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1 ZION EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH TH AVE. NORTH, HUMBOLDT, IOWA PHONE: (515) FAX: (515) WEBSITE: zioninhumboldt.org December 10, 2017 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 Roger and Marlys Johnson in honor of their 57 th wedding anniversary and the many blessings they have received. LUTHERAN HOUR Prep Time with Speaker Emeritus Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus. Preparing for Christmas is quite different than preparing for Christ. Today s Lutheran Hour message explores those differences. (Mark 1:1-3) 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 The Lutheran Hour is also on XM s Family Talk Radio every Sunday at 1:00 p.m. (EST). Today s broadcast is sponsored to the glory of God by Roger and Marlys Johnson in honor of their 57 th wedding anniversary and the many blessings they have received. HOSPITALIZED THIS WEEK: Gene Ruby, Waterloo; Brian Sexe (son of Chuck & JoAnn Sexe), Sioux Falls, SD; Jerry Diedrick, Mayo, Rochester; Vernon Schulze, Hospice, Humboldt. Please remember in your PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Wayne Vaudt Family (Denny Vaudt s father and Chad Vaudt s grandfather passed away); Dawn Busse (sister of Terry Busse and niece of Judy Harklau); Abby Wickre; Scot Slaikeu; Connor (grandson of Ellie Rippee); Sidney Paul. Thank you so very much to my Zion church family for the many cards, phone calls and offers of help after my recent surgery. It is so comforting to know others care. Blessings to all. Marlys Johnson

2 STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENTS: ATTENDANCE Saturday-70; Communed-52; Sunday-202; Communed-126; Advent 2-144; STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE: OFFERINGS WEEK #49-12/3/2017 Weekly Budget Needs to Date: $6, DESIGNATED OFFERING: Weekly-$5,043.12; Thanksgiving-$50; Preschool-$250; Improvement Fund-$65; Harvest Home-$125; Birthday-$135; Evangelism Poinsettias-$9; Reimbursements: Library-$46.93; Women s Bible Study Material-$45; Advent 2-$455; Weekly-$90; Lutheran Witness Sub.-$22.67; Scholarship Fund-$45; HCMA Christmas Boxes-$50; Advent Meal-Board of Stewardship-$ ZION S SCHEDULE THIS WEEK: Today 3:00 p.m. Service of Remembrance at Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home 4:30 p.m. Jr. LYC (5 th -8 th grade) Pizza, Caroling, & Hot Cocoa 5:00 p.m. Christmas Caroling (Everyone) Mon. 7:00 p.m. Trustees 8:00 p.m. Council Tues. 9:15 a.m. Women s Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Women s Bible Study Wed. 10:00 a.m. Preschool Christmas Program 5:30 p.m. Advent Supper (Contemporary Service Group) 6:30 p.m. Advent Service 7:15 p.m. Confirmation 7:15 p.m. Adult Choir Fri. No Preschool until January 3 6:00 p.m. Wedding Rehearsal Sat. 9-11:00 a.m. Sunday School Christmas Service Rehearsal 3:00 p.m. Tyler Zaugg/Kyndsie Conlon Wedding 6:00 p.m. Worship Sun. 8:45 a.m. Sunday School/Dress Rehearsal 8:45 a.m. Youth & Adult Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Worship 6:30 p.m. Sunday School Children s Christmas Service 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/or physical address. LWML has CARDS for sale! Baby, Sympathy, Wedding, Anniversary, Birthday, Get Well, Etc. Individual cards are $1.00 and the price for boxed cards is on back of the box. Check out cards on the cart and table in Narthex.

3 NEWLY ELECTED CHURCH OFFICERS We thank all those who allowed their name to be submitted for nomination for an office for the year Those who were elected and installed: President: Vice President: Secretary: Financial Secretary: Assistant Financial Secretary: Board of Elders: Board of Trustees: Board for Stewardship: Board for Christian Education: Board for Evangelism: Cemetery Committee: Nominating Committee: Auditing Committee: Jim Helvick Fred Arndt Marilyn Kuehnast Marian Anderson Leonard Bremer Cory Donahe, Jeff Friesth, Jim Gronbach, Bruce Reimers Will Clough, David Knight Marcus Mundt, Gary Peyton Dee Hesse, Darla Opheim Pam Davis, Amy Nostrom Daryl Kuehnast LeRoy Jorgensen Jana Bratland RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING CHURCH OFFICERS We thank those who are leaving office for their faithful service to our Lord and Zion Lutheran Church. They include: Board of Elders: Board of Trustees: Board for Stewardship: David Torkelson Brian Ernst Jerry Bacon

4 NEWLY ELECTED L.W.M.L. OFFICERS We thank all those who allowed their name to be submitted for nomination for an office for the year Those who were elected and installed: Co-Chairs: Secretary: Treasurer: Joyce Thompson, Marilyn Kuehnast Mary Stolle Cheryl Miller There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board for CIRCLE HOSTESSES and ALTAR GUILD for Please take time to sign up for a time that would be convenient for you. Thanks for your help!

