The Bearing Fruit
August 26, 2018
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 8/19/18 - Regular offering: $2168.35
▪ Join the fun volunteering at Crowded
Closet Tuesday, August 28 6:00-8:00 p.m.! Outreach and Service is organizing a work night which is
greatly welcomed by Crowded Closet as they work towards moving. We will
plan to have pizza during the evening after working so you might want to
grab a snack before going. We will plan to meet at the church to carpool
and leave at 5:15. Please sign up on the sheet on the narthex table if
you can go. - Carol D.
▪ Saturday Kitchen will be
hosted by WMC on Saturday September 15th. Sign-up sheets for
Saturday Kitchen workers and donated food items are on the table in the
foyer. We are always blessed as we work together to provide our
guests with good food, a welcoming dining experience and fellowship. Thank
you in advance for helping us. Gloria Widmer and Phyllis Litwiller.
▪ This week,
we delivered 40 school kits to Crowded Closet for MCC distribution. Thanks for
your generous donations!
Crooked Creek Christian Camp
▪ Applications
are being taken for Executive Director of Crooked Creek Christian Camp until
September 21. For more information go to www.crookedcreekcamp.org.
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ THANK YOU | As we begin a
new school year, we thank the area Mennonite church pastors who will be on
campus doing a prayer walk on Tuesday.
▪ SAVE THE DATE | Homecoming & Alumni Family Weekend will take place on campus October 12-13. Events will include alumni volleyball (with the 1998
State Final Four team) and soccer games, Joetown Classic, food
fundraiser by the PTO, Annual Pork Supper, and a community hymn sing. The
Joetown Classic 5k run/walk will be on Saturday
October
13. Make sure you sign-up by October 2 to get a cool, vintage
t-shirt! Register now online at getmeregist ered.com/get_information.php or find printable registrations
at iowamennonite.org/alumni/joetown-classic-2/.
Central Plains Conference
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Prayer Request: Pray for Shalom Mennonite Church in Eau Claire, WI, as they say
farewell to Pastor Adam (and Fjaere) Harder Nussbaum. Pray for the congregation
as they discern their leadership needs for the future.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer
Request: Paul and
Serena Manickam of Mennonite Mission Network, along with two Colombian
missionary families, work with the Iquitos Mennonite Church in Peru to offer a
children's ministry, education, and gardening. Pray for grace and wisdom as
this cross-cultural team responds to God’s call to make earth more like heaven.
Area Announcements
▪ Kalona Naomi’s group would like to
invite all Widowers & Widows to a picnic in the Kalona Park on Sept
8th, 2018 at Noon in the enclosed shelter. This is a social picnic; we all share a
common loss of a spouse. Enjoy a time of
fellowship and games. Questions please call: Lower Deer Creek Church at
656-2076.
▪ The Gospel
Echoes Banquet - will be held at Upper Deer Creek Church on Friday, September 28, 2018 at 6:30 pm. Join
us for an evening of music, inspiration, and a delicious home-style dinner. A
free will offering will be received to assist prison ministry teams and to
provide free literature to prisons and chaplains throughout the U.S. The
evening is open to the public and will include music from the Gospel Echoes
Harvest and Mercy Road Teams. Call Charity Gingerich for your complimentary
tickets at 319-936-0295.
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