Bulletin: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - Funeral for Carl Bauer

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View the Obituary for Carl Bauer
Born: Sept. 13, 1941 
Baptized: Oct. 12, 1941 
Confirmed: April 3, 1955 
Entered eternal rest in Christ: June 14, 2025 

First Reading – Job 19:23-27 
Second Reading – Revelation 7:9-17 
Third Reading – John 8:48-59 

Lutherans for Life

On Friday, May 23, 2025, Rev. Dr. Aric Fenske was installed as the new Executive Director of Lutherans For Life. The installation service was held at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Missouri, with Rev. Dr. B. Keith Haney officiating. Dr. Haney serves as Assistant to the President for Missions, Human Care, and Stewardship for Iowa District West (LCMS). Also participating in the service were Rev. Michael Salemink, former executive director of Lutherans For Life, and Rev. Andrew Packer who gave the sermon. 

The Rev. Dr. Aric Fenske is a 2011 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. Since that time, he has served as the pastor of two dual parishes in the North Wisconsin District – LCMS, where he has been active in several different pro-life organizations. Dr. Fenske earned his Doctor of Ministry in 2019, again from Concordia Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Marie, have four daughters—Madison, Alexis, Hailee, and Marta—along with two grandsons, James and Rustyn. Dr. Fenske assumed his duties as Executive Director of Lutherans For Life on May 1, 2025. 

Former executive director, Rev. Salemink, has accepted a call to serve as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. Salemink, who earned his Master of Divinity from CTSFW in 2003, had served as executive director since 2015. 

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Lutherans For Life has, since 1979, upheld the value of life affirmed by the resurrected Christ. We educate congregations on life issues with a Gospel perspective, equipping Lutherans and their neighbors to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life. Lutherans For Life also offers help, healing, and forgiveness for anyone who bears the burden of overwhelming guilt through our 24-hour Word of Hope hotline (888-217-8679). This free service is available to men, women, and youths for information, referrals, and Scripture-based spiritual care to address life issues such as surprise pregnancy, abortion Life Advocates  are developed in congregations and communities — in collaboration with our volunteer relations team — to affirm life and participate in motivating others For Life through the Gospel. Lutherans For Life also serves youth through its  Y4Life program! 

4th Annual Pioneer Fest

Join us for the 4th Annual Pioneer Fest!
Sunday, July, 20, 2025!
As we celebrate 80 years of Christian ministry on the shores of Lake Erie!

Join us for an amazing day with lake breezes, sunshine, hot dogs/hamburgers, ice cream, bounce houses, face painting, tractor train rides, worship music and so much more! Come, join us for a great day on the lake and be refreshed at Pioneer!

We have some pretty cool things in store for this year’s event, so stay tuned for some MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Bring your family and friends for this FREE EVENT!!!

2025 Artist Special Performances

• Steven Curtis Chapman

• Five14 Band

• The Brothers McClurg

• Randy Stonehill

• The Good News Band
  

  2025 Happenings

• Morning Church Service 

• Food, Beverages, and Ice Cream

• Live Worship Music

• Fun for all ages 

Contact the Pioneer office at 716-383-6157 for further information and/or to reserve your spot.
9324 Lake Shore Road. Angola, NY 14006
PIONEERONTHELAKE.COM

VIDEO: Sunday, June 22, 2025 - Complete Service

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AUDIO: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday, June 22, 2025

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Old Testament Reading -- Isaiah 65:1–9 
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here am I, here am I,”
to a nation that was not called by my name.
I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat pig’s flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
Behold, it is written before me:
“I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their bosom
both your iniquities and your fathers’ iniquities together,
says the Lord;
because they made offerings on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their bosom
payment for their former deeds.” 

Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it, 
for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants’ sake,
and not destroy them all.
I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.” 

Epistle Reading – Galatians 3:23—4:7 
Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. 

I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the eighth chapter
Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. 

Shout Out to Students (Part 3 of 3)

Delaney Winterhalter graduated from Geneva College on May 10th with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Delaney was a four-year member of Geneva's D3 tennis team, a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), President of Geneva's chapter of SWE, and an engineering department intern. Delaney has been hired by Michael Baker International as a traffic engineer. She and her fiancé, Michael Grimenstein, will be married next June following Michael's graduation from USNA. Way to go, Delaney! 

Bulletin: Sunday June 22, 2025 + This Week at Zion

THIS WEEK AT ZION
Please note: There are Bibles, Handmade Wooden Wall Crosses and Pocket New Testaments/Psalms on a table in the back of the Sanctuary. They are free to anyone who would like to have them for home use, or to give as gifts!

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Saturday June 21
(Pastor away at convention)
No Events Scheduled

Sunday June 22
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Youth Sunday School
9:15 a.m. - VBS Crew Volunteers drop-in meeting (conference room)
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

Monday June 23
No Events Scheduled

Tuesday June 24
1:00 p.m. - Funeral Service for Carl Bauer
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Wednesday June 25
2:00 p.m. - Midweek Worship with Communion
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study; Obadiah (30 min.) - Each Bible Study starts with a recap from the previous lesson
3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Open-Playground Fellowship time (additional details)
(Wednesday’s service will be streamed on our YouTube channel)

Thursday June 26
No Events Scheduled

Friday June 27
No Events Scheduled

Saturday June 28
12:00 p.m. - Prayer Luncheon (additional details)

Sunday June 29
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Voters Budget Meeting & Summer Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

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