Hilltop Headlines

8:00am:

Elders: Roy Capdeville, Rick Andersen

Organist: Janet Meyer

Greeters: Virginia Lloyd, Sharon Lehman

Offering Assistants: David Van Soest, Eva Froude, Chuck Jett

Hilltop Cafe: Darlene Zinke

Donut Pickup: Alan Neumenn

Golf Cart Driver: Brenda Walker

Audio: Chad Mathews

Presentation: Brenda Schroeder

AV Tech Director: Cody Stephens

10:45am:

Elders: Allen Cook, Steve Muchow

Greeters/Offering Assistants: Debby Anderson, Tina Kennedy

Greeters/Ushers: Carmen Domel

Hilltop Cafe: Kelly Smith

Golf Cart Driver: Bruce Melde

Connections Coordinator: Josh Hobratsch

Presentation: Jen Jordan

Camera: Preston Fischer

Offerings/Electronic Giving for this week:

Home $22,539.32; General $15,549.54; Capital Improvements $1,268; Wurstbraten $855.30; Annual Fund $6,000; Thanksgiving Meals $125; Learning Legacy Endowment $200; Capital Campaign $525.39

Attendance: 8am - 155; 10:45 - 231

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: $1,727.72

Dear Zion family –

It’s hard to believe, but the holiday season is almost here! We’re looking forward to sharing in all sorts of meaningful and fun celebrations with you throughout the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

One of the ways you can help Zion celebrate is by purchasing 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 purchased 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 continue our series “Untrivial Pursuit,” where we are wrestling with fundamental questions about God and faith. This weekend, we’ll tackle this question: Is God good? Job was a man who wrestled with this question after he lost everything he had. We read part of his story in Job 1:13-21:

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!” At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”

Reconciling faith in a good God with what we see and experience can be daunting. The struggle is real, but, as Job’s story reminds us, it is also ancient. We’ll discuss what we can learn from Job’s struggle for our own struggles 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

A hearing aid was found in the gym after sausage making. Please call the Church Office to claim: 512-863-3065.

Nov 17 - Kayla Winkler - Spiritual Warfare

Nov 24 - Pastor Kyle Borcherding - topic TBD

On November 27 at 9 am, Zion will be sharing meal kits with nearby families who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford a Thanksgiving dinner. You can sign up here to help bless a family on Thanksgiving Eve. If you can’t help pass out meal kits, you can still donate to help purchase perishable food items for these kits by writing “Thanksgiving” in the memo portion of a check written to Zion.

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

If anyone is interested in joining Zion's mission efforts in Kentucky 12/12-16, please contact Kathryn Klein at kathkenkle@yahoo.com. Only a few spots are available.

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.

Tara Thornton, location leader, from Isaiah 117 Project will speak Monday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Zion’s Parlor about the ministry that is taking shape in Georgetown. Isaiah 117 is an organization that provides physical and emotional support in a safe and loving home for children to sleep and stay when they are first removed from their homes and are awaiting placement. This is brand new for Georgetown and a wonderful addition to our community. Isaiah 117 Mission: Every child and family impacted by foster care matters. We realize this belief by meeting the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of children and families. Vision: Empowered communities who embrace every child and family impacted by foster care. Zion Evening Circle Women in Mission invite you to come hear more about it.

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!!

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

As many of you may know, I have recently been accumulating pictures, documents, and stories about Wurstbraten from the very first one in 1971 until now. My original intent was to put this into a book and publish it; however, I have come to the realization that it would be more effective and inclusive to put what I have collected onto a website accessible through our church website. To that end we have purchased and now own the internet domain of wurstbraten.org and now want to solicit from among you anyone who has website design experience and willingness to implement, design, and build the website onto which we can load what has been gathered. I am hoping that we can develop a team that handles all of the functions necessary to do this.

If you would like to help in this regard, please get in contact with me and we can decide on how to proceed.

My email is 49weldon72@gmail.com and my phone is 512-635-6429.

Thank you! Weldon Mersiovsky

Thank you to all the men who attended, help set up and take down tables, clean-up, food preparation and for Pastor Zach's leadership in our last Iron Sharpens Iron event "Sharing Your Faith". My encouragement is to keep looking and praying for those opportunities to share your faith and deepen your walk with God!

Matt Brown

Iron Sharpens Iron

For the week of November 17-23 pray for:

November 17 - Church/School technology

November 18 - Library resources

November 19 - Loads of Caring ministry

November 20 - FM 972 communities

November 21 - Altar Guild

November 22 - Lutheran braille workers

November 23 - Zion custodial crew

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Sermon Schedule

Nov. 17

"Album-Worthy"

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler

If everything you've ever thought or done was captured in a photo, how many of them would you save for all to see? Hear how God redeems all our snapshots - even those that don't seem "album-worthy." (Genesis 35:3)

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