THIS WEEK…
Top 40 – Tuesday October 29, 2 p.m. Please use gym entrance. Our guests are Zurich Mennonite. Ladies please bring sandwiches or cupcakes, please let Norma L. know today which you will be bringing. Thank-you, see you there! P.S. Please bring table games.
Leadership meeting – Tuesday October 29, 7:30 p.m.
Mom’s Group – Wednesday. All mom’s and kids are welcome from 10am – 12noon in the gym. Let your kids play, enjoy some coffee and fellowship. Please bring a small snack to share.
Jr. Youth – No Bible Study, Wednesday.
Adult Bible Study – Thursday, October 31, 7:15 pm – 3 studies to choose from: 1) There’s a Green Plastic Monkey in My Purse: And Other Ways Motherhood Changes Us; 2) Championship Father; 3) The Psalms (this week: Psalms 51-60).
Thursday October 31 – Light Night (a Halloween Alternative) 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the church. This is a glow in the dark party so wear something white or neon! Admission is an item for the food bank. Lots of fun learning what it means to shine like a light in a dark world! Invite your friends! (**Please note there will be no Kids Club on the Wednesday evening this week).
MYF – Saturday November 2nd 7:30 p.m. MYF Retro night. Come and experience how MYF’ers had fun “back in the day”. Be creative and dress from the 80’s and 90’s.
LOOKING AHEAD…
Sunday Evening:
November 17th – Missions Weekend service
November 21st – Stutzman Family concert. *Note: this is a Thursday night
December 8th– Annual Christmas Carols & Cookies Night
The Junior Sunday school Christmas program practices will begin starting next Sunday Nov 3 during the assembly time. Kids, please get your parents to bring you by 9:40 am so that we can begin the practices with everyone at 9:45 sharp. Thanks!
Next Sunday is “Count Me In” Sunday which will be held during the Sunday School hour. Preschool, Junior and Senior kindergarten children are to meet in their classrooms. Someone will be there to look after these children. Grades 1 to 8 meet in the Maple Room. Everyone else meet promptly in the Sanctuary. Our worship service will begin at 10:30.
Next Sunday, November 3, 9:45 am – Worship celebration with communion and foot washing.
Maple View Mennonite Church is hosting a LOVE & RESPECT VIDEO CONFERENCE on November 8 & 9. Love best motivates a woman and respect most powerfully motivates a man. Though we all need love and respect equally, the felt need differs during conflict, and this difference is as different as pink is from blue. Married couples and singles are all welcome to attend. Register HERE or in the foyer before Oct. 28th for the early bird price of $15/person (includes workbook and lunch).
Sunday, November 10, 10:45 am – Baptism celebration followed by a noon potluck meal.
Missions Sunday, November 17, speakers are Rick Cober-Bauman (Mennonite Central Committee Executive Director) and Moses Moini (Refugee Program Co-ordinator). There will be no Sunday school for youth and adults. There will be a light lunch of sandwiches and cookies followed by an afternoon session.
Saturday, November 16, 9:00 am – Men’s Breakfast with Fabrice Mugisha: “God’s faithfulness from Rwanda to Canada” at Schmidtsville Restaurant: $15/person; sign-up in the church foyer by November 12.
Mark your calendars for Thursday November 28, 7 pm for Top 40 Christmas Dinner at Schmittsville.
Young Adults – Friday, November 29 7-9:30pm, we will be volunteering at operation Christmas child. Spaces are limited, please give you name to Ben if you can attend.
Maple View CHRISTMAS CHOIR will present a mini-cantata Sunday morning, December 22. Rehearsals are Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, November 28, December 5, 12, and 19. If you like to sing please come out! Experience is not necessary nor is ability to read music. A heart of praise and a “wonder” of the season are the only qualifications. Grade 6 through to age 102 are welcome!! In order to purchase sufficient copies of music, please sign-up on the sheet or contact Tania Leis 519-595-7700 or tania.leis@icloud.com.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
MennoHomes hosts internationally honoured hymn and song writers, Jim & Jean Strathdee, in Concert on Wed. Oct 30, 7:30 p.m. at Calvary United Church, St. Jacobs.
Rockway Spaghetti Dinner. Friday, November 1, 5 pm – 7 PM. All are invited to this family dinner in support of the Grade 10 Class trip to Quebec City. Further information available at http://www.rockway.ca
November 1st, Stratford District Christian School Annual Fall Auction. Silent auction from 6:30-8pm and live auction starting at 8pm.
Rockway Auction Extravaganza. Saturday, November 2. Preview begins at 4 PM, Live & Silent Auction begins at 6 PM. Proceeds support the programs at Rockway. Admission is free, all are welcome. More information available at www.rockway.ca.
Fraser Campbell, Live in Concert! Come out to East Zorra Mennonite Church. Thursday November 7 at 7:00 p.m. Fraser Campbell is an award-winning recording artist and worship leader from Victoria, British Columbia. His music is dynamic and creative and his live performances are full of undeniable passion, amazing energy, musical ingenuity and sincere honesty. A freewill offering will be lifted to cover the costs of the evening as well as to support future youth activities. If you have any questions feel free to contact Sheryl Leis at 519-655-2993 or email at sherylleis@hotmail.com. Information is also posted on our website at www.ezmennonite.ca
MCC Ontario Fall Conference: 9 am-3 pm, November 9. Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 110 Doon Road, Kitchener. Join us for a day of storytelling and “Sharing God’s Love and Compassion” as we focus on Syria and Aboriginal neighbours. mcco.ca/fallconference2013 Also … Open House at the New 50 Kent November 9, 3-5 pm, 50 Kent Avenue, Kitchener.
Single or Single Again Group: Saturday November 9 at 7:00 p.m.-meet at Gus Maueys across from St. Jacobs Market for indoor mini golf. Carpooling from Steinmann Mennonite Church at 6:30. Coffee and dessert at Williams following mini golf.
INFORMATION…
Pencils for Haiti: the junior Sunday school students are collecting unused pencils for Heart of Compassion Ministries in Haiti. One of their projects is building and supporting schools for the poorest in Haiti who live in the mountains and cannot afford an education without assistance. Brian and Cindy Jantzi are planning to visit Haiti in January to deliver the pencils that we collect. For more on Heart of Compassion Ministries visit their website at www.hoc-haiti.org. Everyone can bring pencils and give them to a Junior Sunday school student to add to the box. Thanks for supporting this!
Calling all Grade 7-12! Would you like to be a part of Maple View`s Mentorship program? Deadline for forms is next Sunday, November 3. Please see Nikki Leis or Amanda Roes with any questions!
Out of the cold is looking for volunteers for various areas of the program. There is a great need for overnight volunteers. For more details, please contact Mark Entz.
Calling all 3 year olds and JK/SK Registration at Stratford & District Christian School. Friday, November 1st 9 am – 11:30 pm. This is for children ready for Junior or Senior Kindergarten, (three or four years old by Dec. 31, 2013.) We will be working with Huron/Perth County Health Unit to pre-screen and assess the children. If you choose you will have the opportunity to register your child(ren) for the 2014-2015 school year. Please bring the following documents: birth certificate; immunization record; health card number. For more information call Stratford & District Christian School at 519-271-0051.
Wanted: Good Old-Fashion Baking for Gospel Echoes Benefit Sale. Please bring your freshly baked goods (no frozen items) to the Stratford Rotary Complex between Friday morning November 1 and Saturday noon or have it at Nelson & Elaine Kuepfer’s (656-2077) by November 1 at 4:30 p.m. A signup sheet and containers will be available in the church foyer. Thank you for your support
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