The mission of Zion Lutheran Church is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people through Word and Sacrament, encouraging and supporting one another as a fellowship of believers.

FOOD PREP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEAL IS DONE ON TUESDAY. TO ENSURE WE HAVE

ENOUGH FOOD, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN UP IN THE BINDER IN THE LOWER FOYER

BY MONDAY EVENING PRIOR TO THE MEAL.

Jan 8, 2020: Cook’s Choice

• January Altar Flowers, please contact Barb Affeldt @ 223-9307.

• Altar Flowers today are given in loving memory of Ed &

Eleonore Bollinger by Mary Bollinger. • The next Men’s Network will be January 17-18 at

Shepherd’s Hill. • Pastor Zellers, from Messiah Lutheran Church in Mandan, is

currently making plans for taking a delegation from North Dakota, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregations, to the “March for Life” in Washington, D.C. scheduled for January 24, 2020. If you have any interest in participating in this vital task of “speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves” (Proverbs 31:8) please text, or speak directly to Pastor Zellers. 701-712-1981 Right now we are looking for a head count...details to follow.

• LWML Special Notice ** The LWML will meet on January 11,

2020 at 10 a.m. in the Zion church basement. The program will be H.E.A.R.T., a support group for families dealing with addiction This is a weekly meeting, under the Auspices of Heartview, for learning, healing and receiving support for family members dealing with substance abuse. All men and women from the congregation are invited to this meeting. The LWML Board will meet at 9:15 a.m.

• Chancel Circle will meet on Friday, Jan 10, at 9:30 a.m. in the

lounge. • The next Council Meeting has been moved to Thursday, Jan

23, at 6:00 p.m.

Zion will have a potluck following the second service, before the Annual Voter’s Meeting, January 26, 2020. Zion will provide the Sloppy Joe’s and buns; Zion members can bring salads, side dishes, and desserts.

Life & Growth

January 5, 2020

413 East Ave D

Bismarck ND 58501

701-223-8286

Fax: 701-258-2146

E-mail:

zionlcmsbis@gmail.com

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Website:

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Epiphany

Zion Lutheran

Church

5:15 - 6:00 PM Please sign up!

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We often know what we’re looking for, but sometimes, it sure is hard to find. The magi, King Herod, and his chief priests and scribes all in search of the King of the Jews. But none of them were searching for the same reason. The magi sought a King. Scripture tells us that the magi were from the East. They were academics who studied the stars, and studied prophecies as well, including Hebrew scripture with its promises from old. They likely would have read prophecies that pointed to the new king. (Micah 5:2) They showed a willingness to seek out the source of true wisdom. The magi didn’t know what to expect. The wise men sought out a king, and instead, they found their Lord, their savior, their messiah. King Herod was seeking a rival. Herod was a ruthless leader who chose to rule with fear. Herod was going to maintain his rule through any means necessary. He wanted to seek the King of the Jews not to honor Him but to kill him. Not everyone who seeks Jesus is doing it to praise and worship Him. What about us? What do we seek? Often what we seek can be distractions that pull us away from God. God is always there for us, even when our faith, or our heart, isn’t fully following him. You don’t have to have perfect faith to follow God. The magi weren’t seeking God. But that’s what they eventually found. Throughout the Bible we hear of people who struggled with their faith. Sometimes, we’ll take the wrong path. God is still there when we might stray away from Him. Repenting means to turn around and go the other way. But no matter how strong or weak our faith is, no matter what path we follow in life, and no matter how well we follow His directions, God still loves us, and He’s ready for us.

Questions: 1. Who were the Magi? What were they seeking? 2. Who was Herod? Why was he seeking Jesus? 3. What often gets in way with our walk with God?

Please pray for Zion Members in the Military.

Buck Thornton Bryce Johnson Marck Schlafman Shaundra Ziemann-Bolinske Shannon Ziemann Austin Link Steven Trautman Jared Juntunen Yurick Martis

Study Texts: The Epiphany of Our Lord

Memory Verse: Isaiah 60:1 "Arise, shine, for your

light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises up-

on you."

