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From the pas tor ’ s d e sk . . .
News from Zion
News from Zion
Z i o n @ v i s t a b e a m . c o m
Www . z i o n s c o t t s b l u f f . c o m
Mission Prayer Partners
for April, 2013
7 - Todd/Zach Pieper &
Zach VanDyke
14 - Gideons International
21 - Rick & Fairy Hattan/AWANA
28 - Tom & Sandi Hofmann/
AWANA
Pleas e Take note . . .
Showers of Blessing
“I will make them and the places all
around My hill a blessing; and I will
cause showers to come down in their
season; there shall be showers of
blessing.” Ezekiel 34:26 NKJV
As April opens before us and we
long for showers to come, I can say with
confidence, I do not know what the
weather holds but I do know who holds
the weather, and cares for his people in
times of need. What a contrast is the
verse above from Hosea 8:11 which
says,
Behold, the days are coming,”
says the Lord GOD,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the LORD.
NKJV
The difference? In one passage, God is
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compassionate to his people and
promises to shepherd and care for
them as his own flock; in the other, the
people have rejected the Lord and
gone after false gods. Yet to all who
will truly seek the Lord, he holds the
solution to their every thirst and need.
God has clearly promised,
“And you will seek Me and find Me,
when you search for Me with all your
heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV
Therefore, with the Psalmist, let us
earnestly pray,
“As the deer pants for the water
brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.”
Psalm 42:1 NKJV
And let the showers of blessing and
songs of refreshing to both souls and
land freely come!
Pastor Garry
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from whom from whom from whom all blessings all blessings all blessings all blessings flow!flow!flow!flow!
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General Fund for FEBRUARY, 2013
INCOME:
Fund Raisers $ 896.00
Interest Income 32.16
Other Income 758.84
Sunday Offering 13,932.00
TOTAL INCOME $ 15,619.00
EXPENSES:
Bldg. & Grounds $ 820.56
Fund Raising 240.14
Ministry 664.14
Mission Fund 15.00
Office 182.38
Staff Benefits 3,586.05
Staff Salary 6291.56
Utilities 1,419.89
TOTAL EXPENSES: $ 13,216.72
TOTAL INCOME/EXPENSE $ 2,402.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CALLING ALL LADIES!!! Ladies Guild Meeting-- April 1st, 2013 7:00 P.M.
Sympathies and condolences are extended to. . .
. . .Lydia Becking and family on the passing of sister-in-law, Helen Becking. . . .Art & Sharon Stricker and family on the passing of Irene Stricker. . . .friends and family of Albert & Eldora Reifschneider. . . .Sandra Sauer & family on the passing of great-grandson Hunter Alkire. . . .Jovetta & Charlie Stricker and family on the pass-ing of Jovetta’s brother, Harvey Yekel. Congratulations to. . .
. . .Violet Harris on her birthday, March 2nd.
. . . Matt & Andrea Ray on the birth of daughter,
Tatum Joy Ray, born March 4th, weighing 9#1oz and
21 5/8” long. Proud siblings are Turner, Madison and
Ryland and Grandma and Grandpa Ray.
. . .Bill &Shirley Loose on their 58th Wedding
Anniversary on March 6th!
. . .Betty Brothers on her birthday, March 6th!
. . .Dewey Brothers on his 91st Birthday, March 9th!
. . .Jake Kautz on his 87th Birthday, March 10th!
. . .Stan Stricker on his 85th Birthday, March21st.
. . . Micah Schick on his participation in the Math
Olympics in Colorado Springs.
. . .Helen Maier on her 86th Birthday on March 26th!
. . .Helen & Harry Maier on their 65th Wedding
Anniversary!
COOP RECEIPTS:
$43,130.40
Congratulations to our Congratulations to our Congratulations to our Congratulations to our
2013 Confirmands:2013 Confirmands:2013 Confirmands:2013 Confirmands:
Gunnar Alex Buchhammer
Emily Danae Doremus
Rachel Kristina Hancock
Braden Dean Lofink
Baily Jean Kreider
Austin Levi Rhamy
Colter Todd Robertus
Congratulations to those baptized by immersion on March 17th:
Shawna Hill
Beau Lofink
Braden Lofink
Austin Rhamy
Talia Robertus
Halley Schanaman
Anna Schick
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KCMI Broadcast for April is given in
loving memory George & Leah Reichert;
Larry Reichert, and
Sam & Carol Schanaman from
Cliff & Cindee Reichert and
Brenda Smith.
