The Bearing Fruit
September 9, 2018
Upcoming
Events:
Sept
9 – DT Kick-Off, during
Sunday School
Sept
15 – Saturday Kitchen, 10am
Sept
19 – Monthly Quilting, 10am
Sept
19 – Fall Business Meeting, 6:30pm
Sept
22-23 – Church Retreat at Camp
Oct
19 – Halcyon House Service
Nov
8-10 – WMC Dinner Theatre
Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 9/2/18 - Regular offering: $1365.00
▪ Sunday School Today – Dinner Theatre Kickoff
Celebration – All are welcome!!!
▪ DINNER
THEATRE REHEARSAL: All drama and music participants for dinner theatre
should attend the rehearsal this evening at 5:00 p.m. at the
church. Skits will be blocked and music will be introduced.
Crooked Creek Christian Camp
▪ Join us for a time of fellowship and fire at our
annual hymn sing: Sing & S'mores, Sept 23 led by Julie
Bontrager of Wellman Mennonite Church.
▪ Save the date for Senior Day, Oct. 4 as we welcome Marion Bontrager of Hesston, KS. Check out our website for more information or to sign-up online.
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ 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 (with music by The Old Man Band), 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 getmereg istered.com/joetown
Central Plains Conference
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Prayer Request: Pray for all our conference leaders as the board and committees meet
next weekend in Kalona, IA, to plan for the upcoming year.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer
Request: David
and Sophie Lapp Jost of Mennonite Mission Network are beginning an assignment
in Nazareth, Israel. Pray for them as they visit hospital patients, teach
English, and assist with communication projects.
▪ Mennonite Church USA Prayer Request:
MC USA encourages you to “Learn, Pray,
Join” for immigration justice now. Watch a recording of our recent
immigration justice webinar at mennoniteusa.org/ijwebinarfull and find ways to
support immigration justice at http://mennoniteusa.org/ij
Area Announcements
▪ J-POG (Just Peace Outreach Group)
invites you to hear Jacob Yoder address the topic "Farming for Peace: An
MCCer's Reflections on Life and Work in Burundi." Jacob will describe his work in the
African nation of Burundi developing food security projects with Mennonite
Central Committee. Join us at West Union Mennonite Church, 3253 305th
Street, Parnell, IA on Sunday, September
16, 2018, 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.
▪ 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment