Archive for June, 2011

A big thank you to all who volunteered for Meals on Wheels during June!   You delivered about 650 meals during the month.  You covered 90 routes with about 50 different volunteers (3 per day for 7 days a week).  A wonderful mission to help our neighbors in Buffalo!  See you again in November!

Love INC Big Woods invites you to a fun filled event at Huikko’s Bowling Center on Sunday, July 24, at 12:30pm. Choose 12:30–3pm or 3:30–5:30pm. The cost is $100 for an adult team of 4-5 people, $75 for a family team of 4-5 people including kids, or $25 for individuals, and includes 2 regular games, 1 crazy bowl, [...]

Gloria Vigren died on Thursday, June 23. Funeral service for Gloria Vigren will be held at Zion on Monday, June 27, at 11am. There will be visitation beginning at 10am and luncheon served following the service.

Summer has only just begun … but already it is time to plan for fall. Sunday School Registration information will be posted soon.

Zion’s Social Ministry Committee is looking for a few new members.  The role of our committee is to mobilize our congregation to help people in need in our local community.  We meet once a month to discuss ways we can provide this assistance.  If you have an interest in more information about joining out team, [...]

Harvest of Hands is sponsoring a class on crocheting rugs, taught by Gayle Dramen on Wednesday, July 13, at 7pm, and continuing on Wednesday, July 27. Click here to enlarge photo. There is also always a beading project going on at Harvest of Hands work nights, and you are welcome to bring your own project [...]

Graceland, the Senior High youth group, will not meet through July to give everyone a chance to rest. Graceland will meet August 10 & 24 from 6pm-8pm in the Youth Room. Each night, there will be a meal, worship, games, and/or study. These nights are open to all students who will be in grades 9-12 [...]

Do you have fond memories of childhood church ice cream socials? Have you never yet experienced the delight of spending a warm summer evening with pie and friends and games on the church lawn? This year’s annual ice cream social will be held at the beautiful Marysville Church on Monday, July 25, starting at 5pm. [...]

By Pastor Ted I enjoyed some vacation time during the month of June. I took a weekend off for my daughter’s graduation from high school. I took a few days off to do house projects to get our house ready to sell. We have our first ever Vanderpan Family Reunion the last weekend of June. [...]

Last September a program was started to offer a free breakfast at the Buffalo Community Center which is advertised at the Food Shelf, through Social Workers, at other Government agencies, and at apartment buildings.  Zion took on the first breakfast and we fed about 40 people.  Other local churches and community groups continued to sponsor [...]

For all of the Senior High students attending the Buffeapolis Mission Trip, here is an update of upcoming dates: Saturday, July 23: 4:30pm – 5pm – Packing Party – Youth Room: This will be a time to bring all of your items that you need for the mission trip, health forms/meds and check-in. Sunday July [...]

The Reaching Out Gospel Festival is a collaborative effort between Zion Lutheran in Buffalo and Redeemer Lutheran in Minneapolis bringing together multiple congregations to form a gospel choir which will perform at the Sturges Park bandshell on Sunday, July 17, at 7pm. Gospel music is the core unifying thread and will be presented by this [...]

Women of all ages are invited to one or both of two Summer Bible Study events to be held at Zion for women. These groups will be led by Seminary Student, Jill Davis on Tuesday, July 19, at 9:30am and Thursday, August 18 at 7pm.

By Tom Moline Often I use the stewardship article in the newsletter to quote the Bible in hopes of motivating the people of Zion to give of their precious time, talents or treasures. As I think over the last year I realize that you are the most generous people that I know. Today I’ll just [...]

Members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans are eligible for upcoming discounts including Family Day at the MN Zoo on July 17, Faith & Family night at the MN Lynx on July 29, and Lutheran Night at the Twins on August 22 & 23. Find details at www.Thrivent.com/memberperks.