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Sundays February 7th - May 15th
9:15am Adult Small Groups
February 2016
Sunday Worship
8:00am & 10:30am
Zion Lutheran Church
925 5th Avenue
Rockford, Illinois 61104
Phone: (815) 964-4609
www.zionrockford.com
zion@zionrockford.com
Pastor Corner
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Lenten Worship
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Trump Cards
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Pastoral Intern
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Children’s Ministry / WOW
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Youth Group / Cornucopia News
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Women of Zion / Worship Leader
News /WELCA
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Black History Month
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Seasons of Stewardship
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Prayer Corner
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Zion News / Green Team
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Calendar / Worship Leaders
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Sweetheart Jazz Dinner /
God’s Work Our Hands
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Mission Partners
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Church Council / Finance
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Leadership Team/Mission Support
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Saturday, February 6, 2015
AOLC PresentaAon 4:00 -5:00 p.m.
Elegant Buffet Dinner 5:00 -6:00 p.m.
Entertainment 6:00 -7:00 p.m.
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February 10 - Wednesday
Noon Worship
Soup Supper at 6pm &
7:00 pm Worship
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March 4th from 4-6pm at Zion
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March 12 at Kishwaukee Valley College
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We gathered Wednesday
January 6 for our first ever
Epiphany Worship at Zion.
We gathered in the dark
with candles and a star to
follow. The Magi conAnue
to be with us in the
worship space unAl Lent
begins in February. We
had a meditaAve Ame with
music, candles, and a quiet Ame to be drawn
into the mystery of Christ’s presence.
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We will gather on Saturday, February 20th at
Zion for a worship leaders breakfast and
training. We have put together a Worship
Leaders Handbook for all the worship areas.
AOer breakfast we will review the various
areas and discuss their importance.
StarAng February 7th, we will focus on faith
renewal at worship, Adult Forum,
ConfirmaAon and various small groups. We
will use book called the “Lutheran Trump
Cards” as our guide. We start on Sunday
February 7th and end on May 15th. If you
would like a FREE copy of the book, an
anonymous donor has
made it so we have
ordered 100 copies.
Contact the office to
reserve a copy. Join us
for Sunday worship and
the 9:15am Adult Small
Groups to discuss the
basics of LutheranChrisAan faith.
Happy Epiphany!
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Zion 2020 Vision
Here is the list of the goals the Council has created for 2016 to help us grow toward Zion 2020!
At the January Annual MeeAng, we asked for your input on goals for 2016. This is a part of the
Zion 2020 Vision process. The Church Council asked for your input and we will share those
results in the March newsleVer. What will we look like in the year 2020? We ask you to pray
and consider helping us move in this direcAon:
Worship
Fellowship
Children & Youth
Evangelism
Spiritual Growth
Outreach
Mosaic Community
Contemporary worship more at 10:30
Go to one service (in summer)
More use of movable altar
Atrium into coffee bar area
Guest speakers for Adult Forum
More Egg Scrambles
Trunk or Treat in October
Youth Servant Trip
AdverAsement Postcards/Facebook
CommunicaAon and Media
Class on Issues in Living & Dying
Social Media DevoAonal Resources
Literacy Program
Partnership with New Zion BapAst
Implicit Bias Training
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Ash Wednesday
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Noon & 7:00pm worship at - February 10
6pm Soup Supper @Zion in Fellowship Hall
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“Living Lent As People of The Resurrec3on”
February 17 - Midweek Lenten Worship Theme: “Purpose”
Preacher is Pastor Jane McChesney
Noon at Zion and 7:00pm at Calvary - Fellowship aer worship
February 24 - Midweek Lenten Worship Theme: “People”
Preacher is Pastor Chuck Olson
Noon at Zion - 5:30pm Simple Supper
7:00pm at Emmanuel Lutheran Church
March 2 - Midweek Lenten Worship Theme: “Proclaim”
Preacher is Pastor Bill Dahlberg
Noon at Zion and 5:30pm Simple Supper
7:00pm worship at First Lutheran Church
March 9 - Midweek Lenten Worship Theme: “Praise”
Preacher is Intern Chris Lee
Noon at Zion - 5:30pm Simple Supper
7:00pm at Tabor Lutheran Church
March 16- Midweek Lenten Worship Theme: “Pain”
Preacher is TroyAnn Poulopoulos
Noon at Zion - 5:30pm Simple Supper - 7pm at Salem Lutheran Church
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" PALM SUNDAY
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Worship
8:00 & 10:30
Swedish Pancakes aOer worship
Preacher: Intern Chris Lee
Noon & 7:00pm
Preacher: Pastor Jerry Peterson
Swedish Noon Service
Music Tenebrae at 7:00pm
8:00am and 10:30am
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“Lutheran Trump Cards” by Dave Daubert
StarAng February 7th, we will focus on faith renewal at
worship, Adult Forum, ConfirmaAon and various small groups.
