The Bearing Fruit
February 24, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 2/17/19 - Regular offering: $3751.00; Miranda
Funeral: $490
▪ 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.
▪ Thank you, thank you: to each one of you that helped with the
meal following the funeral of Katie Miranda. We appreciated your help as you set and decorated tables,
furnished salads and desserts, worked in the kitchen preparing and serving food
or did clean up, washed dishes etc. It was short notice but you all said
“Yes” to our requests. Thank you.
- Phyllis Litwiller and Gloria Widmer
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ Touring Choir | The IMS Touring Choir is on tour! This
Sunday they are singing at West Union Mennonite and their next concert is
on Sunday, March 3 at 9:30AM at First Mennonite AND 7:00PM at
Lower Deer Creek Mennonite. 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 Tim Detweiler as he
travels throughout the conference to make his final visits with pastors before
his (well-deserved) retirement.
Mennonite Agencies
▪ MDS Will hold
its Annual Meeting at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church on March 3rd at 2 PM. Come and see
where all we are involved!
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Today
ends the three-day Festival Tournament in Ulaanbaatar. JCS, Mennonite Mission
Network’s partner agency in Mongolia, requests prayer for their Eagle Wings
hockey team. Pray that the 15 boys and their coach will demonstrate God’s love
throughout the competition.
▪ MC USA Announcement:
Nurture your children’s faith at home this Lent and
Easter. Find a free, downloadable Lent At Home guide at mennoniteusa.org/lent2019. It
includes Bible readings, short litanies, songs, hands-on activities and
questions to ponder from March 5 through Easter Sunday on April 21.
Area Announcements
▪ DONATE NOW at the NEW Crowded Closet Thrift Shop! We need your help to stock the new
shop for the Grand Opening on March 25. The donation drive thru is open at
the new shop, 851 Hwy 6, Iowa City! Donation receiving is open Mon-Fri,
9:30-4:30 & Sat, 9:30-3:30. Questions about what to donate? Call,
319-337-5924.
▪ Ready to belong to the Pleasantview
community? Current
openings are: RN Nurse Manager,
we prefer FT but would consider a PT/job share; RN/LPN Charge nurse FT or PT all shifts; also CNAs FT or PT all shifts. Apply at
www.pvhome.org or in our lobby
811 3rd Street, Kalona. Interested
but want a platform to ask questions less formally? Set-up a ”what can
Pleasantview do for you?” chat with a nurse or two from our team. Contact Karen
Schrock at PV, 319-656-2421 Ext. 121 or KarenSchrock@pvhome.org
to arrange a time, we will buy your coffee at Kalona Coffee House, listen to
and answer your questions. Bring your kids (if you want to, not a
requirement). Freebies! Drawing for $50 Target card for all appointments held
before March 1! You may be surprised what you learn!
▪ 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!
▪ “How do I say that in PA
Dutch?” Mark Louden, a University of Wisconsin
Professor of German and Religious studies will speak at the March 18, 7:00 p.m. meeting of the Iowa Mennonite Historical Society.
Mark is a fluent speaker of PA Dutch. He regularly helps mediate understandings
between PA Dutch and English speaking communities. The meeting will be at
Kalona Mennonite Church.
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