CALLING ALL LADIES!!! Ladies Guild Meeting-- April 1st, :00 P.M. ...

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1 News from Zion News from Zion Z i o n e v a n g e l i c a l c h u r c h ~ S c o t t s b l u f f, N e b r a s k a AP RIL, 2013 Z i o v i s t a b e a m. c o m W w w. z i o n s c o t t s b l u f f. c o m COMMUNION Sunday, April 7 communion will be served in the chapel following the 10:30 service. F ro m t he pa s to r s d e s k... Showers of Blessing I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. Ezekiel 34:26 NKJV As April opens before us and we long for showers to come, I can say with confidence, I do not know what the weather holds but I do know who holds the weather, and cares for his people in times of need. What a contrast is the verse above from Hosea 8:11 which says, Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord GOD, That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD. NKJV The difference? In one passage, God is P l e a s e Ta k e n o t e... Mission Prayer Partners for April, Todd/Zach Pieper & Zach VanDyke 14 - Gideons International 21 - Rick & Fairy Hattan/AWANA 28 - Tom & Sandi Hofmann/ AWANA GREBEL & COFFEE Saturday, April 6 7 a.m a.m. PRE-ORDERS and HELP welcome. Sign up at the Welcome Center! Or call compassionate to his people and promises to shepherd and care for them as his own flock; in the other, the people have rejected the Lord and gone after false gods. Yet to all who will truly seek the Lord, he holds the solution to their every thirst and need. God has clearly promised, And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV Therefore, with the Psalmist, let us earnestly pray, As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. Psalm 42:1 NKJV And let the showers of blessing and songs of refreshing to both souls and land freely come! Pastor Garry Get your newsletter first and in color if you receive it via . Just drop us a note at zion@vistabeam.com and we ll put you on our list. Give it a try for one month... if you don t like it, we ll happily switch you back. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

2 Page 2 Congratulations to those baptized by immersion on March 17th: Shawna Hill Beau Lofink Braden Lofink Austin Rhamy Talia Robertus Halley Schanaman Anna Schick Congratulations to our 2013 Confirmands: Gunnar Alex Buchhammer Emily Danae Doremus Rachel Kristina Hancock Braden Dean Lofink Baily Jean Kreider Austin Levi Rhamy Colter Todd Robertus General Fund for FEBRUARY, 2013 INCOME: Fund Raisers $ Interest Income Other Income Sunday Offering 13, TOTAL INCOME $ 15, EXPENSES: Bldg. & Grounds $ Fund Raising Ministry Mission Fund Office Staff Benefits 3, Staff Salary Utilities 1, TOTAL EXPENSES: $ 13, TOTAL INCOME/EXPENSE $ 2, CALLING ALL LADIES!!! Ladies Guild Meeting-- April 1st, :00 P.M. Sympathies and condolences are extended to......lydia Becking and family on the passing of sisterin-law, Helen Becking....Art & Sharon Stricker and family on the passing of Irene Stricker....friends and family of Albert & Eldora Reifschneider....Sandra Sauer & family on the passing of greatgrandson Hunter Alkire....Jovetta & Charlie Stricker and family on the passing of Jovetta s brother, Harvey Yekel. Congratulations to......violet Harris on her birthday, March 2nd.... Matt & Andrea Ray on the birth of daughter, Tatum Joy Ray, born March 4th, weighing 9#1oz and 21 5/8 long. Proud siblings are Turner, Madison and Ryland and Grandma and Grandpa Ray....Bill &Shirley Loose on their 58th Wedding Anniversary on March 6th!...Betty Brothers on her birthday, March 6th!...Dewey Brothers on his 91st Birthday, March 9th!...Jake Kautz on his 87th Birthday, March 10th!...Stan Stricker on his 85th Birthday, March21st.... Micah Schick on his participation in the Math Olympics in Colorado Springs....Helen Maier on her 86th Birthday on March 26th!...Helen & Harry Maier on their 65th Wedding Anniversary! COOP RECEIPTS: $43,130.40

