Hilltop Headlines

8:00am:

Elders: Roy Capdeville, Rick Andersen

Organist: Brittany Mahn

Greeters: Kalletta Pemberton, Pam Miller

Communion/Offering Assistants: Gene Buchhorn, Mark Breckenridge

Ushers: Jeff Knippa, Ryan Buchhorn

Hilltop Cafe: Dawn Efaw-Muchow

Donut Pickup: Ginger Magers

Golf Cart Driver: Brenda Schroeder

AV Tech Director: Cody Stephens

10:45am:

Elders: Allen Cook, Roy Capdeville

Greeters/Offering Assistants:Kaytlin Briggs, Robert & Pat Berryman

Ushers: Todd Glandorf, Tyler Glandorf

Hilltop Cafe: Pam Miller

Communion Assistants: Bert Holmstrom, Tom & Karen Rogers, Mark Dankis, Phil Hohle

Golf Cart Driver: Nathan Zinsmeyer

Connections Coordinator: Josh Hobratsch

Audio: Jim Kelton

Presentation: Alisha Johnson

Camera: Chad Winkler

Offerings/Electronic Giving for this week:

Home $8,591.03; General $15,667.94; Annual Fund $27,000; Thanksgiving Meals $625; Pam Hight Scholarship Fund $1,000; Cemetery Fund $10.53; Women of Wisdom $25.86; Capital Campaign $15,400.09

Attendance: 8am - 130; 10:45 - 236

10% of General Funds go to the following organizations: TX Dist LCMS, CHS Round Rock, Water Mission, Camp Lone Star, Brookwood in Georgetown, Faith in Action, Rev. John H. Kieschnick Endowment: $1,740.88

Dear Zion family –

We’re excited to celebrate the holidays with you. We have lots of exciting things coming up! Here are a couple of things to make sure to mark on your calendar.

Next Wednesday, November 27, we’ll be holding our first ever Family Day of Giving and Thanks, where we’ll be delivering Thanksgiving meals to folks in need off FM 972. If you’d like to deliver a meal and make a family’s day, meet us in the lobby at 9 am this coming Wednesday. It’ll take less than an hour to make a lasting impact on a family!

Next Sunday, December 1, our Countdown to Christmas begins with the Sweet Sounds of Christmas. You’ll get to enjoy some jazz Christmas carols during worship, your kids will be able to decorate Christmas cookies between services during our Connection Hour, and during Bible class at 9:30 am, our pastors will be hosting an Ask Anything Bible class in the sanctuary. Bring whatever theological question you might have to class, and our pastors will respond to as many of them as possible. And remember, we still have our fantastic Bible class on the Apostles’ Creed going, also at 9:30 am, in the Parlor.

This weekend is the final weekend to purchase a poinsettia for $12 each. We’ll use these flowers to decorate our sanctuary and worship center for our Christmas services. Afterward, you’ll be able to take the poinsettia you bought home. In total, we’ll need about 150 flowers, so buy one for you – and one for a friend, too! Order forms will be available this weekend in the narthex and lobby.

In worship, we’ll wrap up our series “Untrivial Pursuit,” where we are wrestling with some of the fundamental questions about God and faith. This weekend, we’ll ask: What is God’s will for my life? The apostle Paul addresses what God’s will looks like in Romans 12:1-2:

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will.

When we face difficult and significant life decisions, many people pray and ask God to show them the way – to reveal His will for their lives. But sometimes, even after lots of prayers, God’s will feels mysterious. So, how do we discover what God wants us to do? Join us this weekend in worship to find out. 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

Join us for a service to celebrate Thanksgiving and receive Communion on Wednesday, November 27 at 6:30 pm in our beautiful sanctuary. Come and give thanks to God for His blessings!

We are thrilled to announce that our school's Gala is making its grand return for the 2025/2026 school year. This special event is not only a great fundraiser for our school, but a chance to bring everyone together for a memorable evening of fellowship and community.

How You Can Help!

We’re in the early stages of planning and need your help to make this event truly amazing! If you have connections to a caterer or venue that would be a great fit for our Gala, we’d love to hear from you. Your recommendations could help us create the perfect atmosphere for this unforgettable evening!

Additionally, we’re looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our Leadership Planning Team! If you're interested in helping with the event's organization, design, or execution, please contact Samantha to get involved and be part of the team.

Phone: -254-760-6584

Email: Samantha.amidon@zionwalburg.org

A small group of volunteers from Ohio and Texas are joining forces again this December to share the love of Jesus in the Beattyville community. We will be traveling Dec 12-16. Our mission includes time spent with the local nursing home residents, working in the food pantry and providing a Christmas Social in town for the residents. At the Social, we’ll be distributing a warm meal, offering gently used coats and clothing, new socks, wrapped toys for the children and a take home bag with some Christmas treats. This mission opportunity includes lots of heavy lifting and transporting of boxes. If interested, reach out to Kathryn Klein. kathkenkle@yahoo.com

The Kentucky mission team is looking to collect new socks of all kinds.