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Isaiah 60:1-6

1. According to the author what has come?

2. What should be the response of the people?

3. What covers the earth?

4. What covers the people?

5. What rises upon the people?

6. Who will come to the light?

7. How should the people respond to the light?

8. What will the people proclaim?

THE EPISTLE LESSON: Ephesians 3:1-12

1. What had the listeners heard about?

2. How had the Apostle known about this mystery?

3. How did the Apostle reveal this mystery to them?

4. What would they understand by reading?

5. Who had revealed this truth to the apostles?

6. How did the Apostle become a servant?

7. What was the Apostle's task?

8. What had God done with this mystery in the past?

THE GOSPEL LESSON: Matthew 2:1-12

1. Where was Jesus born?

2. Who was the ruler in Judea?

3. Who came looking for Jesus?

4. What did the wise men call Jesus?

5. How did King Herod react to their question?

6. Who indicated to Herod the birthplace of Jesus?

7. What did Herod ask the wise men to do after finding

Jesus?

8. What gifts did the wise men present to Jesus?

Lessons for Next Sunday: The Baptism of Our Lord

Isaiah 42:1-9 Romans 6:1-11

Matthew 3:13-17

Worship Attendance

Dec.

Sat, Dec 28 5:00 p.m 21 Sun, Dec 29 8:30 a.m. 41 10:45 a.m. 83

MTD General Offering $ 74,394

Avg. Budgt Monthly Exp $ 49,000

Sermon

“Seeking A King”

Matthew 2:1-6 Summary

Epiphany Lesson

Questions:

For personal & family Bible Study

Jan 5, 2020

Series C revised

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Zion Events This Week

MEDIA OPERATOR

Saturday, Jan 4 5:00 pm: Jesse Beckers

Sunday, Jan 5 8:30 am: Mary Bollinger 10:45 am: Saturday, Jan 11 5:00 pm: Mason Cleveland

Sunday, Jan 12 8:30 am: James Rath 10:45 am: Tara Hovda

ACOLYTES

Sunday, Jan 5 8:30 am: Hayden Zacher 10:45 am: Ally Hilsabeck Isaac Nistler Sunday, Jan 12 8:30 am: Jayden Wolf Wyatt Miller 10:45 am: Evan Anderson Sara Anderson

GREETERS

Sunday, Jan 5 8:30 am: Elmer & Doris Eiseman 10:45 am: Fred & Carol Baker Sunday, Jan 12 8:30 am: Wilbur & Mavis Pfennig 10:45 am: Eldor & Mavis Goetz

ELDER & VAN DRIVER

Sunday, Jan 5 Brian Rosin Al Roe Sunday, Jan 12 Ken Paul Fred Ehrhardt

M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T S U N 6 9:30 AM Zion Staff Mtg 7:00 PM AA Mtg

7 6:00 AM Leadership

Mtg

8 5:15 PM Meal 6:00 PM Confirmation 6:00 PM Kings Kids 6:45 PM Zion Bells 7:30 PM Youth Group

9 1:30 PM

Ladies

Bible

Study

10 9:30 AM

Chancel

Circle

11 10:00 AM LWML MTG executive Bd/Lounge 9:15am 11:30 AM BSMT RSVD 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Contemporary Worship w/ Comm

12 8:30 AM Traditional Worship 9:30 AM Bible Study 9:40 AM Sunday School 9:45 AM Zion MWL 10:45 AM Blended Worship w/ Comm

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Zion

Lutheran Church

Paving the Parking Lot

Check out Zion’s App

You will find the opportunity

to donate to the

Fund on a weekly, monthly,

or annual basis.

Financial

Talk with one of our financial planners

to arrange your long term support.

Join Us!

Attend and support upcoming Fundraising events.

Watch for dates and times, then join us,

bring your family and friends

for fun and fellowship!

