Horizon

Z I O N L U T H E R A N C H U R C H August 2020

In this issue

● Staff Message ● Youth & Family Ministry ● Bible Studies ● Events & Happenings ● Thank Yous & Letters ● Council Meeting Minutes ● Birthdays

�Sundays August 5, 12, 19, 26, 30 Worship

In Person (by Reservation only) and Live Streamed, 9:00am

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educate the whole congregation in the ways in which God lavishes his mercies upon us as he has upon those who have come before who sang these same songs.

• The confession of the Creeds and praying The Lord’s Prayer, further instills and strengthens the key beliefs of our ancient faith which, when learned from a young age, is the one thing –God’s Word—that will come pouring out of the hearts and mouths even when the ravages of dementia and Alzheimer’s have taken every other memory.

• Jesus Christ, true God and true man, is for all people of all ages. He has promised to be fully present in the preaching of the word—He IS the word made flesh. He is fully present for you in the hearing of the oral proclamation, withholding nothing for the sake of his sheep.

Therefore, let’s take this extraordinary time to encourage families, whatever their make-up, to attend the live-streamed service produced over YouTube (or in person if you and your loved ones are not high-risk and desire to do so) every Sunday morning at 9am as a family. This is a time to sing together, hear the readings together, confess the Creed and to say the Lord’s Prayer together, and, most importantly, to receive the absolution—Jesus Christ in the forgiveness of sins—together explicitly in the Brief Order of Confession and Forgiveness at the beginning of each service and in every sermon. With that said… (Continued on pg. 2- “Looking ahead to September”)

A Message From The Pastor . . .

Education Plan for 2020-2021 (Sept. – Jan.) Prepared by Rev. Dr. Marney Fritts

All plans are tentative and subject to change with the frequently changing government restrictions. Staff will re-evaluate the education plan and in-person teaching after the Annual meeting, 2021.

This coming education year is confronted with the severe complication of coronavirus and frequently changing restrictions at the state and local level. Our normal way of proceeding is not going to be a reality for the foreseen future. This, however, is not something that should cause great concern for the continued passing along and strengthening of the faith of all ages of our congregation. The reason for this is that it has been shown that the primary event for faith formation is the not the Sunday school hour, or the high school youth gathering. These are secondary. The primary avenue of the bestowal and strengthening of faith is through the regular Sunday, corporate, worship service with the family. We believe this is true, whether on-line or in person. The worship service is the most intergenerational activity the church does where all ages are engaged and addressed by God:

• Since the words of the liturgies are from scripture, people of all ages become familiar with many parts of scripture throughout the service. And not only that, we believe that as we sing, we are joining in with the present and eternal singing of the angels, the archangels and all the hosts of heaven!

• The brief order of confession and absolution of sin is not simply for the adults who have sins, worries, fears, or a sense of helplessness, but for all ages, including children and youth, who are subject to many influencing forces and authorities, both from within and from without, and are therefore in just as much need of hearing this specific, freeing grace of God in Christ who forgives them, unconditionally.

• The hymns and music continue to

Zion reopened for Worship Services on Sunday July 5th, 9am

If you would like to attend Worship on Sunday you will need to register by 3pm the Wednesday before the service you wish to attend. To register, please contact Zion’s office by email or phone and provide

your name and the number of people planning to attend with you. You will then receive a response by email or phone call to confirm your reservation.

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Youth and Family Ministry

School for Faith - for all ages: LOOKING ahead to September

Rally Day – As there is a current Phase Two restriction on “social gatherings” to be no larger

than 5 people, THERE WILL BE NO RALLY DAY THIS YEAR.

Adult Education Weekly bible Study on the book of Romans will begin on Tuesdays at 4 pm via zoom, starting September 15th. Please email Pastor Marney if you would like to receive the link to participate in the bible study: mfritts@zionkent.org

Senior High

Will meet via zoom beginning Sunday, September 13th at 6:30pm. Parents, please watch for an email containing the zoom link before class begins.

Faith Alive (Confirmation) Pastor Barry will be holding confirmation classes at Zion via zoom on Sundays at 11am, beginning September 13th. Parents, please watch for an email containing the zoom link before class begins.

