President’s Perspective
2026 - 2027 Fiscal Budget Approved
On Sunday, June 21, the congregation unanimously approved the 2026–27 fiscal budget. The meeting was attended by 53 voting members. If you were unable to attend the voters' meeting, the budget presentation materials are available on the zlcb.org website under Member Documents. The password was previously eblasted to all members.
The Budget Committee's goal was to present a balanced budget that would break even, or generate a modest surplus. We are pleased to report that this year's budget reflects a slight surplus while continuing to support the ministries and mission of our church. The budget also includes modest increases to address the rising costs of utilities, services, materials, and staff salaries. We believe this plan reflects faithful stewardship of the resources God has entrusted to us while positioning our church for continued ministry and outreach.
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2026 - 2027 Fiscal Budget Approved
On Sunday, June 21, the congregation unanimously approved the 2026–27 fiscal budget. The meeting was attended by 53 voting members. If you were unable to attend the voters' meeting, the budget presentation materials are available on the zlcb.org website under Member Documents. The password was previously eblasted to all members.
The Budget Committee's goal was to present a balanced budget that would break even, or generate a modest surplus. We are pleased to report that this year's budget reflects a slight surplus while continuing to support the ministries and mission of our church. The budget also includes modest increases to address the rising costs of utilities, services, materials, and staff salaries. We believe this plan reflects faithful stewardship of the resources God has entrusted to us while positioning our church for continued ministry and outreach.
Both the church and preschool continue to operate with self-sustaining budgets. This has been made possible through increases in the preschool tuition, the generous weekly offerings of our members, and occasional grants and fundraising initiatives. We are grateful for your continued stewardship and support.
Our ministry does not stop here. We have established a Capital Long-Term Planning Team to identify future financial projects that could help expand or strengthen our ministry within the community. We are grateful that Paul Klemash has agreed to lead this effort. If you have ideas, suggestions, or a vision for how God may be calling us to be ambassadors, we would love to hear from you. Please feel free to share your thoughts with Paul. We welcome your input as we plan for the future together.
PODCASTS: From the LCMS
Podcast: The Lutheran Witness
The Lutheran Witness provides readings of all the articles posted on LW website. The Lutheran Witness is an official periodical of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Podcast: The Lutheran Ladies Lounge
Join Sarah, Erin, Rachel, and Bri on the sofa in the Lutheran Ladies Lounge, a podcast oasis for you, dear sisters, to sit, rest your feet, and stay a while….
Podcast: The Coffee Hour
Join hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth as they bring you all the stories you want to hear from around the LCMS.
Podcast: LCMS Worship Institute
This podcast brings home selected recordings of the presentations, workshops and services from LCMS Worship Institutes.
Podcast: God’s Mission Here
God’s Mission Here spotlights the work that God is doing through His people… and this work is closer to home than you might expect!
Podcast: Friends for Life
In the “Friends for Life” podcast from LCMS Life Ministry, hear from life leaders and others who are speaking up about and living out the sanctity of human life.
Podcast: End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry
LCMS Youth Ministry Staff discuss practices for healthy youth ministry and interview practitioners who provide insight for experienced and new youth leaders.
Podcast: 5 Minutes with a Missionary
It’s a window into missionary life. As our missionaries talk about their experiences, savor the uniqueness of the places in which God has called them to serve — while finding…
Podcast: 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering Sessions
Youth and adult sessions recorded at the 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas.
Podcast: The Lutheran Witness
The Lutheran Witness provides readings of all the articles posted on LW website. The Lutheran Witness is an official periodical of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Podcast: The Lutheran Ladies Lounge
Join Sarah, Erin, Rachel, and Bri on the sofa in the Lutheran Ladies Lounge, a podcast oasis for you, dear sisters, to sit, rest your feet, and stay a while….
Podcast: The Coffee Hour
Join hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth as they bring you all the stories you want to hear from around the LCMS.
Podcast: LCMS Worship Institute
This podcast brings home selected recordings of the presentations, workshops and services from LCMS Worship Institutes.
Podcast: God’s Mission Here
God’s Mission Here spotlights the work that God is doing through His people… and this work is closer to home than you might expect!
Podcast: Friends for Life
In the “Friends for Life” podcast from LCMS Life Ministry, hear from life leaders and others who are speaking up about and living out the sanctity of human life.
Podcast: End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry
LCMS Youth Ministry Staff discuss practices for healthy youth ministry and interview practitioners who provide insight for experienced and new youth leaders.
Podcast: 5 Minutes with a Missionary
It’s a window into missionary life. As our missionaries talk about their experiences, savor the uniqueness of the places in which God has called them to serve — while finding…
Podcast: 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering Sessions
Youth and adult sessions recorded at the 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas.
