The Bearing Fruit
February 17, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 2/3/19 - Regular offering: $1251.00; Coins for
Camp grand total: $327.94
▪ For the next few weeks while we will not
have a pastor at Washington Mennonite please contact an elder if you have a
pastoral need. Elders
are: Jon Widmer, Gay Widmer and Mary Lou Farmer. Thank you.
▪ Thanks so much to all of you for your
prayers, calls, and texts during
Mike’s hospital stay and since returning home. Thanks too for the beautiful
plant, we are enjoying it very much. We feel so blessed to have such a
caring church family. Your love and support is greatly appreciated.
- Mike and Karen Bates
▪ Quilters: Weather permitting, we will
quilt at Washington
Mennonite starting at 10 a.m. on Wed., Feb.
20. Noon lunch will be pizza. Your donations will cover the cost. If you
have questions, call Mary Lou Farmer, 319-653-2547. Thanks!
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ Touring Choir | The IMS Touring Choir is on tour! This
Sunday they are singing at Washington Mennonite and their next concert is
on Sunday, February 24 at 9:30AM at West Union Mennonite
Church. Check out the entire schedule on our website: iowamennonite.org/
▪ IMS Cafe | This years Culinary Arts Class restaurant
dates are February 28, March 14, April 25. The
restaurant opens at 8:30AM each day and the menu will include various
entrees, sides, and desserts. Reservations are required and can be made by
calling the school office (319) 656-2073.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Prayer Request: Pray for the churches in the
Eastern Iowa cluster as they prepare for Annual Meeting 2019, which will
take place on June 20-23.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ Join
Crowded Closet Thrift Shop as we move to our new shop home! Go to http://tiny.cc/OnTheMove each
week to join new projects. Groups are needed to move workroom operations
Feb 22 - Mar 1. Email crowded
closet.volunteer@gmail.com to
schedule your team. Super sales continue at Gilbert shop through the
first week of March.
▪ MCC's Sharing With Appalachia People (SWAP)
program is seeking volunteer groups, individuals and summer staff. Summer
will be here before we know it, so make your summer plans now to join SWAP in
Kentucky or West Virginia. Don't miss out on your chance to serve with this
home repair ministry while learning about life in Appalachia. Groups or
individuals can volunteer to serve as week-long volunteers. SWAP is also
looking for summer staff to serve as job site coordinators and meals
coordinators/cooks for three month assignments. For more information about
bringing a group to SWAP or serving as summer staff, visit swap.mcc.org or contact Angela Maggard at AppalachiaAdmin@mcc.org or 606-633-5065.
▪ The
Mennonite Central Committee Central States board of directors invites you to
their Annual Meeting on February
23 at 10 a.m. at MCC in North Newton, Kansas (121 E. 30th).
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Diana
Cruz and Felipe Preciado of Mennonite Mission Network are serving at La Casa Grande children’s home in
Benin. Pray for good health and open hearts as Diana and Felipe teach English,
assist with gardening, and share God’s love with each child.
▪ MC USA Announcement:
Read about the work that has taken place in Ohio
Mennonite Conference around healing, a missional focus and a new sense of
hopefulness at mennoniteusa.org/newhopeohioconference.
Area Announcements
▪ Kalona MOPS will be holding their annual
Lunch Fundraiser on Sunday,
February 17, 2019 at the Kalona
Mennonite Church from 11:30am to 1pm. We will be serving smoked pork loin,
party potatoes, strawberry lettuce salad, green beans, fluff, and better than
anything cake. The cost is a free will offering and all proceeds go to benefit
the Kalona MOPS organization. Carry out is available.
▪ RightNow Ministries is again holding a Work
as Worship simulcast at
Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church. It features some of the best known Christian businesspersons in the
US talking about the integration of their work and worship. Tickets are
$30 and includes registration, break and lunch. It begins at 7:30 am and
ends at 2:30 pm. Come to enjoy the inspiring messages and bring your
entire office and working staff on Friday, February
22! Go to https://www.workasworshipretreat.org/
and register for the simulcast held at Lower Deer Creek. If you have questions
please contact Dale Marner at (319)936-7508.
▪ West Union MYF invites you to a delicious
pulled pork sandwich fundraiser meal on Sunday, February 24 at noon. Bring your friends and enjoy a
time of food and fellowship!
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