ZION EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH 1005 11TH AVE. NORTH, HUMBOLDT, IOWA 50548 PHONE: (515) 332-3279 FAX: (515) 332-3295 E-MAIL: zion@goldfieldaccess.net WEBSITE: zioninhumboldt.org September 18, 2016 Rev. Aaron Flatau Rev. Jerry Raether Senior Pastor Pastor Emeritus Cell Phone: 890-7558 Cell Phone: 890-7499 Barb Zabel, Preschool Teacher Phone: 332-3064 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 in honor of Ronald and LaDonna Volf s 21 st Wedding Anniversary. LUTHERAN HOUR Be Careful Who Sings Your Praises with speaker Rev. Dr. Gregory Seltz. God invites us to take all that He gives us and then put it to work for others. (Luke 16:1-15) 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 100.7 FM or on the web at www.lutheranhour.org/afn/listen.htm. 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 Doris Kuehnast in memory of her husband, Marvin. HOSPITALIZED THIS WEEK: Dean Telford and Roger Sturtz, Long Term Care, Humboldt; Christian Ohm, home. Please remember in your PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Bret and Karen Peterson Family (Karen s mom, Donna Northrup, passed away); Sidney Paul; Chad Klein, (Bruce and Sue Reimers nephew). Baptized into the Christian faith following last night s worship service was HAYDEN RICHARD PEDERSON, the son of Travis and Amanda (Brodin) Pederson. Hayden was born on July 13, 2016 at Iowa Specialty Hospital, Clarion, Iowa. Serving as sponsors were Coleton Brodin, and Courtney and Jeremiah Clark. May our gracious Lord grant Hayden a long life filled with His richest blessings. If you would like to use a Child s Activity pack they are located in the nursery.
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENTS: ATTENDANCE Saturday-40; Sunday: Rally Day-8:45 a.m.-260; 10:00 a.m.-74; STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE: OFFERINGS WEEK #37-9/11/2016 Weekly Budget Needs to Date: $5,873.00 DESIGNATED OFFERING: Weekly-$4,704.68; Preschool-$420; Birthday-$88; Improvement Fund-$60; KHBT Lutheran Hour-$31.50; Reimbursements: HHS Memorial Garden Service Copies-$50, Copies-$34, Women s Bible Study Material-$285; ZION S SCHEDULE THIS WEEK: Mon. 6:00 p.m. Education 1:00 p.m. Gemütlichkeit Committee Meeting October Newsletter Deadline Tues. Secretarial Conference in Des Moines 9:15 a.m. Women s Bible Study 1:30 p.m. Evangelism 2:00 p.m. LWML Bingo at North Care Center 6:45 p.m. Women s Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Life Light Bible Study Wed. 10:00 a.m. Ladies Bible Study Noon Ministerial Alliance Meeting 5:30-7 p.m. Jr. LYC Meal and Activity 7:00 p.m. Confirmation 7:00 p.m. Adult Choir Sat. 8 a.m.-noon Zion s Annual Garage Sale 6:00 p.m. Worship with Communion Sun. 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Youth & Adult Bible Studies 10:00 a.m. Worship with Communion October Newsletter Deadline is Monday, September 19. Please submit any information you wish included in the newsletter no later tomorrow. Thanks. LWML has CARDS for sale! We have Baby, Sympathy, Wedding, Anniversary, Birthday, Get Well, Etc. Individual cards are $1.00 and the price for boxed cards is listed on the back of the box. Check out the cards on the cart and table in the Narthex. There are three ring binders available in the Narthex located on the table along the north wall. Please help yourself. If you have changed your phone number or are now using only a cell number, have a new e-mail address, or have moved and have a new physical address, please contact the church office at zion@goldfieldaccess.net or 332-3279 with your new phone number, e-mail address, and physical address.
ZION GARAGE SALE IS SEPTEMBER 24 The 15 th Annual Zion Garage Sale, Bake Sale and Coffee will be held on September 24 from 8:00 a.m.-noon in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring your donations and bake sale items Thursday evening, September 22 through early Saturday morning, September 24 for the sale. The Confirmation Banquet, Zion Preschool and the LYC will receive a share of the proceeds. Help is needed in all areas including organizing and placing your items on the tables, bake sale items, cashiering and cleaning up at the end of the sale. If you can help set out your donations, please do so. We appreciate all your donations, especially, your baked goodies. We ask that you not bring TVs, computer parts or large appliances. If you can help, please call Mary Grebe at 332-5815. Thank you!! Friends of Zion Committee
The Lord has blessed Karl and Mary Bratland with the gift of a baby boy, GRAHAM THOMAS, who was born Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois. Grandparents are Kenny and Jana Bratland. May our gracious Lord grant Graham a long life filled with His richest blessings. The Lord has blessed Arnie and Nicole Zinnel with the gift of a baby girl, ELYNN LOUISE, who was born Friday, September 9, 2016 at Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, Iowa. Grandparents are Keith and Bev Zinnel. May our gracious Lord grant Elynn a long life filled with His richest blessings. I would like to send a big thank you to Zion and the Denny Moench family for the generous scholarship that was awarded to me. It will help me continue in my second year of my studies of psychology and human services and my minor studies of family studies, theology, and LOGOS honors at Grand View University in Des Moines. I am truly blessed to have caring people in our church community that are willing to help young people further their education at a Lutheran faith based University. Thank you and God Bless you all, Amber Kluender The Gemütlichkeit Committee will be meeting Monday, September 19 at 1:00 p.m. If you would like to be put on another list, please let a Committee member know. Thank you. Gemütlichkeit Committee: Lynette Christensen 515-293-1027 Carol Christiansen 368-1176 Jodi Giddings 368-0260 Mary Stolle 604-4019 Bev Zinnel 332-5266 The