Thank you to all who donated lilies for our Easter celebrations:
From David and Virginia Kaufman on memory
of David’s grandparent’s and Virginia’s parents.
From Lea Dittenber and family in memory of
Rhine Dittenber.
From Shirley Ruppel and the Schadwinkels in
memory of Harold Ruppel.
From Barb Steffensen in memory of husband,
Don Steffensen.
From Terry Martin in memory of parents, Don
and Ardy Brady.
From Gene Minch in memory of wife, Mildred.
From Jerry & Kim Doremus in memory of son,
Nicholas.
From Cindee & Cliff Reichert in memory of
Cindee’s parents and two brothers, Chris and Scott.
From Ruth Hein & family in memory of Floyd
Hein.
From Delores Pfenning in memory of husband,
Roy; Mr. & Mrs. Reinhardt Feil, Sr. and Mr.& Mrs.
Henry Pfenning.
AN MISSION OPPORTUNITY TO HELP! Our names are Zach Van Dyke and Zach Pieper, and we are current members of the Zion and have been raised here our whole lives. We are both studying health professions at Chadron State College. While away at school, we were presented with an opportunity to go on a mission’s trip, and we felt led to do so. As a result, we will be traveling to Falmouth, Jamaica. We will be leaving May 10th and returning May 19th. This is a medical mission’s trip; while there we will be focusing on sharing the gospel and working in the medical and dental clinics. There are also a number of construction projects and orphanages that we will visit and lend a helping hand. This trip does not fall under the umbrella of any mission’s organization, and is entirely put on and funded by the people that are going. Because of this, we are each in charge of our own individual fund rais-ing. We would like to ask for your support in this en-deavor, both through prayer and financially, if you are able. Please pray with us that we will dedicate our en-ergy to serving the physical and spiritual needs of the families of Jamaica. If the Lord is leading you to help financially, your gift can be made to Zion Missions and sent/given to Linda Peterson or Barb Kautz. We are extremely excited for this opportunity and anything you can give through prayer or otherwise is greatly ap-preciated. Thank you and may God bless you richly!
SINGSPIRATON
In both services on Mother’s Day, May 12th, we
will be doing a SINGSPIRATON and we are looking
for volunteers! You can play an instrument, do a solo
or sing as a group. Join in this celebration of music
and sign up at the Welcome Center.
Call the church office if you have questions
at 632-8125 or see Pastor Garry.
Wondering about how to become a member of Zion Evangelical
Church? We would love to have your join our fellowship of believers. If interested, call the church office at 632-8125
or talk to Pastor Garry.
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~ AWANA NEWS ~
Congratulations to our February Clubbers of the Month:
Sparks – Ashtyn Silverman & Brayden Hale; T&T – Hope Scha-
naman & Cameron Meyer and Trek – Austin Rhamy. Way to go,
Clubbers! There are only four regular club nights left!!!
We are getting “down to the wire” on clubbers completing 30
sections in their handbooks in order to be presented with
their invitation to the Pizza Reward Party on April 21st.
Congratulations to Danara Abshire, Maddux Janecek, Tristan
Deem, Tristen Brannan, Claire Powell, Delaney Haun, Isaac
Ashford and Molly Stricker! Great job, Clubbers!!!
Congratulations to Danara Abshire for bringing two guests to
club and receiving 30 shares!!!
We had a wonderful time with our special
guests – our grandparents - the last club
meeting in February for Grandparent’s Day.
My cousin, Vern Benzel, was the guest
speaker and he shared with us about the
very serious car accident that he was in-
volved in about 15 years ago. The young lady
that hit him had just graduated from high
school a few days prior, had her whole fu-
ture ahead of her and due to being a dis-
tracted driver, she died in the accident and
was laid to rest a few days later. This led to sharing the message of salvation - no one is guaranteed
tomorrow! As I remind the grandparents every year, their godly example and prayers for their grand-
children are a treasure! We enjoyed a great evening of fellowship and a variety
of freezer pies.
March Madness: We started out our celebration of mad-
ness/craziness on the 3rd by wearing our crazy socks. We
had some fun and crazy socks and Josie’s mom found a new
way to display her crazy socks! (It didn’t last long,
though.) Like I told the clubbers, some of them wear
“crazy socks” as a part of their normal, daily routine so it
probably wasn’t a real special/different club time for
them.
