T Newsletter November 2015 Website

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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

November 2015

www.zionslutheranchurch.com

Visit our website at:

Church Office Email:

[email protected]

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“On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things…” Isaiah 25.6-9

For the prophet, the vision of the culture of God, a culture that exists in the “age to come”, exists here on earth. That culture exemplifies God’s justice and mercy; that culture also is promise and seal of God’s people: a promise that God will “wipe away all tears” one day, and a seal set upon the hearts of God’s people as an en-during hope to give the people courage to meet the struggles of “the present age”. Each prophet attests to this culture of God with words and actions. The culture that God inaugurates lives in the flesh of the people who “wait” on God, “rejoice” in God’s presence in each encounter, and recognize the feast of God’s abundance. For the prophets, God enacted the promised culture in Israel; for Christians today, we see that same culture lived through the Body of Christ.

Recently, I read a book by Johann Hari called, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs. Before getting the book, I had watched a TED talk on the internet by the same young man. He talked so provocatively that immediately I started to research his ideas about addiction and sobriety. From that video, I remember, “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety; the opposite of addiction is community.” Those words struck me as at once odd and delightful. For Hari, the key to overcoming drug problems is not punishment, but community; in the Church we would say, not Law but Grace. His book has proved just as delightful and odd as his talk, I highly recommend it to anyone. Certainly, Western culture has much to learn from this young man’s re-search. Maybe the Church has something to learn from him?

During this month of November, the Church winds down one liturgical year and prepares for a new one. This year, we end Mark’s short, earthy Gospel that paints a picture of Jesus who is all too hu-man, and prepare ourselves for the social justice of Luke’s Gospel. Whereas Jesus, in Mark, cast out demons and showed the world how to be authentically “human”, in Luke, by contrast, shows forth Jesus’ humanity quite clearly through communion with others.

Right at the beginning of this month, on the Festival of All Saints, the Church recognizes the im-portance of the Body of Christ, mysteriously “knit together” in a way that only God could accom-plish. As God’s people, we acknowledge that in order to share the Good News with others, we must share our experiences, warts and all, with others. In that sharing, we must also share how God has handled us – with compassion, and care, not more rules, and punishment. To be the culture of God, God’s people must attest to God’s justice and mercy created by the heart of Jesus, within that carefully knit Body of Christ.

How can we better serve our community and the world for the sake of Jesus? How can Zion’s attest to God’s culture with compassion and grace? How can we feast on the fat things of God with every-one, without distinction, without reservation, without pre-conceived notions?

Peace, Pr Tim

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Turn Your Clocks back one hour on

Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2:00 a.m.

Operation Christmas Child

Get Ready — Get Set — SHOP!!

We’ll be filling boxes of gifts for children once again this year. Boxes are

available in the church library. Last day to turn in your box is November 15.

SHOPPING LIST IDEAS: Toys: Include items that children will immediately embrace such as toy cars, yo-yos, jump ropes, balls, toys that light up and make noise (with extra batteries), etc. School Supplies: pens, pencils and sharpeners, crayons, markers, notebooks, paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc. Non-liquid Hygiene Items: toothbrushes, bar soap, combs, washcloths, etc. Accessories: T-shirts, socks, hats, sunglasses, hair clips, jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra batteries), etc. Crafts: Make your own items such as hair bows, finger puppets, and friendship bracelets. Download instructions here. A Personal Note: You may enclose a note to the child and a photo of yourself or your family. If you include your name and address, the child may be able to write back. Do Not Include: Used or damaged items; war-related items such as toy guns, knives, or military figures; chocolate or food; out-of-date candy; liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow globes or glass containers; aerosol cans.

Outreach & Evangelism Meeting

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

at 5:00 p.m. in the Hofer Room

Throughout the month of

November we will be fo-

cusing on collecting items

that are needed in Zion’s

Pantry. You will have opportunities to

have a little fun, while the pantry

shelves get restocked. This will culmi-

nate in the Thanks 4 Giving Weekend

celebration, November 21 & 22

Participate in Zion’s Reverse offering on

Sunday, Nov. 8

Place your offerings at the altar

The “Giving Tree” will be

featured in the narthex—

take a leaf and buy that

item

Thanks 4 Giving Weekend

November 21 & 22

IN CHRISTIAN

SYMPATHY

We pray for God’s comfort for the fol-lowing families who recently lost a loved one:

Ray & Sharon Carnahan on the loss of their son, Ran-dal Carnahan, on October 13.

The Schaufele family on the passing of Phil, on Octo-ber 22.