Evangelism Board will be meeting Tuesday, September 20 at 1:30 p.m. LIFE LIGHT Bible Study will resume Tuesday, September 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Narthex. The Fall session will be Overview of the Bible. LWML MISSION NOTES: For SEPTEMBER we will be collecting snack items for CARE PACKAGES sent to Zion s college students and military personnel. Snack foods, except potato chips, are welcome. Microwaveable non-perishable foods, candy, hot chocolate mix, popcorn, drink mix, gum, and fruit snacks are a few suggestions. If a cash gift is more convenient for you, please leave in the Church Office and we will use it to purchase items. The boxes being sent will include Homemade COOKIES. A sign-up sheet for those willing to bake cookies is posted on the east bulletin board in the Narthex. You will be called when the cookies are needed. PARENTS: Please turn in your child s college/military address to the church office before September 28 th if you want them included in the Care Package mailing. Thank you. LWML Mission Committee: Marian, Renee, Joan
October is Meals on Wheels for Zion. We need volunteers to deliver the congregate meals. We have 4 routes. The meals are delivered from the Humboldt Hospital starting at 10:45 a.m. (use back door). There are sign-up calendars posted on a table in the Narthex. Please sign your name and telephone number. The meals are free to volunteers. If you are able to substitute please put this down. If you have not done it before and would like to but have questions please call Jan Jorgensen at 332-2280 or cell 890-3073. The SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER is available on the table in the Narthex. If you would like to receive the newsletter by e-mail, please notify the church office. If anyone is willing to make dill pickles for Gemütlichkeit, please contact a Committee member. Thank you. The 2016 Flower and KHBT Lutheran Hour Charts are posted across the hall from the church office. 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. Sundays still available are: FLOWERS: October 2 & 30. KHBT LUTHERAN HOUR: September 25; October 30; November 27; December 4, 11 & 18. Want to run a Video Camera during church? Zion is looking for a team of people who might be willing to run a video camera during the services. The camera is located in the balcony of the church, and is relatively simple to operate. We have a few already who would be willing to serve, but having a team of people to do it should make the process easier. The motivation behind it is this. Currently for the website, and presumably on places like Facebook or other social media, what is found there is a video with only a single picture along with the audio from the church s sound system. There s a feeling that it would be advantageous to have a video of the sermon (instead of just a picture) to go along with the audio. If you are willing to help, contact Pastor Aaron at pastora@goldfieldaccess.net, 515-890-7558, or come up and ask about it after church. Faith United Methodist Church, Humboldt is hosting their annual Turkey Dinner on Wednesday, September 21, 5:00-7:00 p.m. in Morehouse Hall. Menu: turkey & dressing, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, jello salad, dinner rolls, homemade pie, coffee or milk. Diabetic options available. Carry out is available 4:30-6:30 p.m. Call 332-2083 to schedule delivery. Tickets are available at Faith UMC office and V & S. Tickets are not sold at the door. Tickets are $10 adult(13 & older), $5 children(5-12 yrs.), 4 yrs. & under free.
As the need for Hospice services has increased, so has the need for additional volunteers in Fort Dodge, Humboldt and the surrounding communities. Volunteers are required to complete an 18-hour training course. UnityPoint Hospice is offering an orientation and training course for volunteers beginning Tuesday, October 11 held at UnityPoint Health-Trinity Regional Medical Center, 802 Kenyon Blvd., Fort Dodge. The course is broken down into six sessions, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on October 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, & 27. Please register by Tuesday, September 27. Attendance is required at all six sessions to complete training. For information about becoming a UnityPoint Hospice volunteer, call Mary Larson at 515-574-8511 or e-mail her at Mary.Larson@unitypoint.org. See the brochure on the bulletin board in Narthex. Pastor Richard Merrill 25 years Zion is invited to a celebration of Rev. Richard Merrill s 25 th year in the ministry on Sunday, September 25 at St. John Lutheran Church, Charter Oak, Iowa. The worship service will be at 10:00 a.m. with President Steve Turner as the guest preacher. Following the service there will be a short program and a dinner in their Fellowship Hall. Pastor Merrill has so many fond memories of his time here. They also plan to have a church bird house on the table and since it is Pastor Merrill s 25 th, if anyone would like to give a monetary gift, they suggest it be in quarter and dropped in the bird house. You may send cards to Pastor Merrill, or if you want them in the Basket the day of the celebration you can address them to the church: St. John Lutheran Church Attn: Linda Kuhlmann PO Box 73 Charter Oak, IA 51439 Pastor Robert Snyder 50 years Zion is invited to a celebration in honor of the 50 th Anniversary of Ordination of Rev. Robert E. Snyder on Sunday, September 25 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault, Minnesota. The service will be at 10:30 a.m. and a reception with meal and special program will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Pastor Snyder served Zion from 1970-1979. If you are unable to attend the service or program you may wish to address greetings to Pastor Snyder through a letter, addressed to the church or to him. His home address is: Rev. Robert Snyder 1108 Candy Lane Faribault, MN 55021-3201