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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Newsletter for October 4, 2015

The Bearing Fruit
October 4, 2015




A Look Ahead     

Service at All-American Care Center, 2:30pm      Oct 4
Saturday Kitchen                                           Oct 10
                                                                                   
  
Our Church

Offering for 9/27/15:  $2,445 (regular); $100 (kitchen); $485 (CCCC); $35 (MYF); $2,088 (lunch/IMS)

At the September 2015 church business meeting, it was requested that the church be given regular updates on the Annual Blueprint income and expense to better know where we are financially.  September 2015 Annual Blueprint offerings were $9,044.20; September 2015 expenses were $10,431.53 for a deficit of $1,387.33.  If you have questions, please let me know.  Mary Lou Farmer, Treasurer

Villatoro Family Blend coffee is available for purchase in the foyer for $15/bag.  Proceeds from the coffee sales go to the Villatoro compassion fund, which assists with expenses of the family and legal expenses for Max.  Checks can be made to Villatoro Family Compassion fund and left in the basket.

Thanks to all of you who have completed a WMC Worship Evaluation Survey electronically.  Hard copies of the survey are available on the table at the back of the sanctuary for anyone wishing to participate in this way.  Completed surveys should be placed in Edie Nebel’s mailbox.

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.


Crooked Creek Christian Camp

Crooked Creek has achieved 86% of their donation goal.  Please consider a contribution towards the $11,000 that remains by our fiscal year end October 31.  Online giving is available at www.crookedcreekcamp.org.  Thank you for your support!

Register soon!  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 at 319.653.3611.  Lunch is provided.


Iowa Mennonite School

The IMS music department is gearing up for their Fall Concert on Sunday, October 11 at 3pm.  All are invited to enjoy the music by the choirs and symphonic band  Following the concert, all are invited to meet new principal Steve Schrag, along with his family: Meghan, Greta and Eden. 

IMS is hosting a Clergy Appreciation Day on Wednesday, October 14, from 11:00am – 2:00pm.  Area clergy will enjoy coffee and conversations with principal Steve Schrag; chapel; lunch with the students; and a chance to sit in on the junior-level Church & Anabaptist History class.  Please RSVP on-line: http://www.iowamennonite.org/online-registrati on/ -- or call the school for more information.

Students in 6th-8th grade, as well as prospective transfer students, are invited to a hayride at IMS on Saturday, October 17, from 5-8pm.  Families are invited as well.  IMS’ FFA will host the event, which will include a hayride around the neighborhood, food, and entertainment.  Registration takes place at http://www.iowamennonite.org/online-registration/ -- or by contacting Candi Schmieder at IMS.


Central Plains Conference

The Sower Prayer Request:  Today Joel Beachy will be installed and licensed towards ordination at East Union Mennonite Church, Kalona, Iowa.  Pray for Joel and the congregation as they begin their ministry together.


Mennonite Agencies


Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:  Do you have a ministry of hospitality or the gift of maintenance skills?  Perhaps God is calling you to serve for a year at The Hermitage, a contemplative community in southern Michigan.  Contact SOOP program coordinator: ArloaB at MennoniteMission.net. 


Area Announcements

The Crowded Closet Thrift Shop, Iowa City, is seeking a full time Furniture Coordinator.  This position would involve managing the daily operations of the Furniture area, overseeing donations, managing volunteers and pricing and organization of furniture items.  Applicant must be able to lift heavy items and work in a fast paced environment, work both independently and as part of a team.  Excellent public relation skills are required.  For more information or detailed job description contact Crowded Closet at 319.337.5924 or email crowdedcloset.gm at gmail.com.  Applications will be accepted until October 21 or until the position is filled.

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.

Washington Community Blood Drive – Thursday, October 15, 1:30-6:30 PM United Presbyterian Church, 209 East Washington Street.  Optimist Club of Washington is the host to this event.  Contact is Don Pfeiffer 319.653.4912.  Blood donor card or Photo Identification required.

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 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.

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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