For men, women and children.

Warm socks, fuzzy socks, socks with grippy bottoms.

Wool socks, knitted socks, athletic socks. You name it!

The socks will be shared to those in need in the community and the nursing home.

Look for a collection bin in the Worship Center lobby from Dec 1 through Dec 10.

Help beautify the worship areas for Christmas by purchasing a poinsettia for $12.00. Make checks payable to Zion Lutheran Church and leave payment with the Church Office. Poinsettias will adorn the Sanctuary and Worship Center December 22-29. Deadline to order is Monday, November 25. Order forms are in the button below as well as the Narthex and Lobby.

Help make Christmas extra special for kids in the foster care system. Stop by the display in the Worship Center Lobby to adopt an angel. Gifts are due back no later than Sunday, December 1. Contact Robin Knippa at 512-869-3832 with any questions.

Dear Zion Family,

This past August, Zion's Board of Christian Education and Church Council recommended the formation of a Principal Call Committee in accordance with the congregation's bylaws to conduct a search for a permanent principal so someone may be officially installed in this important role. This Call Committee has now been formed. As part of the initial steps in this process, we are reaching out to solicit referrals for potential candidates.

If you have a recommendation or referral, we kindly ask that you contact Brian Hodgkins at 512-277-0984 or by email, bl.hodgkins@gmail.com, prior to December 20, 2024. Your input and support in this important process are greatly appreciated.

If you are between the ages of Pre-school and 2nd grade and would like to join the children's handbell choir for Christmas, please sign up here. We will practice on Saturday, December 7th @ 9:00 am here at the church. If a second practice is needed, we will do so Saturday, December 14th @ 9:00 am. The children will play for the Christmas program on December 18th @ 6:30 pm.

Please send an email to : leeschroeder82@aol.com with the name of your child(ren) and parent name as permission. Thank you and God bless.

Jonathan and Brenda Schroeder

Those delicious Fruitcakes and Cinnamon Pecans will be available for purchase at Zion on Sundays, November 17 and November 24:

1 lb. loaf cake $18.00

2 lb. loaf cake $27.00

2 lb. tin cake $29.00

1 lb. pkg. Cinnamon pecans $21.00

1 lb. tin Cinnamon pecans $23.00

Contact Peggy Turnipseed at 512-413-1113 for additional information or a purchase.

A Thrivent Action Team grant of $250.00 has been received. This fundraiser will again assist the Ministry of Lutheran Braille Workers and Zion’s LBW Mission Center in purchasing supplies to make Books of the Bible and other devotional materials. Your purchase is a tremendous benefit to our Braille ministry!!

Coat Drive for Hurricane Victims - Amazing!

Thanks to everyone who donated to the coat drive for Hurricane/Disaster Victims. We collected 106 coats here at Zion. Lutheran churches in DFW joined with us and over 350 coats were collected for this need. Rejoicing in your generosity! Thanks be to God for he is good and his mercy endures forever.

Sincerely, Lutheran Disaster Care, Inc., Director - Dan Cowan

Thanksgiving and Christmas cards along with Friendship, Birthday, Sympathy, Thinking of You cards and other categories are available at the Card Ministry cabinet. Stop by and look through the selections. Boxed cards are $6.00, individual cards are 50 cents. thanks, Zion Evening Circle LWML

For the week of November 24-30 pray for:

November 24 - Zion's homebound members

November 25 - Pastor Zach, Pastor Kevin & Pastor Kyle

November 26 - Adult Bible class leaders

November 27 - Board of Christian Education

November 28 - Board of Elders

November 29 - Board of Missions

November 30 - Board of Parish Education

Thank you for your calls, cards, e-mails, and texts at the passing of my mother, Ruth Lippe.Those heartfelt expressions of care, concern,and sympathy, along with your prayers, have meant so much to me. As Mom always said "there is much to be thankful for." Lydia Kelm and family

LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES

Most of us have settled back into a regular routine now that summer has drawn to a close. Vacations are over, pools have closed, and the children are back in school. It is a great time to share children's booklets from the Project Connect Carousel. There are several titles available and you can take several to share. Put some in your car to have on hand to give out at restaurants, grocery stores, banks, and to teachers, parents, and neighbors. Everyone knows a child they can give booklets to, and who knows, they may read it themselves!

Sermon Schedule

Nov. 24

"Jesus Sees What's in the Heart"

Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Hector Hoppe

Jesus sees what's in our hearts. What's in His heart? God saw that we needed a Savior. (Mark 12:41-44)

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