Weekly News from Zion and our Ministries Under the Cross, especially Evergreen Academy

November 9, 2022

Curing vs. Healing

This Sunday, we are returning to a monthly opportunity to receive prayer and anointing for healing, as we have done in the past.

The only noticeable difference is that we are integrating these moments into the worship service, rather than asking only those interested to remain after worship. Those who wish to receive anointing with oil will do so by moving to the designated space (off-camera) after receiving the bread and wine at communion.

As we re-introduce this element into our worship, I invite you to consider the difference between curing and healing. A cure addresses an acute problem and almost always a physical illness. Healing is a pursuit of wholeness – body, mind, and spirit. Sometimes, people are cured but not healed; and, in other cases, people are healed but not cured.

Jesus' ministry was a healing ministry because he invited people to live into the transformative experience of having their body, mind, and spirit restored.

We all need to be healed from something. Whatever you are carrying in your body, mind, and spirit – an illness, grief, financial worry, loneliness, etc. or those of a loved one – come and place it into God's hands and receive the words of healing, God's anointing to "make whole that which is broken."

See you in worship!

Cantor Kurt R. Schmidt

PS – As with all of our worship services, everyone is welcome to participate. Please invite anyone you know who would benefit from being present for this monthly opportunity.

Saintly Living Cheat Sheet

If you missed Sunday's All Saints worship service or joined us online, you may have missed Pastor Cathy's sermon handout on Luke 6:20-31, a text that includes both Luke's version of The Beatitudes and the Golden Rule.

To download/view the "Saintly Living Cheat Sheet," click on the picture.

Benefit Concert for the West Coast of FL at St. Stephen's, Pompano Beach

On Sunday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m., a combined choir, made up of singers from the various churches in our area, will present a concert, “And the waters receded” to benefit those on the West Coast of Florida impacted by Hurricane Ian.  The donations collected will be sent to those in need through the American Red Cross.   

The concert will take place at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, 2500 NE 14th Street Causeway, Pompano Beach, FL. Singers participating in the choir will rehearse Thursday night, November 10th at 7:00 p.m. at St. Stephen's Church.

Stay tuned to Facebook, Instagram, and our website for the most current information about this concert as it relates to this week's storm.

Third Tuesday in November

Tuesday, November 15th at Noon

Seaside Subs

1645 SE 3rd Court

Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

(Seaside Subs is located in the Cove Shopping Plaza, east of Federal Highway off of Hillsboro Boulevard.)

Don't make lunch 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!

Opportunities to Serve Joyfully & Give Selflessly

January is just around the corner, and we need to be ready to go!

The walls have been painted. The new tile floor is just about finished. We are preparing to purchase the furnishings for Nina's Place.

We have received $1,627 so far from contributions directly to Zion and those made through our Facebook giving campaign. Please continue to share the opportunity to give with family, friends, and any businesses you know who believe in addressing food insecurity at the local level.

To visit Nina's Place on our website, click here. Especially as we approach the holidays, thank you for spreading the word and for your generosity!

This Sunday: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

The end is near. There is no doubt about it. The warnings are dire. The tone of today’s texts is ominous. But the baptized know how to live in the meantime. The baptized are strengthened for the living of these days in word and sacrament. The baptized rally around the invitation of the apostle: “Do not be weary in doing what is right. 

Readings

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 

Luke 21:5-19 

Worship Leadership

Greeter: Drew Shimkus

Reader: Drew Shimkus

Coffee Fellowship: Drew Shimkus

• Two AA Groups meet weekly in Katie Luther Chapel: Women's AA (Mondays at 7:00 p.m.) and Old Timers AA (Saturdays at 7:00 p.m.).
• To claim a special date for altar flowers on a Sunday morning, contact Cantor Kurt Schmidt. The cost of the arrangements is $40 and you may take the flowers home after Sunday morning worship.
• Advent devotional materials for home/work are available in the narthex (gathering space).

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.