Newsletter for October 28, 2018

The Bearing Fruit

October 28, 2018

This Week at Washington Mennonite Sunday Oct 28th Monday Oct 29th Tuesday Oct 30th Wednesday Oct 31st Thursday Nov 1st     Friday Nov 2nd    Saturday Nov 3rd ▪ Centro Cristiano (2pm) ▪ DT Rehearsal (6pm) ▪ Ballet Class (3:30pm) ▪ Ballet Class (3:30pm) ▪ Joyful Noise Choir (6pm) ▪ DT Rehearsal (7pm) ▪ Ballet Class (3:30pm) ▪ Centro    Cristiano (7pm) Birthday -      ▪ Ken Miller Upcoming Events ▪ Nov 8-10 – WMC Dinner Theatre ▪ Nov 14 – Monthly Quilting/Potluck  (10am, Fellowship Hall) ▪ Nov 18 – Ladies Afternoon Out  (Fellowship Hall) ▪ Nov 24 – Saturday Kitchen  (UP Church)  ▪ Nov 25 – Hanging of the Greens

Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 10/21/18 - Regular offering: $3,277.72; Chair Fund: $1867.28 (Thanks to generous donors, the chairs are fully funded!)

▪ Please be patient with all the volunteers involved in worship as we adjust to the different acoustics in the sanctuary.  Efforts are being made to assure that worship can be meaningful to everyone.

▪ Dinner theatre is fast approaching. The church refrigerators will be utilized to their full capacity during that time. If you are storing something in the fridge, you will want to remove it soon to give space for dinner theatre foods. If it is not removed, we will assume it can be used or thrown out. Thank you for your assistance! :)

SundaySucCrooked Creek Christian Camp

▪ Please consider joining us for our annual meeting, November 13th! The meal will be served starting at 6:15 with a meeting to follow.

▪ Needing wood this winter? Come out to Wood Cutting Day November 17th, starting at 8 a.m.  Chainsaws encouraged.

SundaySucIowa MCC Relief Sale

▪ Come to Crooked Creek Christian Camp in Washington, Iowa TODAY (Sunday, October 28) at 4pm to Sing for Relief!  Enjoy music, wood-fired flatbreads, hot cider, a campfire and other fall activities as we kick off festivities for the 40th anniversary year of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale! All donations will go towards the expenses for the 2019 Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale. 

SundaySucIowa Mennonite School

▪ The IMS principal search committee has appreciated the input we have received from focus groups. We have decided to hold an additional focus group on November 3rd at 12:30 pm in the conference room at IMS. You can sign up for the focus group at tinyurl.com/IMSfocusgroup2. We hope to see you there. Please also remember to fill out the principal survey at tinyurl.com/IMSSearch, whether or not you are able to attend a focus group. Thanks for your input. - IMS Search Committee

▪ IMS Fall Preschool | IMS Child Development students will lead preschool aged children in developmentally appropriate activities. Each date will have a different theme that these activities will be centered around. The remaining fall dates are November 1 and 15 and both are from 10:30-11:30AM. Please contact the office 319-656-2073 to reserve your spot.

▪ Fall Drama | Little Women directed by Michael Swartzendruber will be performed in Celebration Hall on November 3 at 7:00PM and on November 4 at 3:00PM. Call the office 319-656-2073 to reserve your tickets! 

▪ Backstage Tour/Meet The Cast | 6th-8th grade students, transfer students, and their families are invited to stay after the Saturday night performance for a backstage tour and to meet the cast. Refreshments will be served as well. Come to get a glimpse of what being involved in the drama department at IMS is like. Call the office to reserve your ticket to the drama and tell them you are using your pass.

▪ Blood Drive | The IMS chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting a blood drive on Monday, November 5 from 6:30-11:00AM. Plan now to donate blood by scheduling a donation time through the IMS office 319-656-2073. Thank you for helping your community in this special way!

SundaySucCentral Plains Conference

▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer Request:  Pray for the Conflict Management Support Team as they meet on November 2-3 to welcome new members on the team and to plan for upcoming mediation skills training workshops within Central Plains Conference.

Mennonite Agencies

▪ Attention Couples! Mennonite Central Committee wants YOU to join the canning crew this year! This opportunity is a fully-supported short-term volunteer position that will travel in the United States and Canada between January and May 2019. For more information and/or to apply for the Canner Operator position, visit mcc.org/serve or contact Heidi Huber by email at heidihuber@mcc.org or by phone at 316-283-2720.

▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:  Mennonite Mission Network requests prayer for a new conference in Ecuador, Iglesia Cristiana Anabautista Menonita de Ecuador. Pray for members as they establish healthy leadership patterns to respond to the needs of their congregations and the many refugees who seek to build a new future.

Area Announcements

▪ You are invited to the Pleasantview Home Benefit Sale November 2 and 3 at IMS. Friday: Turkey tenderloin meal (by donation) served 4:00 – 7:30 pm. Silent auction 4:00 – 6:30 pm, followed by live auction. Bake Sale 5:00 pm and Concession Stand with pie and ice cream throughout.  Sharon Bethel  Men’s Quartet and Wellman Mennonite Church Worship Team 5:15 – 6:35 pm. Saturday:  All you can eat pancakes & sausage breakfast (by donation) served 7:00 – 10:00 am; live auction 8:30 am until all items sold, or about noon. Bake sale 8:00 till all items sold.  See http://www.pvhomebenefit.org.  For more info please call: 656-2421. 

▪ Bakers needed for bake sale for Pleasantview Benefit! White bread, wheat bread, cinnamon rolls, pies, cookies, party mix, packaged to sell.  Please label items with ingredients so people are alerted to possible allergies. Bring items to IMS gym after 1:00 on Friday or by 8:00 Saturday morning. 

▪ Pillow Cleaning: Get your feather or foam pillows cleaned, sanitized, deodorized and NEW TICKING on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM at Kalona Mennonite Church, 902 6^th St. Sponsored by the Kalona Mennonite WMSC

▪ All Women - East Union Mennonite Church is hosting a Chicago shopping trip on Saturday, November 17th via bus with Kalona Coaches.  Join us for some holiday shopping without the driving hassle.  We'll leave East Union at 6:00 a.m. and return around 10:30 p.m. Seats are $50.00/person. Sign up on Google Drive: https://tinyurl.com/ycds8onf.  Feel free to invite family and friends!  Anything above the travel expenses will go to the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale and benefit My Coins Count.  Please sign up prior to November 11th.  For questions, help signing up or to make payments please contact Rebecca Beachy Miller at rabeachy@msn.com or 319-631-2461. Please make your checks payable to East Union and put Chicago Trip in the memo.

▪ “All we needed to know we learned in a one-room school,” is the focus of the fall meeting of the Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa. The meeting will be Monday November 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m. at Kalona Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall.

This program will explore experiences of students in area one-room country schools.  This is a follow-up to our Fall 2017 meeting where Frank Yoder spoke about the history of one room schools in our area,  Our evening will be filled with interviews and sharing about how experiences in rural one-room country schools shaped our lives. Shared experiences will include singing, stories of discipline, inter-school contests, and testimonials about the learning environment we experienced. We will also explore how our shared experiences shaped our relationships with our neighbors. Bring country school mementos for a memorabilia table. You may want to bring your grandchildren so they can remember our educational experiences of the past. Provided refreshments will give you opportunity to share more stories with each other.  Firman Gingerich will outline and plan for interviews and panel discussion for the program.