Bulletin: Wednesday March 13, 2024

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2:00 p.m. - Worship Service with Communion
2:30 p.m. - 30 min. Bible Study following the 2:00 p.m. service
7:00 p.m. - Worship Service with Communion
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

Soon and Never
King David’s enemies said of him, “When will he die and his name perish?” (Psalm 41:5) Do you have enemies who wish the same fate on you? Regardless of your best efforts to “lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way” (1 Timothy 2:2), you are pursued unceasingly by three dread adversaries: the world, the devil, and your own sinful flesh. When will you die? When will your name perish? Christ silences your foes and your fears and will strengthen and keep you firm in His Word and faith unto the end.

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Lenten Service Schedule

Our Lenten theme is …
"Be Gracious to Me" from Concordia Publishing House. We will explore how God’s grace wells up in Psalm 41, where David exults in divine mercy amid his own weakness, powerful enemies, and treacherous friends. In this psalm, David tracks the flow of divine grace back to its source at the cross and, with prophetic vision, finds it springing forth in the lives of all baptized believers —including you.

Lent/Easter Service Schedule

Wednesday March 13
2:00 p.m. (with Bible Study) & 7:00 p.m. (without Bible Study)

Sunday March 17
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
9:15 Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School

Wednesday March 20
2:00 p.m. (with Bible Study) & 7:00 p.m. (without Bible Study)

Sunday March 24
Palm Sunday
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
9:15 Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School

No Service Wednesday March 27

Maundy Thursday March 28
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday March 29
2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (with prelude music starting at 6:30 p.m.)

Easter Sunday March 31
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
9:15 Easter Breakfast — sign up in the Narthex

Vacation Bible School 2024 Announced

Vacation Bible School Announced for 2024
VBS week is set for July 22nd - 26th please mark your calendars!

We thank Karen Kress for again volunteering to lead Vacation Bible School this year. The date for VBS week has been selected as July 22-26, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (time-tentative). Our program will be Concordia Publishing House's "Celebrate the Savior" VBS Promo Video.

Volunteers are needed!!! If you are interested in helping, please contact Karen at kkress5@gmail.com. There are lots of opportunities to help in hands-on roles with children, and with behind-the-scenes tasks!!

The Scammers are at it again!

Another scammer targets Zion!
Unfortunately, once again a fake email has been circulating to Zion members .... the email appears to come from "Pastor Edward O. Grimenstein" and requests "a favor" OR "money and/or gift cards."  The Most recent just says “Monday! You out today?”

THIS EMAIL IS A SCAM.  PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO IT! 
During the pandemic unfortunately these scams have been on the rise.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Director of Family Life

Director of Family Life
The Director of Family Life will work alongside the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in developing and maintaining outreach programs to the local community (primarily through Zion Lutheran Preschool). The Director of Family Life will also focus upon strengthening the relationships between existing Zion members.

The overall goals of the Director of Family Life position are as follow:

• Create a preschool outreach initiative.

• Plan all youth programming/events.

• Recruit & coordinate volunteers for programs.

• Oversee ordering of resources related to events.

Download the PDF for a full description

DOWNLOAD: DETAILS on the position of Director of Family Life

Pastor’s Corner

Pastor’s Corner

Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” (John 8:7-11)

The passage above is a comfort for many. For those who wrestle with their sin, or for those burdened by their past, we can hear Christ’s words and know that because of Christ, the Great Judge, not even He will condemn us. For others, though, they may try to use the above passage as an excuse to continue in their sin. They might say, “Remember, even Jesus said, ‘Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone.’ So, don’t tell me I’m wrong. Let me live my life however I want. Quit judging me!”

The question of how to deal with sin in the church can be a confusing one. We find passages like the one above that seem to say, “we shouldn’t judge anyone.” And yet we will find multiple passages that speak about repenting of our private sins and of stopping public sins from spreading like yeast throughout the church. In fact, most of Paul’s letters have mandates commanding the church to prevent sexual immorality and other public sins within her and expel those who say they are Christian and yet choose to remain unrepentant in their sin (Rom. 1 & 2; 1 Cor. 5).

So, what is the church to do, and how are we as Lutherans to hear Christ’s words in the world in which we live? In the passage above the last verse is crucial. Jesus told the woman to “go, and from now on sin no more.” The woman was called to live a new life now, not of openly sinning, but of openly repenting. She was called by Christ to live a life of faith in Him and turn away from her sins. During this season of Lent, we are also called into an identical life of repentance as that woman. Luther’s Fourth Part of Baptism in the Small Catechism speaks to this when it says,

What does such baptizing with water indicate?
It indicates that the Old Adam in us should by daily contrition and repentance be drowned and die with all sins and evil desires, and that a new man should daily emerge and arise to live before God in righteousness and purity forever.

We are all sinners. And we are all called by Christ to daily repent (which means to turn away from sin) and to look more and more to Christ as our Savior. Seeing Christ as our Savior truly is what the season of Lent is all about.

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Old Testament Reading -- Numbers 21:4–9
Epistle Reading -- Ephesians 2:1–10
The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the third chapter.