Hilltop Headlines
November 27, 2022
Serving this Week
8am:
Organist: Pam Kalmbach
Elders: Roy Capdeville, Jaime Urias
Greeter: Lydia Kelm
Audio: Chad Mathews
Tech Director: Cody Stephens
10:45am:
Elders: Bert Holmstrom
Greeters/Ushers: Chelsea Whittington, Pat Berryman
Parking Lot/Golf Cart: Al Barton
Hilltop Cafe': Yvonne Miller
Communion Assistants: Gary Miller, Zach Preston
Connections Coordinator: Jenny Kinard
Presentation: Savanna Wilmoth
Camera: Chad Winkler
A Return of Our Blessings
Offerings/Electronic Giving:
Home $6,611.; General $9,762.30; Cemetery Fund $15; Annual Fund $750; Major Repairs $500; CHS Scholarship $100; Pam Hight Scholarship $5,214.60; Learning Legacy Endowment $105; Capital Campaign $320; Sunday Attendance: 8am - 95; 10:45am - 266.
10% of General Funds go to the following organizations: TX Dist LCMS, The Caring Place, CHS Round Rock, Water Mission, The Locker, Camp Lone Star, Driving Hope of Texas, Brookwood in Georgetown and Concordia University: $1,084.70
Church Office Closure
From Your Pastors
We wish you and your families a blessed Thanksgiving! As a new church year begins on Sunday with Advent - we invite you beginning on December 1 to read a single chapter from the Gospel of Luke each day. When Christmas morning arrives - you will have read the entire Gospel and you will have been reminded of God's incredible love. You will know even more the reason for Jesus coming to this earth and be blessed to share your salvation story with others!
If any spiritual needs do arise this week, please know that messages left at church will still be checked. Keep us informed on how we can serve you and your family. Call (512.863.3065) or email the church office (church@zionwalburg.org) with what news you have to share. And if you can't be here Sunday, you can always view the messages and worship services archived on our website: www.zionwalburg.org. See you this weekend!
THE LESSONS THIS SUNDAY – Joshua 1:7-9; Colossians 3:15-17; Luke 1:26-38
Pastor Kevin & Pastor Dave
Thanksgiving Eve Service
Voters Election Meeting 12.4.22
Voter’s (Election) Meeting is Sunday, December 4 at 2pm in the Worship Center.Childcare will be provided in the Gym.
Agenda and election slate is in the button below including candidate bio forms. Nominations may still be submitted in writing to Bert Holmstrom - Nomination Committee Chair at bgholmstrom@gmail.com or Josh Hobratsch at joshuahobratsch@live.com. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, December 2, at 2:00pm.
School Band Concert
ALL are invited to the Zion school band concert in the Fellowship Hall at Noon on Sunday, December 11. It will be a very brief concert...15-20 minutes! Light refreshments will be served.
Danke Schön!
The Wurstbarten Committee thanks all the members and guests who helped make the 50th Annual Wurstbraten possible. To God be the glory!
Enjoy Zion’s famous homemade sausage for the holidays! We are selling leftover smoked (raw) sausage in 5 lb (frozen) bags for $35 each. We accept cash or check. Contact the Church Office 512-863-3065.
Women's Monthly Bible Study
The Monthly Bible Study Group will meet on Monday, November 28, at 6:30 p.m. at GRAM Traffic Bldg. for our study. We will do Lesson 4, Day 3,4,5 (Pages 104-117) of Where Love Abides. Hope to see you there.
Upbring Angel Tree
Want to help make Christmas special for children in the foster care system? Adopt an UpBring Angel!
See the display in the worship center lobby for Angel wish lists and instructions.
Gifts are due back by Sunday, December 4. Contact Robin Knippa for questions or for assistance. Call or text 512-869-3832
Offering Envelopes
Parent Meeting
FRUITCAKE & CINNAMON PECAN SALE
Sunday, November 27, is the last day to pick up those delicious Fruitcakes and Cinnamon Pecans at Zion:
1 lb. loaf cake $18.00 1 lb. pkg. Cinnamon pecans $21.00
2 lb. loaf cake $27.00 1 lb. tin Cinnamon pecans $23.00
2 lb. tin cake $29.00
(You will select your items, and then pay the amount due to the cashier.)
