President’s Perspective

Psalms for Summer 
Your church never rests, and why should it?!!! There is so much work to do for our ministries, sharing the Gospel of our Lord. Hopefully you are having a nice summer and looking forward to each day that begins so early and ends so relatively late. Enjoy the "day the Lord has made"---every day! 

Our Quarterly Voters' Meeting is on July 28th; please attend the meeting to hear what your Council's Boards and Committees have been doing on your behalf the past few months and are planning to do in the coming months. We'll soon be welcoming our Deaconess to Zion! Joanna Lee will be installed as Deaconess on Sunday, August 4th at the 10:30 service and we'll have a brunch between services to welcome her. Be sure to say "Hello" as she and her family settle into our community. "Bless the Lord, O my soul!" 

If you see a Trustee, (and surely you do each week), please thank them for all the work that has been done and is being done each month for your church. Mike Debowski and Jim Oelschlager worked incredibly hard to replace all the fluorescent light fixtures in the school facility with significantly more efficient LED type fixtures. The lighting is amazing and will lower electrical costs. Some trees have been removed and the grounds are looking good. We have a really wonderful group of Trustees. "For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good." 

Think about volunteering for a position on Council in some fashion in the next few months. Your church needs and encourages your participation and stewardship in such a manner! If you're a young man or woman, think about helping out in some fashion. For instance, just helping Mike and Jim with the lighting project would have really given a young person some valuable experience that might just come in handy once you have your own home and family projects to accomplish! We'll soon be looking for people to nominate to fill expiring positions for next year. Step forward. Raise your hand. "Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!" 

Keep our shut-ins and our friends that are going through some rough times in your prayers. Pray for the Christians on this orb and our LCMS, our District & Circuit churches and of course, Zion! "For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place..." 

Oh, and remember the last verse of the awesome book of Psalms: "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!" Amen. 
– Paul Klemash