December 2019 Sunday Worship: 8:00am and

10:30am

Burmese Worship at 10:30am

Zion Lutheran Church

925 5th Avenue

Rockford, Illinois 61104

Phone: (815) 964-4609

www.zionrockford.com

zionrockford@gmail.com

Pastor Mike’s Corner 2

Pastoral Intern Perrie 3

WOW 4

Zion Literacy 5

Zion This & That 6

WOZ Christmas Brunch /

Joy Card/

Christmas Eve Worship Leader

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Church Calendar 8

Sunday Worship leaders 9

Holocaust Trip

Civil Rights Trip

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Leadership Team /

Church Finance /

Prayer Corner

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Sunday, December 1 at 8:00 and 10:30am

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Sunday, December 8, Worship Service at 8:00 & 10:30

Service of prayers and candles

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Monday, December 9

White Elephant Gi@ Exchange, Lunch (you purchase)

Stockholm Inn, 11:30 a.m.

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Sunday, December 15 at 7:40 & 10:05 a.m. pracBce

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Sunday, December 15th

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PracBce, Saturday, December 21, 9am to Noon in Choir Room

Cantata on Sunday, December 22 at 10:30 a.m. worship

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December 22 - Noon in Fellowship Hall - Bring a dish to pass

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December 24 - 4:00 and 11:00 p.m.

Candlelight & Communion Christmas Eve Worship

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December 29 - 9:15 a.m. Christmas Worship

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January 5 - 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Christmas Worship

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PASTOR’S CORNER

A��� � C�������� We will gather in the month of December to

celebrate the presence of Christ in the

world, church and in our daily lives. There

will be many ways to remember that God is

present in our world and daily lives during

the season of Advent and Christmas

C���&���� C�������� December 3-5: Korv making at Zion for

the RALM fundraiser

December 5: KaBes Cup ConversaBon on

Icons of the Season with Father Bannon

December 5: Salem Lutheran Church

Christmas Dinner at 6:30pm

December 7th - Julmarknad (Yule-

Market) at Our Savior’s from 9-1pm

December 6: Lucia Concert at First

Lutheran Church at 7pm

December 14: Cars & Coffee: Winter Fun

(Teddy Bear Drive for the Winnebago

County Sheriff office)

December 14: KaBe’s Cup Train Show

from 9am—4pm

December 29: Christmas Sunday

Worship at 9:15am

January 5: Second Sunday of Christmas

Worship at 8:00am and 10:30am

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We give God thanks and praise for the

service of Kathy Hand. She has served as the

Youth Coordinator since 2015, a@er taking a

few years off from that role. I am grateful for

her service to the youth of our church and

community. She will conBnue to be a

blessing to our church community as she will

lead the partnership ministry with the

Sepuka Parish of the Tanzania Lutheran

Church.

Peace, Pastor Thomas

“Flight To Egypt” Inspired by Matthew 2:13

Dedicated to the refugee in all of us

by Michael E. Thomas © 2019

“Get up and take the child to Egypt…”

The angels visited Mary and Joseph

Good news of a child born to them

Emmanuel will bring peace to people

In a violent Roman world

Foreigners followed a star to Jerusalem

Herod lied to them about helping

Wanting to kill the child who bears witness

Against him and his violent schemes

The Magi brought their gifts to Bethlehem

Warned in a dream to avoid Herod

They found a new route home

Avoiding the capital and Herod’s temper

The angels told Mary and Joseph to leave

Herod’s angry tweets were heard

They left Bethlehem before the slaughter

To Egypt they fled to a safer place

Children and parents are on the run

Burma, Central America, Syria and Africa

Running away from violence

Living as refugees in many new lands

Children longing for safety

Infants carried away by parents

Fleeing with hopes of survival

Longing to grow up

Like Moses and Tubman God did send

Waiting for Herod’s tirade to end

Joseph and Mary walking each mile

On the run to the Nile

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PASTORAL INTERN

“Where Are All the Children?”

A few weeks ago, I walked over to Patriots to make a visit just to see what this

place was all about. I had been to the Patriots Banquet a few weeks prior and

one of the highlights of the evening for me was seeing the kids from Patriots get

up on stage and recite the Patriots Pledge followed by an “AMEN!” I had also

begun to know many of the kids from Patriots as so many join us at Zion for the

W.O.W. program.

