Zion Church Ministry

Music Ministry 


Zion Church is one of the few churches in Madison that has a pipe organ. Click on the play button to listen to the sounds of Zion.



His Eye Is On The Sparrow


 
Yes, YOU! C'mon Along!

We're having so much fun in our choir and handbells, we want to share it with more people. The time commitment is minimal, the expectations are low, and the fun level is really HIGH!
Come on! Join us!
Every Sunday at 8:30 am in the Choir Room (downstairs across from the Fellowship Hall).


Ministry Opportunities

 
Please let the office know if you would like to serve Jesus as: Usher (helping people find seats), Greeter (hand out bulletins at the front door of worship space), Acolyte (light candles and help with communion), Reader (reads the lesson for the day), Lay Liturgist (helps with leading worship and prayers), Communion Assistant (helps distribute communion), Altar Care (makes sure the worship space is tidy, water plants, and make sure everything is set for Sunday worship), Front Door Greeters (stand by the doors to open them and welcome people to Zion) and Prayer Petitioners (specifically ask people: "How Can I pray for you today?")

If you are drawn to any of these opportunities, or more than one, please don't wait to be asked. Instead, take the step of faith and come forward to say "I want to minister."



 
Zion Quilters

An LWR quilt is special! It brings warmth on a cold night, shelter from the sun on a hot day. It becomes a bed, a room divider, a backpack to carry belongings, and at times even a home.

Each quilt is one of a kind, with a beauty all its own, made as a gift of hope by caring people.

HELP WANTED AND NEEDED!!!

COMPENSATION: Conversation, fellowship and a sense of accomplishment!
HOURS: As available!
SKILLS: Ability to tie a knot!
ALL AGES WELCOME AND NEEDED!
QUILTING for Lutheran World Relief. We need YOUR help!
WHEN: TBA

Questions? Need a ride? Call Lois Roth 244-2759 or Jill Siegler 877-7570

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

This year more quilts than ever were sent by Zion Lutheran World Relief to be distributed in the USA and abroad as well as with the disaster relief teams to Mobile Alabama, thanks to those who: pieced quilt tops - tied quilts - added bindings - purchased fabric and thread - donated $$$$ - donated fabric - donated batting.

Many thanks to each and everyone who helped in so many ways!!!



 
In Our Prayers


As brothers and sisters in Christ we are called to "Pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank God for what God has done." Please keep these people in your prayers.

Those in need of care and healing:
Pr. Niederloh, M. Salter, P.T. Huung, C. Cass, M. Schultz, M. Schultz, K. Timpel, E. Sedgwick, Pr. Koa, D. Knopf, J. Salter, T. Thong, K. Williams, M. Nam, S. Marks, P. McClure, M. Cass-Gundlach

Those serving in the military:
S.F. Justus, J. Justus, J. Hahn, J. Soros, L. McClure, A. Smith, S.J. Smith

 



  Church Council:
left to right: Ron Brockman, Glenn Christians, De Nelson, Pat Siegler, Becky Rogers & Tom Jones  

 
 


Personal Essentials Pantry

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these friends of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12

“Pantry” – humdrum kitchen annex or rich treasurehouse?

Blame it on my mother, who’s an incorrigible word freak – even her 6th grade classes knew that if they wanted to avoid a snap quiz, all they had to do was ask her about where a word came from. Or blame it on my own inveterate searching through footnotes and marginalia – if there’s a cross-reference somewhere, I’m the one to go off after it.

In any event, I’ve been mulling over Matthew 14 – the Gospel passage appointed by the Revised Common Lectionary for this past July 27 – for some time now, thinking about storehouses and treasure houses and pantries. It’s the last verse that’s had me pondering:

[Jesus] said to them, "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old." (Mt. 13.52, NIV)

Our program here is, after all, a pantry – which is, when you think about it, just another word for “storeroom.” But what treasures do we possibly bring out here? We’re dealing with the mundane, the decidedly unglamorous, the stuff that nobody really devotes much energy or attention to (glitzy ads of housewives spiritually and emotionally renewed by their new cleaning solution don’t really reflect any reality I’ve ever come across). What treasures are apt to come about from the toilet paper, the laundry soap, the dish soap, the shampoo?

And yet…. If you’re a devotee of the Food Channel, you’ve met any number of chefs who casually bring forth one ingredient after another from their pantries while chatting about the ingredients they make a point of keeping on hand – fresh, canned, frozen, dried, whatever form they recommend, keep these ingredients on hand, they say, and you’ll be able to produce wonderful meals at the drop of a hat.

We’ve gotten accustomed, these days, to working with prepackaged meals, ready-made dinners, pop-in-the-microwave entrees. We’ve forgotten, many of us, what great variety is possible when we have a few basic ingredients on hand: Eggs, a handful of dried herbs, and perhaps a dash of dried parmesan? One omelet on its way; or perhaps a soufflé. Dried onions, dried mushrooms, a little bit of butter, a handful of pasta, and some chicken stock? A hearty noodle dish that could almost stand on its own. Baking powder, flour, a pinch of salt, some milk, a little shortening? Baking powder biscuits will be up in 30 minutes, tops; and if you’ve got some old, dried cheese around to throw in, they’ll be a gourmet delight!

The pantry of cleaning supplies isn’t quite so mouth-watering, but it’s obviously a great asset in letting us make good use of our pantry of foodstuffs. Clean pans are a whole lot better to cook in; and being able to wash the flour-caked apron or the gravy stained shirt the baby wiped her mouth on, let alone our dress shirt that she used as an extra napkin, is wonderful. Being able to smell the wonderful aroma of garlic or parmesan cheese rather than 3-day-old stale perspiration is also pretty wonderful. It may not be glamorous, but it’s kinda nice.

As I was pondering, though, thinking about this idea of pantry as storeroom as treasure-room, it struck me that we have another pantry to keep well stocked – the pantry of our own spiritual practices. The habits we build – of prayer, of praise, of community, of friendship – are also basic ingredients that we can combine to bring out very rich treasures indeed. The habit of thinking of those around us – family members, friends, colleagues, fellow bus riders, strangers in the street – as people who deserve our courtesy and respect is incredibly valuable in making the world a nicer place to live in. The practice of reusing what we can, and recycling what we can’t, does a great deal to help keep the environment intact. The habit of buying according to what we need instead of what someone else tells us we should want has incredible benefits not only for our own budgets but for our economy, which needs a much more stable basis of need and demand than we’ve been giving it lately.

Pantries of whatever type may seem a very mundane and non-glamorous idea – but they can also yield treasures beyond our wildest imagination.

What are you stocking your pantries with?

If you need this service
The Personal Essentials Pantry (English)
The Personal Essentials Pantry (Spanish)
If you're interested in helping:
About the Personal Essentials Pantry (English)

The Personal Essentials Pantry is supported in part by contributions from:
- Zion Church ELCA and its members
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation

Pantry Hours:
Sundays,
11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Thursdays,
11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
and 4:45-6:45 p.m.


 
Zion Food Cart
Have a heart for the cart -- Please help fill the food cart with nonperishable food. The need for food is constant.