Newsletter for June 4, 2017

The Bearing Fruit

June 4, 2017

Upcoming Events:

June 10 – Church Garage Sale/Pancake 

                  Breakfast, MYF Fundraiser

 June 11 - MYF, 5pm, at Amy's

June 18  - Worship at Crooked Creek 

                  with the Counselors

June 15-18 – CPMC Annual Meeting, Sioux Falls

July 4-8 – MC USA Convention, Orlando, FL

July 9     - Picnic at the Washington Park

July 15   - Saturday Kitchen, UP Church

Aug 13   - Picnic at the Wellman Park

 Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 5/28/17:  $1780 (regular)

▪ Financial Report: Church offering kept pace with expenses leaving us with a balance of $6456.55 at the end of May. Thanks for your continued strong giving during the summer months. Please remember that we are not having a worship service and offering here on June 18 and plan your donations accordingly. If you have questions, see Mary Lou Farmer.

▪ 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 – The Washington Mennonite Youth group will be having a Church wide Garage sale and Pancake Breakfast Saturday June 10th. The pancake breakfast will be 8 am - 11 am and the garage sale will run from 8 am - 2 pm. All proceeds will help the Youth group go to a Youth convention in Florida.  Talk to Amy to sign-up to help!

▪ Saturday Kitchen - Washington Mennonite served seventy plates and made thirty one carry out meals on Saturday May 27^th which was  Memorial Day Weekend.  We served fewer persons than usual.  Thank you to everyone who helped with this meal.  Guests always  appreciate the ham and scallop potato meal.  Our next scheduled Saturday Kitchen is Saturday July 15^th, 2017.  Mark your calendar and sign up to help.  We always have a good time working together.  

                --  Gloria Widmer, Sandy Buhrow and Phyllis Litwiller

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

Crooked Creek Christian Camp

▪ Orientation for camp summer staff begins today! Please pray for Crooked Creek Camp as our summer camps are underway.  We're excited for the opportunity to serve area youth with Christ-centered camping! 

▪ Calling all high schoolers...Start your summer off right by attending High School camp, June 8-11. This extended weekend is packed full of classic camp activities as well as new exciting thrills you won't want to miss! Space available.

▪ Want to get involved? Volunteers requested, sign up at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D4FAFA62EA7FB6-2017 or view our website for more details.

▪ Church at Camp is Sunday, June 18 at 10am. Join us for worship led by camp summer staff and counselors at Sunset Shelter by the pond. After church share in a finger food picnic potluck. Bring a non-refrigerated finger food dish to share. Drinks will be provided. 

Iowa Mennonite School

▪ Into the Black: A Ten Year Celebration, Friday, June 9 7:30PM The entire community is invited to attend this end-of-year fundraising event celebrating the fine arts at IMS and Celebration Hall through many alumni performances and a silent auction. There will be three opportunities to bid for meals in homes: at 7:00PM before the show, during a 10-minute intermission, and for 20 minutes after the show. Our goal is to raise $60,000 in one evening! A group of loyal IMS supporters have provided matching funds up to $25,000. Please come take this opportunity to give generously through the silent auction and/or the offering to help IMS get 

INTO THE BLACK.

▪ 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

▪  You can still register for Central Plains Annual Meeting June 15-18 in Sioux Falls, but please do so this week. Hear Meghan Good, visit with your conference sisters and brothers, and learn how our covenant of spiritual practices is shaping congregations. Find registration information in your church office and at www.centralplainsmc.org.

▪ 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 Monica Clem, office manager for Central Plains, as she oversees registration, prepares delegate packets, and arranges many other details in preparation for Annual Meeting 2017 in Sioux Falls.

Mennonite Agencies

▪ Mennonite Church USA Announcement: Be in prayer for the students at the various Mennonite-related schools around the country and the world this month as they finish up another academic year. Pray that they would have a good summer of fun and renewal as they build on what they have learned.

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.