News updates are now included in the main Zion website at ZionBuffalo.org
Sympathy to the Family of Ruby Soholt
July 30, 2011 — AngelaRuby Soholt passed on Thursday, July 28.
The funeral will be at Zion on Tuesday, August 2 at 11am. There will be visitation on Monday, August, 1 at Peterson Chapel from 4-8pm.
New Look for Zion’s Website
July 26, 2011 — Angela
During August Zion’s website is getting a facelift as well as some functional improvements including a much-requested better search function.
For a few days during the transition, both sites might be operating, and some links might not function as expected.
When the transition is complete, the new site will be available at the existing home address, www.ZionBuffalo.org.
Supper Teams Forming
July 26, 2011 — AngelaWednesday Suppers will resume on September 14.
Contact Sherilyn Burgdorf in the church office, or Cindy Bonde if you are willing to help with this great outreach to Zion families and community members.
Volunteers prep, serve, and clean up meals once every 6 weeks. Meals are served in a 6 week rotation giving each team the benefit of cooking the same meal each time they serve.
You’ll benefit by meeting other Zion members that will become new friends and you’ll also help many families and youth by providing a great “home-cooked” meal on busy Wednesday evenings.
Planning for Homecoming
July 26, 2011 — AngelaHomecoming Sunday, September 11, is the first opportunity to be a part of Zion’s very active Children’s team during this program year. Help will be needed with food, games, registrations and many other activities on this fun-filled day. Contact Holly or Roxie to volunteer for this exciting event or to help with planning and preparation in August.
Room
July 25, 2011 — Angela
The Zion Book Club selection for November is Room by Emma Donoghue. The group will meet on Monday, November 14, at 7pm in the Library.
In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way–he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue’s Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time.
Wonder Girl
July 25, 2011 — Angela
The Zion Book Club selection for October is Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Don Van Natta Jr. The group will meet on Monday, October 10, at 7pm in the Library.
This is the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete. Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics. Then Babe attempted to conquer golf. One of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history. At the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. Babe would then take her most daring step of all: go public and try to win again with the hope of inspiring the world.
