Thank You from Pastor

Dear Members of Zion, 

Thank you most sincerely for the prayers and support you have provided me and my family this year during my two knee replacement surgeries and my subsequent recoveries. It continues to be an honor to serve you as your pastor, and I look forward to faithfully administering Christ's Word and Sacraments in your midst for many years to come. 

In Christ, 
Pastor Grimenstein 

Psalms Bible Study — This Coming Wednesday (10/15)

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!

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.
(How Great Are Your Works)

92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
    and your faithfulness by night,
3 to the music of the lute and the harp,
    to the melody of the lyre.
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
    at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

5 How great are your works, O Lord!
    Your thoughts are very deep!
6 The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
7 that though the wicked sprout like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
8     but you, O Lord, are on high forever.
9 For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be scattered.

10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
    you have poured over me[a] fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
    my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
15 to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

President’s Perspective

Where Do You Fit in God’s Work at Zion? 
On Sunday, October 19, at 9:15 between services we’ll come together as a congregation for our Voters Meeting to elect new officers and committee members. Attending Voters Meetings and exercising your responsibility to vote is an important way to participate in church life. Our October meeting is a time to affirm those stepping into leadership and to reflect on how each of us can contribute to serving. 

Elected Positions: 

• Recording Secretary – Kari Gresh (3-year term) 

• Elder - Mike Sterba (1-year term) 

• Elder - Joe Marsh (3-year term) 

• Elder - Ray Barley (2-year term) 

• Trustee - Ben Meyer (3-year term) 

While voting is an important way to participate in church life, it’s just one of many ways we can contribute to the work of Christ in our congregation and community. 

As many of you know, we’ve launched Bridge Builders, a ministry led by Deaconess Jo-anna Lee, which helps connect people with opportunities to serve, grow, and build mean-ingful relationships with folks outside Zion. 

So let us ask: Where do you fit? 

Have you thought about using your time and talents to serve on a board, join a committee, help with a project, or simply volunteer for an hour or two at an event? 

There are many ways big and small to get involved, such as: 

• Events Committee 

• Board of Trustees 

• Sunday School 

• Vacation Bible School (VBS) 

• Board of Elders 

• Treasurer Support (filing, data entry) 

• Financial Secretary Support (e.g., counting offerings on Sundays) 

• Capital Campaign Projects 

• Sending Cards of Encouragement 

• Manning Booths at Community Events 

• Technology Support 

Take a moment to reflect: What are you passionate about? What brings you joy when you serve? God has uniquely gifted you and there is a place for you here. Trust that He will guide your heart to where you are most needed. 

Let’s continue to build His church—one heart, one hand, one hour at a time. 

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies - in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” — 1 Peter 4:10–11 

In Christ, 
Bob Schmidt 
Congregational President 

VIDEO: Sunday, October 12, 2025 - Complete Service

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Old Testament Reading -- Ruth 1:1–19a 
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. 

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the Lord had visited his people and given them food. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.” Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 

And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. 

So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. 

Epistle Reading – 2 Timothy 2:1–13 
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. 

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for: 

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
if we are faithless, he remains faithful— 

for he cannot deny himself. 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the seventeenth chapter
On the way to Jerusalem [Jesus] was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” 

Choir -- Redeemer, Rock, and Refuge (8:00 a.m.)

5th Annual Reforfest

Join Us for Zion’s 5th Annual Reforfest
October 26th after the 2nd Service

• Catered German Meal

• Beer & Root Beer

• Guessing Jars

• Pastor’s Famous Bingo

Advance Tickets Required
$15 - Adults
$5 - Kids (4-10 years)
Free - Children 3 & under

Questions?
E-mail Megan Pasquini at meganpasquini@hotmail.com

October is Church Worker Appreciation Month (part 2)

Here are 10 ways to show appreciation for those who serve your church or school community. 

1. Pray regularly for your church worker and family. Tell them you are doing so, ask them for specific prayer requests, and follow up on requests as appropriate. 

2. Write a thank you, send a card or draw a picture to express appreciation for specific ways your church worker impacts the congregation and you personally. There are design templates at LCMS.org. 

3. Take your church worker out for coffee or a meal. Ask about his or her family and life. 

4. Remember the birthdays of your church worker and his/her spouse and children. Recognize them with a small gift on that day. 

5. Offer free babysitting for your church worker’s family and/or give a restaurant gift card for a nice night out. 

6. Take up a collection for Christmas gifts for your church worker and family (consider cash or gift cards). 

7. Provide meals for your church worker’s family once a month, during busy church seasons such as Advent and Lent, or at other times when life is particularly demanding (such as the birth of a new baby, the beginning of the school year, or during an illness). 

8. Host a reception on your church worker’s ordination, installation or service anniversary, recognizing not only the worker but his or her family for their support and sacrifice. 

9. Put together a slideshow or video collage of different members and groups sharing what they love and appreciate about your church worker. 

10. Offer up a vacation property (a member’s timeshare, cottage, beach condo) for a week at no expense to your church worker.