THIS WEEK…
Monday September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Girls club will be working on a project at the thrift shop in Milverton. Special invitation to the girls in grade one.
Leadership meeting – Tuesday September 24, 7:30 p.m.
KIDS CLUB – Wednesday, 7:00 – 8:30 pm in the Maple Room.
Adult Bible Study – Wednesday, September 25, 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 Fathering; 3) The Psalms (this week: Psalms 1-10).
Thursday, September 26, 7:30 pm – Plan to Protect training for adults involved in ministry with children or youth at Maple View. An interactive session based on Reducing the Risk video curriculum and Maple View’s abuse prevention policy. Everyone working with children or youth is expected to take part in this training at least once every five years – not only to fulfill church insurance obligations, but as part of our commitment to ensure the safety of everyone involved in our ministries.
MYF – Friday September 27 –we will be pricing pies for the ABC festival. Be at the church by 7:30 and please bring a cooler. *Families with one youth make 4 pies, families with 2 or more youth make 6.
MYF – Saturday September 28-ABC festival signup sheet in the youth room.
LOOKING AHEAD…
*NEW* Blended Praise Team: If you signed up to be part of this “special occasion” team, rehearsals are Tuesday Oct. 1 & 8 7:30-9:30 pm.
SPECIAL INVITATION to other musicians wanting to be a part of a team. Please let Tania Leis know if interested in joining this one. Particularly we are looking for other instruments e.g. flute, violin, trumpet, sax, clarinet etc…. Please talk to Tania ASAP if you haven’t already so you can receive your music package and begin working on songs… 519-595-7700 tania.leis@icloud.com It is possible to be in both the new praise team and the choir/ensemble.
CHOIR MEMBERS: There will not be a large Christmas presentation this year. However, periodically throughout the year we are looking for a choir/ensemble to sing 1-2 songs at certain services. The first is Thanksgiving, Oct. 13 and then Christmas Sunday, Dec. 22. You do not need to commit to both Sundays but you do need to attend BOTH rehearsals prior to the Sunday. Thanksgiving practices: Tues Oct. 1 and 8, 7;30-9:30pm PLEASE SIGN UP on the bulletin board or contact Tania Leis ASAP to receive your music package! 519-595-7700 tania.leis@icloud.com
October 5, 2013 – Annual Chicken BBQ Building Fundraiser. Tickets are now in circulation! Please invite your family and friends to this well attended event. Takeout available. Cost by donation the night of the BBQ. Deadline to hand out tickets Fri. Sept 27.
Women’s Retreat – October 25/26 at Countryside Camp. Trudy Metzger will share her testimony with us, praise & worship and fellowship! $65 Overnight or $45 Saturday only. Carpools available. All ages and all ladies are welcome. Register online at HERE or after church in the foyer today!
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 online HERE or in the foyer before Oct. 28th for the early bird price of $15/person (includes workbook and lunch).
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Tri-County Mennonite Homes extends a warm invitation to you to attend their 2013 Annual General Meeting. Tuesday, September 24 7:00 p.m. Tavistock Mennonite Church, 131 Wettlaufer Street. All are welcome!
The Wilmot Family Resource Centre’s Poor Boys’ Luncheon will take place on Thursday, September 26th at the New Hamburg Community Centre (Arena). Lunch will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Supper will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Admission is $8.00 per person or $30.00 for family of four or more. Tickets are available at the Centre 519-662-2731.
Benefit Concert, featuring a variety of music and musicians, for Benin Bible Institute’s Agricultural Project at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church on Sunday, September 29 at 7:00 p.m. Free will offering; donations are tax receiptable. See poster for more information.
First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, is celebrating its 200th birthday, and invites all to a service of celebration and reception on Sunday, September 29, at 2:30 PM, 800 King St. E, Kitchener. All singers are invited also to join the Homecoming Choir, rehearsing at 3 PM on Saturday, Sept 28, and Sunday at 1:30 PM, prior to the service. The highlight will be the Hallelujah Chorus with Mark Diller-Harder conducting and Jan Overduin on the organ. Join us!
Thursday October 3, 7:00 am – 7:00 pm – Day of Prayer for Nithview Community in its auditorium, including a prayer service at 10:30 am. Come throughout the day to lift up the NIthview community in prayer. If you have any questions or confidential prayer requests contact the Pastoral Care office (519-662-2280, ext. 5129).
Saturday October 5 at 1:30…..Single or Single Again Group meets at Steinmann Mennonite Church to car pool for hiking at Elora Conservation Area or meet at Elora Welcome Centre, 9 Mill Street East at 2:30.
“Death: Planning for End of Life Care”– Thursday, October 10 – 7:00 p.m. Nithview Community Auditorium. “Fairview, Parkwood, and Tri-County Mennonite Homes invite you to meet with Judy Nairn (Executive Director, Hospice of Waterloo Region) and Cathy Joy (Hospital Palliative Care Consultant, Waterloo Region) who will help us explore planning for end of life care – ensuring that our future health and personal care preferences are known should we become incapable of consenting to or refusing treatment of care. We hope you will join us in discussing this important matter! This session is provided at no cost to the participants. All are welcome! For more information, please see the poster on the bulletin board.
INFORMATION…
The youth is looking for people who will make pies for the ABC festival, no eggs or dairy in the pies. Please drop off your pies between 6:30p.m and 7:30p.m at the church on the 27th. Thank you!
Interested in being part of a weekend mission trip to Manitoulin Island this fall? Whether you are drawn to children’s ministry, co-leading a women’s mini-retreat, helping First Nations people with jobs around their homes or have other creative ideas for sharing God’s love, please talk to Paul and Bernice Albrecht or another member of the Missions Committee. The committee expects to shape the trip based on the gifts and vision of the team that is going.
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