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YOUTH EASTER BREAKFAST The Youth will have their Easter breakfast fundraiser Sunday, April 1 after early worship service at 9 AM. This is a free-will offering and the money helps with youth trips and activities.

CONFIRMATION RESUMES Confirmation classes will resume on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 PM here at Zion. There will only be three more classes scheduled to finish out this teaching year: April 11, April 18, and April 25.

GLOBAL BARNYARD Barnyard Banks have been sent home for Sunday School children. Barnyard Banks need to be turned in by Sunday, April 8. Adults are encouraged to participate also. Prices for animals as listed: $10 - Chicks lay eggs and are meat for meals $15 - Roosters help the farm grow. $20 - Honey Bees pollinate plants and aid crop growth. $30 - Pigs bring a big income from the market. $50 - Goats give milk to drink or used for dairy products. $250 - A fish farm provides everyone with fish to eat. $500 - Cows provide milk, meat, fertilizer, and calves. $50 - A share of a cow. $1000 - Oxen and a plow help harvests and fertilizer the fields. $100 - A share of an oxen and plow. $715 - Family farm which includes a cow, a couple goats, a dozen chicks, two pigs, farming tools, seeds and agricultural training and support, can help a family achieve a fresh start and escape the cycle of hunger and poverty - for good.

April 2018

Pg. 2 Prayers, Birthdays, Anniversaries

Group Gatherings

Display Case

Z-Book Club

Garage Sale

Pg. 3 Greeters, Readers, Acolytes, Crucifiers

Open Houses

Youth Trip Meeting

Adult Education

Choral Concert

Pg. 4 Altar Guild, Ushers, Hospitality, Meetings, Choirs

Garden Dedication

Youth Work Days

From Pastor Kyle

Pg. 5 VBS Registration

Pg. 6 VBS Emergency Form

Pg. 7 VBS Help Wanted

Pg. 8 VBS Donations

MCSA Donations

Thank You’s

Pg. 9 Garden Of Eatin’

Pg.10 Financial Update

Pg.11 Calendar

OUT - TO - LUNCH BUNCH Out-to-Lunch Bunch will meet at 11:30 AM on April 12 at Farmer’s Diner. Sign up is available on the nursery bulletin board.

SUPPER CLUB Supper Club will meet at 6:00 PM on April 21 at Guadalajara. Sign up is available on the nursery bulletin board.

GROUP 5 Group 5 will meet on April 17 at 9:30 AM at Nancy Tietge’s.

GROUP 6 Group 6 will meet on April 26 at 7:00 PM at Vivien Halloran’s

DISPLAY CASE The next display case will feature glass baskets. Please have your items to the church office by Friday, April 6.

Z-BOOK CLUB The next meeting for Z-Book Club will be Monday, April 30 at 5 pm at Hy-Vee Market Café. The book we will be reading is The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen.

GARAGE SALE Donations are being accepted for the city wide garage sale that Zion will be holding this year as a youth fundraiser. Items that are being accepted are: Clothes Kitchen Items Books Household Items Shoes Linens, blankets Purses Small appliances Items can be brought down to the church. Date of garage sale is TBD to coincide with Muscatine’s city-wide sales. Questions, please talk to Stacey Ramos. Zion’s Youth appreciate your support and help. Thank you all so much!

PRAYERS AROUND ZION “Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.” For those that are ill: Deb Burke, Nancy Franklin, Jean Orr, Carl Tiecke, Dick Buster For those who have lost a loved one: The family of Mildred Meyer The family of Elsie Weber Birthdays & Anniversaries: Birthdays with * beside the name represents a birthday of 90+ years, ** represents 100+ years. Anniversaries listed are for 50+ years. Loryann Eis 4/3 Riley Padgett 4/3 Helen Stange 4/3 John Evans 4/7 Mary Butcher 4/20 Jean Hyink 4/22 Helen Colony 4/36 Cynthia Maeglin 4/29 Ray & Helen Stange 4/15 Dick & Vivian Buster 4/30