5 The Gemütlichkeit Committee wishes to extend a Big Thank You to everyone who donated their time, talents, food or money to the luncheon. Also, thank you to those who served on a new committee this year and those who were steadfast in serving on their old committees. We could not have put this all together without the help and support of everyone. We appreciate everyone s efforts in this luncheon. We look forward to working with all of you again next year. The Gemütlichkeit Committee: Carol Christiansen, Lynette Christensen, Jodi Giddings, Arloa Rapple, Mary Stolle, Bev Zinnel You are invited to attend a Service of Remembrance this afternoon, December 10 at 3:00 p.m. held at the Mason Lindhart Funeral Home, as we remember loved ones who have been called home to be with the Lord. There will be hymns, special music, readings, and a brief message. Refreshments will be served following the service. Today, December 10 the Jr. LYC will have a meal of pizza at 4:30 p.m. in Zion s Fellowship Hall and then we will go Christmas Caroling with Zion members. We will meet in the west entrance to the Fellowship Hall at 5:00 p.m. for caroling and proceed to the North Care Center (5:10), South Care Center (5:40) and long-term care unit (6:05) finishing at Springvale (6:20 & 6:40 north side then south side). Bring your Santa hats, jingle bells and friends and join in for a couple hours of fun! Following the caroling we will have Hot Cocoa back in Zion s Fellowship Hall. 'Sing a joyful noise unto the Lord' today, December 10 by caroling with Zion members! We'll be meeting in the west entrance to the Fellowship Hall at 5:00 p.m. and proceeding to the North Care Center (5:10), South Care Center (5:40) and long-term care unit (6:05) finishing at Springvale (6:20 & 6:40 north side then south side). Bring your Santa hats, jingle bells and friends and join in for a couple hours of fun! Call Judy ( ) for more details! The Jr. LYC (5 th -8 th grade) will be joining us for caroling. The Contemporary Service Group will be hosting the Midweek Advent Supper this Wednesday, December 13 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The menu will consist of Baked Spaghetti, garlic bread, dessert and refreshments. Proceeds will go toward Contemporary Service expenses such as music and supplies. Midweek Advent Services will continue this Wednesday, December 13 at 6:30 p.m. The theme for Advent is Keeping Watch. Please join us for a wonderful meal, fellowship and worship. Following Gemütlichkeit we have quite a few PANS / DISHES / BUCKETS on the carts in the Narthex. Please check the carts and take yours home. Thank you.

6 Zion is responsible for filling nine Christmas Basket/Boxes for needy families in Humboldt County. If you wish to support this project, place your gift in an envelope marked Christmas Baskets/Boxes with your envelope number and put in the offering plate or leave it in the church office. LWML MISSION NOTES: For DECEMBER we are collecting monetary donations and Wal-Mart gift cards for Mission Central in Mapleton, Iowa. They use the cards to purchase inventory items and perishable items that are needed to support our mission team there. If you prefer to donate money toward the gift cards, please put your donation in an envelope marked Mission Central and leave it in the church office or in the offering plate. Mission Central provides support for worldwide missionary work of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. In addition to monetary support, they ask for prayers for our missionaries in the mission field. We also ask that you think and pray for Pastor Carl Hanson and family in Hong Kong, which our church supports through Mission Central. Thank you for your support of our mission projects. Thanks to Thrivent Live Generously we will make Christmas bags for Beacon of Hope. Items needed for the bags are: socks, men s boxers/underwear (size M-XXL), deodorant, disposable razors, foot powder, combs, shampoo (regular size bottles), winter gloves, and winter face mask caps. These items are needed by December 15. Please place your donations in the Narthex box. Thanks. LWML Mission Committee: Marian A., Bev A., Joan A. Sunday School Parents: The Shepherd s Christmas is our theme for this year s Sunday School Children s Christmas Service held the evening of Sunday, December 17. Come celebrate the Christmas Story! Our practice schedule is listed below. Thanks for bringing your children to the practices and Sunday school as we will be learning songs for our service. If you will not be able to join us for the Christmas program, please let your teacher or the office know, so we can plan accordingly for speaking parts. We greatly enjoy working with your child and look forward to a wonderful celebration! Practice schedule for Sunday School Children s Service: (Each Sunday morning during Sunday School music) Saturday, December 16 9:00-11:00 a.m. Sunday, December 17 Sunday School Dress rehearsal for Service Sunday, December 17 6:30 p.m. SS Children s Christmas Service (Please have children arrive at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.) Sunday School Parents: A Lutheran Family Service blue offering bag has been sent home with the your children. Take a few minutes during this busy holiday season to use this devotional tool and come together as a family as you celebrate the coming birth of our Savior. The blue offering bag should be returned the night of the Children s Christmas Service Sunday, December 17. Please tie the bags loosely and not in a knot so they can be reused next year.

