The Bearing Fruit
August 27, 2017
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ The church fiscal year ends on August
31. If you have any outstanding bills, please turn them into treasurer Mary
Lou Farmer on August 27 so they can be included in this year’s accounting.
Giving through August 20, was $123,000. Our projected budget for the year was
$130,000. If you have questions, contact Mary Lou.
▪ Remember to
update your address and other info
for the church directory!
▪ If you are
interested in joining a Sunday School class meeting in October and November that will study a topic from the new
“Upside Down Living” series, remember to fill out the slip of paper at the back
of the sanctuary. Or talk to Andrea
Nussbaum.
▪ Washington
Mennonite Church will be hosting Saturday Kitchen on Saturday September 2nd,2017.
Completed Sign- up Sheets for workers and food items are on the table in the
foyer. Double check the sheets to be sure you remember what time you are
scheduled to work or what food items you signed up to bring. If you have
questions please contact Phyllis Litwiller by phone or email. Thank you
in advance for helping us serve a hot meal to our guests at Saturday Kitchen.
- Gloria Widmer, Phyllis Litwiller and
Sandy Buhrow.
▪ Thanks to your generous gifts, we are
delivering 68 school kits and six Relief Kits to Crowded Closet to be sent to
MCC! Relief kits are an
ongoing need so if you didn’t get one made now, consider making one this fall.
A list of items to include is on the bulletin board. Thanks again!
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
▪
THIS TUESDAY, August 29 from 5-7pm is an open house and supper. Burgers and homemade ice cream near the pond.
A dedication of the Welcome Center will take place at 5:45pm.
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ IMS would like to thank the Washington
Township Optimists for
sponsoring our School Day Out at CCCC. We appreciate all you do and are glad
you are part of our community.
▪ Homecoming & Alumni Family Weekend
will take place on campus Oct 13-15. Events will include alumni volleyball and soccer games, Joetown
Classic, food fundraiser by the PTO with outdoor music by The Young Ramblers,
Annual Pork Supper, and a community worship service. Campus will be open all
weekend for tours and for classes to meet.
▪ The Joetown Classic 5K run walk will
take place on Saturday October 14 at IMS. Go to iowamennonite.org /joetown-classic for
details and to register.
Central Plains Conference
▪ Sunday
school teachers and small group leaders, would you like some practical tips
on how to prepare for and facilitate Bible studies? Plan to join the free
webinars that Central Plains conference is offering this fall. Please reserve
these dates: September 26, October 24
and November 28. More information is coming soon.
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer
Request: Pray
for Keith Slater as he prepares to lead three webinars to equip Central Plains
members to facilitate Bible studies. Pray for the inspiration and leading of
the Holy Spirit on all who plan for and participate in the webinars, that we
might be transformed by our study of the Bible.
Iowa MCC Relief
Sale
▪ The Home Place Retreat will be hosting
Sweet Sundae Serenade: a homemade ice cream sundae bar, to raise funds as part
of the MCC Relief Sale on Sunday,
September 10 at 3 pm. The public is
invited to come enjoy live music. This is a donation event; no tickets are
needed. The Home Place Retreat is located between Wellman and Kalona, on
the south side of the road: 1881 Highway 22.
▪ HELP DISPLACED PEOPLE IN DR CONGO: Armed conflict in the Kasai region
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has displaced 1.4 million people,
including 8,000 Mennonites. A Congolese assessment team visited this summer and
found a severe lack of food and increasing malnutrition. Families had to leave
their fields and animals when they fled the violence, and food that is
available for purchase is very expensive. An Anabaptist response is underway,
shaped and implemented by Congolese Mennonite and Mennonite Brethren
church-based relief committees, coordinated by Mennonite Central Committee
(MCC) and supported by global and Canada- and U.S.-based Anabaptist
organizations. Your gift of money will help provide food, household items and
shelter supplies. Make your donation online at mcc.org/congo-relief or by
phone, 1-888-563-4676; mail
checks to MCC, PO Box 500, Akron PA 17501. Please keep those who have been
forced from their homes, and those hosting them, in your prayers.
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