The Bearing Fruit
April 7, 2019
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This Week at Washington
Mennonite
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Sunday
Apr 7th
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Monday
Apr 8th
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Tuesday
Apr 9th
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Wednesday
Apr 10th
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Thursday
Apr 11th
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Friday
Apr 12th
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Saturday
Apr 13th
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▪ Centro Cristiano (2pm)
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▪ Ballet Class (3:30pm)
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▪ Ballet Class (3:30pm)
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▪ Ballet Class (3:30pm)
▪ Council Meeting (5pm)
▪ Centro Cristiano (7pm)
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Birthday -
▪ Cindy Widmer
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Birthday -
▪ Lexi Widmer
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Upcoming Events
▪ Apr 17 – DT Choir Reunion Rehearsal (6pm)
▪ Apr 18 – Maundy Thursday Service (6pm,
Fellowship Hall)
▪ Apr 21 – Easter Sunday Breakfast Potluck (9am,
Fellowship Hall)
▪ Apr 21 – Easter Sunday Service Potluck (10am)
▪ Apr 24 – Spring Business Meeting (7pm,
Fellowship Hall)
▪ Apr 27 – Spring Clean-Up (9am)
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 3/31/19 - Regular offering: $2,475
▪ Financial report: The good news is that in March, offerings
covered expenses! The bad news is that for the fiscal year we show a $4000
deficit. Thanks for your continued generous giving to our church's Annual
Blueprint. If you have questions, see Mary Lou Farmer.
▪ Dinner Theatre
Choir Reunion Rehearsal – Wednesday, April 17 at 6:00 p.m. Meet in the church sanctuary for a short
review-rehearsal. We will be reviewing "In Remembrance" to
sing for the Maundy Thursday service and "He is Alive" for Easter
Sunday morning. We will use music rather than trying to sing from
memory. We will also run through "He is Alive" on
Easter morning at 9:37 a.m. Yes, you read
that correctly.
▪ Maundy
Thursday Service - Thursday, April 18, 6 P.M. in the Fellowship Hall. There will be a service and light meal. There will be sign-up sheets in the foyer.
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. We
need help getting our cabins cleaned and ready for summer camp, we're hosting a
spring cleaning April 27th. Lunch
will be provided, please let the camp know if you're willing to help us
out.
3. Make
sure to register NOW for summer camp
to take advantage of our earlybird special!
4. Want
to get involved with summer camp? We're
looking for counselors, lifeguards, assistant cooks, and nurses. Call
the camp for more information.
Iowa MCC Relief Sale
▪ Mark
your calendars for the 40th annual
Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale, May 31-June 1, 2019 at the
Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City. As additional information becomes
finalized, it will be available on our Facebook page and website: www.iamccreliefsale.org. Stay tuned and see you there!
▪ Calling all crafters, artists,
carpenters, cooks, business owners and more! The general auction for the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale needs your help to make this year
the best yet! What can you gift or create for the 40th anniversary
sale? Donations for the auction can be directed to Marty Roth at
319-430-4025.
▪ Do you enjoying cooking and hosting? Consider offering a meal for the "Meals-In-Home" component
of the general auction at the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale. Ask
your relief sale church rep for a sign-up sheet or contact Marty Roth
at 319-430-4025.
Iowa Mennonite School
▪ Touring Choir | The IMS Touring Choir is
performing at the MSC Choral Festival hosted by Lancaster Mennonite
(PA) on Sunday April 14. Follow along on social media
using the hashtag #MSCCHORALFESTIVAL and watch the performance live streamed
online starting at 2:00 PM CT at mscchoralfestival.com.
▪ 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 iowamennonite.org/drama first to see what's available. Tickets at the door are general
admission: $10/adults and $6/students.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ Do you have a story to tell?
Is there a time in your life when you faced conflict and found the Spirit
opening a door to respond in a love-filled way? Have you witnessed someone else
acting in peace and love filled ways? Central
Plains Peace and Justice Task Group is collecting stories of peacemakers.
Peacemaking stories can include interactions across cultural barriers,
responses to strangers, stories of undoing racism and sexism, stories of
non-violence, stories of creation care. Email
your stories to The Peace and Justice Task Group via Jane Yoder-Short
at wilmajane17@gmail. Please send them by May 1.
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference Prayer
Request: As they are finishing up their time in Ecuador
and preparing to come home, pray for the participants in the Fellowship and
Learning trip to the Ecuadorian Rainforest that left on March 28, and will
return home on April 10.
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network is looking to fill the following Service Adventure positions: Art store assistant in Anchorage, AK; Easter Seals
assistant in Johnstown, PA; and Mentorship program assistant in Albuquerque, NM.
Youth ages 17-20 can apply today at MennoniteMission.net/SERVE
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Paul and Serena Manickam of
Mennonite Mission Network have been working with the Mennonite churches in the
area around Iquitos, Peru. Recently, their request for visa renewal was denied.
Pray for God’s comfort and guidance as they discern next steps.
▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:
Read Menno Snapshots stories this month from church planters throughout MC USA,
including a story from the archives highlighting urban church planting in the
1980s: mennoniteusa.org/tag/churchplanting.
Area Announcements
▪ Real Conversation about Migration in Your
Community. Iowa Wesleyan
University invites you to attend the 2019
Manning Lecture and Migration Forum on Sunday, April 7 at 1:30 pm in the Chapel Auditorium. Rev. Alexia Salvatierra will deliver the keynote address, “Faithful Responses to Migration.” The
lecture will be followed by two workshop sessions including presenters from a
wide range of groups involved with migration in Iowa: Mount Pleasant Chamber
Alliance, the Iowa Department of Human Rights, the League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC), Justice for our Neighbors, IowaWINS, and many more!
Free and open to the public. For more information joy.lapp@iw.edu or 319-385-6403, www.iw.edu/immigration.
▪ Pulled Pork Dinner at Upper Deer Creek Church, Sunday April 7. Menu
includes smoked pork, cheesy potatoes & green beans, along with a
variety of salads and desserts, serving from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Come support
UDC's youth group and Summer Missions Trip to Leech Lake Reservation. Cost is
on a donation basis
▪ West
Union MYF invites you to a delicious haystack fundraiser meal
on Sunday, April 7th at noon. Bring
your friends and enjoy a time of food and fellowship! Proceeds will go to cover
convention expenses this summer.
▪ Frank
Yoder, resident of Pleasantview Home’s Independent
Living community, will sign a
book he recently authored, entitled
“Lena’s Boys: Adventures on the County Line Road,” on Saturday, April 13. The event will take place
from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon in Pleasantview’s Friendship Center. The book –
highlighting the tales of growing up in a single-parent home in the ‘40s as one
of four boys – will be available for sale as well. Refreshments will be served,
and all are invited. Please call 656-2421 for more information.
▪ Parkview Home
Fundraiser Saturday, April 27, 2019, 6:30 PM @ Sugar Creek Mennonite Church Fellowship
Hall. This evening will include Dinner and Auction of Various Items. Please
see mailbox insert for further information.
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