The Bearing Fruit
November 25, 2018
Upcoming
Events:
Nov
25 – Hanging of the Greens, 4pm
Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 11/18/18 - Regular offering: $7,359.00;
Dinner Theatre Donation: $20
▪ Please join us for a “Hanging of the Greens” this afternoon
at 4:00 p.m. We
will work together as we prepare our church for the Advent Season. If you
are not into hanging greens, you can help bake, decorate and sample cookies for
our Sunday a.m. coffee time. A light supper will follow, soup and drink
will be provided. Please bring a munchie or side if you’d like.
Come join in the fun!
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ Thank you to everyone who
participated in the listening process with the IMS Principal Search Committee. Surveys and focus
groups were held and the information from that process was used to create the
Principal Profile which will be used to recruit the next IMS
principal. The profile can be viewed on the IMS website. Please encourage
potential candidates to apply through the IMS website (www.iowamennonite.org/
▪ Visit Days | The remaining first semester Visit Day is November 26. It is open to transfer
students, 7th graders and 8th graders. Visit Days involve shadowing a current
student, you can come for a half day or full day, and we will treat you to
lunch. Details and registration can be found at iowamennonite.org/visit. There will also be a coffee time at the
beginning of the day available for parents to meet with our administrative
team.
▪ #GivingTuesday | 11.27.18 for the twenty-four hours
of GivingTuesday we
encourage you to give to IMS and give generously. You can give any size
donation online or you can send a check to the school postmarked 11.27.18.
Through this event we hope to raise $20,000
in one day for The Annual Fund. By
participating you are making a difference in the lives of our students and
in our community!
▪ Christian Music Concert | The Hope For All Seasons
Tour featuring Citizen Way and Chris August will make a stop at Iowa
Mennonite School on Sunday, December 9. Tickets are available
to purchase online , at IMS in the office, or at the door.
Contact Pam Evans at
Fresh Flow Concerts (pam.evans@opengatesgroup.com) or Jeremy Ours at IMS (jours@iowamennonite.org) if you have any
questions or look up the event on Facebook. We hope you can join us and feel
free to spread the word!
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Participants
with Journey International, a Mennonite Mission Network program, are serving in
Benin and Ecuador. Pray for God’s love to flow through Requiyah Johnson,
working with children at La Casa Grande,
and for Maura Longenecker and Samantha Miller, working with refugees and
children in Quito.
▪ MC
USA Prayer Request: Prayers are requested for regional church
and conference ministers in the U.S. and Canada as they gather in Los Angeles,
California for their annual meeting on Nov. 28 - Dec. 1.
Area Announcements
▪ Crowded
Closet Thrift Shop is on the move! Join the excitement by touring the new shop to view progress. Visitors
are welcome to the new shop site on Tuesday, December 4 at 3:30pm. New shop is
located at 851 Hwy 6 in Iowa City. Enter through the customer
entrance. Email crowded closet.volunteer@gmail.com and request to receive
weekly updates to stay informed.
▪ Sunday December 2nd, Kalona
Mennonite Church will be hosting a love offering meal at noon for Conrad,
Kalen and Oliver Yutzy. One year old Oliver has a genetic disorder which
has been life changing. Please join us in showing our love and support for this
family.
▪ West
Union MYF invites you to a delicious haystack fundraiser meal on Sunday,
December 2 at noon. Bring your friends and enjoy a time of
food and fellowship! Proceeds will help cover IMS tuition for the Villatoro
family and Louis Etienne.
▪ Please
join us on Tuesday, December 4 @ 6:30 PM as JOYFUL NOISE presents “Make a
JOYFUL NOISE at Christmas” in the Washington High School Auditorium.
JOYFUL NOISE is an adult special needs choir, directed by Amy (Swartzendruber)
Drayfahl, made up of 30+ individuals, ranging in age from 16-70+ years, from
Washington County. They are excited to take the stage and share a fun
filled concert featuring timeless Christmas Favorites and bursting with
abundant JOY! All who attend will be entertained and truly blessed by
their performance.
▪ A Ladies Christmas Tea: Saturday, December 8 at 6:00 pm at Upper Deer Creek
Church - 3369 320th St. Wellman. Bring a plate of your favorite holiday treats
and come enjoy an evening of Christmas loveliness with community women!
▪ A Perspectives of the World
Christian Movement Class is coming to Kalona in January
of 2019. Learn to use what's in you to bless the world around you as you
experience 15 powerful lessons with a new instructor each week. We will study
how Scripture, history, culture, and strategy converge to reveal the unfolding
of God's redemptive purposes. Dual credit is available through Excelsior
College for older high school students. Undergraduate and graduate credit is
also an option through Trinity International. Check out perspectives.org for
more information, pricing, and registration. For questions contact Karla
Neuschwander, neuschb@gmail.com/319-328-8733.
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