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1 ZION EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH TH AVE. NORTH HUMBOLDT, IOWA PHONE: (515) FAX: (515) WEBSITE: zioninhumboldt.org December 23, 2018 Rev. Aaron Flatau Rev. Kyle McBee Senior Pastor Associate Pastor Cell Phone: Cell Phone: Barb Zabel, Preschool Teacher Phone: AT THE END OF THE SERVICE be sure to greet those who are seated around you. YOU are His Voice, His Hand, to those who are worshipping with you. FLOWERS are given to the glory of God by Kevin and Carole Zinnel in thankfulness for Kevin s dad, Delmer Keel Zinnel s 82 nd birthday on December 22. LUTHERAN HOUR The King s Strength with speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler. A true king s strength is seen, not in vaults and arsenals, but in the loyalty of his people. We celebrate the birth of the King who won the victory, not by taxing his subjects and killing his enemies, but by serving, loving and dying for them. By his resurrection, He destroyed the power of sin and lends us strength to become His loyal subjects. (Luke 1:26-56) Listen to The Lutheran Hour locally on Sunday at 12:01 p.m. on KHBT 97.7 FM and at 6:00 p.m. on KJYL FM or on the web at It is also on XM s Family Talk Radio Sundays at 1:00 p.m. (EST). Today s broadcast is sponsored to the glory of God by Bruce Lehman in memory of his parents, Oliver L. and Esther W. (Holst) Lehman and their wedding anniversary which was on December 25. HOSPITALIZED / ILL THIS WEEK: Stella Boomgarden Ainslie, Lansing, Michigan; Bert Kirchhoff, Skilled Care, North Care Center; Gene Ruby, Hospice - home; Bernice Gronbach, Skilled Care, Humboldt Hospital; Kysen Nostrom, St. Paul, Minnesota; Sarah Wood; Stephanie Ayala. LONG TERM PRAYERS: Mardy Snyder; David and Darlene Schultz, Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge; Michelle (Binger) Dornath (daughter of Joyce Fisher); Nola (Skow) Krier; Susan Allen; Joe Vanderhoff; Scot Slaikeu; Linda Waderich and Velma Wood (mother of Jennifer Rolland), Hospice - Long Term Care, Humboldt Hospital.

2 STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENTS: ATTENDANCE Saturday-59; Sunday-158; Sunday School Children s Christmas Service-285; Advent IV-144; STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE: OFFERINGS WEEK #50-12/16/2018 Weekly Budget Needs to Date: $8, DESIGNATED OFFERING: Weekly-$5,766; Birthday-$80; Growing In Christ-$100; Advent-$420; Christmas-$40; New Year s-$10; Ministerial Christmas Baskets-$50; Lutheran Witness Sub.-$22.67; Lutheran Bible Translators-$100; Contemporary Service Computer-$450; Memorial-Eugene Casey-Nativity-$200; SS Children s Christmas Service: Offering-$585; Lutheran Family Service Blue Bags-$125.50; Advent IV-$1;769.50; Weekly-$1,115; Christmas Eve-$20; Christmas-$5; Improvement Fund-$20; LYC Advent Supper Offering-$406; Growing In Christ Projects-$40; Memorial-Keith Wilhelm-Adult Choir-$10; ZION S SCHEDULE THIS WEEK: Mon. 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Service 11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Communion Tues. 9:30 a.m. Christmas Day Service with Communion 10:30 a.m. Jesus Birthday Cake Sat. 6:00 p.m. Worship Sun. 10:00 a.m. Worship Mon. 6:00 p.m. New Year s Eve Service with Communion If you have changed your phone number or are now using only a cell number, have a new address, or have moved and have a new physical address, please contact the church office at zion@goldfieldaccess.net or with your new phone number, address, and physical address. If you would want to receive by text weather closing for Zion, send a text to: In the message part of the text This will sign you up for the group. When events at the church are cancelled, you ll receive a text notifying you of what s going on. LWML MISSION NOTES: For DECEMBER we are collecting items for the Lotus Project. There is a great need for mothers in our area to get the necessary support and assistance to transform their lives and the lives of their children. Items needed include: bowl cleaner, bleach, Clorox wipes, paper towels, Bounce sheets, Kleenex, toilet paper (septic safe), laundry soap (not high efficiency), and stain remover. You can bring donations any time during the month of December and place them in the mission containers in the Narthex. Thank you for your continued support of our mission activities! LWML Mission Committee: Joan A., Marian A., Jackie S.

3 THOSE MOURNING THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES: Vernon Grebner Family (brother of Nadine Hockel and brother-in-law of Loretta Grebner passed away); Karen Schmidtke Family (mother of Connie Moench passed away); Keith Wilhelm Family (brother of Donna M. Day and uncle of David Wilhelm passed away); Debbie (Blumer) Van Roekel (niece of Bev Wilcox passed away); Alaina Carlota Galeana Family (infant daughter of Maxine Hoefer passed away). Christmas Services: Join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Christmas Eve Service will be at 6:00 p.m. and the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Communion will be at 11:00 p.m. The Christmas Day Service with Communion will be at 9:30 a.m. You are invited to join us for Jesus Birthday Cake following the Christmas Day Worship Service on December 25 in the Fellowship Hall. Join us for a time of fellowship as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. Those who have ordered Poinsettias and would like to take them home may pick them up following the Christmas Day Service on Tuesday, December 25. No names were attached, so first come first choice. A complete list of those remembered or honored will be included in the Christmas bulletins. We thank all of those who made this possible. If anyone would like to send cards or letters to Pastor Bob & Mardy Snyder, Ruth Buddenhagen and Marilee Collins, here are their addresses: Robert & Mardy Snyder: Mark & Deb Cunningham, 4897 Berkeley Dr, Naples, FL Ruth: 1201 SE Mill Pond Court, #241, Ankeny, IA Marilee: Country View Nursing Facility, 1720 Central Avenue East, Hampton, IA The 2019 Flower and KHBT Lutheran Hour Charts are posted in the Narthex to the south of the east bulletin board above the drinking fountain. If you would like to place flowers in the front of the Sanctuary on the side stones or sponsor a Lutheran Hour Broadcast you may do so by signing up on one of the charts. Please take time and consider one or both of these opportunities to give thanks and praise to our gracious Lord. Please start filling in Thank you. Your 2019 Offering Envelopes have been placed in your mail box. If you did not receive a set of envelopes, please contact the church office. Starting January 1 st, please use the 2019 envelopes this will help the counters keep envelopes and offerings in the proper year. Welcome in the New Year (2018) by joining us for Zion s New Year s Eve Service with Communion on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Invite neighbors and friends to join us as we worship our changeless God.