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House of Ruth

“Mom Space” Project Thanks to everyone who donated money,

ate at Applebee’s, and most of all…ate chicken!

The mission project is completed and we sur-

passed our fundraising goal!

With special thanks to the following or-

ganizations that provided grants and matching

funds:

NW Oh Synod of the ELCA – Mission Match

Women’s Giving Circle of Defiance

Thrivent –Defiance/Paulding Chapter From, Your Outreach & Evangelism Committee

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY

October 31 & November 1 If you have lost a family member in the past year, please notify the church office by Oct. 27, so their name(s) may be printed in the bulletin for All Saints Sun-day. You may email the office at zion [email protected] or call at 419-782-8781.

If you shop at Kroger and have a Kroger Plus Card – and have

not signed up for the Community Rewards program – the Out-

reach Committee members will be happy to help you. We just

need your card number and an e-mail address.

See Laurie Schey, Cyndi Ensign or Shawn Faryniarz for assistance or fill out this

form:

Kroger Community Rewards Sign up (if you do not have an online account)

Name_________________________________________________________

Home address__________________________________________________

Kroger Card #__________________________________________________

E-mail Address_________________________________________________

Password suggestion_____________________________________________

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Outreach and Evangelism Ministry

Team is in need of more people to serve on

this committee. Meetings are generally

held on the first Wednesday of the month

at 5:00 p.m. in the Hofer Room. Please

contact Laurie Schey to be a part of this

ministry team.

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 needs and en-courage you to bring your needs to the attention of Pastor, the deacon group or council whichever is appropri-ate. In turn, we trust you have an equally sincere interest in getting to know your deacon as a present and fu-ture friend and confidant. We also want to emphasize the importance of speaking with Pastor whenever the need arises. He wants to know your concerns to help provide a solution or answers to your questions. He re-mains the best resource within our congregation to share wisdom 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 topics con-cerning the spiritual welfare of the congregation. Most importantly we are available for you when 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 encourage you to reach out to your deacon whenever the need arises. Please call the church office for any assistance.

Dick Anderson


SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

November 22nd – Children’s Music December 13th – Christmas Program ...Truly Christmas

We want to encourage more children to become involved with this program. Santa will be there...and also a special visit by Jesus will help us with our program. If all parents, grandparents and children would invite a friend to experience this program, especially anyone that has never been in a program, we would be able to spread the news and joy to many more people. Announcements will be made con-cerning practices for this event.

Our Sunday School participants will become aware of giving to Jesus through an offering collected each Sunday.

Coming Soon! Adults, parents, grandparents, and all members of Zion’s are invited to participate in a Sun-day School Class of their own. Dawn McKibben will be our excellent facilitator of this class. Date to be an-nounced!

Simply Giving Automatic Donation Program Each holiday season, Zion’s anticipates and relies on a seasonal increase in contributions. It is through the donations of every individual and family in the congregation that we are able to carry on our work now and throughout the year. If you need a convenient way to make recurring contributions or plan to make an additional gift before the end of the year, we encourage you to check out our electronic giving option, Simply Giving. As the pace of life speeds up around the holidays, you may find electronic giving a most welcome way to make contributions. To set up a recurring giving schedule, please complete a Simply Giving paper authorization form available from the church secretary or Gwen Anderson and return it to the church of-fice. Thank you for your generosity and support!

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Church Council Highlights October 22, 2015

The Maumee Valley Conference will be held on Nov. 12 at Emmanuel Lutheran in Napoleon.

The “Simply Giving” form is being updated for distribution.

A Thank you was received from the synod for Zion’s support of the Synod Mission Partners.

The 2013 audit of the Treasurer’s books has been completed with a few minor issues to answer.

The 2014 audit of the Treasurer’s books has been completed with a couple of documentation issues to fol-

low up on.

Finance Team will be preparing the proposed 2016 Operational Guidelines by Nov. meeting.

The Sunday School Christmas program will be held on Sunday, Dec. 13.

An adult Sunday School class will be taught by Dawn McKibben, starting in Nov.

The furnace needs a new burner unit – will be repaired within a week.

Property Team is seeking solutions to repairing the lights for the cross on the east side of the building.

Zion’s will be manning the RAVENS collection at the Northtowne Mall on Sat. Dec. 12.

Thanks 4 Giving Weekend will be celebrated on Nov. 21 & 22, with a focus on items needed for Zions’ pan-

try.

Kroger Community Rewards payment for the period ending on Oct. 30 is $197.18.

Renovations to the Memorial Garden have been completed and everything is thriving.

