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APRIL, 2015 APRIL, 2015 APRIL, 2015 APRIL, 2015 From the interim pastor’s desk... From the interim pastor’s desk... From the interim pastor’s desk... From the interim pastor’s desk... News from Zion News from Zion News from Zion News from Zion News from Zion News from Zion News from Zion News from Zion [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Www.zionscottsbluff.com Www.zionscottsbluff.com Www.zionscottsbluff.com Www.zionscottsbluff.com Mission Prayer Partners for April, 2015 5 - Zion Radio Broadcast 12 - Zion CD/DVD ministry 19 - Pastor K’Shem/VOM 26 - Huron Clause/CHIEF Please Take note... Please Take note... Please Take note... Please Take note... As we have explored the New Testament book of Philippians during our Sunday morning worship services in March, we have been both inspired and challenged by what Paul wrote. We were inspired by Paul's testimony that he was rejoicing even though he wrote from jail under the threat of possible execution. He was able to rejoice because the message of the Gospel was being preached. His attitude that the furtherance of the Gospel was far more important than his own life was expressed in his declaration in Phil. 1:21 - "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain." After hearing Paul's testimony, we were challenged to join Paul in considering the furtherance of the Gospel as far more important than our own lives as well. His encouragement was to conduct our lives in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ. We looked at the reality that the message of the Gospel has always been resisted sometimes with strong and violent opposition. In the face of such opposition, it is important for the church of Jesus Christ to stand together with one heart and one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel. With the goal of seeing the church stand together in faith and unity, Paul gives his first instructions in Phil. 2:3-4: "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others." This is easier said than done, but it really is the key to living our lives in a manner that is worth of the Gospel and seeing the church stand together in unity and love. If we are going to rise to the challenge of living Zion evangelical church ~ Scottsbluff, Nebraska Zion evangelical church ~ Scottsbluff, Nebraska Zion evangelical church ~ Scottsbluff, Nebraska Zion evangelical church ~ Scottsbluff, Nebraska unselfish lives humbly serving the needs of others, Paul tells us we need to begin to see the world the way Jesus did. Our last look into Philippians in March had us looking at a passage reflecting on the truth that Jesus who is fully God, humbled himself to become fully human so that he could humble himself even further by offering his life as the perfect sacrifice needed to take away our sin. His mindset that viewed the salvation of those who are separated from God as more important than his own life is the mindset we will need to adopt if we are going to answer the call to live lives that are worthy of the Gospel of Christ. We took a break from Philippians at the end of March to celebrate the confirmation of four of our eighth graders on Palm Sunday. One of the confirmation students, Quinton Janecek, prepared a message to share with the congregation and his fellow Confirmands. April will begin with a message on Easter Sunday about the resurrection being the reason for our hope in the Gospel. Recently, I challenged the congregation to be prepared to talk to those who don't know Jesus about the reason they choose to believe the Gospel. The sermon on Easter will be designed to encourage us to point to the fact of the resurrection as the greatest reason to believe the claims of Jesus are true. As we get back into Philippians later in April, we will be encouraged to shine like a light in a dark world. We will be encouraged to notice and follow the example set by those who are already living their lives in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ. My hope is that Zion truly becomes a church that increasingly shines a brighter and brighter light in our community as we learn together to live out the message of the Gospel. Pastor Andrew Easter Sunday COMMUNION Easter Sunday COMMUNION Easter Sunday COMMUNION Easter Sunday COMMUNION Sunday, April 5th Sunday, April 5th Sunday, April 5th Sunday, April 5th Communion will be served during both during both during both during both services. Get your newsletter first and in color if you receive it via email. Just drop us a note at [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] and we’ll put you on our email list. Give it a try for one month. . . if you don’t like it, we’ll happily switch you back. GREBEL & COFFEE GREBEL & COFFEE GREBEL & COFFEE GREBEL & COFFEE Saturday, April 4 Saturday, April 4 Saturday, April 4 Saturday, April 4 7 a.m. 7 a.m. 7 a.m. 7 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Pre Pre Pre Pre-orders & help welcome. orders & help welcome. orders & help welcome. orders & help welcome. Sign up at the Sign up at the Sign up at the Sign up at the Welcome Center. Welcome Center. Welcome Center. Welcome Center. 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Easter Sunday COMMUNIONEaster Sunday COMMUNIONEaster Sunday COMMUNIONEaster Sunday COMMUNION

Sunday, April 5thSunday, April 5thSunday, April 5thSunday, April 5th

Communion will be

served during bothduring bothduring bothduring both services.

