Peru Team Leaves June 1st

Pray for the team leaving for Peru this Sunday.  There is still an opportunity to help with expenses.  If you can contribute, send your check to the Zion church office with a note “for Peru.”

Posted on May 27, 2008 in .

Kids Summer Reading

Need some great summer reading?  Join us for Zion Children’s Library first annual Summer Reading Program.  Read through the book of Genesis (be rewarded with a free Colby Ridge ice cream cone), listen to famous Zion personalities read aloud during Zion Story Time (Wednesdays at 10:30 am), join the Prince Caspian Reading Group (led by Taylor Gage), and read together as a family using the family devotional book Discovering Jesus in Genesis.  Sign up in the foyer on Sunday or contact Jill Greff, Susan Meckel, Leia Noel, or Michelle Weldon.

Posted on May 23, 2008 in Children.

Women’s Summer Book Study

For any women who are interested, Karen Choi will be starting a summer study on the book, Longing to Know by Esther Meek. This book looks at epistemology (the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge) from a Christian perspective. The study will be on Wednesday evenings at 7pm, location TBD. It will probably start in June. Let Karen know if you are interested so that we know how many books to order. The cost of the book will be around $10.

Posted on May 23, 2008 in Women's Ministries.

Awana Parents Party and Program - SOUTH DOORS

The new tile in the front hallway of the church will NOT be ready for traffic on Wednesday evening May 21st.  For the Awana Parents Party and Program, use the SOUTH and BACK doors. 

Do NOT use the front doors or front hallway.

Posted on May 19, 2008 in .

CHURCH CLOSED TUESDAY May 20th

The new tile in the front hallway is being laid on Tuesday.  There will be NO access to the building through the front doors.  The church offices will be closed.

Posted on May 19, 2008 in .

Redeemer Worship May 25th

Friends,

Redeemer’s next Exploratory Worship Service is this Sunday, May 25, 5pm at Zion Church. Please know that everyone is welcome to attend and we would love to have you join us. So please come!

Update:

Here is the schedule as Redeemer transitions from Zion Church.

Redeemer will be holding three more Exploratory Worship Services before we meeting for worship on a weekly basis. The next three dates are, May 25, June 8, and June 22. Beginning June 29, Redeemer will start meeting weekly and our Exploratory Worship Services will run through out the summer (we will plan on officially “launching” in early Fall.) The worship service time will be 5pm, to be followed by a full Children’s Ministry program, and a weekly Question & Answer
time for the adults where folks will have an opportunity to ask anything they want about the Christian faith. We are in the process of securing a location to worship from and hope to have all the details worked soon.

Some of you have asked how Redeemer plans to use the downtown properties. Early on, we looked at the possibility of opening up the top floor of the building at 8th & D in order to design a worship space. The price tag came back higher than we were able to work with, so we decided not to move forward with the project.

However, the building at 8th & D will still function as Redeemer’s primary ministry location during the week. We are considering moving Redeemer’s offices to 8th & D. Currently, Redeemer’s offices are back in the duplex at 836 E Street, but we are considering selling the duplex sometime in the near future in order to provide needed resources for operating expenses. (This decision, to sell or not, is an item you could pray for on behalf of Redeemer. Keeping the duplex would give Redeemer much more office space and would allow us to give office space to RUF staff, and possibly some Campus Life staff, and Young Life staff as well. So please pray for this decision). Pray also for our fund raising efforts over the next couple months. We have about $200,000 to still raise.

Many more of you have asked if Redeemer is going to build at 9th & D. The answer: we hope so.

As we have searched downtown for worship space to lease, Redeemer’s conviction has grown that 9th & D is an ideal location to build a church that connects to the surrounding neighborhoods and the city center of Lincoln. However, building a building costs a lot of money and our first priority is to build a congregation that has an outward focus and commitment to minister the gospel and serve the city. So, the answer to the question, “Are you going to build at 9th & D?” is “Yes, Lord willing, Redeemer will build a church 9th & D.” (And I hope God is wiling, because it would be fun to worship here once again.)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

And remember to join us this Sunday, May 25, 5pm at Zion Church to worship.

On behalf of the Redeemer launch team,

Tobey

Tobey Brockman
Lead Pastor, Redeemer (PCA)
8th & D
Lincoln, Nebraska

Posted on May 19, 2008 in Church Events.

AFC3 pot-luck May 18th

AFC 3 (anyone else is welcome too) is having a potluck this Sunday, May 18th following the late service. Please bring a main dish and a side. Drinks
and tableware will be provided.

Posted on May 15, 2008 in AFC 3.

Men-U May 31st

On May 31st we will resume meeting for Men-U breakfasts. Our first speaker will be Brad Brestel, the stewardship pastor at Berean Church. Brad’s topic will be “Is Capitalism and Wealth Accumulation Compatible with Christianity?” We will be meeting from 8:15 to 9:30 am in the coffee house area, and I would encourage you to set aside some time to come. Breakfast will be provided, so come hungry.

If you would like to help set up, pick up food, or in any other capacity, please email or call Mike Wittmann.  We could use a few volunteers to help things run smoothly. Also, if you have ideas for future topics, please let Mike know.

Posted on May 15, 2008 in Men-U.

Missions Gathering May 18th

Sunday evening May 18 at 7 p.m. all are invited to a missions meeting featuring those from Zion who are involved with short term missions this summer.  Zion has organized a trip to Peru to work with street children the last several years.  Those going on the trip this year in early June, will be reporting.  In addition, sisters Erin and Lauren Jeffery will be reporting as they are headed to Kenya for two weeks in early June.  Abby Wismer, who attends Grace Chapel, may also be part of the program.  She is headed to Kenya for 18 months.

Posted on May 14, 2008 in Church Events.