Newsletter for July 3, 2016

The Bearing Fruit

July 3, 2016

WMC Upcoming Events Sunday July 3rd     Monday July 4th             Tuesday July 5th             Wednesday July 6th                  Thursday July 7th               Friday July 8th                 Saturday July 9th                 ▪ Centro Cristiano (2:30pm) ▪ Women’s Bible Study (7:30am) Anniversary -      ▪ Marion &   Marlene Leichty Birthday -      ▪ Jo Ann Stout Future Events ▪ July 10   –  MYF (5:30, at Amy’s) ▪ July 16   –  Saturday Kitchen (United Presbyterian Church) ▪ July 17   –  Centro Cristiano Fundraiser for Karen Cardenas ▪ July 20   –  Mennonite Women Monthly Quilting (10am, Fellowship Hall) ▪Aug 8      –  Camp Reese Volunteers

Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 6/26/16: $1,825 (regular)

▪ Jon Widmer’s first term as elder concludes Sept 1^st.  He has agreed to serve a second term.  On July 10^th we will ask for your affirmation to have Jon serve a second term.

▪ Join Centro Cristiano on July 17 for a fundraiser for Karen Cardenas, an IMS student from Centro Cristiano. Together with folks from Lower Deer Creek, Sugar Creek, East Union and West Union Churches we’ll eat chicken fajitas with sides.  Yum!  A free will offering will be taken.  Please sign up in the fellowship hall on July 3^rd if you plan to attend.  Martha Hernandez would like to plan ahead how much food to buy and prepare.

▪ WMC will be hosting Saturday Kitchen on July 16^th at the United Presbyterian Church.  You will find signup sheets to donate food items and also a signup sheet for workers in the foyer.  Sign up for the job and time you are available to help.  We always have fun working together as we provide the noon meal for our guests as they gather around tables and enjoy good food and the fellowship of others.

▪ 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.

Crooked Creek Christian Camp

▪ Camp starts today with 6^th-7^th graders.  We thank you for your continued prayers lifting up to Christ campers, counselors and all staff as we minister to children sharing the love of Jesus.

▪ Grandfolk/Littlefolk day is Tuesday, July 19, from 9am-3pm has space available for 5-6 year old children with Grandfolks.  Enroll online or call the camp office to register.

Central Plains Conference

▪ This is the last week to register for Youth Escape!  Your form must be in by Thursday, July 7.  You can register online at www.centralplainsmc.org/youth-escape2016.

Mennonite Agencies

▪ Mennonite Central Committee Central States is hiring for a Thrift Shop Coordinator.  This position is available starting in August and the position location is flexible within the 16-state Central States region.  The Thrift Shop Coordinator is expected to encourage shop operations to grow profitability annually, to assist with problem solving in daily operations, to encourage and advocate for board development and sound policies, and to nurture manager skill development while offering and promoting MCC Thrift Shop Network resources.  The work schedule is 40 hours per week.  The full job description is available at http://mcc.org/get-involved/serve/openings/thrift-shop-coordinator-cs.  Please contact Heidi Huber at heidihuber(at)mcc.org for more information.

▪ MC USA Announcement:  Love is a Verb Spiritual Practices Resource starts July 1!  Check out MC USA’s year-long spiritual practices resource on the 2017 convention theme, Love is a Verb.  Written by Leo Hartshorn, it spans the year leading up to the convention in Orlando, Florida (July 4-8, 2017), focusing on the theme of love found in 1 John and exploring how each of Richard Foster’s six spiritual streams – contemplative, holiness, charismatic, social justice, evangelical and incarnational – reflects the spiritual diversity present with MC USA.  Available in English and Spanish online: mennoniteusa.org/resource/love-is-a-verb-spiritual-practices-resource        

▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:  Brian and Kelly McPhail, along with 1-year-old Elsie, are completing three years of ministry in China with MMN.  Pray for them as they say goodbyes to friends, colleagues and students, and as they re-adjust to life in the United States.      

▪ Mennonite Education Agency Prayers for Faith and Learning:  Pray for the Bethel College students who are serving this summer at Camp Mennoscah (Kansas), Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp (Colorado), Camp Friedenswald (Michigan) and other church camps – for health, safety and good interactions with children and youth.

Area Announcements

▪ Keepers of the Faith a male quartet based out of Puyallup, Washington will be in concert on Wednesday, July 13 – 7pm at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church.  Come hear some wonderful singing along with an amazing testimony of how God has changed their lives after years of abuse, street gangs, and prison time.  A freewill offering will be taken.