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 November 19, 2017 Rev. Aaron Flatau Rev. Kyle McBee Senior Pastor Associate Pastor Cell Phone: 515-890-7558 Cell Phone: 515-269-7839 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 by Todd, Kristy and Zayne Smith in memory of Todd s dad, Mike Smith, whose 70 th birthday would have been November 15. LUTHERAN HOUR The Reckoning with Guest Speaker Dr. Dale A. Meyer. You hear little talk about the Fear of God anymore, but if you don t in some way fear your Creator who judges you down to your inmost being, why would you love your only Savior whom He sends you? A message about fearing and loving God. (Matthew 25:14-30) 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 Kenny and Jana Bratland in celebration of their granddaughter, Hayden Bratland s 9 th birthday. HOSPITALIZED THIS WEEK: Rose Mary Diedrick, Long Term Care, Humboldt; Abby Wickre, home. Please remember in your PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Marlys Johnson; Connor (grandson of Ellie Rippee); Scot Slaikeu; Sidney Paul. A reminder that Harvest Home, a special thank offering, is being received this week. Thank you. Please turn in any items for this week s bulletin no later than Tuesday, November 21. Thank you.
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENTS: ATTENDANCE Saturday-60; Sunday-229; STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE: OFFERINGS WEEK #46-11/12/2017 Weekly Budget Needs to Date: $6,867.00 DESIGNATED OFFERING: Weekly-$12,217.70; Preschool-$380; Birthday-$151; Harvest Home-$3,119; Thanksgiving-$452.69; Lutheran Witness Sub.-$45.67; Pastor Kyle MEF Donations-$150; Evangelism Poinsettias-$90; KHBT Lutheran Hour-$32; Handicap Door Opener Donation-$100; Children s Message Candy-$50; Reimbursement-Copies-$8; Memorial-Wanda Emick-Choir-$10; ZION S SCHEDULE THIS WEEK: Today 5:30 p.m. Senior Citizen (70 & Older) Thanksgiving Dinner sponsored by LYC 9 th -12 th grade Mon. Noon December Newsletter Deadline 6:00 p.m. Education 7:00 p.m. Evangelism Tues. 9:15 a.m. Women s Bible Study 2:00 p.m. LWML Bingo at North Care Center 6:30 p.m. Women s Bible Study Wed. 10:00 a.m. Preschool Thanksgiving Program 6:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve Service 7:30 p.m. Pumpkin Dessert/Pie & Refreshments Thurs. Thanksgiving Day (Church Office Closed) Fri. No Preschool Sat. 9:30 a.m. Christmas Decorating at Zion 6:00 p.m. Worship with Communion Sun. 8:45 a.m. Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Youth & Adult Bible Studies 10:00 a.m. Worship with Communion 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. LWML MISSION NOTES: For NOVEMBER we are collecting underwear and socks for the IOWAY Outreach Opportunities headed by Ellie Menz and the Beacon of Hope Men s Homeless Shelter in Fort Dodge. We are having UNDIE SUNDAY today, November 19. Containers are at at both entry ways. All sizes are needed for men, women and children. You can bring underwear and socks any time during the month of November and place your donations in the mission containers in the Narthex. Thanks to all for your continued support of our mission projects. The Mission Committee: Bev A., Joan A., Marian A.
