Hold the dream…

May doesn’t ask to come it just does with all its beauty!  The flowers are popping up with all their different colors, and the trees, yes the trees! I love it when they start to get back their leaves.  Nothing shouts more than a fresh start- a new beginning- than a tree that looked barren … [Read more…]

Running into His Arms

I was walking Hobbes our dog the other day and we ran across a scene that just totally blessed the socks off me.  As we approached the street we were to turn on to head back home there had pulled up about seven cars.  They had all parked on one side of the street. I … [Read more…]

Sticker shock!

March is here and it looks like we are marching on to warmer weather as well as turning one more page on the calendar. We are able to return to more of a normal way of life, which I am thankful for.  To that end, we will be doing more outreaches in our neighborhood.    If … [Read more…]

No short cuts…

Welcome to February! It is still cold but closer now to spring.  I guess you can tell that I am not a big fan of winter.  Anytime you have to cover yourself with layers of clothes and coats just to stay warm, well let’s just say putting on and off all those layers is too … [Read more…]

Sharing the Gospel

January 2023! This month at  ZION   Weekly Opportunities:  Sunday Morning Bible Study – 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m. Sunday Connect Join us after morning service for refreshments   Zion City Church since 1994! “Happy New Year!” is an expression we have been hearing a lot lately.  I pray that 2023 will be … [Read more…]

Where is our Peace?

Welcome to the last month of this year lovingly called the month we celebrate Christmas.  It comes in earlier and earlier as the box stores begin to put out their decorations and the radio stations begin to play Christmas songs way before the Thanksgiving turkeys are even in the store to buy.  Why the rush?  … [Read more…]

Who is leading who?

October is here and with it the Cardinals are headed to the playoffs! It has been awhile but here we go again, another fall where baseball continues in this town.  We at Zion are continuing our Connect every Sunday.  I hope if you have never been to one you will consider staying some Sunday after … [Read more…]

Grace Chooses Us.

September is here! Can you hear that?  It is the sound of joy coming from the parents as they wave good-by to their children as the school bus pulls away from the curb and heads toward school!   The standing in lines to purchase school supplies has paid off as we finish packing the lunch for … [Read more…]

The Black Sheep

August is here!  Some of us will be heading back to school or as Gabster my youngest granddaughter would say, “Back to prison” (her word for school.)  I know we can all relate to the way she feels, but sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes we need the very thing we do not like.  … [Read more…]

Under Construction

Dear Saints, We are now in June and when it is finished so will half of 2022.  This year is going by very fast.  I know that we still have the same twenty-four hours every day, but still where have the days gone? Time seems to fly, but some things tend to drag on and … [Read more…]