I walked into the building and was immediately greeted by Janice Forrest, cradling a phone on her

ear and a child with a “tummy ache” on her lap, she warmly welcomed me, told me to make

myself at home and take a look around. As I walked down the hall, a liOle boy and girl at the end

of the hallway said “Hey, we know you! We know you from the church!”

And then this happened…..

I said “yes, how are you?!” And they said; “I am blessed!”

(What? Did they really just say that?)

It just so happened that the week prior at W.O.W., Pastor Mike had taught the kids that WE ARE

ALL BLESSED! When someone asks you how you are, you can say “fine” or “ok” or…. you can

respond by saying “I AM BLESSED!” And there it was, playing back to me like music to my ears,

something that stuck from W.O.W. the week before.

There is a part of us, those of us who are old enough to remember when the church sanctuary was

standing room only and our Sunday school classrooms were filled to the brim, that grieves for

those good old days. I hear the senBmental lament, “where are the children?” and I understand

it.

But maybe the Holy Spirit is up to something new at Zion. Maybe our ‘Sunday school’ of years

past is now – ‘Wednesday night School’…. or as we call it W.O.W – Worship On Wednesdays.

SomeBmes in order to be true to the call of the Spirit in ministry, we have to look past the

confines of our memory and be open to something that looks and feels a liOle different.

In the last month, Pastor Mike has trusted me with our ‘Wednesday night school’ WOW program

facilitaBon. What a joy! Our special dinner prayers that we sing, learning about Jesus’ love for us,

spinning around and dancing with the kids to worship music, and finally, creaBng our closing

prayer circle and opening the floor for one of our kids to pray, is extraordinary. Once again, the

Spirit is alive at Zion! Come join us and see what happens at ‘Wednesday night School’!

Peace, Pastoral Intern, Perrie Dralle

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WOWWOWWOWWOW WOW, the holiday season is upon us and the children at WOW are

so excited knowing that the holiday season is here. They know that they

will have a good thanksgiving meal and they know that Santa is coming.

They know that I’m asking them what they are grateful for and if they

have been naughty or nice. It’s so nice to see the kids liOle eyes light up

when I ask them if they are naughty or nice. They put this big smile on

their face and say I’m nice.

We had a thanksgiving meal where Pastor Mike and Intern Perrie

blessed the food. There were so many families that came to eat with their

child/children. It’s nice to see family siVng together with other families and fellowshipping with

each other. The kids were amazing being the host and hostess for their family and friends at the

tables. Ron Simmons did an amazing job with the cornbread dressing, the menu was mashed po-

tatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, dinner rolls,

cakes, pies, sweet potatoes, water, milk and coffee. The meal was outstanding. I want to thank

everyone who cooked and volunteered their Bme so the children at WOW could have an awe-

some thanksgiving meal from the WOW program. The volunteers did a great job with seVng

up the tables and cleaning the kitchen a@er dinner was done. A@er dinner the 4th-5th graders

did a puppet show. It was a hit! The families were so happy to see the kids doing something posi-

Bve and learning how to read the bible and to make a play from the Bible that will help them in

life. The skit was about the Ten Commandments. What a famous way to get the kids to read and

especially, reading the Bible and to have the children read in general. One Commandment really

stuck with the kids it was #5: Honor your mother and father. Hopefully we can have the WOW

puppet kids to rehearse for another play in February. TBD, I will keep everyone informed if the

WOW puppet kids are puVng on another skit.

WOW, Christmas party will be at Patriot’s Gateway Center December 18th

, 4-6pm, dinner

will start 4:15pm. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will come at 5:30pm. I am asking for gi@s. The WOW pro-

gram is in need of toys, socks, blankets, any other gi@s or donaBons for the kids at WOW will be

much appreciated. Please do not wrap any gi@s. To drop off the gi@s please put by the WOW

office door that is located by the nursery or you can bring to Patriot’s Gateway Center. Also I’m

asking for help with food dishes for the WOW Christmas dinner (any kind of pasta casseroles, any

kind of salads, dinner rolls, baked beans, green bean casseroles, sweet potatoes, potatoes sal-

ads, fruit salads, buOer, spoons, napkins, paper plates, cakes, pies and cookies). The dinner will

start at 4:15pm, but if you bring a dish can you please bring any food dishes at 3 pm please. That

is when we are seVng up the cafeteria for the meal. Please come help serve, meet and greet, set

-up and clean up. There is always a place where you can help out for the dinner. The WOW pro-

gram is blessed to have a congregaBon that supports the WOW program so that a child/children

can come to the house of the Lord to learn how to say “We are Blessed”, and to know that they

are a child of God.

