Zion's Anniversary summary

Thank you to everyone who made the Anniversary weekend so enjoyable. Thank you to Dan Druckrey for having the church and the grounds so clean and polished. Thank you to Wanda Watts and her helpers, Ardys Brockway and Sandra Dotzler for making her delicious potato salad. On Saturday morning, Dan Druckrey, Jon Huffman, Bob Brockway, Tanya Hoemke, Sandra Cregeen (she has not forgotten the table setting lesson she learned while raising money to rebuild the church), Pastor, John Enright, Wanda and Sandra were back and Doris Miller all met to set and decorate the tables and prepare the fruit salad, cheese trays and beans. Thank you to Doris and John Miller for donating the paper products and table decorations.

We began the evening with a Confirmation Reunion. Dorothy Rehn was honored with a table donated for having the class with the most members present. However, later that evening Floyd Anderson said that his class of two were both there for the meal, so in Floyd and Art Sell’s honor of having 100% of their confirmation class present, 2 more tables for the fellowship hall were purchased. We also gave tables (12 in all) in honor of their longevity at Zion: Hazel Howe, Louise Tyler, Ruby Flemming, Art Sell family, Walter and Karin Hallen. Marguerite Fowler and Dean and Janet Anderson were recognized for having 4 generations of their family still worshiping at Zion.

Thank you to Carleen Courtney for providing dinner music. Nolan Courtney was able to meet Nolan Watson! It was nice they were both there to celebrate our anniversary. Kay Boudreau did a great job making and decorating 150 cupcakes for Saturday evening and 2 cakes for Sunday morning, thank you. We quickly cleaned up after eating, thank you to Chris and Sam Larson and Emma Bye for joining the crew and cleaning up.

Thank you to John Enright for being our MC for the evening as he once again took us on a timeline of Zion along with local history and a BEAR VS PACKERS history. The Bruce and Dan show provided us with entertainment for the evening. It was wonderful to see Pastor Karl N. Redelsheimer and hear him speak of his memories growing up at Zion. We were able to meet his entire family, how fast they do grow. John Enright also read letters from previous pastors.

[ Those letters will be posted here soon ]

We ended the evening with Pastor Otto focusing on our ONE FAITH-ONE MISSION-ONE ACTION theme for the year. Thank you to Stephanie Bye for making our covenant. For those of you who could not attend the evening, on our web page, you will be able to look at the Anniversary book, the power point of the last 115 years and letters from our previous pastors.

Thank you to Mike Knitter for helping with the web page additions. Thank you to Kathy Martin for typing our program for the evening.

The best part of being a member of Zion and taking on a project is the many hands that always pitch in to help make the work load lighter, hopefully I didn’t forget someone.

Gratefully, Cheryl Sturges
Council President