9:00 am Worship Sunday, September 27th
PRELUDE “My Jesus, I Love Thee“ Arr. Tedd Smith
WELCOME Mari Conners
*PRAISE HYMN “When Morning Guilds the Skies ” #215
*INVOCATION Mari Conners
*SONG “Through It All“ (2 times) #580
MUSIC MINISTRY “Healer of My Heart” Senior Choir
MORNING PRAYERS
THE OFFERTORY “How I Love Thy Law, O Lord!“ Arr. Tedd Smith
Presentation of God’s Tithe
*The Doxology
*Dedication Prayer
SCRIPTURE Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Mari Conners
MESSAGE “The Sower and His Soils” Rev. Shearer
*HYMN “Hymn of Praise” Insert
*BENEDICTION Rev. Shearer
*POSTLUDE “When We All Get to Heaven “ Arr. Dick Torrans
*We stand to honor Jesus Christ
Good morning and welcome to Zion, where God’s word is honored, taught
and proclaimed. Our mission is to make-mature-mobilize disciples for Jesus Christ.
Please sign the blue attendance pad and pass it along your pew.
The floral arrangement is offered in praise to God our Father and in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Bob & Sally Schaeffer, and in memory of their parents, LeRoy Sr. & Dorothy Schaeffer and George (Mose) & Margaret Hibshman.
Hearing assistance devices are available. Please see an usher.
We thank Dr. Rod Shearer, Mari Conners, Sara Jackson, Barb Kriston and our Senior Choir for their worship leadership this morning. Pastor Lynch returns to the pulpit next Sunday as we celebrate World Communion Sunday.
September/October Upper Room and Daily Bread devotional booklets are available at the exits. Please take one for yourself and one for a friend.
Prayer Chain: This vital ministry is available to you. Please call Johnny Balderrama at 717-269-8257 or email psteeler11@gmail.com.
Prayer joys/Concerns – 1) Our servicemen and their families. 2) Healing mercies for Kevin Haag, Virginia Wells, George Kline, Clyde Deck, David Schell, and Cherie Eveler. 3) Birthday blessings this week Susie Smith, Sheila Swanger, Nancy Eisenhauer, and Austin Dechert. 4) Happy anniversary this week to Will and Alex Rautzhan, Dale and Brenda Waltermyer, Mike and Ashley Olar. 5) Dean Moyer is now a resident at Linden Village, Lebanon.
We are looking for Audio-Visual volunteers for both services. Please email Deb Ludwig at debmill654@comcast.net if interested.
Can you give one or two Sundays a month to help teach our K-2 & 3rd-5th grade children in Sunday School? Please pray for this opportunity and for our children. Contact Kelley Lorenzetti at 717-926-2053 or at kjlorenzetti@gmail.com, or Mari Conners at Maric@yahoo.com for grades 3-5.
HELP!! Regular nursery help is needed for 10:00 am Sunday School and the 11:00 am worship service, the first two Sundays of each month. If we get enough volunteers – two for Sunday School and 11:00 am worship service – they can rotate. Please contact Alex Rautzhan at 717-968-0556 or mrsrautzhan@gmail.com.
Thank you to our Women in Faith for hosting the recent legal document education seminar. More than 50 Zion people attended this helpful event.
Child care paid position available caring for a six-year-old girl weekday mornings near Schaefferstown. Contact Steve Celaschi at 717-269-9769 or stevecelaschi@yahoo.com.
It’s Fall It’s Apple Dumpling Time. The Women in Faith will be holding our annual Apple Dumpling Sale starting in October, we will take orders. The cost is $7.00.
Coming Up: World Wide Communion Sunday will be observed at 9:00 and 11:00 worship on Sunday, October 4.
The church office is open Monday – Friday, 9 am – 1 pm. Call 717-866-6839 or email zionumc22@gmail.com. Pastor John can be reached at 717-298-1308.
This week at Zion:
Sunday – Traditional Worship 9:00
Sunday School for all ages 10:00
Contemporary Worship 11:00
ZYM 6-8 in Fellowship Hall
Monday– Bible Study, 6:15 pm in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday – Prayer Meeting, “Revival” 2:00 pm, in the Parlor
Wednesday – Prayer Meeting in the Parlor 6:30 pm
Thursday – Mat Making 9-11 am
Praise Band, 7:30 pm
Serving Christ and our Zion Family
Sexton: Crystal Kimmel Music Director: Barb Kriston
Lay leader: Mari Conners Praise team: Emma Kimmel
Council chair: Johnny Balderrama Treasurer: Robin Dower
Trustee chair: Will Rautzhan Youth Pastor: Austin Lamos
Women in Faith: Karen Sandoe Interim Pastor: John Lynch