Sunday, November 21, 2021

I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

- Revelation 22:13

- Worship Information

- Call Information Meeting

- Call News

- Parent's Night Out

- Thanksgiving Worship and Thanksgiving Decorations

- Communion Registration

- Bible Studies

- Our Stewardship of God's Grace

- Calendar

Sunday, November 14 – Christ the King: 4^th Sunday of End Times

Theme: The Word of God points us to a king unlike any other

Sermon Theme: Our King Rules By Truth

Sermon Series: The Word of God.

Old Testament: Daniel 7:13-14

New Testament: Revelation 1:4b-8

Gospel: John 18:33-37 (Sermon)

Psalm 45

This Sunday we will have a call information meeting at 9:15 a.m. in the church. Pastor Ott will present information on the call to Grace Lutheran, La Crosse, we will discuss our min-istries here, and how a called worker deliberates a call. Please pray that the Lord leads Pastor Ott to the best decisions for his kingdom. 

Sunday School will be on break Sunday, November 21 and November 28th. Please let those you know who normally attend that there will not be Sunday School these days. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us for worship last week. We had 253 worship in person and 52 online. That is 40.8% of our membership. Please encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ to stay close to Jesus through use of the Word and the sacraments! 

Dear members of Morrison Zion Lutheran Church and School,

As many of you know, I got engaged a couple weekends ago in Milwaukee. God-willing, we will be married this coming summer, 2022. After a lot of prayer and discussion, we have decided that I will be moving to the Lake Mills area this summer where my fiancé is a teacher and coach at Lakeside Lutheran High School. Because of this, I must resign my call here at Morrison Zion at the end of the school year. God has richly blessed me by making this place my first assignment. I will greatly miss the people I have met, friends I have made, and students I have gotten to know over the last couple of years. You will all hold a special place in my heart. Thank you all for continued prayers. May God continue to bless the ministry here at Morrison Zion.

In Christ,

Miss Sophie Birner

Dear Members,

I received a divine call from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Livonia, Michigan, to teach Kindergarten. I am humbled with the privilege of the two calls I now hold and ask you to keep me in your prayers. As I prayerfully deliberate the two calls, I encourage you to share your questions and comments with me, as I consider how my gifts may best serve the kingdom of God.

In Christ,

Hannah Holzhueter 

The youth group is hosting a parent’s night out on Saturday, December 4^th. Youth, please sign up online at https://shirleygreenleaf.com/couples/ or on the signup sheets in the church basement if you can help babysit.

Morrison Zion and Immanuel Youth Groups will host a couple’s dinner and babysitting Saturday Dec. 4, 6:00-9:00 p.m. If you need a babysitter that night, babysitting is available at school. The Couple’s Dinner is a catered meal served at Immanuel Lutheran. Cost is $20 per couple, proceeds to benefit both youth groups. Link to register is https://shirleygreenleaf.com/couples/ and there are sheets in the church basement. Please also follow the link or use the sign up sheets in the basement to let us know how many children you plan to drop off for babysitting. You can use the babysitting and do other activities than the couples dinner.

There are sheets on the table in the basement you can fill out to hang in church for Thanksgiving. The sheets say “I am thankful for…” You can draw a picture or write a list of thanks for which you thank God. Please have them in the basket in the basement by Nov. 21. Thanks! 

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! 

Thanksgiving Worship is Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 25 at 9:00 a.m. Postcards you can use to invite people to worship are on the radiators in the back of church by the doors.

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!

We will not meet this week. Join us in church for a call information meeting. 

A second Sunday Bible Study meets at 9:15 a.m. in the commons at school. Commons Bible Study will not meet this week. Join us in church for a call information meeting. 

Youth Group Bible Study meets Sunday at 7:00 p.m..  We are looking at the hope that we have as Christians found in 1 Peter. 

This Sunday we will discuss chapter 11, Adiaphora of Your Questions, Scripture’s Answers. We meet at Nickel Funeral home at 7:00 p.m. Next week we will begin to discuss, On Being a Christian: A Personal Confession by Henry Hamann. A few copies of the book are available for $13. Talk to Pastor Ott if you would like one. 

New Life in Christ will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. (lesson 5). 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!  

Men's Study will meet Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the 

church basement. 

Women’s Bible Study will meet Thursdays, November 18 at 6:00 p.m. Contact Jen Enderle (864-2348) for the location. The study will not meet on Thanksgiving, November 25.

Choir meets on Wednesdays. Rehearsals are at 7:00 p.m. in the church balcony. Open to all again! Please join us! 

The air conditioning units are also heat pumps. If you see them running outside or hear them in worship, they are heating the church so that we do not have to have the boilers run. 

Thanksgiving Cards are available by the cards in the back of the basement. 

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

Nov. 7-20: Grace? What is it?.

Nov. 21-25: Shout For Joy To The Lord!

Nov. 26-30: Giving Thanks In All Things

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!

Worship (Communion): 

Thursday 7:00 p.m. - 60 (46)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 118 (88)

Sunday 10:30 a.m. - 75 (55)

Total - 253 (189)

Online: 52

Bible Class: 40

Women's Study - 4

Sunday (Romans Study) - 23

Sunday (Commons Study) - 0

Sunday Book Study - No Class

New Life in Christ (Monday) - 4

Men's Study - 2

Youth Group (Sunday): 2

ESL (English as Second Language): 5

Thursday, November 18

6:00 p.m. Women’s Study 

7:00 p.m. Christ the King Worship 

Sunday, November 21  

8:00a.m. Christ the King Worship

9:15 a.m. Call Information Meeting

9:15 a.m. Romans Study, basement - No Study

9:15 a.m. Commons Bible Study - No Study

9:15 a.m. No Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Christ the King Worship

7:00 p.m. Youth Bible Study 

7:00 p.m. Book Study, Nickel (ch. 11)

Monday, November 22

6:30 p.m. New Life in Christ Class (lesson 5)

7:00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study 

Wednesday, November 24

5:00p.m. Confirmation, grades 5-8, church - No Class

7:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Worship

Thursday, November 25

9:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Worship

6:00 p.m. Women’s Study - No Study

Sunday, November 28

8:00a.m. Advent 1 Worship, communion 

9:15 a.m. Romans Study, basement

9:15 a.m. Commons Bible Study - No Study

9:15 a.m. No Sunday School

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

7:00 p.m. Book Study, Nickel - (ch 1, On Being A Christian)

7:00 p.m. Youth Group, school - No Study