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As Gods people of Promise made their journey throughout the Old Testament story, we find that often Godspoke to the people to remember the less fortunate among them. The essence of Gods Law, according toDeuteronomy 10, is: For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God,mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the or-phan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.When thepeople forgot this, the prophets would remind them. The king was to execute the justice for, not against,the unfortunate and to make sure that the least among the people were always received their welfare.

At the beginning of the 21stCentury, the world started the ONE Campaign and was a direct result of theworld-wide recognition of this biblical concept. As a matter of fact, the ONE Campaign started in recognitionof something called the Jubilee Year.

In the Old Testament book of Leviticus, chapter 25, there is a long explanation of the Sabbath Year andthe Jubilee Year. Concisely, for six years, Gods people could plant, prune and harvest, but in the seventhyear (the Sabbath year), the people allowed the land to rest. Food that had been stored throughout thegrowing years was used up in the seventh.

Finally, every 50thyear, a trumpet was sounded and the people declared a Jubilee Year. Not only would landrest, but all debts were forgiven and people who had been enslaved for debts were freed. All land was re-turned to the original owners and the people lived off the fruit of their labors. The whole year was one ofcelebration. There is considerable discussion among theologians and historians whether the people of God

ever celebrated a Jubilee Year.In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II declared a Jubilee Year for the Church. The United Nations followed thePopes declaration and started the ONE Campaign. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America also signedon to the Campaign and many people wore a white wristband with ONE printed on it. I wore one for a longtime, but, as it wore out, I never got another one. The other day, when I cleaned out my wallet, I found asmall card about the ONE Campaign. It listed the goals of the campaign.

Its been several years since its inception but the goals for the ONE Campaign are still needed in the world.There are 8 UN Millennium Goals, as they are called:

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and HungerAchieve Universal Primary EducationPromote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Reduce Child MortalityImprove Maternal HealthCombat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other DiseasesEnsure Environmental SustainabilityCreate a Global Partnership for Development

I hope this is not the first time you have heard of these Millennium Goals. The white wristbands with ONEprinted on them stood for the need for developed countries to give one percent of their annual budget tomeet these Millennium Goals. Just recently, it has been reported that the US has given greatly to help meetall of these goals! We still have quite an uphill challenge to bring the effects of poverty to an end, but justthink that even congregations such as Zions helps in this challenge: through our ministries here in Defiance

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ZIONS LUTHERAN CHURCH

1801 East Second Street

Defiance, OH 43512

Rev. Timothy Reynolds, Pastor

419-782-8781

Fax: 419-782

-6719

February 2014

www.zionslutheranchurch.comVisit our website at:

Church Office Email:

[email protected]

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March 14March 14March 14---16, 2014 Chicago, IL16, 2014 Chicago, IL16, 2014 Chicago, IL

Youth Grades 6Youth Grades 6Youth Grades 6---121212

Please see Deb Shockey for more information.Please see Deb Shockey for more information.Please see Deb Shockey for more information.

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GOD SQUAD UPDATE

The Christian Education Ministry Team has decided to try a different schedule for the God SquadPrograms.

OLDER KIDS GOD SQUADChildren grades 3-5 will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Sundays in the YouthLounge and will be studying stained glass windows. A light breakfast will be served.

YOUNGER KIDS GOD SQUADChildren ages 3yrs old through 2nd grade will meet in the upstairsSunday School rooms before Sunday worship. Children will be dismissed just before Communionand will return to sit with their families. Children can wear their God Squad t-shirts.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS are needed to help teach. Please see Kelly Worline for more information.

ICE SKATING PARTY

Join fellow Zion's members on Sunday, Feb. 16at Canlan/LutheranHealth Sports Center in Fort Wayne. The church bus will leave the churchat noon. The public skate is from 1-3 pm., and bouncy houses go until 4pm. We will eat afterwards upstairs in the restaurant. Cost is $6 for iceskating and bouncy houses (that includes skate rental). Please bring ad-ditional money for food afterwards if you like. There is a seating area for

those who do not want to skate. The rink is located at 3869 Ice Way in Fort Wayne if anyoneis interested in meeting us there.

VBS PREVIEW

VBSwill beJuly 7-10 at the Deance College again with our partner churches. The

cook out will be on the 11th

.

The theme will be the Workshop of WondersImagine &Build with God. Really

cool science experiments.

