Genesis 1: 31; 2: 1-3, 18a

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day...Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work...Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. ...Then The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.

I Corinthians 12: 12, 14-15, 20

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ...Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body...As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

John 17: 1, 20-21

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you...“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Marengo, Illinois; 815-568-6564; www.zionmarengo.net

Zion’s Mission Statement: Proclaiming Jesus Christ through Preaching, Teaching and Reaching Pastor: Rev. Jonathan M. Ripke Assistant to the Pastor Rev. Stewart Schulz Co-Principals: Dan Bertrand & Merri-lynne Seaburg Music Director: Karina Keating Ministering to Each Other: All Members

WELCOME

A warm and cordial welcome to all! Your presence is a blessing to us and we are happy that we can all join together in worshiping our Lord and in celebrating His triumphant resurrection. We invite you to lift up your hearts with joy and thanksgiving with us. And please do come and worship with us again!

PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP

Oh God, all good things come from You. By the inspiration of Your Spirit lead us to think of those things that are right and help us to practice them in our lives; through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Eighteenth Sunday of Pentecost

October 12, 13, 14, 2019

6:00 PM, 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 6:30 PM—Divine Service 4 – LSB Page 203

Hymns: LSB 901, 649, 894

Organist: Sat:/Sun Dan Albrecht Mon: Lana Gibbons

Sermon: "It Is Not Good To Be Alone” Pastor Schulz

“It Is Not Good For Us To Be Alone”

1. It’s fun to run into old acquaintances unexpectedly. Let me introduce you…

2. Our sacred texts assume connections/relationships.

God’s last creation was _________________________.

The English words ‘one another’ appear 50+ times together in the New Testament.

Jesus prayed in John 17: “…that they may be one as We are one.”

St. Paul compared members of the Church with parts of the _____________ as they connected with each other.

So…living life without relationships/connection is not _______ because it is not what God intended for us.

3. There are surprising benefits from positive relationships.

The Society for Human Resource Development commented on job satisfaction (2016).

The Harvard Study of Adult Development traced 258 Harvard graduates for 75 years.

Christian author John Ortberg cites a study of 7,000 people over 9 years. Who knew?

Even the Lone Ranger had his _____________!

4. An opportunity for connection at Zion begins next week.

Max Lucado’s comments about anxiety-related illnesses.

The Feb. 10, 2018, issues of the Economist about anxiety.

5. Romans 5:12, “Just as each of us has one _________ with many members…so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each members belongs to all the ___________.”

Zion Lutheran Church

Weekend of October 13, 2019 Information Bulletin

Bulletin Announcements

Due: Wed. @ Noon E-mail submissions

100 words or less to sandy.hauschildt@zionmarengo.net

Typed/neatly printed announcements can be dropped off in the office.

All submissions must include name, phone, and start/stop date (max. three weeks).

Announcements are subject to approval, may be edited, and must be Zion related, reflecting the mission of the church and school.

Church Information

Rev. Jonathan Ripke Pastor

pastor.ripke@zionmarengo.net

Dan Bertrand & Merri-lynne Seaburg

School Co-Principal principal@zionschool.net

Sandee Dunker Director of Early Childhood

earlychildhood@zionschool.net

Steve Macygin IT Administration

steve.macygin@zionmarengo.net

Stacey Sherwood Finance Officer

Stacey.sherwood@zionmarengo.net

Dale Ann Borhart School Secretary

dale.borhart@zionmarengo.net

Sandy Hauschildt Financial Asst./Sec.

sandy.hauschildt@zionmarengo.net

Church 815-568-6564 412 Jackson St.

Marengo, IL www.zionmarengo.net

School School (Kg-8th) Pre School & Ext (Kg-8th grade) Extended Care 815-568-5156 815-814-5156

408 Jackson St. Marengo, IL

www.zionschool.net

Weekly Church Calendar

Sunday 8:00 AM ..................................... Worship 9:00 AM ........................... Elders Meeting 9:15 AM ............................ Sunday School 9:30 AM ...... Bible Study-DCE Ade Zieke 9:30 AM ........... Bible Study-Pastor Ripke 10:30 AM .................................... Worship

