Welcome Friends, Family and Visitors!!

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1 Welcome Friends, Family and Visitors!! Please fill in the FRIENDSHIP PADS and pass them up and down your rows as this enables us to follow up with you. If you are visiting with us today and would like more information about opportunities available at Zion, please visit the Welcome Centre to receive a welcome package. To check out upcoming activities go online to:

2 Worship Leader: Larry Hooper Missionary Moment: Anika Creighton Message: Pastor Bruce Archer Series: I Believe Apostles Creed Today: I Believe God Made Heaven & Earth Scriptures: Genesis 1; Hebrews 11:1-3; Romans 1:18-20; Psalm 33:6-8 Coffee Club (Around the Tables) Workshops/Seminars Prayer Men s Groups Youth Small Groups for Kids Kids Church During 10:45 am Service NO Children s programs on long weekends. Nursery Care for 0 to 2.5 yrs right of the Gym Preschool 2-3 yrs in Rm 215 Preschool 4-5 yrs in Rm 214 ZionKids K to Gr. 6 in Rm 213

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4 Our family will be here in mid October!! The Core Group has secured and set up housing. The fund is at about half of what is needed. The congregation is invited to come have a look at the home that has been set up for the Horo family at #7 Princess Petra Avenue after church today until 2:00 pm. FUNDRAISER: We are planning a Silent Auction fundraiser in the not too distant future and will be accepting items to add to those we already have. You could purchase an item and donate it or donate a like new item you no longer need in your home. More info coming soon! Once again we are planning services in the near future to celebrate the following: Baptism Child Dedication Church Membership If you are interested in participating in any of the above please contact the church office as soon as possible. Operation Christmas Child Looking for new ways to get involved in packing shoe boxes this year? Join us for a packing party at the church on November 17 or 18. Bring your shoe box items and extra stuff, learn a bit more about OCC s impact around the world, and fellowship with your church friends and community! Please sign up at the Welcme Center and indicate which day and time your prefer. Plans wil be finalized once we have enough interest. For more info contact Cary Funk at

5 Individual tickets are available at the church office. For group tickets please go online to: Willing Hands Tues., Oct 17 10:00 am Ladies of any age are welcome to our Work Day and Salad Potluck Lunch. We will be tying quilts at 10 am and again in the afternoon. Join us for lunch and come learn to tie quilts with us...or come for the whole day! Ladies Volleyball Thursdays 8:00 pm Spread the word and bring a friend!

6 Our next big event is the Al Massira training course happening in Calgary. Please pray for Eldon who is deeply involved in the logistics and planning. He's been spending a lot of time at the computer "making it happen", with registrations, etc. Al Massira is an explanatory course designed to present a Biblical understanding of the faith and identity of the Messiah. It is a chronological and story-based journey through history and takes place in the land where that story originated. The course is designed to equip Christians on how to use the 13-session video series with non-believers. After we have received the training, we hope to use this course with inquiring Bangladeshi friends. Pray that God will lead us to the right people, whose hearts He is already preparing for an encounter with Himself. Please pray for our "adopted" son, Moe and his fiancee, Sara, who are getting married on September 30th. Both are believers in Jesus, from Muslim background. Sara's family is not at all happy that she is marrying a follower of Jesus and have made their pre-wedding weeks so difficult. Pray for Moe & Sara's safety, for some from her family to agree to attend the ceremony, and for the Gospel witness to be loving and strong. Pray as we reconnect with our Muslim friends after our time away. Pray for Ruth as she tries to reach out to Daisy who has many personal sorrows and also for her husband who has some health issues going on. We are grateful for your prayers, we depend on you, and count you as invaluable partners in this ministry. Ever grateful and still "in HIS grip"... Eldon and Ruth Gamble

7 LIFE GROUPS Tuesday, October 17th 7 9 pm Boys in the Youth Room with Eric Paulson & Cole Sundberg Girls at #10 Valarosa Cove with Shaylene Sundberg & Chelsea Budd To contact Pastor Spencer call or call / text or spencer@zemc.org NO AWANA OCT. 19TH Next Awana Club Night Thursday, October 26th Hermosillo, Mexico Shoebox Project Collecting $ from now until Christmas The Neufelds will purchase and disperse items to their Kids Breakfast Club in Hermosillo Please make cheques out to ZEMC and mark ZionKids Mission Project on the memo line To contact Pastor Christine call

8 Weekly Happenings: Sundays: THE 9:30 am - Something for everyone! Worship Service 10:45 am (Kid s Church K- Gr 6) Mondays: Basketball CANCELLED OCT 16TH ONLY Tuesdays: Ladies Study / Cubbies 9:15 am Thursdays: Awana 6 7:30 pm (NO AWANA OCT 19TH) Ladies Volleyball - 8:00 pm Board Update: Global Outreach Committee: As per our bylaws Debbie Rion, Peter Tanasiychuk, Nathan Kornelsen and Trevor Rowe have been appointed. Harold Johnsrude will serve as Board rep and Pastor Mike staff rep. Nominating Committee 2017: As per our bylaws the Board appointed Rachel Kohut, Mark Lefebvre, Ronanne Poffenroth, Steve Jardine and Pastor Mike.to serve. Zion Vision Statement was reviewed and discussed to evaluate ways to gauge the progress we are making. We will begin this evaluation at our next meeting. PRAYER REQUESTS: Using request forms from the back of the sanctuary chairs, write your request and put it in the offering. For urgent requests, prayer@zemc.org, call Karen at , or call the church office. SECRETARIAL HOURS Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Closed on Stat Holidays Bulletin Deadline: Wednesdays 1:00 pm SERVICES AVAILABLE ON CD ($1) Call the office to request a copy OR Catch up online (Audio and/or Video) CONTACT US Box 686, Didsbury, AB info@zemc.org library@zemc.org Online: ZION STAFF - SERVING TOGETHER Mike Morgan - Senior Pastor Bruce Archer - Associate Pastor Spencer Smith - Youth Pastor Christine Little - Children s Pastor Tanner Friesen - Pastoral Intern Debbie Rion - Administrative Secretary David Lundeen - Facilities Manager Bud Parry - Treasurer