President’s Perspective
A Refuge for 125 Years and Counting
Hopefully you all enjoyed the 125th Celebration in some meaningful way. If you couldn't attend the dinner I hope you enjoyed singing and worshipping in the single church service which was followed by the wonderful picnic. Thank you to all who planned and executed that weekend's activities! It was nice to meet our LCMS District President and Vice President. Your church has quite a history and you are part of it. There is a reason you are a member of this parish. God wants you here. Enjoy being a chosen Christian and a member of a church that stands firm in the Word, preaching Christ crucified.
Your trustees have been going full throttle for several years and this month will be no different. Hopefully we'll finish replacing the windows in the church, installing lighting for the large parking lot, and perhaps some additional lighting upgrades for the entrance/sidewalk area of the church. By the time this article is published, hopefully we will also have replaced the sanitary sewage line for the parsonage.
The quarterly Voters' Assembly is October 22nd after the second service, and your Council would like to see you all at that meeting. We're voting for officers and considering other matters important to your church. These meetings are for you, the members of Zion. A light luncheon will be provided, so please mark your calendar.
Hopefully, Sunday mornings at Zion are a place for you to "reset your neutral" and give thanks for a gracious God and put on armor to face the coming week that is filled with the lies, chaos and evil machinations of our secular world that are shredding truth, logic and--like the serpent--tempting and trying to break the willpower of people to capture their souls in the corruption that surrounds our country and the world. We, at Zion, stand apart from such evil madness and remain steadfast in our doctrine, the truth of scripture as written. God is in control. We shall never lose faith in the promises of our Lord God Almighty. The Psalmist writes in chapter 64, "Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throngs of evildoers...They hold fast to their evil purpose...They search out injustice...But God shoots his arrow at them...They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them...Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in Him!" Amen.
Praise almighty God. Let Zion be your refuge each Sunday.
-- Paul Klemash
