Work Day Saturday Morning, August 16th

Work day Saturday morningn from 9:00 to 11:30 with lunch and drinks provided.  We will again be working on the landscape and trees around Zion.  Please join us and bring what you can: gloves, wheelbarrow, pruners, and even a truck to load for the dump.

Posted on August 13, 2008 in Community Needs, Church Events.

All Church Barbeque July 27th

Please plan to join us for an all-church barbeque on the church grounds after the second service this Sunday, July 27th.  Meat and drinks will be provided.  Please bring a side to share.  Everyone is invited.

Posted on July 23, 2008 in Church Events.

Big Moving Sale July 25-26

The Mosemans and Chois will be having a moving sale this Fri. and Sat. (July 25-26th), 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., in the Moseman’s driveway at 612 S. 37th Street. There will be furniture, books, kitchen stuff and lots of kids’ stuff! Please spread the word. And if you don’t need any more “stuff”, feel free to stop by and buy some lemonade from some cute kids : )

Posted on July 23, 2008 in Church Events.

Zion Invite Cards

The candy mug table now has a supply of Zion Invite Cards.  Take a few of these business-size cards to pass along to friends as the occasion arises.  The cards include service times and have a simple map on the back.

Posted on July 11, 2008 in Church Events.

Bulgaria Report July 13th

Mike Hershberger will report at our next Missions Gathering Sunday July 13th at 7 pm.  Mike and his family minister in Sophia, Bulgaria with Mission to the World:  http://www.mtwbg.com/

Erin and Lauren Jeffery will also be there to report on their recent trip to Kenya.

Childchare is available.

Posted on July 7, 2008 in Church Events.

Storm Cleanup June 21

With the recent storms we have had several large tree branches come down and I am looking for help in removing these off the church site. This is an opportunity for free fire wood as well. Please email j_e_jonson [ at] yahoo [dot] com or call me 770-6919 if you would like to help this weekend.  Free Zestos for the first volunteer

Thanks and regards,

Jon Jonson

Posted on June 19, 2008 in Church Events.

Missions Gathering June 22

Sunday evening June 22 at 7 p.m. all are invited to a missions meeting introducing our new RUF campus minister, Steve Allen, and featuring those from Zion who have been involved with short term missions this summer.  Come and hear from those who have returned from Peru where they worked with street children.  In addition, Lauren Jeffery will be reporting on her two-week trip to Kenya.  Come to the Zion coffee house at 7 pm Sunday evening.

Posted on June 17, 2008 in Church Events.

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.

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.