Lenten Schedule for 2025
Our Lenten theme is "The Hand of the Lord" from Concordia Publishing House
Whether tightening a bolt, crocheting, or typing on a computer, there is so much that we do with our hands. Our Creator has bestowed on us these amazing instruments, yet all things are the work of the hand of the Lord. Throughout our Lenten mid-week services we will explore the ways in which the hand of the Lord is both Law and Gospel, and how His hand has come to us in Jesus.
We’ll be reminded that the hand of Jesus has accomplished all that we need. Amazingly, He takes our manipulative, distorted, self-serving hands and restores them into useful hands for His purposes, both to literally use them in service and to make our whole lives into His instruments of witness, service, and praise.
Our Lenten theme is "The Hand of the Lord" from Concordia Publishing House
Whether tightening a bolt, crocheting, or typing on a computer, there is so much that we do with our hands. Our Creator has bestowed on us these amazing instruments, yet all things are the work of the hand of the Lord. Throughout our Lenten mid-week services we will explore the ways in which the hand of the Lord is both Law and Gospel, and how His hand has come to us in Jesus.
We’ll be reminded that the hand of Jesus has accomplished all that we need. Amazingly, He takes our manipulative, distorted, self-serving hands and restores them into useful hands for His purposes, both to literally use them in service and to make our whole lives into His instruments of witness, service, and praise.
Thursday April 17 — Maundy Thursday
Services with communion at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Friday April 18 — Good Friday
Tenebrae services at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (no communion)
Sunday April 20 — Easter Sunday
Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. with Easter Breakfast at 9:15 a.m. - No Bible Study or Sunday School
Please note that the Wednesday Bible Study at 2:30 p.m. will be on hiatus during Lent.
VIDEO: Sunday April 13, 2025 - Complete Service
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.
AUDIO: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday April 13, 2025
This audio-only file includes all the readings from scripture, along with the sermon — and when available, the announcements, adult choir, men’s choir, and/or bell choir. Also posted along with the audio file is the text for all the scripture readings, and a link to the current bulletin, and our YouTube channel if you prefer to watch the LIVE Stream.
View the bulletin for Sunday, April 13, 2025
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
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Old Testament Reading -- Deuteronomy 32:36–39
The Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, bond or free.
Then he will say, “Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,
who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
“See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”
Epistle Reading -- Philippians 2:5–11
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the twelfth chapter
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
“Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
Easter Sunday Breakfast at Zion!
Join us for the Zion Easter Breakfast!
Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025
Join us in the Fellowship Hall in between services
Where do you fit:
Volunteers are needed to make egg casseroles (recipe & pan provided), help with set up, help with clean up, and help to serve.
RSVP on the sign up at the back of the church, or eMail: meganpasquini@hotmail.com
DOWNLOAD “Overnight Sausage or Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole”
Join us for the Zion Easter Breakfast!
Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025
Join us in the Fellowship Hall in between services
Where do you fit:
Volunteers are needed to make egg casseroles (recipe & pan provided), help with set up, help with clean up, and help to serve.
RSVP on the sign up at the back of the church, or eMail: meganpasquini@hotmail.com
DOWNLOAD “Overnight Sausage or Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole”
Bulletin: Sunday April 13, 2025 + This Week at Zion
Download/view the latest bulletin. It’s filled with our hymns, the order of service, all the readings from scripture, prayer requests for family & friends, service participants, communion statement, about our worship, the schedule of events for this coming weeks, along with announcements, news updates, happenings, and more!
View the bulletin for Sunday, April 13, 2025
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
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THIS WEEK AT ZION
Please note: There are Bibles, Handmade Wooden Wall Crosses and Pocket New Testaments/Psalms on a table in the back of the Sanctuary. They are free to anyone who would like to have them for home use, or to give as gifts!
Saturday April 12
No Events Scheduled
Sunday April 13
PALM SUNDAY
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Monday April 14
6:00 p.m. - Confirmation
6:00 p.m. - Grace Bell Choir Practice
7:00 p.m. - Confirmation
Tuesday April 15
6:15 p.m. - Faith Bell Choir
7:15 p.m. - Adult Choir
Wednesday April 16
No Events Scheduled
Thursday April 17
MAUNDY THURSDAY
2:00 p.m. - Maundy Thursday Worship Service
7:00 p.m. - Maundy Thursday Worship Service
(Service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Friday April 18
GOOD FRIDAY
1:30 p.m. - Prelude music prior to Good Friday Worship Service
2:00 p.m. - Good Friday Worship Service
6:30 p.m. - Prelude music prior to Good Friday Worship Service
7:00 p.m. - Good Friday Worship Service
(Service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Saturday April 19
No Events Scheduled
Sunday April 20
EASTER SUNDAY
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Easter Breakfast in Fellowship Hall (Sign Up in Narthex, so we know how many to expect)
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
CLICK THE UPCOMING EVENTS GRAPHIC to go directly to our UPCOMING EVENTS page
Lenten Schedule for 2025
Our Lenten theme is "The Hand of the Lord" from Concordia Publishing House
Whether tightening a bolt, crocheting, or typing on a computer, there is so much that we do with our hands. Our Creator has bestowed on us these amazing instruments, yet all things are the work of the hand of the Lord. Throughout our Lenten mid-week services we will explore the ways in which the hand of the Lord is both Law and Gospel, and how His hand has come to us in Jesus.
