The Bearing Fruit
June 10, 2018
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Washington
Mennonite
▪ Offering for 6/3/18 - Regular Offering: $2,286.00; Saturday Kitchen: $60.00
▪ Treasurer's
Report: Expenses were $1680 more
than offerings during May, 2018 so our Annual Blueprint balance
has dropped to $4455.88. Your generous donations through the summer will
allow us to meet our financial obligations. Please remember that we are not
having a worship service and offering here on June 24 and plan your
donations accordingly. If you have questions, please contact Mary Lou
Farmer, Treasurer.
▪ In
responding to MCC’s request for Infant Care kits, Washington Mennonite Women
are asking that you consider making a kit. A list of
contents is in your mailbox and costs about $40. A completed kit is on a table
in the foyer. Also on the table are a few extra items that you may use to
complete your kit. You might want to go together with another family to make a
kit! Be creative and have fun with it. Bring your completed kits to church no
later than June 17, 2018. Thank you for considering this donation.
▪ Halcyon House Service, 2:30pm, July 8 – Come worship along with the Halcyon House residents and
help us sing! Mike Bates is a team
player, so don’t make him sing a solo!
▪ If you’re interested in receiving “The Mennonite” as part of the church’s subscription for the price of
$37, talk to Andrea.
Crooked Creek
Christian Camp
▪ Come
and see what happens at summer camp as a volunteer in the kitchen. Opportunities available.
Sign up online at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FAFA
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Iowa Mennonite
School
▪ Summer Camps | There are
still a few openings in our ceramics camp, both writing camps, drama camp, and all our
sports camps (soccer,
volleyball and basketball)! Registrations are available online at www.iowa mennonite.org/camps.
▪ IMS Shuttle Driver Needed | IMS is in
need of a shuttle driver for our Washington Route on Wednesdays through Fridays
during the school year. This shuttle is essential in providing transportation
for students to and from school. Please prayerfully consider if you are able to
help in this mission. Contact Theresa Blossom (656-2073 or tblossom@iowamennonite.org) with questions or if interested.
Crowded Closet
Thrift Shop
▪ Crowded Closet Thrift Shop celebrates 40th Anniversary with festivities all week at the shop, June 18 - June 22! The week will
feature great shopping, fun, food, and prizes as Crowded Closet celebrates our
community of shoppers, donors, and volunteers. Check Facebook for
details.
▪ Crowded Closet Thrift Shop is moving! The shop has plans to relocate to the west end
of the former Kmart building on Hwy 6 in the beginning of 2019 to expand
capacity, improve accessibility, and enhance visibility. Stay tuned for
updates about this exciting transition ahead.
Central Plains Conference
▪ Central
Plains Mennonite Conference is seeking a Conference Minister for Christian
Formation
(.5 FTE) to provide resources and equipping for formation leaders in Central
Plains Mennonite Conference. Beginning date: August 1.
Central Plains Mennonite Conference is
also seeking a Communications Director (.25 FTE) The Communications
Director edits the monthly electronic newsletter to congregations, a bi-monthly
newsletter to all members, and oversees the website design and content.
▪ For more
information, contact Executive Conference Minister David Boshart at davidboshart@central
plainsmc.org or at 319-936-5904. Applicants
for the Conference Minister for Christian Formation should submit a completed
Ministerial Information Form. Applicants for the Communications Director can
submit a letter of application and resume.
▪ CHOOSE JOY! And save $10 by registering before June 19 – T-shirt included! Youth Escape 2018, the much-loved biennial retreat for youth in
grades 7-12, will be held July 20-22 at Hidden
Acres Christian Center near Dayton, Iowa. Round up your youth group and their
friends for this fantastic weekend focused on connecting with Jesus, other
Central Plains youth and the church. Details are available on the Youth Escape
page at www.centralplainsmc.org.
▪ You can still
register online or by mail for Central Plains Annual Meeting June
21-24
in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hear speaker Rachel Springer Gerber, visit with your
conference sisters and brothers, and learn how our covenant of spiritual
practices is shaping congregations. Find registration information in your
church office and at www.centralplainsmc.org.
▪ Central Plains Mennonite Conference
Prayer Request: Pray for Josh Lundberg, co-pastor at Kalona
Mennonite Church, as he is ordained today. Pray for God's blessing
for Josh, co-pastor Scott Swartzendruber, and the congregation as together
they live and proclaim the gospel in Kalona, Iowa.
Mennonite Agencies
▪Calling all MCC volunteers!! Join us for
our annual Volunteer Appreciation Celebration on June 13, 5 pm
– 7 pm at MCC in North Newton, Kansas! All relief sale volunteers, all meat
canning volunteers, participants in the Flatlander Bicycle Ride or the Harvest
Giving Walk, all of you who make comforters on your own or at a Comforter
Blitz, if you’ve packed a kit at MCC or volunteered your time at an MCC thrift
shop or in the MCC Warehouse – YOU’RE INVITED! We want you to join us, enjoy a
delicious meal of burgers, hot dogs, salads, chips and ice cream for dessert! Please
RSVP by June 11 to patsydirksen@mcc.org,
316.283.2720.
▪ Supplies are running low in the MCC
Material Resources Center in North Newton and we could use your help! The current material resources needs
are: shampoo for relief kits (1-2 bottles, totaling more than 20 oz),
toothbrushes for relief and hygiene kits (in originally packaging), small,
metal pencil sharpeners (one or two holes) for school kits, dark colored hand
or bath towels for hygiene and relief kits. Visit mcc.org/mrc/kits for full kit information and from there click
through to our Amazon Wish List for easier shopping and shipping. Just bring or
ship kit items to MCC Central States 121 E. 30th St. North Newton, KS 67428.
Contact katemast@mcc.org or call with questions at 316-283-2720 .
▪ Sexualized violence and the church
webinar, June 13 2 pm – 3 pm: Mennonite Central Committee is offering
the third webinar in our three-part series this spring for churches and
individuals to learn about addressing sexualized violence within the church.
This webinar focusing on Healthy masculinity will cover how the church can prepare men to
talk to their sons about healthy masculinity and what men should tell boys about
sexual violence. Speakers will be Glen Guyton, the new Executive Director
for MCUSA and Isaac Villegas, pastor at Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Mennonite
Fellowship . Learn more and
register for the webinar at mcc.org/wwso.
Contact karinkaufmanwall@mcc.org with questions.
Area Announcements
▪ West Union MYF invites you to a delicious sloppy
joe fundraiser meal on Sunday, June 10 at noon. Bring your friends and enjoy a time of food
and fellowship! Proceeds will go to cover expenses for this summer’s
service project and convention expenses next summer.
▪ Eicher
Emmanuel Mennonite Church – Sesquicentennial Celebration – June 30 – July1 – We are
"Honoring the Past - Celebrating the Future" with a video
presentation of our history Saturday night, June 30 at 6:30pm followed by ice
cream! Sunday morning at 10:00am will feature comments from former pastors as
we worship together. Lunch at noon and an Eicher cemetery tour by local expert
Michael Zahs to conclude. Come renew
your Eicher connection!
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