We will do this with the help of the book, the “Lutheran Trump
Cards” book will be our guide. We start Sunday February 7th
and end May 15th. Our Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday
worship include the theme but not a Sunday Small Group Ame.
If you would like a FREE copy of the book, we have ordered
them already. An anonymous donor has made it so we have
100 copies. A small group leaders guide is being developed and
emailed to those who want it. We are receiving a PowerPoint
for the Sunday 9:15am Adult Forum Ame, which will include
the ConfirmaAon youth during large group discussion. Contact
“LUTHERAN TRUMP CARDS”
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February 7
Transfigura/on Sunday
February 14
Healing Service
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 13
March 20 - Palm Sunday
March 27 - Easter Sunday
April 3
April 10
April 17
Good Shepherd Sunday
April 24
May 1
May 8
Mother’s Day
May 15
Pentecost/Confirma/on
THEME
Ace Card
There is no Way to God (period)
King Card
Jesus reveals that God is Love
Queen Card
Grace for us includes hope for others
Jack Card
All the bapAzed have a vocaAon
Car 10
Priesthood of all believers
Card 9- Life is Sacramental
Showing Your Hand
The Easter Joker
Card 8
Worship is Horizontal
Card 7
Love the Bible without worshiping it
Card 6
PerfecAon is not the point
Card 5
Respond with freedom/ graAtude
Card 4
Faith forms the church
Card 3
We have an ecumenical heart
Card 2
We are always watching for change
SERMON – SMALL GROUPS
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Intern Chris Lee
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
Preacher: Intern Chris Lee
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Ralph Kuespert
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Ralph Kuespert
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Intern Chris Lee
9:15am Adult Forum / ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Intern Chris Lee
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Father David Beauvais
9:15am Adult Forum/ConfirmaAon
Preacher: Pastor Thomas
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Happy Advent!
Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year!
Happy Epiphany!
Happy Ash Wednesday?
That's doesn't sound right...
We have been moving so quickly since the beginning of the church year and it has been mostly
celebratory. As we approach February, however, we approach Lent. Most ChrisAans associate
Ash Wednesday and Lent with repentance, fasAng and in general, no fun. But Lent can also be
a reason to rejoice. It's true that it is a Ame where we focus on drawing closer to God through
devoAonal life or fasAng in remembrance of Christ's sacrifice. Lent is also the season that
marks the wilderness journey of Jesus and invites us to examine those things and places in our
lives that seem to drive us away from God. We spend Ame examining our lives and our faith
so that we can address the obstacles to a closer relaAonship with our savior.
Mid-January Kirsten and I had the privilege of being sponsors for our newest nephew and
niece at there bapAsm. My sister in law, the pastor, started the children's sermon with the
quesAon of "What is bapAsm?" While it wasn't the scripture for the day, I found myself
thinking of Romans 6:3 where Paul writes;
"Do you not know that all of us who have been bapAzed into Christ Jesus were bapAzed into
his death?"
What are we doing to our children, bapAzing them into death!?!? We have to be mindful not
to take only a single passage but to read more of Paul's argument. Romans 6:4 follows with,
"Therefore we have been buried with him by bapAsm into death, so that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life."
Ahh, "newness of life." That's what we receive in our bapAsm. That's what we seek to
understand with our Lenten pracAces of fasAng and prayer and self examinaAon.
I can't wish you a Happy Ash Wednesday but I can pray and wish that your Lenten season will
be a blessed Ame rejoicing in God's good creaAon and in your journey to the newness of life
promised in Christ Jesus.
In Christ,
Pastoral Intern Chris Lee
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Happy New Year! I pray everyone is having a wonderful start to the New Year. In
Sunday school, we finished the lesson on Christmas and learned about Jesus’s
bapAsm. We went into the sanctuary and talked about our own bapAsm. While
looking at the bapAsmal font, we talked about how many infant, children, and
adults have been bapAzed at the font. AOer pouring a small amount of water in the
bapAsmal font, we all touched the water and marked our own forehead with the
sign of the cross. We learned that some of us were bapAzed at Zion and some were
bapAzed in a different church. We had a wonderful day.
In February, we will have a ValenAnes party, during Sunday school, on the 14th. We will make a
fun craO, play games and enjoy a special snack. As we prepare for Christ’s death and resurrecAon,
we will learn about His journey to the cross. In addiAon, we will learned about the parable of the
fig tree and how Jesus was tempted.
On January 24 and 31, we will not have Sunday school. Please worship with you family at 9:15am
both Sundays.
Love and Peace, Katrina Steingraeber
WOW
WOW Christmas program was awesome Mr. and Mrs. Claus came to see the
children at WOW. Pastor Mike was singing jingle bells with the children when
Santa Claus came into the fellowship hall, the children started screaming Santa
Claus is here and they were all on their feet with joy. How exciAng it was to see
the children faces light up with excitement. All the children got a chance to talk
to Santa Claus and take a picture with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. AOer the children
took their picture they were able to pick a giO and candy, all the children that
aVended WOW that night leO with a giO. What a blessing. Thanks to all of the
volunteers that put in their Ame to make the Christmas program a success for the children's.