We’ll be reminded that the hand of Jesus has accomplished all that we need. Amazingly, He takes our manipulative, distorted, self-serving hands and restores them into useful hands for His purposes, both to literally use them in service and to make our whole lives into His instruments of witness, service, and praise.
Sunday April 13 – Palm Sunday
Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Thursday April 17 — Maundy Thursday
Services with communion at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Friday April 18 — Good Friday
Tenebrae services at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (no communion)
Sunday April 20 — Easter Sunday
Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. with Easter Breakfast at 9:15 a.m. - No Bible Study or Sunday School
Click below to read the complete story …
Our Lenten theme is "The Hand of the Lord" from Concordia Publishing House
Whether tightening a bolt, crocheting, or typing on a computer, there is so much that we do with our hands. Our Creator has bestowed on us these amazing instruments, yet all things are the work of the hand of the Lord. Throughout our Lenten mid-week services we will explore the ways in which the hand of the Lord is both Law and Gospel, and how His hand has come to us in Jesus.
We’ll be reminded that the hand of Jesus has accomplished all that we need. Amazingly, He takes our manipulative, distorted, self-serving hands and restores them into useful hands for His purposes, both to literally use them in service and to make our whole lives into His instruments of witness, service, and praise.
Sunday April 13 – Palm Sunday
Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Thursday April 17 — Maundy Thursday
Services with communion at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Friday April 18 — Good Friday
Tenebrae services at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (no communion)
Sunday April 20 — Easter Sunday
Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. with Easter Breakfast at 9:15 a.m. - No Bible Study or Sunday School
Please note that the Wednesday Bible Study at 2:30 p.m. will be on hiatus during Lent.
Early in the Church's history, the major events in Christ's life were observed with special observances, such as His birth, baptism, death, resurrection and ascension.
As these observances developed, a period of time was set aside PRIOR to the major events of Jesus' birth and resurrection as a time of preparation.
During Lent, the Church's worship assumes a more penitential character. The season of Lent serves not only as a time to meditate on the suffering that Christ endured on our behalf but also as an opportunity to reflect upon our own Baptism and what it means to live as a child of God.
This meditation is the focus of our Mid-Week Lenten services. Join Us!
VBS Registration Now Open
Vacation Bible School
Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA
July 7-11, 2025 – 9:00-11:30
Ages: 4 years old (prior to 9/1/25) through 4th grade
FREE! 😊😊
At “Epic Australian Adventure” Vacation Bible School, kids will learn how Jesus calls, leads, teaches, saves, and sends us to share the Good News with others through five exciting Old & New Testament stories that trace God’s epic plan of salvation. Jesus is our Savior and faithful guide, who shows us the right way to go and guides us on the path of truth that leads to eternal life.
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Vacation Bible School
Zion Lutheran Church, Bridgeville, PA
July 7-11, 2025 – 9:00-11:30
Ages: 4 years old (prior to 9/1/25) through 4th grade
FREE! 😊😊
At “Epic Australian Adventure” Vacation Bible School, kids will learn how Jesus calls, leads, teaches, saves, and sends us to share the Good News with others through five exciting Old & New Testament stories that trace God’s epic plan of salvation. Jesus is our Savior and faithful guide, who shows us the right way to go and guides us on the path of truth that leads to eternal life.
Program Details
VBS kids will be organized into either early childhood or elementary crews. Each crew will have 6-10 children per crew and two crew leaders.
We'll enjoy Bible stories, crafts, games, snacks and lively music as we celebrate God’s gifts.
Registration Details (DEADLINE 6/8)
Complete the online REGISTRATION FORM (one per each child in a family) no later than Sunday, June 8th.
VBS is FREE … no fees to attend!
In order to ensure the best VBS experience for all children, the number of “crews” is limited, so be sure to register early to reserve your spot.
Visit Zion’s website at www.zlcb.org/VBS for important information. Questions??? Contact Deaconess Joanna Lee, VBS Asst. Director at 412-221-4776 ext. 204 or deaconess@zlcb.org, OR Susie Bishop, Reg. Coordinator, at 412-221-4776, ext. 203 or secretary@zlcb.org.
Vacation Bible School 2025 is Monday July 7th through Friday July 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
We hope you can join us in the Australian outback! Volunteers are needed.
Volunteer Opportunities:
There are lots of opportunities to help in hands-on roles with kids, and with behind-the-scenes tasks! Volunteer all five days, or less to fit your schedule.
Use the VOLUNTEER NOW button below to help