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October 10, 2007
In Pastor's Words
There is no Pastor's Pen this week. Sorry for any disappointment this may cause.
Jennifer
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October 03, 2007
THE BUZZ AT ZION
IT'S A BABY SHOWERSaturday, October 6th at 1:00pm we will shower Kelly and new born son, Kaden Alexander Schauble. Come join us for this wondrous occasion.
Suggested gifts are:
Larger size baby clothes
Diapers and Wipes
MISSIONS WEEKEND IS COMING
October 20 and 21
Please mark these dates to be with us for some informative, enjoyable, and challenge blessings with our guests missionaries, with Africa Inland Mission who are heading for ministry among the desert peoples of North Africa. Also, John Hosie of AIM, former Principal of the Rethy Academy (for missionary’s children) in Congo, will be on hand to participate in all of our gatherings that weekend. Please plan to be with us for a carry in meal on Saturday, October 20, at 6 p.m., Sunday School for everyone at 9:15 and Morning Worship at 10:30.
INDESCRIBABLE DVD’S ARE HERE
“The Heavens are telling the glory of God…The amazing DVD’s by Louie Giglio were available for you to purchase a few weeks ago. The wait is over! The DVD’s are in and available for to pick up in the church office. The cost of the DVD is $15. Please make checks payable to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
AFTER 5 CLUB
GUEST NIGHT
Celebrating America the Beautiful
Please purchase your tickets at McKinnon Flooring, Janet’s Boutique, Sunshine Office Products and Born Again Clothing, OR from any board member. Tickets must be purchased by October 8, 2007.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Program: 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Worland Community Complex
Dinner begins: 6:30 p.m.
1200 Coburn Avenue
Price: $10.00
Rides, Reservations & Cancellations
Call Joyce Brill @ 347-3350 or Ople Jorgensen @ 347-3555 for additional ticket information.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Wood Worker of America
Steve & Laura Brown
MUSIC
Star Spangled Melodies
Let Freedom Ring
Sal Fabela & Toni Munoz
SPEAKER
G. Thomas Greco, Col US Army (retired)
Hear the spine tingling story CNN did not
tell you during Operation Desert Storm
Sponsored by Worland’s After 5, affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries
FARMER' MARKET
Don’t forget about Farmer’s Market in
the Fellowship Hall
after the Service. We are overflowing with God’s abundant blessings!
Zion's Fall Festival
The air is crisp, the sun not quite so intense, and the days are becoming shorter. All evidence points to the sheer fact that Fall has officially arrived. Some breathe a sigh of relief from the heat, while others cringe at the thought of biding Summer farewell.
Fall brings its own beautiful colors and fun activates. One of which is Zion’s Fall Festival. This year Fall Festival will be on Wednesday, October 31, @ 5:30pm here in the Fellowship Hall. Hotdogs, chips and cotton candy will be provided by the church. However, we need candy for the children. If you could, while you’re shopping, please pick up 2 bags of candy. You can drop them in the church office and Jennifer will take care of them from there. Thank your for your generous support!
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In Pastor's Words
Breaking Bread Together
The first Christians knew the importance of breaking bread together, better known to us as the Lord’s Supper. Acts 2:42 tells us that, immediately following Pentecost, the “breaking of bread” in the early church was a daily occurrence and became one of four basic pillars that supported the fundamental structure of the Church. The “breaking of bread” was and is observed in response to our Lord’s institution of it in the Gospels, “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:19,20). About a quarter century after later, in AD 55, Paul reiterated Christ’s instruction to the Church at Corinth, “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink in, in remembrance of me.”
What we learn from the institution of the Lord’s Supper is that it is a command to all of us in the Christian church 1) to look outward to the precious fellowship we have with Christ around the Table with other Christians, 2) to look backward to Jesus’ shed blood and sacrificial body on the cross which was foreshadowed by the sacrificial lamb at the Passover in the Old Testament, 3) to look inward to the work of grace through salvation by faith in Christ’s work on the cross, and 4) to look forward to our eternal union with Christ when He returns for His church. Until Jesus comes, we are instructed to be faithful at the Lord’s Table to “proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor. 11:26).
All over the world this Sunday, designated “World Wide Communion,” Christians will observe the Lord’s Supper in obedience to Jesus’ command. They may not always observe the Supper with traditional bread and wine. While officiating at communion services in Africa, unique substitutes were sometimes used in dire circumstances. On one occasion, while visiting missionaries in the remote northern frontier in the Turkana tribal territory, only cookies and orange drink were available. On another occasion, during a bread shortage, fried egg substituted for the bread. In Masai land in an outdoor church service, where congregants sat on logs under the shade of an acacia tree, crackers and soda were all that were available. And so it will be this Sunday for world wide communion around the world. Regardless of what substances that will actually be used for the traditional bread and wine, the significance will be the same as Christians look outward, backward, inward and forward. And God will be pleased! Will you join us at Zion this Sunday to break bread with us?
Pastor Ralph Partelow
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