Live Nativity -Sunday December 7th - Cabot, PA
Join Us For Concordia’s 12 Annual Live Nativity
Sunday, December 7, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
148 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023
(Entrance #5, Haven II)
Last performance at 6:00 p.m.
Featuring Concordia staff and residents
Live animals
Hot beverages and refreshments
Gifts for children 12 and under
Live Christmas music
Free Admission
This will be a “walk-through” nativity, so guests are encouraged to dress warmly. Parking at entrances 5 & 6. For more information, call 724-352-8268 or visit concordialm.org
Visit concordialm.org because Concordia will be supporting the food pantry needs of the Lighthouse Foundation during the event. Use the link above for a list of the most-needed items!
Join Us For Concordia’s 12 Annual Live Nativity
Sunday, December 7, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
148 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023
(Entrance #5, Haven II)
Last performance at 6:00 p.m.
Featuring Concordia staff and residents
Live animals
Hot beverages and refreshments
Gifts for children 12 and under
Live Christmas music
Free Admission
This will be a “walk-through” nativity, so guests are encouraged to dress warmly. Parking at entrances 5 & 6. For more information, call 724-352-8268 or visit concordialm.org
Visit concordialm.org because Concordia will be supporting the food pantry needs of the Lighthouse Foundation during the event. Use the link above for a list of the most-needed items!
Fourteenth Annual "Adopt a Grandparent"
During the Holiday season, I enjoy brightening the lives of residents in local assisted living and nursing home facilities in Allegheny County. Many of these people have few, if any, visitors and receive little, if anything, during the Holidays. Last year, through the generosity of local businesses and friends, I helped deliver over 1000 gifts to residents of John J Kane Regional Hospital, Scott Twp and McKeesport, and several other nursing and assisted-living facilities. This year I hope to help deliver 1000 + gifts again.
By partnering with me, your $15 will provide each of two residents a fragrance-free hand cream and help them have a very Merry Christmas. These items are specifically requested by caregivers for the benefits the residents receive. The lotions will soothe their hands and bring joy, as well, by the simple "touch therapy" of applying them. They will be delivered in early December.
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During the Holiday season, I enjoy brightening the lives of residents in local assisted living and nursing home facilities in Allegheny County. Many of these people have few, if any, visitors and receive little, if anything, during the Holidays. Last year, through the generosity of local businesses and friends, I helped deliver over 1000 gifts to residents of John J Kane Regional Hospital, Scott Twp and McKeesport, and several other nursing and assisted-living facilities. This year I hope to help deliver 1000 + gifts again.
By partnering with me, your $15 will provide each of two residents a fragrance-free hand cream and help them have a very Merry Christmas. These items are specifically requested by caregivers for the benefits the residents receive. The lotions will soothe their hands and bring joy, as well, by the simple "touch therapy" of applying them. They will be delivered in early December.
Please consider what a blessing this is for the men and women in these facilities who once lived and worked in our local communities. Let them know they are remembered! THANK YOU!
You may contribute with cash, or make your check payable to Ginny Granke-Kimberland.
Ginny Granke-Kimberland
7082 Clubview Dr.,
Bridgeville, PA 15017
Phone: 412-427-9013
Special Audio Presentation
Special Audio Presentation
“Empty Boxes” is a special presentation of The Lutheran Hour®. Hosted by Lutheran Hour Speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Ziegler, this original story invites listeners on a chilly car-ride home after a candlelight Christmas Eve service that becomes a turning point for a teenage boy—an enlightening moment he will return to for years to come.
A single question: what are you thinking about? A nostalgic man reflects back when he realized why, not just Christmastime, but all of life, is such a let-down—glimmering wrapping, nothing on the inside. Ecclesiastes calls it meaningless or “vanities of vanities.” How does one put a word to something that isn’t there? But then, maybe what we’re searching for can’t fit in a box?
Special Audio Presentation
“Empty Boxes” is a special presentation of The Lutheran Hour®. Hosted by Lutheran Hour Speaker Rev. Dr. Michael Ziegler, this original story invites listeners on a chilly car-ride home after a candlelight Christmas Eve service that becomes a turning point for a teenage boy—an enlightening moment he will return to for years to come.
