager of Crowded Closet, beginning Monday, Sept 28. Carey has over 25 years of management and
financial experience in both private industry and church related
organizations. Please join us in
welcoming Carey to Crowded Closet and continue to remember Crowded Closet
staff, board, and volunteers in your prayers.
J-POG (Just Peace Outreach Group) invites you to hear
Ray McGovern and Coleen Rowley address
the topic, “Is Biblical Justice an UnAmerican Activity?” Raymond McGovern is a retired CIA officer and
a former co-director of the Servant Leadership School at the Church of the
Savior in Washington DC. Coleen Rowley
graduated from University of Iowa College of Law in 1980 and was named “Person
of the Year” in 2002 by TIME magazine.
Join us at West Union Mennonite Church, 3253 305th Street,
Parnell, IA on Sunday, September 27,
at 6pm for a finger food potluck (please bring your own table service), or at
7pm for the McGovern/Rowley presentation.
For more information, contact Roger Farmer at 319.653.2547 or Jane
Yoder-Short at wilmajane17 at gmail.com
Ten Thousand Villages Iowa City is holding a “FUNDAY”
fundraiser at Ride restaurant on
Sunday, Sept 27, 5-9pm. We will receive a portion of all food sales,
so drop by Ride at 630 Iowa Ave, Iowa City, and enjoy a meal while supporting a
local effort to establish a permanent Villages store in Iowa City. Ten Thousand Villages brings fairly traded
gifts, home décor, jewelry, art, and other treasures handcrafted by artists
from over 35 countries.
Fall Special Meetings at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
with Anton Flores-Maisonet – October 25-27:
What does it look like to be a
disciple of Jesus Christ in a world increasingly filled with the complexities
of fear and injustice? How is God
inviting us to respond as the hands and feet of Jesus to the people around us
who are rejected, hurting, forgotten and often mistreated? Join us as we hear from Anton Flores-Maisonet,
co-founder of Alterna, a bilingual community of Chirst-followers in Georgia
devoted to faithful acts of hospitality, mercy, and justice. Anton will be speaking during Sunday morning
worship at 10:30am as well as 6pm Sunday evening and 7pm on Monday and Tuesday
evenings.
The Bethesda Bible Series usually invites one speaker, like Shane Claiborne or
Michele Hershberger, to share their knowledge and passion about God’s
work. But this year they’re creating a
gathering place to have conversations around this year’s theme, “Communities
Caring for All God’s People: Caring for Self; Caring Across the Table
(families); Caring Across the Street (neighbors); and Caring Across the
World.” The January 29-31 weekend will be
a combination of featured speakers and those chosen from an “Open Call” for
presentations and stories on relevant topics (like a Ted Talk). If you’re interested in answering the “Open
Call” see the poster by the mailboxes for more information.
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