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I recently went to Toledo for a meeting of Peace Partners a non-profit board on which Iam the president. Peace Partners exists to empower the people of the neighborhood surroundingSalem Lutheran Church to meet their individual and community needs. It is a faith-based group. Onthe appointed day, I went for the meeting and presented a proposal for a volunteer project that willserve people who need respite care for family members. The board unanimously accepted the pro-

ject proposal, but I still have lots of questions.

Will the project fail or get off the ground? Where will this take the community? What oppor-tunities will be opened; which ones will be closed?Such is the plight of the bearer of a new idea. She cannot imagine all of the twists and turns

in life its humanly impossible. I know I am not the first person to experience such questions.Even in the early days of the newborn church, the followers of the resurrected Jesus were stillquarreling over how best to honor Jesus memory and to follow him in their everyday lives. Onestory from the Acts of the Apostles comes to mind as I think about all of my questions.

In Acts, chapter 5, the apostles are arrested by the Temple authorities and put in a publicprison. While in prison, an angel of God appears and frees them. As you could imagine, when theauthorities found the apostles, they threatened to imprison them again. This time, however, Gama-liel, a Pharisee spoke up and would not allow the apostles to be harmed. In Acts 5.38-39, Gamalielwarns, Hands off these men! Let them alone. If this program or this work is merely human, it will fall apart, but if it is of God, there is nothing you can do about it and you better not be found fighting against God! (from the Message )

When I read those words the first time, many years ago, they startled me. How afraid I wasof God and of Gods work. Today, I have a different understanding of those same words: God isalways at work in our lives and its good news, not bad news. Sometimes we act on Gods desire,sometimes we act on our own. What really matters in life is that we seek to build on Gods desire.

You and I know that we come to understand Gods desire through our community, the Church. Webecome closer to one another in our community through prayer and action on Gods work in ourpersonal lives. Sometimes we get it right; sometimes we mess up, but right or wrong, God will give

the increase, not human intention.I think that our understanding of this is at the heart of Lutheran theology of baptism. We arechildren of God, washed in the waters of baptism and our hearts are renewed to perceive the de-sire of God. Every time we encounter water, we pause to remember that my own desires have triedto guide me, and I need to hear Gods still, small voice again.

So, in the time between birth and death, how do you and I act on our baptism? Do we helpto edify the body as St Paul says? I can still have the questions, but they dont overshadow thevision of Gods dream.

Peace, Pr Tim

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ZIONS LUTHERAN CHURCH 1801 East Second Street

Defiance, OH 43512

Rev. Timothy Reynolds, Pastor

419 -782 -8781

Fax: 419 -782 -6719

October 2013

www.zionslutheranchurch.comVisit our website at:

Church Office Email:

[email protected]

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GOD SQUAD Cook-Out and Bonfire

OCTOBER 5 th , at 5:00 p.m.Children's Sunday School will take a new twist this fall. We are going totry out a new "God Squad" program for children at the Saturday even-ing services. The children will start out in the service and then be dis-missed to a special, fun and exci ng program just for them. We wouldlike to have live music, a puppet show, Bible teaching, a snack and crame during God Squad.

God Squad is open to all children 3 years old5 th grade. Older youth are invited to join us ashelpers. The program will start on Saturday, October 5 th at the 5:00 pm service with a specialnight planned. Following the service a cook -out and bon re is planned, with hotdogs, chips,drinks, & smores provided. A le er will be sent to all parents regarding God Squad soon.

We are looking for some musicians for God Squad...par cularly anyone that can play the guitar,drums or keyboard to help with this fun, music oriented program. Please see Kelly Worline orVicki Stephens if you would be interested in sharing your musical gi s in this way for our youth!

Acolyte and Crucifer Meeting and Training ClassWednesday, October 2nd at 6:30 p.m.