7 The Sunday School Mission Project this year is the Beacon of Hope out of Fort Dodge. It is a Christ-Centered Faith-based ministry working cooperatively with the community to eliminate homelessness. If you would like to help out the Sunday School with their Mission, the following items are needed and will be donated to the Beacon of Hope: Toothbrushes New Washcloths Travel Size Toothpaste Pocket Packs of Kleenex Dental Floss Hairbrush/Comb Travel Size Deodorant Toilet Paper Disposable Razors Paper Towels Travel Size Shaving Cream Kleenex Bar of Soap New Tube Socks Travel Size Shampoo/Conditioner New Underwear/Boxers Hats and Gloves For a list of additional items or other ways to donated please visit Candles on the Altar longer shells with more capacity: The current shells (the white part of the altar candles) hold a capacity to burn for about 3 to possibly 4 services. They are routinely filled by the ladies of the church every couple of weeks and they have been very diligent about filling them. There have been times where the candles still have become low (typically when we become busy with funerals and weddings). One idea proposed to help would be to buy replacements inserts with a greater capacity. The current inserts are about 10 inches high. They sell replacement inserts that are 17 inches high -- this would obviously increase the capacity of the oil in the candles. We could also try wider diameter inserts. We would keep the schedule for filling them the same, but with the increased capacity, they shouldn t run low. The replacement inserts would cost roughly $100 each. There are six candles on the altar. The council thought it wise to ask the congregation if anyone would be willing to donate toward the cost to purchase the inserts. Donations can be routed through the offering with envelope marked candles. Greeters are wanted at the Sunday School doors from 8:30-8:45 a.m. on Sundays to greet and especially welcome our visitors and grandparents, etc. to the Sunday School area and guide students to their rooms. Please sign up by the Sunday School doors if you are able to be a Sunday School greeter. Put your name, telephone number and check the box if you would like a reminder call. Thank you. There are sign-up sheets on the LWML bulletin board for anyone who did not sign up previously to furnish a cake or salad or to help serve at funerals. Please do not sign up if you already have. Thank you.

8 JR. LYC Scrip Program: Orders are taken for Scrip Cards the 1 st and 3 rd Sunday of the month. By buying groceries, gas or giving them as gifts you support the Jr. LYC. The following cards allow Jr. LYC to make a reasonable profit: 1- Fareway 3 percent back 2- Hy-Vee 5 percent back 3- Casey s 3 percent back We also have three $25 T-J-Maxx/Marshalls/HomeGoods cards available. These cards make great Christmas gifts while helping our Jr. LYC kids! LUTHERAN WITNESS, the official publication of the LC-MS, is available to members. The cost for an individual subscription is now $ 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 empty 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. Thank you. Humboldt Middle School Christmas Concert: The Humboldt Middle School Music Department is pleased to present their annual Christmas Concert on Monday, December 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the R. Wesley Carlson Auditorium. The concert features the Middle School 7/8 Grade Concert Band, 6 th Grade Chorus and 7/8 Grade Chorus. It is the students goal to fill the R.W. Carlson Auditorium with Christmas spirit through beautiful and joyous music. Each ensemble will contribute to the season s spirit by performing your holiday favorites, mixed with fresh new music that everyone is sure to enjoy! Admission is only $3 for adults, and $2 for students. See you there! BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: You have heard the saying, the family that prays together, stays together? A survey by the Barna Research Group indicates that this old saying is still true, not just for families but also for married couples. Research documents that couples who hold a shared belief system (including prayer and attending church regularly) have a significantly lower divorce rate than the general population. So just a little reminder in case you didn t already know: growing in your faith is not only good for you and for your children, it s good for your marriage! Lutheran Family Service of Iowa (800) or (515)