Bulletin: Funeral Service for Mitchell Fitzgerald - Wednesday February 14, 2024
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Funeral Service at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday February 14, 2024
We Mourn the Loss of Mitchell Fitzgerald
Age 27, of Peters Township, on February 7, 2024. Beloved and cherished son of Timothy A. and Jodi L. (Herschaft) Fitzgerald; loving brother of Timothy E. (Kami L.) Fitzgerald, Jared M. Fitzgerald, and Jennifer J. Fitzgerald; proud uncle of Timothy E. Fitzgerald; adored grandson of Alice J. and the late Lawrence J. Fitzgerald, and the late Victor and Jacqueline Herschaft; great nephew of the late Albert Hatala and Etta and John Meehan; also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Mitchell was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church; he loved the Lord and sought to bring others to faith. He was a graduate of Peters Township high school, where he excelled as a wrestler and football player. He went on to study at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, where he continued to wrestle. He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the California University of PA, with a 4.0 GPA. Mitchell served as a combat engineer in the U.S Army Reserve with the 420th Engineer Company in Indiana, PA. He was a counselor, a coach, and a soldier. Mitchell was a talented musician, he enjoyed playing the keyboard and singing. He was a lover of all sports including but not limited to football, wrestling, skateboarding, snowboarding, hockey, boxing, MMA, riding and racing dirt bikes, and more. Mitchell was a protector, a guardian, and a warrior. He was the guy who would stick up for anyone and give you the shirt off his back. He was a little stubborn, but he was also kind, smart, dependable, and had a great work ethic. He loved to make people laugh. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
Family and friends received on Tuesday from 3-8 PM at the Warchol Funeral Home Inc., 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville (412.221.3333). A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 10 AM at Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations to the Gary Sinise Foundation.
Free Lenten Daily Devotions Available in the Narthex and Atrium
Forty-seven daily devotions that repeatedly build on Psalm 41 and supporting Scripture passages that together paint a picture of how David's words are now your reality through Christ and your Baptism. These devotions, starting with Ash Wednesday and concluding on Easter Sunday, are meant to be used with the Lenten Preaching and Worship Series Be Gracious to Me.
About the Theme
Be Gracious to Me centers around Psalm 41 where God’s grace wells up and King David exults God, tracing the flow of divine grace from the source to its believers. He watches the current flow and spring forth in the lives of all believers through Baptism. Discover how Christ’s sufferings are your sufferings, and more importantly, how David’s words in Psalm 41 have become your reality through Christ. In the day of trouble, the Lord delivers you. The Lord protects you and keeps you alive. You are called blessed in the land.
Sunday School News
DID YOU KNOW???
Our Sunday School Directors and Teachers spend much time and effort throughout the week to ensure we engage our students with meaningful lessons from God's Word. These lessons teach the love of God in Jesus, and share how God's love touches kids' lives each day.
You can support the efforts of our Sunday school team by bringing your children ages 3 through 6th grade to Sunday school every week to learn from God's Holy Word!
Throughout February, our Sunday School classes continue with New Testament Lessons from the Gospels of John, Luke and Matthew. Colorful images and engaging activities from CPH enhance learning. Stories include: "Jesus Cleanses the Temple", "Jesus Teaches the Woman at the Well", "The Born-Again Truth", and "Jesus Walks on Water".
President’s Perspective
Trust Only in The Lord Thy God
In a simple twist of fate, Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday are on the same day this month! Since "Love" is the theme of Valentine's Day, perhaps it's kind of proper that as we pray for a reconciliation with our Savior we are reminded of the pure love He showed for the world as He reconciled the world to Him in his sacrifice on the cross. Of course, Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent which leads to our most important Christian celebration, Easter! Try to attend the Lenten services and prepare for Good Friday and Easter. Enjoy being a chosen, called Christian in a world that is increasingly a pool of confusion, deception and lies manifesting evil-- which we resist as we confidently demand: "Satan, get thee behind me!"
I hope you all had a nice Holiday Season and are looking forward to spring and Easter. Time has a habit of moving pretty fast so Easter will be here before you know it. We sort of throttled back over the winter and Christmas season to give the Council, (especially the Trustees), a bit of a rest since last year was quite busy. We'll slowly start to ramp up with a few projects and by May we should be relatively busy again.
There are some interesting items that are on the docket this year. We're looking at calling a Deaconess, Director of Family Life, here at Zion. Stay tuned for more information. (A really good way to stay up on these matters is to attend a Voters Meeting! The next one is in April.) Another item that we're finalizing will be an Endowment for your church. Keep your eyes open for more information about that item, too.
This could be a year of turmoil in our world, but one thing will be sure: Zion will be a rock and steadfast in providing a refuge from the angst and chaos of whatever the world throws at us. We can't let things bother us, control us. God is our refuge and our help is in the name of the Lord! In Proverbs 3:5-6 we read, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make strait your paths."
Here comes 2024! Enjoy the ride. Christ is in control. Amen.
– Paul Klemash
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Old Testament Reading — Exodus 34:29–35
Epistle Reading — 2 Corinthians 3:12–13; 4:1–6
Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the ninth chapter
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Old Testament Reading — Exodus 34:29–35
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Epistle Reading — 2 Corinthians 3:12–13; 4:1–6
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the ninth chapter
After six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.
And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Free Lenten Daily Devotions Available in the Narthex
Forty-seven daily devotions that repeatedly build on Psalm 41 and supporting Scripture passages that together paint a picture of how David's words are now your reality through Christ and your Baptism. These devotions, starting with Ash Wednesday and concluding on Easter Sunday, are meant to be used with the Lenten Preaching and Worship Series Be Gracious to Me.
About the Theme
Be Gracious to Me centers around Psalm 41 where God’s grace wells up and King David exults God, tracing the flow of divine grace from the source to its believers. He watches the current flow and spring forth in the lives of all believers through Baptism. Discover how Christ’s sufferings are your sufferings, and more importantly, how David’s words in Psalm 41 have become your reality through Christ. In the day of trouble, the Lord delivers you. The Lord protects you and keeps you alive. You are called blessed in the land.