Bible Study: Sunday, August 9, 2026
Bible Study for Sunday, August 9, 2026
Where we discussed John 16:20-24, 16:25-28, 16:29-33, 17:1-5, 17:6-11, along with excerpts from Isaiah 26:17-19, and The Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer.
Our Bible Study is lead by Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein, Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA.
Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA is Online at https://www.zlcb.org/
Bible Study for Sunday, August 9, 2026
Where we discussed John 16:20-24, 16:25-28, 16:29-33, 17:1-5, 17:6-11, along with excerpts from Isaiah 26:17-19, and The Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer.
Our Bible Study is lead by Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein, Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA.
Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA is Online at https://www.zlcb.org/
VIDEO: Sunday, August 16, 2026 - Complete Service
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.
Bulletin for Sunday, August 16, 2026
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
Archive of Sunday Bible Studies
Archive of Bulletins
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study: The Gospel of John
9:15 a.m. - Summer Sunday School
This service will be LIVE STREAMED on our YouTube Channel
Audio: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday, August 16, 2026
This audio-only file includes all the readings from scripture, along with the sermon — and when available, the announcements, adult choir, men’s choir, and/or bell choir. Also posted along with the audio file is the text for all the scripture readings, and a link to the current bulletin, and our YouTube channel if you prefer to watch the LIVE Stream.
Bulletin for Sunday, August 16, 2026
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
Archive of Sunday Bible Studies
Archive of Bulletins
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study: The Gospel of John
9:15 a.m. - Summer Sunday School
This service will be LIVE STREAMED on our YouTube Channel
Old Testament Reading -- Isaiah 56:1, 6–8
Thus says the LORD:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
for soon my salvation will come,
and my deliverance be revealed. . . .
“And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD,
and to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
The Lord GOD,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
“I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
Epistle Reading – Romans 11:1–2a, 13–15, 28–32
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. . . .
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? . . .
As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the fifteenth chapter
Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
Bulletin: Sunday, August 16, 2026 + This Week at Zion
Download/view the latest bulletin. It’s filled with our hymns, the order of service, all the readings from scripture, prayer requests for family & friends, service participants, communion statement, about our worship, the schedule of events for this coming weeks, along with announcements, news updates, happenings, and more!
Bulletin for Sunday, August 16, 2026
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
Archive of Sunday Bible Studies
Archive of Bulletins
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study: The Gospel of John
9:15 a.m. - Summer Sunday School
The 8:00 a.m. service will be LIVE STREAMED on our YouTube Channel
THIS WEEK AT ZION
Friday, August 14
No Events Scheduled
Saturday, August 15
No Events Scheduled
Sunday, August 16
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service
9:15 a.m. — Bible Study (The Gospel of John) & Children’s Summer Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Monday, August 17
6:00 p. - Confirmation 2nd Year
Tuesday, August 18
6:15 p.m. - Bell Choir Practice
7:15 p.m. - Adult Choir Practice
Wednesday, August 19
2:00 p.m. - Mid-Week Worship Service
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study (1 Samuel) 30 min.
(The Worship Service will be streamed on our YouTube channel)
7:15 p.m. - Adult Instruction Class
Thursday, August 20
6:00 p.m. - LWML Quarterly Meeting
Friday, August 21
No Events Scheduled
Saturday, August 22
No Events Scheduled
Sunday, August 23
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service
9:15 a.m. — Bible Study (The Gospel of John) & Children’s Summer Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
CLICK THE UPCOMING EVENTS GRAPHIC to go directly to our UPCOMING EVENTS page
Common Questions & Pro-Life Answers
Common Questions & Pro-Life Answers: A Quick Reference Guide
The purpose of this guide is to help equip Christians to respond to the common questions posed (within or outside the church) about life issues, such as abortion, physician-assisted death, disability and the decisions made amidst human suffering. This booklet is for young and old, student and teacher, lay person and church worker. While not all-comprehensive of every possible question that might challenge a Christian worldview and ethic of life, this booklet addresses the most frequent questions and seeks to answer them succinctly.
Click the photo above to download the free quick reference guide: Common Questions & Pro-Life Answers
Common Questions & Pro-Life Answers: A Quick Reference Guide
The purpose of this guide is to help equip Christians to respond to the common questions posed (within or outside the church) about life issues, such as abortion, physician-assisted death, disability and the decisions made amidst human suffering. This booklet is for young and old, student and teacher, lay person and church worker. While not all-comprehensive of every possible question that might challenge a Christian worldview and ethic of life, this booklet addresses the most frequent questions and seeks to answer them succinctly.