Zion Lutheran will again be one of the Deer Park “Pumpkin Lane” stops for children on
October 25th. We’ll need lots of candy and volunteers. Please let Ruth know if you can help. If you’re able to donate candy, please have it at the church by Sunday, October 19th so that we’ll know if more needs to be purchased by the Saturday, the 25th.

A big THANK YOU to all of the cooks and everyone who helped set up and clean up on September 7th for the Rally Day breakfast. A special thank you to Bob & Roberta Schroeder for providing and leading the craft project! The food and fellowship was outstanding!

September Newsletter Correction:
Cemetery committee members are: Rex Schimke, Mike Boggs, Bill Thompson and Ruth McCauley. We apologize for omitting Bill’s name in last month’s
article.

October Lutherhaven Events

October 7th at Shoshone
“Golden Agers Day Out”
10am to 2pm
A great day out at one of the most
beautiful times of the year at camp!
$9.00 includes meal and program

October 17—19 at Lutherhaven
“Cut, Crop & Quilt Weekend”
Popular get-togethers for the “crafty” in all of us!. Awesome meals, dynamic speaker, great new friends, and plenty of time to move that favorite project
toward being done!

Please join us for a delicious meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, squash, fruit salad, veggie trays, homemade hot rolls and, of course, apple and pumpkin pies. Our dinner will be followed with a worship service as we thank God for the bountiful harvest and all that He provides to us.

Pastor Duane Anderson
PO Box 2211
Deer Park, WA 99006
ph.:509-499-6225

Pastor Office Hours

Pastor Duane has waited until he knew the rhythm here at Zion and Deer Park before he scheduled
regular office hours. Below is his new schedule, but it may still change as needs and other schedules emerge. Note that office hours can change for pastoral emergencies or scheduled meetings or events.

Tuesdays
9:00-10:15am — Office Hours
10:30-Noon — Pastor’s Text
Study at Open Door Church
1-4:00pm — Office Hours

Wednesdays
9:00am-Noon — Office Hours
Wednesday Afternoons — Available
for Office, Appointments, Visits

[In case you don’t know: Martin Marty is one of the great Lutheran scholars of our time, with an emphasis in church history. He is entering the ninth decade of his life with both true maturity and with the true spirit of the child. Many in our area were delighted to hear him in person at our recent Synod Assembly in Spokane].

Walking through Disney World, I discovered living parables of the central question of Marty’s new book: shall we primarily treat children as a problem to control or as a mystery to wonder and discover? I saw in many children’s eyes true delight, merriment and awe. When I located their parents, I usually saw in the parents the same delight, merriment and awe. These parents were in tune with the mystery of the child.

Then there were the “other children.” They were cranky, tired, frustrated, rude, and angry. Then I would hear outbursts from their parents like: Stop crying! Be quiet! I paid a lot of @%#*& money for you to have fun, so you better shape up!!! These parents were all control and had little or no sense of mystery.

In his book, Marty invites us to primarily see children as mystery. Marty asserts that the provision of care for children will be radically changed and revised if – instead of seeing the child as first a problem to control – we see the child first as a mystery surrounded by mystery.