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FEBRUARY, 2014 FEBRUARY, 2014 FEBRUARY, 2014 FEBRUARY, 2014 From the pastor’s desk... News from Zion News from Zion [email protected] Www.zionscottsbluff.com Mission Prayer Partners for February, 2014 2 - Voice of the Martyrs 9 - CHIEF/Huron Claus 16 - Community Christian School 23 - 4C’s Please Take note... “Love is…” As Valentine’s Day approaches I am reminded of that little one frame newspaper cartoon, “Love is…” enjoyed by young and old alike through the years. Originally a series of love notes Kim Grove drew for her future husband Roberto Casali, on publication it became their livelihood. What a neat idea, to bless the world with little reminders of love and what it is or should be. The idea goes back much farther though than a cartoon that started in the late 1960’s – all the way back in fact to the Apostle Paul, who reflecting on the person of Christ, and the meaning of true unconditional love, penned under the power of the Holy Spirit the fullest, truest definition of love for all time. I ask couples in pre-marriage to memorize these words, and I invite you to meditate upon them today and in the days ahead as well… Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave GREBEL & COFFEE GREBEL & COFFEE GREBEL & COFFEE GREBEL & COFFEE Saturday, February 8th 7 a.m. - 10 a.m. PRE-ORDERS and HELP welcome. Sign up at the Welcome Center! Or call 632-8125. Zion evangelical church ~ Scottsbluff, Nebraska rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a NKJV Wishing you the fullness of Christ’s love, Pastor Garry COMMUNION Sunday, February 2nd Communion will be served after the 8:30 and 10:30 service. Get your newsletter first and in color if you receive it via email. Just drop us a note at [email protected] and we’ll put you on our email list. Give it a try for one month. . . if you don’t like it, we’ll happily switch you back. CARRY-IN DINNER Sunday, February 2nd 11:30 am Please bring a dish to share and a heart ready for fellowship! Our intention is purely to provide an opportunity to grow closer as a church family. . . so we would love to have you join us! Th e n ew dir e c t ories are h e r e ! 4C’s Ladies Fellowship 4C’s Ladies Fellowship 4C’s Ladies Fellowship 4C’s Ladies Fellowship Monday, February 10th Monday, February 10th Monday, February 10th Monday, February 10th - 7p.m. 7p.m. 7p.m. 7p.m. Zion Ministry Center Zion Ministry Center Zion Ministry Center Zion Ministry Center “Amazing Grace, “Amazing Grace, “Amazing Grace, “Amazing Grace, How How How How Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweet It Is” It Is” It Is” It Is” All women of Zion are invited! Bring a dessert to share. Please sign up at the Welcome Center.

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FEBRUARY , 2014FEBRUARY , 2014FEBRUARY , 2014FEBRUARY , 2014

From the pas tor ’ s d e sk . . .

News from Zion

News from Zion

Z i o n @ z i o n s c o t t s b l u f f . c o m

Www . z i o n s c o t t s b l u f f . c o m

Mission Prayer Partners

for February, 2014

2 - Voice of the Martyrs

9 - CHIEF/Huron Claus

16 - Community Christian School

23 - 4C’s

Pleas e Take note . . .

“Love is…”

As Valentine’s Day approaches I am

reminded of that little one frame

newspaper cartoon, “Love is…” enjoyed by

young and old alike through the years.

Originally a series of love notes Kim Grove

drew for her future husband Roberto

Casali, on publication it became their

livelihood. What a neat idea, to bless the

world with little reminders of love and what

it is or should be. The idea goes back

much farther though than a cartoon that

started in the late 1960’s – all the way

back in fact to the Apostle Paul, who

reflecting on the person of Christ, and the

meaning of true unconditional love,

penned under the power of the Holy Spirit

the fullest, truest definition of love for all

time. I ask couples in pre-marriage to

memorize these words, and I invite you to

meditate upon them today and in the days

ahead as well…

“ Love suffers long and is kind; love

does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave

GREBEL & COFFEEGREBEL & COFFEEGREBEL & COFFEEGREBEL & COFFEE Saturday, February 8th

7 a.m. - 10 a.m.

PRE-ORDERS and

HELP welcome.

Sign up at the Welcome Center!

Or call 632-8125. Zion evangelical church ~ Scottsbluff, Nebraska

rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never

fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a NKJV

Wishing you the fullness of Christ’s love,

Pastor Garry

COMMUNION Sunday, February 2nd Communion will be served after the

8:30 and 10:30 service.

Get your newsletter

first and in color if you

receive it via email.