Get your newsletter

first and in color if you receive it via email.

Just drop us a note at [email protected]@[email protected]@zionscottsbluff.com and we’ll put you on our

email list. Give it a try for one month. . . if you don’t like it, we’ll happily switch you back.

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Page 2 NEWS FROM ZION

FAMILY NIGHTFAMILY NIGHTFAMILY NIGHTFAMILY NIGHT

Monday, April 20 @ 6:00 p.m.April 20 @ 6:00 p.m.April 20 @ 6:00 p.m.April 20 @ 6:00 p.m. We will be grilling this month. If you can bringWe will be grilling this month. If you can bringWe will be grilling this month. If you can bringWe will be grilling this month. If you can bring

your meat early, Andy willyour meat early, Andy willyour meat early, Andy willyour meat early, Andy will

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HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:

• Palm Sunday Confirmation Services March 29th/8:30 & 10:30

• Maundy Thursday Communion & Cantata April 2nd /7:00 p.m.

• Good Friday Communion April 3rd /7:00 p.m.

• Easter Egg Hunt – Saturday April 4th /1:00 p.m.

• Easter Sunday Communion April 5th / 7:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast (served by the AWANA staff) – 9:00 a.m.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all who broughtto all who broughtto all who broughtto all who brought

candy for the Easter Egg Hunt .candy for the Easter Egg Hunt .candy for the Easter Egg Hunt .candy for the Easter Egg Hunt .

The kids had a great time!The kids had a great time!The kids had a great time!The kids had a great time!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMANDS ON THEIR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMANDS ON THEIR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMANDS ON THEIR CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMANDS ON THEIR

CONFIRMATION AND 1ST COMMUNION:CONFIRMATION AND 1ST COMMUNION:CONFIRMATION AND 1ST COMMUNION:CONFIRMATION AND 1ST COMMUNION: Garrett Adam Doremus

Quinton Andruw Janecek Kassadie Leighann Rahmig

Aaron Kingsley Reed

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Page 3 NEWS FROM ZION

The April KCMI Broadcast is

given in loving memory of

Robert and Margaret Erdman from

Dave & Teri Erdman.

There are still months available to

sponsor: May, July, Aug, Oct, Nov,

and Dec. Call Barb at 632-8125

Cost: $75

Check the kitchen

for any funeral

dishes that

might be yours.

Did you know you can now listen to and/or see our church service on your home computer? Go to our website: www.zionscottsbluff.com and click on LISTEN ONLINE. Find the date of the message you’d like to see or listen to and click on that date. Be patient while it loads.

Congratulations to . . .

. . . Alex Stricker on her Birthday, March 1st!

. . . Violet Harris on her Birthday, March 2nd!

. . .Bill & Shirley Loose on their 60th Wedding

Anniversary, March 6th!

. . .Betty Brothers on her Birthday, March 6th!

. . .Dewey Brothers on his Birthday, March 8th!

. . .Aaron Reed on his 1st Place win in the Scotts

Bluff Spelling Bee. Way to go, Aaron!

. . .to Steve & Barb Kautz and Joyce & Harold

Kautz on the birth of grandson/great-grandson,

Charles Alexander Kautz on 3/20 weighing

9#, 10 oz. and 23” long. Parents are Tom &

Meg Kautz and brother James.

COOP RECEIPTS:

$100,000.0 We did it!! Thank you!

And thank you, again!

