Sunday, July 5 (and Monday, July 6 at Marysville)
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 6:1-13
Pastor Judy preaching
Sunday, July 12 (and Monday, July 13 at Marysville)
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 6:14-29
Pastor Judy preaching
Sunday, July 19 (and Monday, July 20 at Marysville)
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Pastor Chris preaching
Sunday, July 26 (and Monday, July 27 at Marysville)
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
John 6:1-21
Pastor Judy preaching
Remember, the Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir will be performing at Zion on Wednesday, June 24 at 7:30pm in Zion’s Sanctuary. 
Zion needs to provide housing for students from the Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir after their concert at Zion on June 24.
Hosts need to house at least two students together and students will depart the following morning around 9am. Some students have pet/smoke allergies, so let us know if your home would be suitable for those students.
Contact Sherilyn to volunteer.
Also contact Sherilyn if you can help provide supper for the choir before the concert, or would like to help sponsor the concert.
Monday June 1 at Marysville
‘A Very Merry Unbirthday’
John 7:37-39
Pastor Winzig preaching
Sunday June 7 (and Monday June 8 at Marysville)
The Holy Trinity / First Sunday after Pentecost
John 3:1-17
Pastor Chris Preaching
Sunday June 14 (and Monday June 15 at Marysville)
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 4:26-34
Pastor Chris Preaching
Sunday June 21 (and Monday June 22 at Marysville)
Third Sunday After Pentecost
Mark 4:35-41
Pastor Judy Preaching
Sunday June 28 (and Monday June 29 at Marysville)
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Mark 5:21-43
Pastor Chris Preaching
May 31 is the Feast of Pentecost, celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit to the followers of Jesus. Red is the color of the day as it represents the fire of God’s Spirit. Please remember to wear red to worship next Sunday. Let’s see if we can have a sea of red (or red tones) fill the sanctuary!
The ELCA has some great information about the meaning and use of liturgical colors on their website.
“I love this church. God is here!”
“I found this day of prayer time to be both a powerful and moving experience.”
“Such a blessing. So unifying.”
These are some of the comments made by participants of our recent Zion Day of Prayer. Thanks to all who prayed for our congregation at church, at home or on the road. We wait with enthusiasm as the Holy Spirit responds to and through us. If you were unable to participate, devotional materials are still available at the church or online. God bless us as we continue to seek His guidance.
The Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir is including a concert at Zion in their tour itinerary.
Each year high school students all over the state audition for the 40-65 voice choir. In June, the choir assembles [to] participate in eight days of rehearsal, Bible study and discussion concerning the meaning of the texts they will be singing on the tour.
The concert will be on June 24 at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. A free-will offering will be collected during intermission.
Zion needs to provide supper for the choir before the concert. Zion also needs to provide housing for the choir, including some with pet/smoke allergies. Hosts need to house at least two students. Students will depart the following morning around 9am.
The up-front cost of this concert is not a budgeted item, but could be covered by five individuals or families that would provide sponsorship of $50 (smaller sponsorship amounts are also welcome).
If you can help provide supper, host students, or would like to help sponsor this concert, please contact Sherilyn.
May 3: ‘God: Protector and Provider’
John 10: 11-18
Pastor Hagen preaching
May 10: ‘Bearing Godly Fruit’
John 15: 1-8
Pastor Hagen preaching
May 17: ‘Just How New A Song?”
John 15:9-17
Pastor Winzig preaching
May 24: ‘One and Many’
John 17:20-26
Pastor Mortvedt preaching
May 31 (and Monday, June 1 at Marysville): ‘A Very Merry Unbirthday’
John 7:37-39
Pastor Winzig preaching
Use your talents this summer to provide special music for one of our summer worship services on Sunday mornings. Instrumentalists, pianists, vocalists, groups or solos… you are invited!
Interested in Monday nights at Marysville? There’s a special music spot for you there too!
Contact Sherilyn Burgdorf or Mike Walsh to volunteer.
The Rev. Bob Mortvedt will be recognized on May 24th for 45 years of ordained ministry. He was ordained on May 27, 1965 upon graduation from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.
The congregations he served are:
In retirement he served four congregations as interim pastor, taught seventeen 10-week Bible studies at Zion, and presided at occasional weddings and funerals. Bob’s free time is spent reading about 350 books a year.
Pastor Bob will be preaching at all worship services at Zion on May 24th.
The wRight Ringers Community Handbells and the Wright County Chamber Chorus will be performing a concert at Zion on Sunday, April 19 at 7:30pm.
The Wright County Chamber Chorus is directed by Mike Walsh (you may know him better as the director of Zion’s Senior Choir), and the wRight Ringers are directed by Jill Starr and Sherilyn Burgdorf.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students and are available with a $1 advance purchase discount at Gartner’s Hallmark downtown.
The Brief Order for Healing may be used in a variety of circumstances in the church’s ministry of care. Those who sense the need for God’s healing in any aspect of their lives may receive the gifts of prayer and of the laying on of hands. This sign, first given in baptism, tell us again that we are sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked forever with the cross of Christ, who is health and salvation for the whole world.
In its ministry of healing, the church does not replace the gifts of God that come through the scientific community, nor does it promise a cure. The church offers and celebrates gifts such as these: God’s presence with strength and comfort in time of suffering, God’s promise of wholeness and peace, and God’s love embodied in the community of faith.