1-1 Janice Guenthner Daemon Hoffman Arica Meyer Tyler Zeller 1-3 Christopher Herrmann 1-4 Peggy Heid Douglas Rath 1-5 Niclynn Messerschmidt Herbert Bargmann Kelcey Gietzen 1-6 Trenton Schwehr David Kemnitz Nicole Sailing Josie Schell Madisyn Fast 1-7 Alvina Allmendinger Denise Anderson Eden Loy 1-8 Marlin & Adella Schick (49) 1-9 Arlan Henke Sherry Furcht Jesse Beckers Sady Ell

Kaylee Peterson Eldor & Mavis Goetz (55) 1-10 Debra Estes Diane Kyes 1-11 Jerome Klein Kelly Thiele Karissa Bohn Wes Ziemann 1-12 Monte Ell Jerry Cleveland Theresa Addison John Weaver 1-13 Daniel Daffinrud Harlan Carow 1-14 Nadine Ehrhardt Viola Morlock 1-15 Helen Klein Nicole Tipton Preslei Sailer Seth Bauer Hadley Zacher 1-16 Kathy Stewart Tonja Iverson

1-17 Tanner Duppong 1-18 Hank & Jan Albers (56) Hayden Zacher 1-20 Alexis Bullinger 1-21 Llona Sailing 1-22 Ethan Brazil Howard Unterseher Beth Smith 1-23 Arlene Conitz Christopher Pape 1-25 Tom Sullivan Sue Sterna Carmen Huseby Elliott Piper 1-27 Michael Marohl Kerry Horton Walter & Carolyn Frank (52) 1-28 Susan Heilman Emilia Newman Kevin Pfau Melisa Schick Cody Portra

1-29 Andrew Hoff Jasmine Georgeson Dawson Unrath 1-30 Violet Sailer Steve Bubach 1-31 Phyllis Berg Erwin Graf Jarod Hanson Lane Grant Rayce Hermanson Delmar & Yvonne Kruckenberg (62)

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Is your congregation interested in providing an outreach event/project designed to reach those who don't know Christ? Need funds to help your vision become a reality?

LCEF District grant funds are available for LCMS organiza-tions in the following districts of the Central Region: Iowa Dis-trict East, Iowa District West, Minnesota North, Minnesota South, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Wisconsin.

Lutheran Church Extension Fund is a nonprofit ministry of the Church; therefore, fiscal year end operating results are put right back into mission and ministry. LCEF is blessed by strong investors and faithful borrowers.

Each grant is $1,000.

Deadline to apply is January 31, 2020.

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Rev. Rev. Bernie Seter, Zion English Grafton, ND, Trinity Lutheran Church, Drayton, ND, St. John Lutheran Church, Crystal, ND, presents the message: “Who is in Charge Here?” based on Ephesians 1:3-14.

“This Is The Life” program is: “A Friend in Deed.”

Jan 5, 2020

Perhaps you’ve felt a desire to give

more to missions.

On the table on the back of the sanctuary is the

mite box of the mission-minded LWML

symbolizing the efforts of our organization.

If you’d like to help, please consider this

opportunity and place your mites inside.

Thank you to those of

you who spotted the

LWML mite box! We

certainly appreciate

your contributions for

mission work.

It might interest you to

know that the amount

that remains in the ND

District is 75%

with the remaining

25% going to the

national level.

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Lutherans Engaged in Mission This year, LEM is going to be serving the community of El Cenizo, Texas (on the US side of the

border). This is a small, very poor community with a church we have helped in the past. We will

be there February 14-23, which is over Presidents’ Day, so students only miss 3 days of school.

We plan to drive on the weekends, and serve the church & community with VBS, donations, and a

work project on Monday through Friday. The group will stay at the Latin-American Lutheran

Mission site in Laredo as we have in the past. The cost is only $400 for the entire trip! Please

join us to learn more about how you might serve God as we prepare for the mission trip.

Here is a list of items that can be collected all year long & donated at either Messiah Lutheran

Church, or Zion Lutheran Church. Feel free to use these items as a Sunday School offering

project, or a church in-gathering:

• Layette Kits – Goal of 10

• School kits – Goal of 100

Pencils, pens, notebooks, crayons or markers, kid scissors, pencil sharpeners, erasers,

construction paper, rulers, backpacks

• Hygiene kits – Goal of 50

Full size towels (new or gently used), washcloths, bar soap, combs/brushes, toothbrushes,

toothpaste, shampoo & conditioner (even hotel size), band-aids, nail clippers, small lotion

bottles

• Quilts from church groups

• Clothing for kids & adults - Gently used & laundered shirts, undershirts, sweatshirts, jeans/pants,

practical shoes or flip flops (no dressy shoes, or heels please), socks in all sizes, undergarments, etc.

