The Bearing Fruit
December 18, 2016
Upcoming Events:
Dec 21 – Caroling, 5:30pm meet
at church
Dec 24 – Christmas Eve Service, 6pm
Dec 31 – Saturday Kitchen, UP
Church
Jan 4 – Council Meeting,
7pm
Washington
Mennonite
▪ Washington Mennonite
will be hosting the Saturday Kitchen at the United Presbyterian Church on Saturday December 31,
2016.
Signup sheets for workers and donation of food items are in the foyer.
Please look at the sheets and sign up to help us serve a hot meal or donate
designated food items. December 31st is New Year’s Eve
day. We will be serving a nice hot meal complete with table decorations
and festive napkins to help our guests look forward to a new year.
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
▪ Sign-up
for Winterfest January 13-15
NOW! See your sponsor for more information or contact
the camp office.
▪ Deck the halls with boards of sheetrock. Dash
through the mud to tape and paint. This is the joy of construction this past
week at the Welcome Center. Keep the fun(d) going with your gift this
season. Thank you for your faithful support of Crooked Creek Christian Camp and
the Welcome Center project!
Iowa Mennonite
School
▪ The Annual Alumni Night basketball
game is Friday
January 6 when IMS plays Mediapolis. All IMS alumni (and
wannabes) are invited to join us in Hillcrest Union for a night of basketball,
prizes, and fellowship with the IMS community. After the game there will light
refreshments for alumni and their families.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ Central
Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer Request:
Pray for our brothers and sisters in
Venezuela as the crisis continues. Ask God to bless them as they witness
to Jesus' way of peace and nonviolence in a volatile situation.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Mennonite Mission Network (MMN) Prayer Request: Tom
and Disa Rutschman, serving with Mennonite Mission Network, have shared Jesus
as the Light of the World through many long winters on the Arctic Circle in
Sweden. Pray that this year they may again create sparks of life through
teaching in schools and the leadership they provide at Jokkmokk Free Church.
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