Monday Columbus Day-No School

No Public School Confirmation Class 5:30 PM ............................... Corinne Fish .......................................... Counting Team 6:30 PM ....................................... Worship 7:15 PM .................... Board of Ed Meeting

Tuesday 8:45 AM ........................Ladies Bible Study 9:00 AM ...................... Outreach Quilters 4:30 PM ................... Varsity Girls Vball vs .....................................Rockford Lutheran 7:00 PM...................... Director’s Meeting

Wednesday 8:10 AM ......................................... Chapel 9:00 AM ......... Coffee with the Principals 6:00 PM......................... Adult Handbells 7:00 PM .............................. Adult Choir

Thursday 1:00 PM ............................... Prayer Shawl

Friday 1:30 PM ............ Florence Home Worship

Saturday LSA State Cross Country @

Trinity Bloomington 7:30 AM ...................... Men’s Bible Study 6:00 PM............................. Worship W/C

Ryan Davis-Asia Follett’s husband

Nikia Lynn May daughter of Ron Snyder

Pastoral call to Rev. Galligar

Baby boy born to Wes & Erika (Seedorf) Walker & grandson to

Scott & Jacquie Dunker

Dolores Finke’s 90th Birthday

Baptism of Louisa Amelia Peter

Those who mourn: Russ Ham –brother of Ron Ham Kathleen Bonk-mother of Corey

Bonk and Tammy Schultz

Altar Flowers

In Celebration of Dolores Finke’s

90th Birthday (Oct. 11th) & Edgar Finke’s

95th Birthday (Nov. 4th) from their family

In Celebration of Louisa Amelia Peter’s Baptism From Mark &Deborah Schmidt

In Memory of Vern Fiepke

from Dorothy & Family

All children age 3 through high school are invited to Sunday

School on Sunday mornings.

9:15 AM Opening Songs

9:30 AM Sunday School

Adult Bible Studies

9:30-10:15 AM

DCE Ade Zielke’s Bible Study “Is Genesis History”, held in the Chapel.

Pastor Ripke”s Bible Study “Faith Foundations”,

held in Pastor Ripke’s Office.

Next Week’s Acolytes October 19, 20, 21

6:00 PM .................... Rylan Smith 8:00 AM ................... Trever Harp 10:30 AM ............. Olivia Clausen 6:30 PM ......... Macgregor Hellyer

Door Collection

A door collection for Pastor Ferry, Missionary for Southeast Asia, will be taken as you exit

services this weekend.

At the Font

Louisa Amelia Peter

Daughter of Joshua & Ashley (Schmidt) Peter

will be baptized after the 10:30 AM service in the Chapel

Last Week’s Attendance

Total – 540 Sat. 6:00 PM ......................... 54 Sun. 8:00 AM ...................... 166 Sun. 10:30 PM .................... 237 Mon. 6:30 PM ...................... 77 Tue. 10:00 AM ....................... 6

Prayer Shawl Meeting

Please come to the Prayer Shawl meeting on October 17th. We have yarn! Hope to see

you there!

Special Music

Our 5th and 6th Grade Girls' Choir sing Monday, Oct. 21st at

the 6:30 PM worship service.

Ladies Aid Ladies Aid will be holding its Annual Birthday Luncheon, October 16th at 12:30 PM.

This will be held at the Steam Plant in Belvidere.

Financial Recap

GENERAL GIVING: Weekly Budget $19,000 Weekly Oct 6 $19,359 YTD Giving Under -$38,807

BUILDING FUND GIVING:

October Budget $3,000 October Receive $ 620

2019 GIVING FOR: Pastor Ferry $6,092 Comfort Dogs: $7,335

Operational Loan Balance: Buhrows Endowment $42,309 Current Operations $ 0.00

Settlers' Day Outreach

Pastor Ripke is looking for 4-6 individuals willing to hand out

cups and stamped postcards at the corner of Prairie and State Streets

before the Settlers' Day parade this Sunday, Oct. 13, from 12-1:30

p.m. Please speak with him if you would be able to do so.

Principal’s Coffee

Each month the principals will be hosting a Principal’s

Coffee, the third Wednesday of each month, after the chapel

service at 9:00 AM in the multi-purpose room.

The coffees are open to all parents and members of the

congregation. The purpose of the coffees are to share information

about the school, to answer questions and allow you to see

our students and teachers engaged in a typical school day. The October Principal’s Coffee

will be on October 16th.

