Hilltop Headlines

8:00am:

Elders: Chad Mathews, Gordon Pittsford

Organist: Kyle Borcherding

Choir & Handbells: Michael Teinert

Golf Cart Driver: Dayton Simmons

Donut Pickup: Marianne Baum

Greeters: Caitlin Fuller, Lydia Kelm

Ushers: Kirk Kemnitz, Griffin Fuller

Offering Assistants: Dave Rowland, Mark Breckenridge

Hilltop Cafe: Carole Ann Foster, Sona Holmstrom

Audio: Chad Mathews

Presentation: Brenda Schroeder

Connections Coordinator: Josh Hobratsch

10:45am:

Elders: Gary Miller, Rick Andersen

Greeters: Domenica Lewter

Hilltop Cafe: Nathan & Kelly Smith

Greeter/Usher: Randa Toungate

Golf Cart Driver: Darrell Heald

Camera: Kera Hasten & Sherlicia Patrick

Presentation: Jen Jordan

AV Tech Director: Cody Stephens

Offerings/Electronic Giving for this week:

Operating Fund $30,932.33; Missions $410; Capital Improvements $295; Learning Legacy Endowment $200; VBS $100.30; Hilltoppers $150; Pam Hight Scholarship Fund $800; School Annual Fund $88; Cemetery Fund $19.23; Field House $500; Camp Zion $500; Capital Campaign $425.39

Attendance: April 6: 8:00am - 185; 10:45am - 452; Midweek Lent April 9 - 56

Zion donates $6,667 to these approved charities every month: TX District LCMS, CHS Round Rock, Water Mission, Camp Lone Star, Brookwood in Georgetown, Faith in Action, Rev. John H. Kieschnick Endowment, The Songwriter Initiative of the Center for Worship Leadership

Dear Zion family –

Holy Week is here, and we have a slate of services designed to help us commemorate and celebrate all Jesus has done for us. Please join us for worship this week! You’ll be blessed when you do. Here’s what’s in store:

• April 17: Maundy Thursday worship with Communion at 6:30 pm in the sanctuary.

• April 18: Good Friday Tenebrae worship at 6:30 pm in the worship center.

• April 19: Easter Saturday kids’ service at 10 am in the worship center, followed by an egg hunt in the field and Bomb Pops as a special treat! An Easter Vigil service will also be held at 6:30 pm in the worship center.

• April 20: Easter sunrise worship with Communion at 6:30 am in the Garden of Praise and Easter worship at 8 am in the sanctuary and 10:45 am in the worship center. An Easter breakfast will be served all morning long in the lobby as a fundraiser for our youth.

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, when we’ll celebrate Jesus’ humble ride into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey. We’ll wave palms in worship and we’ll look at the story of Palm Sunday, found in Mark 11:1-11:

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of His disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’” They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, He sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

The people in Jerusalem in Palm Sunday were excited – not because of Jesus Himself, but because of the expectations they had for Jesus – that He would solve their national and political crisis by dispensing with their Roman colonizers. But when He didn’t, many turned on Him. How do we react when the expectations we have for God are dashed? God’s plans are greater than our expectations! Find out more this weekend in worship. We worship at 8 am in our beautiful historic sanctuary, at 10:45 am in our wonderful worship center, or online at zionwalburg.org.

Your pastors love you!

– Pastor Zach, Pastor Kevin & Pastor Kyle

Have you ever closed your Bible and thought “what did I just read?” Starting January 12, we will partner with The Bible Recap to read through the Old Testament. The Bible Recap is a chronological reading plan with a daily podcast that highlights and summarizes the Bible in an easy-to-understand way. It will not only help you read scripture but help you love reading it. Click the button below for the reading plan or paper copies are available in the Lobby and Narthex.