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GREETERS UP: 4/1 (8 AM) Sheryl Mercer 4/1 (10:30 AM) Jim & Linda Maas, Bette Logel 4/8 Tim & Vivien Halloran 4/15 Marilyn Briscoe 4/22 Bob & Mary Danner 4/29 Sheryl Mercer GREETERS DOWN: 4/1 (8 AM) Lanny & Rachel Creamer 4/1 (10:30 AM) Doug & Deb Hughes 4/8 Charlie & Jan Drumm 4/15 Richard & Cheryl Jacobsen 4/22 Kent Egel 4/29 Larry & Kathy Meyer READERS: 4/1 (8 AM) Hannah Creamer 4/1 (10:30 AM) Shawn Baars 4/8 Abi Frye 4/15 Deb Hughes 4/22 Tonya Armstrong 4/29 Julie Frye ACOLYTES: 4/1 (8 AM) Nathan Taylor & Austin Lawrence 4/1 (10:30 AM) Ella Schroeder & Brock True 4/8 Matt Richardson 4/15 Lizzy Mills & Ryan Mandsager 4/22 Aidan Armstrong 4/29 Matt Richardson CRUCIFIERS: 4/1 (8AM) Phoebe Lawrence 4/1 (10:30 AM) Alexandria Steele

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OPEN HOUSES You are invited to an open house for Riley Padgett’s 80th birthday. Event will be on Saturday, April 7 from 12-4PM at Zion Lutheran Church. Please RSVP to Kristi at ktruitt16@gmail.com or 515-418-3309. You are invited to an open house for Margaret Marolf’s 90th birthday. Event will be on Sunday, April 8 from 2-4 PM at Zion Lutheran Church. Cards are welcome, please no gifts. If unable to attend, please send greetings to Margaret at 220 Iowa Avenue, Apt 401, Muscatine, IA.

YOUTH TRIP MEETING Attention all Zion parents and youth: if you are planning to attend this year’s National Youth Gathering in Houston or your child is attending, there will be a meeting that you need to attend on Sunday, April 8 at 11 AM, here at Zion in the multipurpose room. If you have any questions, this would be the time to get them answered.

ADULT EDUCATION Our new Sunday Adult Education series will be a study on the first Christians in the early church. Using the PBS video series, "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians" we will explore the life of Jesus and the movement of the earliest Jesus followers. The study will trace Jesus' life, focus on the events following his death, and the early men and women whose belief, conviction and martyrdom created a major movement that transformed the Roman Empire in the space of only three hundred years. The study will begin on Sunday, April 8. Please join the discussion!

CHORAL CONCERT Luther College will be touring the Midwest and in our area for a concert on Thursday, April 12 at 7:30PM. This tour, “Prayers for Peace” will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport (2136 Brady Street). A freewill offering will be collected.

ALTAR GUILD: Stacey, Sheryl & Evelyn USHERS: Riley Padgett, Mike Watson, Mark Perisho, Duane Williams, Charles Meyer HOSPITALITY: 4/1 - Youth Easter Breakfast 4/8 - Worship 4/15 - Property 4/22 - Stewardship 4/29 - Council UPCOMING MEETINGS: Gateway: 3:15 PM - 4/2 All Comm: 6:30 PM - 4/5 Executive: 6:15 PM - 4/12 Council: 7 PM - 4/12 CHOIR PRACTICES: Bell Choir: 6:15 PM - 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25 Senior Choir: 7 PM - 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25

GARDEN DEDICATION On Sunday, April 22, in honor of Earth Day, we will be dedicating the Zion Lutheran Community Garden. We will process out of worship after service and walk to the corner of 6th and Sycamore Street. All are invited to attend.

YOUTH WORKDAYS The Youth are offering workday on Saturday, April 28 and Saturday, May 12 from 9:30 AM through noon. This is a fundraiser to help the Youth raise money for this year’s National Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas. If you need yard work done, windows washed, garages cleaned, or tasks of this sort, please speak to Stacey Ramos (563) 571-0363.

FROM PASTOR KYLE Grace and Peace to you from the Triune God! While we have had many opportunities to celebrate our shared ministry together and say goodbye, I write to you all one last time with a deep sense of gratitude for the life that we have shared together. In these past few weeks, I have been especially grateful to have been able to celebrate with you all after having received a call, rejoiced with you as Bishop Michael Burk and other clergy came to lay hands upon me to ordain me in the presence of so many gathered faithful souls, and celebrate Eucharist among this community. Every time we gather together to worship, we are gathered by the Holy Spirit around God's word and the sacraments before being sent out into the world. I am now being sent to serve the larger church. Your mission, in many ways, has been accomplished. "Well done, good and faithful servants!" I have shared many words with you all while I served among you. But I leave you with the same words I shared on my last Sunday from The Canterbury Tales: "If I have done any of you any good, I ask you to give thanks to God. If I have failed any of you in any way, I ask you to credit it to my lack of ability, and not a lack of will, for I surely would have done better if I could."