Just drop us a note at

[email protected]

and we’ll put you on our

email list. Give it a try for one

month. . . if you don’t

like it, we’ll happily

switch you back.

CARRY-IN DINNER Sunday, February 2nd

11:30 am Please bring a dish to share and

a heart ready for fellowship! Our intention is purely to provide an opportunity to grow closer as a church family. . . so we would

love to have you join us!

The new directories are here!

☺☺☺☺

4C’s Ladies Fellowship4C’s Ladies Fellowship4C’s Ladies Fellowship4C’s Ladies Fellowship

Monday, February 10th Monday, February 10th Monday, February 10th Monday, February 10th ---- 7p.m. 7p.m. 7p.m. 7p.m.

Zion Ministry CenterZion Ministry CenterZion Ministry CenterZion Ministry Center

“Amazing Grace, “Amazing Grace, “Amazing Grace, “Amazing Grace,

How How How How SweetSweetSweetSweet It Is” It Is” It Is” It Is”

All women of Zion are invited!

Bring a dessert to share. Please

sign up at the Welcome Center.

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* January’s KCMI Broadcast was

sponsored by Cliff & Cindee Reichert;

Brenda, Shane & Tyler Smith; and Cindy,

Jeff, Tim & Lori Reichert.

*February’s KCMI Broadcast is given by

Betty V. Bauer in honor of daughter Kim

on her 49th Birthday, 2/22; in memory of

George R. Bauer and what would have

been Betty & George’s

56th Wedding Anniversary on 2/23.

Thanks to all who share in this ministry!

*If you are interested in sponsoring a

broadcast for 2014, there are some

months still available.

Page 2 NEWS FROM ZION

Sympathies are extended to. . . . . .Mary Lou Fegler on the passing of brother-in-law Harry Fegler. . . .Donna Brehm & family and Don Green & family on the passing of their sister, Helen Lambert of Ohio. . . .Helen Schmer & family on the passing of daughter-in-law, Jean Schmer of South Dakota. . . .Sid & Peggy Henderson on the passing of brother Earl of North Carolina. . . .Pat Stricker & family on the passing of brother Jack Snook of Iowa. . . .the family and friends of Elmer Cook. . . .the friends of Shirley Jones. . . .Roger & Sheri Schwartzkopf and family on the passing of Roger’s brother, Glenn. . . . Sharon Foos on the passing of her sister, Verna “Jean” Putman. . . .Ed Hessler on the passing of son, Edward Lee Hessler. Congratulations to . . . . . .Sara & Kevin Barthel on the birth of their son, Braxton, born Jan 2. Proud grandmother is Kari Fedorchik and Uncle Tyler. . . .Lucille Keller on her 90th Birthday! . . .Cheryl Rose on her 50th Birthday! . . .Angie Rhamy on her 50th Birthday! . . .Donna Brehm on her Birthday! . . .Preston and Stephanie Stricker on the birth of son, Jaxon Joseph Stricker on 12/31/13. Proud grandparents are Fred & Jody Stricker. . . .Leona Rien on her 90th Birthday! . . .Lydia Becking on her 90th Birthday! . . .Ed Hessler on his 93rd Birthday!

COOP RECEIPTS:

$87,709.74 Great job, Zion!!

We are very close, everyone, to our goal! Keep the receipts coming!!!

We are still recycling We are still recycling We are still recycling We are still recycling printer cartridges and printer cartridges and printer cartridges and printer cartridges and

cell phones cell phones cell phones cell phones ---- just bring them just bring them just bring them just bring them to the church office…to the church office…to the church office…to the church office…

...and we will do the rest!...and we will do the rest!...and we will do the rest!...and we will do the rest!

FAMILY NIGHT. . . FAMILY NIGHT. . . FAMILY NIGHT. . . FAMILY NIGHT. . .

is the thirdthirdthirdthird Tuesday of each month at from 6-8 p.m. The next meeting is

Feb. 18th with a Mexican food potluck. It’s not too late to join in the fun, food and fellowship! Questions: see Pastor Andy!

