Sunday, January 2, 2022

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

- Psalm 98:3

- Worship Information

- Special Worship Times

- Voters Call Meeting

- Couples Devotional

- Open House

- Christmas Cards and Calendars

- Communion Registration

- Bible Studies

- MLHS Campaign

- Our Stewardship of God's Grace

- Calendar

Friday, December 31 – New Year’s Eve w/ Communion

Sermon Theme: God’s Word Stands Firm Forever

First Lesson:  Isaiah 51:1-6

Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1:22-25 (Sermon)

Gospel: Luke 13:6-9

Psalm 90

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Sunday, January 2 – 2^nd Sunday after Christmas

Sermon Series: Promises Kept: God Fulfilled them All

Sermon Theme: Promises Kept brings joy to God’s people

First Lesson:  2 Samuel 7:8-16

Second Lesson: Colossians 1:13-20

Gospel: Luke 1:68-75 (Sermon)

Psalm 148

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Christmas Day

The Glory of the Lord Shines - John 1:1-18

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Promises Kept: Jesus does the Father's Will - Luke 2:41-52

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Praise the Name of the Lord

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New Year’s Eve Worship is Friday, Dec. 31 at 7:00 p.m. Communion is a part of worship.

On Thursday, Jan. 6 we will have a special Epiphany Festival Service at 7:00 p.m. 

Last Week we had 142 worship in person and 27 online. That is 22.5% of our membership. Please encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ to stay close to Jesus through faithful use of Word and sacraments! 

On Sunday, Jan. 9 we will have a voters meeting to extend a call for a grades 5-6 teacher and a call for a 4K-5K teacher. We will meet in church after late worship.  

The Enderles invite you to an open house at the parsonage on Saturday, Jan. 8, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Come for a drink, some snacks, and good conversation. 

Christmas Cards with worship information are available in the back of church. Pick some up, invite, and bring people to our special services this Christmas season! 

2022 Calendars are available in the basement or in the back of church. Thank you to Nickel Funeral Home for providing the calendars! 

When you commune, please take the time to check your name on the sheets in the back of church, by the elevator, or in the basement. Thanks! 

Ice cream pails/cool whip bowls are needed. You can put them in the food pantry cart at church or bring them to school. Thank you!

Old Christian Christmas Cards may be dropped off in a box on the safe in the church basement library. The cards will be sent to inmates. 

Here We Stand Study will meet in church Sunday at 9:15 a.m. and look at He has Given us Work to Do. Join us! 

A second Sunday Bible Study meets at 9:15 a.m. in the commons at school. Commons Bible Study will not meet January 2. 

Sunday School for children age 3 to Grade 6 meets at 9:15 a.m. at school. Sunday School will not meet January 2. 

Youth Group meets for study and open gym Sundays at 7:00 p.m. We are looking at the hope that we have as Christians found in 1 Peter. Youth Group will not meet January 2. 

This Sunday we will discuss chapter 4 of On Being a Christian: A Personal Confession. Copies of the book are available for $13 from Pastor Ott. We meet at Nickel Funeral home at 7:00 p.m.  

New Life in Christ will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. (lesson 10). We meet in the Bible Study room in the church basement. If you or someone you know, would like to review the basic teachings of the Bible or explore membership at Zion, this is the class for you!  

A new Bible study for those in their 20s and 30s called Rooted meets on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. in the church basement.  We will meet Monday, Jan. 3, 17, and 31 at 7:00 p.m. in the church basement. Join us! 

Men's Study meets every other week on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. in the church basement. We will meet next Monday, January 10 and 24. We are looking more in-depth at the readings from Sunday Worship. 

Choir meets on Wednesdays. Rehearsals will begin again at 7:00 p.m. on Jan. 12 in the church balcony. Please join us! 

Building Our Future On Christ

Thank you! We not only met our goal of $75,000 in November, but we surpassed it! We are moving forward with our plans. We have a final design (cf. the latest video with the 3-D rendering at www.mlhslancers.org/campaign.) 

Stay in touch and subscribe to various newsletters by going to www.mlhslancers.org/subscription. After subscribing you will receive the newsletter(s) you signed up for. Be sure to check your junk mail, the first one may go there instead. The alumni newsletter is one of the options listed. You will want to read what a recent alumnus shared in the December Alumni newsletter. For any questions conact mlhs@mlhslancers.org. 

FVL Interested families can enroll for Semester 2 at FVL. Contact the Admissions Office at admissions@fvlhs.org or 920-560-5105 for details. 

Join us in an online reading plan. Click the below to join each plan. 

Jan. 1-5: The Lies of Busyness

Jan. 6-10: Fighting Negative Thoughts

Jan. 11-15: Making an Impact

Contact Pastor Enderle (james.enderle@mzls.org) with questions.  

Place a seed on the picture in the back of church when you talk about Jesus outside of worship. The seeds are on each side of the double doors. Whenever you are at church put up a seed for each time you shared Jesus!

Streaming Worship is live on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and then available after that on YouTube and Facebook at your convenience. Please register online or text 920-362-7118 so we know who is worshipping with us! 

Watch on YouTube or on Facebook. 

Soup For Souls Meals continue to be available at school and at church for all to share the message of Jesus love with others. Don't forget to include a card with the meal when you deliver it to a friend/ neighbor.

We have a new volunteer area on our website at   https://mzluth.org/volunteer/ where you can look for ways to serve others. You will find different opportunities at different times where you can use your gifts and talents to glorify God.

We want to keep the entire congregation informed about events. One way we do this is with weekly announcements. Please send your announcements to ottrr@mzluth.org by Tuesday evening. This allows the announcements to be done and sent to the people who put them on the slides for worship. Thanks!

Christmas Eve Children’s Program

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 358

Friday 6:00 p.m. – 337

Total – 692

Online: 36

Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship

Friday 11:00 p.m. – 37

Online: 5

Christmas Day Festival Worship (Communion)

Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 181 (149)

Online: 24

1^st Sunday of Christmas (Communion)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 80 (60)

Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 136 (49)

Total – 142 (109)

Online: 27

Bible Class: 33

Sunday (Here We Stand Study) – 18

Sunday (Commons Study) – No Study

Sunday Book Study – 8

New Life in Christ (Monday) - 7

Youth Group (Sunday): No Study

ESL (English as Second Language): No Study

Thursday, December 30

7:00 p.m. NO WORSHIP

Friday, December 31 (New Years Eve)

7:00 p.m. Worship, Communion

Sunday, January 2

8:00a.m. Christmas 2 Worship

9:15 a.m. Here We Stand Bible Study, church

9:15 a.m. NO Commons Bible Study

9:15 a.m. NO Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Christmas 2 Worship

7:00 p.m. Book Study, Nickel - (ch 5, On Being A Christian)

7:00 p.m. NO Youth Group

Monday, January 3

6:30 p.m. New Life in Christ Class (lesson 11)

7:00 p.m. Rooted Bible Study (20s and 30s Study) 

Wednesday, January 4

5:00p.m. Confirmation, grades 5-8, church 

5:30p.m. ESL English Class, church basement

Thursday, December 9

7:00 p.m. Epiphany Festival Worship, communion 

Saturday, January 8

1:00 p.m. Open House at the Parsonage

Sunday, January 9

8:00 a.m. Epiphany 1 Worship, communion 

9:15 a.m. Here We Stand Study, church

9:15 a.m. Commons Bible Study

9:15 a.m. Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Epiphany 1 Worship, communion 

11:30 a.m. Voters Call Meeting

7:00 p.m. Book Study, Nickel – ch. 6

7:00 p.m. Youth Group