The Bearing Fruit
June 3, 2018
Upcoming
Events:
June
9 – Saturday Kitchen, UP
Church
June
20 – Monthly Sewing, 10am Fell
Hall
June
21-24 – CPMC Annual Meeting, NE
Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 5/27/18 - Regular Offering: $941.00; My Coins Count: $118.00; My Coins Count Total: $393.71
▪ New Remembering
Your Story Sunday School class –
It starts today! Join Amanda and Andrea
in this all ages class as we
remember, make sense of, and share parts of our life stories alongside our
Church Family.
▪ In
responding to MCC’s request for Infant Care kits, Washington Mennonite Women
are asking that you consider making a kit. A list of
contents is in your mailbox and costs about $40. A completed kit is on a table
in the foyer. Also on the table are a few extra items that you may use to
complete your kit. You might want to go together with another family to make a
kit! Be creative and have fun with it. Bring your completed kits to church no
later than June 17, 2018. Thank you for considering this donation.
▪ SATURDAY KITCHEN noon
meal will be prepared and served by WMC on Saturday June 9th at the Washington United Presbyterian
Church. Sign-up sheets are on a table in the foyer for donated food
items, workers and donations to help cover food costs. Please join us as we
work together to prepare and serve a hot meal to all those who
come. We are
blessed as we work together preparing and serving
the noon meal and guests feel blessed as they enjoy a hot meal around a table
in a welcoming and safe environment.
- Phyllis Litwiller, Gloria Widmer and Sue Widmer
Crooked Creek Christian
Camp
▪ The
Crooked Creek Christian Camp Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of
Executive Director Tim Friesen, effective June 15th. We thank Tim for his four and half
years of service to the growth and ministry of Crooked Creek. We appreciate all
the work that Tim did to increase the visibility of camp with the churches,
communities, and businesses in southeast Iowa. Blessings to Tim, Karla, Naomi
and Noah as they transition into new endeavors.
▪ Come
and see what happens at summer camp as a volunteer in the kitchen. Opportunities available.
Sign up online at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FAFA
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▪ Can't be a
volunteer at summer camp but definitely want to be involved? Be a sponsor and help us purchase the
following items for summer camp: Carrot sticks and Celery; Tortillas; Taper Candles; Post
Card Stamps. Contact camp to provide these items 319-653-3611 or info@crookedcreekcamp.org
▪ Summer
staff orientation begins TODAY. We appreciate your prayers as we begin camp ministry this week.
Iowa Mennonite
School
▪ THANK YOU | As we near
the end of our fiscal year, 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 each year. Please know that your generosity is truly
appreciated by many. And we look forward to having many more partner with us,
investing in IMS to ensure our future will be bright.
Central Plains Conference
▪ Central
Plains Mennonite Conference is seeking a Conference Minister for Christian
Formation
(.5 FTE) to provide resources and equipping for formation leaders in Central
Plains Mennonite Conference. Beginning date: August 1. Central
Plains Mennonite Conference is also seeking a Communications Director (.25
FTE) The Communications Director edits the monthly electronic newsletter to
congregations, a bi-monthly newsletter to all members, and oversees the website
design and content.
▪ For more
information, contact Executive Conference Minister David Boshart at davidboshart@central
plainsmc.org or at 319-936-5904. Applicants
for the Conference Minister for Christian Formation should submit a completed
Ministerial Information Form. Applicants for the Communications Director can
submit a letter of application and resume.
▪ CHOOSE JOY! And save $10 by registering before June 19 – T-shirt included! Youth Escape 2018, the much-loved biennial retreat for youth in
grades 7-12, will be held July 20-22 at Hidden
Acres Christian Center near Dayton, Iowa. Round up your youth group and their
friends for this fantastic weekend focused on connecting with Jesus, other
Central Plains youth and the church. Details are available on the Youth Escape
page at www.centralplainsmc.org.
▪ Are you
missing your brothers and sisters from Central Plains? You’ll get to see them
soon! Come to Lincoln June 21-24
for Annual Meeting 2018 where our worship theme will be A Covenant
People: Walking with Jesus and our speaker will be Rachel Springer Gerber.
Children, youth and adults welcome! Register at www.centralplainsmc.org.
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Prayer Request: Pray for the many congregations hosting Bible
School this summer. Pray that God would multiply our efforts to share the good
news about the way of Jesus with children and families in our communities.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Women and Money Seminar by
Everence on June 4th presented by Lyle
Miller at the Kalona Public Library in the Velma Skola Room at 6:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. For more information or to reserve your spot,
contact Joyce Gingerich at (319) 656-4242, (877) 656-4242 or email joyce.gingerich@everence.com.
▪Calling all MCC volunteers!! Join us for
our annual Volunteer Appreciation Celebration on June 13, 5 pm – 7 pm at MCC in North Newton, Kansas! All relief sale volunteers, all meat
canning volunteers, participants in the Flatlander Bicycle Ride or the Harvest
Giving Walk, all of you who make comforters on your own or at a Comforter
Blitz, if you’ve packed a kit at MCC or volunteered your time at an MCC thrift
shop or in the MCC Warehouse – YOU’RE INVITED! We want you to join us, enjoy a
delicious meal of burgers, hot dogs, salads, chips and ice cream for dessert! Please
RSVP by June 11
to patsydirksen@mcc.org, 316.283.2720.
▪ Supplies are running low in the MCC
Material Resources Center in North Newton and we could use your help! The current material resources needs
are: shampoo for relief kits (1-2 bottles, totaling more than 20 oz),
toothbrushes for relief and hygiene kits (in originally packaging), small,
metal pencil sharpeners (one or two holes) for school kits, dark colored hand
or bath towels for hygiene and relief kits. Visit mcc.org/mrc/kits for full kit information and from there click
through to our Amazon Wish List for easier shopping and shipping. Just bring or
ship kit items to MCC Central States 121 E. 30th St. North Newton, KS 67428. Contact
katemast@mcc.org or call with questions at 316-283-2720 .
▪ Sexualized violence and the church
webinar, June 13 2
pm – 3 pm: Mennonite
Central Committee is offering the third webinar in our three-part series this
spring for churches and individuals to learn about addressing sexualized
violence within the church. This webinar focusing on Healthy masculinity
will cover how
the church can prepare men to talk to their sons about healthy masculinity
and what men should tell boys about sexual violence. Speakers will be Glen
Guyton, the new Executive Director for MCUSA and Isaac Villegas, pastor at
Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Mennonite Fellowship . Learn more and register for the webinar at mcc.org/wwso. Contact
karinkaufmanwall@mcc.org with questions.
Area Announcements
▪ West Union MYF invites you to a delicious sloppy
joe fundraiser meal on Sunday, June 10 at noon. Bring your friends and enjoy a time of food
and fellowship! Proceeds will go to cover expenses for this summer’s
service project and convention expenses next summer.
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