Godly Play

As there is a current Phase Two restriction on “social gatherings” to be no larger than 5 people outside of your home per week, and a Phase Three limit of no more than 10, there will be no in-person Sunday School. As there was only one child who attended just one Sunday when Sunday school was offered via zoom in the month of May, for the fall Zion will be offering the SEED education planner for families to be used by and run in individual homes by parents/guardians. This education planner (schedule) begins September 13th in the book of Genesis with Adam and Eve. Here is the link to the webpage:

https://www.solapublishing.com/seed In the upper right-hand corner of the screen, click on “sign-in” and enter (case-sensitive): username: ZionKent password: 1Luther1903

In addition, for those who desire a brief daily devotion that stimulates family faith conversations, we recommend the Holy Family Time tab available at solapublishing.com: https://www.holyfamilytime.com/

Events and Happenings

Upcoming Event Plan Changes:

Adult Devotions on Facebook - are discontinuing at this time as we are

opening up more now with services.

Yet, there are about 4 1/2 months worth of video devotions in the archive tab in the group. The course on Revelation is also available in the same archive. Go to Zion Lutheran Church Kent Facebook page to find these. If you have not joined, you can search for the church group in Facebook and click “join.”

A reminder: due to the pandemic, there will be no VBS, Confirmation camp at Lutherhaven, or Senior High service trip this summer. Please keep these ministries and all the children, youth, and staff in your thoughts and prayers during this time.

Garden Tour - Although cancelled this year, let’s plan to do it next year! Enjoy your gardens! (Thank you, Sonya for sharing your garden flowers with us!)

Mission Quilting: Our Mission quilters finished with 200 quilts made. We will have them blessed in September. Then the quilts will head off to Lutheran World Relief in October

Julefest workshops are happening on Monday mornings at 9:30am. If you have any ideas, please bring them to us. There are also projects that have been started you can take home and work on. Questions? Contact Pat or Sonya or Church Office at 253-631-0100. Hope to see you!

Thanks for the tour of your

garden, Sonya !

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With Joy and Thanksgiving we offer our time and our treasures . . .

Children’s Activity

I will follow Jesus, our leader.

From Thru-the-Bible Coloring Pages for Ages 4-8. © 1986,1988 Standard Publishing. Used by permission. Reproducible Coloring Books may be purchased from

Standard Publishing, www.standardpub.com, 1-800-543-1301.

> Color the picture. > Then, draw more friends to follow Jesus with you!

Week Ending 5-Jul-20 12-Jul-20 19-Jul-20 26-Jul-20

Worship Income $6,179.34 $5,941.00 $8,695.42 $3,980.00

Required for Budget $8,433.73 $8,433.73 $8,433.73 $8,433.73

Excess/(Shortfall) ($2,254.39) ($2,492.73) $261.69 ($4,453.73)

Other Income (Designated)

Building Fund $ 108.00 $ 3.00 $ 353.00 $ 3.00

Designated Gifts $ 103.00 $ 3.00 $ 3.00 $ 3.00

Rent $ 600.00 $ 850.00

Special Offerings

Holiday Offerings

Reimbursements

Total Other Income $ 211.00 $ 606.00 $ 356.00 $ 856.00

Total General Fund $ 6,390.34 $ 6,547.00 $ 9,051.42 $ 4,836.00

Trust Fund Income

Memorials

Loan interest $ 631.51

Good Samaritan

Other Trust $ 539.81

Total Trust Income: $ - $ - $ - $ 1,171.32

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family watched a particular service. There would need to be a Bylaws change at the annual meeting to include language regarding online attendance. It was noted that in order to remain a voting member, a confirmed member over 18 years of age shall have made a contribution of record in the current or previous year.

4. Zion’s college students will be added to the Horizon mailing list. They will also be sent a message encouraging them to attend a church near them.

5. We discussed re-starting the “Missed You” list. If a member has missed four Sundays, they will receive a phone call. We’ll discuss this in more detail at a later meeting.

6. Motion to approve the following 2nd quarter undesignated benevolences forwarded from the Stewardship Committee:

$1683.70 to Kent Community Suppers $1262.77 to Audio Book Ministries (formerly Tape Ministries - name change) $1262.77 to Street Youth Ministries MSP to pay the three benevolences listed. 7. Pastor Marney provided an education plan for the

upcoming school year, from September through January. The plan will be printed in the next Horizon.

8. The annual congregational meeting has been tentatively scheduled for January 31, 2021.

Staff Reports PASTOR BARRY FRITTS June Items: • Continued team meetings to establish and review

procedures to meet Washington State guidelines for church services under phase I and II. Team members are Pat, Paul, Mark, Sara, Debora, and myself.

• We have purchased Personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, touchless thermometers, and touchless hand sanitizer dispenser stations. In addition signs are being developed and posted throughout building to inform and direct compliance with state requirements.