Janice Forrest

WOW Coordinator

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ZZZZIONIONIONION LLLLITERACYITERACYITERACYITERACY Reading to Children at Christmas

In the dark days a@er Thanksgiving, before the holiday season is in full swing, Sally Kern drags out a

big box filled not with holiday decoraBons — those will come later — but with books.

Sally and Stephen Kern read to their kids preOy much every night, but the books in this box are

special, reserved for this Bme of year only. They are filled with stories, mostly about Christmas, but also

about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the winter solsBce. "I think it's wonderful to have books as a centering

acBvity this Bme of year, because everything does get ratcheted up," says Sally Kern. "Even before

Thanksgiving, the Christmas pummel starts. And so this is something that is very grounding for them and

for us."

As a child, Sally Kern wanted to be an illustrator, and now she chooses her books with the eye of an

arBst. Intricate detailed pictures with an old-fashioned look appeal to her. As the family picks through

the pile, they look for their favorites, the ones they remember from last year. Sally Kern pulls her son

Larkin's favorite book from the pile and hands it to her husband. She may be the collector, but her

husband is the reader. He seOles onto the couch with 7-year-old Larkin to read Jan BreO's Who's That

Knocking on Christmas Eve?, which the family refers to as "the snausage book."

Garret, 10, listens by the fire. Though he can read many of these books himself (two of his favorites

are North Country Christmas and An Orange for Frankie), he sBll likes to be read to. "When I'm listening

to them, I get more out of it, because I listen to stuff that I don't noBce when I am just skimming

through the pages," he says. But some parents feel self-conscious when they read aloud, says Judy

Freeman, the author of a guide to read-aloud books called Books Kids Will Sit S8ll For. Freeman says

they should get over their inhibiBons.

"Your kids don't know the difference. They just want to be warm, and they want to hear your voice,

and they associate the words with you," she says. "It turns them into readers. If you want your kids to

read, you have to read to them." Reading aloud to kids is a good idea no maOer what Bme of year, says

Freeman, but the holidays can be an incenBve to get started. "When you start a family tradiBon by

reading the same books every year ... it's just fun. It's warm. It makes you say, 'Oh, it's that Bme of year

again, let's do this,' " Freeman says. As the years go by, the Kerns have discovered that the annual ritual

spawns their own stories, which are now becoming part of family legend. Last year, says Sally Kern,

Stephen teared up when he was reading Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck. ("It's nice to

have Sally remind me of these things," he jokes.)

Stephen Kern seems almost surprised at how deeply this tradiBon has taken hold in his family. He

says they don't really think about it, it's just something they do — and the more the Kerns do it, the

more it becomes something they can't do without.

"I like it that we really don't bring these books out unBl a@er Thanksgiving, and they really do go away

again," he says. "And it's hard to put them away, because as you can see, we have a lot of them, and we

don't get through them all. But I think it sort of is part of the looking forward to taking them out again

and rediscovering them, and maybe adding a new one."

Sally Kern looks forward to the Bme when the kids will be old enough for bigger books, like A

Christmas Carol, which she remembers reading with her grandfather and her mother. And there is one

book the Kerns read every year without fail: "We read The Night Before Christmas, the night before

Christmas. And someBmes that's at home, and someBmes it's in a rusBc lodge in West Virginia, beside

the frozen river," she says. But this year, on this night, the Kerns get a sneak preview of the big event, as

Stephen Kern picks up the book his wife's parents gave her as a present many years ago and begins to

read:

"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house ..."

SubmiOed by Wayne Spitzer, Literacy Coordinator.

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S���� G� �% B�&�� S��� � ������� T� �&�� M��: R��% �- � M���� I�����; & # � &�&��

���� &� A�� S��%� . - Nearly 1 out of every 5 adults in the US experiences a mental health issue each

year, according to the NaBonal Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Despite the prevalence of mental health

issues, sBgma and a variety of other barriers conBnue to block people from receiving the care they need.

Author, Amy Simpson is the daughter of a mother who suffered from mental illness. The book and coordi-

naBng bible study is designed to help us explore mental illness and what we as a church can do to help. It

will also help clear up common myths and begin to put the sBgma of mental illness in the past. Join the

small group bible study beginning in January as we tackle this issue, our own experiences and what the bible

has to say about how we respond as a community called to share the grace of Christ with all. See Pastoral

Intern Perrie for details.

