Dear Zion Friends, 

Thank you once again for the care package you all sent to me at college! I appreciate the generosity very much. It was very useful as I headed into finals week! Thank you again and God's peace be with you as I look forward to seeing you all soon,

– Luke Lemonovich

Interested in Visiting the Ark Encounter?
Judy Bridges and Janet Hesse are taking a bus tour through Uniglobe Travel Oct 13-14th. Spots are still available for those who want to visit this popular tourist destination. For more information contact Judy at 860-276-1563, or call Uniglobe Travel at 800-825-7314. 

Bigger Than Imagination
Experience Bible history at the life-size Noah’s Ark! Meet Noah, his family, and the animals on the Ark. The family-friendly Ark Encounter theme park near Cincinnati also features a zoo, zip lines, and timber-frame restaurant.

Located at: 1 Ark Encounter Dr, Williamstown, KY 41097

BOCCE: A Men’s Fellowship Event
Join the Men’s Fellowship Group for an afternoon of lawn bocce, food and fellowship on Saturday, June 13th from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the church grounds. Sign up in the narthex, or use this link to sign up with “Sign Up Genius.”

Questions, call Rich Berardelli at 724-480-5501

Use it Well! 
On Trinity Sunday we celebrated the confirmation of two new members into our congregation. During the public examination, we sang several hymns which related to a portion of our Small Catechism. When it came to the section on “Baptism,” we sang a portion of a hymn with two of the stanzas below (please note the section I underlined): 

O Christian, firmly hold this gift 
And give God thanks forever! 
It gives the power to uplift 
In all that you endeavor. 
When nothing else revives your soul, 
Your baptism stands and makes you whole 
And then in death completes you. 
So use it well! You are made new – 
In Christ a new creation . . . 

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“He has to spill coffee on his shirt by 7:05. 7:05 at the latest,” one dapper, fedora-wearing “adjuster” said to the other. If not, David Norris would end up on the right bus bonding with the wrong woman, causing a serious deviation in the chairman’s carefully crafted plan. The movie The Adjustment Bureau (2011) plays out a determinist reality: What if some quasi-religious being scripted out your life and used a cadre of special operatives (should we say “angels”?) to ensure you stayed on the plan? 

Many Christians drift into a similar determinist perspective when speaking with young adults considering big life decisions: “God has a career picked out for you.” “God has a spouse chosen for you.” While well-meaning, such ideas can introduce confusion and fear. How am I supposed to know what the plan is? What if I pick the wrong career? The wrong spouse? If it’s all planned in advance, what if I do the wrong thing? Does God send someone to spill coffee at the exact right time to correct the plan? 

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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.