1070 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Life is good, Grace is better.
Zion’s Christmas Celebration!
Please join the youth and children of Zion for the Annual Christmas Concert, Sunday, December 18th beginning at 6:30pm in the sanctuary. All are welcome. See the rehearsal schedule on the following page.
Help is needed in the following areas: Cookie bakers, reception host, cocoa maker, clean up and robe helpers. If you can help, please contact the church office 801-582-2321.
December Family Fun Activity
Gingerbread Houses
Start planning your decorations & designs for Zion’s annual Family Fun Gingerbread House Activity to be held on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at noon in the Terrace Room. This activity is for the young in age and the young at heart, so everyone is invited to participate in this festive holiday event. It is very important that everyone SIGN-UP for both the number of houses needed and the number of adults & children attending the lunch to ensure we have enough houses/icing and enough food. The sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board outside of the library.
Items that are provided: Soup, bread and drinks (for the meal); Pre-made graham cracker houses & royal icing for decorating (for the activity).
Items that are needed: PLEASE bring at least one decorating item per participant to share (e.g. cereal, candy, coconut, ice cream cones, pretzels, fruit roll ups, licorice, etc.).
If anyone is interested in helping to build the houses, please let me know. A donation of $2 per person to help cover the cost of the houses and meal is suggested (but not required).
Please contact Angie Reuschel at aclmom86@msn.com with any questions, to help volunteer for this activity, or even to RSVP for the event. We hope to see you there!
11:00 am
February 15, 2012
Our bible study is:
Lydia Circle—Praise God for Lydia from the Bible! Praise her for her faithfulness in being a part of a prayer meeting by the river, her acceptance of the true gospel of Christ, and her generosity in opening her home for the ministry of Christ. This bible study begins Wednesday, October 19th at 11am in the church library. All women are welcome. Bring your ideas on what Bible study to pursue this year. Contact Jane Erdahl with any questions.
Christmas Worship Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 24th
6:00pm
Worship with Carols
11:00pm
Candlelight Worship
Sunday, Dec. 25th: 10:00am
Sunday, Jan. 1st: 10:00am
Sunday, Jan. 8th: 8:15am; 10:30am
Education hour: 9:15-10:15am
Helen Huffmaster
January 6, 1922-November 18, 2011
A good card player counts the cards. Helen knew how to count and was an avid competitor (and winner) when it came to playing euchre, pinochle or bridge. She also counted her German heritage as a high privilege, which included a strong work ethic and a need to have life “in order.”
Helen loved to sew. There was no way you could count all of her projects. To this day there are hundreds of dishrags and towels in Ciudad Juarez, which she donated to Zion’s youth in a past mission trip.
On November 23, Helen’s family gathered for Christian burial, “back home in Indiana.” We counted the highs and lows in the stories shared in Helen’s ups and downs. We remembered how Christ’s death and resurrection “trumps” (cancels) all that would separate us from God’s love: O Jesu meine Freude. In our baptism into Christ, “God remembers our sin no more” (Jeremiah 31).
Even though she was in assisted care centers in her latter years, Helen discovered a love and peace for life, still playing games with staff, who she counted as friends. We pray Christ’s resurrection peace with her daughter and son in-law, Vicky and Bob Curry, grandchildren Christian and Arica Curry. In these days we especially pray for Arica, who faithfully attended to her grandmother following her parents’ move to Virginia.
When we do count the living of these days, we listen to another word from scripture, in Psalm 90:10.
“The days of our life are seventy years, and perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away … So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.”
Pastor Steve will be out of the office
For Candidacy Committee Mtgs and
Attending RMS Theological Convocation-FT. Collins, CO
Let me Shine Thanksgiving Chapel and Feast begins at 11:3 on Tuesday November 22, 2011. All Welcome.