4 JR. LYC Scrip Program: The Jr. LYC has been doing a fundraiser using Scrip cards. They are always for sale in the church office, but we are also selling them after church on the first and third Sunday of the month. By buying groceries or gas, or giving them as gifts support the Jr. LYC. These also make great Christmas Gifts! Consider buying some cards as Christmas gifts or, some people even use the card for budgeting and for known monthly expenses. Proceeds go toward funding the adventures of the group. The following cards allow Jr. LYC to make a reasonable profit. 1- Fareway 3 percent back 2- Hy-Vee 5 percent back 2- Casey s 3 percent back 3- Millers Landing 10 percent back 4- Backseat Diner 10 percent back 5- Pasquales 10 percent back NATIVITY SCENE: The Nativity Scene was dedicated during the Advent service on November 28. It is now displayed on the south side of the church. Thank you to all who have given through donations and memorials to this project making it possible to order Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, and an angel. Memorial money has been given in memory of Martha Anderson (mother of Greg Anderson), Mary Ford (mother of Russ Naeve), Al Hippen, Pat Johnson, Ray Kunert, Eugene Bud Larsen (brother of Darlene Kunert), Margaret Lucas (grandmother of Lincoln Mason), Judy Peters (sister of Steve Peters), Vernon Schulze, and Judy Tannor (niece of Doris Kuehnast). The following have been purchased by families as memorials: A kneeling lamb in memory of Harold and Marj Kropf (parents of Marian Anderson and Don Kropf), a shepherd in memory of Mike Williams (son of Virgil and Marian Williams), a standing ram in memory of Marvin Anderson (father of Paul Anderson), a wiseman in memory of Kay Kollmorgen, and a kneeling donkey in memory of Dean Telford. Paul Davis made the star and Daryl Kuehnast made the stable. We will add more figures to the set as funds become available. Please continue to help with this project when possible with memorials and donations. We will leave the bucket set out for donations. Any spare change you have will continue to be appreciated. Thanks for your generous support of this project. The Evangelism Board Need to get rid of that extra yarn in your house? Keagan Burmeister has recently started a Yarn Club at UNI that is looking for yarn donations! Yarn Club will be using this donated yarn to teach students how to crochet, knit, loom, etc. and at least one item created by each student will be donated to a nonprofit organization. If interested, please contact Keagan at burmeisk@uni.edu or

5 There are sign-up sheets on the LWML bulletin board for LWML Serving; Dusting and Pressing; and Communion Setup for Please take time to sign up for a time that would be convenient for you. Thanks for your help! LWML has CARDS for sale! Sympathy, Wedding, Anniversary, Birthday, Get Well, Etc. Individual cards are $1.00 and the price for boxed cards is listed on back of the box. Check out cards on the cart and table in Narthex. Family Scrapbook Album: If you have NOT made your family scrapbook page please help yourself to a page and information card found in the drawer below the books. For ideas, flip through the pages to see how others have done theirs. Include your family members especially all that are Zion members, include your family interests. Make it playful and fun. If you already have a page update it if you wish at any time. LUTHERAN WITNESS, the official publication of the LC-MS, is available to members. The cost for an individual subscription is $ Please consider reimbursing Zion. Place your offering in an envelope marked Lutheran Witness Sub. with your envelope number. We thank those who have reimbursed Zion. If you are not receiving the Lutheran Witness and would like to, please notify the church office. CANS for CAMP OKOBOJI Please take all pop cans and bottles and put them in the container located outside on the east side of the Sunday school wing of the church building. Please completely empty all bottles and cans and please do not put garbage in them. Thank you. Upper Des Moines Opportunity (UDMO) would like different churches to collect/donate different items each month to ensure a good mix of products to distribute. Any donation is accepted but would like the focus to be on the designated items for the month when possible. For December Zion is asked to collect toilet paper. Please take them to the Humboldt County Food Pantry, th St., Humboldt on Mondays 9 a.m.-12 p.m., or Thursdays 1-4 p.m. DON T DELAY. DONATE TODAY. Although the deadline for donating to the Iowa Lutheran School Tuition Organization is December 31, 2018, last year tax credits were gone by the middle of December. Please consider donating today to help fund tuition assistance to Lutheran students in our Iowa Lutheran schools. How much Iowa tax do you pay each year? Why not send this money to help Lutheran students' families instead! Donors receive a 65% Iowa tax credit and possible Federal charitable deduction. Forms are on the web at iowalutheransto.org or call ILSTO program manager Dewey Torkelson at for more information. Please call to make sure we have credits available.

6 CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE Christmas Eve Service 6:00 p.m. Candlelight Service 11:00 p.m. Holy Communion Celebrated Christmas Day Service 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion Celebrated Jesus Birthday Cake 10:30 a.m /30 First Sunday After Christmas New Year s Eve Service 6:00 p.m. Holy Communion Celebrated