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Zion will host Vacation Bible School this year in the first full week of June. Online registration will open in May.
The “Zion Week” at Camp Sonshine day camp this year will be June 10-14. Register online at the Camp Sonshine web site, and meet each morning at Zion to share rides in the Zion van.
Got stuff? The next Mexico Missions Trip Rummage Sale in the Zion Mini-Gym will be held April 4-6. As you sort through your household and garage this winter and spring, please consider setting aside your items for the sale. The proceeds from the sale help cover the expenses of the Mexico Missions Team 2019 and support the work of Isaiah 55 in Reynosa, Mexico.
Join the fun this year at the cabin in Grand Lake, Colorado with a dozen guys from Zion. Enjoy the beautiful winter mountain scenery, and take a refreshing getaway for a long weekend. Ski with the guys at Winter Park, or hike the trails in Rocky Mountain National Park, or just sit in a comfy chair by the fire in the cabin and read. Or nap. You won’t be sorry.
Join your Zion friends for the annual road trip to the annual L’abri conference in Rochester, Minnesota. This year, Zion’s own Jake Meador leads two or the workshops, and the conference theme is “Common Grace for the Common Good: Living Life Vocationally.” We will drive away sometime Thursday afternoon / evening, enjoy the conference sessions on Friday and Saturday, and return to Lincoln late Saturday evening. Contact Pastor Keith if you are interested in riding in the Zion van. (Friday night we’ll probably eat together at that neat Thai restaurant in downtown Rochester!) Register for the conference online at http://labri.org/conferences.html.
All women are invited to a night of worship and fellowship in the coffee house.
Join the North Fellowship for a potluck soup and salad lunch at noon on January 27th. Early service people help with setup during the 11:00 hour. Late service people hang around and help with clean up after we’re done..
Monday, January 21 at 7:00 P.M. at Zion in the Fellowship Hall. The dates for the Mexico Missions Trip this year are July 26-August 3rd. If you are interested in going on the trip or are already planning on going, please, please attend!
All Middle Schoolers and their families are invited to stay on Sunday for a noon meal in the Coffee House. Food and fellowship at the table will be followed by some fun and games in the gym.
Saturday night board games! Join other Zion women on Saturday, Jan 19th in the coffeehouse. Bring a board game, bring a snack and enjoy time in friendly competition with other Zion ladies. This is a low-key, casual event that might be perfect to bring a new friend!
Join us for our annual Christmas Eve candlelight service at 6:00 p.m. on the 24th.
Come to the Zion Women’s Christmas Party, a lovely tradition at Zion where all women bring food to share and we celebrate and enjoy each other’s company during the Christmas season.
Kristy Holliday from our team in Reynosa Mexico will be in Lincoln for ONE NIGHT. Join with Kristy and the Missions committee for a potluck dinner and hear the latest on the work in Reynosa.
It's that time of year again for fall baking!!! All middle school aged girls are invited over to the Vander Tops home for some fall baking and time together on Saturday, November 3rd from 9:30am-12:30 pm. The cost is just $3 per person and you will leave with some yummy treats.
High school students and their families are welcome to come to a lunch on Sunday, October 28th, immediately after the second service. Every family should bring a main dish to share. Drinks, dessert and sides will be provided. Families can meet in the coffeehouse area to eat and then we will play a couple of games outside so dress in or bring casual clothes
All women are invited to the Zion Women’s Stay-cation. This is one of Women’s Ministries biggest events of the year. We start at 2:30 with worship, fun and fellowship, listen to our speaker, have supper together at a local restaurant and then return for dessert and games.
This year the bonfire, the band, and the beautiful country setting will happen on October 21st. (Postponed from October 14th, postponed from October 7th). Plan on an evening of fun for the whole church. Bring your own comfy lawn chair and a frisbee or a football. Hay rack rides. S'mores. It just doesn't get any better.
Come stand with Zion at the Lincoln Lifechain in a silent witness for life. Meet us at 46th & O streets. Signs are provided.