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Page 3 NEWS FROM ZION

General Fund for December, 2013

INCOME:

Fund Raisers 1,075.00

Other Income 1,357.75

Special Income 2,861.80

Sunday Offering 27,822.00

TOTAL INCOME $ 33,116.55

EXPENSES:

Bldg. & Grounds $ 3,062.03

Fund Raising 95.04

Ministry 2,366.01

Mission Fund 70.00

Office 364.52

Staff Benefits 3,775.57

Staff Salary 7,048.06

Utilities 1,991.41

TOTAL EXPENSES: $ 18,772.64

TOTAL INCOME/EXPENSE $ 14,343.91

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

We would like to thank the anonymous

group who blessed our family with a generous

love gift to help with the expenses relating to the

birth of our new baby. We are certainly thankful

for the gift, but even more we are thankful for the

knowledge our child will be welcomed into such

a loving environment. This church will never

know what a huge blessing it has been to our

family.

Love,

Andrew and Janae Griess

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UPDATE ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY:

The 100th Anniversary Committee has

been very busy. . .and time is running out.

The medallions have arrived and are

available in the church office, if you have not al-

ready picked one up. The cost is $12 and a dis-

play stand is $3.

The Committee has contracted the ca-

tered evening meal for Saturday, March 22nd

with The Steel Grill. The cost is $10 per plate

THANK YOU. . .

and there is a reduced price for children. Tickets will

go on sale February 9th. It is our heart’s desire to

have everyone, that would like to participate in our

catered meal, be a part. We realize and want to be

sensitive to those with large families or those on fixed

incomes who may have some difficulty participating

because of the $10 per person cost. PLEASE do not

let that be an issue as we have funds available for

those who might need help in covering the cost of

their meal. Please see Robert Busch or call the

church office.

Invitations have gone out to our former pastors

as well as to the family members of our pastor’s who

have gone on to Glory. Invitations have also been sent

to our sister 4C’s churches as well as some other area

churches.

There will be 3 services on March 22nd and

23rd: Saturday night, Sunday morning and Sunday

afternoon. Speakers and further details continue to

be worked on.

If you any pictures of ‘yesteryear’ that could be

borrowed for display, be sure to contact me, a com-

mittee member, or the church office. We would love

to present those during the weekend of activities. And

of course, these would be returned to you.

The Committee is looking for a number of vol-

unteers to help with the catered meal and the carry-in

after the Sunday morning service.

This is an exciting time for Zion! There will be

special music and special speakers and an opportu-

nity to reminisce and a time to plan for the next 100

years!

Watch your bulletins and March newsletter for

further updates as they come. We are looking for-

ward to seeing you at this celebration!

In Christ’s Glory,

Robert Busch

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~ AWANA NEWS ~

The AWANA Staff started off the New Year on Saturday, January 4th with our annual Staff Christmas Party and White Elephant gift ex-

change!!! We had a great time despite having a smaller group due to leaders being out of town with their families or other activities. I was considering doing something other than Mexican food but the Staff asked that we stick with it for our food theme – which was certainly fine with me!!! ☺ We had great food, fellowship and fun/laughter!!! People got even more creative with the White Elephant gift exchange than

usual – they would wrap a piece of paper with a note that said the re-cipient could find their gift in the sanctuary – Erik Harris ended up be-ing the “proud owner” of a pumpkin piñata.☺☺☺☺ Randy and Martha Stricker brought gift bags with White Elephant “gifts” in it that had an envelope at the bottom of the bag that told the recipient they had “won the jackpot” and were given a Wal-Mart bag FULL of more “gag gifts”!!! We were teasing Randy and Martha that they had emptied out their entire White Elephant Gift Exchange closet!!! The next day at the carry-in dinner after church, I was sitting with Austin Rhamy (one of our first year Student Leaders) and his family. We got to talking about the White Elephant Gift Ex-change the night before. He said that now that he’s been to one and has seen what people bring, he’ll

know what to look for next year to bring ~ with a BIG SMILE on his face!!! ☺☺☺☺ (I can’t wait to see what he comes up with!!!)

On the following day, Sunday, January 5th, our first club night back in 2014, we gathered at the Playhouse Rollerskating Rink. It was a really cold afternoon/evening but we had a great turn out and thankfully, didn’t have any major injuries! I was so pleased – and proud - to see how the clubbers would

help each other out when someone would fall down! I have no doubt that these kids will be there for their “buddies” when they are having a down time in life!

I am amazed at how the Playhouse has expanded what they have to play with and on from when I used to go every Friday as a freshman in high school. There are large inflatables to jump in or on, roller skates, roller blades, scooters and a couple of LARGE tricycles are available to use. You can also bring your own skateboard or Ripstik Caster Board. (Even the Commander tried out the adult-sized tricycle!!! ☺) I LOVE to see the parents that come out and skate with their kids &/or help teach them how to skate, ride a scooter, etc. Then, there are some of those little ones that zoom around that rink like they were shot out of a cannon!!! Weaving in and out of people that are three times taller than them! A BIG thank you, Pastor Andy, for sharing a message with us from God’s Word!!! It can be quite the challenge at the roller skating rink!

