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Paschal greeting

Alleluia! Christ is risen! (“He is risen indeed! Alleluia!”) 

John 21

English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21 After this Jesus ⁽A⁾revealed himself ⁽B⁾again to the disciples by ⁽C⁾the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. ² Simon Peter, ⁽D⁾Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of ⁽E⁾Cana in Galilee, ⁽F⁾the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. ³ Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but ⁽G⁾that night they caught nothing.

⁴ Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ⁽H⁾did not know that it was Jesus. ^5 (I⁾Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ^6 (J⁾He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. ⁷ That disciple ⁽K⁾whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, ⁽L⁾he put on his outer garment, for he was ⁽M⁾stripped for work, and ⁽N⁾threw himself into the sea. ⁸ The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards^[a^] off.

⁹ When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ¹¹ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said to them, ⁽O⁾“Come and ⁽P⁾have breakfast.” Now ⁽Q⁾none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³ Jesus came and ⁽R⁾took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. ^14 (S⁾This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Major points for Children:

Sin pushes us away (or separates us) from God.

Jesus comes and finds us.

He forgives us, and puts us back together with God.

He gives us purpose (or things to do).

Jesus continually reminds us of His power, love and forgiveness even when we have forgotten Him.

Major points for Adults:

Jesus feeds our bodies with food and feeds our souls with HIS WORD.

Just as Jesus restored Peter to Grace, He works in us through the Holy Spirit to bring us back into the Family of Believers.

Jesus earned Grace for us on the cross. It is for all people who Believe in Him. Our relationship with God is restored and all Believers are Heirs of Eternal Life.

Christ calls us to be Fishers of Men and we need to share the Gospel message of Salvation with others.

Song:

Fished All Night

Lyrics:
Fished all night and caught no fishes. (3x)
Out on the deep blue seas.

Then came Jesus walking on the water. (3x)
Out on the deep blue sea.

Cast your nets on the other side. (3x)
Out on the deep blue sea.

Then their nets were filled with fishes. (3x)
Out on the deep blue sea.

Go Ye:

1. Go ye, go ye into the world, and make disciples of all the nations.
Go ye, go ye into the world, and I will be with you there!

2. Go ye, go ye into the world, and take the gospel to all the people.
Go ye, go ye into the world, and I will be with you there!

3. Go ye, go ye into the world, and tell the story to all believers.
Go ye, go ye into the world, and I will be with you there!

Oh you Can't Keep Jesus Love in a Box

Alleluia

Do You Know Who Died for Me

This Little Gospel Light of Mine

This is the Day That the Lord Has Made

J_E_S_U_S cheer

Families,
I hope everyone will be able to worship this weekend; either here at Zion ( Sat. 5pm, Sun. 8, 9:30, or 11am) or at another church. Our Sunday school and Adult Education meets at 9:30am on Sunday. Child car is available. This week the following activities/centers will be available for your child:

                                                                                              Bible story role playing
                                                                                              Oral language
                                                                                              painting (different types of paint and tools
                                                                                                    to paint with)
                                                                                              tactile activity in sensory table using senses
                                                                                                    to discover different types of fabric
                                                                                              matching color centers 1. matching plastic
                                                                                                    eggs halves by color 2. matching pom
                                                                                                    pons to colored dots on a caterpillar
                                                                                              learning about caterpillars through pictures
                                                                                                    and books
                                                                                              creating a caterpillars out of egg cartoons
                                                                                              using linking fish to create patterns
                                                                                              stamping fish and caterpillars
                                                                                              activities to recognize the first letter of the
                                                                                                       child's 1st name
                                                                                               games to reinforce recognition of #'s 1-9,
                                                                                                        color, shape and 3 object memory
                                                                                                         recall
                                                                                                musical instruments
                                                                                                dancing with scarves

IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY IN PDO! It is so wonderful to watch the classmates share, take turns and use kind words. They have grown so much.

Finally,  Sara sent out a survey please fill it out and return it ASAP. Thanks in advance for the information.                                                                                      

Important Dates:

 May 12th-16th            Last week of Parent’s Day Out

Tuesday, May 27th        First Day of Summer Care

 PLESAE NOTE PDO WILL PARTICIPATE: but dress up is optional

Week of the Young Child Students in PDO-2nd grade will celebrate Week of the Young Child on May 5th-9th During this week, we celebrate the blessing of young children, especially all of the young children here at Zion! As part of the celebration, there will
be optional dress-up days this week. These days are listed below:

Monday: Sports Shirt Day-wear a sports shirt of their favorite team
Tuesday: Favorite Color Day
Wednesday: Spirit Day-Wear red or white or Zion wear
Thursday: Stripes Day
Friday: Mismatched Day

Other activities offered by Zion to enrich your family's life:

Life Ministries Join the Little Lambs with Your Child - This parent/child group engages children from birth through age 5 in hands-on lessons that feature Bible stories.   They are planning their final meeting on Friday, May 2nd, in which they plan to make a trip to the zoo. For more information contact Laura Hugo.  Come join the fun.

Summer Care for Summer 2014 - As you start planning for your summer schedules, please know that Zion will offer summer care this year. Summer care is available for children ages 18 months-5 years of age. It will be offered on Zion's campus every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday starting on May 27 and ending July 24th.  For more information, please contact Sara Kuhlmann.

I am sorry but the pictures wouldn't load today I had another error message. Hopefully I can get this corrected. I will try again to load the pictures from today on Monday. For those of you who were here on Wed. I have the pictures saved, but I continue to get the error message when I try to put the on the blog. I am so sorry; thanks for being understanding.