Thanksgiving Eve Worship will be this Wednesday evening, November 22 at 6:30 p.m. A time for fellowship will follow the service in the Fellowship Hall. The Evangelism Board will be serving pumpkin dessert/pie and refreshments. The Evangelism Board is in need of pumpkin desserts/pies for the fellowship following the Thanksgiving Eve Service this Wednesday, November 22. If you are able to furnish a dessert/pie please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board in the Narthex. Thank you. The Evangelism Board will be decorating the Sanctuary and outdoors next Saturday, November 25 at 9:30 a.m. Please plan to come help and enjoy the fellowship of decorating our church. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Midweek Advent Services will begin Wednesday, November 29 at 6:30 p.m. We will be serving the Advent suppers prior to each Midweek Advent service beginning at 5:30 p.m. The LYC will be serving the first Advent meal on the 29 th. Please join us for a wonderful meal and worship. Gemütlichkeit tickets may be purchased at the Zion church office or from Marilyn Kuehnast, Doris Gillespie, Renae Dreyer and Cheryl Miller. Prices are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Please make checks to Zion LWML. The 29 th Annual Gemütlichkeit Luncheon will be held December 2 at Zion Lutheran Church. We will be serving from 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and all tickets are pre-sold. Prices are $10 for adults, $5 for children under 10, and preschoolers are free. Come enjoy a homemade German dinner of brats & sauerkraut, pork loin, potato soup, hot German potato salad, chunky applesauce, deviled eggs and black forest torte! Homemade relishes, bread and cookies all served, as well! Join us for a German tradition! We invite you to our Christmas Open House on Sunday, December 3 from 1-4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Come and enjoy some wonderful fellowship. Our address: 109 5 th St. S., Dakota City. Blessings, Pastor Kyle & Cayleigh Knitters and Crocheters of Humboldt will have hats, mittens, scarves, and some lap robes available to those organizations or individuals in need. There are many sizes children through adult. They may be picked up Thursday, December 7 at the Methodist Church; use the southwest door. Hours are 10:00 a.m. noon. There is no charge. 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.
If anyone has plastic containers we can use for the Gemütlichkeit Luncheon please leave them in Zion s kitchen. Thank you. The LWML Christmas Party will be held on December 7. Please be at the church to car pool down to the LFS Ministry Center. We will be leaving at 9:30 a.m. so we can arrive there by 10:00 a.m. We will also be doing an ingathering of diapers in support of the Perk Program for the young mothers and their babies in the LFS s Mom Talk Group. Especially needed are diapers for sizes 5, 6, pullups and baby wipes. Looking forward to an enjoyable time of Christmas Fellowship. 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 do have three $25 T-J-Maxx/Marshalls/HomeGoods cards available. They would make great Christmas gifts. 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. 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. If you are interested in donating candy for the children s messages, the supply that we have is running low. Thank you.
LWML 2017 Charities The following charities will be receiving proceeds from the 2017 Gemütlichkeit Luncheon: Beacon of Hope, Fort Dodge, IA Camp Okoboji Discover CAMPaign Hurricane Relief Lutheran Family Service Lutheran Hour St. Louis, MO Mission Central, Mapleton, IA Orphan Grain Train Pastor Aaron Pastor Kyle The following are tied: Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO Haiti Lutheran Mission Society KJYL, Christian radio station, Eagle Grove, IA Lutheran Braille Workers, Yucaipa, CA
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/or physical address. 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. Our Saviour's Lutheran Brunch & Heritage Bazaar Bake Sale will be held today, November 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in their Fellowship Hall. Brunch tickets: $6/person or $20/family. Queen size Quilt Raffle tickets: $2 each or 3 for $5. Drawing will be November 19 at 1 p.m. (need not be present to win). Sponsored by OSL Women. All proceeds go to Mission Outreach, both in our community and beyond. The Fall Appeal for the Humboldt County Food Pantry is sponsored by the Humboldt County Ministerial Association. Please bring donations to the west door of the County Engineers building (located on east on Highway 3) between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Monday November 20 and Tuesday, November 21. You may send monetary donations to HCMA Food Pantry, 2219 220 th St., Humboldt, IA 50548. See November newsletter for items needed. A Thanksgiving Dinner (open to all Humboldt area residents & persons of all faiths) will be held in St Mary s Parish Hall on Thursday, November 23. Food will be served from 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Dinner will be catered by Hy- Vee. If you choose to donate, all freewill donations will be given to the local food pantry. Anyone wanting to bring a dessert to share is welcome to do so. Anyone needing transportation please call Tonya @ 515-368-4991 in advance. Our goal is to ensure all people in the Humboldt area have a place to share a Thanksgiving dinner, it is open to families as well! If you don t have dinner plans, please plan to join us at this community event! Sponsored by Sande Construction. VFW in Dakota City is serving breakfast every 4 th Sunday of the month. This will be held next Sunday, November 26. Serving is 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., cost is $7 for all you can eat. Menu is scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns, regular flavored and blueberry pancakes, occasionally a surprise flavor of pancakes, sausage gravy on biscuits, orange juice and coffee. You are invited to attend a Service of Remembrance on 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. Refreshments will be served following the service.
