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

February 14, 2024

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who made our 65th Anniversary & Homecoming Celebration special by being present and celebrating with the Zion community!

We had a surprise appearance from Deerfield Beach Commissioner Todd Drosky at our Friday evening gathering, we celebrated across the Cove Shopping Center with alumni from all decades and former teachers on Saturday, and we welcomed our Bishop Pedro Suarez and his wife, Deacon Aura Suarez, for a day of celebrating confirmations, our anniversary, and rededication of our church sanctuary and pipe organ.

A photo gallery of pictures has been shared to our website, and will make its way to social media soon. In the meantime, we look forward to what God has in store for us in the next 65 years of mission and ministry!

Join Us for Ash Wednesday Worship

Today at 7:00 p.m.

It may be a coincidence that Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day are on the same day, but God's love for us is anything but a coincidence. On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of prayer and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth.

Alleluia Banners with Evergreen Academy

During the week after our Sundae Sunday and decorating Alleluia Banners as a church community, Gail Schmidt brought the activity to our VPK class at Evergreen Academy. Thank you to Gail and our Pre-K students for creating such wonderful Alleluia Banners. We can't wait to see them on Easter!

Opportunities to Serve Joyfully & Give Selflessly

Wednesdays in Lent

February 21 & 28

March 6, 13, & 20

in Katie Luther Chapel

Dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Conversation at 6:00 p.m.

Prayer at 7:30 p.m.

In partnership with Deerfield Beach Community Cares, we are hosting a series of classes on food and money for our Nina’s Place families. The first three weeks will cover food-related topics, be facilitated by Feeding South Florida, and be offered in English, Spanish, and Creole. The last two classes will cover budgeting and credit and be facilitated by First Horizon Bank.

Let’s demonstrate our Zion spirit of hospitality. We will help serve dinner, eat and learn with our neighbors, and end the evening with prayer. Holden Evening Prayer will also be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.

(To download the worship bulletin, click here.)

Spare Change & Soup Continues

Through the end of February, you are invited to bring your spare change for a "noisy offering" and cans of soup to worship on Sunday mornings. The spare change will go toward buying additional shelf-stable items for our friends at Nina's Place.

Sunday Worship Leadership

Nina's Place Prayer Teams

If you find signing up online a challenge, please reach out to Cantor Kurt Schmidt and he will reserve your spot in the online sign up.

Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

First Sunday in Lent

On Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead us to focus on five covenants God makes in the Hebrew Scriptures and to use them as lenses through which to view baptism. God saved Noah’s family in the flood the same way God saves us through the water of baptism.

Sunday's bulletin can be found on the homepage of our website.

Discipleship Resources

Prayers of the People on Sunday Mornings

All names submitted online (click here) by Saturday at noon will be added to Sunday's prayers of the people. In order to keep our prayer list current, all names must be resubmitted each week if you desire continued prayers.

Harmonies of Heritage

Week 3: Gospel/Civil Rights

To honor Black History Month in the ELCA Florida-Bahamas Synod, the Just Love Team presents “Harmonies of Heritage: Music’s Journey Through Black Church History.” Each week in February, we will present a genre of music that impacted the heart and soul of America. Below, you will find a written history of that genre and videos with music representing it.

To read or download, click on the written history above.

"We Shall Overcome"

"Blessed Assurance"

Cantor Kurt R. Schmidt

954-421-3146, option 2 (Church)

954-913-2125 (Cell)

kschmidt@zion-lutheran.org

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.