WOW FISH FRY
The WOW program is having a fish fry fundraiser March 4th from 4-6pm. We will have Ackets
on sale early, at the price of $10.00. You will be able to dine in or take out on that day. Menu
will be fried ca`ish or baked Alapia, (choice of two sides): coleslaw, baked potato, spaghea, or
greens, along with a dessert and a drink. We will have a Chicken Tenders Dinner for kids for
$5.00. WOW program is in need of volunteers if you want to come and have a great Ame on
Wednesday from 4-6pm call Janice Forrest : 815.904.0064.
Just remember that we are all children of God.
Janice Forrest, WOW Coordinator
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January has come and gone and as we continue to plan activities for this
coming month and year, the real challenges begin with the youth, trying to find
common interests and activities. Confirmation is going in a new direction on
February 7th, we will be using the book “Lutheran Trump Cards” this will focus on
faith renewal at worship, adult forum, confirmation and some small groups. We
encourage you to join in with the youth.
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February 14
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February 21
February 28
May 15
June 20-24
June 26-July 1
Bible Dedication for Confirmation Youth during Worship
9:15 Confirmation in the fellowship room
9:15 Confirmation in the fellowship room, Happy Valentines Day
Noon – 1:30; Youth Servant Planning meeting (lunch provided).
Mission trip information will be discussed and handed out, and also discuss
other activities, such as fund raisers. Please come with any questions you may
have, we will try to answer them.
6:30pm; We have been invited to the Riverview Ice House to participate in a
broomball competition with the boy scouts.
9:15 Confirmation in the fellowship room
9:15 Confirmation in the fellowship room
AffirmaAon of Faith Sunday at the 10:30 Worship Service
Teens Growing In Faith Week
Servant Trip to Indianapolis (current Sixth to TwelOh Grades)
Thank you for your support and prayers,
Kathy Hand, Youth Ministry Coordinator
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Wow, it certainly is one chilly morning! But, the sun is shining, my house is warm and
January is more than half over. So much to be thankful for!
I’d like to share some 2015 facts about Cornucopia Food Pantry:
Over 21,880 households were served
1,936 new households were registered
2,352 gallons of milk were distributed to families with children
312 tons of food were provided to our neighbors in need
PreVy amazing when you remember this is all made possible by a group of dedicated
volunteers!
The numbers are down from 2014 so I’m hoping this shows economic Ames have improved.
Thanks so much to all the Zion “Fluffing” volunteers who helped on January 11th, we prepared a LOT of bags for
food distribuAon at the Pantry. We meet again January 25th at 1:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Please join us, it
really is fun. Lastly, don’t forget you offerings to Cornucopia. They really are needed to keep this ministry
going.
Mailing Address: 428 N. 2nd Street, Rockford IL 61107
LocaAon: 402 Market Street, Rockford, IL 61107 Phone : (815)-962-1380
Karen Kermgard
Serving: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Third Saturday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
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We are invited to a Winter Brunch on Sat. Feb 13 at 10:00 at Tabor Lutheran Church 2233
12th Ave. hosted by the women from First and Tabor. The speaker, Sara Dady, is an
immigraAon aVorney in Rockford. A freewill offering will be received. Contact Karen
Kermgard, 815-398-4460 with your reservaAons, before February 6th. Please save the date
and join other women from area Churches. (See next page).
Thank you to all the women of Zion who came to Stockholm Inn on December 2. We shared
lunch and entertained ourselves with white elephant giOs. It was a fun Ame for us to become
beVer acquainted with one another.
In the upcoming months we will be meeAng to hear a presentaAon by Cherene Sweeny,
Director of Patriots Gateway Center. There are many exciAng things happening at the center,
and she will tell us all about them! We will also be inviAng Bob Campbell, ExecuAve Director
of Zion Development CorporaAon, to give us the latest informaAon about ZDC.
If you have other ideas for programs, please contact one of us (Diane Veitch, Karen Kermgard,
Lois Peterson, or Mary Norman). We look forward to more Ames to gather to be informed,
inspired and involved! There is so much that a team of women can accomplish, at Zion, in
Rockford, in the ELCA, and in the world, all in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior.
Please join us at our next program!
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Mark your calendars for February 20th, 9:00AM.
Call the office to sign up or email or click on the Facebook Event.
We will all meet for breakfast and then review the various worship leaders roles.
Those who are invited includes acolytes, altar guild, assisAng ministers, communion
assistants, greeters, home communion ministers musicians, readers, singers, and ushers.
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CelebraRon of Africans and African Americans
Join The MulA-Cultural Team on February 28th for a
CelebraRon of Africans and African Americans aOer both
worship services. We will meet in the Fellowship hall, aOer
the second service. There will be a short acknowledgement
and historical presentaAon of that ethnic culture in song
and verse. Some local musicians will perform and there will
be an ethnic celebraAon.
