Armed Forces Day
A Prayer for the Armed ForcesAlmighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace, strengthen them in their trials and temptations, give them courage to face the perils which beset them, and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer for the Armed Forces
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace, strengthen them in their trials and temptations, give them courage to face the perils which beset them, and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Welcome Deaconess Joanna Lee
ZION WELCOMES DEACONESS JOANNA LEE
Watch Thursday May 16th LIVE STREAM from Concordia Theological Seminary's Deaconess Placement ceremony during which Joanna Lee received her official call to Zion Lutheran Church, Briddgeville, PA! The event will took place at 10:00 a.m. in the Kramer Chapel at CTS in Fort Wayne. Go to ctsfw.edu/callday (then scroll down to Deaconess Placement and click the "WATCH" button)
ZION WELCOME DEACONESS JOANNA LEE
Watch Thursday May 16th LIVE STREAM from Concordia Theological Seminary's Deaconess Placement ceremony during which Joanna Lee received her official call to Zion Lutheran Church, Briddgeville, PA! The event will took place at 10:00 a.m. in the Kramer Chapel at CTS in Fort Wayne.
Go to ctsfw.edu/callday (then scroll down to Deaconess Placement and click the "WATCH" button)
Adult Bible/Teen Bible Study
Adult Bible/Teen Bible Study
Adults and youth are invited to the Fellowship Hall as we begin the book of Joshua. The class is geared for all levels of Biblical experience … beginners are welcome! Enjoy bagels, donuts and coffee, together with wonderful fellowship. Sunday School and Adult/Teen Bible Study are from 9:15-10:15 am.
Adult Bible/Teen Bible Study
Adults and youth are invited to the Fellowship Hall as we begin the book of Joshua. The class is geared for all levels of Biblical experience … beginners are welcome! Enjoy bagels, donuts and coffee, together with wonderful fellowship. Sunday School and Adult/Teen Bible Study are from 9:15-10:15 am.
"...man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord."
Deuteronomy 8:3 NIV
No Mid-Week Service Wednesday, May 22, 2024
There will be no Mid-Week Service on Wednesday May 22, 2024 because Pastor will be out of the office.
There will be no Mid-Week Service on Wednesday May 22, 2024 because Pastor will be out of the office.
REMINDER: Deaconess Call Day - Streamed Live 5/16
Tune in Live for Concordia Theological Seminary's Deaconess Placement ceremony during which Joanna Lee will receive her official call to Zion! The event will take place this Thursday, May 16th at 10:00 a.m. in Kramer Chapel at CTS in Fort Wayne.
Go to ctsfw.edu/callday (then scroll down to Deaconess Placement and click the "WATCH" button)
Tune in Live for Concordia Theological Seminary's Deaconess Placement ceremony during which Joanna Lee will receive her official call to Zion!
The event will take place this Thursday, May 16th at 10:00 a.m. in Kramer Chapel at CTS in Fort Wayne.
Go to ctsfw.edu/callday (then scroll down to Deaconess Placement and click the "WATCH" button)
More Josephs, Please
I'd be happy with another Samson to rout the Philistines, another David to slay Goliath. I can think of more than a few places where I'd like Joshua to march around seven times. But what we really need is more Josephs.
Our own hymnal calls him Joseph the Guardian. But, really, he was more than that. He was to Jesus a true father, to Mary a true husband. Depictions of Joseph as an old man do him a disservice. The Bible teaches us that Jesus had brothers, including James, Jude, and Simon. Sisters too. To all these, and Jesus as well, Joseph was provider, protector, and model. He loved Mary as his wife. And Jesus was known as the carpenter's son, even as another identity would later be revealed in the Jordan River.
Click the link below for the complete article
More Josephs, Please
By: The Rev. Dr. Peter Scaer, professor and chairman of the Exegetical Department at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind
I'd be happy with another Samson to rout the Philistines, another David to slay Goliath. I can think of more than a few places where I'd like Joshua to march around seven times. But what we really need is more Josephs.
Our own hymnal calls him Joseph the Guardian. But, really, he was more than that. He was to Jesus a true father, to Mary a true husband. Depictions of Joseph as an old man do him a disservice. The Bible teaches us that Jesus had brothers, including James, Jude, and Simon. Sisters too. To all these, and Jesus as well, Joseph was provider, protector, and model. He loved Mary as his wife. And Jesus was known as the carpenter's son, even as another identity would later be revealed in the Jordan River.
The world, of course, hates Joseph, because the world hates the One Joseph provided for. If the world loved Joseph, the world would love natural marriage and the family. If the world loved Joseph, it would do everything it could to make sure that every child had mom and a dad. If the world loved Joseph, it would do everything it could, like Joseph did, to preserve the lives of our littlest children. Yes, Jesus was the only begotten Son of God from all eternity. But then He became one of us, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of Mary, and was given an earthly father, and then a family of brothers and sisters. In the mystery of the Incarnation, even God's Son needed a Joseph.
How much more are the children of our age in need? What is the leading indicator of just about everything bad? The lack of a father, that is to say a Joseph, in the home. Will the neighborhood be safe? Get more Josephs. Will an infant be safe? Not with a live-in boyfriend, whose presence makes a home very dangerous indeed. The kid deserves a Joseph. Someone who doesn't see the child as an obstacle to the woman he sleeps with. Would Christians like their children to grow up and stay in church? Well, for that, there's a Joseph. A guardian against the thugs? Joseph. Someone who may even whisk a family away from tyranny, knowing that the family takes precedence over the state? Joseph. So sure, I'll take a Gideon, a Samson, or a David. Throw in a Solomon, a Joshua, and a Moses. Better yet, give me millions of Josephs.
The Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty (LCRL) is a religious liberty organization in Washington D.C. that serves as a voice for the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and its partners in the public square. The LCRL provides input, education, advice, advocacy, and resources in the areas of life, marriage, and religious liberty and seeks to engage in discussions with lawmakers, media, and the public to uphold the rights and respon-sibilities of Christians in society. It also connects and equips missional leaders across the country through its Champions for Liberty Network.
VIDEO: Wednesday May 15, 2024 - Complete Service
Each service at Zion Lutheran Church (normally the first of our two services) is streamed LIVE on our YouTube channel. This includes 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.
View the Bulletin for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m.
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative
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