We will needvolunteers willing to work on the following commiees: registraon, recreaon, cra, sci-

ence, Bible story, food and cookout, music/drama, markeng, volunteer coordinator, decorang, service

squad, & preschool. If interested, please see Vicki Stephens or Kelly Worline.

VBSmeengs will be on the 4th Thursday each month at St. Paul's Methodist church. The next meeng will

be on Feb. 27 at 6:45 pm., then the 4th Thurs. of March.

NEWS FROM THECHRISTI N ED TE M


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BACKPACK BUDDIES

Zion's members will be stuffing backpacks for the Backpack

Buddy program run through the United Way and Defiance

College. We will be on a six week rotation and our first stuff-

ing will be Thursday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the United

Church of Christ church on the Defiance College campus.

With 15 or more volunteers it will take about 35 minutes!

Hope we can get a great group going for this worthwhilecommunity projec t! For more information, please contac t

Patty VanDemark.

Lenten Study on the Prophets:"Embracing the Prophets in Contempo-

rary Culture"with Pastor Walter Brueggeman (arguably the greatest livingauthority on the Old Testament and especially the prophets). This is a sixweek class meeting at 5:00 pm on Sundays during Lent, including Sundayof the Passion -March 9 through April 13.

Fall Bible Study -a 12 week class entitled"Jesus, the Forgiving Vic-tim"will meet on Tuesdays in 2014 at 7:00 pm on September 2, 9, 23, 30;October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11; December 2, 9. Books are availa-ble and helpful for this class. It is a set of 4 books entitledJesus the For-

giving Victimby James Alison. The books can be ordered through Ama-

zon.com or through the church office. All orders through the church officemust be placed by July 1st. In this class, James Alisons thought provokingbooks help us focus on the importance of Jesus self-giving example.What does it mean that Jesus emptied himself? How important is Jesusdeath on the cross and what does it mean for you and me today? Theseand other questions will be tackled in the group discussion and the books.

New Bible Studies for 2014

(continued from page 1) and in the congregation; by our engagement with the ELCA and with congregationslike Salem and Redeemer in Toledo; in our giving to the Northwest Ohio Synod and to the ELCA; through thedaily lives of us as individual followers of Jesus, as we meet challenges in daily life.

The ELCA motto, Gods work. Our hands reiterates the importance of individual and corporate involvement insharing the Good News of God in Christ Jesus. Imagine what the world could look like if the whole Church de-cided to achieve these goals! Let us always have these goals in front of us because they reflect the heart ofJesus. Let us always be about the business of Godsharing the good news of the kingdom, caring for thewidows, orphans and strangers among us.

Peace,

Pr Tim


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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

noodle soup, toothpaste, shaving gel, pudding, paper towels, toilet paper,

detergent, boxed skillet meals, box potatoes, spaghetti and dry pasta noo-

dles, bottled water, canned meattuna, sausage, chicken, Ramen noodles

beef, chicken & shrimp, spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, bottled fruit juices, microwavepopc orn, salad dressing and cooking oil. On behalf of Diana Groll and myself, we thank

you for your ongoing generosity.

Dick Anderson

LOVE P CK GESOur overstuffed no longer used library books are being sent to LOVEPACKAGES in Butler, Illinois. Materials that would have sat collecting duston shelves or been thrown away are now being sent to ministries in manypoor countries to distribute freely to people hungry for the Word of God.This ministry was started in 1975, and has now sent over 1,000 tons of literature. The Christian liter-ature is sent to missionaries and Christian workers around the world. Love Packages currently sends20 foot ocean going containers to port cities around the world. These locations act as distributionpoints and have the capability to distribute these materials to thousands of churches overseas. Sta-tistics say that every piece of literature will be read by an average of 20 people.

If you would like more information about Love Packages visit their website at www.lovepackages.org

Over the next few months, we will start organizing and displaying the books that we kept and thosethat have already been donated.

If you have any questions or would like to assist with the library setup please let me know.

