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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