The Bearing Fruit
August 11, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 8/4/19 - Regular offering: $1,880.65;
HACAP:
$250.00; Villatoro Moving Expenses:
$200.00
▪ Saturday Kitchen will be hosted by Washington Mennonite Church on
Saturday August 17th, 2019 at
the United Presbyterian Church here in Washington. Sign-up sheets for
workers and donated food items will be on the foyer table next to the church
mailboxes on Sunday August 4th. Knowing that August is a busy vacation
month for many of us we have tried to make the menu and volunteer list
shorter. Please check the sign-up sheets and join us if you would
like to help as we prepare and serve a hot meal to those who look forward
to Saturday Kitchen, the hot meal and eating around a table with others.
If you have questions call either Phyllis Litwiller or Gloria Widmer.
▪ School Kits!! It’s that
time again when we collect school kits for MCC to distribute. Bags are on the
table in the foyer with a list of contents included in each bag. Also on the
table are pencil sharpeners (which are provided for you) for each bag. Please
take what you need for your bags. Immigration Detainee Kits are also
being collected by MCC for distribution in Texas. If you want to make one, take
a list of items from the table in the foyer. Return all completed kits (school
and immigration detainee) to the church by August 18, 2019. Thanks for your
generous gifts.
▪ TURNING SNACKS INTO HYMNALS - Mark your calendars! August
25th is the next time we will have snacks after church during fellowship
time with donations going toward the new hymnals. The sooner we raise the
necessary funds, the better our chance of getting the 10% discount which will
apply to the first 10,000 hymnals sold in the U.S.A. and Canada churches.
Believe us when we say that other churches are also fundraising with this
in mind, so there is some urgency. The snacks on August 25 will be...WAIT
FOR IT....homemade cinnamon rolls made by Martha
Graber. Homemade cinnamon rolls...a possible 10% discount! What's
not to like? If anyone wants to buy hymnals with a bookplate in the cover designating
a memorial or honoring a relative or friend, please let Susan See or Amy Widmer
know. We can do that!
Crooked Creek Christian Camp
▪ The 2019
Crooked Creek Christian Camp summer camp season has come to a close. Thank
you to everyone who volunteered, donated items, sent their children to camp,
and kept us in your prayers. We couldn’t do it without you! Crooked Creek
also has some exciting news to share with its supporters: Thanks to a very
generous supporter and friend of camp, Crooked Creek has been gifted a donation
to cover the entire cost of a new and updated swimming pool! More details
will come available later.
▪ Thank
you, again, to all those who generously supported the 40th anniversary of the
Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale and the
ongoing ministry of Mennonite Central Committee. The year-end totals for the
2019 relief sale are in your mailbox. Together we are able to send $129,000 to
Mennonite Central Committee which totals over $4.2 million in 40 years.
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Mennonite Mission Network requests prayer for Jane and Jerrell Ross
Richer and their family as they serve in North America. The Ross Richers engage
in two-way mission that has them living six months in Ecuador and six months in
North America, where they share their journey of mutual conversion with
congregations.
▪ MC USA Announcement: May
God give us the courage to stand for the life and redemption given to us
through Jesus rather than death and violence. Read MC
USA's response to the federal government reinstating the death penalty: mennoniteusa.org/menno-snapshots/death-penalty
-reinstatement-response.
Area Announcements
▪ Help Wanted - Parkview
Home is now taking applications for a Full Time Maintenance Position. Would
prefer candidate to have knowledge in Long Term Care Regulations along with
experience with plumbing/electrical/ groundskeeping. Contact Mary or Tammy at
319-256-3525. Or apply in person. EOE
▪ Burrito & Taco Bar: A fundraiser meal for Retrograde Ministries will be served at
Upper Deer Creek Church on Sunday, August 11, from 11:30am - 1:00pm.
Come enjoy some great food and support this local ministry that offers hope to
those struggling with addictions. Cost is on a donation basis.
▪ All are invited to join us at Kalona Mennonite Church on August 11th at noon for a donation lunch provided
by Malitza Jimenez. All proceeds will go towards supporting Eastern
Mennonite Missions by allowing KMC youth an opportunity to join and assist an
EMM missionary in his ministry in Lebanan, PA for a week.
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