BAPTISMS FOR SEPTEMBER:  

Inspired by the congregational pledge made in the service of Holy Baptism (see page 228, EvLW), we will be including names of those baptized at St. Luke's Zion in our monthly newsletters. 

We hope this will be a reminder to lift them up in prayer, wherever they may be in their faith-walk. 

The following were baptized in the month of September in previous years: 

Jessica E. P.

Landon W. C. C.

Lisa M. G.

Hannah E. G.

Emersyn R. K.

Shasta D. E.

Tiara E. E.

Taven E. F.-E.

Richard A. J.

Aubrie N. S. W.

Charlie A. H.

Aria B. T.

Mia V. P.-S.

IN OUR PRAYERS: 

Please remember in your prayers our shut-ins in long term care:                            

Carol A. - Holy Family

Phyllis A. - Concordia Place  

Claire D. - Fred Douglas Lodge

Dorothy H. - Luther Home 

Anne M. - Concordia Place

Melita T. - Luther Home

Ollie Z. - Fred Douglas Lodge

HEALTHY START:

We are partnering with the Grace Lutheran Social Ministry Committee, as well as our Shared Youth Ministry partners in order to support the Inner- City Prenatal Nutrition & Parenting Program called HEALTHY START. 

It will involve collecting newborn layette items – as on the display in the narthex – from now until September.

~ Beverley Holmes

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES:

We’ve had an environmental assessment of the St Luke’s Zion Church building done as a university project.  The resulting report gives some suggestions for us to reduce our carbon footprint.  If you have an interest in being on a committee that will meet to discuss possibilities, please let me know. 

-- Evelyn Roloff

SLZ SUNDAY SCHOOL:

2024 / 2025 Sunday School registration will be held on Sept. 8th.

All Children ages 18 months – 12 years are Welcome.

BIBLE CONVERSATIONS:

Will resume on Sept.4th at 12:00 p.m.

Bring your own bag lunch – coffee and tea provided. 

All are welcome!

CITY-WIDE CONFIRMATION

We continue our participation in city-wide shared confirmation classes, currently with Messiah, Faith, Sherwood Park, and St. Mark’s.  This fall, classes will be on Sunday afternoons from 2:00 – 3:30 pm, changing locations every four weeks.  Classes begin on Sunday, Sept. 29th at 2:00 pm at Messiah Lutheran Church.  Please contact Pastor Lynne for more details.

CORN AND WIENER ROAST:

The Corn & Wiener Roast is planned for Sunday, Sept. 8th following worship. Mark your calendars now! Invite your families & friends.

All are Welcome!

SLZ JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN 2024:

All Training is provided – references not required

*Readers:

*Communion Set-up:

*Communion assistants: 

- 2 communion assistants each week

*Counters: every Sunday we need 2 people to count

If you are available please sign-up on the sheets on the table which go through to the end of December or let Joanne Janzen know either by text, email, phone call or in person.

We appreciate all those who have volunteered up to this point. Thank You

YOUTH - KICK OFF POOL PARTY:

Sunday, Sept. 8th, 2024

Drop off at St. Luke's Zion for worship at 10:30 am

There will be a corn and wiener roast for lunch at the church. Leaders will drive you to Colin's House for a pool party. Bring your bathing suit and towels in a bag. Please pick up at Colin's House 55 Clydesdale Drive East St Paul at around 3:30 pm 

Please RSVP on TeamLinkT so we know how many to plan for. Hope to see you all there!

Lisa van Dijk - Shared Youth Ministry Director

ALL-GLC-SLZ-SPLC-POP  (204)293-6357

LADIES GROUP: 

Calling All Ladies to meet for lunch!  No Projects, No agenda.  Simply a nice lunch to share with each other.  Saturday, Sept. 28 th,  11:30 a.m. at the Sal’s on Leila.  See you there!
Thank you  Beverley

BLESSING OF BACKPACKS (and children!) 

All children and youth who will be returning to school this September are invited to bring their backpacks to worship on Sunday, September 8th for a special blessing.  This will take place during the service.

THE URBAN MISSION PROJECT:

Again this fall we will be collecting gently used fall and winter clothing for The Urban Mission. Items include: light jackets, hoodies, winter coats, hats, scarves, gloves, socks and winter footwear, for all ages. They will be taken to The Urban the last week of September and again the last week in October.

Please indicate on the bags that it is for The Urban.

The Urban also distributes gently used linens, sheets, blankets, comforters & towels.

THE MITTEN BASKET:

I ask that all items that have been completed for The Mitten Basket Project be brought to the church by Sunday, Oct. 20th. These items will be distributed during the last week of October. They are given out to numerous North End Elementary School’s, The Urban Mission and the Church Food Bank. If you have any questions, concerns or are interested in participating with this project call me at

204-632-0093

Thank You

~Linda Edel

SLZ Stewardship and Outreach project;

Bazaar / Bake Sale

We are planning a Flea Market/Bake Sale on November 23rd at SLZ from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.   

If anyone is interested in having a table at this event, please note table rentals are $25 or 2 for $40.   The funds for the table sales and bake sale will go to a charity to be determined.   If you are interested in hosting a table or providing baking for sale, please contact either Susan Wardekker, Tammy Cheslock or Evelyn Roloff by no later than Sept. 30th, 2024.    

LUTHER VILLAGE:

We will be having an Online Silent Auction this fall!

Auction will start Monday Oct.28th and end with final bids the night of the celebration dinner and dance November 9th at 9:00 pm

We need your donations of NEW items for the auction to make it a success and help us raise some money! 
Some great ideas for donations: handmade items, services, dinner, gift cards, event tickets and more

Please contact the rep in your area for drop off locations or contact camp at lv@luthervillage.ca or phone

(204) 783-3337

LUTHERAN URBAN MINISTRY:

2024 Going the Distance for the Urban

Sept. 14th - CanadaHelps website is live!!

?Hi Winnipeg & nearby MNO congregations,

A year goes so quickly and we're once again planning our Going the Distance for the Urban fundraiser on Saturday, September 14th

It would be wonderful to have many city congregation teams.  If you like to ride: bring your bike!  If you like to walk (the equivalent to a block or two, or up to 6 kilometers: wear your comfy shoes!  Great congregational fellowship at our Urban hotdog bbq afterwards at Abundant Life!

It's easy to sign up a congregational team, or to sign up as a walker or rider on a team.  Please email me if you have any questions on how to do it.  

Here's the link:  

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/lutheran-urban-ministry-corporation/p2p/2024Going-the-Distance/

and click on Join a team (and pick which one you want to join) or Create a Team (and sign up with your own name first as team captain - and create a CanadaHelps account and a password, or sign-in if you already have one - and then continue with the prompts to create your team name: example First Lutheran Team).  

I've created the Urban team (I'm team captain) to start it off and to use as an example of how it shows up on the site.

I'll send the team captains additional info materials.  I'm looking forward to a really fun day!  

If it's possible, please create your team as soon as possible so it's ready for people to sign up as walkers/riders and for people to donate to those participants.  Thanks so much!

Kind regards, Rhonda

Lutheran Urban Ministry Corp. (the Urban)
Rm 25, 560 Arlington St.
Winnipeg, MB R3G 1Z5               
Phone (204) 774-3143        
www.theurban.ca