Spare Change Sunday's for LCMS National Youth Gathering
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Spare Change Sundays
Every bit — large and small — helps our fundraising efforts for the LCMS National Youth Gathering!
Each Zion family may take a change container from the back of the sanctuary. Take the containers home to deposit spare change (or paper bills, if you prefer!) throughout the week. When you’re ready to turn-in your container of coins/bills, bring it to church any Sunday now through November 26th. Simply empty your container into the large collection jar in the back of the sanctuary labeled “Spare Change Sunday” … you can take it home again to refill, if you like. A little spare change from each us can go a long way in supporting our youth in their goal of attending the LCMS Youth Gathering in 2025! Questions? … please see Carrie Lemonovich or reach out to her at clemono-vich@yahoo.com or (412) 260-9344.
Youth in grades 8-12 sign-up for our GroupMe communications today! We will be using this as our primary way to communicate with youth and parents. Mark your calendars for our next monthly youth meeting/activity -- Sunday, November 19th 6-8 pm.
Zion youth enjoyed a seasonal devotion and pumpkin carving at the October meeting
Bulletin: Wednesday November 1, 2023
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Service Time: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m.
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative
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Reformation Day ... October 31st
More than 500 years ago, the Protestant Reformation brought the church’s focus back to God’s free gift of salvation in Jesus Christ.
On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses — the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” — to the church door in a small city called Wittenberg, Germany. This event ignited the Protestant Reformation, and thus the church officially commemorates this important anniversary on Oct. 31.
As you and your congregation prepare to celebrate this year, you are invited to use a variety of resources that highlight the history, theology, and continued effects of the Reformation today.
The Reformation was, first and foremost, all about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was then, and it still is now. The task of reformation never ends. Every person, in every generation, needs to hear the Good News of their Savior from sin and eternal death.
Youth Group Soup Sale!
Support the fundraising efforts of the youth group for the next youth gathering by purchasing soup. Each quart-sized container is $10. Stock-up on a few varieties … plastic containers make it easy to freeze what you don’t use right away!
Download the order form below and place it in the collection box in the back of the sanctuary, or email your completed form to Megan Pasquini at meganpasquini@hotmail.com.
The soups will be delivered on Sunday December 3rd at church.
Soup options:
Creamy Potato Leek w/ ham
Sausage Corn Chowder
Wedding Soup
Sausage & Tortellini Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
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The Pittsburgh Lutheran: November 2023 Newsletter
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Shout Out to Students: Nathan Grimenstein
Nathan Grimenstein won the "CPH Reads" Grand Prize at Rally Day last month. CPH Reads awards were presented by Sunday School Directors Jon & Connie Canale to students who completed the program by earning 1000 points. Nathan Grimenstein was among the readers who completed the summer reading program, thus his name was entered into the Grand Prize drawing, which he won! He was awarded an annual family pass to the Pittsburgh Zoo.
AUDIO: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday October 29, 2023
Due to network issues, the recording for Sunday October 29, 2023 will not be available until Wednesday November 1, 2023
Sorry for the inconvenience,
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View the bulletin for Sunday, October 29, 2023
8:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study, and Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
12:00 Noon - Refor-Fest - ADDITIONAL DETAILS
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First Reading -- Revelation 14:6–7
Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
Epistle Reading -- Romans 3:19–28
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the eighth chapter.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”