(Continued on page 5)

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Commander’s 50th Birthday Party At Kick-Off this club year, I told the clubbers/parents that our theme this club year was to have a ball/blast (PARTY!!!) and the special num-ber this year was “50” – but I said they would have to wait to find out “why, 50” since we had just celebrated 30 years of AWANA at Zion. Well, they found out in the flyer I sent out after the first of the year. The clubbers & leaders were

invited to celebrate the Commander’s BIG “5-0” on Sunday, January 12th. I had five treats for them: mini-cupcakes, individual cups of ice cream, lime green glow brace-lets, stickers and blowouts/squawkers. They also had five fun facts and five bonus fun facts to turn in as homework if they wanted to earn $5.00 shares. DO YOU KNOW how much the following cost in 1964: a gallon of gas?, a new home?, a Barbie doll?, a loaf of bread?, a Scrabble game?, the Mouse Trap Game? It was a special ending to my birthday celebration weekend! Congratulations to our December Clubbers of the Month: Sparks – Alexis Jerrell & Sam-uel Bowlin; T&T – Anessa Mehling & Nathan Schick and Trek – Anna Schick. We are so

proud of how hard all of our clubbers are working!!! Keep up the great work!!!

Coming in February . . . On Saturday, February 1st, the T&T Clubs have Bible Quiz competition at Monu-ment Bible Church from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. We would love to have people from our congregation there to encourage our clubbers! The following day, Sunday, February 2nd, is Sports Day. On Sports Day, instead of wearing our uniforms, we wear clothing representing our favorite sports team – whether that be professional teams, the YMCA basketball/soccer/volleyball or school team colors. We will meet from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. so that everyone has time to get to their Super Bowl parties. During Council Time for Sparks thru Trek, we hear testimonies from area high school athletes – usually from our own group of student leaders serving in our club. At the end of the month, on the 23rd, we will be inviting our grandparent’s to our club time . . . and there may even be something fun in the planning for Valentine’s Day!!! ☺

~ Commander Commentary ~

In celebrating the milestone of 50 years of life on this earth, of course, there is the teasing of becoming physically “old & over-the-hill” – but, I REFUSE to grow up!!! (As you can see in the picture of me on the adult-sized tricycle at the roller skating rink!) Where I desire to be “growing old”, however, is in my spiritual life. January not only marks my physical birthday but also my spiritual birthday – this year it is 42 years! I was not fortunate enough to be involved in an AWANA pro-gram as a child/teenager. I thank God, though, for the spiritual growth that I have experienced as an adult being involved in the AWANA ministry – not only serving in leadership but working through the handbooks myself. AWANA’s motto is to “Train children to KNOW, LOVE & SERVE the Lord” and with Valentine’s Day coming up, let’s be reminded of the GREATEST LOVE of all that was shown to us when God sent His one and only Son, Jesus to this earth to die for our sins . . . doesn’t that warrant our love and gratitude for Him???

GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!

Cheryl Rose, Commander

(Continued from page 4)

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LADIES GUILD: Ladies Guild met Jan 6 with 14 ladies pre-sent. Prayer requests were given and prayer was led by President Elaine Kling. Two songs were sung. The secretary and treasurer's reports were read and ap-proved. In new business, the weekend group will help with Lucille Keller's 90th birthday party Sat., Jan 11 from 2-4pm. Noodles will be made Jan 20 at 8am. Eggs will be broken at 2pm, Sunday afternoon on the 19th. The 4C's Women Fellowship will meet Mon-day, Feb 10 at Zion and we are the hosts. The theme is “Amazing Grace, How Sweet It Is.” There will be a dessert bar after the program. It will start at 7pm and there is no charge. This is a change from previous years as it will not be held at the Civic Center. This is open to all ladies of the church - just bring a dessert and please sign up at the Welcome Center. Also discussed were the Valentine boxes that go to our “away” college students to be filled at the Feb 3rd meeting. We will be filling 20 boxes. If you would like to help, please bring 20 items that an “away” college student might like: candy, pack-aged cookies or snacks, ramen soup, hot chocolate packs etc. The meeting was closed with the Lord's Prayer. The officers were the hosts for the evening. Teri Erdman ```````````````````````````````````

LET’S COOK DEUTSCH: Zion’s Youth Celebrating 100 Years of German Cooking!

