Zion Lutheran Wisconsin

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BIBLE TIME: Each Autumn Zion Lutheran gifts Bibles to young folks in our church in grades Kindergarten, Third, and Sixth (LOGOS) grades. The cost of these Bibles is LOGOS Study Bible $22, Third grade Hands On Bible $11, and for the Kindergarten kids The Beginners Bible $10. If you are a parent or relative of a child who will receive one of these Bibles, or simply someone who wants to make sure all our children get and study a Bible, and would like to sponsor the gift of a Bible, please fill out a Bible Sponsorship Form found on the Opportunity Table and return it to the church office with payment as soon as you can.

WHAT'S GOODSEARCH?: Did you notice the GoodSearch button on Zion's website? If you do all your searching from that website, Zion gets a (albeit small) donation. For example: if all of us did ten searches a day it would add up to $3,650 per year! (100 people x 10 searches x 365 days x 1 cent) Paste this on your Facebook wall and spread the word. Then do your daily searches from Zion's Good Search Link.

ZION PRAISE CHORUS begins practicing again on Tuesday, September 14, at 6 pm. It will be under the direction of Tim Ingersoll. If you enjoy singing and would like to share your musical gifts with God in this way, join this talented group on Tuesdays.

SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND MISSION: Tuesday nights will start on September 14. The evening will start at 5 pm with mission work led by Sunnie Lamppa. At 6:00 pm we will share a meal together and fellowship time. At 6:30 pm a short worship time and 7 pm will be Bible Study time. If you would like to lead a Bible study please talk to Pastor about resources and how to get started. Vicki Garro will be continuing the study Experiencing the Words of Jesus. All are welcome to join in all or any part of the evening. We gather together, Grow in Faith, Go out into the world in Jesus' name.

RUMMAGE SALE: Gather up your saleable items! Zion's rummage sale will be here before you know it. This year's date is Saturday, September 18 and again coincides with the East End Days Rummage sales. Items for the sale can be brought to the church during the week of September 13. Please do not bring any computers, VCRs, other electronics, or items that may have a cost to dispose of. Chairperson Joanne Hansen will be looking for helpers to help sort and set up the week of September 13, as well as workers for September 18. Please call her at 715-398-7153 if you can help. This sale takes many helpers to be successful.

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY: Beginning September 19, Zion Lutheran Church will be offering classes from 6-8 pm each week. A family kit must be purchased to participate. Please see Pastor Patrick for further information.

POWERPOINT CLASS: Our own Vicki Garro, who produces are wonderful PowerPoint presentations for our 11 am service, will be teaching what she does at WITC. Some of the features they will use are animations, shadows, slide design and layout, copyright issues, CCLI, font size, backgrounds, image control. Class is limited to 12 students and will meet Monday evenings 6-9 pm September 20 through October 25. If you are interested, please check it out at http://witc.edu, or contact Vicki directly.

ATTENTION THRIVENT MEMBERS: Last year Thrivent discontinued their Care in Congregations program and started a new program called Thrivent Choice. You may have already received a letter announcing the amount of Choice Dollars you have available to designate. It is important that you designate those dollars to Zion. Simply follow the instructions in the letter to designate your Choice Dollars online or you can call 1-800-847-4836 and say Thrivent Choice at the prompt. Since there are many congregations with similar names, please be sure you designate Zion Lutheran Church, Superior WI. You should also have the option to set this up automatically so your future Choice Dollars will be designated to Zion without you having to do this step again. Please take few seconds to do this. Thank you.

MID-WEEK SERVICE: Just a reminder that Zion offers a Wednesday evening "Worship in the Garden" service at 6:30 pm. For those of you who spend weekends at the lake during the summer months, this is a perfect opportunity to continue your spiritual connection each week.

PRAYER VIGIL: This evening, Sunday, August 29at 6:30 pm, A prayer vigil will be held at Concordia Lutheran Church to pray for the family members of April, Lila, Annah and Matthew Magdzas as well as our community.

PRAYER CHAIN MISSION: Each week, a family name will be drawn at random from the mailing list, and that family will be prayed for during the next week. The family will receive a note in the mail to let them know about the prayers.

PRAYER CHAIN: Please submit any prayer requests to a member of the prayer chain: Delories Anderson 398-6097, Herb and Irene Holm 392-1177, or Lois Smith 398-3175. And as always, any late night requests should contact the Pastor's cell 218-349-6623.

 

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Contact the church office If you would like to add a name to the prayer list or to have someone removed.

 

Prayers of Healing: Brandi Johnson, Freda Moe, Barbara Ellison, John Thompson, Jack Morrow, Jeanne LaValley, Pastor Donald Berg, Irene Cole, Della Windsor, Alice Mattson, Mara and Heather Krysiak, David Larson, Marsha Checchin, Oliver Laurila, Agnes O'Brien, Skip Schier, Sue Szewzik.

Prayers of Thanksgiving: (If there are people on the Prayers of Healing list that have received healing for which they/we are thankful, please let the office know to move them to Prayers of Thanksgiving.)

Prayers of Protection: Darrick Mischke, Rory Windsor, Nathan Anthony, John Colletta, Mark Rukavina; for those who are in the service involved in the U.S. Response to Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the world: Brandon Heck, Anne Marie Flanagan, Hugh Naeyaert, Lee Pingels; and for all law enforcement officers, firefighters, and all those who put themselves at risk for others.

Prayers of Comfort: Remember those who are homebound and in nursing care homes.

 

Please take this prayer list home with you and pray for the individuals listed as part of your personal prayers.

SPECIAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING:

Our Church Council has called a Special Congregational Meeting on Sunday, September 12, at about 10:00 am (in-between Worship services). There will be two items on the agenda.

1. Should Zion Lutheran Church continue year around Worship at 9:00 and 11:00 am.

2. The approval of an updated Church Constitution.

 

This updated Constitution can be viewed at http://www.zionsuperior.org/zion-documents.html or a hard copy can be picked up at The Opportunities Table. If you have any questions about either of these, please talk with a Church Council member or Pastor Patrick.