Hilltop Headlines

8:00am:

Elders: David Van Soest, Howard Horton

Organist: Kyle Borcherding

Golf Cart Driver: Sam Kurio

Donut Pickup: Alan Neumann

Greeters: Deborah Albers, Kalletta Pemberton

Offering Assistants: Eva Froude, Mark Shipman

Hilltop Cafe: Sona Holmstrom

Presentation/Audio: Cody Stephens

Connections Coordinator: Josh Hobratsch

10:45am:

Elders: Clay Knippa, Roy Capdeville

Greeters/Offering Assistants: Debby Anderson, Mike Litterst, Peggy Lemanski, Stephanie Zinsmeyer

Hilltop Cafe: Kaleab & Mollie Merene

Golf Cart Driver: Nathan Zinsmeyer

Camera: Jen Jordan

Presentation: Chad Winkler

AV Tech Director: Cody Stephens

Wednesday, April 2, 6:30pm:

Elder: Roy Capdeville

Greeters: Phil & Jeanne Smith

Organist: Brittany Mahn

Audio: Clay Braun

Presentation: Chad Mathews

Offerings/Electronic Giving for this week:

Operating Fund $30,265.64; Missions $5; Pam Hight Scholarship Fund $160.97; Capital Improvements $100; Cemetery Fund $49.23; Braille $5; Camp Zion $5; Capital Campaign $300.09

Attendance: March 23: 8:00am - 148; 10:45am - 278; Midweek Lent March 26 - 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 –

Please join us this Wednesday, April 2 at 9 am, following our morning school chapel, for a groundbreaking service on Zion’s new fieldhouse! This project 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. But we still need your help! If you’d like to help complete the fieldhouse project, you can write a check to Zion with “Fieldhouse” in the memo portion, or you can donate electronically by clicking here.

This Sunday, we will hold a brief special voters’ meeting at 9:15 am in the sanctuary. This meeting will mark an exciting moment in our ministry as we vote on extending a call to Suzan Winkelman to be our new principal. Suzan has been serving faithfully as our interim principal, and we can’t wait to see how God’s Spirit guides us in this process.

In worship, we’ll continue our series called “Versus.” We all have battles we fight. Sometimes, it’s a battle versus fatigue. Other times, it’s a battle versus addiction. Sometimes, it’s even a battle versus God. In this series, we’re looking at some of these battles. This Sunday, we’ll talk about how we can do battle with those who we perceive as being different from us. We’ll look at a story from Acts 15:1-2, 6-11:

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. The apostles and elders met to consider this question. After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that He accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for He purified their hearts by faith. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

In Acts 15, a group of Jewish Christians tell a group of Gentile Christians they need to have surgery to be saved. The surgery of circumcision was a foundational mark of Jewish identity. But do Gentiles need to undergo this surgery, too? Or can Gentiles be different from Jews? We’ll consider this question this Sunday 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

Please mark your calendars for a special called Voters Meeting Sunday, March 30 at 9:15am in the Sanctuary. The single agenda item will be to vote to extend a call for a new principal. Agenda is in the button below.

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.

Wednesdays, April 2, 9 – Lenten Midweek Services 6:30pm in the Sanctuary

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

8:00am Easter Worship in the Sanctuary

10:45am Easter Worship in the Worship Center

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, come and join us as we discuss our next book ,“ Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt. This is an unusual and interesting read.
The book club will meet Friday, April 11, in the Zion parlor from 11-1. Bring a sack lunch if you want. For any questions text Deborah Albers at 512-527-4858.

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.

Do you love to sing? Do you enjoy choral music? Please come and give the Zion Adult Choir a try. There’s a place for you. We meet Monday evening , 6-7pm, in the sanctuary . No auditions required. Come have a good time praising God with music under the leadership of Michael Teinert.

If you’d like to help decorate our beautiful sanctuary for our 8 am services with some stunning flower arrangements, here’s your chance! If you’d like to purchase flowers for the altar, you can pick your date by signing up here, or by calling the church office. Then, just 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. By the way, you can donate flowers in honor of or in memory of your favorite person to make your arrangements extra special!

As we prepare for Easter, you can help decorate our sanctuary and worship center for Jesus’ resurrection by purchasing an Easter lily. Look for the purple order forms in the narthex and lobby (or click the button below). Please return your order form to the church office by April 1.

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.

SAVE the DATE - Tuesday, 04/08/25 @ 11:00 a.m. - Devotions, Food, Fellowship, Dominoes/Games, ETC. in Zion's Lobby. Our speaker for April will be Williamson County Sheriff Matt Lindemann. Roasted Pork Loin & sides will be catered by Chris Kelm. PLEASE NOTE: Since this will be catered, it is very important to RSVP for this gathering. (Note - The number of RSVPs we give Chris is what we have to pay for.) Therefore, Please RSVP to Audrey at the email address noted below by Sunday, 04/06/25. The fee for this meal will be $10.00 per person. For April, we are only asking for desserts from those whose LAST name begins

with A - L to furnish a dessert. Everyone is welcome!

If you or someone you know is interested in traveling to see The Ark, the Creation Museum, etc., BUS seats are still available. The date for the trip is Friday, 04/25 through Saturday, 05/03/25. Deadline to RSVP is Sunday, 04/06/25. Please review the attached information for details about the trip or if you have any questions, please contact:

Danny Ihrig - JohnDIhrig@gmail.com

LaJuan Ihrig - AnnaLaJuanIhrig@gmail.com

Kathy Pitts - KklmP@aol.com

Stanley Bielss - SBielss@hotmail.com

Audrey Bielss - Audrey.Bielss@hotmail.com

Day Trip to San Antonio - Thursday, 04/10/25 - please review the attached information sheet for details. Checks should be made to Zion Lutheran Church with Hilltoppers - SA Trip noted in the memo section.

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 3: June 18 / Pump It Up

$585 for 45 campers @ 13.00

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

"New Learning Path fhr LHM Learn Addresses Anxiety"

Has anxiety been getting the best of you lately - or maybe for quite a while now? A new learning path called "Journey Through Anxiety", composed of 2 parts from LHM LEARN, is now available. Based on the Project Connect booklet of the same title by AmyRuth Bartlett,these courses offer insights in defining anxiety and help in moving through it. Anxiety is a real problem in the world today, Created in God's image, we are made to relate and create, to be in intimate relationships with God and each other. But anxiety (relentless worries, perceived threats, panic attacks, irrational fears) disrupts this harmony, replacing it instead with shame, self-doubt, and avoidance. It's a vicious cycle that can continue as long as we allow it to - but we don't have to allow it to.

This is where "Journey Through Anxiety" can help. Chris Macky, LHM's content development manager has stated "These courses are designed with rigorous, scientific foundations, but presented in a way that is completely understandable, and even with a bit of fun."

Course exercises prompt users to explore their anxieties and to consider creative approaches for navigating through them.

You can find more about LHM LEARN's course offerings by going to lhm.org/learn. There you will see these courses plus several others. They are categorized under the headings of "Christian Foundations", "Cultural Concepts", "Everyday Insights", "Outreach Essentials", and "Spiritual Reflections."

Sermon Schedule

March 30

"The Difference Between Anger and Contempt"

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler

God gets angry at sin, but behind that anger, God is love. We believe this only because of Jesus. (John 11:35)

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

Interim 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