Pastor's  Page

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Fall is nearly upon us and school is back in session and soon Zion's full schedule of discipleship classes will begin as well.  Please read through this entire September edition of Eye On Zion Monthly for all the latest opportunities.

A reminder that Sunday, September 16 is a very important Special Congregation Meeting.  See the article on page 17 for more information and please plan to attend.

The proposed documents are available in a few ways:  they have been hyperlinked to Constant Contact emails; they are available on our website, ZionOhio.org, in the "About" tab; and a paper copy is available at the Welcome Center.  If none of these avenues work for you, call the office and we can print what you want to read.

I have a lot of my time invested in these documents and I would also like to thank Art Roden, our Treasurer, and Michelle Martin, our Office Administrator; and Molly Johnson, and many more for their contributions to the effort.

I along with Council have determined the theme of 2018-19 program year and Annual Stewardship Campaign.  By the cover you can tell that it is "You Belong Here – We Belong Together."  I borrowed this idea from our Bishop Allende who used it as his theme for Bishop's Day at the National Youth Gathering.  Watch and listen as this theme is fleshed out throughout the year.  It's going to be entertaining and informative.

Pastor Duane A. Jesse

The Seven Faith Practices – a few of the responses we got from the surveys done by the Strategic Visioning Process indicated a lack of understanding in the Seven Faith Practices.  Well, that is my problem and I intend to fix it.  Beginning Rally Day, the weekend of September 9 and for the next six weeks, I and the corresponding Faith Practice Table Leaders will do our best to explain what the Seven Faith Practices are and how we use them to guide and direct all we do at Zion and how you can participate.  Please make sure you make every weekend.

Emergency Action Plan – I want you to know that your Council has made the safety of our members while at worship, the ZLC staff, ZCELC staff and students a priority.  With the help of a couple of our members who work as first responders and other resources, we have come up with a pretty comprehensive Emergency Action Plan including a few changes to the physical plant that you probably won't even notice.  And to some degree, that's the way we want it.

Yes, we've been busy this last several months preparing for this Fall.  See you at Zion!

With you on the journey of faith,

The Rev. Duane A Jesse, Pastor

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