MulA-Cultural Team - Ron, Yolanda, Janice, Tom, Joanne,
Tyler, Ruth, Pastor Mike, Leona, Deidre, Mutchili, Po Meh,
Pastoral Intern Chris
F F Our church folk are intenAonal about having the conversaAon about listening to the mosaic
community. So, I thought I would share a liVle about my culture as it relates to this church.
First, as a woman of color here it is no longer the main focus as it was 20 years ago and work
can be done for all the people who come to Zion for help. Fortunately, the Outreach
Coordinator posiAon gives me a chance to approach people in our community who are like
me....brown. Now, we are no longer called the "white" church by the majority of people
who use our services and parAcipate in so many of the acAviAes around the church.
Secondly, acAviAes, programs, trips and parAcipaAng in church work would not be allowed not
unless you joined and became a member so the majority of black people I know think it is
great that we can be a part of this family without condiAons. By the way, they love idea of the
one hour service on Sunday.
My third comment I would like to make is how much I truly appreciate learning so much about
the rich Swedish heritage. And, I am so grateful that I was invited to come and be a part of
God's Work.
Please remember to make your reservaAons for the upcoming event on February 6th.
In His Service, Ruthie Fairchild
Seasons of Stewardship
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Stewardship is about so much more than money. Stewardship, at its core, is about love. It is
one of the primary ways that we live out Jesus’ commandment to love God and our neighbor
with our whole beings.
STEWARDS OF MONEY
Luke 12:22-34
MaVhew 19:16-26
Money is a powerful force in our lives. Jesus says that what we do with our money has the
ability to take our heart with it (Luke 12:34). God cares about what we do with 100 percent of
our money, not just the fracAon that we give to the church. How do we steward all of our
money and make sure that the ways we use money aligns with our values?
In Luke12:22-34 God tells us to not be upset and concerned with what we will eat or drink.
God knows that we need these things. Instead, he tells us to be concerned with his Kingdom
and he will provide us with food and drink.
STEWARDS OF STUFF
Luke 12:13-21
MaVhew 6:19-24
We live in a culture that values accumulaAng and consuming stuff. Many of us have an
abundance of stuff — property, clothes, furniture, cars, etc. Similarly, our congregaAon also
has physical assets — property, equipment, land, etc. How might we, as individual ELCA
members and as a congregaAon, be good stewards of the stuff we have by using it to love
God and our neighbor? How might we challenge ourselves to live more simply for the sake of
our neighbor?
Although we may gather property such as houses, cars, boats and other objects during our
lifeAme, God tells us to watch out for and guard ourselves from every kind of greed. We need
to consider how the many giOs we accumulate can be shared with our family, friends our
church and those without the opportuniAes we have been so blessed to receive.
When we pracAce year-round stewardship, we free stewardship from the shackles of the
budget so that we can be reunited with God’s
mission in the world. We free stewardship
from its connecAon to the fall season, so that
it can become a way of life. And we free
stewardship from the cries of scarcity, so that
we can celebrate God’s abundance.
www.ELCA.org/growingstewards
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Our Prayer Room is open and available for private or small group prayers. You are welcome
to use this room anyAme the church is open. The room is off the Atrium on the Sanctuary
level of the church.
Prayer Ministry Team: 37 members and friends of Zion pray daily for the peAAons that have
been submiVed . We encourage you to be a part of this group. Please contact Judy Lindstrom
at 815-654-7123, or Mary Norman at 815-654-0363.
Prayer Requests – If you have a prayer request OR a prayer of thanksgiving to share, please
noAfy Pastor Mike, Judy Lindstrom or Mary Norman. All requests are treated with
confidenAality, and the prayers will conAnue daily unAl you noAfy us otherwise. If permiVed,
requests are also included in the Mission Zion, and we encourage you to include them in your
daily prayers and devoAons.
THIS MONTH WE ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR:
+ the ELCA, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, Bishop Wollersheim, Pastor Thomas, Pastoral
Intern Chris Lee, the Zion Church Council, the Zion Staff, and Zion Outreach Board.
+ Pastor Raja Socrates and the Arcot Lutheran Church in India and Sepuka/Msisi Church in
Tanzania.
+ the Northern Illinois Synod and the North Conference churches.
+ Midtown Lutheran Parish.
+ Rockford Lutheran Schools, faculty and all the children.
+ those hospitalized, or recuperaAng in their homes or healthcare centers, and those with
ongoing health concerns: Mark Schwartzlow, Vince MonA, and Pastor Jane McChesney.
+ our Zion homebound.
+ those who grieve: Patsy Carlson family, Lori Mueller family, Alvig Carlson family, Barbara
Nordenberg family.
+ all who have spiritual, emoAonal, physical and mental challenges.
+ refugees throughout the world who are searching for safe and secure homes.
Prayer Gathering – Please join the Prayer Ministry Team every second Wednesday in the
Prayer Room for community prayer. All members of Zion and friends are invited . Please
note: we will not meet in February; instead we invite you to aVend an Ash Wednesday
service at either 12:00 noon or 7:00 p.m. on February 10.
“Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of his willingness.”
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- Please join Pastor Thomas on Saturday March
12,2016 from 9:00am-4:00pm at Kishwaukee Valley College near Malta, Illinois for a great
retreat of learning.
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Remember or honor your loved ones, giving glory to God, by dedicating a floral arrangement to
be placed next to the altar or near the pulpit for Sunday Worship. Your announcement will be
printed in the church bulletin for that day. We will place the order for you. The cost is $30 for
an arrangement. Also, celebrate the birth of a new child or grandchild with a single rose placed
on the altar for only $5.00. Please fill out the form and either place it in the collection plate or
mail the form along with your check to the church office. Flowers will NOT be ordered unless
payment is made at the time your form is received. Thank you!
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In February loose change will be used for ARCOT Lutheran Church to help with flooding disaster.
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Call Karen Kermgard at 815-398-4460 if you can help out. Thank you!
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- Help requested from our Companion Synod
partner, Bishop Socrates, of the Arcot Lutheran Church, regarding the devastaAon that happened
to the territory of the Arcot Lutheran Church, as the result of a cyclone hiang their homeland on
November 9. They ask for our prayers and support. If anyone would like to make a financial
contribuAon in response to the destrucAon, please make your check to Zion Lutheran Church
marked “Arcot Lutheran Church Disaster Response” in the memo line. We will make sure these
donaAons are sent directly to the Arcot Lutheran Church. Pastor SabasAan Simpson, the Pastor
and Director of the Arcot Lutheran Church at ParangipeVa, South India, was our guest here at
Zion in October. This is our Companion CongregaAon.
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What you need to know about the recycling codes on plasRc containers:
When you turn a plasAc container over you will generally find a code number stamped or printed
on the boVom of the container and surrounded by a pyramid of arrows.
In the Northern Illinois area the only boVles which can actually be recycled are those labeled #1 or
#2. Primarily these will be plasAc boVles and jars with “a neck and shoulders,” such as pop or
water boVles, juice and milk boVles or those similar in design. While some companies will accept
plasAcs with higher numbers there is no actual recycling facility that can recycle them in the
region. They will sAll wind up in the landfill.
The codes on the plasAc containers indicate the type of plasAc, most common usages and how they
can be reused. For more informaAon, check the KNIB website and click on “Recycling.”
Mary Norman
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9:30 AM Book Study Library
12:30 PM Boy Scout
Leadership Meeting
6:30 PM Youth Broom Ball
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9:30 AM Book Study Library
12:30 PM Boy Scout
Leadership Meeting
1:30 PM Bag Fluffing Fellowship Hall
5:30 PM MTLP Council
Meeting
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9:30 AM Book Study Library
12:30 PM Boy Scout
Leadership Meeting
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8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Choir Rehersal
9:15 AM Confirmation - BYC
9:15 AM Nursery/Sunday School
10:30 AM Burmese Worship Chapel
10:30 AM Contemporary
Worship
12:00 PM Multi Cultural
Committee - Library
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8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Choir Rehersal
9:15 AM Confirmation - BYC
9:15 AM Nursery/Sunday School
10:30 AM Burmese Worship Chapel
10:30 AM Festive Worship Lutheran High School Choir
9:30 AM & 11:30 AM African
American Celebration
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10:30 AM Staff
11:00 AM Bible Study /
In The Bag
12:00 PM Lenten WorshipZion
4:00 PM WOW (4-6PM)
7:00 PM Lenten Worship 1st Lutheran
7:45 PM Zion Partners
7:00 AM Book Study Stockholm Inn
10:30 AM Staff 11:00 AM
Bible Study / In The Bag
12:00 PM Lenten Worship
- Zion
4:00 PM WOW (4 - 6 PM)
7:00 PM MTLP Lenten
Worship Service Emmanuel
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11:00 AM Bible Study / In
The Bag
12:00 PM Lenten Worship
- Zion
1:00 PM WOW Leaders
1:00 PM RVC Tutoring Bitner Youth Center
4:00 PM WOW (4 - 6 PM)
7:00 PM MTLP Lenten
Worship Service - Calvary
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Ash Wednesday
9:00 AM Grapevine
Article Deadline
9:30 AM Prayer Ministry
11:00 AM Bible Study / In
The Bag
12:00 PM Worship
6:00 PM Soup Supper
7:00 PM Worship
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10:30 AM Staff