General Fund for FEBRUARY, 2015

INCOME:

Fund Raiser Income 1,121.00

Other Income 162.68

Sunday Offering 17,977.00

TOTAL INCOME $ 19,260.68

EXPENSES:

Bldg. & Grounds $ 3,324.75

Fund Raising 450.96

Ministry 369.73

Mission Fund 75.00

Office 157.13

Staff Benefits 7,550.02

Staff Salary 18,955.11

Utilities 1,696.07

TOTAL EXPENSES: $ 32,575.77

TOTAL INCOME/EXPENSE $ (-13,318.09)

CIRCLE OF PRAISE FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH ~ 6:00 p.m.

Hosting: SCHMIDT’S AND TROOK’S

Bring a mead dish, salad or dessert.

Sign up at the Welcome Center

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CIRCLE OF PRAISE: The Circle of Praise met March 14th with 44 people in attendance. Our hosts for the evening were the Bush’s, Harris's and Broadbent’s. After a delicious carry-in supper, a brief meeting was held. In old business, the chairs for the oasis have been bought and are now being used. Thank you, Claudette, for getting these for us. In new business, Pat Stricker wanted to remind everyone about the pies that the Circle of Praise sponsors for the Festival of Hope the Saturday before Father's Day. It was voted on and ap-proved that we would once again sponsor this. A sign-up sheet for pies will be put at the Welcome Center in the near future. Also, a sign-up sheet will be made for those that can help that day. In oth-er business, it was decided to purchase new microwave ovens for the kitchen. Joyce Johnston will purchase these for us. After the meeting, Al & Judy Wilson presented a pro-gram in song and told us about the Chuck Wagon Church they started. They did a wonderful job and the program was enjoyed by all. Look for details of our April meeting in the newsletter. The hosts for that evening are the Trook’s and Schmidt’s. We closed with the Lord’s Prayer. Teri Erdman

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LADIES GUILD: President Elaine opened the meeting with 14 wom-en present. Erin Kampbell offered prayer for the many re-quests that were shared. Hymns were sung and the Happy Birthday Girl was Helen Maier. Wanda shared devotions using an Irish Theme. Minutes were read and approved. The Treasurer’s Report was given by Kathy Jay. She reported a profit of $2,407.74 from the Soup Supper and Joyce gave a report that 234 people were served. A discussion was held on the table and chairs for the Oasis. There was a motion by Kathy Trook and a second by Kathy Jay to table this until after Easter. Motion carried. Elaine informed the group we would be hosting the Lenten Service on Sunday, March 22nd. She asked for finger foods to be brought in. There will be a sign up sheet at the Welcome Center and the Saturday group will be in charge. Andee brought to our attention the need for more totes that are used with articles for members in the hospital. She found some that will work better than those she had pre-viously gotten. Andee will get more supplies for the totes and bring them to our next meeting to assemble. Refreshments were served by Wanda Henkel and Barb Steffensen. The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer. Joyce Kautz, Secretary

Just a reminder: Just a reminder: Just a reminder: Just a reminder:

Remember to call the church office if

you or a family member are

admitted to the hospital. OROROROR have

someone in your family give us a

quick call: 632-8125

We want to do whatever we can to

minister to you or your family when

it’s needed the most.

MISSIONS:

Mission Prayer Partners for April are below.

Please keep these ministries, the people who run

them, and the people they minister to in your pray-

ers this month.

April 5th

: Zion Radio Broadcast on KCMI. The first

Sunday of every month, Zion’s service is broadcast

over the radio. Members of the congrega4on can

give money toward those broadcasts. If you are in-

terested in ge5ng Zion out into the community in

this way, contact Barb to see which months are s4ll

available.

April 12th

: Zion CD/DVD ministry to our shut-ins.

This is a great way to help keep our shut-ins con-

nected with the church. Pray for them and consider

what else you might be called to do to care for our

shut-ins.

April 19th

: Voice of the Martyrs. Our adopted front-

line worker is Pastor K’Shem in Vietnam. Pray for his

safety and con4nued effec4veness. Pray that many

people will be touched by his words and have the

courage to acknowledge Jesus as Savior.