S1���� K �� S����-� - If you would like to order Swedish Korv Sausage (Tabor recipe), please call or email

Rockford Area Lutheran Ministries at 815.962.4279 or ralmmail@aol.com. If you would like to volunteer to

make the Korv, they are looking for people to help make it at Zion on December 3, 4, & 5. Contact RALM to

help.

A��2 S���� - Amazon users sign up for Amazon Smile. For every purchase you make Zion gets a 0.5%

donaBon from Amazon Smile FoundaBon. Yes, even if you pay with an Amazon.com gi@ cerBficate (4%). Sign

up today! Please direct any quesBons to the office.

T������ - Through Thrivent Choice®, enrolled organizaBons can receive funding to help support their

important work. The program allows you to make online personal donaBons and we will cover the

processing fees so 100% of your donaBon goes to the organizaBon you care about. And, if eligible, you can

direct Thrivent Choice Dollars® to further amplify the impact.

K����’� C�% W��#�- C��& - Do you enjoy walking? Ruth Larson is leading a KaBe’s Cup Walking Club on

Saturday at 9:15am. Feel free to talk to Ruth or KaBe’s Cup for more informaBon.

L #�- � � M� � 3 � ��� C� ��� � S%����� M���� V ������� N���—Men's Chorus will be

singing at both the 8:00 & 10:30 services on December15. Rehearsals will be at 7:30 in the Choir Room, &

10:00 around the piano in the Nave. All men are welcome to sing! Also, Bob Leonhardt is looking for

volunteers for special music at the 4:00 P.M. Christmas Eve Service. Also, anyone wishing to do special

music on the December 29 "Lessons & Carols" talk to Bob.

M�� T��#�! - As I step down from Youth Ministry, I feel that God has called me to another area of

ministry. I will be working with Pastor Mike, and the Synod to keep our Companionship with Tanzania and

India strong, and vibrant. I feel that keeping communicaBon open and working with the Synod and Diocese

will build new interest and knowledge among our community.

I wish to thank Pastor Thomas and the congregaBon for all the support throughout my years of Youth

Ministry. I look back, with great joy, knowing how many families we have worked with, and youth and

children that conBnue to be a part of this congregaBon.

I wish to thank the parents who have been a part of fundraisers, dinners, and parBes, and driving the youth

to different acBviBes in the community. I have built wonderful friendships with families, and look forward to

the years to come, as we grow in faith and nurture each other.

Many Thanks, Kathy Hand

ZION THIS & THAT

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WOZ CHRISTMAS BRUNCH

Women of Zion (WOZ)

Merry Christmas Brunch Come join us on Monday, December 9, at 11:30 am at the

Stockholm Inn. Join us for a fun-filled lunch (on your own).

Bring a White Elephant gi@ to exchange (a white elephant is

something you no longer need, want, or use) for a liOle fun.

Please let Karen Kermgard, know if you plan to aOend call

815/398-4460. Join us for fellowship and fun!

JOY CARD TRIVIA Christmas Blessings to everyone at Zion

We have contributed to the Christmas Joy Fund in lieu

of sending Christmas cards to our friends of Zion. This money

will be given to needy children, families, and forgoOen senior

ciBzens. May you all have a Joyous New Year.

These are the words in our Joy Card. This card was made by

Ina Miller, her husband Ken, and her mother Hjerdis Gustafson

in 1972. (cover is shown). This year the monies collected will

be used to offset the expenses for Patriots Gateway Center's

Holiday party. Last year over 200 aOended. The Joy Fund is

a great way to spread cheer of the Christmas Season. Place

your financial contribuBon in the gi@ box in the Narthex

beginning November 24. -Thank you, The Missions Team

Acolytes Altar Guild Assisting

Minister

Communion

Assistants

Greeters

Kathy Hand Pastoral Intern

Perrie Dralle

Reader

Jane

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Sound

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Jeff

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Jeff

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CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP LEADERS Sunday, December 24, 4:00 PM Worship Service

Sunday, December 24, 11:00 PM Worship Service

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10 MULTICULTURAL EVENT We have two trips planned in 2020. These trips are part of the mosaic and diversity iniBaBve within our

church. They also include our intergeneraBon “Courageous ConversaBons Discussions.” The trips are a

part of “Around the Table” which is our monthly interacBon/discussion group which acBvely confronts

our differences seeking resoluBon and understanding. All are welcome!