11:00 AM Bible Study / In
The Bag
1:00 PM RVC Tutoring Bitner Youth Center
4:00 PM WOW (4 - 6 PM)
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7:00 AM Book Study Stockholm Inn
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7:00 AM Book Study Stockholm Inn
11:00 AM Staff
12:00 PM Zion Outreach
6:00 PM Bldg & Grounds
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7:00 AM Book Study Stockholm Inn
9:00 AM Staff at Trinity
(Fat Tuesday Swedish
Pancakes)
8:00 AM Service of Healing
9:15 AM Choir Rehersal
9:15 AM Confirmation - BYC
9:15 AM Nursery/Sunday School
10:30 AM Burmese Worship Chapel
10:30 AM Service of Healing
12:00 PM Servant Trip Planning
Meeting
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9:30 AM Book Study Library
12:30 PM Boy Scout
Leadership Meeting
7:00 AM Book Study Stockholm Inn
11:00 AM Discipleship
Team
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9:30 AM Book Study Library
12:30 PM Boy Scout
Leadership Meeting
3:00 PM Archives
Tuesday
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Monday
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Boy Scout Sunday
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Choir Rehersal
9:15 AM Confirmation - BYC
9:15 AM Nursery/Sunday School
10:30 AM Burmese Worship Chapel
10:30 AM Festive Worship
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Sunday
3
10:00 AM North Conference
4:30 PM Patriots' Board
6:00 PM HR Committee
7:00 PM Church Council
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9:00 AM Grapevine Mailing
1:30 PM Finance Committee - Library
5:30 PM Zion Development
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12:00 PM Missions Team
4:00 PM Katie's Cup Board
5:30 PM Zion Development Meeting - Katie's
Cup
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2:00 PM Memorial Committee - Library
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Thursday
February 2016 Calendar
4:00 PM WOW Fish
Fry - Fellowship Hall
(4-6PM)
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9:00 AM Evangelism
Team
10:00 AM Worship
Team
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Friday
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9:00 AM Worship
Leaders Breakfast &
Training
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10:00WELCA Winter
Brunch -Tabor
13
4:00 PM Zion Outreach
Valentine Jazz Dinner
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Saturday
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February 7
Dick Brynteson, Troy Hering
Diane Veitch, Wendy Holman
Sheryl Andreasen
Dick Brynteson, Troy Hering
Ruth Fairchild, Mary Norman
Mary Norman
Jeff Carlson
Don Carlson
Norm and Colette Buchert
February 7
Innocent & Josephine
Kathy Hand
Michael Beert
Innocent & Josephine
Phyllis Lind, Norma Daugherty
Kathie Ayres
Dave Bippus
Jeff Hand, Jim Duhigg,
Nathan Thomas
8:00am
Acolytes
Altar Guild
Assisting Minister
Communion Assistants
Greeters
Lay Reader
Sound
Ushers
10:30am
Acolytes
Altar Guild
Assisting Minister
Communion Assistants
Greeters
Lay Reader
Sound
Ushers
Dan Larson, Charles Stanford,
Aries Canedy, Ron Simmons
Kurt Brown
Ruth Larson
Aiden Steingraeber,
T. J. Canedy, Ruth Larson,
Debbie Tolodxi, Amelia Canedy
Maggi and Torgny Hallin
Pr. Intern Chris Lee
Aiden Steingraeber, T. J. Canedy
Vivian Anderson, Ruth Larson
Pr. Intern Chris Lee
Kurt Brown
Ruth Fairchild, Leona Foster,
Ralph Musselman,
Davion & Dexter White
February 14
Darrell Lindstrom, Pr. Intern Chris,
Pr. Jerry Peterson, Lois Peterson,
Mary Norman
Pr. Jerry and Lois Peterson
Don and Shirley Falk
Jim Willemsen
Darrell Lindstrom,
February 14
Neal Tolodxi, Bob Bandi,
Richard Sarles, Stuart Johnson
Scott Steingraeber
Dave Bippus
Karen Kermgard, Pat Juffernbruch
Dave Bippus, Maggie Thomas,
Sue Drilling, Aria Beert
Jane Burden
February 21
Pr. Intern Chris Preaching
Maggie Thomas, Aria Beert
Kathy Hand, Bev Wessman
Ruth Fairchild
Scott Steingraeber
Tony Wallin, Brad Roos
Jeff Dahlberg, Charlie Dahlberg,
Joshua Winegar, Viengkeo Sati
Scott Johnson
Yolanda Churchill
Youth, Yolanda Churchill,
Kathie Ayres, Vivian Anderson,
Nathan Thomas, Nolan Steingraeber
Bert and Pr. Amy Nyman
Katrina Steingraeber
Nathan Thomas, Nolan Steingraeber
Ingrid Tryggestad, Vivian Anderson
February 28
Judy Lindstrom
Scott Johnson
Rod Calacci, Mark Calacci,
Leona Foster
Don and JoAn Carlson
Kurt Brown, Jessica Brown,
Judy Lindstrom, Brad Roos
Jeff Carlson, Deb Gortowski,
Cherene Sweeny, Ruth Fairchild
Connie Heden, Diane Veitch
Norm & Colette Buchert
Deb Gortowski
Kurt Brown, Jessica Brown
February 28
Diane Veitch
Jane Burden
February 21
Pr. Intern Chris Lee Preaching
Jeff Carlson, Deb Gortowski
February 2016 Worship Leader Schedule
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Sweetheart Jazz Dinner
Saturday February 6, 2016
PLACE: ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
925 Fifth Avenue—Rockford, IL 61104
AOLC Presentation 4:00 -5:00 p.m.
