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815 Polk Street

Washington, IA 52353

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Newsletter for May 8, 2016

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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▪ Offering for 5/1/16: $1980.05 (regular)

▪ 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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