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Voter’s Meeting: Sunday, June 29th at 9:15 a.m.

Zion’s Next Voter’s Meeting is Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. — between services

Agenda topics: 
• Approval of the Fiscal Budget for July 2025 – June 2026 
• Plus key informational updates relevant to the congregation 

Your participation is important as we look ahead and approve next year's budget. 

Christ Uses Us, God Brings the Growth

Christ Uses Us, God Brings the Growth 
By: Mike Wallace, Congregational Vice President 

Have you ever felt like evangelism is just too much to do? Or, just too hard by yourself? Maybe you feel that evangelism depends solely on you and you’re not ready . . . you’re just too scared? 

You're not alone in any of that. And thankfully, you're not meant to do it all on your own, it takes all of us. We each have a part in Outreach and Evangelism . . . we in the Church each have a part. 

In 1 Corinthians 3:7, St. Paul reminds us: “So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth” This verse lifts the pressure off our shoulders. It’s not all up to you. We each have a part, we each share and spread the word, we all water in our actions and we shine the needed light. 

God is the one who brings growth in faith and love. That’s His role. Ours is simply to take small, faithful steps planting seeds of love, truth, kindness, and encouragement. We can think of Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self -Control; against such things there is no law.” 

And here’s the beautiful part: We don’t do this by ourselves. Evangelism isn’t a solo act, it’s a shared mission of all of us. Across the world, in our neighborhoods and communities, believers are living this out together in our daily lives. You might plant, someone else might water, we all shine, but God is the one who moves hearts and fills them with the Spirit to grow and then plant the next seed. 

So what could this look like for you today? It could be sending a friendly message or a Bible verse to a friend you know; maybe it is offering to pray for someone for any reason you feel; inviting someone to Church or a fellowship event; or just opening up about how Jesus has changed your life with someone you meet. God uses simple, faithful acts in powerful ways. 

Take the pressure off. You don’t need to do everything-- just do something. You’re not alone, and the outcome isn’t all on you. One of us plants, another one may water, and we all shine the light, but God brings the growth. 

Prayer 
Jesus, Thank You that sharing the gospel is not all up to me. You are the one who brings growth, who changes hearts, who saves. Help me to take a simple step today to plant a seed, speak with kindness, or show Your Love in some small way. Give me Faith to trust You with what happens next, And remind me I'm part of something so much bigger than myself. I know it’s all about You Jesus and Your Love. Amen 

VIDEO: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - Complete Service

Recognition of Ascension Day
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Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Book of Jonah (30 min.)
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

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AUDIO: Readings & Sermon for Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Recognition of Ascension Day

View the Bulletin for Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Book of Jonah (30 min.)
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

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First Reading -- Acts 1:1-11 
In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 

And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” 

Second Reading -- Ephesians 1:15-23 
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. 

Gospel Reading -- Luke 24:44-53 
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” 

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God. 

Confession 
What sins should we confess? 
Before God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware of, as we do in the Lord’s Prayer; but before the pastor we should confess only those sins which we know and feel in our hearts. 
Which are these? 
Consider your place in life according to the Ten Commandments: Are you a father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife, or worker? Have you been disobedient, unfaithful, or lazy? Have you been hot-tempered, rude, or quarrelsome? Have you hurt someone by your words or deeds? Have you stolen, been negligent, wasted anything, or done any harm? 

Bulletin: Wednesday May 28, 2025

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Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Book of Jonah (30 min.)
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Zoin’s Going Wild … Washington WILD THINGS … that is

Zoin’s Going Wild … going to see the Washington WILD THINGS … that is
Open to Zion’s congregation, youth group, friends and family
This event will be at EQT Park in Washington, PA featuring the Joliet Slammers vs the Washington Wild Things
Sunday, June 15 @ 5:35 p.m.
Price: $0.00 to $10.00
Purchase Link: CLICK HERE

The evening also includes:

• Kids Eat Free Sunday pres. by Pathways

• Toy & Game Night pres. by First Federal Savings & Loan of Greene County

• Rubix Cube Giveaway (First 500 Kids) pres. by First Federal Savings & Loan of Greene County

• Character Appearances: Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach