RALLY DAY is Sunday September 7, 2025

Sunday September 7th is Rally Day!
Mark your calendar for the kick-off our 2025-26 Sunday school year. We'll have a special combined opening for adults and kids at 9:15 a.m. in the fellowship hall, and announce those students moving up to new classes. 
More details to come.

Happy Labor Day from Zion Lutheran Church

A Prayer for Labor Day
God, our Creator, by the power of Your Word, You spoke creation into existence. On the sixth day, You created man, male and female, in Your image. You commanded them to have dominion over Your creation, making them stewards and caretakers of the earth. On this day that celebrates the labor of workers everywhere, bless all those involved in honest work. Work through them to bring order to the world You created. Hear our prayer in Jesus' name. Amen

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Old Testament Reading -- Proverbs 25:2–10 
It is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings is to search things out.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
so the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Take away the dross from the silver,
and the smith has material for a vessel;
take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great,
for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
What your eyes have seen
do not hastily bring into court,
for what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not reveal another’s secret,
lest he who hears you bring shame upon you,
and your ill repute have no end. 

Epistle Reading -- Hebrews 13:1–17 
Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, 

“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?” 

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the fourteenth chapter
One Sabbath, when [Jesus] went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” And they could not reply to these things. 

Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” 

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” 

Zion’s Outreach: Bridge Builders

On Saturday, August 23rd, Bridge Builders from Zion hosted a table at South Fayette Community Day. We gave out around 30 Bible Story books in English and Hindi. We got to see lots of current and former students of our preschool. We also gave out tattoos, stickers, pens, and candy. Many kids enjoyed playing our giant Candy Land game. It was a great opportunity to build and strengthen relationships in our community. A big thanks to all our volunteers! 

Bulletin: Sunday, August 31, 2025 + This Week at Zion

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THIS WEEK AT ZION

Saturday August 30
No Events Scheduled

Sunday August 31
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Summer Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)

Monday September 1
Labor Day
No events scheduled

Tuesday September 2
6:16 p.m. - Faith Bell Practice
7:15 - 8:15 p.m. - Adult Choir Practice

Wednesday September 3
2:00 p.m. - Midweek Worship with Communion
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study (30 min.) Psalm 104 (More Details)
(Wednesday’s service will be streamed on our YouTube channel)

Thursday September 4
7:00 p.m. — Elder’s Meeting

Friday September 5
No events scheduled

Saturday September 6
No Events Scheduled

Sunday September 7
RALLY DAY
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Rally Day Opening; Adult/Teen Bible Study & 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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Psalms Bible Study — This Coming Wednesday (9/3)

In the Psalms God speaks to us, His people. God speaks to us about many different topics in the Psalms like: His existence, the Messiah, forgiveness, doubt, thanksgiving and many more! Join us each Wednesday for worship at 2:00 p.m. followed by a 30 min. Bible Study hosted by Pastor Grimenstein (starting at 2:30 p.m.) as we study a different Psalm each week for a total of 12 weeks. God truly is speaking to us, come and hear what He is saying!