BAPTISMS FOR APRIL:  

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 April in previous years: 

Christina F. K.

Madison M. N.

Haley M. N.

Candace L. K.

Piper R. S.

Isaak W. W.

Aidan A. S. J.

Lucas A. Z.

Reese O. H.

Nathan A. P. S.

Richard G. L. P.

Karrie-Lee J. P.

AnneMarie B. A.

IN OUR PRAYERS: 

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

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

A GRAVESIDE SERVICE

for Alfred Tepper will be held this Wednesday at 2:00 pm at Brookside Cemetery.  There is viewing from 1-1:30 pm at Wojcik’s (2157 Portage Ave.).

WEEKLY BIBLE CONVERSATIONS:

We will resume the Wednesday noon bible conversations on April 3rd. 

All are welcome! 

SLZ COUNCIL MEETING:

The next council meeting will be held on April 9th

at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome! 

SLZ SUNDAY SCHOOL:

April 28th SLZ’s Got Talent & Luncheon. *We are now accepting donations for the Silent Auction Prizes.

(See last page for more information)

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 the end of June.

SPRING CLEANING BEE:

Saturday, May 4th, 10 a.m. at the church.  Lunch is provided.  Bring your cleaning supplies and some elbow grease (and maybe your light sabre)! 

Many hands make light work.

SHARED YOUTH MINISTRY:

Friday, April 12th to Saturday April 13th  

Photo Car Rally and Sleepover

Meet at Grace Lutheran at 6:30 pm

Bring sleeping gear- air mattress- sleeping bag pillow

We will be going to Ben and Florentine for breakfast in the morning 

Pick up will be at 11:00 am at the restaurant on Regent Ave.

Cost $15.00 person

Sunday, April 28th last Prairie Fire service of the season at St. John's college 

Meet at Tim Horton's Headmaster at 3:15 pm

we will be going to Boston Pizza for supper 

Cost $15.00 person

We will be back at Tim's at 8:00 pm 

Sunday, May 5th Confirmation 

Several of our youth are getting confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church

You are encouraged to come and show your support

Service is at 10:30 am 

Summer Youth Retreat at Luther Village

July 5th – 7th 2024 

More details in email to famiies

Lisa van Dijk

Shared Youth Ministry Director

ALL-GLC-SLZ-SPLC-POP

(204)293-6357

SLZ JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN 2024:

All Training is provided – references not required

*Readers:

*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 sheet on the table 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

WEEKLY FELLOWSHIP VOLUNTEERS:

There is a sign-up located on the bulletin board for those of you who wish to sign-up to make coffee, tea, bring baking etc.  Thank You for those who have already signed up.

Canadian Lutheran World Relief's (CLWR)

visit CLWR's website www.clwr.org

LUTHER VILLAGE CAMP:

Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2024 season at Luther Village!

Join us to experience “Boundless- God beyond measure” and all camp has to offer in a rugged and beautiful setting on the shores of Dogtooth Lake.

#seeyouatLV #campinglife #registernow

www.luthervillage.ca

MAY 10-12 ...Young Adult Retreat

MAY 17-20 ... Work Weekend May Long

MAY 31-JUNE 2 ...Bikeathon

JUNE 7-9 ...Women’s Retreat

JUNE 7-9 ...LIT Training Weekend

JUNE 21-23 ...Small Fry Camp (Grades 2-3)

JUNE 28-30 ...Kick Off to Summer Weekend

JUNE 30-JULY 5 ...Grades 7-10 Camp

JUNE 30-JULY 5 ...LIT Training Week

JULY 7-12 ...Grades 4-6 Camp

JULY 14-20 ...Family Camp 1

JULY 21-26 ...LIT Rotation Week 1

JULY 21-27 ... Family Camp 2

JULY 28-AUG 2 ... LIT Rotation Week 2

JULY 28-AUG 3 ... Family Camp 3 

AUG 4-10 ... Family Camp 4 

AUG 11-17 ... Family Camp 5 

AUG 18-23 ...Teen Canoe Trip

AUG 23-25 ... Family Camp Retreat

AUG 30-SEPT 2 ...Labour Day Long Weekend

SEPT 4 - OCT 3 ...Personal Retreat

OCT 4 - 7 ...MNO Synod Thanksgiving Retreat 2

LUTHERAN URBAN MINISTRY:

April 2024 News from your Ministry Manager  Happy Easter!

The Prayer Bucket at the Urban is placed out during coffee time every Sunday before our worship service. Prayers are written, folded, and put into the bucket and then brought to the pulpit at the beginning of the service, and they’re read aloud in the service during the prayers of the church. All year they’re saved in a box in my office. Every year at the First Lutheran Church Easter Vigil, the prayers are placed in the sacred fire in the church courtyard.

I always reassure our Urban community that their prayers each week are not thrown away. The smoke from the prayers at the Easter Vigil goes up to our Creator who knows all the prayers and their authors. The power of these spoken prayers in our worship service is indescribable. The writers speak from their hearts in their prayers for others, for themselves, for the community, and the world. The prayers of children are often in the prayer bucket too.

Please keep our Urban community in your prayers too, and we invite you to join us anytime at Sunday worship.

