President's Perspective
GO … TEACH
Welcome to March, the month that ushers springtime into our blessed lives and this year due to the lunar actions will be the month in which our most holy holiday, Easter, is celebrated. I hope you are all doing well and looking forward to our services as we continue through Lent and into Holy Week and can soon declare, "He is risen!"---"He is risen indeed, Hallelujah!!!"
God has been very gracious to our church. Let's give thanks for each other here at Zion. Let's all give thanks that we're practicing our faith within a doctrine that is firmly rooted in scripture and truth. Thankfully our church is built upon a rock. Zion is a beacon of light and hope -- as long as we keep that light lit.
There seem to be a lot of people looking for perfection. They seem to want to create a perfection of sorts in our world and our country. They want to create a utopian society and some of them, for some reason, even want to worship nature and the earth as their mother. They're going to be disappointed. We know that perfection only lived once here and that perfection was sacrificed so that we might know eternal salvation and our eyes behold that perfection some day.
Let's enjoy being Christians during this month of Easter. Let's pray for the Christians on this earth. Pray for our Synod, our District and Circuit. Especially, pray for each other here at Zion, that we might always live and act in a manner that is pleasing to our Lord and Savior who willingly paid the price for our salvation!
At the end of Matthew, after the resurrection, our Lord met with His brothers in Galilee and told them that "all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." GO, and TEACH. That is what our evangelism effort should be. Reach outward. Baptizing and teaching. Each day we should remember we're baptized and confirmed in our Christian faith, stand upon that fact and reach out to those who need help to climb upon the rock with us. We're actively looking to call a "Deaconess-Director of Family Life" to help us in such an effort at Zion. So pray that our efforts are successful and our intentions are blessed by our Lord and Savior.
Have a wonderful Easter Season. Praise the Lord! Amen
Paul Klemash