3 Page 3 AN MISSION OPPORTUNITY TO HELP! Our names are Zach Van Dyke and Zach Pieper, and we are current members of the Zion and have been raised here our whole lives. We are both studying health professions at Chadron State College. While away at school, we were presented with an opportunity to go on a mission s trip, and we felt led to do so. As a result, we will be traveling to Falmouth, Jamaica. We will be leaving May 10 th and returning May 19 th. This is a medical mission s trip; while there we will be focusing on sharing the gospel and working in the medical and dental clinics. There are also a number of construction projects and orphanages that we will visit and lend a helping hand. This trip does not fall under the umbrella of any mission s organization, and is entirely put on and funded by the people that are going. Because of this, we are each in charge of our own individual fund raising. We would like to ask for your support in this endeavor, both through prayer and financially, if you are able. Please pray with us that we will dedicate our energy to serving the physical and spiritual needs of the families of Jamaica. If the Lord is leading you to help financially, your gift can be made to Zion Missions and sent/given to Linda Peterson or Barb Kautz. We are extremely excited for this opportunity and anything you can give through prayer or otherwise is greatly appreciated. Thank you and may God bless you richly! SINGSPIRATON In both services on Mother s Day, May 12th, we will be doing a SINGSPIRATON and we are looking for volunteers! You can play an instrument, do a solo or sing as a group. Join in this celebration of music and sign up at the Welcome Center. Call the church office if you have questions at or see Pastor Garry. Wondering about how to become a member of Zion Evangelical Church? We would love to have your join our fellowship of believers. If interested, call the church office at or talk to Pastor Garry. Thank you to all who donated lilies for our Easter celebrations: From David and Virginia Kaufman on memory of David s grandparent s and Virginia s parents. From Lea Dittenber and family in memory of Rhine Dittenber. From Shirley Ruppel and the Schadwinkels in memory of Harold Ruppel. From Barb Steffensen in memory of husband, Don Steffensen. From Terry Martin in memory of parents, Don and Ardy Brady. From Gene Minch in memory of wife, Mildred. From Jerry & Kim Doremus in memory of son, Nicholas. From Cindee & Cliff Reichert in memory of Cindee s parents and two brothers, Chris and Scott. From Ruth Hein & family in memory of Floyd Hein. From Delores Pfenning in memory of husband, Roy; Mr. & Mrs. Reinhardt Feil, Sr. and Mr.& Mrs. Henry Pfenning. KCMI Broadcast for April is given in loving memory George & Leah Reichert; Larry Reichert, and Sam & Carol Schanaman from Cliff & Cindee Reichert and Brenda Smith.

4 Page 4 ~ AWANA NEWS ~ Congratulations to our February Clubbers of the Month: Sparks Ashtyn Silverman & Brayden Hale; T&T Hope Schanaman & Cameron Meyer and Trek Austin Rhamy. Way to go, Clubbers! There are only four regular club nights left!!! We are getting down to the wire on clubbers completing 30 sections in their handbooks in order to be presented with their invitation to the Pizza Reward Party on April 21st. Congratulations to Danara Abshire, Maddux Janecek, Tristan Deem, Tristen Brannan, Claire Powell, Delaney Haun, Isaac Ashford and Molly Stricker! Great job, Clubbers!!! Congratulations to Danara Abshire for bringing two guests to club and receiving 30 shares!!! We had a wonderful time with our special guests our grandparents - the last club meeting in February for Grandparent s Day. My cousin, Vern Benzel, was the guest speaker and he shared with us about the very serious car accident that he was involved in about 15 years ago. The young lady that hit him had just graduated from high school a few days prior, had her whole future ahead of her and due to being a distracted driver, she died in the accident and was laid to rest a few days later. This led to sharing the message of salvation - no one is guaranteed tomorrow! As I remind the grandparents every year, their godly example and prayers for their grandchildren are a treasure! We enjoyed a great evening of fellowship and a variety of freezer pies. March Madness: We started out our celebration of madness/craziness on the 3 rd by wearing our crazy socks. We had some fun and crazy socks and Josie s mom found a new way to display her crazy socks! (It didn t last long, though.) Like I told the clubbers, some of them wear crazy socks as a part of their normal, daily routine so it probably wasn t a real special/different club time for them. On the 10 th, we had Inside/Out night. Last year, we had Backwards Night so I thought that we d try inside/out this year. I have to say that in my opinion, wearing your clothes inside out is MUCH (Continued on page 5)