Elegant Buffet Dinner 5:00 -6:00 p.m.
Entertainment 6:00 -7:00 p.m.
Cost is $25.00 per person.
$200 for a Table of 8
Reservations contact or any questions please contact:
Ruth Fairchild
815.494.2821
Pastor Thomas
815.964.4689
Checks payable to Zion Outreach
MUSIC BY JODI BEACH & JIM MCDOWELL
SPONSORED BY ZION OUTREACH
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G’ W% - O H
If you would like to order a God’s Work Our Hands t-shirt with Zion’s
name on the back, contact the church office. The cost is $10 each and
we have ordered 19 XL sizes this week. They are in the office in for you
to purchase.
M A L
C & I - We have a partnership with the Parangipettai
Lutheran Church in South India of the Arcot Lutheran Church. Pray for this church and for
their Pastor, Rev.Sebastian Jones Arpudaraj Simpson who is Pastor and the Director of the
ALC and Community College.
B S - We host the Blackhawk Area Council leadership team meetings weekly.
Contact Cannie Ware at 815.397.0210 or cannie.ware@scouting.org.
F P - Zion is in collaboration with Cornucopia Food Pantry located at 402
Market Street, Rockford. We appreciate your financial support. We are open for people
to bring donations, pick-up food and volunteer on Tuesday and Thursday morning from
9-11am, and the 3rd Saturday of the month from 9-11am.
LOMC - A camp, retreat, or acAvity for everyone. LOMC isn’t just for summer, and it’s not just
for kids! 640 acres of the great outdoors. Experience the pond, prairie, and forest that is home
to deer, wild turkey, hawks, owls, and other small mammals, repAles, and amphibians.
K
’ C— KaAe’s Cup is on Seventh Street & Fourth Avenue.
M L
P - A joint ministry between Zion, First, Tabor, Calvary, Emmanuel,
Salem and Trinity Lutheran Churches.
N
I S - The Northern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) is a gathering of people created by God in Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit,
called and sent to bear witness to God’s creaAve, redeeming, and sancAfying acAvity in the
world.
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- Rockford Area Lutheran Ministries brings
congregaAons together in partnership to make Christ known in the community through creaAve
ministries of witness and service.
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- The English Language Learners program uses the Youth Center at Zion
every other Wednesday from 1:00-3:00pm to tutor the Burmese community.
Z O
- Zion Outreach is responsible for coordinaAng the Food Pantry, the Literacy
Program and helping to raise funds for WOW and other grant programs.
P’ G
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- We work with Patriots’ Gateway Center on Wednesday with the
WOW Program or aOer school programs. Cherene Sweeny, ExecuAve Director.
ZION D
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- We work with ZDC to build community so pray for ZDC and Bob Campbell,
ExecuAve Director .
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C C Q F We give God thanks and praise for the generosity of the Zion Lutheran Church congregaAon
members. Your generosity gives us the chance to respond to ministry in our church,
neighborhood and globally in many ways. We have much to be thankful for as we look to a
new year of faithful service and generosity. Your commitment to the Zion 2020 Vision will help
us fulfill our mission of “sharing the grace of Christ with all” at and beyond Zion.
In 2015…
⇒ Reduced our debt by about $8,000 on our loan from $34,492.97 to $26,845.58
⇒ Received bequest giOs totaling $59,000
⇒ Our $21,000 line of credit was paid it back by the end of the year.
⇒ Planned a reducAon of 12% to all programs in order to balance the 2015 budget
⇒ Received $284,000 in General Fund offerings
⇒ Paid from dedicated funds $9,000 for a new court yard automaAc door
⇒ Had commiVees that stayed within their budgets collecAvely by $1,700.00
⇒ Of the 286 giving units of Zion, there were 188 households contribuAng financially.
⇒ We shared 21% of our donaAons to local and global mission programs
Our five year trend conAnues to go down in the General Envelope Offerings. Yet the Zion
Community has demonstrated great generosity toward the various ministry needs of our
community. There is much to be thankful for.
In 2016…
⇒ We have a budget that is proposed by the Finance CommiVee, Church Council and you
will have the chance to vote at the CongregaAon Annual MeeAng.
⇒ There are no staff raises or increases in hours.
⇒ We are fully funding the Internship program. Our current intern is done end of July and
the next one will start September 1. The monthly budget for the intern role in the
month of August will go toward a Pastor to serve while Pastor Thomas is on SabbaAcal.
⇒ We are cuang proposed program commiVee budgets by 12%.
⇒ We added a Zion Outreach Literacy Program envelope.
⇒ We conAnue an Endowment Fund income contribuAon of $15,000.
⇒ We conAnue to encourage people do donate through Thrivent Choice donaAons.
⇒ We are budgeAng our transportaAon for two vehicles and two drivers.
⇒ We are budgeAng income for building improvement income.
⇒ We have a budget line item income for debt reducAon.
⇒ All Food Pantry donaAons conAnue to go directly to Cornucopia.