Thursday, April 17 - Maundy Thursday Worship 6:30pm with Communion in the Sanctuary

Friday, April 18 - Good Friday Worship 6:30pm in the Worship Center

Saturday, April 19 -

10:00am Kid's Easter Service & Egg Hunt

6:30pm Easter Vigil in the Worship Center

Sunday, April 20 - Easter Sunday

6:30am Sunrise Service with Communion in the Garden of Praise

7:30-10:45am Youth Breakfast Fundraiser in the Lobby

8:00am Easter Worship in the Sanctuary

10:45am Easter Worship in the Worship Center

Eighteen Zion 8th graders were confirmed in their faith on Sunday, April 6.

Congratulations!

Kasey Elise Bachman

Lani Madison Birkhead

Bryce Lawrence Boram

Austin Scott Bothof

Kyra Alexandria Cavalier

Avery Jade Heiner

Zakary David Houser

Megan Marie Kennedy

Landon Michael Knabe

Emily Claire Knippa

Case Duane Mayberry

Easton Robert Pate

Gregorio "Greg" Quezada III

Ivy Grace Rochner

Carleigh Faith Roznovak

Vincent Balaji Singh

Adelynne Morgen Tlapak

Annabelle Lucille Winkler

The Nominating Committee is looking for candidates to fill openings for various board positions. If you are interested in serving or know someone who is, please contact the chair of the Nominating Committee, Troy Johnson, or the Church Office at 512-863-3065 or church@zionwalburg.org by Sunday, April 6.

Ladies are invited to come Monday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. to Zion’s Parlor to assemble Easter bags for Zion’s homebound members followed by a meeting. We look forward to seeing you then. Zion Evening Circle Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML). Contact is Rosanne Capdeville, 512-943-9357.

If you are interested in joining the Belize Mission trip 7/26 - 8/3, contact Jennifer Jordan at 512-635-1006. A $150 deposit is due by 4/13 in addition to completing a Zion Mission application. We have a couple of spaces still available.

Zion members have the opportunity to partner again in mission with ACTS Leander and ACTS Lakeway this summer to Costa Rica. The dates of this mission endeavor have been set for June 14-21, 2025. The mission teams will support both Genesis Foundation and Comunidad Genesis in the Alajuelita area through various care and rehabilitation ministries, food deliveries, worship gatherings, construction projects for the neighborhood care center and the local school in the community. If you are interested in joining, please speak with Pastor Kevin through the month of April. There is funding available to receive some assistance from the Mission Board for this trip. Blessings! Zion Mission Board

Ladies, our next book club gathering is Friday, May 9, from 11-1. We meet in the Zion parlor. The great thing about this book club is that you can come when you are able or find the book interesting and want to share thoughts. You don’t have to attend every month. Each month is a new book.
Our May book is “ West With Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge. This novel is based on an historical event and is a favorite recommendation from other clubs.
Contact Deborah Albers at 512-527-4858 for more information.

Thank you so much to the Zion congregation for your help in raising funds for our Senior High Youth! We are still short around $10,000 because we have over 30 high schoolers going to the Youth Gathering in New Orleans this summer. If you would like to support us, click the link below to help fund our trip and change the lives of these youth for Christ!

https://zionwalburg.churchcenter.com/giving/to/sr-youth-funds

Easter and confirmation cards are available along with Thinking of You, Graduation and other greeting cards at the Card Ministry area by the Santuary. Single cards are $.50, boxed cards are $6.00. Thank you from Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Evening Circle.

If you’d like to help decorate the sanctuary for our 8 am services with some stunning flower arrangements, here’s your chance! To purchase flowers for the altar, you can pick your date by signing up here, or by calling the church office. Then you may:

-Call Laura at White Orchid Floral at 254-350-9240 and tell her what you’d like. She’ll take care of the rest – including the delivery! All you have to do is donate the fee of $92 for the two arrangements. OR

-You may also purchase flowers from anywhere you'd like and place them on the altar for a Sunday.

The flowers can be in honor of or in memory of your favorite person or for any special occassion!

Carlene Schultz would be happy to assist in any way. You may reach her at (713) 542-6216 or cls12363@yahoo.com.

