July 9th* 9-4pm * Elitches All Youth Event

July 23rd, 5-7p.m. - Zion Summerfest at Winona Pool

July 30th—31st  *
  Confirmation Cumulative   Retreat 
  (for all students being confirmed in Fall 2010)

Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries
Christina Kirkpatrick- (with her family)

Elitches All Youth Event
Friday, July 9th,
9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Get ready for thrills and spills and mind splitting adventure!  Elitches is a great place to be in the summer and we are taking you there!  Bring $13 and youth group will pay the rest of your admission.  Bring a sack lunch  along or $ for lunch and party the day away.  Friends are always welcome!  We will leave from the church at 9am and will return at 6pm.  If you would like to attend Six Flags with us, the coolest youth group this side of the Mississippi,  sign up on the sign up sheet no later than July 1st or call the church office by that date (303)666-4655. 

Zion's Summerfest 2010!
Friday, July 23rd
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Winona Pool

The Family Ministry Team would like to invite the entire congregation to Zion's Summerfest 2010!  We will be gathering at the Winona pool on Friday, July 23rd for fellowship, ice cream, games and water fun.  We would like EVERYONE in our congregation to come.... with friends, neighbors, grandparents, grandkids etc. and enjoy an evening filled with good friends bonded together by faith.  The event gets under way at 5:00 p.m. and will end around 7:00 p.m.  Come for a little while or for the whole time... just come!  The event is free for all Zion members and their guests and includes all the ingredients for delicious ice cream Sundays.  Please bring a bag lunch.  Swimming is optional but if you want to "splash around", bring your suit and a towel.  We will see you there! 

 

Confirmation Culminating Retreat 
(for 3rd year students)
Friday, July 30 -31st

This retreat is the opportunity for all of the final year students to work together on summarizing their faith statements and looking ahead at their future participation at Zion and in the community.  More information to come from Pastor Joel. 

 

CAMP SONSHINE is opening in Fall of 2010 and all of you are invited to bask in the light of the SON with us!

 Zion’s Sunday School Program (for K through 5th grade) is changing its name and its approach and we are excited to invite you to come on this learning adventure with us!  We are changing to a “rotation model” approach to Sunday School where we use multi-sensory learning stations to teach children Bible stories in 4 or 5 week blocks.  CAMP SONSHINE will include a music station, a science station, a cooking station, an art station, a movie station and even a drama and storytelling station!  Led by their “Camp Counselors” children will experience Bible stories in exciting ways.  Each station will have two “Wilderness Guides” who will teach them a new angle to the story every week.  After the rotation concludes, the kids will know that story like a key on a trail map!

We are going to need lots of help to make this change by August!   We are confident that God is guiding us and that the people of Zion will support us in any way they can.  In the newsletter you will find a Sunday School Registration Form for your children, grandchildren, neighbors and friends as well as a volunteer section for any Zion members or visitors to mark that they are willing to help.  We are hoping that this change will move us forward in our goal to be a church dedicated to Youth and Family Ministry and are excited to have as many members involved as possible.  We are looking forward to hiking through the wilderness of God’s love at CAMP SONSHINE, where scripture blazes a trail to our Savior… Jesus Christ.  Please join us in this
adventure!

Christina Kirkpatrick & The Christian Education Team