The Bearing Fruit
December 15, 2019
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Christmas Caroling: join
us Thursday evening December 19th for our annual Christmas Caroling
foray! Come to the church around 5:00 or 5:30. Bring cookies and fruit to
make plates for those to whom we sing. If you have homes you would like us to
visit please tell Megan or Myron.
▪ Ballet Classes, Christmas Shows – The ballet classes that meet
in the Fellowship Hall are inviting everyone to attend their Christmas Recitals
on December 16th, 17th, and 18th at 3:00pm in
the Fellowship Hall. There will be
refreshments and plenty of seating.
▪ Saturday Kitchen will be hosted by WMC on Saturday December
21st at the United Presbyterian Church at 11:30 AM. Please check the
sign-up sheets on the tables in the foyer for both workers and food
items. We are always blessed as we serve a hot meal to all who
come. Please sign up and join us as we work together preparing and
serving food and then clean up. If you have questions please contact
Phyllis Litwiller or Gloria Widmer.
▪ Weather permitting, the next quilting day will be Wed., Jan. 8, 2020 at 10 a.m. at church. We’ve missed
a couple of months and hope you will be able to join us for quilting and knotting
fun and fellowship.
Hillcrest Academy
▪ Christmas Concert |
The concert is on Sunday, December 15 at 3:00 pm in Celebration Hall.
Performing groups are Chorale, Concert Choir, and Symphonic Band. Join us for a
concert of varied repertoire as we prepare for the end of the semester and the
coming of Christmas.
▪ Christmas Party |
For 5th-8th graders and their families following the Christmas Concert on December 15
at 3:00 pm. Y-Co, will host us for crafts, games and snacks. Come join us for a
fun afternoon and get in the Christmas spirit!
▪ Alumni Night |
The annual event will be on Friday, December 20 with games starting at
4:30 pm (Boys JV, Girls V and Boys V). Prizes will be given away throughout the
evening. There will also be alumni and student activities during the halftime
of the varsity games. And this will also be your last chance to buy old IMS
uniforms and apparel.
Central Plains
Conference
▪ This summer, Central Plains invites youth groups to experience
mission/service together. Amanda
Bleichty, Conference Minister for Christian Formation is encouraging youth
groups to join with youth groups from other areas of the conference to take
short-term mission trips during the summer of 2020. To learn more about the “Youth Mission
Together”
project and to explore being matched with another CPMC youth group, visit our
website www.central plainsmc.org/youth-mission-together or contact
Amanda at amandableichty@centralplainsmc.org
▪ Central Plains Prayer Request: Pray for our sister churches in Eastern Iowa: First Mennonite of Iowa City, East Union, West Union, Wellman, and Kalona.
▪ Join an intentional community with peers, serve with a local nonprofit,
and plug into your neighborhood and local
congregation in places like Chicago; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco; and
Alamosa. Learn more at www.Mennonite Mission.net/Serve. Age: 20+; term:
1–2 years.
▪ Need a change of scenery? Join SOOP and use your gifts and skills to work
alongside others in a network of ministries across the
church. Flexibility designed for retirees, families, and adults over
25. Explore opportunities at www.Mennonite Mission.net/Serve.
▪ Mennonite
Mission Network Prayer Request: Mennonite Mission Network requests prayer for DOOR’s leadership
development program, Discern, that works with local youth of color to help them
expand their leadership skills through mentorship and workshops engaging
justice issues. Pray for resources to broaden the current three-month program
to nine months.
▪ MC USA Announcement: This
year, Mennonite Church USA Archives launched an oral history project
to collect interviews of young people between the ages of 24-40 within MC
USA. Participants answered questions about their religious background,
racial/ethnic identity and hopes for the future of MC USA. Excerpts from these
interviews will be regularly featured in the Menno Snapshots blog: http://mennonite
usa.org/tag/oral-history-project/
Area Announcements
▪ Plesantview
Home is looking for nursing professionals who: value the gift of
community our staff, volunteers, residents and their families are so blessed to
enjoy, bring fun to work, and have a sense of mission to nurture and care for
our residents. Current openings are: RN/LPN Charge nurse FT or PT all shifts;
also CNAs FT or PT all shifts. Ready to
belong to the Pleasantview community? Apply at www.pvhome.org
or in our lobby 811 3rd Street, Kalona. Interested
but want a platform to ask questions less formally? Set-up a ”what can
Pleasantview do for you?” chat with a nurse or two from our team. Contact Karen
Schrock at PV, 319-656-2421 Ext. 121 or KarenSchrock@pvhome.org to
arrange a time, we will buy your coffee at Kalona Coffee House, listen to and
answer your questions. Bring your kids (if you want to, not a
requirement).
▪ Pleasantview
will be hosting Coffee & Conversation for Caregivers of those with
Dementia. This group will meet once a month starting Friday, January
3rd at 10:00am. The group will be meeting in our Friendship
Center. We are inviting any interested caregivers to attend this support
group. Please contact Ann Drobot at 656-2421 ext. 158 if you are
interested or would like additional information.
▪ Have you wondered where you fit in God's story? Or what in the world God is up to? The Perspectives of the World Christian Movement course begins on January 13, 2020 in Kalona! For 15 weeks, different instructors will show us God's redemptive plans and purposes for all people. We will see how Scripture, history, culture, and strategy come together to reveal the whole story and our role in it. Go to perspectives.org to register for family and book discounts or First Night Free. For questions contact Karla Neuschwander, neuschb@gmail.
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