Announcements

Preparing for Worship: 
Readings for Feb 12 (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany): Deuteronomy 30:15-20, 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Matthew 5:21-37
Readings for Feb 19 (The Transfiguration of Our Lord): Exodus 24:8-18, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9.
Readings for Feb 22 (Ash Wednesday) Joel 2:12-19, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21.
Readings for Feb 26 (First Sunday in Lent) Genesis 3:1-21, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11.

Join the Fellowship Club on Monday, February 13 at 1:30 as Warren Puck shares what God is accomplishing in Thailand, Cambodia, and the surrounding countries through Garuna Ministries. With a population of over 500 million people (and only 2% Christian), the mission field is expansive and the need great. Garuna Ministries share the love of Jesus by constructing and staffing Christian school ministries and planting churches from those ministries.

Resources for Individuals and Families:

 Find dozens of free faith-edifying resources for individuals and families! Learn more at www.cph.org.

 With headlines, news briefs, and feature stories, kids and teens can learn what's going on all over the world. Parents and teachers can rely on safe, educational news with a biblical worldview. You're not alone in educating the next generation. Train them up in the way they should go without the blindfolds or the overexposure.  Learn more at https://worldwatch.news

 Helping people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus with top notch animated videos on Biblical books and themes. Find out more at www.thebibleproject.com/explore. 

Help for Ukraine

The Office of International Mission of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is working with several Lutheran church bodies and missionaries in Europe to help our brothers and sisters in Christ in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine, Lutheran refugees and others affected by the violence.

Give by Mail:

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod                 or            Mission Central
P.O. Box 66861                                                                                  40718 Mission Central
St. Louis, MO 63166-6861                                                              Mapleton, IA 51034

Please write “Help for Displaced Ukrainians” in memo line.

Give by Phone: LCMS at 888-930-4438    or            Mission Central (Mapleton, Iowa) at 712-882-1029

Give Online: www.lcms.org/ukraine

1. If you have internet access of any kind (smartphone, tablet, computer), you can view any of Zion’s recent services, daily prayers, Bible studies (and other videos) through You Tube or Zion’s Facebook page, even if you don’t have a Facebook account, by following the steps below:

1)     Go to Zion’s homepage (zionmanning.com)

2)     Click on “Links” (near the top of the page)

3)     On the Links page, click on “Facebook Link.”

4)     On the Facebook page, click on “video” to select a service, prayer, or other video.

If you have internet access but can’t get this to work for you, call the church office for assistance!

1. If you would like to have printed copies of the sermons mailed to you, or to pick them up in the office, just notify the church office! (712) 655-2352

1. DVDs of the services are also available to be mailed or picked up. 

1. If you need anything, please call the church office (or email: zionmanninglcms@gmail.com). We have members who work in Carroll and/or are willing to drive there to pick up prescriptions, groceries, etc., and deliver them to your door. And, your pastor is always happy to listen to your concerns and/or to pray with you over the phone!       

1. Prayer is powerful, and also a great way to stay connected to the ministry of the Church and to your fellow believers! And your continued faithful giving will allow the mission of the Church to go forward during this crucial time.