Bulletin: Wednesday August 26, 2026

Bulletin for Wednesday, August 26, 2026
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2:00 p.m. - Worship Service
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study: I Samuel
This service will be LIVE STREAMED on our YouTube Channel

Christ is Risen - Tell the Next Generation

Christ is Risen
Tell the Next Generation

We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonder that He has done. – Psalm 78:4

The 2026-2029 LCMS National Offering,
“Christ is Risen! Tell the Next Generation,” will support the work of congregations, districts and RSO's vigorously to make known the Good News of Jesus Christ among families, young people and children.

For more information on how you and your congregation can support the 2026-2029 National Offering, visit LCMS.org/national-offering

March for Life 2026 - Sept. 21st - Harrisburg, PA

PENNSYLVANIA MARCH FOR LIFE HARRISBURG, PA | SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
Gather with pro-life Lutherans prior to the 2026 March for Life Pennsylvania at The Hilton in Harrisburg, One N. 2nd St. in Harrisburg to be encouraged and take a stand for mothers, fathers, and their children born and unborn. A full breakfast, free of charge, (graciously provided free of charge by Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Lititz, PA) will be served from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. We will walk together to the Capitol steps for the 10:30 AM Rally and 12:00 PM March. RSVP with your groups attendance:

Gather with your pro-life Lutheran brothers and sisters prior to the 2024 PA March for Life at:
THE HILTON HARRISBURG ONE N. 2ND STREET HARRISBURG, PA 17101

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Meet and Greet with Full Breakfast
Full breakfast graciously provided free of charge by Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Lititz, PA

10:00 AM
Welcome, and Keynote Speakers:
”That They May Have Life” Dr. Aric Penske, Executive Director of Lutherans for Life and Jill B. Hartman, Executive Director of A Woman’s Concern Pregnancy & Parenting Resource Center

10:30 AM
Walk to the Capitol Steps for the Rally

12:00 PM
March Begins

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeanie Zentz at 717-475-0271 or visit www.LancasterLutheran.com
Visit https://marchforlife.org/Pennsylvania/ for complete details and RSVP

Harrison elected to sixth term as LCMS president

The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, having received more than 50% of the votes cast in the third ballot for the election of the president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), is the president-elect for the 2026–2029 triennium. It will be his sixth term in office.

The election for the position of Synod president began last fall with an online nominating process, conducted by YesElections, that concluded Feb. 18, or five months prior to the start of the Synod convention, with a report to the secretary of the Synod.

The resulting candidates for the office of president were the five ordained ministers who received the highest number of votes in the nominations process and who consented to serve if elected. The voting began, according to Bylaw 3.12.2.4, starting June 6 (six weeks prior to the convention) via Internet balloting provided by YesElections.

The 5,478 pastoral and lay voters validly registered by the congregations and parishes of the Synod (Bylaw 3.12.2.3) before the deadline (electronic registration by March 8) or their substitutes (as validly submitted before May 29) served as the voters for this election. Of those, a total of 5,038 votes were cast in the third round of voting, constituting a vote percentage of 92.0% of the electorate. (The voter percentage was 85.4% in the first round and 88.4% in the second round.)

The results of the third ballot tallied and reported to the secretary of the Synod are as follows:

• Harrison was voted president-elect with 2,524 votes (50.1%);

• The Rev. Dr. Joel D. Biermann received 2,414 votes (47.9%); and

• The Rev. Benjamin T. Ball received 100 votes (2.0%).

Harrison responded to the news of his election.

“First, thank you to the candidates who were willing to be subjected to this grueling processof public scrutiny, and especially to Dr. Biermann. I had prepared a concession speech thanking Joel for standing, noting how blessed we are in the LCMS to have such a capable theologian as our new president, and vowing my support. Thanks, too, to First Vice-President Lange, Brady Finnern and Ben Ball. Any one of them would be a blessing.

“Thank you for this amazing opportunity to serve a final term. Please forgive me my many faults and sins. I plead for your prayers for fidelity to the Gospel of Christ’s blood-bought forgiveness, and prayers that I may serve all of you as Christ would have me do in these final three years.

“‘Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.’” (Heb. 13:20–21)

The Bylaws of the LCMS instruct the secretary of the Synod to notify the candidates in the Synod’s presidential election of the results of the balloting at least two weeks prior to the convention. The candidates were informed earlier today, June 24, of the results of the June 20–23 ballot. Additional information about the election result will be published in the second issue of Today’s Business , which will be available at the beginning of the convention. For more information about the election or candidates, see lcms.org/ convention/elections. The 69th Regular Convention of the LCMS will take place July 18–23 at the Phoenix Convention Center under theme “Christ Is Risen Indeed.”

Bible Study: Sunday, August 16, 2026

Bible Study for Sunday, August 16, 2026 
Where we discussed John 17:12-19, 17:20-23, 17:24-26, 18:1-3, John 18:4-11, along with excerpts from The Seven Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, John 7:44-49, John 20:28-31, and Genesis 3:14-5. Our Bible Study is 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, August 23, 2026 - Complete Service

Bulletin for Sunday, August 23, 2026
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8:00 a.m. - Worship Service
9:15 a.m. - Adult/Teen Bible Study: The Gospel of John
9:15 a.m. - Summer Sunday School
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Audio: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday, August 23, 2026

Audio: Announcements, Readings and Sermon for Sunday, August 23, 2026

Rev. Dr. Edward Grimenstein

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Bulletin for Sunday, August 23, 2026
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8:00 a.m. - Worship Service
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Old Testament Reading -- Isaiah 51:1–6 
“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the LORD:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah who bore you;
for he was but one when I called him,
that I might bless him and multiply him.
For the LORD comforts Zion;
he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the LORD;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.
“Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
for a law will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
My righteousness draws near,
my salvation has gone out,
and my arms will judge the peoples;
the coastlands hope for me,
and for my arm they wait.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.” 

Epistle Reading – Romans 11:33—12:8 
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 

“For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”
“Or who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?” 

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. 

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the sixteenth chapter
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.