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July 23, 2008

THE BUZZ AT ZION

Youth Group & Kenya Team Share a Fair Booth
July 29- Aug 2
The ROCK Youth Group and Kenya Mission Team will be hosting a booth at this years Fair on July 28th-Aug 2nd. If you can work one or more of the three hour shifts please see Pastor Steve or Pastor Jason. Thanks!

Join Us This Sunday
Sunday School Classes continue ALL summer
Adult Classes
Pastor Couch’s Sermon on the Mount study
Way Walkers Discipleship Training
New Members/Friendship Class
Youth Classes
Nursery available for birth to three
Combined PreK-5th Grade
Games, Music, Stories, Food, and Crafts!
Jr. & Sr. High Classes

ATTENTION!
It has come to the attention of the Financial
Council that receipts for purchases charged
to the church with local businesses are not
being signed and/or submitted to Jennifer.
All purchases must be signed for and
specified which department it belongs to.
ALSO, a copy of the receipts MUST be
submitted to the office with signature and
designation. Thank you for your cooperation.
Calvin Jones
Consistory Treasure

HELP WANTED..
* Fall is coming and so are Wednesday Night Suppers! We are looking for teams of people to clean up after meals have been served. If you are interested in taking on this ministry or helping with the clean-up crew, please contact Todd Scheuerman at 347-8278. Thank You!

* Volunteers are needed to help run the Humane Society booth during Fair week, July 29-Aug. 2nd. Indian tacos and fry bread are the menu. If you are able to help please contact Peggy Mangus at 347-3511. Thank you so much!

* Children’s Church will resume on August 3rd but Nicole is in need of volunteers. Rotations work out that you only have to teach 3 times a year. If you are interested in helping please let Nichole Scheuerman know. 431-2551 Thank you!

GROSHART TO WRITE A BOOK
Pam Groshart will be in Worland July 29 - August 2. She would like to talk with people about Nursing and Medicine in the rural Big Horn Basin area during the latter half of the 20th century (1950 - 2000). She is especially interested to speak with folks who knew her parents, Dr. Gene Groshart and Harriet Groshart. She hopes to set up interview / talk times during those days. If you are available and/or interested, please contact her directly at 1-208-869-0321 or call Jody Wesnitzer (347-2128). You may also choose to set up an interview time by emailing Pam at wyogal13@cableone.net.

Welcome the Bouchards Back to Zion this Sunday!
Alan and Sara Bouchard are Zion’s missionaries to Rift Valley Academy (a missionary kids’ academy in Kenya), where they have served for the past ten years. Alan, Sara and their son, Brian, will be with us this Sunday to greet all of us. Let’s give them a warm welcome!

THE BACKPACK PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Every year the Washakie Ministerial Association heads the Backpack Program in the Worland area for children K-5. In order to be eligible for the program families must qualify for the free and reduced lunch program through the district. This year backpacks will be distributed on August 6 & 7 during school registration.
If you would like to sponsor one or more backpacks at $30.00 each, please make checks payable to the Washakie County Ministerial Association and specify Backpack Program on the memo line. Please bring your donation to the church
office. Thank you for your help in this community wide ministry.
A simple way to make a difference in a child’s life …

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Bouchard's Bits & Bites

Dear friends,
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and a rollercoaster of emotions. We are now back on the west side of the "pond, "and are in the process of making the transition into the American culture. There are things we are looking forward to, being on this side of the world, and at the same time there are things we will miss about our lives in Kenya. We live with a foot in two different worlds and it is often difficult to reconcile with ourselves how we "fit in" in each context. We may take on the chameleon-like characteristics of adapting our skin color on the surface, but underneath we wrestle with our place in each culture. Our transition into this different lifestyle takes time, and we will be working through it over the next few months.
The RVA school year came to an official close last week with the graduation of the class of 2008. It was an emotional time as we said good-bye to "our kids" and sent them on their way to various parts of the world. This year was especially poignant as we were so very close to this years seniors, and Brian was such an integral part of this class. Brian was chosen by his class to give the student commencement address and was also honored as the class valedictorian. God has blessed this young man beyond our understanding and we are excited about what the Lord will do in his life and in the lives of all of the graduates from the RVA class of 2008. This year's graduation was also a difficult time due to the tragic illness of the son of a long time RVA family. Ben (RVA class 06) returned to Kijabe at the beginning of July for his younger brother's graduation, and to celebrate with his entire family. During his time in Kenya Ben became very ill with an infection that settled into his heart, and within days the infection caused a stroke and complications that ended with Ben's very unexpected and untimely death on Tuesday July 15th. As you can imagine the family is in the grips of grief, but their strength and faith in the sovereignty of God has been remarkable and inspirational. Please pray for the Entwistle family as they walk through this valley.
As we begin our Stateside trek over the next month we will be traveling by car through Colorado, Wyoming, Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina. If possible we'd like to touch base with as many of you as possible. We now have our cells phones so if you would like to get in touch with us our numbers are Alan 307 431 9830 and Sara 307 431 9814. Our tentative schedule at this time is to be in Wyoming from the 26th of July until the 3rd-4th of August when we will head out to Ohio to see Sara's mom and then on to North Carolina to get Brian started in school, then we will return to Wyoming via Colorado.

