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Zion Lutheran Church Sunbury, Pennsylvania
“Called by faith to share Christ’s Love with all people”
www.zionlutheransunbury.com
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Inside this Issue…
COMING 9/12 -NEW Worship Time 10am
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2nd- 11:00a –Property Committee
6th-LABOR DAY HOLIDAY-
OFFICE and BUILDING CLOSED
10:00am– NEW!!! Sunday Worship Time based on your survey responses!
14th- 6:00p – Congregation Council
19th-10:00a– Confirmation Sunday
20th– Worship & Music Committee
2nd– 9am-2pm Fall Festival-see p 7
7th- 11:00a –Property Committee
11th- COLUMBUS DAY -OFFICE CLOSED
14th- 6:00p- Congregation Council
20th– Worship & Music Meeting
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Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church
15 South 5th Street
PO BOX 605
Sunbury,
Pennsylvania
17801
[email protected] www.zionlutheransunbury.com
570-286-6459
OFFICE HOURS Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri.
9am– 1pm
STAFF
Rev. Richard Fangmann Pastor
Jonathan Moser Director of Music
Donna Deppen Administrative
Assistant
Keith Kurtz Joey Smith
Sextons
COUNCIL
OFFICERS
Linda Everitt
President
Diane Fasold
Vice President
JoEllen Freida
Secretary
Sam Deitrick
Treasurer
Jonathan Moser has
joined the Zion staff
as Director of Music.
Entering his senior year at
Susquehanna U.,
Jonathan anticipates
graduating in 2022 with a bachelor of Arts in
Music. He has been working as Director of
Music in his home congregation, Holy Spirit
Lutheran, Watsontown. Welcome to Zion,
Jonathan!
Fall Festival October 2nd
9am-2pm
United Lutheran Church (Wolf’s Crossroads) Zion will be there selling used books, snacks and
puzzles with proceeds to support local chari-
ties. You can donate books, puzzles or snack
contributions –place on the welcome table in
the nave. If you are available to help on the
2nd or have questions, contact Dolores Geise,
Linda Everitt or Kim Crissinger.
Thank you in advance for your contributions
See you at the Fall Festival!
Congratulations to Dilan Campbell, who attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, the highest rank that can be reached by a Boy Scout.
For his community service requirement, Dilan orga-nized a food drive and delivered food to 35 families
in need. He has served in
the leadership position of quar-
termaster with the Scouts.
Dilan received his award at wor-ship in August.
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October 7
Eileen Fangmann
Adalynn Stewart
October 8
John Angstadt
October 9
Lydia Mace
October 10
Sam Deitrick
October 11
Milah Calderon
Jenna Fisher
Bob Zimmerman
October 12
Brandon Bidelspach
Hilary Cook
October 13
Maxton Mielke
October 14
Dale Jarrett
Natalie Shoch
October 15
Diane Fasold
Sharon Gass
October 16
Talle Troupe
October 17
Kahla Snyder
October 19
Brad Deppen
October 20
Judy Hoover
Kenzie Sands
Todd Snyder
October 22
Lily Pincoskie
October 25
Pastor Rich
October 27
Lenny Deppen
October 28
Cindy Russell
Rick Shoch
October 31
Julia Demchak
September 19
Ronald Gay
Paula Shoch
September 21
John Auten III
Marianne Menapace
September 22
Collins Everitt
September 23
Theron Conrad
September 24
James Fleming
Marianne Weaver
Matthew Williams
September 25
Rori Fisher
September 26
Jesse Moore
Harper Scholl
September 27
Madison Cook
Brian Gheen
Adelyn Henry
September 29
Jackie Burk
David Eichner
September 30
Sarah Witmer
October 2
Kenneth Heim
October 3
Linda Everitt
October 4
Jennifer Campbell
Julie Fetter
October 5
Ann Bidelspach
Barrie Wirth
October 6
Susan E. Kerstetter
September 1
Brady Wolfe
September 3
Bill Beck
Marsha Eichner
September 4
Mary Weaver
September 5
Holly Zimmerman
September 7
Pete Daubert
Emily Engle
Jim Siegfried
September 8
Debra Gottshall
September 9
Bethany Deppen
September 11
Melanie Moore
September 12
Alexandria Heim
Keith Mielke
September 13
Linda Kistner
Robert Reitz
September 16
Stacey Ranck
September 17
TJ Burk
Linsey Fasold
Jordan Kuhns
September 18
Kelly Troupe
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It is hard to believe that the