We are grateful for the work of Arnold Swenson, who conAnues to serve as our Financial
Secretary on the church staff. We thank the 2015 Finance CommiVee Members who included
Don Carlson, Richard Brynteson, Karen Kermgard, Darrell Lindstrom, James Rasch, Arnie
Swenson (Treasurer), and Pastor Thomas
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CongregaAon of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Our Ministers - All the People of Zion
Senior Pastor- Michael Thomas; pmethomas@zionrockford.com
Pastoral Intern - Chris Lee; leechristopher678@gmail.com
Children’s Ministry Coordinator—Katrina Steingraeber
kids@zionrockford.com
Custodian - Viktor Jelnov; zion@zionrockford.com
Financial Secretary - Arnie Swenson; swenas@aV.net
Music Ministry Coordinator - Jodi Beach; jodibeach3@gmail.com
Nursery Coordinator - Janice Forrest; nursery@zionrockford.com
Office Manager - Jolyn Hess; zion@zionrockford.com
Organist - Robert Leonhardt; htaobob@yahoo.com
Outreach Coordinator - Ruth Fairchild;
ruthfairchildlovesjesus@gmail.com
TransportaAon Coordinator - Gary Fulkerson
TransportaAon Staff - Gary Fulkerson, Dwayne ScoV & Jason Brown
Tutor Coordinator - Wayne Spitzer; tutoring@zionrockford.com
Wedding Coordinator - Kathy Hand; katahand3@yahoo.com
WOW Coordinator - Janice Forrest; wow@zionrockford.com
Worship Media - Kurt Brown; zion@zionrockford.com
Youth Coordinator - Kathy Hand; youth@zionrockford.com
NORTHERN IL SYNOD
RALM
ZION DEVELOPMENT
PATRIOT CENTER
LUTHER ACADEMY
CORNUCOPIA
MULTI-CULTURAL
WOW PROGRAM
HUNGER APPEAL/OTHER
OTHER DONATION
2015 BUDGET
$29,500.00
$2,950.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,100.00
$10,000.00
$2,000.00
$5,500.00
$4,000.00
$3,600.00
JAN-NOV ACTUAL
$24,677.77
$ 1,467.70
$ 875.00
$ 2,225.00
$ 783.00
$ 7,608.47
$ 1,604.00
$ 3,474.00
$ 35.00
$ 2,700.00
SPECIAL DONATIONS
ZION OUTREACH
LSSI
MALARIA
MISSION
ONE BODY
BRIDGE MINISTRY
GIDEONS
TANZANIA
$2,335.00
$ 100.00
$ 160.00
$ 40.00
$
6.80
$ 44.47
$ 165.00
$ 1,375.00
2015 Church Council Officers
President:
Vice-President:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Pastor:
Jim Rasch
Nancy Warden
Karen Kermgard
Dick Johnson
Michael E. Thomas
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Standing Commi^ee Leadership
Altar Guild Co-Chairs: Kathy Hand and Diane Veitch
Archives CommiVee Chair: Margaret Hallin
Building & Grounds CommiVee Co-Chairs: Dick Johnson, Don Falk, and
Torgny Hallin
Children’s Ministry CommiVee Chair: Debbie Gortowski
Discipleship Team Chair: Nancy Warden
Endowment CommiVee Chair: Richard Reinhardt
Evangelism Team: Be=y Jo Jacobs
Finance CommiVee Chair: Karen Kermgard
Long Range CommiVee Chairs: ScoV Steingraeber and Torgny Hallin
Memorial CommiVee Chair: Karen Kermgard
Missions Team - Bert Nyman
Men’s Ministry CommiVee Chairs: Darrell Lindstrom and
Richard Reinhardt
MulA-Cultural CommiVee Chair: Ron Simmons and Tom Habing
Prayer Ministry CommiVee Chairs: Judy Lindstrom,
Mary Norman and Karen Kermgard
Stewardship CommiVee Chair: Dick Johnson
Women of Zion Chair: Mary Norman
Worship Team: Pastor Michael Thomas
(italics are 2015 Council Members)
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Buddy House Ministry (Zion Outreach & AOLC)
ELCA - Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
KaAe’s Cup - Mariel Heinke, Board President
MidTown Lutheran Parish
Northern Illinois Synod - Bishop Gary Wollersheim
Patriots’ Gateway - Cherene Sweeny, ExecuAve Dir.
RALM - Amy Hoening, ExecuAve Director
Zion Development - Bob Campbell, ExecuAve Director
Zion Outreach - Judy Lindstrom, Board President
M 2016 GRAPEVINE DEADLINE
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To submit an arAcle, please bring a hardcopy to the church office
or email to zion@zionrockford.com.
The church can be found on the web at hVp://zionrockford.com
The church can be found on www.facebook.com
The church has a YouTube at www.youtube.com/zionrockford
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February 2016
Zion is a congrega/on of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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925 5th Avenue
Rockford, Illinois 61104
Phone: (815) 964-4609
www.zionrockford.com
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