August 19, 2012
Our Church
Happy
Anniversary to: Don & Phyllis Headrick (8/20), Mike & Karen Bates (8/25)
Offering
for 8/12/12: $1898 (regular),
$300 (van fund), $266.59 (VBS, Heifer Intl)
Grant and Edie will be
gone through
Tuesday, to visit family in Arizona.
Cindy Widmer had knee
surgery at
Mercy Hospital last Wednesday. The
surgery went well and Cindy is expected to recover quickly. Remember Cindy in your prayers.
Please
take time to update your address, birthday, phone number, and email for this
year’s church directory on the table
in the hallway. Use the red pens to make
corrections, initial if nothing has changed, or add your information if you
weren’t in the last directory. Amanda
and Grant would also like a list of everyone’s cell phone numbers. If you would prefer your cell number not to
be in the directory, make a note of that and it will be added only to the
pastors’ list.
Update
on Van Fund: So far the church has
received $800 toward the $1823 expenses for the van. Thank you for your generous donations. However, the church still needs $1023 this
fiscal year (before Aug 31) to cover these expenses. Please consider a donation to finish this
off! Thank you.
Elder’s meeting this Tuesday, August 21st
at 7pm.
August 31 is the end of
the church fiscal year. Please submit all invoices
to Mary Lou Farmer, Treasurer, before August 20, 2012. She will thank you!
Fall business meeting is
set for Wednesday, Sept 19th.
Please have annual reports to Andrea Nussbaum by Sept 2nd.
Barn Dance with Marion and
Marlene…Tonight
at 5pm, the Leichtys have invited us to party at their barn East of Noble (2770
Henry Washington Rd). We will have an
evening of games, eats, and old fashioned fellowship. Bring your lawn chair and some finger foods
to share. We will provide plates,
napkins, and lemonade. Bring
family…invite some friends!
There
will be a Church-Wide Work Day this
Saturday, August 25th
starting at 8:30am. We will do window
cleaning, shrubbery trimming, replace the pastors’ exterior doors, carpet
sweeping & cleaning, etc. Please
bring the tools needed for these jobs.
Members of Centro
Cristiano will
be hosting WMC for a fundraiser lunch to support IBA (Instituto Bíblico
Anabautista), a course providing biblical-theological Anabaptist training for
Spanish speakers, August 26th
at noon.
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
CCCC has canceled the canoe trip on Saturday, August 25th.
CCCC has firewood for sale. During the month of
August the cost is just $60 per pickup load so stock up now for this
winter! Call the camp at 319.653.3611 to
arrange a time to get your wood.
Please check your church bulletin
board for poasters and your CCCC newsletter for more detailed information on
the day retreat at camp about Body, Food
& Health. We have a great day
planned so call today to register.
319.653.3611.
Mennonite Agencies
Aug 24th Open House and
Appreciation event at the Everence office at 301 5th St
in Kalona. See the bulletin board for
more details.
Free webinar for adult Sunday School
teachers. Conference Ministers David and Shana Boshart invite
adult teachers and Sunday School superintendents to a free 90-minute
webinar, Teaching for Transformation. Teach
the Bible in a way that engages both mind and heart and that sparks
transformation into the likeness of Jesus.
Attend this webinar from your own home computer or together with others
from your congregation around one computer.
It will be offered twice: at 7:30pm on Tues, Aug 28, and again on Thurs,
Aug 30. Registration is limited;
register by Aug 22 by emailing Monica Clem at office at centralplainsmc.org.
It's School Kit time again! School Kits are MCC's most requested item and we are
collecting them now! For a full list of items go to mcc.org/kits/school.
If you have questions, please call our office at 316.283.2720.
Mennonite Mission Network Prayer Request: Pray for
MMN’s Radical Journey participants as they prepare for a challenging year in
England, Paraguay, and South Africa. May
God give them courage and willingness to step into the unknown and to be shaped
by the experience.
The Sower Prayer Request: This week,
Conference Ministers Tim Detweiler and David and Shana Boshart are in Montana
to support and encourage the pastors and congregations there. Pray for good fellowship, encouragement, and
that all will be empowered to do God’s will.
Mennonite Education Agency Prayer Request: Pray for the
Bethel College student community, particularly first-year students and their
parents, as opening weekend concludes with all-campus worship this morning.
Washington Area
The Sugar Creek Mennonite Church’s MYF
is hosting a Back-to-School Baked Potato
Bar fundraiser for Phoenix 2013 at noon on Sunday, Aug 19th at
Sugar Creek. Enjoy baked potatoes with
all the trimmings and Hines Dairy homemade ice cream! Free-will donation.
On
September 15, 2012 Jason Boller
Construction from Kalona and area Mennonite Churches will work together to put
a new roof on the house of one of the Iglesia Centro Cristiano members. The roofing project will
also include volunteer labor. The family will contribute
funds to the roofing project but area Mennonite Churches are being asked to
raise $4,000 by September 1, 2012. Please label your
contribution to this project as “Roofing Project” and either give to Mary Lou
Farmer or put in a labeled envelope and place in the regular offering basket on
Sunday morning.
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course will be offered at East Union Mennonite
Church starting this fall. The class
will begin on Sunday, Sept 9th and meet for a total of nine Sundays,
ending Nov 4th. The classes
will be held each Sunday from 4-6pm. The
cost is $80 per family unit for the 9 week course kits. If you are interested in attending, please
email Jane Swartzentruber at janer777 at hotmail.com for registration forms
and/or if you have any questions.
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