Announcements

Sunday, October 14, 2018
  OUR CHURCH FAMILY
Congratulations to Julia Bartel, Kate Brenneman, and Michael Loss for turning in your Worship Gifts survey and winning gift cards to Ten Thousand Villages. Even though the contest is over, the Worship Commission will still accept surveys for the next 2 weeks. Place completed forms in Isaac Hooley’s mailbox.
 
All are invited to worship with Parables, a student worship ensemble from Goshen College who will be at FMC on Wednesday, October 17, at 7 PM. The group will share music, original dramas, and personal stories. A free will offering for Goshen College will be taken.
 
PlayGroup will meet in the FMC fellowship hall at 10 AM on Friday, Oct. 19. All children and their caretakers are invited! Bring friends along, too! Snack will be provided.
 
Communion: how open is the communion table at First Mennonite? The Elders and Pastors have developed a one-page document that provides a recommendation and background information and we want your feedback. The document will be emailed out two weeks in advance of each meeting. (Print copies will also be available)
  • Sunday, Oct. 21 at 11 AM- A meeting with parents of youth and children in the sanctuary overflow area, led by Karla and Karen 
  • Sunday, Oct. 28 at 11 AM for all interested adults (more details to come)
 
2nd annual COMFORTER BLITZ, Sat., Oct. 27, 9 AM-3 PM in the fellowship hall. Everyone is invited to stop in for a few minutes or a few hours to help tie/knot comforters for MCC. Lunch and snacks provided. Bring your friends and family to join the fellowship around the quilt stand! Questions? See Mary Forney.
 
Football Coordinator needed for the 2019 season. This can be one person or a two-person team to be in charge of football game day parking. This is a paid position. Talk to Wendell Miller for more details. 
 
  CONFERENCE AND COMMUNITY NEWS

Rally for Immigration Justice on the downtown IA City Pentacrest, 3:30 PM, Oct. 27. Come hear the stories of people directly affected by immigration injustice through three short speeches with music and chants in between. This will be a nonviolent action and a good example of practicing civic engagement. The action will call for voting and building a network throughout Iowa to bring about increased justice for immigrants.
 
The Friends of Old St. Michael’s Church (Holbrook, IA) invite you to a Hymn Sing, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2-4 PM. Everyone is welcome and admission is free. Come sing along with Bob & Kristie Black, Paul & Julie Roberts and other bluegrass musicians as they lead this community hymn sing.
 
Pillow Cleaning: Get your feather or foam pillows cleaned, sanitized, deodorized and NEW TICKING on Tuesday, November 6, 8:30 AM - 4 PM at Kalona Mennonite Church. Sponsored by the Kalona Mennonite WMSC
 
From Iowa Mennonite School (IMS):
  • The Principal Search Committee (of IMS board and community members Jared Widmer, chair, Stacy Ropp Miller, Joel Beachy, Beth Swantz, Mayeken Kehr Yoder, and Fred Gingerich, board chair & ex officio member) wants your input! There are two ways to be involved: Complete a survey at tinyurl.com/IMSSearch. Focus group sign up is available at tinyurl.com/IMSfocusgroup.Your voice and participation are valued and an integral component for the committee to be successful in the selection process. Contact the school office (319-656-2073) if you would like a paper copy of the survey, or for help signing up for a focus group. For more information, visit www.iowamennonite.org.
  •  TODAY at 3 PM| Come hear the Intro to Music students, Chorale & Concert Choirs, and the Symphonic Band at our Fall Music Concert in Celebration Hall. Following the concert, the FFA will be hosting a Harvest Party for 6th-8th graders, transfer students and their families. Games, activities, and food will be available. Join us for the concert and stay for the fun with our FFA!
  • Fall Preschool | IMS Child Development students will lead preschool aged children in developmentally appropriate activities. Each date will have a different theme around which activities will be centered. The fall dates are Oct 18, Nov 1, and Nov 15 and all dates are 10:30-11:30 AM. Please contact the office 319-656-2073 to reserve your pre-schooler’s spot.
  • Fall Drama | Little Women, directed by Michael Swartzendruber, will be performed in Celebration Hall on Nov. 3 (7 PM) and Nov. 4 (3 PM). Call the office (319-656-2073) to reserve your tickets! Gretta Rempel plays Jo March, and Caleb Gingerich plays Brooke.
  • Blood Drive | The IMS chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting a blood drive on Monday, Nov. 5 from 6:30-11 AM. Plan now to donate blood by scheduling a donation time through the IMS office 319-656-2073. Thank you for helping your community in this special way!
 
From Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa:
  • All We Needed to Know We Learned in a One-Room School is the focus of the Nov. 19, 7 PM meeting of the Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa at Kalona Mennonite Church. At the program we’ll explore experiences of students in area one-room country schools, (a follow-up to our Fall 2017 meeting where Frank Yoder shared the history of one room schools in our area). There will be interviews, sharing about singing, stories of discipline and inter-school contests, and testimonials about the one-room school learning environment and how it shaped our lives. We’ll also explore how our shared experiences shaped our relationships with our neighbors. Bring country school mementos for a memorabilia table. You may want to bring your grandchildren so they can remember our educational experiences of the past. Provided refreshments will give further opportunity to share more stories with each other. 
From Mennonite Central Committee (MCC):
  • A Loaded Conversation: an invitation to talk about guns: Guns are part of our lives, whether or not we own or use them. With encouragement and input from pastors and others in the church, MCC U.S. has created this resource to help congregations stay at the table to address the topic of guns. This print resource includes a conversation guide, ways to engage, Bible studies and worship resources. Download the resource and find more ways to engage on the topic at mcc.org/loaded-conversations.
 
From the MCC Relief Sale Committee:
  • Come to Crooked Creek Christian Camp in Washington, IA on Sunday, October 28 at 4 PM to Sing for Relief!  Enjoy music, wood-fired flatbreads, fresh cider, a campfire, and other fall activities as we kick off festivities for the 40th anniversary year of the Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale! All donations will go towards the expenses for the 2019 Iowa Mennonite Relief Sale. 

​From Pleasantview Home:
  • Non-perishable auction items for the Pleasantview Home Benefit Sale (Nov 2 & 3 at IMS) need to be given to a committee member before October 26.  Please contact: Nyle (chair) & Lauralee Kauffman 354-3304, Carl & Donna Darby 430-6171, Julie Gingerich 325-5540, Kris Brenneman 683-2661, Pam Hochstedler 656-3558, Grace Rempel 683-2681, or Larry Swartzendruber 656-2421. Check www.pvhome.org  (benefit tab) frequently to see what we have so far.
  • NEEDED:  A beef or donations towards the purchase and processing of a beef which will be sold in frozen packages at the Pleasantview Home Benefit sale Nov 2 & 3. If you or your Sunday School class would like to contribute, please contact Larry Swartzendruber (656-2421).
  • For the Pleasantview Benefit Sale, Friday Nov. 2, the Friday Dinner Committee  needs volunteers to serve on 2 different shifts; shift 1 from 3:45-5:45 PM and shift 2 from 5:45-7:45 PM. Questions? please call or text Becky Yoder at 319-936-0777 or email at dbyoder@netins.net.
 
Area schools’ FINE ARTS events: 
  • Fall Concert, TODAY, 3 PM, Celebration Hall, IMS (Caleb Gingerich, Mia Graber, Gretta Rempel)
  • Sounds of the Stadium band concert, Oct. 24, 7 PM, West High (Claire Widmer)
  • Show Choir Works in Progress Show, Oct. 29, 7:30 PM (Zoe Miller, Claire Widmer)

Birthdays ​(Oct. 14-20)

Monday         Kevin Kummer
Wednesday    Dwight Gingerich
                         Leo Rudolphi
Thursday       Tim Krabill             
Friday              Marty Stoltzfus
                         JP Hourcade
Saturday        Judy Thrapp
Events for the coming week
(October 14-21) 
Sunday    ALL DAY CHURCH RETREAT (no services at FMC)
   8:00 AM Registration begins
   8:30 - 9:15 AM Breakfast 
   9:45-10:40 AM Mindfulness Walk
10:45 AM Worship at Crooked Creek Camp
    NOON Lunch
    1-3 PM Games & Surprises
             5 PM Torre Fuerte worship
Wednesday   7 PM Parables group from Goshen College
Thursday      1 PM Peace Knitters
                  7 PM Torre Fuerte worship
Friday   10-11:30 AM Play Group at FMC
Saturday  6:30 AM Football parking & Concession stand
Sunday    9:30 AM Worship, Terry Zimmerly, proclaimer
            10:45 AM Christian Ed. classes
             5 PM Torre Fuerte worship

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