Golf Outing Fundraiser for Mission Partners

by Steve Peterson, Global Missions Committee

Posted September 2021

Thank–yous To Many

With the great support of our many sponsors and the 53 golfers that participated in this year’s golf outing, we were able to send $5007 to the Redeemer Center for Life (RCFL) Attainable Housing Program. Specifically, our gift will be used to help purchase a large water heater for a 16-unit facility that provides affordable housing for about 22 residents while they transition to financial stability.

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Background on RLC and RCFL

Redeemer Lutheran Church (RLC) is in North Minneapolis and provides not only spiritual leadership but also actively supports the community in many other ways through its RCFL programs. RCFL is a nonprofit committed to youth training, attainable housing, and workforce development in the Harrison neighborhood in North Minneapolis. Their mission is to act as an agent of hope and transformation to preserve a vibrant community.

We had great sponsorship support from Kid’s Haven, Red Pine Realty, Tires Plus, Weber Law Firm, Forget Me Not, River Stone Financial Group & Thrivent. Our local Golf Masters Driving Range, Integriprint, Ryan Motors along with various other businesses and individuals donated all the prizes that were distributed at our event.

When we first advertised for this year’s golf outing we were hoping to raise some funds for two of our Global Mission Partners, the Redeemer Water Heater Project, and the All Kids Call Learn International Village of Hope Chicken Project. Through some donations given before the golf outing, we were able to send $4300 to the Village of Hope Chicken Project. This enabled us to use all of the golf outing raised funds for the RCFL water heater project.

God continues to shine his blessings on the Zion community, allowing us to share his gifts with others through our mission programs and partnerships.

The Golf Outing Committee along with the Global Mission’s Committee thanks all for your wonderful support.

9th Grade Lock-in 2022

From the evening hours of October 7, well into the morning hours of October 8, our awesome Zion ninth graders…

Fall 2022 at Zion!

Our mission is to partner with families for faith formation and connection. We are always looking for ways to connect with you and to be helpful to families as they seek to raise their children in the faith. There is nothing like fall in Minnesota! But, there is also nothing like the busyness that accompanies it. Registrations, new schedules, new routines, new forms to fill out and keep track of, new school supplies to find and purchase, and new anxieties to calm. We started asking: what if the church found a way to curb some of that, instead of participating in it?

We started asking parents: “Would it be helpful if we moved the start of Sunday School and Confirmation to October?” And, overwhelmingly, parents told us that would be AWESOME and helpful. So, Sunday School (both at 8:30 & 10:30 this year!) will begin Sunday, October 2nd, and Confirmation will begin Wednesday, October 5th.

September will be focused on connecting your family to the joy of Sabbath. We hope you will be connecting back to worship if you’ve taken some time away. To help you focus on Sabbath and worship this Fall, the 10:30am outdoor worship service is continuing into September. Children love the chance to dance, run, and worship under the trees, and Zion has the perfect set-up. It is casual, low-key, a little bit shorter, and filled with music. Bring chairs or a blanket and worship outside the first two Sundays in September. Then, be ready for Z-Fest on the 18th! Food trucks! Games! Fun!

Each Sunday in September will have extra special ways of connecting with children & youth in worship (beyond our ever-popular children’s sermon time. Enjoy the breather and grace this new start date will provide and connect with friends old and new at worship this September. After all, God has commanded Sabbath rest, because we need it!

Choirs & Bells Sunday School Confirmation