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Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Psalm 92 with Pastor Grimenstein
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View the Bulletin for Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Psalm 90 with Pastor Grimenstein
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Deuteronomy 21:1-23 
If in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer that has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke. And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the LORD, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled. And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. Accept atonement, O LORD, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD. 

“When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife, and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails. And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her. 

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his. 

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 

“And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance. 

Matthew 16:1-12 
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed. 

When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

The Lord’s Prayer – The Second Petition
What is the Second Petition? 
Thy kingdom come. 
What does this mean?
The kingdom of God certainly comes by itself without our prayer, but we pray in this petition that it may come to us also. 
How does God’s kingdom come?
God’s kingdom comes when our heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His holy Word and lead godly lives here in time and there in eternity. 

Bulletin: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Psalm 92 with Pastor Grimenstein
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

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Men’s Fellowship Event - THIS THURSDAY! Oct. 16, 2025

Steelers Watch Party (Men's Fellowship Group)
Thursday, October 16, 2025 starting at 8:15 p.m.
Zion’s Fellowship Hall
Pizza & soft drinks provided
Sign-up sheet on the table in the back of the sanctuary

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