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VBS DONATIONS Donations are needed to help with Vacation Bible School supplies. If you have any of the following items, please bring them into the church: Empty, plastic water bottles Balloons Plastic straws (250 count) Red tissue paper (2 packages) Yellow tissue paper (2 packages) Orange tissue paper (2 packages) Tall, plastic containers with lids/empty peanut butter jars Empty soup, vegetable, or fruit cans Empty paper towel or toilet paper tubes Brown paper Index cards 5/16 flat washers (125 count) Thank you all for you help and support with Zion’s VBS!

MCSA DONATIONS Social Ministry is always collecting toiletry products for MCSA Residents. For all travelers, this is where you can drop off any of those goodies you never use when staying at a hotel. MCSA Residents need and appreciate all those soap, shampoo, conditioner, and lotion items. For those who don’t travel as much, if you happen to pick up any toiletry items previously listed or any other items that you use on a daily basis such as: toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs, shaving gel, etc., you can drop them off also. A Social Ministry member will ensure that MCSA receives these products to give to their Residents. There is a gray tote that is located on the counter underneath the church mailboxes. It is labeled, “DONATIONS of TOILETRIES for MCSA”. The Residents at MCSA are grateful! *Please note, that we no longer are collecting Campbell soup labels.

THANK YOU’S Zion, thank you so much for the donation of hats and mittens for our students. We are grateful for your contribution and so are the students! ~ Franklin Elementary School Thanks to all who donated to the Water, the Witness project AKA the Sampson Project. We have reached our goal and gone beyond. We are accepting donation until May 7th in the office. ~ Stewardship Committee We would like to thank everyone for all the prayers and cards. A special thanks to Ruth for the beautiful flowers and Vicar Kyle and Pastor Steve for their visits and prayers. We can always count on our Zion family and God. ~Ron and Karolyn Subbert I would like to thank Diane Emlet and Bob Nicolai for bringing me communion every month. I look forward to our visits. Also, thanks to joy Circle 6 for the greeting cards and also thanks to Ruth Starkweather for the flowers. God loves you and so do I. ~ Ellen Tietje

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GARDEN OF EATEN’ APRIL NEWS Garden of Eaten’ is gearing up for the 2018 season. This will be our third year and again there are new additions. We’ve added two more raised beds, thanks to Dave Starkweather, Bob Nicolai and Tom Atkinson (friend from Shepherd of the Cross). The Property Committee moved some of the soil from the existing beds into the new beds which will allow us to add compost and peat moss to all the beds. We’re making plans for our planting, adjusting what needs to be changed and trying some new vegetables. Installing vertical gardening on our fence this year will enable us to plant herbs. We also have some small Lilac and Rose of Sharon bushes donated which will offer more definition to our garden space. Along with the marigolds we’re considering more flowers to attract bees for pollination. Much of what we are doing right now is done with the help of an Iowa State Mini Grant through the Snap Education Program. Terri Hanson took the Master Gardner classes last fall and will do her volunteer work at our garden, along with Rick Crooks. Because Terri applied for the grant we will receive approximately $400.00 worth of supplies. Along with the grant come guidelines for proper food care when donating it to our food pantry. We welcome anyone interested in being a part of this ministry! One of the first opportunities will be helping to work in the compost and peat moss. Please let Judy Sebbert know if you would be available. No date is set at this time but hopefully in early April. As the weather warms we will be planting and any help is welcome with that phase as well. Sunday, April 22nd, Earth Day, will be the Garden Blessing. Hopefully, we’ll have at least some seedlings planted by then and we’ll be ready to watch our vegetables grow. With nine beds we will have more generous contributions for the Muscatine Food Pantry. A huge thank you to all the helpers! Judy Sebbert, Social Ministry

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FINANCIAL UPDATE Feb 2018 2/12 Yr. Yr-to-Date Actual Budget Difference Budgeted Income $38,026 51,329 (13,303) Budgeted Expenses 50,314 51,329 (1,015) Net Ordinary Income (12,288) - (12,288) Unbudgeted Income 840 - 840 Unbudgeted Expenses 225 - 225 Net Income (11,673) - (11,673) Fund Balances Unified $131,851 Designated Benevolences $75 Building $14,699 Quilters $2,062 Memorial $24,033 Mission Fund $96,319 Fellowship $5,321 Flower Fund $1,218 Youth $10,047 Gateway $34,966

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