In the Classroom: 
During February, we finish our study of Enduring Faith Unit 3, "Jesus Teaches His Church" and move on to Unit 4, "God Calls A Nation": 

Sunday, February 1
Unit 3: Lesson 13 A Soldier Believes: A Philippian Jailer 

Sunday, February 8
Unit 3: Lesson 14 A Returning Truth: Christ Returns 

Sunday, February 15
Unit 4: Lesson 1 Handmade - Adam and Eve 

Sunday, February 22
Unit 4: Lesson 2 A Sign & Promise - God’s Covenant with Abram 

Sunday School Mission
Please don't forget our fundraising project, "Praise Him Africa", where we are raising money for song books printed in Swahili! Each five dollars collected buys one song book. Remember your M&M ("Mission Money") tubes that we handed out earlier in the year - a good place to collect your change! And if you have extra change, please contribute to LWML. Container for both contributions will be located in the school lobby on Sunday. 

Class for Littles 
The infant/toddler Sunday School class has re-started for children under the age of 3. It's being taught by Deaconess Joanna Lee. A parent is encouraged to attend the class with their child. Please join them in Room 206 in the Preschool at 9:15 am. 

Return to the Lord 
“Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.” Joel 2:13 

On February 18th we will begin the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. We begin the season wearing ashes. We begin the season confessing we are nothing but “dust and to dust we will return.” How humbling for all of us. However, the penitential nature of this season can quickly take a turn for the worse. Many people will start to make sure they don’t eat meat on Fridays; fish only. Others will decide to give something up for 40 days. In and of itself there is nothing wrong with doing these things. This type of self-denial can be good for our souls. So long as one thing occurs - we dwell more upon Christ and His sufferings rather than focusing upon our own and what we are giving up. 

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Each service at Zion Lutheran Church (normally the first of our two Sunday services) is streamed LIVE on our YouTube channel. These streams are for Sunday’s, Wednesday’s, Lenten, Advent, and special services. The entire service is streamed from beginning-to-end. Weddings and Funerals can also be streamed, if requested in advance.

Connie Canale, Sunday School Co-Director here at Zion talks about the mission of our Sunday School and how it might be a good fit for you.