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Women of Zion
Dates to remember!!!!!
Attic Treasures Sale: May 18 and 19, 2012.
The Father and Son Banquet: June 9, 2012 at 5:00pm.
Thanks Offering: November 18, 2012
Zion’s Diners
Zion’s Diners will not meet in April. We will resume on May 4, 2012 at Uncle John’s Pancake House on Secor Rd. at 5:30pm. We will meet at the Church at 5:00pm to carpool.
Our Feed Your Neighbor Food Pantry is now open. We are open the first Tuesday of the month from 10:00am-12:00pm. If you know someone that is in need of help during these hard times, please let them know about Zion’s Food Pantry.
Scrip order forms can be obtained in the Fellowship Hall. We are taking orders now. We have placed our first orders and plan to place two orders a month. If you need anything before the order for the month is placed you can contact Pastor Ron. Your order will be placed and you will have it forthe next afternoon.
The plans for the Food Pantry are in motion. The pantry will be located in the old kitchen downstairs. So far, the room has been emptied and painted. The shelving will come next and a refrigerator/freezer.
We are hoping to have everything in place to open on August 9, 2011.
v October 16, 2011 will be our big Celebration Sunday for Zion's 150th Anniversary. Tentative plans are as follows:
10:15 am – Regular Service
12:00 pm – Lunch for all in attendance
1:30 pm – Program for Community and all Members, featuring Processional, Music with Chimes, Bells, Choir and Organ, Pastors looking back over 150 years, acknowledging Members of Zion, DVD, and Zion today.
Dessert Reception following service
More 150th information will be coming soon!
Zion will soon be participating in the fundraising efforts sponsored by the Northwest Ohio Scrip Association. This organization provides our families with Scrip, or gift cards for area merchants at a discount. We will make a percentage from each Scrip card that we sell, but the best part is that if you spend $25 for a gift card for a restaurant, grocery store, gas station or other merchant, you get $25 worth of product!
The earning potential is huge, and the earnings can be used for any of our outreach, families in need, or other ministries.
For example, if you like to go out to eat and purchase on Scrip for $25 for the cost of a meal for two, the potential earning at 10% is $2.50. If you spend $100 at the grocery store and the earning is 5%, that totals $5. If you purchase gas for your vehicle at 3%, $100 of Scrip will earn $3. That is a total earning of $10.50 for Zion ministries with just those three purchases! And, you get the benefit of the total amount of the gift card for things you'd purchase anyway. If only half of our families participate, EVERYBODY WINS!
Our challenge to you will be to purchase gas and groceries for only one month using Scrip. You won't believe how much Zion will earn.
To get started, it will work like this. We will have order forms available for everyone on Sunday that lists the Scrip offered, the denomination, and the percentage we will earn. You order and pay for your Scrip on Sunday, and it will be waiting for you the following Sunday. You can enjoy the benefit of the cards, and Zion enjoys the earning. Eventually we will have enough earnings so the most often used Scrip can be purchased and picked up immediately on Sunday.
More details to follow, but look forward to this fantastic program!
Remember the 150th Anniversary this year. We ask for your ideas and suggestions for our Church celebration on October 16.
Please see Pastor Ron
Did you know that Zion has a Quilting Group? Every Thursday (from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.), our quilters work their magic to create beautiful works of art to give to others in need. Come and give it a whirl! Making beautiful things for a just cause – while socializing – is FUN!
Adult Bible Study
Our class begins @ 9 a.m. Sunday mornings. We invite members of all ages to join us for coffee and reviewing of religion topics as current events and interests. Our new study, “Following Jesus,” will start January 2, 2011. Come join us in fellowship.