Zion’s fieldhouse project is underway! We are preparing to raze the old garage down the hill so we can break ground and begin building our new fieldhouse that will help expand our athletics program and offer a place for concessions when we host games. This project is thanks to some generous donors who love our school. You can donate, too! If you’d like to support the fieldhouse project, you can write a check to Zion with “Fieldhouse” in the memo portion, or you can give electronically by clicking the button code below.

Mark your calendars. Registration is now open for the 2025 Spring Faith and Film series at Film Alley Theater on the first Sundays of the month. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Click the buttons below for more info or to sign up today!

Camp Zion would like to extend the opportunity for business members/members of Zion Lutheran Church to help support us by sponsoring a field trip for CAMP ZION this summer. Field trips are just one of the many memorable things that we do at Camp Zion but also the most expensive. We ask that you prayerfully consider contributing to this special cause. Below is a list of each field trip and the cost based on 40 to 50 campers or a set fee for some events. You may present your gift in a check made out to Zion Church and write Camp Zion in the memo and drop it in the collection basket at church or give online using this link: https://zionwalburg.churchcenter.com/giving/to/camp-zion . We thank you for supporting us in our endeavor to grow and connect with our youth while helping them develop self-confidence and build character in a nurturing Christian environment.

WEEK 1: June 4 / Mel’s Bowling

$360 for 40 campers @ 8.99

WEEK 2: June 13 / On-Campus Foam Cannon

$420 for 1.5 Hours of Entertainment

WEEK 4: July 3 / On Campus Movie & Pizza Party

$200 for 50 campers @ 4.00

WEEK 5: July 9 / Slash Shack

$700 for 45 campers @ 15.00 + $25.00 for Outside Food Fee

WEEK 6: July 17 / On-Campus Obstacle Course & Hot Dog Roast

$450 for 1 Obstacle Course

$100 for Hotdogs, Chips, Drinks & the Fixings

We are looking for kid-friendly individuals who desire to make an impact by volunteering their time this summer. If you love to hang out and inspire young children, we have an exciting opportunity for you! If cooking hot dogs on a grill is your talent, we would love to have you for our Hot Dog Roast on July 17th. Summer camp is a total of six weeks (SESSION ONE is June 2-20 & SESSION TWO is June 30-July 18). All applicants must pass a background check. For more information, please contact Rhonda Schwertner @ Rhonda.schwertner@zionwalburg.org

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Thank you for your many faithful prayers, cards, calls, hugs and food during Joy's treatment. We are rejoicing that she is now an inpatient at a physical therapy facility in Georgetown. We are so grateful to the Lord for each of you. Our journey is ongoing, filled with faith, hope and love. We cherish each and every prayer.

In Christ alone, Joy and Dan Cowan

The Mission Trip to Kenya with For Just 1 was an amazing trip. Sharing God's love was such a blessing and rewarding experience. The Kenyans accepted us with open arms and blessed us with their excitement and welcoming smiles. God is good all the time!

-Pam Miller

Bring the Gospel message to life with Easter resources from LHM!

The products are free, easy, and digital so that you can use them in your home, on-the-go, or wherever you may be this Lenten season. There are devotions, "Servant of the Lord", Tears of Hope, Holy Week Special, and Project Connect booklets in both English and Spanish. Check out the Project Connect carousels for the children's booklet, "The Easter Story." Go to lhm.org/Easter for more information.

Sermon Schedule

April 13

"In The Middle"

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler

In Jesus, God showed up smack in the middle of life with forgiveness, love, and a promise never to leave us. (John 19:18)

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: Zach McIntosh, Kevin Hintze and Kyle Borcherding

Principal: Suzan Winkelman

Church Office Hours: 8am-4pm Monday-Friday

Church Phone: 512-863-3065

School Phone: 512-863-5345 Fax 512-686-5807

www.zionwalburg.org

6001 FM 1105, Georgetown, TX 78626