On the 10th, we had Inside/Out night. Last year, we had
Backwards Night so I thought that we’d try inside/out this
year. I have to say that in my opinion, wearing your clothes inside out is MUCH
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EASIER and MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE than backwards!!! We had a
dad and son duo that went “all out”. Can you guess who they are? There
was also a leader that didn’t read the sentence in the
flyer about keeping it appropriate as I didn’t want to
see anyone’s underwear! Yes, Zion Church, it is one of
our newly elected deacons in his inside-out boxers –
HAHAHA!!!
The 17th – St. Patrick’s Day – we were in our green!!! This was by
far our most highly participated of the March Madness activities!!!
At check-in, the clubbers had three containers to “take one” out
of – a green basketball necklace, a green chocolate candy coin and
a green noisemaker . . . yes, I said, “noisemaker”. My Staff was wondering whether I
was in my “right mind” to do this and before the whistle was blown to start Opening
Ceremony, I had several of them threatening to resign! As you can see by the pic-
tures I included, there was a headband that was a favored item of the Trek group to
take pictures in – even their “fearless” leader! Looking good, Randy!!!
We are in full swing with AWANA Games practices and as of this
writing, we are less than a week away from AWANA Games competition at WNCC
on March 23rd. We have had some changes in the games that the clubbers compete
in as well as the T&T boys and girls are combined on a team rather than separate
this year. We would love to have a huge cheering section from Zion. The Sparks
compete at 1:00 and T&T at 3:00. Hope to see you there!!!
The rest of March we do not have club due to Palm Sunday on
the 24th and Easter on the 31st. The AWANA Staff will not be
“off”, though, as we will be serving our annual Easter Break-
fast to the Zion Congregation between the two church ser-
vices. Looking forward to visiting with and serving all of you!
As we are on the verge of closing out our 30th year of AWANA at Zion, my prayer
is that we will not resign from making noise when it comes to declaring the Good
News of the Gospel – for the NEXT 30 years (or until Christ returns!) You can be
sure that I will
continue to remind you that . . .
GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!
Cheryl Rose,
Zion AWANA Commander
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CIRCLE OF PRAISE:
ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION
April 20th - 6:00 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share. Sign up at the Welcome Center.
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LADIES GUILD:
Zion ladies met March 4th with 16 la-dies present. Prayer was given by Linda Peter-sen and two hymns were sung. The Secretary and Treasurer’s report was given and ap-proved. In old business, final plans for the Soup Supper were discussed. Angel Food cakes will be made the day before the supper and sell for $7.50. We will also sell noodles, butterballs and rye bread during the supper. The Guild also approved buying 2 new noodle machines. In other business, Elaine gave an update on the new faucet for the big kitchen sink. The Guild voted to accept the bid that Erik got for us. Elaine will get with Eric to see when it can be installed. Our Mother’s Day Tea will be May 6. We will have an update at our April meeting. There was no new business. Our devotion was given by Linda; it was the Easter Story using a Easter tree and put-ting ornaments on it that go with the different events leading up to Easter. Our hosts for the evening were Barb Steffensen, Helen Maier and Kathy Jay and our next meeting will be April 1.
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YOUTH - The only way to describe the month of March for our youth programs is
busy. In addition to all of our normal weekly
activities, every Saturday in March had ac-
tivities planned. We started the month with
our ski trip on March 2. Our group of 13 ski-ers enjoyed good snow, beautiful weather,
and clear roads. It would be hard to imag-
ine how we could have had a better day for
this trip. The next Saturday several of our
youth group members volunteered to help
out with the soup dinner hosted by the
Ladies Guild. The ladies made the night a great success, and I was proud of how
hard the students who came to help
worked. On Saturday, March 16, my Sun-
day school class got together to enjoy a fun day together. We began with a hike
out in the beautiful hills south of Ger-
ing. We then had dinner together before
ending the day with a movie that eve-ning. The following Saturday our Awana
Club participated in the Awana Games at
WNCC. On the last weekend of the month
our students were busy with Easter week activities. Students participated in the
Easter Egg Hunt as well as preparations
for Easter breakfast. We also took advan-
tage of a long weekend off of school to
get outside and enjoy a hike during that weekend. As busy as March was, I was
surprised not to have been worn out by
the end of it, but all of the activities pre-
sented important opportunities to spend valuable time with students with whom I
love to spend time. I trust the relation-
ships built doing things together will in-
crease the impact of the lessons I teach on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thurs-
days. Now that March is over, we have
less than two months of the current
school year. Please pray that I can take
full advantage of the remaining opportuni-ties to teach and encourage the students
to trust God with more and more of their
decisions.
Andy
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Happy Birthday,
Anna Schick
Happy Birthday,
Pastor Amos!
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