5 Page 5 (Continued from page 4) EASIER and MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE than backwards!!! We had a dad and son duo that went all out. Can you guess who they are? There was also a leader that didn t read the sentence in the flyer about keeping it appropriate as I didn t want to see anyone s underwear! Yes, Zion Church, it is one of our newly elected deacons in his inside-out boxers HAHAHA!!! The 17 th St. Patrick s Day we were in our green!!! This was by far our most highly participated of the March Madness activities!!! At check-in, the clubbers had three containers to take one out of a green basketball necklace, a green chocolate candy coin and a green noisemaker... yes, I said, noisemaker. My Staff was wondering whether I was in my right mind to do this and before the whistle was blown to start Opening Ceremony, I had several of them threatening to resign! As you can see by the pictures I included, there was a headband that was a favored item of the Trek group to take pictures in even their fearless leader! Looking good, Randy!!! We are in full swing with AWANA Games practices and as of this writing, we are less than a week away from AWANA Games competition at WNCC on March 23 rd. We have had some changes in the games that the clubbers compete in as well as the T&T boys and girls are combined on a team rather than separate this year. We would love to have a huge cheering section from Zion. The Sparks compete at 1:00 and T&T at 3:00. Hope to see you there!!! The rest of March we do not have club due to Palm Sunday on the 24 th and Easter on the 31 st. The AWANA Staff will not be off, though, as we will be serving our annual Easter Breakfast to the Zion Congregation between the two church services. Looking forward to visiting with and serving all of you! As we are on the verge of closing out our 30 th year of AWANA at Zion, my prayer is that we will not resign from making noise when it comes to declaring the Good News of the Gospel for the NEXT 30 years (or until Christ returns!) You can be sure that I will continue to remind you that... GOD IS IN CONTROL!!! Cheryl Rose, Zion AWANA Commander

6 CIRCLE OF PRAISE: ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION April 20th - 6:00 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share. Sign up at the Welcome Center. LADIES GUILD: Zion ladies met March 4th with 16 ladies present. Prayer was given by Linda Petersen and two hymns were sung. The Secretary and Treasurer s report was given and approved. In old business, final plans for the Soup Supper were discussed. Angel Food cakes will be made the day before the supper and sell for $7.50. We will also sell noodles, butterballs and rye bread during the supper. The Guild also approved buying 2 new noodle machines. In other business, Elaine gave an update on the new faucet for the big kitchen sink. The Guild voted to accept the bid that Erik got for us. Elaine will get with Eric to see when it can be installed. Our Mother s Day Tea will be May 6. We will have an update at our April meeting. There was no new business. Our devotion was given by Linda; it was the Easter Story using a Easter tree and putting ornaments on it that go with the different events leading up to Easter. Our hosts for the evening were Barb Steffensen, Helen Maier and Kathy Jay and our next meeting will be April 1. YOUTH - The only way to describe the month of March for our youth programs is busy. In addition to all of our normal weekly activities, every Saturday in March had activities planned. We started the month with our ski trip on March 2. Our group of 13 skiers enjoyed good snow, beautiful weather, and clear roads. It would be hard to imagine how we could have had a better day for this trip. The next Saturday several of our Page 6 youth group members volunteered to help out with the soup dinner hosted by the Ladies Guild. The ladies made the night a great success, and I was proud of how hard the students who came to help worked. On Saturday, March 16, my Sunday school class got together to enjoy a fun day together. We began with a hike out in the beautiful hills south of Gering. We then had dinner together before ending the day with a movie that evening. The following Saturday our Awana Club participated in the Awana Games at WNCC. On the last weekend of the month our students were busy with Easter week activities. Students participated in the Easter Egg Hunt as well as preparations for Easter breakfast. We also took advantage of a long weekend off of school to get outside and enjoy a hike during that weekend. As busy as March was, I was surprised not to have been worn out by the end of it, but all of the activities presented important opportunities to spend valuable time with students with whom I love to spend time. I trust the relationships built doing things together will increase the impact of the lessons I teach on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Now that March is over, we have less than two months of the current school year. Please pray that I can take full advantage of the remaining opportunities to teach and encourage the students to trust God with more and more of their decisions. Andy

7 Page 7 Zion Evangelical Church Calendar April, 2013 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY :30 Staff Meeting GREBEL & COFFEE 7-10 A.M. 7:00 Guild 7:00 Church Board Mtg Happy Birthday, Anna Schick 8:30 Worship & Praise 9:30 Prayer Team I 9:30 Zion & Emerald Ct 10:30 KCMI Broadcast 11:30 Communion/Chapel 3:30 Awana :00 Night :30 Worship & Praise 14 9:30 Prayer Team II 9:30 Zion & Emerald Ct. 3:30 AWANA 4:15 Vespers/Residency 7:00 100th Anniversary Comm. Meeting 15 7:00 Jeremiah House Circle of Praise 6:00 8:30 Worship & Praise 9:30 Prayer Team III 9:30 Zion/Emerald Ct. 3:30 AWANA 4:15 Vespers/Residency :00 Night Valley Mobile Food Pantry 1:00 p.m :30 Worship & Praise 9:30 Prayer Team IV 9:30 Zion/Emerald Ct. 3:30 AWANA 28 Happy Birthday, Pastor Amos!