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March 28, 2007
THE BUZZ AT ZION
NAVAJO MISSION TRIP UPDATE
FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN GOING WITH US: We will be having a MANDATORY meeting Tuesday, April 3rd at 6:00 pm at the Couch’s. Now that we have the Bible School planned, we need to begin assigning roles and making trip plans. Come hungry because we’ll have dinner provided as well!
ANNUAL PANCAKE SUPPER & RENT-A-KID FUNDRAISER
April 15th @ 5:00 pm, the Consistory will once again be serving up flapjacks for our annual youth fundraiser! Youth work teams are being assembled and will be on the auction block ready for your bidding! Come hungry and generous to support our fine youth!
CARPET DONATIONS
Soon there will be new carpet in the Fellowship Hall, along the hallways and up the stairs. The price for the new carpet is roughly $20,000. If you would like to contribute to this project, please make checks out to: Zion Building Fund and specify carpet on the memo line. Over $8,700.00 has been donated to date. Thank you to all who have contributed to this need!
COOKIES FOR COLLEGE KIDS
Women’s Ministry is again sending out Cookie Care Packages. If you would like your son or daughter in college or in the military to receive a care package, please contact Jennifer in the church office with their mailing information. Packages will be put together and mailed on Monday, April 9th. Ladies: please remember this date to make cookies or bars. As always, we need LOTS of popped popcorn for packaging. More details to follow, but if you have any questions please feel free to contact Sally Reuer 347-4971.
BAKE SALE THANKS
I would like to thank all the efforts made by the Women's ministry, to make the bake sale for the Bouchard's a success. Because of your generous donations $1075 was raised. This check along with the check from the Good News Club, made out to Alan Bouchard, will add to the materials needed for Pastor Peter's house and the orphanage's budget needs. I will deliver both checks to Alan who said he could have them cashed there. Upon my return I will update you on the effect you have all made on the lives in Rift Valley, Kenya.
In God's Grace, Frank
SPIRITUAL COUNSEL MEMEBERS
Due to the Maundy Thursday service, there will not be a Spiritual Counsel meeting for the month of April. See you at next months meeting, scheduled for May 3rd at 7:00pm
LENTEN BREAKFAST
Women’s Ministry will again host this year’s Lenten Breakfast held on Tuesday, April 3rd at 6:30am in the Fellowship Hall. Casseroles and fruit plates will be provided for the breakfast. See you there!
EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
This year’s Easter Sunrise Service will begin at 6:15 am at the Banjo Ranch. The youth will again be conducting the service through music and the message.
2nd ANNUAL FLEE PARTY
Friday, May 4th– 2:00-7:00pm
Saturday, May 5th - 8:00-?
All proceeds will go to the Family Life Center
For more information contact:
Sandi 347-4159 or Karen 347-8522
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER
April 4, 2007 @ 5:30pm
No Dinner this week. Will Resume April 11th.
Have a blessed Easter!
LIBRARY NEWS
Please continue to browse the book/video sale in the Fellowship Hall. The library is currently being updated and tuned up. Our sale item are multiples or books reflecting subjects covered in newer editions, now on our shelves. Also, if you see items you have donated, feel free to reclaim them.
ZION CHURCH LIBRARY BOOK REVIEW
10 Christian Values Every Kid Should Know
By Donna Habenicht
Kids today are bombarded by a confusing mix of sham values in school and in the media. What can a parent do? This book provides more than 1,000 strategies to teach respect, responsibility, self-control, honesty, compassion, thankfulness, perseverance, humility, loyalty, and faith in God.
Check it out today in YOUR church library!
MORE BITES AND BYTES
Well, we have come to the end of our second term for this school year and it was indeed a busy one. Brian had a great experience with his leadership role in the Model United Nations in February, and is looking forward to gaining more experience next year. Both the girls soccer and the boys basketball won the league championship, and by all accounts the junior senior banquet was a big success.
The academics this term were more intense, trying to get everything in and the kids prepared for next term's big exams amidst the distractions of sports, the junior/senior banquet, MUN etc. And then we end this second term with our annual interim trips, which are cultural/educational/adventure trips for the juniors and seniors.
This year Sara and I were asked to lead the Senior Scuba trip. Neither of us were scuba divers before the trip so we were able to take the course along with the students. All 11 of the seniors, and Sara and I became certified SSI divers. Whenever you take a group of teenagers, put them through this type of an intense course at the end of an intense term, and then put them 18 meters underwater, there is always the risk of panic or mistakes. God took good care of us, though and we had no issues at all. The kids were great, and it was a great time. Brian went the other direction across the Rift Valley into the Mau Forest with the Dorobo people (an indigenous people group) and hiked, hunted and learned the ways and the culture of the Dorobo.
One of the biggest dangers on trips like this in Kenya is driving the roads. The 550 km (300mi) trip to the coast took us about 12 hours going down and about 13 coming back. But we thank God for the many, many kilometers of safe travel He has granted us here at RVA over the years, and specifically for the last couple of weeks when over 150 staff and students traveled all around Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and all returned safely. The only reported injuries were a dislocated elbow on the biking trip, and several cases of dehydration.
We now look forward to some time to catch up on school projects, attend and host the International Christian Educators Conference, and enjoy a visit from a Worland friend. Our friend is interested in getting involved in various ministries around Kijabe, and seeing what it is we really do. We always enjoy sharing our lives here in Kenya with people who have been part of our ministry from afar.
Easter Blessings,
Alan for all
Posted by Jennifer Herrmann at March 28, 2007 02:47 PM