On January 4th about twenty of Zion’s 5th Grad-ers thru College + Age, plus a few older folks, had a great

time learning to cook eleven different German reci-

pes. Derek Goss, Betty Kraus’s grandson even joined us

to our delight! Lorrine Hein, Cheryl Rose, Sharon Stricker, Renee

Fertig, Shirley

Ruppel, Pastor Andy Griess and

the college age

students helped

make the day run so smoothly. We

started in the Zion

kitchen a bit after 8:00 and finished by 3:30 and even ate right on time!

The purpose of this “Schmeckfest” (Tasting

Feast) was: 1. To celebrate

our German Heritage. 2. To pass down to the next genera-

tion the wonderful German

recipes our families have

made for over a century. 3. To encourage our youth to enjoy

learning how to make the Ger-

man food of our ancestors. 4.

To start the celebration of Zion Evangelical Church’s 100th Year Anniversary 1914-2014.

Food we made or demon-

strated how to make included: Garlic Sausage, Homemade Sauer-

kraut, Rival Kuchen (German cof-

fee cake), Butterballs, Noodles

(for Drücklen and Noodles and Butterballs and Noodle Soup),

Gemusesalat (Cucumber Salad),

Zwiebeln (Fried Onions in butter)

mit Schmeltz Glaze and Kartoffeln (Potatoes) und Glaze with eggs

scrambled over them, and Home-

made Butter.

Kenneth, Lori and Jeff Reifschneider shared their garlic sausage recipe that has been in their family

for years, brought in a hundred year old Wurst stuffer

and let the kids mix the ingredients and fill the lamb’s intestines by turning the crank

on the Wurst stuffer. Renee

Fertig shared the Grentz family

canned sauerkraut recipe. We all have to wait until the first of

February to taste our jars of

sauerkraut. We can hardly

wait. My mom, Shirley Ruppel taught the group how our great-grandmothers made

and cut noodles. She also demonstrated and taught how

to make glaze dough and butterballs, and taught a few

how to cut, tie, and fry Grebel, plus ate her homemade rye bread for dinner. We

made almost 500 butter-

balls! Everyone took a bag of twenty butterballs

home and the rest went

in the butterball and noo-

dle soup which was made for the potluck dinner

after church on Sunday, (Continued on page 7)

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January 5th. We used my cousins’ Dee Stricker’s and

Deb Stobel’s combined recipe of Denna Kuchen and

made five different Denna Kuchen which we also served

at the potluck on Sunday (and yes, we heard countless German women roll over in their graves when we used

Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix instead of making the dough from

scratch! It saved us a lot of time!) I demonstrated how

to make Gemusesalat which I thought most would hate! The Ruppel family recipe includes peeled and

sliced cucumbers, shelled and sliced hard boiled eggs, ½

and ½ , milk, vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. Eve-

ryone but two loved it to my surprise! Kathy Trook made it on her own the following Sunday! ☺

Looking back four things stand out from cooking

together. First, there are many ways to make a given German dish. Secondly, YOU WILL MAKE MISTAKES

when learning how to cook any dish German or not, and

that is OK! Next and most important, it was fun to see

the generations work together. Finally, how I firmly believe it is so very important to get your children in the

kitchen and get them cooking with you and family mem-

bers … whatever your heritage is. You will have a day

just as we had … a day of tasting, cooking, fellowship and fun! A Schmeckfest!

Robin Schadwinkel

.

Editor’s note: Thank you, Robin Schadwinkel, for your time and awesome organization of this event. Your efforts did not go unnoticed and

we appreciate you!

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LENTEN SERVICES 2014LENTEN SERVICES 2014LENTEN SERVICES 2014LENTEN SERVICES 2014

THEME: The Lord’s PrayerTHEME: The Lord’s PrayerTHEME: The Lord’s PrayerTHEME: The Lord’s Prayer

March 5, 2014 ~ Ash WednesdayMarch 5, 2014 ~ Ash WednesdayMarch 5, 2014 ~ Ash WednesdayMarch 5, 2014 ~ Ash Wednesday

Church: Hope

Time: 7 P.M.

Preaching: Pastor Garry Schick

March 9, 2014March 9, 2014March 9, 2014March 9, 2014

Church: Salem

Time: 7 P.M.

Preaching: Pastor Andy Griess

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014March 16, 2014March 16, 2014

Church: Zion

Time: 7 P.M.

Preaching: Pastor Dale Brown

March 23, 2014March 23, 2014March 23, 2014March 23, 2014

Church: Emmanuel

Time: 7 P.M.

