Newsletter for May 28, 2017

The Bearing Fruit

May 28, 2017

WMC Upcoming Events Sunday May 28th                             Monday May 29th                           Tuesday May 30th                             Wednesday May 31st                                    Thursday June 1st                              Friday June 2nd                                  Saturday June 3rd                                     ▪ Centro Cristiano (2:30pm) ▪ Ballet Classes (3:30pm) ▪ Orlando Delegate Orientation (7pm, Sanctuary) ▪ Centro Cristiano (7pm) Future Events ▪ June 4    –  Baptism of Jarrett Bender and Matti Miller (Fellowship time after church, no Sunday School) ▪ June 10  –  Church Garage Sale/Pancake Breakfast/MYF Fundraiser ▪ June 11  –  Picnic at the Wellman Park (after church) ▪ June 18  –  Worship at Crooked Creek Christian Camp with the Counselors   ▪ June 15-18  –  Central Plains Conference Annual Meeting (Sioux Falls, SD) ▪ July 4-8  –  Mennonite Church USA Convention (in Orlando, FL) ▪ July 9      –  Picnic at the Washington Park (after church) ▪ Aug 13   –  Picnic at the Wellman Park (after church)

Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 5/21/17:  $2224 (regular)

▪ May 2017 My Coins Count - Bring your coins for the My Coins Count (MyCC) offering throughout the month of May. Coins will join with others across Iowa and around the world to be used for water projects and sand dams in Mozambique. 

▪ Church Garage Sale Saturday, June 10^th – This summer we'll hold a garage sale at the church to raise money for the MYF

trip to Mennonite Youth Convention. Be saving garage sale items to donate. 

▪ Summer 2017, Crooked Creek Christian Camp Kitchen Volunteers Needed!  Talk to camp representative, Jared Widmer, or sign up on this website, http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4fafa62ea

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Iowa MCC Relief Sale

▪ The Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale is taking place June 2 - 3, and you can help. Volunteers are needed to park cars both

Friday evening and Saturday morning. If interested sign up online: http://www.iamccreliefsale.org/volunteering.html

▪ The online auction is now open for bidding! Browse the items available for bid. Your winning bid will support the international relief, development and peacebuilding work of Mennonite Central Committee. Find the items online here: http://www.iamccreliefsale.org/online-auction.html or www.biddingforgood.com/IAreliefsale

Iowa Mennonite School

▪ Into The Black: A Ten Year Celebration Friday, June 9 at 7:30PM. The entire community is invited to attend this end-of-year fundraiser event that will celebrate the fine arts at IMS through many alumni performances, marking the ten year anniversary of Celebration Hall. Due to so many fantastic performances leading to time constraints, we are now doing a silent auction to sell the meals instead of a live auction.  There will be three opportunities to bid. Before the show starting at 7:00PM, during a 10 minute intermission, and for 20 minutes after the show.  We have added more acts and meals. Check out the updated list on Facebook.

▪ The Annual IMS Golf Tournament Saturday, June 17 at the Kalona Golf Club. Register to play or sponsor at http://www.iowamennonite.org/golftournament/ or by emailing jours@iowamennonite.org. This year we have a lot of great players gifts so come out and join us for golf and lunch provided by Freeman Foods in Wellman.

▪ Summer camps We have many camps happening this summer. Check out our website for more information and online registration forms. www.iowamennonite.org/camps

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Central Plains Conference

▪  Are you passionate about following Jesus and obeying his teaching? Come to Central Plains Annual Meeting June 15-18 in Sioux Falls to learn, fellowship and discern with your Christian sisters and brothers. Find registration information in your church office and at www.centralplainsmc.org. Register soon; rates go up June 1.

▪ Youth ages 15 to 20: Are you thinking of coming to Central Plains Annual Meeting? We’d love to have you! Find info online at www.centralplainsmc.org. Talk to your pastor or council chair about registering.  

▪ Save the date for Swan Lake Women's Retreat September 16-17. Our speaker will be Ruth Harder and her topic will be "Meeting women in the Bible again - for the first time".  Be watching for more information as the time draws nearer!

▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer Request:  Pray for Ramiro Hernandez, coordinator of Hispanic ministries for Central Plains, and for our Hispanic sister churches in Muscatine, Iowa City, Washington, Davenport and Moline.  

Mennonite Agencies

▪ Mennonite Church USA Executive Director, Ervin Stutzman will hold an informational meeting about the upcoming convention in Orlando at Washington Mennonite Church (815 E. Polk St, Washington, IA) on Tuesday, May 30 at 7pm. Ervin will provide an overview to the agenda for the delegate sessions as well as an orientation to the Future Church Summit process. Delegates and anyone else interested are welcome to attend.

▪ Do you enjoy mentoring young adults and living in community?  Service Adventure is looking for unit leaders for the Jackson, Miss., unit. The term begins late July with orientation and participants begin their service term in August. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Susan Nisly at SusanN@MennoniteMission.net or visit us at www.MennoniteMission.net 

▪ MCC Central States is hiring a Donor Relations Associate. The Donor Relations Associate is responsible for assisting in implementation of the donor relations strategy for MCC Central States by stewarding major donors involving face-to face contact in order to meet the budgeted income goals and generate the necessary resources to accomplish the mission of MCC. This position is open within the 16-state MCC CS region. To see a full job description and to apply, please visit https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve/openings.

Area Announcements

▪ East Union Mennonite Church invites all Preschoolers - 6th graders to Vacation Bible School, June 9-10, 9am - 4pm.  Join us for Digging for Treasure, a fun-filled, Bible-based learning experience focused on uncovering the stories Jesus told, also known as parables.  Register by calling the church office, 319-656-2590 or online at www.tinyurl.com/EUMC2017VBS.