Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale: As we look for new missions that God may be calling our church to through the visioning process, we need to remember the missions to which we are already committed. One of these is the MCC relief sale. Ruth and I spent the past 8 days in Poland on a Mennonite Heritage tour. Also on the tour were a number of Mennonites from Manitoba. They confirmed what I had already heard—two relief sales in Manitoba, including the Winnipeg sale, have closed down because the people who were involved in the sale became too old to do their jobs and new people did not volunteer for the tasks.
Community Mennonite continues to be actively involved in the Virginia sale, including the Murches who have stepped forward to take over the donut making. But the sale really needs help filling other positions if it is to continue. Let Tim Jost or Sam Miller know if you can help.
Dear CMCers,
Attached you will find this week’s Newsweekly.
https://cmcva.org/Newsweekly September 11 2016/
If you have trouble opening the Newsweekly, you will want to copy and paste into your browser, the link found below:
https://cmcsitebackup.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/08184955/Newsweekly-0911161.pdf
The Local Event and Opportunity section can be found at the following link:
Thank you,
Ellen
Virginia Mennonite News
https://cmcva.org/vmcnews091116
Job Opportunities
https://cmcva.org/vmcjobopportunities091116
Voluntary Positions
https://cmcva.org/vmcvolunteerpositions091116
Mennonite Disaster Service Request
https://cmcva.org/mds-update-for-sept
Virginia Mennonite Missions Prayer Requests
September 11
Lift up J. & M. and their two children who have recently moved to Central Asia. Pray for grace as they set up good routines and for strength through the difficult process of learning language.