Bulletin: Sunday, February 15, 2026 + This Week at Zion

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THIS WEEK AT ZION

Saturday, February 14
No Events Scheduled

Sunday, February 15
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
12 Noon — Mardi Gras Luncheon and Bingo
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

Monday, February 16
6:00 p.m. - 1st Year Confirmation Class
7:00 p.m. - 2nd Year Confirmation Class

Tuesday, February 17
6:15 p.m. - Bell Choir
7:15 p.m. - Adult Choir

Wednesday, February 18
2:00 p.m. - Ash Wednesday Worship Service with imposition of ashes
7:00 p.m. - Ash Wednesday Worship Service with imposition of ashes
(Service streamed on our YouTube channel)

Thursday, February 19
No Events Scheduled

Friday, February 20
No Events Scheduled

Saturday, February 21
No Events Scheduled

Sunday, February 22
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

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Photos from Jan. 31st Prayer Luncheon

In case you missed it, Zion had a “Prayer Luncheon: Rejoice in the Lord” at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
We celebrated the work God is doing at Zion Lutheran Preschool. This event was hosted by Tracey Harris and Tevia Grimenstein.
This was one of many “Women’s Ministry” event held each year at Zion.

Men’s Fellowship Event - Bowling

Join the Men’s Fellowship Group for an afternoon of bowling at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes on Saturday, February 28, 2026 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm. Cost of $20 per person includes 3 games and shoe rental. Sign up in the narthex. Call Rick Berardelli at 724-480-5501 with questions. 

Preschool News

As usual, it has been very busy here at Zion Preschool! This year we have 160 students and 11 classes that meet in both the morning and afternoon—there is activity all around every day. We are so grateful for the energy, growth, and blessings we continue to see. 

Here are a few fun facts about our school. Did you know… 

• Including me, we have 20 staff members. 

• Six of our staff are members of Zion: myself, Kari Gresh, Barb Oechslein, Marian Oelschlager, Tevia Grimenstein, and Anna Gresh. 

• Mrs. Nancy (Nancy Klemash) serves as our pianist during Kids Praise three times a week in the sanctuary. We end every Kids Praise session by singing the Doxology and saying the Lord’s Prayer. 

• Mr. Doug (Doug Krantz) plays piano for our Christmas and End-of- Year programs. 

• Pastor (known as “Mr. Pastor” to some of our students!) teaches Chapel three times a week in the sanctuary. 

• Our parking lot is so busy that the South Fayette Police now assist with keeping traffic flowing smoothly. 

• Our newly formed Bridge Builders team greeted parents during the first days of school and provided an appreciation lunch for our staff.

• We have a 90%+ return rate of families from year to year. 

Wonderful things are happening here, and God continues to guide and bless our Preschool. If you are interested in working at the school or becoming part of our Bridge Builders team, please let me know. We are excited to continue developing and growing our connections with the Church. 

Blessings, 
Tracey Harris

In Memoriam: Carol Schrag

Carol L. Hetrick Schrag
77, of Cecil Township, passed away at home on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 20, 1948, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Kenneth and Helen Maruca Hetrick. On March 4, 1972, she married William Schrag, who survives. Surviving along with her husband is a son, Ken (Bethany) Schrag; and a daughter, Pam (Jason) Trentini; four grandchildren: Will Schrag, Claire Schrag, Emily Trentini and Sam Trentini. Carol was a longtime and devoted member of Zion Lutheran Church. All services and burial were private, by the Warchol Funeral Home Inc., 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, 412-221-3333. Memorial donations may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, 3197 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017. View and add condolences at: www.warcholfuneralhome.com

VIDEO: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - Complete Service

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Service: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. (Galatians)

Audio: Readings & Sermon for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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Job 7:1-21 
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ 
But the night is long,
and I toss and turn till the dawn.
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle
and come to their end without hope. 
“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
he returns no more to his house,
nor does his place know him anymore. 
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.
I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
visit him every morning
and test him every moment?
How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you? 
Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.” 

John 4:7-26 
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” 

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” 

The Sacrament of Holy Baptism – Third Part 
How can water do such great things? 
Certainly not just water, but the word of God in and with the water does these things, along with the faith which trusts this word of God in the water. For without God’s word the water is plain water and no Baptism. But with the word of God it is a Baptism, that is, a life-giving water, rich in grace, and a washing of the new birth in the Holy Spirit, as St. Paul says in Titus, chapter three: “He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying.” (Titus 3:5–8)