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ZION’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

1801 East Second Street

Defiance, OH 43512

Rev. Timothy Reynolds, Pastor

419-782-8781

Fax: 419-782

-6719

December 2014

www.zionslutheranchurch.comVisit our website at:

Church Office Email:

[email protected]

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By Elizabeth Eaton (Presiding Bishop of ELCA)THE BURPEE SEED CATALOGUE is the epitome of beauty, grace and proportion. Its pages display the

Platonic ideal of which my garden is a poor reflection. Leafing through the catalog I have been beguiled byimages of perfect vegetables and beautiful flowers.

I remember my first encounter, my first brush with the excitement and danger of the Burpee’s catalog, aphone and a credit card. It was the page with the fields of lavender. I could turn our Columbus, Ohio houseinto Provence! But the fact that our lot was small enough to mow the lawn with a weed whacker brought meback from the abyss. I decided to order tulip bulbs instead.

Tulip bulbs must be planted in the fall. (They also must be planted right side up I discovered, but that isanother story.) We all know how autumn is in the parish: the start-up of Sunday School, choir rehearsalsand committee meetings. I didn’t plant in September or October.

Finally, toward the end of November, I took my tulip bulbs, bone meal and trowel and set out to trans-form the backyard. Soil in Ohio is often clay. It was cold. It was raining. It was muddy. My husband wouldlook out the back window and shake his head. After a while even the dog left me. By the time I had finishedit was dark and the backyard was a soupy, lumpy, clay-ey mess. But all I could see were rows of brilliant redtulips warmed in the spring sun.

Advent is an odd season. It isn’t culturally accessible. It doesn’t lend itself to retail. There are no made-for-TV movies telling heartwarming stories about the great and terrible day of the Lord. It is an unsettledseason that holds in tension the now and the not yet, longing and hope, judgment and redemption. This isclear in the readings for the First Sunday in Advent.

In Isaiah, the people of Israel are languishing in Babylon. The nation had been defeated, the Temple de-stroyed, Jerusalem sacked and the people forced into exile. Israel had experienced the liberating power ofGod in the Exodus. Israel was waiting to be set free from exile in Babylon by God with that same power. Thepeople are pleading with God, “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down so that the moun-tains would quake at your presence” (Isaiah 64:1). They were caught between the first Exodus and waitingfor the second exodus, this time out of Babylon.

In Mark, Jesus tells his disciples that the Son of Man will come in clouds with great power and glory. “Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth tothe ends of heaven” (Mark 13:27). But Jesus does not give a timeline. To his disciples, to the early church,to us, Jesus is not talking so much about here as about near.

We have celebrated the first Christmas. We know that the babe in the manger grew to adulthood, inau-

gurated the new age of the reign of God and was crucified. We are on the other side of the first Easter, theresurrection, the triumph over sin and death. We confess, “Christ has died. Christ is risen.” But we find our-selves in the muddy, lumpy mess of a fallen world.

Scripture tells us that “God saw everything that God had made, and indeed, it was very good” (Genesis1:31). We have heard Jesus’ promise from the cross to the criminal: “Truly I tell you, today you will be withme in Paradise” (Luke 23:43). And yet we live in a world still marred by sin. What a terrible tension: westand between two Edens, the one at the dawn of creation and the one at the close of the age.

Now we can see the beautiful logic of Advent. Where the culture (and my heart, too, if I am honest) cel-ebrates and holds on to the manger and the star, the shepherds and wise men, to Mary and Joseph and theChrist child, the church calls us to look for the return of the King. Advent deepens the tension between whatthe world was created to be and what it now is, between what God has done and what God will do.



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CHRISTM S SERVICES and EVENTS

hildren’s Program

Sunday, December 21stat 9:45 a.m.

Christmas Eve

Wednesday, December 24th

Candlelight Service, with Communion - 7:30 p.m.

Volunteers are needed to help decorate the Church for Christmas on

Saturday, December 6th, at 10:00 a.m. We need some strong, younger

workers to help this year. All are welcome and encouraged to join thefestivities!

