Newsletter for April 5, 2020

The Bearing Fruit

April 5, 2020

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This Week at Washington Mennonite Sunday Apr 5th Monday Apr 6th Tuesday Apr 7th Wednesday Apr 8th Thursday Apr 9th Friday Apr 10th Saturday Apr 11th ▪ WMC Service on Zoom (10am) Birthday -      ▪ Cindy Widmer

Washington Mennonite

▪ Offering for 3/22–3/29/2020:  Regu lar Offering: $1,490.30

▪ Join us for worship on Zoom at 10 a.m. (you will receive an invitation to the meeting by email, just click and join. Any questions? Contact Roger.)

▪ Thank you for your online affirmations for elders. Gay Widmer has been affirmed as elder for a three year term ending in 2023; Karen Bates has been affirmed as elder to finish Carol Detweiler’s term ending in 2022; Mary Lou Farmer continues as elder until 2021. Please pray for us. Thank you. Mary Lou for the elders

▪ Pam Gerig Unruh’s time as our interim pastor will be over at the end of April. We wanted to celebrate her time with us on the last Sunday of April. However, due to current circumstances, that celebration will be held at a later date. We will keep you informed. Our new pastor, Nick Stoddard, will finish his time in South Dakota on May 10 and will move to Iowa at the end of May. His first Sunday with us will be June 7. Please continue to pray for the church during this time of transition. If you have questions, please contact one of the elders. The elders

▪ Some persons in the congregation have been making face masks and face shields. To date, 109 face masks have been made and 20 face shields. Thanks to those who served in this way.

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▪ Caleb and Emily Miller had a baby boy on April 2^nd at 2:50. His name is Luke Michael and he is 9lb. 8oz. Everyone is doing great!

▪ Even though we are unable to meet as a congregation right now, expenses of the church continue. Please send your donations directly to Dick See, 705 Perdock Court, Washington, IA. Thanks for your support.

SundaySucCrooked Creek Christian Camp

▪ Crooked Creek Wild, originally scheduled for May 2, 2020 has been postponed. A future date is being worked out and we are looking forward to the run. 

▪ We are still excited for summer camp and hope you'll take the time to register your campers! 

▪ If you're looking for great places to practice social distancing, we have plenty of trails and wooded space to walk and  a prayer labyrinth to enjoy.  

▪ Applications are being taken for the position of Program Director at Crooked Creek Christian Camp. The Program Director is responsible for all camp programming, which includes summer camp, CC Wild, and other programs throughout  the  year,   recruiting   and  supervising  summer staff, and marketing.  Submit application, cover letter, and resume to Heather Bender heather@crooked creekcamp.org  Visit www.crookedcreekcamp.org for more information.

Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale

▪ The executive committee of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale has come to do the difficult decision to cancel this year's sale. In lieu of a sale, other plans are being made and will be announced in the coming weeks. Please continue to pray for Mennonite Central Committee in this uncertain time of event cancellations and thrift store closures. Visit mcc.org for more information on how you can celebrate the 100th anniversary of MCC.

Central Plains Conference

▪ Central Plains Prayer Request:  Pray for your sister churches in South Dakota: Sermon on the Mount in Sioux Falls and Bethany, Hutterthal, Salem, and Salem-Zion in Freeman.

Mennonite Agencies

▪ Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request: Mennonite Mission Network’s Service Adventure participants just completed a work week at Camp Mennoscah in Kansas. Pray for safe travel as participants return to their assignments in Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, renewed to continue to be Jesus’ hands and feet.

▪ MC USA Announcement: Lent is a time of purposeful turning toward God. Remember God’s faithful, loving presence and connect with the Rock of our salvation using the free, downloadable Lent At-Home 2020 Worship Guide. 
http://mennoniteusa.org/resource/lent-at-home-2020/ 

Area Announcements

▪ The Priscilla Shirer simulcast “Going Beyond” that was being hosted at Lower Deer Creek on April 25^th has been cancelled.

▪ From the Iowa Mennonite Historical Society:  Due to health concerns related to Covid 19 the Mennonite Museum at the Kalona Historical Village is delaying our 2020 opening until May 1, 2020.  Our Spring meeting to hear the Vander Werf immigration story of moving from the Netherlands to Manson, Iowa in World War 2 has been postponed until this Fall.

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