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Truly this is the heart of ministry – knowing that God loves you and that God loves your neighbor and allowing that to transform you and your relationship with others. And you are doing that over and over again in your daily life. When you talk about Jesus, when you share a facebook post, when you are vulnerable and open to what God might be asking you to do. Thank you for your good work in Jesus’ name. Thank you for your ministry. Pastor Abby

Sermon Matthew 22:1-14 October 12, 2014

As many of you know my brother got married last weekend. We all gathered in Philadelphia on Friday for the rehearsal. It was disorganized as many rehearsals are but how can it not be when so many excited and nervous people get together. Saturday began as a drizzly gray day but by the afternoon it was beautiful. It seemed as though everything was going to go perfectly. But when it came time for the wedding to begin the church was empty. Not one person who was invited to the wedding came. How is that even possible? There must have been some mistake so

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joys, our accomplishments, and our loves with

each other! www.youtube.com/zionlutheranchurch

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account is where you can find brief

videos of Ben and I discussing faith topics. You can

also find a series of prayer videos I created here.


the bride's dad sent out a search party to look for the people who he had painstakingly invited to the wedding. When the search party found the people who had been invited they actually laughed and said they wouldn't dream of attending such a wedding. As you can imagine Peter, the bride's dad was really angry now. He had worked hard and paid a lot of money to make this wedding happen so he sent out another search party to again request the presence of the guests at the wedding. And then - this is the real appalling part - some of the invited guests killed the search party. Peter was enraged - and in his rage he decided an eye for an eye was appropriate so he sent folks to go and kill the murderers and burn their homes. Things were going from bad to worse. But he had a wedding to throw. He had rented the reception hall, paid the caterer, he just needed guests. So he sent folks out one more time and told them to gather anyone they could find on the streets of Philadelphia. They gathered up homeless people, people out for an afternoon stroll. They gathered up illegal aliens, prostitutes, business people. Families, singles, gay people. And brought them all to the wedding. At least now there were guests there to celebrate Andrew and Jackie's marriage with them. Things finally seemed to have begun to go smoothly when some joker wouldn't put his wedding robe on. And boy was that the last straw after all the trouble

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events text “Follow zionettersnews” to

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reminding you of events and activities

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New videos can be found on our youtube

channel. Pastor Abby and other local

pastors discuss difficult, yet

pertinent questions about God, the

church, and our faith. Check it out at

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that God has invited you to the banquet both in this life and the next? Being invited to a wedding can be so stressful - you have to get a gift, make hotel reservations, find something to wear, get a babysitter and then walk around in uncomfortable shoes for hours. But the wedding that Jesus is inviting us too - the feast of love on this earth and in heaven - is much, much different. There's no need to bring a gift, no need to dress up, you can bring your whole family along. Everything is provided. All we have to do is come and enjoy. Now that is a wedding to die for. Upcoming Events

All Saint’s Sunday including lighting of candles in memory of those who have gone before us, November 2

Worship at Hong Kong Buffet, November 5, 6:30pm

Breakfast and Bible Study November 13, 9am at the Summit

Congregational Meeting, November 16 following worship at 10:15am.

Bible Study, November 18, 6:30pm at Maple Donuts

You can earn the church money

every time you do an internet

search! Go to

goodsearch.com (you’ll have to

sign up – it’s free! – be sure to name your cause as Zion Lutheran Church, Etters) and every

time you search for something you

earn the church a penny. Be sure to

change your default search

engine to Good Search! If you

need help getting this set up please see Pastor Abby.

• If you’d like to get an announcement

in the bulletin please get it to Kim

Seitz by 9am Wednesday

morning. You can put an

announcement in Kim’s box in the church office, by

emailing her a [email protected] or texting her

at 717.817.1505. Thanks!


Thanksgiving Service, Sunday November 23, 7pm at Lewisberry United Methodist Church

December 14, Children’s Christmas Program during worship

December 24, 4pm and 7pm Christmas Eve Services

• Thank you to: o Liz, Helen and others who made our bake sale

possible at the Newberry Commons Fair

o Tena, George, Russ, Tim, our youth, and other volunteers who helped at our booth at the Newberry Commons Fair.

o Those who helped with coffee hour during the Collins’ vacation.

o George for organizing the CROP Walk effort at Zion and those who walked and donated.

Worship on Wednesdays

We will continue worshiping the first Wednesday of the month @ 6:30pm. November and December we will worship at Hong Kong Buffet in Etters. Pastor Abby will pay the bill – please bring cash if you are

able to contribute to the meal. Communion is served at this service. Please join us!

Power Up! We are participating

in the Stream Energy Power

Up Fundraiser - switch your

electric provider and earn money

for Zion @ http://www.zionlutheranchurch.streampowerup.biz/

. The church receives $25 per

month from those who have

switched!

Making Space for Jesus is a new blog that

Pastor Abby and other local pastors are

working on. Geared towards our confirmation students, it is a great place to

visit weekly to reflect on

prominent stories in the Bible. The

blog can be found at

www.confirmationclassroom.blo

gspot.com


Congratulations to Tim and Melissa Dunchock

who were married at Zion on Oct 11th!


PRAYER REQUESTS Members and Friends of Zion

Ella Barton Janie Baum Margaret Price Don Snelbaker Dottie Roller Denise Staats Brianna Rehm George Cizauskas Betty Kohr Brandon Neifert Becky Collins

Kathy Bittner Pete Brown Mary Rider Donna Martin Pam Schoen Dave Scheibel Barb Nearhood Charles Shenck Gwen Dunchock Judy Treaster Jacqueline Bahr Trey Fry Andy Helsley Theresa Cizauskas Tim Baker Carmen Broker

SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN

Matthew Biesecker Evan Hoke Adam Anderson Kyle Buss Amy Plante Daniel Oestreich


Happy November Birthdays

Betty Kohr November 2 Denise Staats November 6 Denise Appel November 7 Trey Staats November 8 Abbie Pyfer November 9 Leah Vandermark Mary Ann Bittner November 16 Heather Bowers November 18 Jonathon Buss November 20 Jillian Cizauskas Matt Biesecker November 24 Donald Long November 25 Harry O'Donnell November 28 Laura Walter November 29


CHURCH LEADERSHIP

President: Russ Collins 938-8046 Vice President: Tim Dunchock 497-1751 Secretary: Tena Hunt 873-4403 Treasurer: Steve Shissler 460-0657 Assistant Treasurer: Dawn Shissler 979-1964 Financial Secretary: Liz Wolf 938-1202 Fellowship Committee Becky Collins 774-3595 Music and Worship Committee Helen Hoover 938-2589 Property Committee Dwight McClain 766-1469 Social Ministry Committee Mary Ann Bittner 938-4874 Christian Education Committee Denise Appel 932-1880 Evangelism Committee Tena Hunt 873-4403 Christina Miller 855-4822 Newsletter Editor Gail Craig 932-2481 Communications Director Tena Hunt 873-4403

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