The Bearing Fruit
June 5, 2016
Upcoming
Events:
June 6 – Psalms Bible Study, 7pm
June 12 – Potluck at the Wellman Park
June 12 – First MYF Baptism Class
June 12 – MYF, 5:30pm at Amy’s
June 15 – Mennonite Women Sewing, 10am
June 16-19 – CPMC Annual Meeting
June 20 – Women’s Bible Study, 7:30am
June 21 – Elder’s Meeting, 7pm
Our Church
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June
5, 2016
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▪ Amanda is with her family this morning
at a reunion.
▪ Financial information as of the end of
May:
The good news is—thanks to generous giving (and five Sundays in May),
the annual blueprint deficit is only
$-1816.45. Your continued generous,
above-budget giving will allow us to meet our financial obligations this
summer. Thanks for your support of the
church and it’s work. If you have
questions, please see Mary Lou Farmer, Treasurer.
▪ June 12 – Potluck at the Wellman Park
– Join us for a picnic potluck on
June 12th at the Wellman Park (so that Dickie Miller can cross the
road and join us!) at noon. (Note: this
potluck has been moved from June 19 to 12).
The Baptism Class will meet
at the Wellman Park following the picnic.
▪ Washington Mennonite Summer Worship
Series: Remember to sign up in the foyer to be a Children’s story
and playtime supervisor, to bring
fellowship snacks, or to provide
lunch for the baptism class.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ The Sower Prayer Request: Pray
for Monica Clem, office manager for Central Plains, as she oversees
registration, prepares delegate packets, and arranges many other details in
preparation for Annual Meeting 2016 in Des Moines.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Crowded Closet Thrift Shop is having a Founder’s Tea for those staff
and volunteers from 1978-1988, the first decade of Crowded Closet, on June 9th, 10am at
Pleasantview Home in Kalona. For more
information see the flier on the bulletin board by the mailboxes in the foyer.
▪ Lyle Miller
recently joined Everence as a Church
Relations and Charitable Services Representative. Lyle is a part of the Kalona team working
with congregations and individuals in
Iowa. A native of Kalona, Lyle formerly served on
the pastoral team of Waterford Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana. Contact Lyle at 800.348.7468 ext. 3229 or at
lyle.miller(at)everence.com.
▪ MC USA Announcement:
Reflections on church planting. Four video profiles of church planters and a series of
blogs offer glimpses into creative initiatives highlighted at Sent 2016: A gathering of Mennonites
planting Jesus-centered communities, held March 31-April 2, 2016, in the New
Orleans area. More than 100 Mennonite
church planters, coaches, conference leaders and others met for the national
church planting summit, representing a wide range of settings and
backgrounds. Sponsors: MMN and MC USA. See: mennoniteusa.org/sent
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Lauren
Francisco of MMN works as an expressive arts counselor at Eastwood Primary
School in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Pray for her as she listens to stories of victims of neglect and trauma,
and empowers them to be creators.
Area Events
▪ JPOG (Just Peace Outreach Group) invites you to hear
Vanessa Hershberger report on her
work with MCC in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the Eastern Congo
Humanitarian Coordinator. Vanessa works
with local church partners to coordinate the development and relief work of MCC
in the eastern two provinces of the country, where Congo borders Rwanda and
Burundi. Join us on Sunday evening, June
5, at Kalona Mennonite Church at 6pm for a finger-foods potluck (please
bring your own table service) or at 7pm for Vanessa’s presentation. For more information call Roger Farmer at
319.532.2547 or email Jane Yoder-Short at wilmajane17 (at) gmail.com.
▪ Water for Life in Haiti Fundraiser Meal will be on Thursday, June 9th, from 5-8pm at Pathway Christian School. The meal will consist of grilled turkey
breast, baked beans, coleslaw, dinner roll, pie and ice cream.
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