Thank you,Sue McKibben

RECYCLE YOUR POP CANS & SUPPORT ZIONS YOUTH

Zions Youth will be collecting clean, rinsed pop cans forrecycling throughout the year. Each Sunday there will be a bin in theentryway for your cans to be placed in. If you need to have your cans

picked up, please contact Deb Shockey.
http://www.lovepackages.org/http://www.lovepackages.org/http://www.lovepackages.org/


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SYNOD ASSEMBLY at KALAHARIMAY 16-18, 2014

Greetings Zion's families,

Nextyear our church synod's assembly is going to be held at the Kalahari water park in Sandusky. They arehoping to make it a family event with multiple families from each congregation attending. Our family alongwith the Fields family will be going as representatives from our congregation. However, we would love to getseveral families to attend with us, for a day or the entire weekend! They will have many fun family things

planned, as well as the use of the water park. Here is a schedule of what will take place at the assembly andsome pricing fora day or weekend. In your plans for the coming year, please consider joining our Zion'sgroup and see me/e-mail me, for any questions.If interested, we can do some fundraising to cover some of these expenses. I think they are trying to makethings as affordable for families/youth as possible. We can also look at alternate hotels for staying the nightthat will be less expensive then staying at the Kalahari.

Kelly Worline

May 16Check-in and RegistrationRachel Kurtz and Agape ConcertOpening Worship

May 17Synod AssemblySynod Youth GatheringSynod Family GatheringDiscipleship Training for Young Adults and AdultsHog RoastYouth and Family Gathering Water park Lock in (10p-2a)

May 18Synod wide Worship Service

INFO FOR YOUTH:Everything Package approx. $155/youth

Includes the Youth Gathering and Kalahari Room and Waterpark Passes. This rate can go up or down de-pending on how many youth per room.Youth Gathering $65/personSixth Grade (in catechism) thru Senior Year HS: Includes Friday night concert, Saturday mission/servantevents, Saturday and Sunday meals, and a 3-hour lock-in at Kalahari waterpark (10:30 p.m. 1:30 a.m.) Sat-urday night, a continental breakfast and Synod-wide worship Sunday morning.

INFO FOR FAMILIES:Family Camp for 4 $50Includes Friday night concert, Saturday LOMO activities for parents and children, continental breakfast, lunchbuffet, hog roast, waterpark lock-in, and a continental breakfast and Synodwide worship on Sunday.Addition-al children $10 each.Kids Camp $10/child

Ages 6-Sixth grade (not in catechism):Includes Friday night concert, Saturday LOMO activities, a continental

breakfast, lunch buffet, hog roast, waterpark lock-in, and a continental breakfast and Synod-wide worship onSunday.Day Care $10/childFor babies through age 5:Caring supervision throughout Saturday events.Kalahari Room for 4 $338+taxRooms are $169/night plus tax with a two night minimum ($338+tax/weekend). Includes four waterpark pass-es good for Friday, Saturday and Sunday!Add 1-2 more people per room for $20/person (incl. waterpark

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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 correction, or birthday correction.

4. New email address and/or phone num-ber.

THANK YOU!

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Lois Finkenbiner

The Laurels of Defiance Rm 308

1701 S. Jefferson Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Isabella Beindorf

The Laurels of Defiance

1701 S. Jefferson Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Loann PetersKingsbury House

245 W. Rosewood Ave. Apt. 136

Defiance, OH 43512

Norma Mansfield

Kingsbury House Apt. 102

245 W. Rosewood Ave.

Defiance, OH 43512

Helen Rosebrock

Glenn Park

2429 William A. Diehl Ct. Apt. 155

Defiance, OH 43512

Mary ZirkleGlenn Park

2429 William A. Diehl Ct. Apt. 112

Defiance, OH 43512

Joyce Lichty

Vancrest of Holgate

600 Joe E. Brown

Holgate, OH 43527

Area Members in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living

Please send a card or

stop by to visit.

Addions to the

Zions 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.

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QUILTS OF COMPASSION

Bringing Help and Hope to the Hurting

Sunday, February 2ndat 12:00 p.m.

at Zions Lutheran ChurchWhether you are an expert quilter or have never tried quilting be-fore, we have an opportunity available to make a difference in thelife of someone who is in need or suffering. Please bring your

sewing machines, notions, supplies, fabric and a lunch to ourquilting. For more information, please see Shawn Farnyiarz.


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ATTENDANCE & OFFERINGS

ATTENDANCE MINISTRY BLDG IMP.

DATE 5:00pm/9:45am FUND $ FUND $

Jan. 4 & 5 20/41

Jan 11 & 12 15/90

Jan 18 & 19 18/65

Jan 25 & 26 cancelled - -

WORSH I P

SCH EDULE

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:45 am

DCTV 5You may watch Zions Lutheran

Worship services on Wednesdays

@ 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 8:00

a.m. on DCTV 5 Defiance, OH.

