Weekly News from Zion and our Ministries Under the Cross: Evergreen Academy & Nina's Place

October 4, 2023

Nina's Place is Growing & We Need Your Help!

We are now serving 130-150 households each week at Nina's Place and offering so many necessary services for the community (mobile healthcare, insurance options, hearing tests, and more).

One of the benefits of being past our introductory 90-day period with Feeding South Florida is the store partnership program that allows a partner agency (like DBCC/Nina's Place) to pick up daily from an assigned Publix store. These items are fresh and frozen stock that cannot be sent to the Feeding South Florida warehouse for allocation simply because these items will not "keep."

Our daily pickups over the last few weeks have resulted in hundreds of pounds of meat and other items, but we are currently limited in what we can take. Deerfield Beach Community Cares wants to purchase a van and staff an individual to do this important daily work to add significantly to our weekly inventory. If you would like to contribute toward the purchase of a reliable van, please click here and select "Nina's Place" as the fund.

Thank you for doing what you can to help grow this important ministry and meet the needs of our neighbors and our community!

Opportunities to "Just Show Up"

First Friday in October

Friday, October 6, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Cove Brewery & Won-Toms

1500 SE 3rd Court

Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

The Cove Brewery is one of the newest hot spots in Deerfield Beach. Won-Toms, their neighbor, offers food that can be ordered from the brewery – but, the word is, you can bring in food from anywhere. Join us for this fun experience!

Don't make dinner plans and come as you are! We enjoy delicious food and one another's fellowship. We each pay our own way, but everyone is invited to the table — friends, family members, and neighbors!

A Special "Tough Conversation" Coming Up

On October 10th, DBCC is welcoming Kamaya Chapman, a television and social media personality and grief coach, to inspire our young people (and friends of all ages).

Dinner is included and will be a special Taco Tuesday, beginning at 5:00 p.m. After the keynote speaker, two DBCC Board Members will facilitate a panel of local mental health providers to answer your questions.

To register, please visit the DBCC website and click on "Register for Upcoming Events."

Special Congregational Meeting: Sunday, October 15th

Immediately following worship on Sunday, October 15th, we will convene a Special Congregational Meeting for the sole purpose of approving the most recent version of our Church Constitution, as authorized by the synod.

Our Confirmation students have been meeting to discuss what it means to be a Christian and how to articulate our beliefs in today's society. Part of this formation process is learning why we are "Zion Lutheran Church," and what makes being Lutheran a unique expression of Christianity.

You are invited to join them to watch the movie "Luther" and discuss the man who inspired our tradition. He wasn't well liked, he almost never kept his mouth shut, and he definitely said things that we wish we could take back on his behalf. If this sounds intriguing, plan to be there on the evening of Friday, October 27th!

Opportunities to Serve Joyfully & Give Selflessly

Sunday at 11:00 a.m. – In Person & Online

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Second Sunday Healing Service

In Sunday's gospel reading, Jesus tells a vineyard parable, which serves as an image of Israel, the prophets’ mission, and Christ’s death. For Christians, the vineyard also speaks of God’s love poured out in the blood of Christ, given to us for the forgiveness of sin. Grafted onto Christ the vine at baptism, we are nourished with wine and bread so that we may share Christ’s sufferings and know the power of his resurrection.

If you are interested in adding to our worship by ringing chimes or playing percussion instruments, you are invited to come on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. to spend a few minutes with our Cantors and learn your part. It really is that easy!

Zion is a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) community, and extends God's radical welcome to all people, because we're all created in God's image.