The Bearing Fruit
May 8, 2016
Upcoming
Events:
May 8
– MYF (5:30pm at Amy’s)
May 17 – Elder’s Meeting (7pm)
May 18 – Mennonite Women Sewing (10am)
May 21 – Saturday Kitchen (UP Church)
June 3-4 – Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale
June 16-19 – CPMC Annual Meeting (Des
Moines)
Our Church
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▪ Monthly
Annual Blueprint (budget) Update: Giving has been down recently and the Annual Blueprint
is showing a deficit of $5,511.17 at
the end of April. Your generous giving
is appreciated so that all expenses can be paid in a timely manner. If you have questions, see Mary Lou
Farmer. Thank you.
▪ At their
meeting on Wed, May 4, the Church Council agree to start a Carpet Fund to replace
the torn and frayed carpet at the east entrance of the church. Please place your donations in the offering
earmarked for “carpet.” Thank you! If you have questions, see Mary Lou Farmer.
▪ Washington
Mennonite Church will be hosting Saturday Kitchen on Saturday May 21st which is in two weeks. Signup sheets for workers and
food items are in the foyer. If you have
helped us before please sign up again.
If you have never helped at Saturday Kitchen please sign to help
us. We have a great time working
together and serving persons who need a hot meal or just need the fellowship of
others as they sit around the dinner table and enjoy a good meal. If you have question please contact Phyllis
Litwiller, Gloria Widmer or Sandy Buhrow.
▪ There will
be a women’s Bible Study this summer
on Monday mornings at 7:30 beginning
June 20th. They will be
studying “Children of the Day” by Beth
Moore. The study comes from 1st
& 2nd Thessalonians. If
you would like to join, please let Becky Widmer know as soon as possible so
that she can order study guides for all attending.
▪ Remember
to save your change (or bills, large and small) for MyCoinsCount, a special offering that we’ll be taking each week
between now and the end of May. This
years MyCC project is wells in Lebanon for Lebanese people and Syrian
refugees. Let’s try to beat our
congregations’s MyCC total from last year, $816.86!
Iowa MCC Relief
Sale
▪ We still need many helping hands at the Iowa
Mennonite Relief Sale to spread peace
and relief around the world through MCC.
Go to iamccreliefsale.org/volunteering and click on the sign up button
to see the volunteer opportunities. Your
support enables our sale to raise funds for Mennonite Central Committee’s
global mission of relief, development and peace-building in the name of Christ.
Iowa Mennonite
School
▪ THANK YOU
for your generosity! Gifts to Coins
for Camp resulted in $2, 107. The
project is for new camera equipment and with additional funds a new game
9-square will be available!
▪ The grass
is green, the birds are chirping and Camp-A-Palooza is the place to be May 14! Join us for live
music, BBQ lunch, face painting, color-me-fun run and MORE! The complete schedule can be found online.
▪ 1 more
week to receive the early bird registration discount AND pick out the color of your summer camp T-shirt! (May 15 deadline) Register online and if you have questions call
camp.
▪ Want a
free week of Summer Camp? Show us where your Crooked Creek shirt has been. Follow these 3 easy steps:
1)
Find a picture of
you in a Crooked Creek shirt
2)
Post the photo on
social media
3)
Be sure to include
#whenicometocamp and #whereintheworldismycrookedcreek
Drawing will
be May 9th and all posted photos are eligible.
Iowa Mennonite
School
▪ IMS’ Academic
& Fine Arts Awards Night is Tuesday, May 10; all are invited to come and celebrate the academic
achievements of students for the 2015-16 year, including the induction of six
new members of National Honor Society.
The program begins at 7pm, and will also include outstanding student
awards in the various subject areas.
▪ IMS’s annual Fairway
Fun golf outing, a 4-person best
ball, will take place Saturday, June 18 at
the Kalona Golf Course. Cost is $75 per
individual, which includes 18 holes, a cart, lunch, pastries, and various
opportunities to win prizes. Proceeds
will benefit the IMS Annual Fund. Call or contact Larry Swartzendruber at
the school to register or with questions.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ The Sower Prayer Request: Michael
Swartzendruber will be installed and licensed toward ordination today at Wayland
(IA) Mennonite Church. Pray for Michael,
co-pastor Kelly Slagel, and the congregation as they begin a new journey of
ministry together.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Youth Venture is still accepting applications for the July 15-25 Los Angeles Team! Partner with Mountain View Mennonite Church
and ReconciliAsian as they minister to their community through vacation Bible
school, a peace center, and other various services. Ages 14-22 can apply by June 1 at
MennoniteMission.net/Serve, or contact ArloaB at MennoniteMission.net for
inquiries.
▪ “The Basics of Medicare” webinar by Everence – Intended specifically for people approaching
retirement age, this webinar will provide valuable Medicare-related information
including: when and how to enroll, what is covered (and what is not), filling
the coverage gap and navigating the Medicare alphabet. Register now for the May 11 webinar by emailing Melissa.short at everence.com.
▪ MC USA Announcement:
Call for papers and workshops!
The Women Doing Theology Conference, I’ve got the power: Naming and
reclaiming power as a force for good, will
take place Nov 4-6 at the National Conference Center in Leesburg,
Virginia. Hosted by the Women in
Leadership Project of MC USA, this gathering invites participants to recognize,
honor, share, celebrate and transform power in and around them. To submit proposals for workshops or papers,
visit our conference webpage: mennoniteusa.org/wlp-conference. The submission deadline is June 10, 2016.
▪
Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: MMN
partners with the new Centre for Anabaptist Studies in Bristol, UK, that has
grown out of the ministry of the (now closed) London Mennonite Centre. Pray for the students from many denominations
as they learn about mission, theology, and Bible interpretation from an
Anabaptist perspective.
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