Bulletin: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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WorshipService: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Psalm 2 with Pastor Grimenstein
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative
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View the Bulletin for Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m. with communion
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. - Psalm 2 with Pastor Grimenstein
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative
Visit our YouTube channel — Click the red “subscribe” box, and then click on the “bell” next to that box to receive Live Streaming notifications. You must be logged into YouTube to activate these features.
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Veterans Day - November 11th
On Veterans Day we remember the courage and selfless service of so many throughout the generations who have answered the call to serve in the Armed Forces. We are thankful to God for their honorable sacrifice for the freedom of others. We also pray that God would keep chaplains in the faith and sanctify their ministry in the Word. Finally, a special thank you to all our brothers and sisters of Zion who have answered the call to serve!
On Veterans Day we remember the courage and selfless service of so many throughout the generations who have answered the call to serve in the Armed Forces. We are thankful to God for their honorable sacrifice for the freedom of others. We also pray that God would keep chaplains in the faith and sanctify their ministry in the Word. Finally, a special thank you to all our brothers and sisters of Zion who have answered the call to serve!
LCMS Stewardship Ministry Thoughts
Philippians 1:3, 5
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you…because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” God doesn’t need anything we have. Yet He invites us to give so that we can indeed become “partners in the Gospel.” This is a gift of His grace. He invites us to do significant work in the Kingdom of God through our tithes and offerings.
Deuteronomy 8:7
“For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land.” Have we received any less than the sons of Israel in this great and glorious land? We are so very blessed! Let us then outdo even the sons of Israel in giving thanks!
Matthew 21:3
“If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” Just a colt and her foal. How significant could they be? Could they really be used by the Lord for some great, heavenly purpose? This is one facet of stewardship we often forget: the blessing it is to us to be of service in the Lord’s Kingdom. What honor the Lord bestows upon us by using our gifts for His goals!
Click the link below to read the complete story …
Philippians 1:3, 5
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you…because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” God doesn’t need anything we have. Yet He invites us to give so that we can indeed become “partners in the Gospel.” This is a gift of His grace. He invites us to do significant work in the Kingdom of God through our tithes and offerings.
Deuteronomy 8:7
“For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land.” Have we received any less than the sons of Israel in this great and glorious land? We are so very blessed! Let us then outdo even the sons of Israel in giving thanks!
Matthew 21:3
“If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” Just a colt and her foal. How significant could they be? Could they really be used by the Lord for some great, heavenly purpose? This is one facet of stewardship we often forget: the blessing it is to us to be of service in the Lord’s Kingdom. What honor the Lord bestows upon us by using our gifts for His goals!
Mark 12:44
“For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” From Old Testament times right through to today the Lord has urged us to give to His work in the Church in proportion to how He has blessed us. He has also called us to sacrificial giving, that is, giving that actually costs us something. That’s the shape of true Christian generosity.
— from your Stewardship Committee, please contact Mike Kroeger 832-651-7295 or Michael.K.Kroeger@gmail.com) if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions.
Wednesday’s Bible Study: Psalm 2, The Coming Messiah
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 Psalm 2 … About the Coming Messiah. God truly is speaking to us, come and hear what He is saying!
2 Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
Click the link below to read the rest of Psalm 2 …
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 Psalm 2 … About the Coming Messiah. God truly is speaking to us, come and hear what He is saying!
2 Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Pastor’s Corner
Stewards of God
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace. 1 Peter 4:10
This time of year, it is very common for people to be “thankful.” Even the unbelieving world around us can pause and appreciate all the stuff they have. But Christians do something unbelievers never can and never will do. We go further. We realize EVERYTHING we have not only comes from God, but everything also belongs to God. We are simply “using” those gifts from God for a while in this life. God is essentially “loaning” everything to us, just for a time.
Click the link below to read the complete story ….
Stewards of God
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace. 1 Peter 4:10
This time of year, it is very common for people to be “thankful.” Even the unbelieving world around us can pause and appreciate all the stuff they have. But Christians do something unbelievers never can and never will do. We go further. We realize EVERYTHING we have not only comes from God, but everything also belongs to God. We are simply “using” those gifts from God for a while in this life. God is essentially “loaning” everything to us, just for a time.
For example, think of the food we give thanks for. We did not create this food, God did. And God has loaned that food to you so you may eat. You have become a steward of that food. And after you eat that food which God has created it gives you energy to do . . . what? That could certainly vary. You could use the energy from that food and go out and shoplift, or shoot someone, or have a sexual affair. You could use the energy from that food to sin. That would mean we were a very poor steward of what God had entrusted to us.
But we don’t have to sin. We could use the energy from food to speak God’s Word to others, to do good works God has prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10). You could use the energy from that food and sing praises to God. In short, you could be a good steward of what God has entrusted to you.
On November 9th, we are going to celebrate “Stewardship Sunday” at Zion. For just this one Sunday all of our readings, hymnody, sermon and adult Bible study will focus upon “stewardship.” I know you may cringe when you hear that word thinking it is all about money, but I assure you money will not be our focus. Our focus will be very simple and yet profound: God has entrusted (loaned) everything to us for a time. Because of that, we are now all stewards (a person entrusted with managing something on behalf of God, with the understanding we are merely caretakers, not owners of those things.)
After a while of entrusting everything to us, it will all return back to God. The question is this: how did we steward what God had entrusted to us? Were we poor stewards, hoarding God’s gifts for ourselves? Or were we faithful stewards realizing we own nothing in this life, and all of it has been entrusted to us, loaned to us, by God for a time. Stewardship is far more than something simple like “money.” Stewardship is about you, and you realizing everything you have, everything you are, is a gift to you from Christ. I hope you can join us on Nov. 9th!
Community Event: Sugarplum Artisan Marketplace
Sugarplum Artisan Market – FINAL DAYS!
It’s time for our 6-day sale with 2 rooms FULL of handcrafted gifts, seasonal decorations, handmade jewelry, fashion accessories, original wall art and more, all locally made. Upper St. Clair League for the Arts.
FINAL DAYS:
It’s time for our 6-day sale with 2 rooms FULL of handcrafted gifts, seasonal decorations, handmade jewelry, fashion accessories, original wall art and more, all locally made. Upper St. Clair League for the Arts.
VIDEO: Sunday, November 9, 2025 - Complete Service
Each service at Zion Lutheran Church (normally the first of our two Sunday services) is streamed LIVE on our YouTube channel. These streams are for Sunday’s, Wednesday’s, Lenten, Advent, and special services. The entire service is streamed from beginning-to-end. Weddings and Funerals can also be streamed, if requested in advance.