Christmas Decorating

POINSETTIA ORDERS DUE

I would like to order a total of ________ poinsettias

@ $12.00 each (Indicate # for each variety below)

_______ RED _______ WHITE ________ PINK

In memory of _____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

In honor of _______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

(Your name) _________________________________________________Amount Paid ________________________

Last day to order is Monday, December 14th. All orders MUST be pre-paid.




RAVEN’S COIN VORTEX December 13, 2014

10 am — 8 pm

Volunteers are needed to

raise money for the

RAVEN’S organization. Sign

up sheet in the Narthex.

OUPO S

The Outreach and Evangelism MinistryTeams are asking church members tosave and donate their coupon fliersfrom the Sunday paper for a new out-reach project. There will be a dona-tion box in the Narthex for the fliers.

ANGEL TREEHave you ever wondered what it would be like to wake up onChristmas Day and not have a present under the tree? A numberof residents at the Filling Homes of Mercy have no parents or fami-ly so they do not experience the joy of having a present to un-wrap. We would like to remedy this problem with an Angel Tree

on December 6. This tree will have twelve angels listing the first name of a resident atthe Filling Home with their age, sizes and interests. Please take an angel home andprepare a present for your angel. Bring the gifts back to the church by Sunday, Decem-ber 21, so we can take them to place under the tree at the Filling Home.

WEATHER

DELAYS & CLOSINGS

For any cancellations due to bad weatheryou may tune into: WTOL Channel

(website: www.wtol.com) orcheck the church website at:www.zionslutheranchurch.com.

To our muddy, soupy, lumpy mess — when wewalked in darkness — God sent God’s midnightSon. Because of Emmanuel, God with us, we canstand in our clay and see glory. Advent is the sea-son when we can say, “Christ has died. Christ isrisen. Christ will come again.”

In the meantime, we plant tulips and wait forspring.

For more Advent Devotions go to www.elca.org

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Our Innkeeper guests are continually thankful for the food and supplies given by

our members and others throughout the community. In order to continue to

serve their needs, we ask that you consider giving the following items: first and

foremost CANNED FRUIT & DRY CEREAL, but also important are chicken noo-

dle soup, toothpaste, shaving gel, pudding, paper towels, toilet paper, detergent,boxed skillet meals, box potatoes, spaghetti and dry pasta noodles, bottled wa-

ter, canned meat – tuna, sausage, chicken, Ramen noodles – beef, chicken & shrimp, spaghetti

sauce, tomato sauce, bottled fruit juices, microwave popcorn, salad dressing and cooking

oil. On behalf of Diana Groll and myself, we thank you for your ongoing generosity.

Dick and Dian

October Church Council Highlights

October 23, 2014

Approved 2 requests for the use of the church facilities; Dec. 11 & Mar. 30

Wednesday night activities for children have begun.

The Little Free Library is installed in the garden and ready to use.

Approved a monetary gift for Pastor Reynolds in honor of Pastor Apprecia-

tion Month.

Learned the Property Committee is obtaining estimates for roof repairs.

The YMCA Teen Leaders Club will be doing service work for Zion’s on

Nov. 8.

Discussed the budget deficit extensively.

Offering Envelopes

Attention Church Members:

2015 numbered giving envelopes are available in the Narthex

Those who donate through Simply Giving or another automatic donation system will not receive a set of envelopes, but will

be assigned a number for recording purposes.

If you did not receive envelopes and would like a set, pleasenotify the church office, so that one can be assigned to you.

2014 Giving Statements will be available to pick up in Jan.

ANNUAL

CONGREGATIONALMEETING

Sunday, December 7after the worship service.



Our scrapbooking group wouldlike to thank you for allowingus to use the Hofer Room tomeet. We appreciate yourkindness.

Marilyn Simon, Kate Frank, Andrea

Ortiz, Betty Lange, Crystal Gerschutz,Roxanne Maxson, and Deb Vasin.

Thank you so much for having the storageroom cleaned where we have our materials.It looks wonderful! [The YMCA Teen Leadersare responsible for helping with the cleaningand reorganizing of several storage areas]

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QUILTS OF COMPASSION

“Bringing Help and Hope to the Hurting”

meets on December 7th at noon in Luther Hall.