Blessings,
Alan for all

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July 16, 2008

2008 FARMER'S MARKET
brought to you by Women's Ministries
Thank you for bringing food items to sell and buying our presents. Please visit our table in the Fellowship Hall after church every Sunday.
All proceeds will be donated to the Family Life Center

Youth Group & Kenya Team Share a Fair Booth
July 29- Aug 2
The ROCK Youth Group and Kenya Mission Team will be hosting a booth at this years Fair on July 29th-Aug 2nd. Profit will split between the two. If you can work one or more of the three hour shifts please see Pastor Steve or Pastor Jason. Thanks!

Gospel Messengers
Old Fashioned Singspiration
And Camp Meeting
Fort Shiloh Boys Ranch - Clark, WY

HELP WANTED!
* Fall is coming and so are Wednesday Night Suppers! We are looking for teams of people to clean up after meals have been served. If you are interested in taking on this ministry or helping with the clean-up crew, please contact Todd Scheuerman at 347-8278. Thank You!

Join Us This Sunday
Classes continue ALL summer
Adult Classes
Pastor Couch’s Class
Way Walkers Discipleship Training
New Members/Friendship Class
Youth Classes
Nursery available for birth to three
Combined PreK-5th Grade
Games, Music, Stories, Food, and Crafts!
Jr. & Sr. High Classes

CHARGE UP YOUR SPIRITUAL BATTERIES!
JOIN US FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL ANDWORSHIP THIS SUNDAY. “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25). “Encourage” here means to pray with, fellowship with, worship with, learn with and be with other Christians on the day God commands us to keep holy. Let’s charge up our spiritual batteries together.

Thank You!
Special thanks to Mark Lungren for the beautiful job lining our newly surfaced parking lot. God bless you, Mark!

A great big thank you to Khela for filling in for me while I was on vacation. We had a wonderful time visiting family and Khela made it so easy to jump right back into my duties. Thank you!
~Jennifer

Friendship Sunday
August 3rd
Here’s your chance to invite a family
member, neighbor or friend to the 10:30
worship service for a real blessing!
Introduce your guest(s) to our Zion family
Special gifts for all guests
Gifts for every child present
Lunch for everyone after the service
Use this Sunday’s Insert as an
invitation to invite your guests.

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In Pastor's Words

HOLD STEADY!

Ever feel like giving up in your job, your plans, your service for God, or even your marriage? Wisdom is knowing when to make a change in life. Quitting too soon can rob us of the blessing God wants to give us and give others through us. Throwing in the towel too early could jeopardize our welfare and happiness and possibly erase forever the possibility of a remarkable achievement that will never be realized. One of God’s creatures that knows this better than any other is the weaver bird of East Africa. There are 275 different kinds of weaver birds in the world and they all weave different kinds of nests. The yellow canary-like weaver of East Africa is our personal favorite. Our family would spend hours of enjoyment at Hunter’s Lodge in Kenya, just 150 miles NW of the coastal city of Mombasa, watching the amazing weaver birds create their houses. The weaver’s houses are round, about a foot in diameter, and are entered from the bottom. Although Mr. Weaver’s work looked fine to us, it was Mrs. Weaver who had to be pleased. Houses took a long time to build, yet Mr. Weaver’s work had to pass inspection or it was a “no go!” In fact, Mr. Weaver has been known to make up to twenty nests or houses before Mrs. Weaver would approve. But, when the approval came, life was blissful, a family was started and life was good. To Mrs. Weaver, a good house was well built, safe, roomy, enduring and user-friendly.
Learn this lesson from Mr. Weaver: Hold steady! Don’t give up! Be patient! The weaver bird is one of nature’s wonderful examples of a Biblical truth which, if followed, will bring us joy in our jobs, peace with our plans, satisfaction in our service for God and blessing in our marriages and families. First, let us hold steady in our WALK WITH GOD. Hebrews 12:1 encourages, “let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Second, let us hold steady in our PRAYER TO GOD. Ephesians 6:18 urges, “be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” Third, let us hold steady in our HOPE IN GOD. Again, Hebrews 10:23 admonishes, “let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Fourth, let us hold steady in our SERVICE FOR GOD. Paul stresses in Galatians 6:9 and 10, “let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Fifth, let us hold steady in our LOVE FOR GOD. Peter emphasizes (1 Peter 1:8 and 9), “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” This is why we hold steady. So, the next time you feel like giving up, remember the tenacity of the weaver bird and hold steady! There’s great blessing on the other end of our perseverance through the trials, struggles, problems and challenges of life.
Pastor Ralph Partelow

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July 11, 2008

THE BUZZ AT ZION

2008 Farmer’s Market
Brought to you by Women's Ministries
Thank you for bringing food items to sell and
buying our presents. Please visit our table in the Fellowship Hall after church every Sunday.
All proceeds will be donated to the Family Life Center

Hills Alive
July 19-20
Rapid City, SD
The ROCK youth group will be attending Hills Alive again this year. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Jason.