All those in Central Fellowship, come and enjoy the first-ever potluck event in the newly renovated, long-awaited coffee house space. Sunday the 7th, after the second service.
Oh, we have rummage! Come and see! Support the Zion missions fund. Bring donated items to the mini-gym Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Sale-time volunteers welcome!
The on-ramp to life at Zion Church is the Just Looking class, taught by Pastor Stu. Come get it from the man himself. On five Wednesday evenings, you will get a summary of Zion’s ministry, church life, and teaching commitments, with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion. Begins October 3rd.
The Zion Shakespeare Club will take an excursion to watch the National Theater Live! production of King Lear, starring Ian McKellen. Join us at the Grand, get comfy in the dream lounger seats, and munch some of the world’s least inexpensive popcorn. We'll watch the poor old King descend in to madness, be betrayed by his treacherous daughters, and finally turn a corner towards repentance and forgiveness. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
Join us for a weekend at the cabin in Grand Lake. Will we get to the top of Mount Ida this year? Or will 2017's wind and snow return to drive us back again? Hike or do not hike. Read, nap, goof off ... share hearty meals together around the big table. And we'll find a roadhouse somewhere to watch the Husker game in Michigan. Drive away Thursday or Friday, TBD. Drive back on Monday. Contact Bryce Gillett. Space is limited.
NO CARNIVAL TONIGHT.
Weather Cancellation. SORRY!
We launch our Children's and Youth Fall Wednesday night ministries with our annual Kickoff Carnival. Bring the whole fam for hot dogs, sno cones, and the big inflatable games in Zion's front parking lot.
Let's watch the first game of the Scott Frost era together on the big screen at Zion. Bring snacks. Wear Red. Be loud. Go big, or go home!
Tuesday morning Bible study begins August 28th! Join this multigenerational group of women as we study Isaiah together from 9:30-11:00 each week (childcare provided). We meet in one of the basement classrooms (enter west door off gravel lot). We’ll be using a study guide titled Isaiah from the Knowing the Bible series edited by J.I. Packer. Please purchase a copy of the book before our first morning together (PCA bookstore or Amazon). Contact Megan or Elizabeth with questions. If you’ll use child care, please register by sending us each child’s name, age and any food allergies.
All Zion women and friends are invited to come and hear a bit about each of the books being offered for the T2 groups before registration begins! If you were unable to attend the informational meeting about T2 several months ago, please come on the 19th and find out more about this new ministry. Our hope is that we’ll build deep, gospel-centered friendships as we gather together for conversation in multi-generational groups.
Online registration for T2 book groups will begin on Monday, August 20th.Space in each group is limited so register early!
At registration you’ll choose the day/time/location/book that works best for you (groups will meet once per month). After registration closes you’ll be contacted by your group leader with details about your first gathering in September and acquiring your book.
The books being offered this year are:
The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney
Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work by Timothy Keller
We hope you consider participating in a group this year!
Once a year we share Sunday Morning worship with our two daughter congregations, Grace chapel and Redeemer. This year, Grace Chapel is hosting. Join us in the Union College church building at 48th and Prescott, 10:00 a.mm August 5th. Bring a lunch and picnic together after the service at Henry Park, 44th and Prescott.
MS/HS Youth and their families go to the Saltdogs baseball game Friday August 3rd at 6:50pm. The game starts at 7:05- there are fireworks after the game. Contact Jen Gillett with the number of tickets you would like. *Youth- feel free to bring a friend* **this is a non-chaperoned event**
Every time we have a month with five Sundays, the deacons ask that you consider giving over and above your normal giving to the mercy fund.
All Zion women are invited to a board game night Saturday, July 28th in the Zion gym. Bring a board game, bring a snack, and enjoy time in friendly competition with other Zion ladies. This is a low-key, casual event that might be perfect to bring a new friend! If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Michel.
The dates for the Mexico Missions Trip this year are July 27-August 4th. Pray for Jill Greff and the team as they spend a week with the Holiday family doing border ministry.