The
Rainforest Adventure Vacation Bible School (July
7-11) needs lots of teachers and helpers! Staff
training will be held on Thursday, May 29th at 7pm
in the Fellowship Hall. Please contact Intern
Elizabeth to volunteer. Thank you!
Vacation Bible
School is coming July 7-11
Swing
into a Rainforest Adventure and join us for a
tree-top Bible blast! Kids in grades K-6 are invited
and adults are encouraged to consider leadership.
VBS will run July 7-11, 9am-12pm. There will be an
informational meeting for adults interested in
helping on Sunday, April 27, at 3:30 in the Library.
Please contact Intern Elizabeth with questions.
This Week's
Events
Zion’s
rich Swedish heritage began back in 1883 when a group of
146 people from First Lutheran Church decided that the
Swedish population was growing so much that a new church
needed to be organized “in order to better meet the
needs of the people”. These immigrants met in the
basement of the Swedish Methodist Church to establish
this new place of worship which came to be known as Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rockford. These are our
roots... where we began. And we have continued over the
past 125 years to change “in order to better meet the
needs of the people”. One of the biggest decisions that
the people of Zion made was to stay here in this
original neighborhood rather than move to property once
owned in the northeast side of Rockford. Our ministry
over the years has changed to reflect that decision and
we are, indeed, “A Caring Church for a Changing
Community”. He has led; we have followed.
We will be celebrating this wonderful walk with Christ
throughout all of 2008, our anniversary year. So mark
you calendars now with the following activities for the
year.
Lucia Fest
December 15, 2007
Trivia/Silent
Auction/ Supper
February 16, 2008
Taste of Zion
May 17, 2008
Church Picnic/Corn
Boil/Golf
August 9, 2008
Anniversary Worship
Service
August 10, 2008
Homecoming Banquet
October 12, 2008
Mailing Address:
Zion Lutheran
Church
925 Fifth Avenue
Rockford, Illinois 61104
Phone: 815-964-4609 Fax: 815-964-4652
E-Mail:zion@zionrockford.com
Zion’s
rich Swedish heritage began back in 1883 when a group of
146 people from First Lutheran Church decided that the
Swedish population was growing so much that a new church
needed to be organized “in order to better meet the
needs of the people”. These immigrants met in the
basement of the Swedish Methodist Church to establish
this new place of worship which came to be known as Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rockford. These are our
roots... where we began. And we have continued over the
past 125 years to change “in order to better meet the
needs of the people”. One of the biggest decisions that
the people of Zion made was to stay here in this
original neighborhood rather than move to property once
owned in the northeast side of Rockford. Our ministry
over the years has changed to reflect that decision and
we are, indeed, “A Caring Church for a Changing
Community”. He has led; we have followed.
Rockford Area Lutheran Ministries