Times for Fellowship

Blessing of the Golden Couples	On Valentine Sunday, February 12th, we will take time to celebrate and recognize those couples who have celebrated 50 years or more of marriage. As a part of the service, we will take time to recognize them and extend our blessings. We invite ALL couples to bring their wedding photo and we can admire how lovely and handsome everyone was on the blessed day, Look for more details in the coming days.
	The Senior Dining Site has invited Zion to pick one day a month for Zion seniors to come and dine with the group at the site in an effort to help them maintain their services t the community. We are going to dine together the first Wednesday of the month. That will be February 1st. Cost? Suggested for over 60- $3.50-$7.00. Under 60, $7.00. No one over 60 will be denied a meal because they can't pay.
Winter Family Camp at Camp Onomia February 10-12	For the last few years, several Trinity families have gotten together at Camp Onomia for a winter weekend of play in the snow and worship with friends. They would like to invite Zion families to join them—the more, the merrier! This is a wonderful opportunity to support our local camp and spend some quality time together as a family as well. Families arrive Friday evening, get settled into your rooms in the retreat center (bring sleeping bags—camp supplies beds but you will need some bedding as well as towels), and play some games. Saturday meals are provided by the camp cafeteria. Families usually spend some time Saturday morning doing a family devotion, and then they spend the rest of the day playing outside (or curled up by the fire with a book if you prefer). Sunday morning the families will have an informal worship service and then pack up to go home. Even if you can’t make it for the entire weekend, camp staff will adjust the cost for the time you can be there. Any questions, call Chris and Amy Nord, 983-2539, or amynord@frontiernet.net. Please let them know if you plan to attend so they can give Camp staff an idea of how many will be there. Friday, February 10 - Sunday, February 12 Adults, 2 nights, 4 meals, $78 Kids age 4-17, 2 nights, 4 meals, $60
Sunday School Christmas Program	"Prepare for Christmas from Head to Toe" was presented by the children of our Sunday School during the 10:30 service on Sunday, December 11th . See a few photos.
	Zion's Harvest Festival was on Sunday, November 20th. See a few photos of the service and the pot luck. If you didn't turn in your Time and Talents sheet or your financial pledge card, you can bring them to the church office or mail them to Zion, PO Box 205, Milaca MN 56353. And please remember to sign your name to both! If your phone number has changed or if you have gone to a cell phone as your primary phone, please add that info. Thanks!
Advent Festival November 27th	Sunday, November 27th was our annual Advent Festival, an afternoon of fun activities. (see some photos) Young and old, families and singles, everyone enjoyed activities including cookie decorating, Scandinavian baking, stamping cards, Christmas ornaments, Advent candy garland, holiday swag, gingerbread church, and more. The afternoon ended with a stuffed baked potato supper.
New Members	On Sunday the 27^th of November we welcomed new members here at Zion. See photos of our newest members here..
Santa Lucia Luncheon	See a few photos from the Santa Lucia Luncheon on Friday, December 9th. All proceeds will be divided between benevolences supported by the women of Zion.
College Addresses Requested	We want to keep in touch with our college students. If you or someone you know is attending college, please contact the church office with the address information. We want to keep in touch with our young adults!
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Come and Get Yum!	The first Sunday of each month, Zion youth who will be attending the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans next summer will be baking delicious caramel and cinnamon rolls for fellowship hour. Your free-will offering will go toward registration and travel expenses for the trip to New Orleans. You may know we are Christians by our love, but you'll know we are Lutherans by the delicious smells of freshly baked rolls wafting through the church on the first Sunday of the month! Plan on joining us during fellowship for a cup of coffee and a home made roll.
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Flowers for Worship	Consider providing flowers for the Altar at sometime during 2012. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in the entryway.
Hooks & Needles	If you like to knit or crochet, come join us at Hooks & Needles! We meet the first Tuesday of the month from September thru May. On January 3rd, we'll meet at Jan Brown's home - call her (982-2320) for info. There are a number of projects to work on to be of service, plus we have a lot of fun. Call Lee Anderson or Jan Brown. Take a look at what we did the past year! If you have leftover yarn, we'd love to use it up for you!
Men's Meatball Supper	The 2011 Meatball Supper was on Wednesday, September 28th. The men of Zion did a great job led by Randy Hemstad! See a few photos of the supper. The proceeds will be divided as follows: 10% to the General Fund, 30% to the Youth, 30% to hunger (15% to World Hunger and 15% to the Milaca Food Pantry) and 30% to Benevolence/Synod. The meatball supper raised $1,514.25 after expenses. The Silent Auction / Craft & Bake Sale made $587 and the Raffle made $462. Winner of the quilt was Cloe Hendrickson and Linda Ramson won the tablecloth. Thank you to everyone for your efforts.
"Supper’s Ready Already!"	Need a way to make your meal planning and preparing easier?… have you heard of (or tried) services like “Let’s Dish” to help reduce the amount of meal prep time? Are you looking for quick, healthy alternatives to fast food and frozen pizza dinners? If so, let us present you with an opportunity! We are looking for people who are interested in forming a meal-sharing group here at Zion. Ideally each group would have eight people. Each of these folks would bring the ingredients to make the recipe they've been given for eight families. We'd get together once a month and put them together assembly line style and leave with a cooler full of eight different dinner options for our families! Sessions would take approximately 1-2 hours each month. We’d ask that meals serve 6 – that way if smaller families or couples want to participate they can split each meal into two and go home with 16 meals! Recipes will be provided (no cooking will be done at church – any prep work including any pre-cooking ingredients would be done by the person providing the meal). If you are interested, please call the church office at 983-3368 and ask to be placed on the “Supper’s Ready Already” list, or sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex. If you have questions, please call Kari Erickson at 983-2541.
HomeTouch Ministry	Zion's Evangelism Team has begun a new ministry called HomeTouch. A weekly mailing is sent to Zion's members who are homebound or restricted in their ability to get around, The mailing includes a devotional reading and an activity page. If you know of anyone in the congregation who is not already getting the mailing and should, please alert the church office.
Worship Schedule	Sunday School resumed on September 11th - Sunday School is at 9:15 a.m. - and the regular schedule started then as well with worship at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and A nursery is available for kids under 4 at the 10:30 service, but children are very welcome at worship! More about worship.
Home Visits by Pastor Blenkush	Has Pastor Blenkush been invited to your home for a visit? If not, please feel free to give him a call, talk to him in person or fill out the blue communion card. He would love to stop in for a visit!
Coffee and Fellowship on Sunday Mornings	Join us between services Sunday mornings and share coffee and fellowship with old and new friends at Zion. Have a treat and a cup of coffee and a little conversation. Please sign up to serve one Sunday soon. Look for a sign-up sheet on the Infomation Kiosk in the Narthex.
Weekly Bible Studies	Learn and enjoy fellowship at the same time with Daily Discipleship Bible Study on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. More information Check the Learn This Month page for more learning opportunities
WELCA and Circles	Come to WELCA's bi-monthly meetings and be part of a Circle. You can enjoy serving and learning and fellowship all at one time! See the calendar for meeting times. More info about WELCA.