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Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA
Sunday Services at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Bible Study and Children’s Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.

MISSION STATEMENT:
Zion equips, educates, and encourages believers in Christ, sending them into the world to share the Gospel.

Congregational Art Show - Friday, November 8, 2024

Zion’s 2024 Congregational Art Show is almost here!

Join us on Friday November 8th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
In addition to great artwork by Zion members, which will include paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, ceramics, fiber art, jewelry and more — you can also enjoy:

• Wine

• Hors d’oeuvres

• Lemonade

• Cookies

• Live music by Zion members

Pick Your Free Copy of “Portals of Prayer”

Pick Your Free Copy of Portals of Prayer in the Narthex or in the Atrium
OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE
Portals of Prayer is a favorite of readers looking for ways to stay in God's Word with easy, daily devotions.

A great way to start each day, readings feature a Bible passage, meditation, and prayer in an easy-to-read format. Portals of Prayer is great for personal devotions and can be used to open church meetings or Bible studies. Published in the convenient and popular pocket size, large-print, or digest editions. Published quarterly, authors change each month.

Portals of Prayer has been a source of strength and comfort since 1937.

Sign Up Now for a "Bucket List" Experience at the 2025 Rose Parade

Sign Up Now for a "Bucket List" Experience at the 2025 Rose Parade
Registration is open to serve as a Petal Pushers volunteer who will help bring to life several floats for the 2025 Tournament of Roses Parade scheduled for January 1 in Pasadena, CA. The Petal Pushers, a group of thousands of volunteers who decorate the Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) float and up to nine others each year, will begin working on the 2025 parade floats the three Saturdays prior to Christmas (Dec. 7, 14, & 21). They will then work two shifts a day beginning Dec. 26 until the floats are completed.

Individuals ages 13 and older can work as little as one shift, or as many as they want, on a variety of tasks necessary to complete the floats, including attaching thousands of roses, carnations, lilies, mums, and other flowers, as well as natural materials, such as seeds, coffee beans, and leaves, to create the beauty and splendor of the floral floats traveling down Pasadena's Colorado Boulevard on parade day. Volunteers of all skill levels are needed; whether this will be your very first time, or you are a seasoned veteran, there are dozens of jobs to do.

Building off the parade theme of "Best Day Ever," the 2025 LHM float entry is titled "Behold! Jesus the Savior is Born" and marks the 74th time the ministry has been part of the parade. The float will feature two angels calling viewers to the birth of Jesus and to the church where Jesus may be found. The church's stainedglass windows will feature some of the best days of Jesus' life.

"Only about forty individuals are needed each year to work on the LHM float, so the majority of Petal Pushers decorate other parade floats, which brings in funds to lower the cost of the LHM float being part of the annual event," says Dick Gast, chair of the LHM Float Committee. "Working on a variety of floats allows our volunteers to work with people from diverse backgrounds who join us from all across the country, believers and non-believers alike, offering a unique chance to make new friends, network, and share expressions of the faith that gives true meaning to this experience." Visit petalpushers.org for more information about the Petal Pushers, the tour options, or to register to decorate.

Did you Know? 
As the only Christian float in the Rose Parade, the LHM float provides a Gospel witness to viewers everywhere, from along the parade route to TVs worldwide. The float is a self-funded project of the Southern California District of the Lutheran Laymen's League and is not included in LHM's operating budget. 

Zion’s own Barb & Wayne Oechslein have served as Petal Pushers … they are happy to share their thoughts on this wonderful experience! 

VIDEO: Wednesday October 30, 2024

View the Bulletin for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. — The Book of Hebrews
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

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AUDIO: Readings & Sermon for Wednesday October 30, 2024

View the Bulletin for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. — The Book of Hebrews
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Deuteronomy 31:30—32:12 
Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel: 

“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew, 
like gentle rain upon the tender grass, 
and like showers upon the herb. 
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; 
ascribe greatness to our God! 
“The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.
Do you thus repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?
Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.
But the LORD's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
“He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
the LORD alone guided him,
no foreign god was with him. 

Matthew 20:1-16 
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.” 

The Creed – The Third Article 
What is the third article of the creed? 
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen
What does this mean? 
I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith. In this Christian church He daily and richly forgives all my sins and the sins of all believers. On the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead, and give eternal life to me and all believers in Christ. 

This is most certainly true.  

Bulletin: Wednesday October 30, 2024

View the Bulletin for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Worship Service: 2:00 p.m.
Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. — The Book of Hebrews
All are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relative

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