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Pastor Kari Bahe

Enter the Bible

Looking for some help with New Year’s Resolutions?  If you have decided to learn more about the Bible or to spend more time getting to know the scriptures, there is a wonderful resource available at enterthebible.org. A wide variety of learning tools await you. It is a local gem that has world-wide reach. Every article, video, and podcast is either written or reviewed by Luther Seminary professors. Unlike some websites the information on Enter the Bible is accurate and as

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Redeemer Center For Life Thanks

Zion continues to reach out and support our Mission Partners in various ways.  For years Zion has been providing quarterly payments to Redeemer Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis and to All Kids Can Learn International (Village of Hope) in Zambia.  Both of these Mission partners along with Mission Jamaica are three global mission partners that we at Zion support.  For the past few years our annual Zion golf outing proceeds have been distributed to these mission partners.  In 2021 the

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Tax Benefits of Donating Stock

“Remember this – you can’t serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money.” – Selwyn Hughes Stock donations have tremendous value for Zion.  In fact, it is almost always better to donate appreciated stock, electronic fund transfers (EFTs), or mutual funds than it is to donate cash. Why?  One simple reason: donating stock to Zion allows you to avoid capital gains tax.  This means church gets the full value of your stock, potentially increasing what otherwise could

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Looking Back on 2021

I’ve had a pretty obvious theme for most of my articles this year – Change. We continue on that theme for this month. But first I would like to update everyone on some of the things that have occurred over the past year. At the December 2019 Congregational Meeting two items were voted on and passed by the Congregation: The purchase of 3 acres for future expansion of our cemetery The capital campaign fund raising drive to update the Sanctuary

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Pastor Kari Bahe

Is Zion a Healthy Congregation?

It’s not so much that we are afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place in between that we fear. It’s like being between two trapezes.  It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer.  There’s nothing to hold on to. ~Marilyn Ferguson, American Futurist Zion has been through a great deal of change, and one might expect to encounter all sorts of ‘unhealth’ because of that.  Zion, however, continues to be a

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