The Bearing Fruit
August 6, 2017
Upcoming Events:
Aug 13 – Picnic at the
Wellman Park
Aug 13 – MYF, 5pm
at Amy’s
Aug 16 – Monthly Sewing, 10am
Fell Hall
Sept 2 – Saturday Kitchen,
UP Church
Sept 6 – Church Council, 5pm
Sept 13 – Fall Business Meeting, 7pm
Sept 24 – Church at Crooked Creek Camp
Washington
Mennonite
▪ Financial
Update: Our Annual Fund balance at the end of July was
$5506.21. With continued strong giving during the month of August, we will be
able to meet all our expenses for the year. Thanks for your generosity as you support Washington Mennonite and
its programs. If you have questions, contact Mary Lou Farmer. Thank you.
▪ It’s
time again to make
school kits. Bags (with instructions inside) are on the table in the foyer.
Please take as many as you’d like and return to the church by Aug.
20. There are a few “free supplies” on the table to get you started.
MCC is also asking for Relief Kits. You will find lists of items needed on the
bulletin board above the school kits. Take the full list to make a whole kit OR
write your name beside items you want to provide and take the tear-off slip to
remind you of what you will purchase. Bring those items to the church by August 20 also and place them in the large container beneath
the bulletin board. Relief kits will be assembled from your supplies. Thanks
for your generous giving.
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
▪
August 20
at 6:00pm: Lift your glad voices and sing!
Join us for our annual hymn Sing and
(deluxe) S'mores at Sunset Shelter by the pond.
▪
August 29
at 5:00-7:00pm: Celebrate with the
Crooked Creek Christian Camp community at our new Welcome Center while a
having supper of burgers and homemade ice cream at Sunset Shelter! Come and see
the progress in the last year.
Central Plains Conference
▪ Central
Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer Request: Pray for conference ministers
Dave and Shana Boshart, who celebrate their wedding anniversary this Friday,
August 11.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Upcoming
seminar to focus on women and money - Everence Financial
will present an informational seminar, Women and money: Managing finances
for everyday life at 7 p.m. on Monday,
Aug. 21. Everence Managing Director, Harrisonburg, VA, Teresa Boshart
Yoder will speak about the financial challenges facing women, using money
wisely, and how women can prepare themselves and their families for what may
lie ahead. The seminars will take place at Wellman Mennonite Church, 1215 8th Ave., Wellman. To reserve
your spot (by Aug. 16), contact Cheryl Martin Miller at
(877) 656-4242, (319) 656-4242 or cheryl.martinmiller@everence.com.
Everence offers credit union services
that are federally insured by NCUA. All products are not available in all
states.
▪ Searching
for an exciting way to serve? MCC is urgently searching
for a Canner Operator, with CDL truck driving experience, to travel with the
mobile cannery before the season begins in October. Canner Operators travel to
30 different locations in the United States and Canada, canning meat, which is
then sent around the world to hungry people. Come serve in this exciting way!
Meet new people, and take advantage of experiences you’ll never forget. For
more information please contact John Hillegass at johnhillegass@mcc.org or
(717) 859-1151.
Area Announcements
▪ J-POG (Just Peace Outreach Group) invites
you to hear Jacob Yoder address the topic "Genocide, Food Security, and
Hope: An MCC'ers
reflections on service in Rwanda and Burundi." Jacob will describe
his work in the African nations of Burundi and Rwanda developing food security
projects with Mennonite Central Committee. Join us at West Union
Mennonite Church, 3253 305th Street, Parnell, IA on Sunday, August 6, 2017, at 6 pm
for a finger food potluck (please bring your own table service) and
conversation, or at 7 pm for Jacob's presentation.
For more information, contact Roger Farmer at 319-653-2547 or Jane Yoder-Short
at wilmajane17@gmail.com.
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