Bulletin: Wednesday July 22, 2026

Bulletin for Wednesday, July 22, 2026
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2:00 p.m. - Worship Service
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study: The Book of Ruth
This service will be LIVE STREAMED on our YouTube Channel

Altar Guild Members Needed

Altar Guild Members Needed 
We are looking for 2-4 new people to join Zion’s Altar Guild. Altar Guild members prepare, clean, and put away items for Holy Communion each week. At various times throughout the year they also dress our sanctuary according to the colors of the church calendar. Occasionally they may also clean and press vestments and paraments, and perform minor tasks to ensure that all is in order for the weekly worship of our congregation. 

The guild operates on a monthly rotation similar to usher teams. Each team of 2-4 altar guild members is responsible for one service ( either early or late) for their chosen month of service. 

Would you consider joining this vital ministry? No experience is necessary; however, altar guild members must be confirmed members of the church. Thank you in advance for your gifts of time, talents, and treasure in the Body of Christ! 

LWML Eastern District Convention

Women from across the Eastern District of the LCMS met in Lancaster, PA from June 12-14 for the District Convention of the LWML. Deborah Sterba and Connie Canale were Zion’s LWML Convention Delegates. Megan Migyanko is the co-chair of leader development for the LWML’s Eastern District. She presented on her role as a young women representative at the National Convention last year. 

Among other Convention business, mission grants funding was voted upon. Included in those grants chosen to be funded is a grant to Zion for its Blessings Basket Ministry requested by our Bridge Builders group. Funds will be used to assemble and distribute baskets that contain items to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of our preschool families with new babies, including food 

Bible Study: Sunday, July 12, 2026

Bible Study for Sunday, July 12, 2026
This Bible Study will focuses on: John 14:15-17, John 14:18-21, John 14:22-24, John 14:25-27, and John 14:28-31. This week’s Bible Study was lead by Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein, Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA. Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA is Online at https://www.zlcb.org/

VIDEO: Sunday, July 19, 2026 - Complete Service

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Audio: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday, July 19, 2026

AUDIO: Announcements, Readings and Sermon for Sunday, July 19, 2026

Rev. Dr. Edward Grimenstein

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Old Testament Reading -- Isaiah 44:6–8 
Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
“I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.
Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.
Let him declare and set it before me, 
since I appointed an ancient people.
Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
Fear not, nor be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
And you are my witnesses!
Is there a God besides me?
There is no Rock; I know not any.” 

Epistle Reading -- Romans 8:18–27 
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the thirteenth chapter
[Jesus] put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’” . . . 

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed is the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.” 

VIDEO: VBS 2026

Watch the 2026 Vacation Bible School video

Thanks to all the youth who attended, all the parents who believed in this valuable ministry and brought their children, and finally, to all the volunteers that made this possible.
Look for more photos and informaiton about VBS 2026 — coming soon.