This meeting and training/refresher class is for all youth from 2nd grade through 12th gradeand their parents. Please meet at the top of the steps. Pizza and drinks will be providedafter the class. Please email Deb Shockey to RSVP your attendance. Her email addressis [email protected].

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YOUTH NEWS YOUTH NEWS YOUTH NEWS Breakfast

Club

The high schoolyouth will continue

with the Sundaymorning Breakfast Club that meets in

the kitchen at 9:00 am. Their first ses-sion back will be Sunday, October 6th.

Youth CenterGrand Opening

Sunday, October 6th will also be thegrand opening of the Youth Center wingin the basement. Following morningworship service, all members are invitedto check out the youth wing and stop byfor a piece of cake.


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Operation Christmas ChildCollection Date: November 16

Boxes are available in the church narthex.

More information is available by contactingJohn Diehl.

Adult Sunday SchoolBegins on October 6 at 9:00 a.m.

in the Hofer RoomPastor Tim will be teaching.

QUILTS OF COMPASSIONBringing Help and Hope to the Hurting

Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 p.m.

at Zions Lutheran Church Whether you are an expert quilter or have never tried quilting be-fore, we have an opportunity available to make a difference in thelife of someone who is in need or suffering. Please bring your sew-ing machines, notions, supplies, and fabric to our quilting. Formore information, please see Shawn Farnyiarz.

FAL L D AN CE AN D CO OK O UT

Saturday, October 12 th at 6:0 0 p.m.

Everyone is invited for an evening of music, dancing, food, fun, and fellowship! NealDeniston and his group Optional Endings will be playing a variety of music for listen-ers to enjoy. There will be square dancing, reels, line dancing etc. for all ages. Therewill also be a cookout with lots of good food to enjoy. Bring a lawn chair and a jacket.Weather permitting, we will have everything in the gazebo and parking lot or if not, thenin Luther Hall. Questions: please call the church office at 419 -782 -8781.


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Dear Friends in Christ,

Thank you for your emer-gency support gifts of $275. We are very

blessed to have friendslike you who support our mission to our less fortunate neighbors who need thelove of Christ in their lives. Please contin-ue to pray for us and know that you are inour prayers of Thanksgiving.

In Christ,

Marge Reas and theRedeemer Family


THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BECLOSED

ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14

FOR COLUMBUS DAY.

NW Ohio Fall Conference

Wednesda y, Oc tober 16 at

New Creation Lutheran Church in Ottawa

5:30-8:30 pm

Sign Up Sheet in the Narthex

Coffee BreakBegins October 6

All are invited to come and connect with fellow Zions memberseach Sunday before Worship services. Well talk about the week

and maybe share how your faith helped you get through it.

On Sundays at 9:00 a.m. we will meet in the Church Library. This is a casualeventcome and go with your cup of Joe! Coffee will be provided or bring yourfavorite morning beverage.

Our Innkeeper guests are con nually thankful for the food and supplies givenby our members and others throughout the community. In order to con nueto serve their needs, we ask that you consider giving the following items : rst

and foremost CANNED FRUIT & DRY CEREAL , but also important are chickennoodle soup, toothpaste, shaving gel, pudding, paper towels, toilet paper, de-tergent, boxed skillet meals, box potatoes, spaghe and dry pasta noodles,

bo led water, canned meat tuna, sausage, chicken, Ramen noodles beef, chicken &shrimp, spaghe sauce, tomato sauce, bo led fruit juices, microwave popcorn, salad dressingand cooking oil. On behalf of Diana Groll and myself, we thank you for your ongoing generosi-ty.

Dick Anderson


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September Church Council Highlights September 19, 2013

Adopted a new Continuing Resolution Covenant of Communication.

Approved the Reformation Sunday Confirmation / Affirmation of Baptism for Skyler Grosenbacher.

Voted to host a Drug Awareness session, with speakers from the city police and county sheriffs

offices.

Approved the purchase of new furniture for the church office seating area and the narthex.