For those unable to come in person to purchase something, please contact Peggy Turnipseed at 512-413-1113 and make arrangements to get your order.
Remember, this fundraiser will again assist Zion’s Lutheran Braille Workers’ Mission Center in purchasing supplies to make Books of the Bible. A Thrivent Action Team grant of $250.00 has been received. Your purchase is a blessing to our Braille ministry!!
Mark Walker Funeral Information
2022, 10:00 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Corn Hill (Jarrell address), followed by a
reception and light refreshments.
Memorials may be made to The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Austin or
to ALS Association of Texas.
Cards for Sale
Thanksgiving and Christmas cards are on display at the Card Ministry Cabinet. Also available are Birthday, Friendship, Sympathy, Miss You and many other cards located by the Church Nursery. Boxed cards are $6.00, individual cards are $0.50. Thank you for supporting Zion Evening Circle Lutheran Women’s Missionary League LWML.
Landscape Improvement Fund
The Board of Trustees are beginning the process to provide new landscaping within the asphalt driveways surrounding the Sanctuary/Worship Center (new building) to the South parking lot. The costs are estimated to be around $180,000. Therefore, the Landscape Improvement Fund will be created as a new church dedicated account to help fund these efforts. Please prayerfully consider donating to the Landscape Improvement Fund to help cover these costs to beautify Zion’s campus.
Laundry Love
Zion hosted the community outreach, Laundry Love, on Nov. 8th at Washatopia in Georgetown. This outreach provides the funds and detergent to give the gift of clean clothing to those who come during that evening. 14 wonderful Zion members served at this event. Along with assisting the clients, there was the opportunity to interact with many of them. We served 60 family units and helped them launder over 5,000lbs. of clothing. This outreach is a special time to show love for our community in a practical way. To God be the Glory. Thank you to our congregation and mission board for their support. Interested in volunteering or for more information: Gail Gajewski 440-537-7551
The Lutheran Hour
GIVING TUESDAY
As you give this holiday season, please keep LHM's ongoing ministry in mind.
Since its inception, LHM has been a donor-driven organization. As such, GIVING TUESDAY is an excellent opportunity to make a financial gift to LHM and participate in the work LHM does here in the U.S. and around the world - spreading the Gospel to those who need to know their Savior. To take advantage of this opportunity to help expand our ministry, PLEASE GO TO lhm.org/givingtuesday. Thank you.
ADVENT DEVOTIONS STILL A WINNER!
During Christmas, extra church activities like musical productions, choral programs, and drama re-enactments bring to life the wonder of Christ's birth. LHM makes its Advent devotions, "A Son Is Given" in English, or "Lo imposible es posible" ("The Impossible Is Possible") in Spanish, available to print ahead of the holidays. Available as a FREE PDF, full copies of either Advent version can be printed and given to individuals and families when Advent begins Nov. 27. An excellent resource for personal contemplation and group conversation, each devotion is focused on a Scripture text.
Cordero de Dios from Talca, Chile, had this to say about last year's Advent devotions in Spanish. "I really appreciate the production of this material! It is very useful for the devotional life of our church members and for evangelistic purposes."
Part of what makes Advent devotions an excellent resource for congregations to share is the easy way the Christmas story is conveyed, with warmth and insight. Cindy Korte writes, "I just wanted to pass along to Dr. Vo that I greatly enjoyed her Advent devotions. Her writing is like sitting across from my best friend. It is down-to-earth, conversational, and yet so thought-provoking."
Both English and Spanish versions can be accessed now to download, print, and share with others. Visit lhm.org/advent to download the devotions.
Sermon Schedule
Nov. 27
"Freshly Fallen Snow"
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
Dr. Michael Zeigler talks about fresh snow and fresh starts. (Isaiah 2:1-5)
You can listen to The Lutheran Hour on KLBJ on Sunday mornings at 7 a.m. or online at lutheranhour.org, through a mobile app, and on new media platforms like Spotify, iHeartRadio, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Sirius XM satellite radio.
Pastors: Kevin Hintze and David Kluth
Principal: Thomas Wrege
Church Office Hours: 8-4:00 Monday-Friday
Church Phone: 512-863-3065
School Phone: 512-863-5345 Fax 512-686-5807
6001 FM 1105, Georgetown, TX 7862