We exist to make disciples of Jesus by proclaiming the Gospel in the power of the Spirit to the glory of God in North Iowa and beyond.
This Week
Monday
Offices Closed. Happy New Year!
Tuesday
9:00 Prayer Group
7:00 Pastor’s Meeting (Fellowship Room)
Wednesday
2:30 7th/8th Confirmation
(Snacks)
5:30 New Life Meal & Program
6:30 Adult Bible Study
7:00 9th Confirmation
7:15 Choir Rehearsal
7:30 Sr. High Youth Group
Thursday
1:30 Women’s Fellowship
Sunday
9:15 Sunday School
10:30 Worship (No Communion)
4:00 Sr. High Youth Group
New Life Ministry
Menu: Pork & Rice, Mixed Vegetables, Peaches, Homemade Rolls, Homemade Cookies, Assorted Beverages
Theme: Sports Party! Wear your favorite team’s shirt, hat, or jersey!
Speaker: Sports Party
Pray
Pray for our Mission of the Month Mission Aviation Fellowship
Ask for comfort for the bereaved and grieving
Praise God for His steadfast love in 2017; supplicate for grace in 2018
News Of Note
You may download the January Newsletter from the Zion website.
There will be no communion on Sunday, having just observed Holy Communion on Christmas Day.
We begin our new sermon series Foundations 2018 in January. Bring a friend!
Our Financial Peace University begins January 14th! Sign up today!
Devotional Resources
Weekly Bible Reading
Romans 1-2, Genesis 1-3, Joshua 1-5, Psalms 1-2, Job 1-2, Isaiah 1-6, Matthew 1-2
Heidelberg Catechism
Lord’s Day 1
Q. #1 What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own,1 but belong—body and soul,in life and in death—2 to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.3 He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,4
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.5 He also watches over me in such a way6 that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven;7 in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.8
Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life9 and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.10
1 1 Cor. 6:19-20
2 Rom. 14:7-9
3 1 Cor. 3:23; Titus 2:14
4 1 Pet. 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7-9; 2:2
5 John 8:34-36; Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:1-11
6 John 6:39-40; 10:27-30; 2 Thess. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:5
7 Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 21:16-18
8 Rom. 8:28
9 Rom. 8:15-16; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 5:5; Eph. 1:13-14
10 Rom. 8:1-17
Q. #2 What must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort?
A. Three things: first, how great my sin and misery are;1 second, how I am set free from all my sins and misery;2 third, how I am to thank God for such deliverance.3
1 Rom. 3:9-10; 1 John 1:10
2 John 17:3; Acts 4:12; 10:43
3 Matt. 5:16; Rom. 6:13; Eph. 5:8-10; 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Pet. 2:9-10
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