The Bearing Fruit
April 28, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 4/21/19 - Regular offering: $741
▪ Saturday Kitchen will be
hosted on Saturday May 11, 2019 by
Washington Mennonite Church at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington,
IA. You will find signup sheets for both donated food items and workers
on the table in the foyer. Recently the numbers of guests at Saturday Kitchen
have been at 100 persons or more. Please join us by signing up for what
you can bring or do as we take our turn at hosting Saturday Kitchen. We
have a good time working together and we are never sure who is having a greater
day at Saturday kitchen, the guests or the workers or both. Don’t miss
out on the blessing of serving at Saturday Kitchen. Join us as we work
together. - Phyllis Litwiller, Gloria Widmer and Sue Widmer.
Crooked Creek Christian Camp
▪ Exciting things are happening this spring at
Crooked Creek!
1. Make sure to register for the Mud Run, May 4th. It's a fantastic way to support the campership fund and a blast for the entire family!
1. Make sure to register for the Mud Run, May 4th. It's a fantastic way to support the campership fund and a blast for the entire family!
2. Want
to get involved with summer camp? We're
looking for counselors, lifeguards, assistant cooks, and nurses. Call
the camp for more information.
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ Food Drive | The IMS National Honor
Society is hosting a food drive to benefit area food pantries. Please bring
your non-perishable food items to IMS any time between May 1 and May 10,
including the IMS production of Peter Pan & Wendy, May 4 & 5 or the Fine
Arts and Academic Awards Night, May 7. Also, donation boxes will be placed at
Freeman Foods and JW’s for your convenience. Thank you for helping your
community in this very special way!
▪ Peter Pan & Wendy | Rehearsals are underway for the spring drama Peter
Pan & Wendy. Performances are May 4
at 7:00 PM and May 5 at 3:00 PM in
Celebration Hall. Reserved tickets can be purchased by calling the office:
$9/adults and $5/students K-12. Please check out iowamen nonite.org/drama first to see what's
available. Tickets at the door are general admission: $10/adults and
$6/students.
▪ SAVE THE DATE | IMS will be hosting another Into The Black fundraising event
on June 28. Save
Room For Pie will feature a concert by The Walking Roots Band, a
silent auction of meals, and (of course) pie and ice cream. Look for more
details soon but mark your calendars now and plan to attend this
important event to help IMS get 'into the black' at the end of the year.
▪ Summer Camps
| We have another great line-up of camps this year from art to music to sports
and everything in between! And we will be adding science camp and soccer camp
information soon. Camps are offered K-12 grade. Check out all the details, camp
requirements, and register at www.iowamennonite.
Iowa Mennonite
Relief Sale
▪ We will need many helping hands at the Iowa
Mennonite Relief Sale, May 31 & June 1, 2019 to ensure everything runs
smoothly. Go to iamccreliefsale.org/volunteering to
check out the various volunteer opportunities. Your support enables our
sale to raise funds for Mennonite Central Committee's global mission of relief,
development and peace-building in the name of Christ. Contact Rebecca
Beachy Miller with questions or to volunteer by phone: 319-631-2461
▪ The Quilt Committee of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale would
like ALL quilts turned in to a committee member by April 30. Please call Donna Rinner at 319-591-0961 with
questions.
▪ The Apple Fritter booth at the Iowa
Mennonite Relief Sale needs your help! If you enjoy
eating fritters and want to see this booth at the sale this year, please
consider joining the committee for 3 years or volunteer to work a shift this
year. If interested, contact Gloria Yoder (ggyoder@netins.net or text 319-430-8689) or Joe Schmidt
(joeschmidt77@gmail.com or
319-471-0531). Thank you!
Central Plains
Conference
▪
Online registration is open for Central Plains Mennonite
Conference Annual Meeting, held this year at Iowa Mennonite School in Kalona, Iowa on June
20-23. Visit centralplainsmc.org for
more information.
▪ Central Plains
Mennonite Conference Prayer Request:
Pray for Tim Detweiler as he finishes
up his full-time work for CPMC on April 30. Tim has graciously agreed to
continue part-time in his role until the end of June. We give thanks for all of
Tim's good and faithful work for our Conference and for the body of
Christ.
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Matthew and Toni Krabill are preparing for ministry through Mennonite
Mission Network where they will work alongside Janie and Neal Blough at the
Paris Mennonite Center. Pray for the Krabills as they raise support for a life
of faithful discipleship in France.
▪ MC USA Prayer Request: Pray for Franconia Conference &
Eastern District Conference as they gather for a joint Delegate
Assembly on May 4.
Area Announcements
▪ Kalona Mennonite youth invite
you to a delicious Baked Potato bar with all the trimmings at Kalona Mennonite Church on
Sunday, April 28, 2019, at noon.
Bring your friends and enjoy a time of food and fellowship! Come
support our youth with your donation. All proceeds will go toward helping
the youth attend the Mennonite Youth Convention and our July missions trip.
▪ The Kalona
Rotary Club’s annual Omelet Breakfast on May 4 will benefit Pleasantview Home’s building
project this year, and all are invited to attend, eat, and support the cause!
Serving will be from 6:45 – 10:30 am at the Kalona Methodist Church. Tickets
($5 adults/$3 children 12 and under) are available from Rotarians or by calling
Larry Swartzendruber at Pleasantview, 319.656.2421. For more information,
please contact Larry or your Pleasantview board member.
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