The Outreach Committee is in need of some new members.

Approved a request from Help Me Grow to use the facilities on March 3, 2014.

The congregation will be asked to participate in Operation Christmas Child again this year.

The Little Free Library will be installed near the garden, and listed on the National Registry.

Maumee Valley Conference of Women Fall Retreat Saturday, October 19, 2013Held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

02499 Adams Ridge Rd, Defiance, OH 43512 Sufficient Grace

Theme Verse: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,the Father of mercies and God of all comfort who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we maybe able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves arecomforted by God.

Registration and Continental Breakfast at 8:30 AMProgram starts at 9:00 AM until noon

Lunch will be served at noon

Registration Fee: $6.00 due by October 11, 2013 Speaker: Kelly Gerken, Sufficient Grace Ministries

LOVE OFFERING Monetary donations only. Make checks payable to Sufficient GraceMinistries.


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Please remember to call the churchoffice when:

1. You will be or have already moved.2. You have an addition to your family.

3. You have an address update and/or cor-rection, or birthday correction.

4. New email address and/or phone num-ber.

THANK YOU!

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Lois FinkenbinerThe Laurels of Defiance Rm 3081701 S. Jefferson Ave.Defiance, OH 43512

Isabella BeindorfThe Laurels of Defiance1701 S. Jefferson Ave.Defiance, OH 43512

Loann PetersKingsbury House245 W. Rosewood Ave. Apt. 136Defiance, OH 43512

Norma MansfieldKingsbury House245 W. Rosewood Ave.Defiance, OH 43512

Helen RosebrockGlenn Park2429 William A. Diehl Ct. Apt. 155Defiance, OH 43512

Mary ZirkleGlenn Park2429 William A. Diehl Ct. Apt. 112Defiance, OH 43512

Joyce LichtyVancrest of Holgate600 Joe E. BrownHolgate, OH 43527

Area Members in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living

Please send a card orstop by to visit.

N CHR S I N MPAT Y

We pray for Gods comfort for the following families who recentlylost a loved one:

Bob Thomas on the loss of his son, Phil on September 4, 2013.

Addi ons to the

Zions Prayer List: Phone Prayers: Barb Vogel at 419 -393 -2544 Eprayers: [email protected]

Call the Church o ce at 419 -782 -8781.

If you are calling for someone other than yourself, please be sure that you have permission.

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NEW MEM BERS

John and Frances Diehl

Daryl and Loralee Jones

Patricia Morrison

Laura and Jared Raines


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W O R S H I P

S C H E D U L ESaturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:45 am

DCTV 5You may watch Zions LutheranWorship services on Wednesdays@ 6:00 p.m. on DCTV 5 Defiance,OH.

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LLSLutherans of

Long Standing

OCTOBER 1, 2013

2:00 p.m. in the Hofer Room

Mens Fellowship

meets every Tuesdayat 9:00 a.m. in the Library

ORGANIC COFFEE & TEA P RICES Breakfast Blend $ 8.00Decaf Breakfast Blend $ 9.00English Breakfast Tea $ 3.00

EqualExchange

Coffee

On sale throughout the year!!!!

The Book Group

meets onMonday,

Oct. 14th

at7:00 pmin the

Shepfer Room.

Young at Heartmeets on WEDNESDAY ,

October 9, 2013

at 11:30 am , at Leftys Pizza

The next mee ng will beOctober 20 th a er theWorship Service.Cards will be placed in theNarthex to be signed during

Fellowship Hour on Oct. 27th

.

Sisters in Christ

ScrapbookClub

Meets Saturday, October 5 th , from

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the HoferRoom. Bring your own drink and asnack to share.

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Worship andMusic

Committee

Meets on

October 10th

at 7:00 p.m.

D E A D L I N E S

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTEvery Thursday at 9:00 a.m.