• Walmart gift cards to help with the cost of the volunteer meals, and to purchase dried beans and rice to

hand out as giveaways.

• Toys – small gently used toys work best. Some ideas would be small stuffed animals, balls (especially

soccer balls), outdoor games, blocks, bubbles, etc.

• This year we do not need suitcases because we are not crossing the border, but we would store them for

future years.

Ways YOU can help:

• We are looking for an individual or group who can gather, sort and label the clothing items!

• A volunteer/group to put together layette kits for new mothers. Many items have been donated already, they just need to be assembled.

• Help with maintenance or oil changes for our van

• Attend our “Fiesta Fundraiser” – details TBA • Sponsor one of the people going on the trip

If you have questions, please contact: Pastor Zellers revkcz@gmail.com

or Kristin Nistler Kristin.nistler@gmail.com

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Zion Lutheran Church Staff & Leadership

Zion Lutheran Church has an Automatic External Defibrillator unit located in the lower foyer below the television.

An unattended nursery for infants and parents with a changing

table, glider rocker, toys and a video feed are located up the steps and to you your right as you exit the sanctuary.

Hearing assistance is available. Please check with an usher.

Zion offers Gluten-Free communion wafers.

If you wish to receive the Gluten-free wafers, pick up a white disk from the stands before the communion rail. Show the disk to the Elder distributing wafers and leave on the communion rail when

finished.

KFUO Radio Program Guides:

Please take a program guide located on the table in back of the sanctuary or from the counter in the upper foyer.

• Sacred Music & Prayer • Worship Services • Bible Studies • Lutheran Confessions • Practical Talk • And much more!

KFUO.org worldwide.

Search “KFUO” wherever you get your podcasts.

Zion Staff

Rev. Thomas R. Marcis, Jr. Senior Pastor (701) 220-8437 Email: tmarcisjr@gmail.com

Vicar Chris Durham (701) 220-5802 chris.durham@ctsfw.edu

Kristin Nistler Director of Family Ministry (701) 400-2069 Email: kristin.nistler@gmail.com

Russ Weixel Director of Junior Youth Ministry (701) 400-6492 Email: rweixelzion@aol.com

Gayle Little - Administrative Secretary Email: zionlcmsbis@gmail.com

Michele Agnew - Associate Secretary Email: magnewzion@gmail.com

Zion’s Church Council

President James Rath

Vice President Jerry Cleveland

Secretary Bonnie Chase

Treasurer Fred Ehrhardt

Board of Church Properties Vacant

Board of Adult Family Ministry Travis Rau

Board of Youth Family Ministry Melanee Cleveland & Denise Anderson

Board of Lay Ministry Brian Rosin

Board of Stewardship Melody Hintz-Rau

Special Projects Board Lynette Schumaker

Zion Foundation Roland Huber

Other Zion Ministry Leaders

Music Coordinator Melissa Piatz

Hosannas Director Kathy Rooke

Bells of Zion Director Melody Hintz-Rau

Acolyte Coordinator Gary Semmel

Stephen Leader Denise Agnew

LWML President Nancy Brown Bismarck-Mandan Lutheran School Association

Evelyn Orth & Roxanne Rosin

Stephen Ministry Mission Statement

“A Christian friend who listens, cares, prays, supports, and encourages”

If you know someone who needs care and support at this time.

Please contact our Stephen Leaders:

Denise Agnew 400-1021

Llona Sailing 391-9374

Harley Trautman 391-3878

Home Bible Study Week (1-year study)

Monday (Law) Deuteronomy 4-6 Tuesday (History) II Chronicles 25-28 Wednesday (Psalms) Psalm 122-124 Thursday (Poetry) Ecclesiastes 1-2 Friday (Prophesy) Habakkuk Saturday (Gospels) Acts 9-10 Sunday (Epistles) James 1-3

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