February 15, 2020. The Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois. Contact the office to register, $20 per

person. This trip is recommended for those people 8+ years old and registraBon is now open.

June 8 - June 12, 2020. Cross-cultural IntergeneraBonal Civil Rights Trip to Birmingham, Selma, and

Montgomery, Alabama. Details and RegistraBon will be available December 6th.

11

LEADERSHIP TEAM CongregaBon of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Our Ministers - All the People of Zion

Senior Pastor

Michael Thomas; zionrockfordpastor@gmail.com

Pastoral Intern

Perrie Dralle; internperrie@gmail.com

Custodian

Viktor Jelnov; zionrockford@gmail.com

Financial Secretary

Arnie Swenson; swenas12@gmail.com

Assistant Financial Secretary

Jeff Carlson: jeff.carlson@comcast.net

Office Manager

Jolyn Hess; zionrockford@gmail.com

Music Ministry Coordinator

Jodi Beach; jodibeach3@gmail.com

Organist

Robert Leonhardt; hzbob@yahoo.com

Literacy Coordinator

Wayne Spitzer; spitzer001@comcast.com

Wedding Coordinator

Kathy Hand; katahand3@gmail.com

WOW Coordinator

Janice Forrest; juju1959@gmail.com

Worship Media

Kurt Brown; zionrockford@gmail.com

CCCCOUNCILOUNCILOUNCILOUNCIL MMMMEMBERSEMBERSEMBERSEMBERS Michael Beert, Charles Dahlberg, Torgny Hallin, Troy Hering,

Linda Reinhardt, Ruth Larson, Jane Lightcap, Judy Lindstrom,

Charmaine Logwood, Ron Simmons, James Rasch,

Pastor Michael Thomas and Nancy Warden

2019 Church Council Officers

President: Michael Beert

Vice-President: Jane Lightcap

Treasurer: James Rasch

Secretary: Judy Lindstrom

Pastor: Michael E. Thomas

CHURCH BUDGET

PRAYER CORNER

WE ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR:

The ELCA, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, Bishop Jeffrey

Clements, Pastor Thomas, Pastoral Intern Perrie Dralle,

the Zion Church Council, Pastor Caleb Uk of the Burmese

congregaBon; the Zion Staff, Zion Outreach Board, Staff

and Programs of Patriots’ Gateway Center and Zion

Development CorporaBon.

Pastor Selvakumar and Arcot Lutheran Church in India and

Sepuka/Msisi Church in Tanzania.

For the Northern Illinois Synod; North Conference

churches; Midtown Lutheran Parish, faculty and students

of Rockford Lutheran Schools, Rockford Area Lutheran

Ministries.

For the families and friends of those who have passed

away: Bert Nyman, Louis Agnew, Irene Bredholm, Doris

O’Conner, Alice Lindsay and Ryan Sabee.

For healing: Stephanie Aitken, Kathy Ayers, Pam Bitner,

Moysha Brown, Mark Calacci, JoAn Carlson, Roger Carlson,

Yolanda Churchill, Chrishunda Holman-Davis, Tricia Fedie,

Jean Fischer, Gary Fulkerson, Kevin Giardini, Sonja Hardt,

Deanna Hartenberg, Bob Henry, Gary Johnson, Carrie

LeGault, Andy Lindstrom, Pastor Jane McChesney, Vanda

Nielsen, Pastor Amy Nyman, Jessie Tolodxi, and Marsha

Wurtlin.

If you have a prayer request or a prayer of

thanksgiving to share,

please noBfy Pastor Mike or Judy Lindstrom.

The prayer room is upstairs to the le@ of the sanctuary

and is available during office hours

and on Sunday before and a@er worship services.

Prayer MeeBng at Zion

January 8 at 9:00 AM

In the Prayer Room

SOCIAL MEDIA www.zionrockford.com

Like us on www.facebook.com

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Ddodlnda 11, 2019

To submit an arBcle, please bring a hardcopy to the church office or

email to zionrockford@gmail.com.

INCOME ACTUAL BUDGET

$537,816.25 $300,788.34

EXPENSES ACTUAL BUDGET

$422,848.53 $330,185.99

Church Finance Through October 2019

(deficit) $114,967.72 -$29,397.65

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