The Bearing Fruit
May 26, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 5/19/19 - Regular offering: $1,988.50; HACAP: $100.00; My Coins Count: $63.00
▪ 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
▪ 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
▪ The 40th annual Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale is THIS
COMING WEEKEND, May 31-June 1! Bring your family and enjoy all
that there is to do, see, shop and eat! The sale officially opens at 3pm on
Friday. The farmers' market, food booths, plants, books, gifts and craft sales
will all be open and the Tractorcade will be motoring in. Beginning at 4:30pm
is the smoked pork loin or turkey breast dinner and then at 6:30pm the bell for
the auction rings. On Saturday at 7am is the all-you-can-eat pancake, sausage
and mush breakfast. The 5K Trail Run/1-Mile walk begins at 8am and just about
everything else including the auction is running by 9am. See you there!
▪ In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale,
we asked you to give towards the $40 for 40 campaign. We asked for 1,000
people to raise $40,000 in honor of 40 years. We are almost there at
$38,000. Have you given $40 yet? Can you help us reach our goal by this
weekend? Donations can now be made online via Paypal at www.iamccreliefsale.org.
▪ Please bring your baked goods to the sale by 3pm on Friday or by 7am Saturday
morning. Don't forget to list all of your ingredients and include your church
name and personal number. Talk to your church rep. if you have questions about
this process.
▪ Volunteers
are still needed! Are you
coming to sale? Can you give 1-2 hours of that time to lend a helping hand?
Volunteers are the only way this event can be successful. http://www.iamccreliefsale.
▪ The online auction of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale is open
and ready for bidders!!! Visit the website, see all the great things available
and start bidding now! Bidding ends at 10pm on Friday, May 31: https://mennoniteauctions.org
▪ 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
▪ IMS
Graduation Activities | The 72nd IMS Commencement
is today in Celebration Hall
at 6:00 PM. The speaker will be 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
▪ Are
you passionate about following Jesus? Come
to Central Plains Annual Meeting, June 20-23 in Kalona, Iowa to learn,
fellowship and discern with your CPMC sisters and brothers. Find registration
information in your church office and at www.centraplainsmc.org.
Register soon; rates go up June 1.
▪ Central Plains
Mennonite Conference Prayer Request:
Pray for your sister churches in the
Southeastern Iowa Cluster: Washington, Eicher, Wayland, Sugar Creek, Pleasant
View, and Zion Mennonite in Donnellson.
▪
Opportunities
to serve with MCC Nicaragua and Honduras - Do you excel in an admin support role,
helping to create & implement plans? Want to contribute to MCC’s community
development work in the Central America context? ¡Entonces, venga! Bring your
organizational expertise, assessment tools, accompaniment experience, Spanish
language skills and a desire to learn -- right this way! MCC has 2
opportunities for you to consider, starting either July 15, 2019 (in
Nicaragua) or January 6, 2020 (in Honduras). The
close date for these positions is May 26. Or visit mcc.org/serve, contact heidihuber@mcc.org
for more information.
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Mennonite Mission Network requests prayer for the people of Venezuela.
Pray for peace and that God would pour out abundant blessings as Mennonite
congregations share what little they have with their neighbors.
▪ MC USA Prayer Announcement: Read Ruben Chupp's reflections on
"Seeking Silence" this month on the Menno Snapshots
blog at mennoniteusa.org/menno-snapshots/seeking-silence and
subscribe to receive MC USA e-publications in your inbox at Mennonite usa.org/publications.
Area Announcements
▪ Nick Jedlicka, Executive Administrator of
Pleasantview Home, has resigned effective May 24. The Board of Directors
thanks Nick for his more than six years of service to Pleasantview. The board
has hired Mennonite Health Services [MHS] to provide an Interim Executive
Director. Jeremy Kauffman will begin his work on May 28 and serve until a
long-term director is selected. MHS will be providing guidance in hiring a
long-term director. The Pleasantview board continues to appreciate your support
and prayer as we work to provide for our area’s long-term care needs.
▪ Spring is here with summer soon to follow,
and it’ll soon be a perfect time to get our residents out for wheelchair rides!
They absolutely love the warmth and the chance to interact with volunteers, and
we’re asking your consideration in giving some time to make their day. The
rides will begin June 5, and we’ll do them each Wednesday morning from
8:30-10:00 as long as the weather is nice. Please contact Renee Hershberger at
656-2421, ext. 155, or ReneeH@pvhome.org
to volunteer or with questions. Thank you!
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