A single question: what are you thinking about? A nostalgic man reflects back when he realized why, not just Christmastime, but all of life, is such a let-down—glimmering wrapping, nothing on the inside. Ecclesiastes calls it meaningless or “vanities of vanities.” How does one put a word to something that isn’t there? But then, maybe what we’re searching for can’t fit in a box?
Featuring the following:
Rev. Dr. Jason Broge – Writer and Narrator
Rev. Ron Rall – Retired Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler – Bible Study Pastor and Service Pastor
Ashley Bayless - Ruth
Chris Macky - Usher
Julie Atwood-Wise - Teacher
Mark Eischer – Radio Announcer
James Davis - Boy
Jeanine Davis - Girl
Parker Broge - Girl
VIDEO: Sunday, November 30, 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.
Audio: Readings & Sermon for Sunday, November 30, 2025
This audio-only file includes all the readings from scripture, along with the sermon — and when available, the announcements, adult choir, men’s choir, and/or bell choir. Also posted along with the audio file is the text for all the scripture readings, and a link to the current bulletin, and our YouTube channel if you prefer to watch the LIVE Stream.
View the bulletin for Sunday, November 30, 2025
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Old Testament Reading -- Isaiah 2:1–5
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and all the nations shall flow to it,
and many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go the law,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in the light of the Lord.
Epistle Reading -- Romans 13:11-14
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twenty-fourth chapter
[Jesus said:] “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Spiritual Conversations: Part 3 of 4 Videos
PART 3 of 4
The Eager Conversationalist/Spiritual Conversation Curve Workshops
Technology and rapid cultural shifts, including the impact of social media, have redefined the ways we communicate and have altered the face of evangelism. Spiritual Conversations in the Digital Age focuses on this shifting definition of evangelism and the perceptions of faith sharing from both sides of the conversation: the sharer and the hearer. Through this research, church leaders can coach Christians to be effective in sharing the unchanging Good News in the digital age.
Download: Eager Profile Inventory
Download: Eager Activities Suggestion List
Download: Spiritual Conversation Curve
VISIT: Spiritual Conversation Page on Zion Lutheran Church’s Website
Click to watch part 3 of 4
PART 3 of 4
The Eager Conversationalist/Spiritual Conversation Curve Workshops
Technology and rapid cultural shifts, including the impact of social media, have redefined the ways we communicate and have altered the face of evangelism. Spiritual Conversations in the Digital Age focuses on this shifting definition of evangelism and the perceptions of faith sharing from both sides of the conversation: the sharer and the hearer. Through this research, church leaders can coach Christians to be effective in sharing the unchanging Good News in the digital age.
Download: Eager Profile Inventory
Download: Eager Activities Suggestion List
Download: Spiritual Conversation Curve
VISIT: Spiritual Conversation Page on Zion Lutheran Church’s Website
Bulletin: Sunday, November 30, 2025 + This Week at Zion
Download/view the latest bulletin. It’s filled with our hymns, the order of service, all the readings from scripture, prayer requests for family & friends, service participants, communion statement, about our worship, the schedule of events for this coming weeks, along with announcements, news updates, happenings, and more!
View the bulletin for Sunday, November 30, 2025
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THIS WEEK AT ZION
Saturday, November 29
No Events Scheduled
Sunday, November 30
1st Sunday of Advent
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — 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)
Monday, December 1
6:00 p.m. - 1st Year Confirmation Class
7:00 p.m. - 2nd Year Confirmation Class
7:00 p.m. - Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, December 2
6:15 p.m. - Bell Choir Practice
7:15 p.m. - Adult Choir Practice
Wednesday, December 3
2:00 p.m. - Advent Worship Service - Week 1
7:00 p.m. - Advent Worship Service - Week 1
(Service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Thursday, December 4
7:00 p.m. - Elders Meeting
Friday, December 5
No Events Scheduled
Saturday, December 6
9:00 a.m. - Outdoor Fall Clean-up (hosted by Trustees)
10:00 a.m. - Church Christmas Decorating & Luncheon
Sunday, December 7
2nd Sunday of Advent
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — 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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