National First Responders Day

National First Responders day is October 28, 2019. Zion students

will be collecting/donating items to make “Thank you”

baskets for local first responders. We will make the baskets as our all-school October chapel family

activity.

If you are able to donate any of the following items we would

greatly appreciate it. Donations may be dropped off in the school office or in one of the baskets in the Church Narthex, upstairs or downstairs school hallways. We

will be collecting items till October 20th. Thank you!

Lifesavers, Gum, Mints, Individual Snacks (chips, pretzels, cookies, crackers, etc.), Candy, Individual

drink packets (for water or coffee/Keurig), Granola/protein/

energy bars

Position Opening

Mrs. Borhart will be retiring as the school secretary in late

December. Zion is accepting applications for this full-time

position immediately. Interested candidates should submit a letter

of application, resume and references to Principal, Zion Lutheran School, 408 East Jackson Street, Marengo, IL

60152 or via email to principal@zionschool.net by October 24th. The salary for the

position is negotiable based upon the individuals experience and knowledge and includes paid

retirement and medical insurance. Candidates should be able to multi-task, have strong

written and verbal communication skills, the ability

to use a variety of computer applications including Quickbooks and MS

Excel. Candidates must display the highest ethical and

professional behavior, serve as a role model for students and be able to establish and maintain

positive, loving, respectful, mutual relationships with others, following the example of Jesus

Christ.

Love Project Pictures

The Love Project is looking for pictures from the past Love

Project events. If you have any we can barrow or keep, please put them in a ziplock bag with your name and phone number

and put them in the container in the back of the narthex on the counter. We will be collecting

them till Sunday, October 27th. If you have any questions please

contact Kim Vehrs at kim.vehrs@zionschool.net or

Dawn Olson at the school office at 815-568-5156.

New in the Narthex October Newsletter

Hope-Full Living

Portals of Prayer

Love Project

Zion Blue Notes

Planning Board

The Planning Board is looking for Family's or groups to host

the following coffee hours:

October 20th December 1st

Please call Frankie Macygin at 815-814-3558 if you are

interested in hosting a coffee hour. Thank you!

The ‘S’ Word

SNOW!!!

“I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow” – from the movie White Christmas.

Seriously, who actually ‘longs’ to shovel snow?! Not me, and we ALL know it’s definitely NOT

my wife!! Zion Lutheran Church and School is looking for

someone to plow the parking lots and spaces for this upcoming

winter season. If you or you know of someone that might be interested please email me, Rich

Hoey-Properties Director: rchoey@foxvalley.net or text me 630/200-3942. Thank you in

advance for all your help.

Social Action Ministry

Blood Drive Tuesday, October 22nd

Bears hats will be given out.

Phil’s Friends

Thanks from Phil's Friends: We received a kind thank-you note

from Phil's Friends for the blankets made by our Zion

School students and congregation members during

our One Service for Service. Phil's Friends received a large influx of

care package requests, so our blankets will go into immediate

use! Praise God! Altar Guild

Altar Guild Meeting is Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00 PM in the multi-purpose room. Last meeting of the year! Also the shortest meetings held at Zion so there's more time for

treats! Guests are always welcome!

Zion Youth

Zion youth in grades 7-12 are invited to stay after the

10:30AM service on Sunday, October 20th, for a time of Bible

study, games in the gym, and snacks. Talk with Pastor Ripke if

you'd like to come or have questions.

Holy Scrap Another $450 was donated last

month. Look especially for copper, wire and aluminum to

donate. Thanks for all you do and keep on scrappin'. There will be

Thrivent T-shirts in the coatroom by the church office. Even if you

have one, take another one.

Annual Candy Pickup

The “Candy Van” has arrived from Indiana with 1600 pounds of

candy. This is your chance to pick up bulk candy at great

prices. Use the candy for Trunk or Treat on October 27th, for

the Settlers' Day Parade, Halloween or just to eat. The candy is set-up and is ready to

go. It is located in the coat room at the east end of the church. It is

open after services. During the week you can see Sandy in the

church office. Spread the “sweet news” to your friends and

neighbors. The sale is open to all.

SCRIP Orders Monday, October 21