summer is coming to an end. In the middle of
everything that is going on in our world right
now, time keeps moving forward. Nothing
drove that point home to me more than wor-
ship on July 25th. Thirty-five years of ordained
ministry, twenty-five of which has been spent
right here at Zion. Thank you for recognizing that milestone in our ministry
together, for your kind words and cards, and for the dinner and the gift to
Eileen and me of travel (gift card to Liberty Travel!). It was a wonderful day,
and my two granddaughters were baptized as well! Thank you to so many of
you that worked hard to make all of that happen. You are special people with
a servant’s heart! Maybe most of all, thank you for your grace, understand-
ing, and for your willingness to share your lives with us in the context of
Christ’s love.
We have been through a lot together in twenty-five years,
and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
As we leave the summer behind and move into September, there is a
lot that we don’t know. When will we get control of this pandemic and be
able to lift restrictions that have affected how we do ministry? Will families
return back to worship after being away for so long? What about the choir
and singing? No one can answer these questions right now. The future al-
ways has an element of the unknown about it that can be, well frustrating
and concerning.
Yet hopefully, we have learned something over these last eighteen
months that will help: we care for one another and for our community, we
are more open to new ways of doing things than we thought, and Christ’s
love will continue to guide and empower us as a community and family of
faith. Here is to the next few months of being God’s people in this place.
Peace,
Sunday, September 12th…10:00am NEW Worship Time!
The Church Council, in consultation with the Worship & Music committee has decided to change our worship schedule on Sundays to one service, year-round. Starting Sunday, September 12th, that service will begin at 10:00am. In the near future, our Sunday School/Adult Education program will begin at 9:00am. Thank you to everyone who returned a worship survey. We appreciated and considered your input. Our Wednesday Evening Service will begin October 6th at 6:30pm.
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Day of Service ‘21 10:00am– Worship Serve by bringing the following items to worship thru September 26th
Supporting Our Local Schools– Donate hand sanitizer, box tissues, sanitizing wipes, as well as dry erase markers and glue sticks for classrooms in Shikellamy District Elementary Schools.
School Supplies for Children Worldwide- Collecting 70 sheet notebooks, 30 centimeter rulers, (or rulers with centimeters on one side and inches on the other), hand pencil sharpeners, pairs of safety scissors w/embedded steel blades, 2 ½” erasers. These will be assembled into school kits for Lutheran World Relief.
Seafarers International House -bags for crew members who will be at sea and unable to be with their families at Christ-mas. Following is a list of items we are collecting OR you can pick up a bag and fill it with all these items: Please remove all tags from clothing. Sweatshirt – hooded or unhooded (men’s size M-L-XL ONLY) Three pairs of socks – thermal or gym (no ankle socks) One T-shirt (men’s size M-L-XL ONLY) One Knitted winter cap; no pastels please One can of Nuts Lg. Bar of Chocolate, or Healthy Snack Bar A Holiday of Christmas card from you!
Personal Care Item Collection-Donate body wash, deo-dorant, hand sanitizer, laundry soap, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. to be distributed at The Takery, next held on Sept. 16th-event with Sunbury Together.
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Zion’s Book Club We are meeting at
The Shikellamy State Park Marina on September 8th –
Discussion is on The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah
October 13th – gathering in the PARLOR at 1:30pm
to discuss Spilled Milk by K.L. Randis
The Takery sponsored by Sunbury Together September 16th 4:00-5:30pm
Elijah’s Bowl September 18th 10:00am
