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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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life (we know you do!)?
Email us
[email protected]) a photo of something that you’ve been up to in the past month or two and we’ll
put it in the newsletter.
Let’s share our
joys, our accomplishments, and our loves with
each other! www.youtube.com/zionlutheranchurch
1 Our youtube
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.
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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
If you’d like to
receive text message reminders about Zion
events text “Follow zionettersnews” to
40404. You will begin receiving messages
from the phone number 40404
reminding you of events and activities
at Zion. Approximately three text messages a week will be sent. You will not be able to reply to
these messages.
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
http://tinyurl.com/zionvideos.
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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!
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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
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Congratulations to Tim and Melissa Dunchock
who were married at Zion on Oct 11th!
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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
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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
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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