The House of Ruth “Mom Space” project is completed and the fundraising goals were surpassed.

RAVEN’S COIN VORTEX

December 12

10 am—8 pm

Volunteers are needed to

help raise money for the

RAVEN’S organization. Sign

up sheet in the Narthex.

VETERANS’ WEEKEND

will be celebrated Nov. 7 & 8. Please submit the names of current, living, and deceased veterans of our church no later than Nov. 3. You may email the office at zion111@embarqmail. com or call at 419-782-8781.

DCTV 5

You may watch Zion’s Lutheran

Worship services on Wednesdays

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

a.m. on DCTV 5 Defiance, OH.

WORSHIP

SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:45 am

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LLS Lutherans of

Long Standing

Meets on Tues-

day,

November 3, at

2:00 p.m.

in the Library

Men’s

Fellowship

meets every Tuesday

at 9:00 a.m. in the

Narthex

ORGANIC COFFEE & TEA PRICES

Breakfast Blend $ 8.00

Decaf Breakfast Blend $ 9.00

English Breakfast Tea $ 3.00

K-cups $10.00 will not work in Keurig 2.0 /Vue

Equal

Exchange

Coffee

On sale throughout the year!!!!

The Book

Group

meets on

Monday, November 9 at 12:00 p.m. at Jewell Café.

Reading List is posted on the Narthex Bulletin Board.

Young at Heart meets on WEDNESDAY,

November 11, 2015

at 11:30 am, at Lefty’s Pizza

Sisters in Christ will meet

after worship on November 15.

The following Sunday, cards will be placed in the Narthex to be signed.

Sisters in Christ

Scrapbook

Club

Will meet on No-vember 7, in the Hofer Room at 8:00 a.m. Please bring a snack to share.


Worship and Music

Committee

Meets on Novem-ber 12.

See Neal Den-

iston for more information.

DEADLINES

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT

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

December

NEWSLETTER

DEADLINE

November 16th

QUILTS OF COMPASSION

“Bringing Help and Hope to the

Hurting”

Meets on Sunday, November 1 at noon.

November 2015 LESSONS

OCT 31 & NOV 1 ALL SAINTS Isaiah 25:6-9

Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a

John 11:32-44

NOV 7 & 8 PENTECOST 24 1 Kings 17:8-16

Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28

Mark 12:38-44

NOV 14 & 15 PENTECOST 25 Daniel 12:1-3

Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-25

Mark 13:1-8

NOV 21 & 22 CHRIST THE KING Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

Psalm 93 Revelation 1:4b-8

John 18:33-37

NOV 28 & 29 ADVENT 1 Jeremiah 33:14-16

Psalm 25:1-10 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Luke 21:25-36


Snowbirds …. Please remember to notify the of-fice when you will be heading south for the winter. Updated addresses

for long-term moves are greatly appreciated when it comes time to mail out church communi-cations, annual giving statements, envelopes...

WEEKLY BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

are due on Wednesday mornings, by 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

Additions to the Zion’s Prayer List:

Phone Prayers: Barb Vogel at 419-393-2544 E-prayers: [email protected]

Call the Church office at 419-782-8781.

If you are calling for someone other than yourself, please be sure that you have permission.

WEATHER

DELAYS & CLOSINGS

For any cancellations due to bad weath-

er you may tune into: WTOL Channel

11 (website: www.wtol.com) or check the

church website at: www.zions

lutheranchurch.com.

Please remember to call the church office 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 correc-tion, or birthday correction.

4. New email address and/or phone number.

THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE

CLOSED

ON THURSDAY,

NOVEMBER 12

FOR VETERANS’ DAY and

THURSDAY & FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER 26 & 27 FOR

THANKSGIVING

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WED THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 9:00 Sunday School 9:45 a Worship 11:00 Endowment 12:00 p Quilts of Compassion Change Clocks

2 Pastor’s Day Off

8:00 p Barber-shoppers

3 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

4 7:00 a Women @ Cabin Fever 9:00 a Bulletin An-nouncements due 5:00 p Outreach/Evangelism Meeting 5:30p Meal 6:00 p Confirmation 6:00 p Bells 7:00 p Choir

5 5:00 p TOPS

6

7 7:30 a Weight Watchers 8:00 a Scrapbook Group 5:00 p Worship

8 9:00 a Sunday School 9:45 a Worship

9 Pastor’s Day Off 12:00 p Book Group at Jewell Cafe


10 9:00 a Men’s Fellowship 9:00 a Weight Watchers 1:00 p Text Study 5:00 p Lighten Up

