VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL MUSIC CAMP 2010

July 26-30, 2010 9:00am to 3:00pm

This year’s theme is “Prayer”

Our camp is open to all children who have completed kindergarten thru sixth grades. Join us for singing skills and games; Orff percussion instruments, drumming, creative movement, bible study, prayer, art, outdoor games, and a service project. We will conclude the week by singing during the Sunday worship at 10:30am on August 1, 2010.

Pick up a brochure at Zion to apply. Don’t delay!

Volunteer sign up sheets are posted outside the church office. Please take a look at needs and see where you can lend a hand; many hands are needed!

Questions may be directed to the church office 801.582.2321

Click link below to download application or visit the church office between 8:30 am and noon

2010-vbs-brochure

Salmon Run

Late Summer dinner and social gathering with incredible food, a melody of flavors of grilled salmon.

OktoberFest

OktoberFest is an annual tradition at Zion. Both adults and children attend this festive meal which includes bratwurst, German potato salad, cabbage salad, baked beans, and a variety of desserts. And of course plenty of beer. We enjoy the opportunity to meet new people and catch up with old friends as there is always a lot of stimulating discussion and fellowship!

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Greater Zion Day (Summer Picnic)

Zion is the first Lutheran Church in the state of Utah, founded on July 18, 1882. On the Sunday closest to this date, the congregation celebrates with special worship followed by an afternoon of fun, games, food and fellowship at Sugarhouse Park.

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Olivia Rose Golf Tournament

Zion’s Olivia Rose Memorial Golf Tournament is traditionally played on the third Saturday in May at the Stansbury Park Golf Course, west of Salt Lake City.  Designed to benefit the Let Me Shine Christian Playschool and Preschool at Zion, the tournament uses a scramble format that enables male and female golfers at all ages to play on a four-person team and have a fun experience.

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Weekend Camping Trip

On a summer weekend, members and guests of Zion camp out at one of the many camping areas in the mountains within an hour or so from the Salt Lake Valley.  This is a very unstructured activity.  It includes a potluck dinner in Saturday evening and a church service on Sunday morning.

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Habitat for Humanity

Zion members participate in the construction of homes for poor families through habitat for Humanity during designated spring and summer workdays.  Typically three such workdays are scheduled each year, often in conjunction with other Lutheran churches.

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Progressive Dinners

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Wine and Cheese Party

As the Christmas holidays draw near, members of Zion spend an adult evening of enjoying each other’s company and sharing favorite holiday hors d’oeuvre’s, wine, and conversation. This is a great way to make new friends and renew old acquaintances.

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The Christian Seder Meal

This is an inspirational inter-generational event at Zion during Lent. The table settings are elegant, and the program and music makes for an elaborate teaching experience, especially for the children, intended to call us to our identity as the People of God. The focal point is a communal meal, called the Seder (which means “order,” because of the fixed order of service), which is a time of rejoicing and celebration at the deliverance for the Hebrews that God accomplished in the Exodus. By using all of the senses, the Passover Seder tells the story of God’s grace in history and calls the participants to experience and share in the story as their own story.

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Yoga

Good for the mind, good for the body, good for psychological well being.  All are welcome to join our group of men and women for an hour or so of the gentle physical activity and meditation of (mainly) Hatha Yoga.  We have sufficent mats.   Wear loose, comfortable clothing- no belts, zippers or buttons.  We meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 am until approximately 10:30 am.   

Ladies’ Night Out

Ladies get together for a night on the town, shopping, dining, a little spa indulging, a movie, scenic hike, or whatever they fancy.  Ladies meet once a month- new places every time

Friday Family Fun Nights

Get together with other families and have some… well.. Fun!  Family friendly activities scheduled on certain Fridays include a Halloween party, February spaghetti dinner, December graham cracker house building and other events like sledding, Bees Baseball family night and more.

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Men’s and Coed Softball Teams

Zion fields a men’s softball team and a coed softball team that play weekly games from April to August.

July 6-9, 2010

SUNDAY, JULY 18th IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 10:30am WORSHIP Sugarhouse Park, Lake Terrace Pavilion, 2100S 1300E—Everyone is invited; bring friends, family, Vacation Bible School families and neighbors. Sign up sheet is posted in the Narthex. Bring a dish of your choice, write it on the sign-up sheet. We will also need some volunteers to help with a variety of things, e.g. setting up & taking down/cleaning up & cooking. Please sign up today. Turkey steaks and hot dogs will be provided along with cold drinks & chips. There will be prizes for kid’s games and Bingo. This will be a fun afternoon for everyone. Stay all long as you like and have a good time. 

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

 Confirmation, better stated, “Affirmation of Baptism” is all about promises. The promise begins with God, who promises to claim us as beloved daughters and sons through baptismal waters and the Word. Around the baptismal font, parents responded, “I do” when asked: “Do you promise to help your child grow in Christian faith and life?” On the day of confirmation, Confirmands will be asked to continue in the covenant (the promise) God made with you in Holy Baptism. PROMISE SUNDAY, August 29th—Save the date. We will explore these promises as we walk through this year’s confirmation ministry program. 

The Book of Faith is an initiative of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It invites the whole church to become more fluent in the first language of faith, the language of Scripture, in order that we might live into our calling as a people renewed, enlivened, empowered and sent by the Word.

Dennis and Alyce Gross returned from the Rocky Mt. Synod Assembly with some bookmarks that explore

“Four Ways to Approach the Bible.” Denny challenges us to randomly select any chapter of the Bible, to read it and answer the questions which follow. “Anybody can do it,” he says, “and you will learn something about the writing which you did not know before.”

Four Ways to Approach the Bible

Devotional Reading:

What scares, confuses, or challenges me in this text?

What delights me in this text?

What stories or memories does this text stir in me?

What is God up to in this text?

Historical Reading:

Who wrote this passage?

Why was this text written?

Where was this text written, and what do we know about that part of the ancient world?

When was this text written and what do we know about that time in history?

Literary Reading:

What is the plot?

Who are the characters?

What is the theme of this passage?

What is the setting for this passage?

Lutheran Theological Reading:

In what ways does this text point to or lead us to Christ?

Can other passages in the Bible help us understand or interpret this passage?

What is the plain meaning of this text?

Is the interpretation we are commending accessible to everyone?