TEACHER NEEDED!
We are in need of one teacher to teach Summer Sunday School on August 3rd and 10th for children, grades K-5. If you are able to teach one or both of these Sundays please see Katy Asay or call her at 388-4102.
Thank you!

Summer Camps
Camp Bethel
Young Sr. High (9th-11th Gr.) July 14-19
Sr. High (10th-12th Gr.) July 21-26
Jr. Boys (3rd-5th Gr.) July 29-Aug. 2
Jr. Girls (3rd-5th Gr.) Aug. 5-9

Sunday School
Classes continue ALL summer Adult Classes
Pastor Couch’s Class
Way Walkers Discipleship Training
Youth Classes
Nursery available for birth to three
Combined PreK-5th Grade
Games, Music, Stories, Food, and Crafts!
Jr. & Sr. High Classes

Anniversary Celebration
Harold & Dorothy Busch
Are celebrating 60 years of marriage.
Their children & grandchildren invite you to
celebrate with them.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Worland Country Club
1485 Airport Road
Open House 2:00-4:00 pm
No gifts, please. Your presence is the only present needed.

Gospel Messengers
Old Fashioned Singspiration and Camp Meeting
Fort Shiloh Boys Ranch - Clark, WY
Speakers: Pastor Kurt McNabb and P.L. Liddell
Music by: Glick Family Singers, Transtrom Family, and the Gospel Messengers-Atnip Family.
August 15th-7:00 pm
August 16th-10:00 am, 2:00 pm, 7:00 pm
August 17th-10:00 am
Lunch following Sunday morning service.
Call 307-645-3211 for more info. and to RSVP.

Uppercase Living Open House
Amber Clark is hosting an open house for her
stenciling business at the Parsonage on
Tuesday, July 15th from 6:30-8:30 pm.
Come and see new decorating and gift ideas!
Everyone is invited!

Family Fellowship Picnic
Sponsered by Women's Ministry
Sunday, July 20th
following Morning Worship at Sanders Park
EVERYONE INVITED!
Please bring:
-A lawn chair
-A dessert OR side dish
-Any games you would like to play

Help Wanted
Fall is coming and so are Wednesday Night Suppers! We are looking for teams of people to clean up after meals have been served.
If you are interested in taking on this ministry or helping with the clean-up crew, please
contact Todd Scheuerman at 347-8278.
Thank you!

Worland After 5 presents
Flutist Holly Berry In Concert
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Men, Women, Boys & Girls
Wednesday, July 16th, 7:00 pm
Worland Community Complex Center
Special Dessert Bar $4.00 per person
For reservations call Joyce 347-3350 / Ople 347-3355
Reservations necessary - Cancellations essential

Wedding Bells
*Briane Graham, daughter of Brad & Sally
Reuer and Eli Olson, son of Greg & Victoria
Olson were wed on June 28th in Destin, Florida.
*Erika Martinson, daughter of Tim & Jody
Martinson and Luke Anderson celebrated their
wedding on July 5th in Worland.
May God bless you abundantly with love,
happiness and a firm foundation on
the Lord Jesus Christ.

Attention Ladies
Ladies of all ages who love to get together for Christian fellowship and encouragement, this event is for you! Join us at Camp Bethel
September 12-14, 2008 for Ladies’ Advance. Please contact the church office, Marsha Hill, or Sarah Lungren for registration forms and more information.

QFC Update
Attention all those with a quilting flair! There are now 15 kits at the church waiting to be quilted! They are upstairs in the quilting room (201.)

UPCOMING EVENTS
July 13 - Navajo Mission Presentation in Sunday School and a portion of morning worship
July 20 - Family Fellowship Picnic
Aug. 3 - Friendship Sunday
Aug 10 - Youth Sunday
Sept. 14 - Zion’s 85th Anniversary Celebration
& Rally Day

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Special News

Navajo Mission Team
Presentation
THIS Sunday, July 13th

Join us at 9:15 am for a special combined Sunday School presentation in the sanctuary as the Navajo Team shares their experiences from this year’s mission trip! They will also be sharing in a portion of the morning worship at 10:30 am.

