Newsletter for October 25, 2015

The Bearing Fruit

October 25, 2015

A Look Ahead     

All-American Care Center Service                     Nov 1

Saturday Kitchen                                            Dec 5

                                                                                   

  

Our Church

Happy Birthday to:  Jared Widmer (10/27),

    Ken Miller (10/28)

Offering for 10/18/15:  $1,315 (regular);

    $200 (kitchen remodel pledge)

Thursday, November 5 at 9:15am:  Fall Women’s Brunch – Come and enjoy brunch with Karla and Naomi at our place.  Females of all ages welcome and you are welcome to invite a guest.  RSVP to timkarlafriesen at gmail.com or 402.957.4030.

Crooked Creek Christian Camp

Calling all high schoolers!  Join us at CCCC Oct 30-Nov 1 for Body, Mind and Soul: The Wholeness of God’s Love.  We will enjoy the autumn beauty of our natural surroundings while worshiping and learning together on what it means to experience the wholeness of God’s love.  Cost is $90 per youth and goes from 7pm Friday to 11am Sunday.  Call the office 319.653.3611 or visit our website crookedcreekcamp.org for more information.

One week left to CCCC’s fiscal year end Oct 31.  We’ve achieved 92% of the donation goal.  Thank you for contributing towards the remaining $6581.  Online giving available at www.crookedcreekcamp.org click “Donate Now.”  Thank you for your support!

October 31 at 8am is Wood Cutting day.  Bring a chainsaw, wood splitter and if you want lunch please call in advance.

Iowa Mennonite School

The IMS chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting a blood drive on Monday, Nov 2, 7:00-11:00am.  Plan now to donate blood by scheduling a donation time through the IMS office, 656-2073.  Thank you for giving in this special way.

 

IMS students will present Cotton Patch Gospel in Celebration Hall on Saturday, Nov 7 (7:00pm) and Sunday, Nov 8 (3:00pm).  This is a presentation of a setting in rural Georgia, with a bluegrass band accompanying the singers.  The cast features 24 students, and is directed by Karenza Yoder.  Advanced (reserved) tickets are available by calling the school; cost is $8 for adults, students K-12 $5.  Tickets will also be available at the door.

Central Plains Conference

The Sower Prayer Request:  Pray for the CPMC Board as they meet next Friday and Saturday in the Twin Cities.

Mennonite Agencies

Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:  Praise God for the 27 Latin American women theologians who attended Mennonite World Conference and led in the formation of a global Anabaptist network of women theologians.  Pray for many of them who partner with MMN in their local contexts.

Area Announcements

You are invited to Wayland Mennonite Church today for a free will donation lunch sponsored by the Wayland Mennonite MYF for future service projects.

J-POG (Just Peace Outreach Group) invites you to hear Joy Lapp address the topic, “Hope for the Holy Land; Seeking a Just Peace.”  Joy is Assistant Professor of Religion at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt Pleasant.  Each summer, Joy leads a tour of Israel and Palestine, visiting Palestinian and Israeli groups working for peace while seeing first hand the difficulties of daily life for local residents.  Join us to hear about Joy’s experiences and see pictures of the Holy Land on Sunday evening, October 25, 2015, at East Union Mennonite Church, 5615 Gable Avenue, Kalona, IA at 6:00pm for a finger-foods potluck and conversation (please bring your own table service or at 7pm for Joy’s presentation and discussion.  For more information call Roger Farmer at 319.653.2547 or email Jane Yoder-Short at wilmajane17 at gmail.com.

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 (open to everyone, but with a youth emphasis) and 7pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

The Annual meeting for Mennonite Disaster Service Region III will be held October 30-31, 2015 at; The Ark on Table Rock Lake, Conference Center, 1190 State Hwy. East, Eagle Rock, Missouri 65641.  You are invited to attend.  Check with your Church office for a registration form.

Get your feather or foam pillows cleaned, sanitized, deodorized & NEW TICKING on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 from 8:30am-4:00pm at Kalona Mennonite Church (902 6^th St).  Sponsored by the Kalona Mennonite WMSC.

On Saturday, November 14^th, Dunamis Ministries will present the 2015 Newsboys “We Believe…God’s Not Dead Tour” at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa, Iowa.  For more information, see the poster by the mailboxes.