Shout Out to Students (Part 1 of 3)

Luke Lemonovich graduates from South Fayette High School on June 4th. While in high school, Luke was a member of Nat’l Honor Society, and played the saxophone in the Little Green Machine Marching Band, Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble. He was also a leader in South Fayette Campus Life, a Christian youth fellowship organization. Luke will attend Florida Tech in the fall and pursue a degree in Aviation Science. Congratulations, Luke! 

VIDEO: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - Complete Service

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Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Book of Obadiah (30 min.)
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AUDIO: Readings & Sermon for Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Book of Obadiah (30 min.)
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Hebrews 5:1-10 
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 

So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, 

“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”; 
as he says also in another place, 
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.” 

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. 

John 17:1-26 
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. 

“I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. 

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” 

The Sacrament of the Altar 
What is the benefit of this eating and drinking? 
These words, “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins,” show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation.
How can bodily eating and drinking do such great things? 
Certainly not just eating and drinking do these things, but the words written here: “Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins.” These words, along with the bodily eating and drinking, are the main thing in the Sacrament. Whoever believes these words has exactly what they say: “forgiveness of sins.” 

Bulletin: Wednesday June 18, 2025

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Community Event: Pittsburgh Pirates Blood Drive

Community Event: Pittsburgh Pirates Blood Drive
Monday, June 30, 2025 – Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department – Chartiers Room
370 Commercial Street, Bridgeville, PA 15017

To schedule an appointment to donage, go to VITALANT.ORG and search with Blood Drive Code 100561474 or search by zip code.
You may also call 1-877-25VITAL or use the Vitalant mobile app.
Appointments recommended

Participating donors receive a voucher redeemable for two tickets to a Pittsburgh Pireates home game on Sunday through Thursday!

We Mourn the Loss of Carl Bauer (Update)

Carl H. Bauer
September 13, 1941 – June 14, 2025
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Age 83, of Kennedy Township, formerly of Chicago, IL. Passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Beloved husband of 56 years to Karen (Libricz) Bauer. Dear Father of Michael (Vanessa) Bauer and Dawn (George) Geregach. Brother of Richard (Pat) Bauer and the late Kenneth Bauer. Proud Grandparent of Payton and Hunter Bauer and Grant and Dustin Geregach.

Born and raised in Chicago, Carl and Karen raised their family in Wheaton, IL, before retiring to Kennedy Township, PA, where Carl enjoyed several years of working as an Usher at Pittsburgh Pirates Games. An avid Chicago Bears and White Sox fan, Carl was always watching sports, especially his grandkids' games. His favorite pastime was watching his grandkids excel at the things they loved most.

Funeral Service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church 3197 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017 at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Internment will follow at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, 1158 Morgan Rd, Bridgeville, PA 15017, at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, Lutheran Hour Ministries, or Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA.

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Funeral Arrangements for our brother-in-Christ Carl Bauer are as follows:
Funeral: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. – Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA.
Graveside ceremony at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies at 2:00 p.m.

Prayer Lunch for Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat

Saturday, June 28th 12:00 p.m. 
Lunch will be provided
Zion Lutheran Church, 3197 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
A free will offering will be taken for Shepherd’s Canyon

Joanna Lee serves as the Deaconess at Zion Lutheran Church. She is the daughter of an LCMS pastor and is the third of six siblings. While serving as an LCMS missionary in Taiwan, she met her husband, Richard. Married in 2020, they now have a daughter, a son, and a baby due in September. Joanna obtained her Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

Within a two month span, Joanna experienced the sudden death of her father, was a first responder to people fleeing from a school shooting, and had an undiagnosed herniated disc. Attending a Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat was a great blessing and help to her in her journey of healing. Come to hear Joanna’s story, and more about Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Ministry.

Please RSVP with how many will be attending so we can plan accordingly.
With appreciation,
Joanna Lee, Deaconess at Zion Lutheran Church