DEACON SUPPORT TEAM

All members should be aware of their deacon and hopefully have met him or her to discuss any con-cerns or questions you may have had. Your deacons have a sincere interest in serving your needsand encourage you to bring your needs to the attention of Pastor, the deacon group or council which-ever is appropriate. In turn, we trust you have an equally sincere interest in getting to know your dea-con as a present and future friend and confidant. We also want to emphasize the importance ofspeaking with Pastor whenever the need arises. He wants to know your concerns to help provide asolution or answers to your questions. He remains the best resource within our congregation to sharewisdom and knowledge.Deacons are not exempt from having a deacon of their own. At times we need someone willing to lis-ten and we turn to our deacon. In our bi-monthly meetings, the nine deacons discuss a variety of top-ics concerning the spiritual welfare of the congregation. Most importantly we are available for youwhen your needs might require someone to talk with other than Pastor Tim. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve the members of Zion’s Lutheran Church and we encourageyou to reach out to your deacon whenever the need arises. Please call the church office for any assis-tance.

Dick Anderson


ANNUAL

COMMITTEE

REPORTS

ARE DUE to the church secre-tary by JANUARY 12, 2015.

Email reports to zion111@

embarqmail.com



Please remember to call the churchoffice when:

1. You will be or have already moved.

2.

You have an addition to your family.

3. You have an address update and/or correctionor birthday correction.

4. New email address and/or phone number.

THANK YOU!

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Waunita BadenhopKingsbury Place # 127

245 W. Rosewood Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Lowell & Norma Bailey

Kingsbury Place # 151


Defiance, OH 43512

Isabella Beindorf

The Laurels of Defiance

1701 S. Jefferson Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Jim Cochran

Brookview Healthcare Center

214 Harding Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Lois FinkenbinerThe Laurels of Defiance # 308

1701 S. Jefferson Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Joyce Lichty

Vancrest of Holgate

600 Joe E. Brown

Holgate, OH 43527

Norma MansfieldTwin Rivers

395 Harding Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

LoAnn Peters

Kingsbury Place # 136


Defiance, OH 43512

Area Members in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living N

CHRSIN

MPATY

We pray for God’s comfort for

the following family who re-cently lost a loved one:

The Reynolds family, on theloss of Annie’s father, Robert

Crowder, on November 22,2014.

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HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS

WE WILL BE CLOSED:

December 24—December 26

December 31—January 1

Please contact your Deacon if you have an

emergency.

NEW CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2015

Monday—Thursday

9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.

CLOSED on Fridays

Summer Hours (June—August)

Monday—Thursday

9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

WEEKLY BULLETIN

ANNOUNCEMENTS

will be due on Wednesday mornings

beginning in 2015, by 9:00 a.m.,

unless otherwise noted.

ADVENT OPEN HOUSE

Synod Office 621 Bright Road

Findlay, OH

Monday, December 1, 2014 4:00 - 6:00 pm



WORSH I P

SCH EDULE

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:45 am

DCTV 5You may watch Zion’s Lutheran

Worship services on Wednesdays

@ 6:00 p.m. and Sundays at 8:00

a.m. on DCTV 5 Defiance, OH.

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LLSLutherans of

Long Standing

DECEMBER 2, 2014

2:00 p.m.

In Luther Hall

Men’s Fellowship

meets every Tuesday

at 9:00 a.m. in the Library

ORGANIC COFFEE & TEA PRICES

Breakfast Blend $ 8.00

Decaf Breakfast Blend $ 9.00

English Breakfast Tea $ 3.00

Equal

Exchange

offee

On sale throughout the year!!!!

The Book Group

meets on

Monday, Dec. 8 at12:00 pm

for lunchat Tim Horton’s.

Young at Heart

meets on WEDNESDAY,

Dec. 10 2014

at 11:30 am, at efty’s Pizza

Sisters in Christ will meet

aer worship on Decem-

ber 21.

Cards will be placed in the

Narthex to be signed.

Sisters in Christ

ScrapbookClub

Meets Saturday, Dec. 6, from

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the

Hofer Room. Bring your own

drink and a snack to share.

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Worship and

MusicCommittee

Meets onDec 11.

See Neal Denistonfor moreinformation.

D E A D L I N E S

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT

Every Thursday at 9:00 a.m.(unless otherwise noted)

January NEWSLETTER

DEADLINE

December 15th



December 2014

LESSONS

DEC 6 & 7 ADVENT 2Isaiah 40:1-11

Psalm 85:1-2,8

-13

2 Peter 3:8-15a

Mark 1:1-8

DEC 13 & 14 ADVENT 3Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Psalm 126

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

John 1:6-8, 19-28

DEC 20 & 21 ADVENT 42 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

Luke 89:1-4, 19

-26

Romans 16:25-27

Luke 1:26-38

DEC 24 CHRISTMAS EVEIsaiah 9:2-7

Psalm 96

Titus 2:11-14

Luke 2:1-20

DEC 27 & 28 CHRISTMAS 1

Isaiah 61:10-62:3

Psalm 148

Galatians 4:4-7

Luke 2:22-40

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Addions to the

Zion’s Prayer List:

Phone Prayers: Barb Vogel at 419-393

-2544

Eprayers: [email protected]

Call the Church oce at 419-782-8781.

If you are calling for someone other than yourself,

please be sure that you have permission.



December 2014

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WED THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR-

DAY

1

Pastor’s Day O

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

2

9:00 a Men’s

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

2:00 p LLS

5:00 p Lighten Up

7:00 p Bible Study

3

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

5:00 p Outreach &

Evangelism Mtg

5:30 p Meal

5:45 p Kids’ Club

6:00 p Bells

7:00 p Choir

4

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

5:00 p TOPS

5 6

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

8:00a Scrapbook

10:00 a Christmas

Decorang

11:00a New

Heights Sat class

5:00 p Worship

7

9:00 a Sunday

School

9:45 a Worship

11:00 a Con-

gregaonal

Meeng

12:00 p Quilts

of Compassion

8

Pastor’s Day O

12:00 p Book

Group at Tim

Horton’s

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

9

9:00 a Men’s

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:00 p Lighten Up

7:00 p Bible Study

10

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

11:30 a Young at

Heart at Leys

5:00 p Food Pantry

Sign Up

5:30 p Meal

5:45 p Kids’ Club

6:00 p Bells

7:00 p Choir

11

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

12:00 p Worship

& Music Meeng

5:00 p TOPS

12 13

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

10-8 Raven’s

Mall Collecon

11:00a New

Heights Sat class

5:00 p Worship

14

9:00 a Sunday

School

9:45 a Worship

POINSETTIA

ORDERS DUE

15

Pastor’s Day O

3:00 p.m. NEWS-

LETTER DEADLINE

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

16

9:00 a Men’s

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:00 p Lighten Up

17

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

5:30 p Meal

5:45 p Kids’ Club

6:00 p Food Pantry

Pick Up

6:00 p Bells

7:00 p Choir

18

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

5:00 p TOPS

7:00 p COUNCIL

19 20

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

1:00p New Heights

Potluck

5:00 p Worship

21

9:45 a Worship

CHILDREN’S

PROGRAM

11:00 a Sisters

in Christ

22

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

Pastor’s Day O

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

23

9:00 a Men’s

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:00 p Lighten Up

24

OFFICE CLOSED

7:30 p Christmas

Eve Services

NO MEALS

25

OFFICE CLOSED

for Christmas

26

OFFICE CLOSED

27

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

5:00 p Worship

28 9:00 a Sunday

School

9:45 a Worship

29 9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

Pastor’s Day O

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

30 9:00 a Men’s

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:00 p Lighten Up

31

OFFICE CLOSED

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

NO MEALS

NO CHOIRS

1

OFFICE CLOSED

for NEW YEAR’S

DAY

2

OFFICE CLOSED—

2015 Oce Hours

Begin = Closed on

Fridays

3 7:30 a Weight

Watchers

5:00 p Worship

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ALTAR FLOWERS

7 Regina Snyder 14 Karen Bowling

21

Robert Thomas

24 Karen Bostelman

28 John Jacob

BULLETINS

7 Regina & Carl Snyder 14 AVAILABLE

21 Chris Palmer 24 Judy Mekus

28 AVAILABLE

ALTAR DUTY

7 Cindy Wendell 14 Sue McKibben

21 Barb Jones

24 Kate Frank

28 Diana Groll

LECTOR & DEACON for Sunday 9:45 am

(* DEACONS)

7 * Patty VanDemark, Dick Anderson

14 Steve Graf

21

* Linda Hardy, Audrey Eis

24 * Dawn McKibben, Tom Boals

28 LECTOR NEEDED

FELLOWSHIP HOUR for Sunday 9:45 am

7 Kate Frank

14 Linda & Orville Hardy

21 Karen Bowling & Lenore Doctor 28 Marsha & Neal Deniston

ACOLYTES & CRUCIFERS for Sunday 9:45 am

Acolytes Crucifers

7 Sophie Reynolds Lexi Eis

14 Luke Reynolds Eric Engel 21 Sophie Reynolds Lexi Eis

24 Choir Choir 28 Luke Reynolds Eric Engel

OFFERING COLLECTORS for Sunday 9:45 am

1st Sunday Randy Groll & Mary Boals

2nd Sunday

Bill Brownson & Randy Groll

3rd Sunday Mary Boals & Cindy Wendell

4th Sunday Marsha Leaders & Chuck Bailey

5th Sunday Randy Groll & Mary Boals

USHERS for Sunday 9:45 am 1st Sunday John Diehl 2nd Sunday Shawn Faryniarz

3rd Sunday Laurie & Dwaine Schey

4th Sunday Tom & Mary Boals

5th Sunday Youth

HOSTS for Saturday 5:00 pm

6 Barb & Gene Vogel13 Sonia Bussing & Donna Ripke

20 Bob & Nancy Swingle27 Donna Ripke & Bob Thomas

LECTOR & DEACON for Saturday 5:00 pm

(* DEACONS)

6 * Cindy Wendell 13 AVAILABLE

20 * Doug Eis

28 AVAILABLE

OFFERING COUNTERS

John Jacob, Gene Vogel, & Larry Wagner. Subs: Bob Thomas, Dwaine Schey, Sue McKibben

AUDIO-VISUAL

Doug Eis, Dale Worline, Stormy Gutman, ShaunHolley.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FULFILL YOUR COMMITMENT,

PLEASE ARRANGE FOR A SUBSTITUTE AND INFORM THECHURCH OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Faith Active in Love December 2014



ZION’S EMAIL ADDRESSES

Office Secretary - [email protected]

Pastor - [email protected]

Treasurer - [email protected]

Website-

www.zionslutheranchurch.com

COUNCIL MEMBERS

2014

Tom Boals, President

Shawn Farnyiarz, VicePresident

Gwen Anderson, Treasurer

Laurie Schey, Secretary

Mary Boals

Karen Bowling

John Diehl

Lenore Doctor

Alexis Eis

Audrey Eis

Stormy Gutman

Carl Snyder

Mark Stephens

COUNCIL MEETS ONthe third Thursday of each

month (except July)

at 7:00 p.m.

DEACONS

Dick Anderson

Tom Boals

Audrey Eis

Doug Eis

Linda Hardy

Craig McKibben

Dawn McKibben

Patty VanDemark

Cindy Wendell

ZION’S MISSION STATEMENT

“Driven by God’s spirit we will grow in faith and make Christ’s love known”

O F F I E H O U R S

Monday- Friday

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Find us and “Like” us – we need more

followers to spread the word! Are you

“friends” with a former member? – invite

them too – we love staying in contact!

Have a question about an upcoming

event? – you may find your answer.

And, you can add your comments, too!

(If you have trouble searching – type in

”Zions Lutheran Defiance” and thatshould find it for you). If you would like

to post an event you may email it to

[email protected].

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Prayer List

Church Council hasenacted a policy re-garding the namesplaced on the churchprayer list in the bulle-tin. If you would likeprayers on the list forlonger than 3 weeks,please make another

request. Requests canbe sent to the churchoffice via phone 419-782-8781 or by emailat:zion111@embarqmail.

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