10218 SE 12 St., Whitewater, Ks 67154
John 15:1-8
– Sunday’s Scripture Reading –
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes[a] to make it bear more fruit. 3 You have already been cleansed[b] by the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become[c] my disciples.
On April 27
1813 death of Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) Explorer Zebulon Pike first coined the name the Flint Hills in 1806 when he entered into his journal, “passed very ruff flint hills”.
1958 Men’s Retreat at Camp Mennoscah.
1963 John Howard Yoder speaks at the Men’s Retreat at Camp Mennoscah. “Expecting More of the Laity in a World of Revolution.”
1969 THE FIRST MID-KANSAS RELIEF AUCTION SALE, Saturday, May 17. Don’t miss the thrill of hearing a 500-voice male church (men from local churches) sing. The Relief Auction Male Chorus Concert will be held Friday, May 16, 8:00pm in the Tabor College Gymnasium-Auditorium.
1969 Twenty-two men from our church prepared and served breakfast on Sunday morning to 417 men and boys at the Men’s Retreat at Camp Mennoscah.
1975 If there seems to be a shortage of men in our congregation this morning, it is because they are attending the annual WDC Men’s Retreat at Camp Mennoscah.
1980 Alfred and Lorena Harms celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an Open House in the Church Fellowship Hall, 2-4pm.
2003 Elise Noel Jantz was born on Easter Sunday, 2003, at 10:07pm. – Jon, Sue Ann, Maria, and David Jantz
On April 28
1991 In honor of Mary Harms’ 108th birthday Wednesday, May 1, we honor all our octogenarians with a flower today.