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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Newsletter for December 31, 2017

The Bearing Fruit
December 31, 2017



This Week at WMC
Sunday
Dec 31st 
Monday
Jan 1st 
Tuesday
Jan 2nd
Wednesday
Jan 3rd
Thursday
Jan 4th
Friday
Jan 5th
Saturday
Jan 6th  
▪ Centro Cristiano (2:30)

▪ Ballet Classes (Fellowship Hall, 3:30-5:30)


▪ Ballet Classes (Fellowship Hall, 4:00-5:30pm)
▪ Centro Cristiano (7pm)



Birthday -     
Connie Wacker







Upcoming Events
▪ Jan 10     Church Council Meeting  (5:00pm, at Church)
▪ Jan 14     Potluck after Sunday School  (Fellowship Hall)
▪ Jan 17     Mennonite Women Monthly Quilting  (10:00am, Fellowship Hall)
▪ Jan 27     Saturday Kitchen  (UP Church)

Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 12/24/17 -  Regular Offering: $1709

▪ Amanda is worshipping this morning with Jon and his family at Pleasant View Mennonite Church.

POTLUCK!  Come January 14th to a noon potluck at the church.  Come to continue our discussion of the church visioning process.  Come find out if we are "transactional" or "transformational".  Come find out what that even means!

SundaySucCrooked Creek Christian Camp

WinterFest camp for 6th-8th graders is January 12-14, 2018...THINK SNOW! To register as a youth group see your youth sponsor. To register individually go online http://www.crookedcreekcamp.org/winterfest.html. See you there!


Coins for Camp in January fundraiser will go towards a new play structure near the Pavilion. 

Iowa Mennonite School

THANK YOU | As we begin 2018, IMS would like to thank you for your continued support. It costs over $16,000 to educate a child at IMS, something that tuition alone does not cover. It is the faithful giving of our community that allows us to continue serving our students. We are thankful to those that choose to include IMS in their giving plans, your generosity is truly appreciated. And we look forward to having many more partner with us as we make the future of IMS bright.

Visit Days | 8th grade and transfer students are invited to visit IMS for a day on January 15 or February 19. This visit will have a different format than the fall visit days so feel free to come again. Parents are invited for a short meeting at the start of the day to visit with the administrative team. Students are invited from 8:10 am - 3:15 pm to tour facilities, visit classes with a host student, eat lunch, meet faculty & other future students, and hear from a panel of current students. Register to attend at www.iowa mennonite.org/visit.

Special Chapels | January 17 Glen Guyton will speak during a special chapel time. Glen is the Chief Operating Officer for Mennonite Church USA. He is also an advocate for cultural competency and will be doing special sessions with teachers and each grade level of students. Watch our website for more information on the schedule for chapel that day. January 18 & 19 Michele Hershberger will come to speak at chapel around the topic of shalom justice. Chapel those times will be from 9:47AM - 10:17AM. There will be time for coffee with area pastors following chapel on Thursday, January 18 and Michele will join Bible classes on Friday, January 19. The public is invited to join us for our chapel times.

Chili Supper | The annual Chili Supper hosted by the IMS senior class is on Saturday, February 10 serving from 4:30PM-7:00PM in Hillcrest Union. This year will take a trip back in time to 1960, the year the Chili Supper was started by Elta Burkholder. We have her handwritten, original chili and cheese sandwich recipes that we will be serving. And for those of you that remember watching the Audubon Society films after you ate, we will have a modern spin on those as well. 

SundaySucCentral Plains Conference

▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer Request: We invite you to pray and fast on Tuesday for the Villatoro and Huesca families, that Max and Alex may be reunited with their wives and children.

Mennonite Agencies

Mennonite Education Agency Prayers for Faith and Learning Seminario Bíblico Anabautista Hispano (SeBAH)
May God fill SeBAH students with wisdom and blessings. May God help them to devote themselves to their studies and guide them through this learning process.

Mennonite Mission Network Prayer RequestTonight is Watch Night in many African-American communities. At midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation became law. Though written 154 years ago, that law has not yet been completely fulfilled. Join Mennonite Mission Network in proclaiming and working toward salvation and justice for all people in the coming year.

Area Events


Save the Date – Sunday, January 14: for a special screening of the film Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock at 3pm in the Luyken Fine Arts Center at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. The film captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet. A talk-back session will follow the film featuring film Co-Director Myron Dewey. MCC is teaming up with Kansas Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR) for this free event. Please join us!


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