Christmas Applications are being accepted for the Humboldt County Ministerial Association Christmas Boxes for Low Income individuals and families. Applications must be received before 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 1, no exceptions. If any questions, please call 332-2480 and leave a message with your name and phone number. Someone will return your call. If you would like to make a monetary donation you may place your donation in an envelope marked Christmas Boxes with your envelope number and place in the offering plate or leave in the church office; or you can mail your donation to: Christmas Food Box Program, Humboldt County Ministerial Association, 2219 220 th St., Humboldt, IA 50548. You are invited to a Sounds of Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m. at the Humboldt Congregational UCC, 111 N. Taft Street, Humboldt. Coffee and cookies will be served following the program. Everyone is welcome to the HCMH Auxiliary Christmas Coffee on Monday, December 4 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Springvale Independent Living Dining Room. Enjoy a time of special treats and fellowship. Door prizes awarded at 3:15 (do not have to be present to win). This is also their annual membership drive. Membership Committee representatives will be present to accept your 2018 dues. 2018 dues must be paid by January 1, 2018. Give the gift of Membership for the holiday season! Plan to donate blood on Monday, December 4 at the Humboldt Community BLOOD DRIVE sponsored by Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. The Drive will be held in Zion s Fellowship Hall from 1-6 p.m. Eligible blood donors must be at least 16 years old, weigh at least 120 pounds and be in general good health. Eat a regular meal before donating blood and bring your blood donor card or photo ID. For more information about blood donation or to schedule an appointment please contact LifeServe Blood Center at (800)287-4903 or online at www.lifeservebloodcenter.org. TELL YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, & NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE ILSTO: You ve been reading about the Iowa Lutheran School Tuition Organization. This giving opportunity isn t just for Lutherans anyone who pays Iowa state income tax can donate and receive the tax benefits. Please help spread the word to someone you know who would like to assist students in Christian education while receiving a great tax benefit of a 65% tax credit on their Iowa state tax and possible federal tax deductions. For further information, please contact Dewey Torkelson at 712-260-2991. Check the website:www.iowalutheransto.org
STUFF FOR SALE to buy school supplies We have formed a nonprofit group here in Humboldt Iowa Teacher Supply Swap We are having a large garage sale November 24 through November 30 Daily 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Uptown Humboldt Mercantile 609 Sumner Ave. Nothing marked. All goes for free will donations. Christmas and holiday new décor items, Red Hat, cookbooks, shelves, lamps, dishes Lots of antiques and collectibles and so much more! 3 rooms of items Let s help the teachers with needed school supplies
THANK YOU! President Turner of IDW congratulated Pastor Aaron Hannemann after the Board of Directors (at their November meeting) received The Gate Lutheran Church, Ankeny as a member of the LCMS. Your mission gifts to the District have helped make this possible. Thank you for partnering with us in supporting Christ s mission! The IDW Stewardship Committee I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your support for the Iowa West Branch of Orphan Grain Train in the past year, whether it was monetary, materials or your volunteer labor, it has been greatly appreciated. As you know we operate strictly on donations and volunteer help. The Lord has truly blessed our work through your support! May the Lord continue to bless you and yours, also! Sharon Ann Irwin, Iowa West Branch Manager, Orphan Grain Train