Newsletter for November 10, 2019

The Bearing Fruit

November 10, 2019

This Week at Washington Mennonite Sunday Nov 10th Monday Nov 11th Tuesday Nov 12th   Wednesday Nov13th   Thursday Nov 14th   Friday Nov 15th Saturday Nov 16th ▪ Centro Cristiano (2pm) ▪ Ballet Classes (3pm) ▪ Ballet Classes (3pm) ▪ Ballet Classes (3pm) ▪ Centro Cristiano (6:30pm) ▪ Elder’s Meeting (5pm) Birthday -      ▪ Megan Miller Birthday -      ▪ Francis Litwiller ▪ Roger Roth Birthday -      ▪ Edie Nebel Upcoming Events ▪ Nov 20 – Monthly Quilting (10am) ▪ Dec 21 – Saturday Kitchen (UP Church)

Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 11/3/19 - Regular offering: $1,170.45

SundaySucCrooked Creek Christian Camp

▪ Upcoming programs and events at Crooked Creek:
Nov. 12 Annual Meeting
Nov. 15-16 Craft Retreat* from 9am-9pm
Nov. 16 Wood Cutting Day starting at 8:00
Jan. 3-5 Winterfest* for grades 6th-8th

*Please sign-up or register online prior to event 

SundaySucHillcrest Academy

▪ 75 Year Anniversary Cookbook | One of the ways we will be celebrating our anniversary is by publishing a cookbook full of recipes, stories, and photos from the past 75 years of our school. We will be collecting recipes soon so look for more details in the coming weeks!

▪ Basketball Jamboree | The Varsity Boys Basketball Jamboree will tip off starting at 6:00 pm on Mon, Nov 25 at Hillcrest Academy. Come out and get a first look at the Hillcrest team along with other local teams. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for students, Hillcrest passes cannot be used.

▪ Visit Days | First semester visit days on Nov 27 and Dec 2 are open to transfer students and 8th graders. These visits will involve shadowing a current student. We will treat you to lunch. Details and registration can be found at hillcrestravens.org/visit. There will also be a coffee time at the beginning of the day for parents to meet with our administrative team.

Central Plains Conference

▪ Youth and children’s Sunday School teachers, mark your calendars for Thursday, November 21 for a webinar that explores tips and tools and best practices for teachers of the Shine curriculum! For more information or to RSVP see www.centralplainsmc.org/shine-webinar or contact Amanda Bleichty at (319) 325-4522.

▪ The Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Assn is planning a dedication celebration for their new Thrift Store building, Sunday afternoon, Nov 17 at 3 pm.  It will be held at the new Everything Beautiful Thrift Store in Lame Deer, MT.  Anyone is welcome.  RSVP to Willis Busenitz - Email: wnbus enitz@gmail.com; Phone: 406-592-3643; Mail: PO Box 50 Busby, MT 59016.

▪ Central Plains Prayer Request:  Pray for congregations in the midst of search processes. We ask that God would match candidates and congregations that will minister well together.

Mennonite Agencies

▪ Get involved with something BIG – record breaking BIG! MCC is celebrating our 100^th anniversary and attempting to collect 6500 comforters to deliver to people in need all around the world. Get involved by tying a comforter on January 18, 2020 (mark your calendars now!). We are looking for people to host a comforter tying event in their community. Contact Kate Mast at 316.283.2720 or katemast@mcc.org for details, supplies and resources. It’s more than a warm blanket – it’s a message of love and compassion.

▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request:  A delegation of Mennonite Mission Network alumni and staff are on a service-learning tour in Arizona. Pray for participants this week as they worship with Shalom and Trinity Mennonite congregations, learn about immigration, walk along the border wall, visit Peace Academic Center, and participate in a SOOP workday.

▪ MC USA Announcement:   MennoCon21 and Mennonite World Conference Assembly scheduling conflicts: MennoCon21, the upcoming Mennonite Church USA convention, will take place July 6-10, 2021, at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. This schedule overlaps with the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) assembly in Semarang, Indonesia, on July 6-11. Read more: http://mennoniteusa.org/news/mennocon21-and-mwc-schedule/

  

Area Announcements

▪ The Benefit Sale committee would like to thank all of you who attended the Benefit last weekend…for purchasing items, partaking in the meals, for your donations, for serving on committees, and for generally supporting Pleasantview’s efforts to improve our campus; we do appreciate it! The financial figures have yet to be determined; they will be publicized as soon as they are available. Thanks again!

▪ “What do we learn from our past,” will be the theme of the fall Mennonite Historical Society meeting. The Fall Meeting and annual membership renewal for MHS begins with a soup supper. We are raising funds to help us tell the story of our Amish-Mennonite history in the Kalona community. Our soup supper will be supported by your free will offerings. The meeting is November 11, 2019 at Kalona Mennonite Church.  Serving will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Evening program will begin at 7:00 where we will see a film covering John Ruth’s 45 years of taking tours to Europe to connect folks to our Anabaptist faith stories.

▪ On November 18, from 5-8 pm, Restore Conference will be participating in a fundraiser at the Iowa City Pizza Ranch (171 Hwy 1 W). 15% of all customer checks, as well as all tips, during that time frame will go towards putting on the March 2020 conference. Restore Conference is a Christian conference for girls in grades 6-12, where the focus is on helping girls find their identity and value in Christ. You can check out our website at www.restoreconferences.com for more information on the conference.