April 26th

: Huron Claus with CHIEF. Na4ve Ameri-

cans have been sadly marginalized in the U.S. CHIEF

seeks to bring these ancient people to their Savior.

Pray that they will view Christ not as another West-

ern import, rather as the Messiah of all people

groups. Pray they will see how to worship Christ in

their own way, with their own unique culture. Con-

sider giving financially to this mission.

Watch the mission table for addi4onal infor-

ma4on and opportuni4es to be involved in these

outreaches and missions. There may be some re-

peats as I get in sync with Barb, but I suppose that

means that if you missed them the first 4me, you

have another chance!

Blessings,

Erin Kampbell

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T h a n k yo u !

Page 5 NEWS FROM ZION

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS: We are happily stuffing Easter eggs for our

Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the children that will be held on Saturday, April 4th at 1:00. We will meet in the Ministry Center with a short devotion. Remember to bring your buckets and baskets. There is a lot of candy, toys and prizes awaiting you.

Sunday School teachers/Bible School teach-ers will be having a meeting on March 22 at 2:00 in the chapel. We would like to discuss updating our Sunday School rooms as well as the Sunday School wing. We need to get ideas together, and then pre-sent them to the Church Board so we can work on these ideas this summer. Please stop by the office if you have ideas; we welcome them.

We wish you all a blessed Easter! What a glo-rious time to celebrate the death of Jesus on the cross for our sins with the greatest news being that He arose, and He lives today!! What a joy to serve Him. Thank you to everyone who donated Easter candy…how we appreciate it so much. Happy Spring, Sharon, Robin, Deb

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . YOUTH - Our youth ministry programs had anoth-

er good month in March. Our senior high Bible

study is working its way through the book of Eccle-

siastes, learning to let the difficulties of life teach

them to look to God for answers. We are on track to

finish the book at the very end of the school

year. The group that meets at my house for prayer

and fellowship after Awana on Sunday evenings

had a few nights off in March because of my attend-

ance at two of the Lenten services. We look for-

ward to getting back to a more regular schedule

after Easter. We continue to have a small but con-

sistent group on Thursdays for our junior high out-

reach. In March, I have enjoyed the way they have

become more interactive as we have gone through

our lessons on what it means to be part of the

church and what the Bible says about life after

death. The one extra activity we had in March was

our ski trip on the 8th. We had a beautiful day for

skiing, and the students and one family who went

along had a great time. The one exception was

a girl who had a pretty bad wipeout and injured her

hip. The month ended with the confirmation of four

of our eighth grade students on Palm Sun-

day. These students will now be invited to be a part

of the senior high youth group activities to give

them a chance to get used to our senior high min-

istry. Please pray that these students will make it

a priority to find ways to stay involved and contin-

ue to grow in their faith now that they are getting

ready to move into high school.

Andy

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Many thanks to our church family for their prayers, cards, gifts and calls that made our 60th Anniversary so special. Thank you so much! God Bless You!! Bill & Shirley Loose Pastor Andy and Zion Church family: Thank you all so much for your visits, prayers and thoughts during my stay in the hospital. And also thank-you for the “Sunshine Bag.” It made me smile. Pat Stricker

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Page 6 NEWS FROM ZION

~ AWANA NEWS ~

I will start out by congratulating our February Clubbers of the Month: Ella Powell & Kodee Meyer –

Sparks; Claire Powell & Maddux Janecek – T&T and Quinton Janecek – Trek. Way to finish strong, Club-

bers!