(unless otherwise noted)

November NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

October 18, 2013


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October 2013LESSONS

OCTOBER 5 & 6 PENTECOST 20Saturday: Exodus 16:1 -18

John 6:51

Sunday: Habakkuk 1:1 -4; 2:1 -4 Psalm 37:1 -9

2 Timothy 1:1 -14 Luke 17:5 -10

OCTOBER 12 & 13 PENTECOST 21Saturday: 1 Samuel 3:1 -21

John 20:21 -23

Sunday: 2 Kings 5:1 -3, 7 -15 Psalm 111

2 Timothy 2:8 -15 Luke 17:11 -19

OCTOBER 19 & 20 PENTECOST 22Saturday: 1 Samuel 16:1 -13

Psalm 51:10 -14

John 7:24

Sunday: Genesis 32:22 -31 Psalm 121

2 Timothy 3:14 -4:5 Luke 18:1 -8

OCTOBER 26 & 27 REFORMATIONSaturday: 1 Kings 5:1 -5; 8:1 -13

John 2:19 -21

Sunday: Jeremiah 31:31 -34 Psalm 46

Romans 3:19 -28 John 8:31 -36

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WED THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURD

1 9:00 a Mens Fellowship

9:00 a WeightWatchers 2:00 p LLS 5:30p Lighten Up

2 7:00 a Women @Cabin Fever

5:30 p CommunityDinner 6:00 p Hand Bells 6:30pCon rma on 6:30 p Acolyte andCrucifer Mee ng 7:00 Chancel Choir

3 9:00 a Bulle nAnnouncements

due

9:00 a Adult Study 5:00 p TOPS 6:30 p Adult Study

4 5 7:30 a WeightWatchers

8:00a Scrapbooking5:00 p God Squad5:00 p Worship 6:00 p Cook Outand Bon re

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9:00 a Adult Sun-day School 9:00 a YouthBreakfast Club 9:45 a Worship

11:00 a YouthCenter OpenHouse

Shut In Communion

2:00 p Quilts of Compassion

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Pastors Day O 8 9:00 a Mens Fellowship 9:00 a WeightWatchers 5:30 p Lighten Up

9 7:00 a Women @Cabin Fever 11:30 a Young atHeart at Le ys 4:00 p Food PantrySign Up 5:30 p CommunityDinner 6:00 p Hand Bells 7:00 Chancel Choir

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9:00 a Bulle nAnnouncementsdue

9:00 a Adult Study 5:00 p TOPS 6:30 p Adult Study 7:00 p Worship &Music Mee ng

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7:30 a WeightWatchers

5:00 p God Squad5:00 p Worship

6:00 p Fall Danceand Cook Out

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9:00 a Adult Sun-day School

9:00 a YouthBreakfast Club

9:45 a Worship

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CHURCH OFFICECLOSED forCOLUMBUS DAY

7:00 p BookGroup

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9:00 a Mens Fellowship 9:00 a WeightWatchers 5:30 p Lighten Up

16 7:00 a Women @Cabin Fever 5:30 p CommunityDinner 6:00 p Food Pantry

Pick Up 6:00 p Hand Bells 7:00 p Choir

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9:00 a Bulle nAnnouncementsdue 5:00 p TOPS 7:00 p COUNCILMEETING

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3:00 p.m.NEWSLETTERDEADLINE

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7:30 a WeightWatchers 5:00 p God Squad5:00 p Worship

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9:00 a Adult Sun-day School 9:00 a YouthBreakfast Club 9:45 a Worship 11:00 a Sisters inChrist 11:00 a Endow-ment

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7:30 a WeightWatchers 5:00 p God Squad5:00 p Worship

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9:00 a Adult Sun-day School 9:00 a YouthBreakfast Club 9:45 a Worship 11:00 a Cards

