The Bearing Fruit
May 19, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 5/12/19 - Regular offering: $4,093.50; HACAP: $200.00; My Coins Count: $122.67
▪ Jeremy Kempf, son-in-law of Grant and Edie, has
recently released a new CD of original music. A copy is available in the church
library and on iTunes and Spotify.
▪ The new Mennonite hymnals titled, Voices
Together, are coming in the fall of 2020. They will be available for
pre-order in June 2019, The worship committee is hoping to raise the
necessary funds by having treats and a freewill offering basket in the
Fellowship Hall once a month. The first "Turning Treats
into Hymnals" day will be June 2 between church and Sunday School.
You are welcome to have a treat even if you don't make a donation but do
whatever works for you. If you wish to donate the price of one or more
hymnals ($24.00 ea.) in honor of friends or family or as a memorial, we can put
a nameplate inside the hymnal. And, you don't have to wait for the treat
time. You can give any amount at any time but if you are writing a check,
make sure you write (for new hymnals) on the memo line. As funds start
coming in, we will keep you posted as to the progress of this project.
"How Can We Keep From Singing?" We can't! Thank you for
your participation. – Worship Committee
▪ Washington
Mennonite Church hosted Saturday Kitchen on May 11th at
the United Presbyterian Church and served 105 meals @ noon to our guests and we
also made 39 carry outs. Thank you to everyone who helped with preparing
and donating food, serving and clean up. Our guests this time included
all ages. We always have a good time working together. We are
assigned to again serve at Saturday Kitchen on June 22nd.
Thank you for helping us as we serve in our local community. - Phyllis Litwiller and Gloria Widmer
▪ June 1: MCC
sale Pancake Breakfast - There is a sign up sheet in the foyer to help
serve at the pancake breakfast. The shifts are split up into 2 time
periods, (but could use some people all morning.) Contact Myron for more
details.
Iowa Mennonite
Relief Sale
▪ On Saturday morning, as part of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale live
musical entertainment we're opening it up to YOU! Our first ever Relief
Sale Open Mic will begin at 10:45am under the music tent and will go
until it ends! Anyone who would like to share a family-friendly song,
instrumental piece, poem, etc. may. Sign up at the sale or guarantee a spot by
signing up online at http://www.iamccrelief
sale.
▪ Calling Pie Bakers
Everywhere! And Volunteers! The MCC sale is
just around the corner. We will need whole pies for the Pie and Ice
Cream Booth. Please pick up your pans and boxes at your church and
bake 4 or 6 pies for the MCC sale. Call Stan or Beth Shetler 646-6864 if
you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer in the booth.
Thanks
▪ The Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale simply cannot happen
without the help of dozens of extra hands. It is your time and energy that
makes this sale a success and lets us support the relief, development and
peace-building work of Mennonite Central Committee. Sign up to volunteer on the
website http://www.
▪ The Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale is once again having an online
auction this year. Items are beginning to be posted and more will be added
throughout May, so check the new online auction site frequently to see what all
is available! Bidding will open on May 24, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. and will
close on May 31, 2019, at 10:00 p.m. View the online auction at https://mennoniteauctions.org
▪ Spring Music Concert | Today at 3:00 PM in Celebration Hall. This concert will
feature performances our Symphonic Band, Chorale, Acapella Singers, and
Touring Choir directed by Mike Wagner.
▪ IMS Graduation Activities | Baccalaureate on Saturday, May 25 and Commencement on
Sunday, May 26 both are in Celebration Hall at 6:00 PM. The Baccalaureate
speaker is Randall Ney. Randall is an Immigration Attorney at the
University of Iowa and father of senior, Rubye. The 72nd IMS commencement speaker
is Jewel Gingerich Longenecker, PhD. Jewel ('82, F '93-'95) is the Dean of
Lifelong Learning at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart,
Indiana.
▪ The Annual IMS Golf Tournament | On Saturday, June 15 IMS will host their golf
tournament benefiting the Annual Fund at the Kalona Golf Club. Register
to play or be a sponsor at iowamennonite.org/
▪ Save Room For Pie |
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.
Central Plains
Conference
▪
Have
you always been curious about the Holy Spirit? Come to Central Plains Annual Meeting, June 20-23 in Kalona, Iowa
where our speaker will be Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns, professor of Spiritual
Renewal and Christian formation at Pentecostal Theological Seminary. Find
registration information in your church office and at www.centralplainsmc.org. Register soon; rates go up June 1.
▪ Central Plains
Mennonite Conference Prayer Request:
Pray for the search process for CPMC’s
new Executive Conference Minister. Pray for the candidates and the search
committee, that they may recognize God’s presence in guiding the process.
▪
Opportunities
to serve with MCC in Haiti - Here’s a chance to use your storytelling, writing, photography,
creativity, listening and learning in a different setting! MCC Haiti is looking
for a communications coordinator to use their multi-media skills to share the
context, challenges and solutions of local partners more broadly. For more info
about the role and to see what MCC Haiti is doing currently with their
communications work, visit www.haitimcc.org.
Then, dust off your language learning skills and apply today!! The close date
for this position is July 26, with a starting date of October 28, 2019. https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve/openings/
communications-
▪
MCC needs
your help to replenish supplies in our Material Resources Center! The following items are running low:
black and white spools of all-purpose thread, minimum 250 yards, for Sewing
Kits (each kit has 3 spools of each color in it). Lotion, minimum 10 oz, for
Returning Citizen Care Kits and sanitary napkins, thin maxi, any count, for
Relief Kits. MCC only distributes complete kits, so when we are low on one item
the processing of the entire kit comes to a halt. Items for kits can be dropped
off or shipped to MCC Central States, 121 E. 30th, PO Box 235, North
Newton, KS 67117. Questions? Check out the kits page at mcc.org/kits or contact katemast@mcc.org.
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Tomorrow through Friday, the JCS International board of directors and
other administrators are gathered for meetings. Pray for safe travel, smooth
logistical arrangements, and fruitful discussions so that God will be honored
through the ministries that take place in Mongolia. Mennonite Mission Network
partners with JCS International.
▪ MC USA Prayer Request: Meet the MennoCon19 worship speakers
through video and hear a bit about what they are preparing
for worship at mennoniteusa.org/speaker-videos.
There's still time to register to attend MennoCon19
in Kansas City this summer at convention.mennoniteusa.org
/registration.
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