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LLSLutherans of

Long Standing

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

2:00 p.m.

In Luther Hall

Mens Fellowship

meets every Tuesday

at 9:00 a.m. in the Library

ORGANICCOFFEE& TEAPRICES

Breakfast Blend $ 8.00Decaf Breakfast Blend $ 9.00

English Breakfast Tea $ 3.00

EqualExchangeoffeeOn sale throughout the year!!!!

The Book Group

meets on

Monday,

Feb. 10that7:00 pm

in theShepfer Room.

Young at Heart

meets on WEDNESDAY,February 12th 2014

at 11:30 am, at eftys Pizza

The next meeng will be

February 16thaer the

Worship Service.

Cards will be placed in the

Narthex to be signed during

Fellowship Hour on Feb. 23rd

.

Sisters in Christ

ScrapbookClub

Meets Saturday, February 1st

, from

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

Room. Bring your own drink and a

snack to share.


Worship and

MusicCommittee

Meets onFebruary 13that 7:00 p.m.

D E A D L I N E S

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT

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

March

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

February 21st


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February 2014LESSONS

FEBRUARY 1 & 2 EPIPHANY 4Saturday: Psalm 42:1-3

John 4:1-42

Sunday: Micah 6:1-8Psalm 15

1 Corinthians 1:18-31Matthew 5:1-12


John 4:46-54 and/or John 5:1-18Sunday: Isaiah 58:1-12

Psalm 112:1-101 Corinthians 2:1-16

Matthew 5:13-20


John 6:35-59Sunday: Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Psalm 119:1-81 Corinthians 3:1-9Matthew 5:21-37


John 7:37-

52

Sunday: Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18Psalm 119:33-40

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23Matthew 5:38-48

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WE WILL BECLOSED ON:

Monday,February 17 forPresidents Day.

FEBRUARY FUN FACTS

Unl 713BC, the Romans had

no names for January and Feb-

ruary, on the grounds that thewinter months did not deserve

them!

February is the only month that

can pass without a full moon.

This last happened in 1999 and

will next happen in 2018.


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February 2014

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WED THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR-

