The Bearing Fruit
April 23, 2017
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 4/16/17: $6047.65 (regular)
▪ Saturday, April 29, 9:30am - March,
April & May Birthday Breakfast Club! If your birthday falls in March, April
or May, join Amanda at the church for a breakfast to celebrate!
▪ Saturday Kitchen. Twenty four persons from Washington Mennonite Church served 86 plates
and 29 carry-outs on Saturday April 8th, 2017 at the United
Presbyterian Church in Washington. Our guests are always grateful for the good
hot meal and the fellowship around the dinner table. Thank you to
everyone who helped with the meal preparation, donation of food, serving and
clean up. One person came to the counter after the meal and asked to speak
to the person who made the lemon bars because she enjoyed the bars so much
and it made her think of her mother who always made lemon bars and these tasted
just like her mother’s and it made her day. Our next date to serve at Saturday Kitchen is May 27th which
is Memorial Day weekend.
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
▪ Crooked Creek Wild the mud run/obstacle course is May 6!
Sign up now at www.crookedcreekcamp.org You don't want to miss this!
Iowa MCC Relief
Sale
▪ Iowa MCC Relief Sale Tractorcade - Registration deadline is May 8 to be guaranteed a t-shirt. Please register
by May 22 if you are planning to participate
so we can plan for parking space at the Fairgrounds. We will meet at
Fairview Church on Friday June 2 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm. We will be leaving for the Fairgrounds
at 1:30pm SHARP. The route will be about
20 miles long one way. We will be collecting the donations at check in before
leaving for the Tractorcade. (suggested donation of at least $25). Please
contact LaVern Shetler at 319-530-0032 or Kurt Kemp 319-930-1443 or Monroe
Miller 319-936-8501 if you have questions. Your church office has registration
forms.
Iowa Mennonite
School
▪ Final
Touring Choir Concert is TONIGHT at 7:00PM at Bethel
Mennonite Church in Wayland IA. All are welcome.
▪ Children’s
Dramas Saturday April 29 at 7:00PM and Sunday
April 30 at 3:00PM in Celebration Hall. The plays include Jack and the Three Sillies, The Boy
Who Cried Wolf, and The
Pretender Hen. Meet
the Cast Event Grades 6-10 prospective students and their
families are invited to a meet the cast event following the afternoon
performance on April 30. There will be refreshments and
you will get a chance to meet the students and directors involved in putting
together these fun performances.
▪ SAVE THE DATE
Ten
Year Anniversary of Celebration Hall June 10. More details to come,
but you won't want to miss it! The
Annual IMS Golf Tournament June 17 at the
Kalona Golf Club. IMS Homecoming & Alumni Family
Weekend Oct 13-15 will include
many activities for IMS alumni, their families, and the community.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ Service Opportunity – The
Everything Beautiful Thrift Store in Lame Deer, Montana is looking for a
volunteer, experienced plumber.
This would be to install the rough out plumbing in their new building.
Approximately 2 weeks of work, during the month of May. Lodging and meals
provided. For further info contact Willis Busenitz @ 406-592-3643 or
email: wnbusenitz@gmail.com
▪ Registration
is now open for Central Plains Annual Meeting in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June
15-18. Register by April 30 for just
$140. The fee goes up by $20 on May 1
and another $20 on June 1. Find online
registration and payment at www.centralplainsmc.org.
▪ Central Plains Mennonite
Conference Prayer Request: Leaders of Anabaptist
churches in Congo have asked that we pray for an end to the
atrocities that have driven at least 5000 people into hiding in the forest
to escape violence. Pray that the church can be a prophetic voice of justice
and a calming presence of Christ’s peace in the midst of a devolving
situation. One Mennonite denomination has brought at least six ethnic
groups together into one church body.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ From MCC: As
immigration enforcement tightens in the U.S., women, children and teens from Central America who are
fleeing domestic and sexual violence in their home countries encounter quick
deportation or harsher legal processes and extended detention when they seek
refuge in the U.S. To learn more about
this issue, including how to speak with your legislators about acting
compassionately, read this Action Alert from the MCC U.S. Washington Office,
mcc.org/protect-women-children
▪ Are you looking for a non-traditional pastorate? Service Adventure leaders are needed to
help guide young adults in their ongoing discovery of who God is and how God is
calling them into vocation. The leaders will live with young
adults in a household setting and create a “family” as part of a local congregation.
Check it out: https://www.mennonite
mission.net/Serve/Service%20Adventure
▪ Find out how to put your faith into action! Consider
serving and learning about how God is working in other parts of the
country. Check out our Christian
Service opportunities for ages 14 -26. But don’t delay because
application deadlines are coming up soon! Youth Venture (Detroit) –
Application deadline = May 1st; Service Adventure, Journey
International, Door (Dwell) and MVS – Application deadline = June 1st: https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve
▪ MC USA Announcement: The Future Church Summit will add a new
dimension to this summer’s Mennonite Church USA Convention, inviting participants to envision an Anabaptist future
for the church. You can learn more at http://convention.mennoniteusa.org/future-church-summit/.
Area Announcements
▪ J-POG
(Just Peace Outreach Group) invites you to a presentation entitled
"Ministering to Refugees: Not Your Usual Mexican Vacation."
A small group from two local Mennonite congregations will reflect on their
visit to the ministry of Iglesia Zoar in northern Mexico, and also immigrant
detention facilities in southern Texas. Join us on Sunday
evening, April 23, 2017, at East
Union Mennonite Church, 5615 Gable Avenue, Kalona, IA at 6:00
p.m. for a finger-foods potluck and conversation (please bring your own
table service) or at 7 pm for the presentation and
discussion. For more information call Roger Farmer at 319-653-2547 or
email Jane Yoder-Short at wilmajane17@gmail.com.
▪ Come hear
about the ministry of Bible translation in East Asia and around the world. Keith and Kate Slater will share
on Sunday, April 23rd
at 1 p.m. at West Union Mennonite Church. Before their talk, all
are welcome to join us at noon for a potluck lunch at
West Union.
▪ Everyone is invited to the spring meeting
of the Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa at 7:00 on Tuesday, April 25th at Kalona Mennonite Church. Please come
to hear Frank Yoder and Holly Blosser Yoder present on the topic “Holding the
line and building bridges: conflict in a community of like, precious faith”.
▪ Midweek Meetings with Jeff Polen - Jeff Polen will be leading worship and speaking at Lower Deer
Creek Mennonite Church at 7pm on Wednesday May
10th and Thursday May 11th. All ages are welcome both nights with area
youth groups specifically invited for the Wednesday night service. Child care
will be available. More on Jeff Polen and his ministry can be found at https://jeffpolenmusic.com/
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