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July 01, 2008

THE BUZZ AT ZION

COFFEE HOSTESSES STILL NEEDED
Women’s Ministries is looking for women to set up for our Sunday morning coffee fellowship. If you recognize the importance of this ministry and feel this is an area in which you would like to serve, please see the signup sheet on the bulletin board just across from the church library. Thanks for considering this position.

CAMP GOOD NEWS
August 4-8 2008
Sponsored by:
Child Evangelism Fellowship of
Northwest Wyoming, Kenny Lowe
P.O. Box 2304, Casper, WY 82602
Camp Good News is for all boys and girls ages 7-12. If you would like to attend this years camp, contact Nicole Scheuerman at 431-2551. The cost is $100 per camper, but please don’t let that keep you from attending because scholarships are available! Call today!

2008 FARMER'S MARKET
brought to you by Women's Ministries
We’re waiting patiently for the tomatoes to ripen, the cucumbers to climb, and the squash to squash. Until they’re ready to harvest we’d love to have you bring home baked or cooked items, plants, flowers, jams, and sauces to sell. Please visit our table in the Fellowship Hall after church. If you see something you like, buy it!
All proceeds will be donated to the Family Life Center

SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL
Christian education movement was founded in 1780 by Robert Raikes (1735–1811). Raikes set up a school in England to teach working children the elements of Christianity and basic literacy and arithmetic on Sundays. The idea was taken up by other denominations, and by the 19th century Sunday schools were widespread.
Today, Sunday schools continue to teach children about the Christian faith and prepare them for later commitment if they choose to take it. Stories are told and activities take place. Each Sunday, here at Zion, children have the opportunity to build their foundation on Jesus Christ and His teaching. Join us each Sunday starting at 9:15 am for fun, games, lessons, and crafts! Kids, don’t forget to bring your parents too!

Classes continue ALL summer

Adult Classes
Pastor Couch’s Class
Way Walkers Discipleship Training
New Members/Friendship Class
New classes begin July 20th
If you would be interested in joining Zion or just finding out about its ministries, leaders, beliefs, and more, please sign up in the narthex today.

Youth Classes
Nursery available for birth to three
Combined PreK-5th Grade
Games, Music, Stories, Food, and Crafts!
Jr. & Sr. High Classes

Hills Alive
July 19-20
Rapid City, SD

Experience the Music!
Encounter New friends,
make new ones

Worship with Thousands
Change your life!

The ROCK youth group will be attending
Hills Alive again this year. The festival is held every year in Rapid City, SD. If anyone is interested in going, please feel free to
contact Pastor Jason for more information.

THANK YOU!
A huge Thank You to all of the people who donated baked goods and who bought items at Sunday's bake sale. The sale brought in $500 dollars. Every time I have had a bake sale it astounds me how much generosity comes from this Church body. I am very blessed to have all of your support and prayers. I am very thankful of each of you. I pray that the Lord bless you as you have blessed me.
Thank You!!
Mattie

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In Pastor's Words

DUAL CITIZENSHIP
     In a highly charged political year like this one, citizenship and the right to vote seem to be elevated to new levels of importance in these troubling times. We consider our citizenship in the United States to be one of our most valued privileges. But what does citizenship mean to you? Guaranteed voting rights? Free expression? Honor of President and flag? Possessing the American dream?
     Despite the recent soaring costs of goods and services, the social and political challenges that tend to divide us, and the moral laxity that needs a 180 degree correction, we all consider it a tremendous privilege to be part of the United States. We honor those of our families, neighbors and countrymen and women who have served to defend our freedoms. They are, indeed, national treasures we appreciate and cherish. Despite our shortcomings, the prevailing opinion is that we still have one of the best systems of government on earth. We still have ten amendments to the Constitution called the “Bill of Rights” which give us citizenship rights enjoyed by no other people on earth. Originally consisting of 12 amendments, but later reduced to 10, the Bill of Rights contain basic fundamental rights and freedoms for every American citizen in the first 8, with the last 2 forbidding Congress to adopt laws which would violate these rights. The first amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The Bill of Rights, therefore, makes the boundaries of our American citizenship clear.
     Christians have dual citizenship: citizenship on earth and citizenship in heaven. The writer of Hebrews emphasizes that the people of God in Old Testament times were looking beyond temporary earthly citizenship to obtain a permanent citizenship in heaven. Speaking of Abraham, the writer explains, “for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God” (Hebrews 11:10). The writer, speaking of people of faith, further states, “they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one” (Hebrews 11:16). While we should be tireless in our efforts to make our temporary earthly home as enjoyable and beautiful as possible, we need to be prepared for a departure from here at a time of God’s own choosing. To the Christian, Jesus stresses, “I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2). Paul emphasizes, “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Cor. 4:18).
     Enjoy your 4th of July weekend as you contemplate the great blessings of American citizenship and our even greater blessing of knowing that “our citizenship is in heaven.” And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” (Philippians 3:20,21).

Pastor Ralph Partelow

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