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ALTAR FLOWERS October

6 AVAILABLE 13 Hazel Smith

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AVAILABLE

27 Robert Retcher

BULLETINS October

6 AVAILABLE 13 AVAILABLE 20 Steve and Karen Graf 27 Ott and Fern Beindorf

ALTAR DUTY October

6 Cindy Wendell

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Marsha Leaders 20 Barb Jones 27 Linda Hardy

LECTOR & DEACON for Sunday 9:45 am(* DEA CO NS) October

6 * Tom Boals, Craig McKibben, Audrey Eis 13 Mary Boals 20 * Tom Boals, Linda Hardy, Patty VanDemark 27 Lenore Doctor

FELLOWSHIP HOUR for Sunday 9:45 am

October 6 Karen Bowling and Lenore Doctor

13 Marsha and Neal Deniston 20 Audrey and Jim Eis 27 Judy and Duane Engel

ACOLYTES & CRUCIFERS for Sunday 9:45 am Acolytes Crucifers

October 6 Zack Stephens Elizabeth McNeely

13 Luke Reynolds Jared Raines 20 Skyler Grosenbacher Eric Engel

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Alexis Eis

Oakely Demar

HOSTS for Saturday 5:00 pm October

5 Sonia Bussing & Donna Ripke 12 Bob & Nancy Swingle

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Donna Ripke & Bob Thomas 26 Gene & Barb Vogel

LECTOR & DEACON for Saturday 5:00 pm(* DEA CO NS) October

5 * Cindy Wendell 12 AVAILABLE 19 * Dawn McKibben 26 AVAILABLE

OFFERING COLLECTORS for Sunday 9:45 am 1st Sunday Randy Groll & Mary Boals 2nd Sunday Jim Eis & Bill Brownson3rd Sunday Mary Boals & Cindy Wendell 4th Sunday Marsha Leaders & Chuck Bailey

USHERS for Sunday 9:45 am 1st Sunday Randy & Diana Groll 2nd Sunday Gene & Barb Vogel 3rd Sunday Randy Groll4th Sunday Mike & Deb Shockey

OFFERING COUNTERS Marv Widmer, Jim Eis, John Jacob, Chuck Bailey

AUDIO - VISUAL Doug Eis, Dale Worline, Shaun Holley, VickiStephens, Stormy Gutman.

Fellowship Hour substitutes: Roxanne Maxsonand Laurie Schey.

IF YOU A RE UNA BLE TO FULFILL YO UR C O M M ITM ENT,PLEA SE A RRA NG E FO R A SUBSTITUTE A ND INFORM THE C HURC H O FFIC E AS SO O N A S PO SSIBLE.

Faith Active in Love OCTOBER 2013

Get your copy in the church narthex!

Partners Mission i n


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ZIONS EMAIL ADDRESSES

Office Secretary - [email protected]

Pastor - [email protected]

Treasurer - [email protected]

Website-

www.zionslutheranchurch.com

COUNCIL MEMBERS

Tom Boals, President

Deb Shockey, Vice Pres.

Gwen Anderson, Treasurer Laurie Schey, Secretary

Mary Boals Kim Chehi

Lenore Doctor Randy Groll

Stormy Gutman Roxanne Maxson

Elizabeth McNeely Carl Snyder

Mark Stephens

Dale Worline

COUNCIL MEETS ONthe third Thursday of each

month (except July)

at 7:00 p.m.

DEACONS

Dick Anderson

Tom Boals

Audrey Eis

Doug Eis

Linda Hardy

Craig McKibben

Dawn McKibben

Patty VanDemark

Cindy Wendell

ZIONS MISSION STATEMENT

Driven by Gods spirit we will grow in faith and make Christs love known

O F F I C E H O U R S

Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Find us and Like us we need morefollowers to spread the word! Are you

friends with a former member? invitethem too we love staying in contact!Have a question about an upcomingevent? you may find your answer.

And, you can add your comments, too!(If you have trouble searching type in

Zions Lutheran Defiance and thatshould find it for you). If you would liketo post an event you may email it [email protected].

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