Preaching: Pastor Curt Holzworth

March 30, 2014March 30, 2014March 30, 2014March 30, 2014

Church: Federated

Time: 7 P.M.

Preaching: Pastor Troy Allen

April 6, 2014April 6, 2014April 6, 2014April 6, 2014

Church: Plymouth

Time: 7 P.M.

Preaching: Pastor Ted Meter

April 13, 2014 ~Palm SundayApril 13, 2014 ~Palm SundayApril 13, 2014 ~Palm SundayApril 13, 2014 ~Palm Sunday

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YOUTH - I was anxious to get back to our weekly

schedule after having a couple weeks away from it dur-ing Christmas break. During the break, I was able to

take some advantage of the students' time off of school to get together with them for special activities. We got

together for a movie and games after taking down the Christmas decorations on Dec. 29. Also, on January 1,

we took advantage of some beautiful snowy weather by taking a winter hike that turned into sledding/snowball

fight adventure. Once the students went back to school, we started back up with all of our weekly active

ties. Our junior high group on Thursday night is still

running pretty small in numbers. I am doing what I can to encourage our students to invite friends to grow

the size of our group, so we'll see how this semester goes. One of the benefits of having a smaller group

that I have been pleased to see is that the high school and college students I have helping as leaders have

taken advantage of opportunities to get to know the junior high students. I'm seeing quality relationships

being developed in which our older students really have the chance to mentor the younger ones. Also, in our

junior high, I have been pleased with my faithful group of about six or seven 7th and 8th graders who have

been coming regularly to Sunday school. This year in Sunday school, I have been basically doing a slightly

scaled back version of what I do for our senior high Bi-ble study. It's a lot to ask a group as young as these

students especially at 9:30 on a Sunday morning, but they are doing great. Some Sundays are better than

others as far as concentration level, but all in all, the quality of their effort in thinking through and taking

part in the discussion has been very good. As far as our senior high group is concerned, we

are approaching the point in the school year when stu-dents' extracurricular schedules are beginning to get

fuller and fuller. We have begun to see a slightly smaller group both on Wednesday and Sunday

nights. My hope is that even with things getting busy with school our students will set time aside especially

on Wednesday nights to take part in Bible study. All year we have been studying Romans, and we are about

to get to the section of the book with all of the practical application. The first eleven chapters have been filled

with theological concepts we have been working to un-derstand so that we know how to think correctly as

Christians. With this foundation in place, the final five chapters will be filled with the practical actions we need

to take to know how to live correctly as Christians. As

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you pray for our students, please pray that God

would motivate them to make time for these im-portant lessons. Please pray for me as well as I

prepare and present these lessons that I would be clear and motivational.

Andy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VALENTINE

HUMOR: Go ahead and chuckle at these Christian pick-up lines — just don’t expect them to be very effective! • Now I know why Solomon had 700 wives ... be-cause he never met you. • For you, I would slay two Goliaths. • The Word says, “Give drink to the thirsty, and feed the hungry”; how about dinner? • Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead. • I believe one of my ribs belongs to you. • How many times do I have to walk around you to make you fall for me? • You really float my ark. • Me. You. Song of Songs: The Remix. • How would you like to join my purpose-driven life?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circle of Praise: Circle of Praise met Jan 25 at 6pm. 40 people enjoyed a pot luck supper before our short meeting. It was decided that the money raised from the Cookie Walk will be given to the Anni-versary Committee for expenses for the 100th Anniversary. The amount given will be $1085.00. We will be doing emails to notify of meeting dates; we also will do a signup sheet, put the

date in the Newsletter and the Bulletin each week. The sign up sheet was passed around for hosting the monthly meetings. In other business it was decided that we would have a pot luck every meeting with the hosts doing a program, if they so desire. A new grill for the church will be purchased by the Circle of Praise for use in func-tions at the church. Bob Busch gave a update on the Anniversary. We closed with the Lord's Prayer. The next meeting will be Feb 22 with Ben and Lorrine Hein as our hosts for the eve-

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FEBRUARY, 2014

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demonstrates His own

demonstrates His own

demonstrates His own

demonstrates His own

love toward us, in that

love toward us, in that

love toward us, in that

love toward us, in that

while we were still

while we were still

while we were still

while we were still

sinners, Christ died

sinners, Christ died

sinners, Christ died

sinners, Christ died

for us.

for us.

for us.

for us.

Romans 5:8 NKJV

Romans 5:8 NKJV

Romans 5:8 NKJV

Romans 5:8 NKJV