DAY

17:30 a Weight

Watchers

8:00a Scrapbook-

ing

5:00 p Worship

2

9:00 a Adult Sun-

day School

9:00 a Youth

Breakfast Club &

God Squad Gr 3-5

9:45 a Worship &

God Squad Pr-Gr 212:00 p Quilts of

Compassion

Shut In Communion

3

Pastors Day O8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

4

9:00 a Mens

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

2:00 p LLS

5:30 p Lighten Up

5

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

5:00 p Worship

5:30 p Community

Dinner

6:00 p Hand Bells

6:30pConrmaon

7:00 p Choir

6

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

5:00 p TOPS

5:30 p Backpack

Buddies at DC

7 8

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

5:00 p Worship

9

9:00 a Adult Sun-

day School

9:00 a Youth

Breakfast Club &

God Squad Gr 3-5

9:45 a Worship &

God Squad Pr-Gr 2

10

Pastors Day O

7:00 p Book

Group

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

11

9:00 a Mens

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:30 p Lighten Up

12

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

11:30 a Young at

Heart at Leys

5:00 p Food Pantry

Sign Up

5:00 p Worship

5:30 p Community

Dinner

6:00 p Hand Bells

6:30pConrmaon

7:00 Chancel Choir

13

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

5:00 p TOPS

7:00 p Worship &

Music Meeng

14

VALENTINES

DAY

1-3 New Heights

Enrichment

Class

15

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

5:00 p Worship

16

9:00 a Adult Sun-

day School

9:00 a Youth

Breakfast Club &

God Squad Gr 3-5

9:45 a Worship &

God Squad Pr-Gr 2

11:00 a Sisters in

Christ

12:00 Bus leaves

for Ice Skang

17

OFFICE CLOSED

Presidents Day

Pastors Day O

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

18

9:00 a Mens

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:30 p Lighten Up

19

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

5:00 p Worship

5:30 p Community

Dinner

6:00 p Food Pantry

Pick Up

6:00 p Hand Bells

6:30pConrmaon

7:00 Chancel Choir

20

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

5:00 p TOPS

7:00 p COUNCIL

MEETING

21

3:00 p.m.NEWSLETTER

DEADLINE

22

7:30 a Weight

Watchers

5:00 p Worship

23

9:00 a Adult Sun-

day School

9:00 a Youth

Breakfast Club &

God Squad Gr 3-5

9:45 a Worship &

God Squad Pr-Gr 2

11:00a Sign Cards

24

Pastors Day O

8:00 p Barber-

shoppers

25

9:00 a Mens

Fellowship

9:00 a Weight

Watchers

1:00 p Text Study

5:30 p Lighten Up

26

7:00 a Women @

Cabin Fever

5:00 p Worship

5:30 p Community

Dinner

6:00 p Hand Bells

6:30pConrmaon

7:00 Chancel Choir

27

9:00 a Bullen

Announcements

due

5:00 p TOPS

28

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ALTAR FLOWERS2 AVAILABLE9 AVAILABLE

16 AVAILABLE23 AVAILABLE

BULLETINS2 Karen Bowling9 Judy & Duane Engel

16 AVAILABLE23 AVAILABLE

ALTAR DUTY2 Cindy Wendell9 Linda Hardy

16 Kate Frank23 Kate Frank

LECTOR & DEACON for Sunday 9:45 am(* DEACONS)

2 * Linda Hardy, Cindy Wendell9 Cyndi Ensign

16 * Craig McKibben, Audrey Eis23 Marsha Deniston

FELLOWSHIP HOUR for Sunday 9:45 am2 Audrey & Jim Eis9 Judy & Duane Engel

16 Elaine & Gaylon Davis23 Laurie & Dwaine Schey

ACOLYTES & CRUCIFERS for Sunday 9:45 amAcolytes Crucifers

2 Sadie Worline Jared Raines9 Zack Stephens Elizabeth McNeely

16 Luke Reynolds Lexie Eis23 Ashley Hubbard Austin Hubbard

OFFERING COLLECTORS for Sunday 9:45 am1st Sunday Randy Groll & Mary Boals

2nd Sunday Jim Eis & Bill Brownson

3rd Sunday Mary Boals & Cindy Wendell

4th Sunday Marsha Leaders & Chuck Bailey

USHERS for Sunday 9:45 am1st Sunday John Diehl2nd Sunday Shawn Faryniarz3rd Sunday Laurie & Dwaine Schey4th Sunday Tom & Mary Boals

HOSTS for Saturday 5:00 pm1 Bob & Nancy Swingle8 Gene & Barb Vogel

15 Donna Ripke & Bob Thomas22 Gene & Barb Vogel

LECTOR & DEACON for Saturday 5:00 pm(* DEACONS)

1 * Audrey Eis8 AVAILABLE

15 * Dawn McKibben

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AVAILABLE

OFFERING COUNTERSMarv Widmer, Jim Eis, John Jacob, Gene Vogel

AUDIO-VISUALDoug Eis, Dale Worline, Shaun Holley, StormyGutman.

Fellowship Hour substitutes: Roxanne Maxson

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FULFILL YOUR COMMITMENT,

PLEASE ARRANGE FOR A SUBSTITUTE AND INFORM THE

CHURCH OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

FaithActive in Love FEBRUARY 2014


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ZIONS EMAIL ADDRESSES

Office Secretary [email protected]

Pastor - [email protected]

Treasurer [email protected]

Website-

www.zionslutheranchurch.com

COUNCIL MEMBERS

2014

Tom Boals, President

Deb Shockey, Vice Pres.

Gwen Anderson, Treasurer

Laurie Schey, Secretary

Mary Boals

John Diehl

Lenore Doctor

Alexis Eis

Jim Eis

Shawn Faryniarz

Stormy Gutman

Roxanne Maxson

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

ZIONS MISSION STATEMENT

Driven by Gods spirit we will grow in faith and make Christs 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 toowe 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 searchingtype 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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BULLETINSSuggested donation

for bulletins is$20.00.

Prayer ListChurch 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.

com



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WEATHERDELAYS & CLOSINGS

For any cancellations due to bad weather you may tuneinto: WTOL Channel (website: www.wtol.com) orcheck the church website at www.zionslutheranchurch.com.

Zions Lutheran Church

1801 E. Second St.

Defiance, OH 43512

Get your copy in the church narthex!

Devotional Books : The Upper Room

Christ in Our Home and Word in Season

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