To our MNO Congregation Members and Clergy: A wonderful opportunity to have fellowship with our Urban Community - please drop by anytime to our:

Sunday Worship Service: door opens at 1:00 p.m. with coffee/tea. Worship service 1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

Men’s Lunch/Sharing Circle every Wednesday - Downstairs at Noon

Please stop by at 12:00 p.m. Noon (ring the doorbell) for lunch and great fellowship and conversation!

Women’s Sharing Circle every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. (until 3:30 p.m.)

Please arrive at 2:00 p.m. (ring the doorbell) for coffee/tea/dessert and great fellowship and conversation!

Women’s Drop-in every Wednesday from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Please drop in (ring the doorbell) for coffee/tea/cookies and visiting together! Kids & grandkids welcome to come with you and we have colouring and arts and crafts to keep them busy.

Co-ed Sharing Circle every Thursday at 4:30 p.m. (please arrive at 4:30 p.m.)

Please stop by at 4:30 (ring the doorbell) for great fellowship and conversation! And coffee/tea/dessert.

~ Rhonda Gorham, Ministry Manager,

   Lutheran Urban Ministry Corp.

TRINITY FOOD PANTRY:

The board of the Trinity Food Pantry thanks all the generous supporters who again sent donations during the Christmas Season. The proceeds enabled the purchase of Christmas gifts for all children under thirteen as well the monthly enhancement of the food hampers. Fresh produce, milk and high protein foods are purchased to add to the supplies that Harvest provides.  When possible feminine hygiene products are added.

Hamper distribution days are every four weeks. That is down from every two weeks before COVID. And the hampers are not much larger to compensate for the change. TFP distributes about twenty hampers to about eighty persons including thirty-five children. Your continued support is greatly appreciated by the recipients and the volunteers.

TFP volunteers gather on a Monday morning to receive the shipment from Harvest. The shipment is unpacked and prepared from distribution. Needed items are added from storage or purchased. On Tuesday morning the hampers are distributed to the clients as they arrive. Younger volunteers are often needed.

Coffee and treats are served which gives the recipients of the hampers and the volunteers time to spend together and get to know one another. Some stories bring tears to one’s eyes.

Last Sunday, the Sunday after Easter, is often called Low Sunday. This writer likes to call it Where Was Thomas Sunday. Sitting and listening to the stories of food pantry clients gives insight into why some do not show up. Physical and mental illness, addictions, abandonment, illegal evictions, lack of transportation and lost opportunities.

Feel free to send this post to family and friends.

Make checks payable to Grace Lutheran Church, 211 Kimberly Ave, Winnipeg, MB R2K 0X3.

Write a memo on the check: Trinity Food Pantry.

For more information contact

Don Engel (chair)204-663-5932 or pastordonengel@gmail.com

GARDENING: (WKHS)

WEST KILDONAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Yearly Family Membership is $15.00. Payment in cash or cheque. Membership card can be shown at many garden centres for a 10-20% discount.

Coffee, drinks and snacks are provided. Please bring your own cup.

Our meetings are held from 7 – 9 pm on the first Tuesday of February, March, April, May, June, September & October.

We meet at the West Kildonan Memorial Community Club located at 346 Perth Avenue.

WKHS - Upcoming Meetings:

May 7 – The Dirt on Soil with Gord Bone
June 1 – Fiesta Day, Seven Oaks Arboretum
June 4 – Prairie Originals with Kelly Leask

May 7th - Our speaker at the meeting will be Gord Bone who will be presenting "The Dirt on Soil". 

WKHS - Fiesta Day Plant Sale

Saturday, June 1,

10 am to 2 pm

Plant Sale, bake Sale, Silent

Auction

CASH ONLY......RAIN OR SHINE

Located at the Seven Oaks

Arboretum

~ Linda Edel (Board Member)

Check out our website at www.wkhorticultural.ca

Coping with Loss Workbook: Healing Grief & Loss

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”  WINNIE THE POOH

Grief Workbook PDF for Download

(copy link into browser)

https://mindremakeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COPING-WITH-LOSS-Final.pdf

"Blessed are those who mourn,

for they shall be comforted."

(Matthew 5:4)

ST. LUKE'S ZION'S GOT TALENT & LUNCHEON

April 28th - following Worship

Everyone is Welcome to attend -  Invite Your Friends & Family!

Come on out and cheer on our performers or. . .

Sign-up and share your talent with us…

Singing, Play a Musical Instrument, Dance, Tell a Joke, Magic Trick, Writing/Reciting Poetry

or

even tell us your Own Story     The Possibilities are endless

**Great Food, Great Fellowship, Silent Auction,

Great FUN for everyone…help us make this event successful…

Free will offering for the Lunch

DONATIONS WELCOME:

Desserts, Beverages, Silent Auction Prizes, or Monetary Donations

SILENT AUCTION PRIZES

1 sheet of 25 Raffle Tickets will be $10.00 – for the Silent Auction Prize Baskets

OUR EFFORTS TO SAVE THE PLANET

We are also looking for volunteers to help out with washing & drying the dishes as we are trying not to use disposable paper products & plastic cutlery!  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

For questions or more information please contact Joanne Janzen; Sharon Appler

In person, email, text, or call

joannejanzen555@gmail.com  or 204-223-5187   sharon17appler@gmail.com or 431-866-7030

Thank You!

from the SLZ Sunday School Children & Parents & Teachers