Zion’s Maundy Thursday worship services on April 9 at Noon and 6:30pm will include the Brief Order for Healing.
All Holy week and Easter services are listed at http://www.zionbuffalo.org/Easter
April 1: “Justice: Forgiveness Complete”
Romans 3:21-26
Pastor Judy preaching
April 5: Palm Sunday
Mark 14:1 – 15:47 or Mark 15:1-39
Pastor Judy preaching
April 9: Maundy Thursday
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Pastor Chris preaching
April 10: Good Friday
John 18:1-19:42
April 12: Easter Sunday
Luke 24:13-49
Pastor Chris preaching
April 19: Second Sunday of Easter
John 20:19-31
Pastor Judy preaching
April 26: Third Sunday of Easter
Luke 24:36b-48
Pastor Judy preaching
Sherilyn Burgdorf
Not many can say that they have had a piece of music commissioned in their honor! Last fall, Sherilyn Burgdorf received just such a gift from her husband.
Jerusalem, My Happy Home was “Comissioned by Andrew Burdgorf in honor of his wife Sherilyn’s fiftieth birthday and the Handbell Choirs of Zion Lutheran Church and the wRight Ringers Community Handbell Ensemble, Buffalo, Minnesota, Sherilyn Burgdorf, Director” and arranged by Cathy Moklebust.
Andy, along with Sherilyn’s friend Jill Starr, went to great lengths to keep the commissioning of this piece a secret until the big day. One day Andy was on his way to Jill’s home on his bike to pick up one of the drafts when he met Sherilyn on the road . . . So instead of turning onto Jill’s street he kept going and did a loop around the block to avoid suspicion.
Cathy Moklebust writes: Read the rest of this entry »
Musical friends, family members…people who say “I’ve always wanted to try playing bells…” are all invited to join the Family Ring bell choir. The music is manageable to any music reader (Grade 4-adult). If needed, your notes can be circled to make music reading easier. Parents and children are welcome to come together but having another family member in the group is not a necessity.
This group is NOT limited to people already in a bell choir, but all bell folks are welcome!
The National Lutheran Choir, conducted by David Cherwien, is performing J. S. Bach’s monumental Saint Matthew Passion on March 21st, 7:00 pm, at St. Olaf Catholic Church. (215 S. 8th St., Downtown Minneapolis. Free parking is available at the Energy Center Ramp [3rd and 9th Street ]).
This highly dramatic telling of the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew involves a huge cast. The National Lutheran Choir divides to form two choirs, Ensemble Sebastian (a baroque chamber orchestra) divides to form two chamber orchestras. Also participating is the Minnesota Boychoir, Christopher Cock singing the role of Evangelist, Dashon Burton the role of Jesus. They are joined by soloists Susan Palo Cherwien, Susan Druck, Oliver Mercer, and Aaron Larson.
Tickets are available at www.nlca.com, or by calling 612-722-2301.
March 1: First Sunday in Lent
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Pastor Hagen preaching
Wednesday March 4: “The Giving God: Foundation of Forgiveness”
Psalm 85
Pastor Winzig preaching
March 8: Second Sunday in Lent
Mark 8:31-38
Pastor Hagen preaching
Wednesday March 11: “Prying Loose the Log: Forgiving Oneself”
Matthew 7:1-5
Pastor Winzig preaching
March 15: Third Sunday in Lent
John 2:13-22
Pastor Hagen preaching
Wednesday March 18: “Betrayal: Forgiving Judas”
Matthew 26:14-16, 36-49
Pastor Winzig preaching
March 22: Fourth Sunday in Lent
John 3:14-21
Pastor Winzig preaching
Wednesday March 25: “Revenge: Forgoing Forgiveness”
Romans 12:14-21
Pastor Hagen preaching
March 29: Fifth Sunday in Lent
John 12:20-33
Pastor Hagen preaching
Did you know that each first Sunday of the month Zion members visit those who are homebound to bring communion after worship? These visits serve as a way to “carry the worship service” out of Zion‟s doors and into the homes of some of our members who cannot get to church on Sunday mornings. We thank those who have served or continue to serve each month as visitors: Cindy Bonde, Howard Burgdorf, Jill Hanson, Carol Krause, Sam Monson, Carol Nusbaum, Kathy Swanson.
A training session for all who are interested in becoming homebound communion visitors will be held in April. Interested? Call the church office or contact Pastor Judy or Sherilyn Burgdorf.
February 1:Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Mark 1:21-28
Pastor Winzig preaching
February 8: Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Mark 1:29-39
Pastor Hagen preaching
February 15: Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Mark 1:40-45
Pastor Hagen preaching
February 22: Transfiguration of Our Lord
Mark 9:2-9
Pastor Winzig preaching
Wednesday February 25: Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Pastor Hagen preaching
Christmas Eve Worship
Wednesday, December 24 at 3pm, 5pm, and 11pm
The 3pm and 5pm services will include a special time for the children to come forward to see Jesus’ birthday cake up close, and hear a special message. Nursery care provided at both services.
The 11pm service is a candlelight service with Zion Christmas Choir.
Christmas Day Worship
Thursday, December 25 at 10am
Service includes Holy Communion.
PS: Young musicians who are interested in providing special music at any of the services on December 28 should contact Sherilyn in the office for details.
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