Several of our T&T clubbers participated in Bible Quiz on Saturday, February 21st at Monument Bible

Church. Congratulations to Claire Powell and Ella Anderson who placed first competing in the Ultimate

Adventure Book One – Girls Division. Congratulations to Caleb Schanaman for placing fifth in the Ulti-

mate Adventure Book One –

Boys Division. And, congratula-

tions to Ashton DeVos who

placed first in the Ultimate

Adventure Book Two – Boys Di-

vision. We are SO PROUD of

these clubbers for their cour-

age to commit to the competi-

tion! Thank you to Alex Strick-

er for coaching both the boys

and the girls’ teams and to

Mark Harris, Carol Parvin, Deb Pieper, Carli &

Cheryl Rose for working as tabulators, score-

keepers and paper correctors!!! Special

thanks to Jason & Kim Hamilton from Brady,

NE for organizing and working at the quiz and

also to Rick & Fairy Hattan for

travelling from Aurora, NE to

work at the Quiz.

The following day, February

22nd, the clubbers brought their

grandparents to club with them for Grandparent’s Night. We were very pleased with the

turnout!!! A BIG THANKS to Paul Harris (Mark Harris’s brother) for sharing a fun devotion with us on

the differences of grandparents and their grandchildren … i.e., the size of the television screen “back

then” as opposed to now, the difference in video games “back then” as opposed to now, etc. He closed

with reminding us of things that are the same – the biggest one being that “Jesus

Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever”.

We started our March Madness fun right away on March 1st with

Crazy Socks & Hair Night. We also had a special guest, Al

Riskowski, the Executive Director of Nebraska Family Alliance talk

to our clubbers during Council Time. We appreciate Al taking time

out of his busy schedule to spend the afternoon with us!

March 8th was our evening to dress up as a favorite Bible charac-

ter, as a princess, pirate, etc. From my picture at the right, most people thought I

was either Mary or Sarah. At opening ceremony, I gave eight clues as I was neither of

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those women and was sure that after about the third

clue SOMEONE would get it. One 8th grade Trek clubber

guessed “Samuel’s mother”, which was correct but could

not come up with her name - Hannah. I heard this story

many times as a child growing up at Zion so I was really

shocked that I even had young adults telling me they

wouldn’t have been able to guess correctly. � (Just in

case you don’t recognize him, the very sharply dressed

Spider Man is our very own superhero, Pastor Andy

Griess. ☺) I was very impressed with our Sparks Director, Chad Meyer, for his crea-

tivity in putting together a costume to look like the Sparky character!!!

AWANA Games was held on Saturday afternoon, March 14th at WNCC. It was a bit

different for us this club year as this was the first year we didn’t have enough of our

own Sparks for a team. Our two Sparks girls, Josie Griess & Shelbi Morgan, were put

on a team that had clubbers from Gering Zion, Salem and Cheyenne Berean. (One of the officials got a

“kick” out of the line they were on as there were eight coach-

es – 2 per church - standing behind the clubbers!) They took

1st place on their circle. Way to go, girls!!! Hudson DeVos

joined one of the two Monument Bible Church’s teams and

they placed 3rd on their circle. Good job, Hudson! Our co-ed

T&T team had clubbers from Salem and placed 4th on their

circle. I was so proud of our kids and their efforts as well as

their good sportsman-

ship!!! A BIG THANKS

to the following for

either coaching or

working at the games: Deb Pieper (nurse), Carli Rose, Michael

Olson, Carol Parvin & Pastor Andy Griess (coaches), Randy

Stricker (line judge), Carli Rose (timer), Linda

& Abigail Peterson (hall monitors), Dacotah &

Coleton Morgan (runners and score hangers)

and Cheryl Rose (head scorekeeper).

March 15th – being so close to St. Patrick’s

Day was the club meeting to wear green, green & more green!!! ☺ Kathy Trook was

definitely the winner of the MOST green in her “green man group” costume shown at

left “duking” it out with Trek Director, Art “The Hulk” DeVos. ☺

The only thing left in March will be our P.J. Night on the 22nd. I will include pics of

that in next month’s newsletter. We will not have club on Palm Sunday or Easter

Sunday. Then we only have three regular club nights left before our closing ceremo-

ny, Jamboree, on May 3rd. WOW!!! I am certainly thanking God that HE IS IN

CONTROL as we head toward the “finish line” for this club year!!!

Cheryl Rose, Commander

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