• Letter emailed to the congregation and placed in the Horizon outlining preparations & new procedures required for Phase II.

• In-person services resumed 7/5/20. • Vacation days begin 12, used 1, remaining 11 • Vacation Sundays begin 3, used 0, remaining 3 • Continuing Education days begin 8, used 0,

remaining 8 • Continuing Education Sundays begin 1, used 0,

remaining 1

Upcoming - Vacation scheduled for August 3-12, Pastor Arden Barden serving pulpit supply.

Council Members for 2020 Mark President Paul VP/Personnel/Stewardship Pat Treasurer Pat Secretary

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Evelyn Worship & Music Kurt Evangelism Beth Youth & Family Min Tim Property Mike Property Johanna Stewardship Bob Fellowship Sara Evangelism Lynn Evangelism/Fellowship

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Virtual meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Vice President Paul, via Zoom. The meeting began with a moment of silence and fond memories from Pastor Barry in memory of Council member Kurt.

Present: Pastor Barry Fritts, Evelyn, Paul, Pat, Tim, Pat, Bob, Lynn, Mike, Sara Excused Absence: Mark, Beth

Motion to accept last month’s meeting minutes. MSP

Treasurer’s report for June 2020: month of June Year-to-date Operating Income 36,776.19 209,151.67 Operating Expenses 30,164.83 199,906.19 Excess (shortfall) 6,611.36 9,245.48

Old Business: 1. Staff Reviews are being conducted electronically

and should be done by the end of July. 2. The inactive members have been contacted by

phone. Those who responded will be listed in the database according to their wishes, as either remaining inactive, transferred to active, or removed from membership. Those who did not respond we’ll leave as inactive for now and attempt to contact again next year.

New Business & Action Items: 1. We have had two Sunday worship services since

the Phase 2 re-opening of the church. Both had approx. 18 people attend.

2. The Council has issued the following Directive: Everyone leading the Sunday worship service must wear a mask or face shield at all times, unless they are behind plexiglass. It is recommended that masks be worn when in close proximity to others, a face shield is permitted when farther away. Pastor has ordered 20 face shields for this purpose.

3. Council is looking at ways to count watching the service online as personal attendance, since we cannot rely on the yellow attendance cards during the current Covid-19 restrictions. This is important because according the Bylaws, Part II,B.3, a confirmed member who does not partake of Holy Communion, support the church with offerings, and does not appear to desire to participate in the life and worship of this congregation, shall be removed from membership after a certain period of time. One possibility is to set up an email address that members could use to indicate how many in the

Zion Lutheran Church Council Meeting Minutes - July 14, 2020

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VISITATION PASTOR – PASTOR MARNEY FRITTS • Phone Visitations • Through-the-fence visit @ Weatherly Inn • In-person visit for Pastoral Care following a death in

the family • Assisted Fred and Sandy in delivery of a donation

(w/Pat) • Death of Geraldine (6/16/2020) • Unpaid vacation 6/29-6/30 Hours: 25.0

INTERIM YOUTH & FAMILY COORDINATOR – PASTOR MARNEY FRITTS • Video Facebook Devotions, Tuesdays & Thursdays • Ruth bible study via Zoom 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26 • Assembly and mailing of Summer “Fruits of the

Spirit” in-home directed Godly Play curriculum • Quilts and bibles for Graduate Sunday (7/26) • Unpaid vacation: 6/29-6/30 Hours: 46.0

WORSHIP AND CHOIR PIANIST - DEBORA MACKEY No Report

WORSHIP ORGANIST/PIANIST – NANCY BETZ No Report

Committee Reports: Fellowship/Evangelism Committee: No report; however, the Committee has confirmed that there will be no church picnic at Morrill Meadows in August.

Stewardship Committee: No report; however, the Committee forwarded undesignated benevolences for approval by the Council.

Property Committee: (Mike) No meeting due to the coronavirus pandemic

Youth and Family Ministries Cm: (Beth) No meeting due to the coronavirus pandemic

Worship & Music Committee: (Evelyn) No meeting due to the coronavirus pandemic

The meeting was closed with the Lord’s Prayer. Meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted, Pat, Council Secretary

Trust Committee: As of June 2020

+ Rejoice in God’s Grace . . .