11 7:00 a Women @ Cabin Fever 9:00 a Bulletin An-nouncements due 11:30 a Young at Heart at Leftys 5:00 p Food Pantry Sign Up 5:30 p Meal 6:00 p Confirmation 6:00 p Bells 7:00 p Choir 7:00 p Bible Study

12 VETERAN’S DAY OBSERVANCE OFFICE CLOSED 12:00 p Worship & Music Meeting 5:00 p TOPS 7:00 p Deacons

13

14 7:30 a Weight Watchers 5:00 p Worship

15 9:00 a Sunday School 9:45 a Worship 11:00 Sisters in Christ

16

8:00 p Barber-shoppers 3:00 p.m. NEWS-LETTER DEADLINE


18 7:00 a Women @ Cabin Fever 9:00 a Bulletin An-nouncements due 5:30p Meal 6:00 p Food Pantry Pick Up 6:00 p Confirmation 6:00 p Bells 7:00 p Choir

19 5:00 p TOPS 7:00 p Council

20


22

9:00 Sunday School 9:45 a Worship 11:00 Sign Cards

23 Pastor’s Day Off 9:00 a Bulletin Announcements due



25 7:00 a Women @ Cabin Fever 5:30p Meal

26 THANKSGIVING OFFICE CLOSED

27 OFFICE CLOSED


29 9:00 Sunday School 9:45 a Worship

30 Pastor’s Day Off 8:00 p Barber-shoppers



ALTAR FLOWERS 1 Karen Bowling 8 Donna Schindler 15 Jason & Jenni Hoffman 22 AVAILABLE 29 AVAILABLE

BULLETINS 1 AVAILABLE 8 Judy Mekus 15 Karen Bowling 22 AVAILABLE 29 AVAILABLE

ALTAR DUTY 1 Sue McKibben 8 Lois Dodt 15 Diana Groll 22 Kate Frank 29 Marsha Leaders

LECTOR & DEACON for Sunday 9:45 am

(* DEACONS) 1 * Patty VanDemark & Craig McKibben 8 Sue McKibben 15 *John Diehl & Patty VanDemark 22 Cyndi Ensign 29 Marsha Deniston

FELLOWSHIP HOUR for Sunday 9:45 am 1 Leona & Chuck Bailey 8 Audrey Eis 15 Judy & Duane Engel 22 Elaine & Gaylon Davis 29 Laurie & Dwaine Schey

ACOLYTES & CRUCIFERS for Sunday 9:45 am Acolytes Crucifers 1 Sophie Reynolds Choir 8 Pre-lit Choir 15 Austin Hubbard Ashley Hubbard 22 Luke Reynolds Choir 29 Choir Choir

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 7 Gene & Barb Vogel 14 Sonia Bussing & Donna Ripke 21 Donna Ripke & Bob Thomas 28 Bob & Nancy Swingle

LECTOR & DEACON for Saturday 5:00 pm

(* DEACONS) 31 * Doug Eis 7 AVAILABLE 14 * Audrey Eis 21 AVAILABLE 28 AVAILABLE

OFFERING COUNTERS

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

AUDIO-VISUAL Doug Eis, Eric Engel, Stormy Gutman, Shaun Holley, Angela Mack.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FULFILL YOUR COMMITMENT, PLEASE ARRANGE FOR A SUBSTITUTE AND INFORM THE CHURCH OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Faith Active in Love November 2015

BULLETINS

Suggested donation for bulletins is $20.00.

Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, December 6 after

worship services.

ZION’S EMAIL ADDRESSES

Office Secretary - [email protected]

Pastor - [email protected]

Treasurer - [email protected]

Website - www.zionslutheranchurch.com

COUNCIL MEMBERS

2015

Tom Boals, President

Shawn Farnyiarz, Vice President

Gwen Anderson, Treasurer

Laurie Schey, Secretary

Mary Boals

Karen Bowling

John Diehl

Lenore Doctor

Alexis Eis

Audrey Eis

Carl Snyder

COUNCIL MEETS ON the third Thursday of each month

(except July) at 7:00 p.m.

DEACONS

Dick Anderson

Tom Boals

John Diehl

Audrey Eis

Doug Eis

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”

OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Thursday

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 that

should 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 has en-acted a policy regarding the names placed on the church prayer list in the bulletin. If you would like prayers on the list for longer than 3 weeks, please make another request. Re-quests can be sent to the church office via phone 419-782-8781 or by email at: zion111@ embarqmail.com

Get your copy in the church narthex!

Devotional Books : The Upper Room

Christ in Our Home and Word in Season


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