Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church
PO Box 64, (Upper
Skanee Rd), Skanee, MI - 49962
Phone: 906-524-6524
Email: zlcs@up.net
WORSHIP TIMES
Sundays at 9 am and 10:30 am
FELLOWSHIP: Coffee, cake and cookies between
Worship Services at about 10 am every 2nd Sunday (following 9 am
Worship)
MID-WEEK LENT WORSHIP – “The Animals
Tell the Story” at 10:00 am – led by various members of the congregation
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK – Watch Mel Gibson’s
“Passion of Christ” together at 9 am, March 19th
MAUNDY THURSDAY – Worship at 6 pm
followed by Meal in church basement
GOOD FRIDAY – March 21
10 am – Worship at
Zion
7 pm – Ecumenical
Worship at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, L’Anse – Tenebrae Service
EASTER SUNDAY – 8 am on March
23rd. There will only
be one Worship Service on Easter!
Worship will be followed by breakfast for all and an Easter egg hunt for
the children.
NEW MEMBER SUNDAY – We will
receive new members at both Worship Services on March 30th.
There will be coffee
fellowship between services to welcome our new members.
If you are interested in becoming a
member please contact Judy Mattson.
This is also a 5th
Sunday so Joe Majeski and Arline VanBuren will lead our music with our
POLKA SERVICE
PRAYER SERVICE – every 2nd
Wednesdays of the month at 10 am
SUNDAY
CHURCH SCHOOL
10:15 am every
Sunday morning – every one ages 3 thru 6th grade are welcome
YOUTH
CHOIR
Meet following
the 2nd Worship Service at about 11:30 on Sundays: March 9, 16, and 30th. Les Elmblad and Melissa Scroggs
are adults leaders. Youth of all
ages are welcome!
CONFIRMATION
Confirmation is a
2-year program which includes one week of classroom for 2 summers and 2 years of
service to the congregation and community.
UPCOMING
CONFIRMATION RETREATS: March
28-29 These retreats are a
required part of our Confirmation Curriculum; however, any youth Confirmation
age and up are welcome to join us – cost is $30.00 per retreat – contact Judy
WELCA-WOMEN OF THE EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
Meets almost every 2nd
Wednesday at 11 am – Meeting is followed by lunch – all are welcome!
QUILTING GROUP
9am on Thursday mornings –
Everyone Welcome!
CHOIR PRACTICE
Choir practice on
Thursdays at Noon – our Music Director is Lynette Rank
At Zion, we are excited
about the ELCA’s “Book of Faith” initiative and encourage
everyone to read their Bible’s daily and to participate in study. Although we are a small congregation we
hope to make available many learning opportunities for members of the
community. The following are a few
that are presently available.
WELCA
BIBLE STUDIES LED BY ARLINE VANBUREN
2nd Wednesdays
of the month about 12:15 pm following lunch
BIBLE
STUDY (Book of Faith Initiative)
Wednesday
mornings at 9 am on thru February and March 5 and 12 – We are discussing the
Book of Mark using a literary interpretation.
PASSION
OF CHRIST
We will be
viewing Mel Gibson’s Passion of Christ at 9 am on Wednesday March 19th.
BOOK
READING GROUP
Our first group will meet on 6:30 pm at LLM
Judy Mattson’s home on February 27th.
We are reading Anton’s Chekhov’s short stories “The Bishop” and “Uprooted.” Copies of the short stories can be
gotten from Judy or read at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13419/13419-8.txt We will discuss the short stories
when we meet as well as what the group would like to read and discuss/where to
meet in the future at this first gathering.
OTHER
UPCOMING EVENTS (by date)
WORLD
DAY OF PRAYER: March 7 at 1 pm at United Lutheran Church in L’Anse – Ecumenical Worship
MONTHLY
WOMEN’S ECUMENICAL PRAYER BREAKFAST: Watch bulletins and local newspaper for
information – Zion will host the prayer breakfast again on May 31st at
9 am. Bob Lytikainen will do a
presentation on the “Dead Sea Scrolls”
MONTHLY MEN’S ECUMENICAL
PRAYER BREAKFAST: Watch local
newspaper and our bulletins for information.
LINKS
Contact Zion Lutheran: Zion Lutheran
NGLS:
Northern Great Lakes Synod, ELCA
Suomi
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