EMC EVENTS CALENDAR AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sept 20 – Congregational Meeting after worship, bring bag lunch
Sept 27 – MVS blessing Sunday and potluck Fellowship meal, women’s group meets after potluck
Oct 3 – Mennonite Country Auction, Ritzville WA
Oct 4 – no children’s Sunday school
Oct 7 – Worship Committee Meeting
Oct 11 – Potluck fellowship meal after worship
Oct 14 – Leadership Council, Ministry Center, 7pm
Oct 16-18 – Women’s Retreat, Camrec (see below for more info)
Oct 18 – Women’s group meets after worship
Evergreen Mennonite church will need a new church administrator starting late this fall, taking applicants now. We would love this person to come from within Evergreen. Flexible hours; could do most tasks remotely. This is a contract position with approximately 10-12 hours a week. Contact a member of Leadership Council if interested.
September 27 and Oct 18th: EMC Women’s Group meets at either a nearby park (if weather is nice) or in the Ministry center after church. Pick up a colored folder located on the Welcoming table and bring with you to the meeting. All women welcome!
Support for Global Mission
Many of us heard Kathryn Smith Derksen speak with eloquent conviction during our worship service on September 6. She presented us with a full and riveting picture of both the need and opportunity for peacemaking that exists in South Africa. It is into this ministry that she and Dan are called and are presently making plans to engage with through Mennonite Mission Network. They are still in need of resources to make this ministry a reality. Please contact one of the people on their Ministry Support Team – Paul Brown, Annette Hein, and Karina Derksen-Schrock to learn ways that you can help, or pick up a mission card at the welcome table for more information.
MENNONITE COUNTRY AUCTION – OCTOBER 3
MCA Accommodations: The Inn At Moses Lake is again offering us a $59.99 deal on rooms. Please call them to reserve one of the 10 rooms set aside for us. (509) 766-7000. Tell them if it is for Oct. 2 or 3, or both, under Donna Matthies name or “Mennonite Auction”. Rooms will be released on Sept. 24.
EMC Coffee booth: Please let Donna Matthies know if you can come Friday afternoon to help set up the EMC coffee booth, or stay after on Sat. afternoon to help take everything down.
The Kid’s Booth needs your donations of gently used toys, books, puzzles, art supplies, etc… Please bring them to church or contact Kate Yoder if you need other arrangements or have any questions.
The crafts booth is asking for items to sell. What have you made this year? Sewing, yarn work, beads, paper crafts, anything at all will be greatly appreciated. Items can be left at Seattle Mennonite Church by Sept. 20th or given to Anita Stokes (206-721-1902) by the 29th, or brought to the sale the day of.
Auction items: Do you have wood crafted items you have made or other items you have created? What about antique items, Seahawk tickets, opera tickets or vacation rentals? We’d love to auction those off! The sooner we know of an item, the more publicity it will get! Please notify Cleon Claassen at 509-765-9475 or email him at cclaassen@smwireless.net. We need your items!
AUTUMN WORSHIP: OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER
As nature prepares for winter slumber, we also experience a rhythmic cycle of turning inward. Like the seed underground, people may not perceive from the outside the inner work that is happening when we acknowledge our grief of the changing seasons while yet embracing those shifts with fortitude and grace. The worship series envisioned for October to November, “Turning of the Season: Healing for the Soul” seeks to create a place of holding both the darker shades of life with the beauty of this season as we join in support and challenge of one another as a community. In this series, I particularly welcome stories from the congregation of how they have experienced healing personally, or witnessed transformation in others.
Focuses for Sundays, October 4 through November 22
October 4: Healing of body and soul November 1: Healing of the demonic
October 11: Healing of the nations November 8: Healing of alienation
October 18: Healing of the earth November 15: Healing of neighbor
October 25: Healing of community November 22: Gratitude for healing and wholeness
OUR COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015 Women’s Retreat at Camp Camrec, October 16-18 – register now!
This year’s theme is “Leave your Baggage at the Door.” Our Saturday evening speaker is writer Kristina Stepper of Wenatchee – her talk is entitled “Scars and Baggage” and will address dealing with old emotional hurts and scars. This weekend of Washington women is for fellowship, worship and retreat, with guided worship time, singing, free time and opportunities for hiking and rest! Hosted jointly by Spring Valley, Menno and Warden Mennonite Churches.
Fair Trade, Fair World! You are invited to attend a Ten Thousand Villages fundraising Gala/Auction which will be held at the Brightwater Environmental Center in Woodinville on Saturday, September 26, from 5 -10:30 pm. Purchase tickets at the TTV store (65th & Roosevelt) or from www.greenenvelope.com. $65 includes dinner, auction and more fun. SMC is trying to fill a table…
Concert of Quaker Singer/Songwriter Carrie Newcomer AND Free Music Download
What does it mean to be a person of faith in today’s world? Be uplifted through the music of Carrie Newcomer. A contemplative Quaker and justice-seeker, she sings fearlessly tender songs of the extraordinary in everyday life. Carrie Newcomer performs Friday, October 2, 7pm, at University Congregational Church in Seattle. Carrie’s concert launches the Weaving Our Strengths Conference of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. Concert tickets are $15 through Brown Paper Tickets or as an addition to your conference registration. But wait, there’s more! As a special offer to faith communities, Carrie offers a free download of her songs “Every Little Bit of It” and “Room at the Table. Visit http://www.carrienewcomer.com/freedownload and enter the promotional code “everybitisfree” and “freetableforone.” For more information: (206)204-3853 or info@thechurchcouncil.org.