Thank you Zion Lutheran Church

for your donations & gifts:

From: World Mission Prayer League ............. $ 201.61

From: Lutheran World Relief Quilts & Kits ..... $ 806.44

From: Lutheran World Relief ....................... $ 1,006.44

Dear Zion, We thank you so very much for the ribs, potato salad, watermelon, garlic bread, pie and cookies for 20 people on July 5th. Kent Hope—Union Gospel Mission

Our sincere thank you to our friends and members of Zion for your prayers and kindness during this sad time at the loss of our son, Kurt. We rejoice in the knowledge that his faith and trust in our Lord has placed him in God's hands. ~Vern, Joan and Family

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much! It is hard to share enough thanks with Zion’s Stream Team and now also the In-person Worship leadership team !!! Thank you for offering yourselves to God, to us at Zion and to the community around us by making Worship services available ‘live’ and recorded to watch at other times and now in-person.

Thank you, July Horizon Helper !

Karen

Council Report from Trust Committee

As of June 2020

Cash on Hand

Non-Spendable Available Fund

Endowment Funds- Cash Principal Interest Total

Zion Endowment 103,121.85 33,887.23 137,009.08

N. Matson Endowment 28,505.72 19,398.93 47,904.65

Wivag Endowment 1,247.72 962.81 2,210.53

Zgolinski Endowment 11,742.99 354.00 12,096.99

Subtotal 144,618.28 54,602.97 199,221.25

Other Individual Trust Funds

General Fund Holding Account 2.08

Pastor Housing Equity Account -

Memorial Fund 28,623.27

Good Samaritan Fund 4,995.45

Organ/Piano Fund 2,325.86

Subtotal 35,946.66

Trust Funds Total Cash and Certificates of Deposit 235,167.91

Note Receivable (loaned to General Fund )

Zion Endowment 132,521.50

N. Matson Endowment 38,979.91

Wivag Endowment 1,765.87

Zgolinski Endowment 16,186.97

Subtotal 189,454.25

Total Trust Fund Assets 424,622.16

This month extra principal received was $985.00

Interest on loan received was $636.58

Next month total principle and interest payment due is $1,171.32.

Of this $631.51 will be interest.

Reminder that in April, $8,128.27 was received from the Leudeman Estate to be used as needed

by the Endowment Fund.

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+ Reach Out to Serve Others . . .

The 7-Ups * * * * * Words of Wisdom

1: WAKE UP ! Decide to have a good day. "This is the day the Lord hath made; let us

rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24

2: DRESS UP ! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way

to improve your looks. "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.

Man looks at outward appearance, the Lord looks at the heart."

1 Samuel 16:7

3: SHUT UP ! Say nice things and learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so

He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking. "He who

guards his lips guards his soul." Proverbs 13:3

4: STAND UP ! ...for what you believe in. Stand for something or you will fall for anything.

"Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time, we will reap a

harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do

good..." Galatians 6:9-10

5: LOOK UP ! ...to the Lord. "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.”

Philippians 4:13

6: REACH UP ! ...for something higher. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not

unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will

direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6

7: LIFT UP ! ... your Prayers. "Do not worry about anything; instead PRAY ABOUT

EVERYTHING." Philippians 4:6

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Non Profit Organization

U.S. Postage

P A I D PERMIT No. 96

Kent WA

KENT, WASHINGTON

Sunday Morning Schedule

All Church Worship - 9:00 am (Attendance by Reservation only - See Pg 1)

(continues to be Live Streamed)

Pastor Barry Fritts pastor@zionkent.org (ext 112) Rev. Dr. Marney Fritts, Visitation Pastor mfritts@zionkent.org (ext 114) Youth and Family Ministry Coordinators: Adult: Pastor Barry pastor@zionkent.org (ext 112) Interim Youth: Marney Fritts mfritts@zionkent.org (ext 114)

Office Manager: Lori Zafft office@zionkent.org (ext 110)

Office phone: 253-631-0100 Web site: www.zionkent.org Office fax: 253-630-8006 Office hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Per the Governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order the office at Zion will be closed until further notice. Please check website for reopening. Phone messages and mail (mailbox is locked) will be checked regularly. The office manager will be working remotely and will be able to receive and send emails. If there is an urgent need please contact Pastor Barry or Marney. Stay safe and God Bless.

To submit articles for the Horizon: office@zionkent.org or drop off at the church office

Zion Lutheran Church www.zionkent.org 25105—132nd Ave SE Kent, WA 98042 Return Service Requested

September Horizon Deadline: Saturday, August 15th

In Jesus Christ we . . . REJOICE in God's Grace, RENEW through God's Word and REACH OUT to serve others, . . . all to the Glory of God!