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ONLINE GIVING Has a New Look

For those who prefer to make their donations online via. zlcb.org/donate (A.K.A. eservicepayments.com) — a new look is coming on Wednesday November 15, 2023. The final look hasn’t been carved-in-stone yet, but this will give you an idea of what the new design will look like. We wanted everyone to know about this change, in advance, so you know that Zion hasn't been hacked, or that you might have been re-directed to bogus website. As always, make sure you look for the “s” which stands for secure in https://www.eservicepayments.com and for the padlock icon at the beginning of the URL. You can be assured your online banking is 100% safe.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact Mary Lou Rilee,  Financial Secretary.

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Food Bank Sunday - Sunday November 12, 2023

Pantry supplies are running low … your support is greatly appreciated!
The November collection for the Bridgeville Area Food Bank is Sunday, Nov. 12th The “items of the month” are Canned Meats & Proteins. Items may be placed in the wicker receptacle in the narthex near the coat rack.

During the September distribution, more than 100 families were assisted. Thank you for supporting this vital community service!

As the Christmas season approaches, the Food Bank would like to bless the registered children with gifts at the December distribution. Starting November 19, you will have the opportunity to participate in purchasing a gift for a child in need. If you wish to participate, chose an angel gift tag marked with the child’s age from the tree set up in the back of the church. Please use the sign-up sheet to sign next to the number and age recorded on the angel. Then purchase a gift costing around twenty dollars. Return your unwrapped gift with the gift tag attached no later than SUNDAY, DEC 10.

In Christ’s Service, Barb Oechslein, Bridgeville Area Food Bank Rep.

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Bulletin: Sunday November 5, 2023 - All Saints Day

View the bulletin for Sunday, November 5, 2023
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study, and Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

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THIS WEEK AT ZION

Sunday November 5
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

Monday November 6
6:00 p.m. - 1st Year Confirmation
6:30 p.m. - Faith Bell Choir Practice
7:00 p.m. - 2nd Year Confirmation

Tuesday November 7
6:15 p.m. - Grace Bell Choir
7:15 p.m. - Adult Choir

Wednesday November 8
2:00 p.m. - Midweek Worship Service with Communion
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study (30 min.)
(Service streamed on our YouTube channel)

Thursday November 9
7:00 p.m. - Council Meeting
7:00 p.m. - Events Committee Meeting

Friday November 10
No events scheduled

Saturday November 11
No events scheduled

Sunday November 12
FOOD BANK SUNDAY
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m.. - Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
12:00 Noon - Ladies Book Club Potluck (ADDITIONAL DETAILS)
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

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AUDIO: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Wednesday November 1, 2023 - All Saints Day

This recording is from Sunday October 22, 2023 — delayed due to networking issues.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Zion’s webmaster

View the Bulletin for Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Service Time: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m.
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

Visit our YouTube channel — Click the red “subscribe” box, and then click on the “bell” next to that box to receive Live Streaming notifications. You must be logged into YouTube to activate these features.

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Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. And the LORD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.” So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day. Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, none like him for all the signs and the wonders that the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Matthew 21:1-22
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,

“‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

The Creed
What is the first article?
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
What does this mean?
I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them. He also gives me clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals, and all I have. He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. He defends me against all danger and guards and protects me from all evil. All this He does only out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me. For all this it is my duty to thank and praise, serve and obey Him. This is most certainly true.

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