Open-Playground Fellowship Time
Wednesdays this Summer
Starting June 11, 2025 from 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church’s Preschool
Come play and chat! Bring lawn games, activities, chairs, or just yourself for fellowship with all ages. Light refreshments will be provided. In case of rain, we will gather in the fellowship hall.
Zion Lutheran Church and Preschool
Gemütlichkeit is a German-language word used to convey the idea of a state or feeling of warmth, friendliness, and good cheer. Other qualities encompassed by the term include cosiness, peace of mind, and a sense of belonging and well-being springing from social acceptance.
Wednesdays this Summer
Starting June 11, 2025 from 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church’s Preschool
Come play and chat! Bring lawn games, activities, chairs, or just yourself for fellowship with all ages. Light refreshments will be provided. In case of rain, we will gather in the fellowship hall.
Zion Lutheran Church and Preschool
Bulletin: Sunday May 25, 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, May 25, 2025
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
Archive of Bulletins
CLICK TO Register for Zion’s 2025 Vacation Bible School
July 7th - 11th — 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
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!
THIS WEEK AT ZION
Saturday May 24
No Events Scheduled
Sunday May 25
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Youth Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Monday May 26
Memorial Day
6:00 p.m. - Confirmation Class
7:00 p.m. - Confirmation Class
Tuesday May 27
6:15 p.m. - Faith Bell Choir Practice
7:15 p.m. - Adult Choir Practice
Wednesday May 28
2:00 p.m. - Midweek Worship with Communion
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study; Jonah (30 min.) - Each Bible Study starts with a recap from the previous lesson
(Wednesday’s service will be streamed on our YouTube channel)
Thursday May 29
Ascension Day
No Events Scheduled
Friday May 30
No Events Scheduled
Saturday May 31
No Events Scheduled
Sunday May 32
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Youth Sunday School
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
VBS Volunteers Needed!
VBS Volunteers Needed!
VBS is July 7th-11th from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Our theme is "Epic Australian Adventure" from CPH. 71 kids are registered, and we need 4-5 more volunteers to lead (or assist) with Crews to ensure the success of our program!
Without additional volunteers, we will need to close registration prematurely.
Even if you can only help 2 or 3 days, please reach out! We have a great week planned, come help us share the love of God with our kids and community. If you are able to give of your time to this wonderful ministry for children, please contact Karen Kress at kkress5@gmail.com, OR click on ZLCB.org/vbs
VBS Volunteers Needed!
VBS is July 7th-11th from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Our theme is "Epic Australian Adventure" from CPH. 71 kids are registered, and we need 4-5 more volunteers to lead (or assist) with Crews to ensure the success of our program!
Without additional volunteers, we will need to close registration prematurely.
Even if you can only help 2 or 3 days, please reach out! We have a great week planned, come help us share the love of God with our kids and community. If you are able to give of your time to this wonderful ministry for children, please contact Karen Kress at kkress5@gmail.com, OR click on ZLCB.org/vbs
Support disaster response in the Midwest, South
Dear fellow redeemed,
In the last week, severe storms in the Midwest and South have caused significant property damage, injury and loss of life. The effects have been felt in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and beyond.
The Rev. Dr. Ross Johnson, director of LCMS Disaster Response, is actively reaching out to those in and closest to the affected areas to ask how the LCMS can best help and support them. Lutheran Early Response Teams (LERT) have already been deployed to clear away fallen trees and assist with debris removal.
Individual congregations like Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Louis are already reaching out to their local communities with material assistance and the love of Christ. Read about the damage in the St. Louis area.
Dear fellow redeemed,
In the last week, severe storms in the Midwest and South have caused significant property damage, injury and loss of life. The effects have been felt in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and beyond.
The Rev. Dr. Ross Johnson, director of LCMS Disaster Response, is actively reaching out to those in and closest to the affected areas to ask how the LCMS can best help and support them. Lutheran Early Response Teams (LERT) have already been deployed to clear away fallen trees and assist with debris removal.
Individual congregations like Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Louis are already reaching out to their local communities with material assistance and the love of Christ. Read about the damage in the St. Louis area.
Your longstanding, joyful generosity to — and partnership with — LCMS Disaster Response means that our Lutheran congregations and trained responders are immediately acting whenever catastrophe strikes. For example, after a tornado hit the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, last week, resulting in the postponement of commencement, LERT volunteers worked to remove debris so that it could be held just 24 hours later.
Your ongoing prayers and voluntary, joyful support are essential. As we use your offerings given in response to recent disasters, any gift the Lord allows you to provide will make a difference in the lives of people who are hurting — now and even weeks or months into the future.
Will you help sustain the church’s ability to respond immediately to any disaster, taking steps to meet real physical needs while also providing Gospel-centered care for the soul? Please prayerfully consider a contribution only as the Lord allows, whenever He might make that possible. If you are led by God financially to support the response of the church to this spring’s storms, the following donor-restricted accounts are being utilized:
The LCMS Disaster Response—Strategic Use fund. Visit lcms.org/give/disaster or mail a check to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, or LCMS, at P.O. Box 66861, St. Louis, MO 63166-6861. On the memo line, write “Disaster Response—Strategic Use (TR9206)”; or
The LCMS Disaster Response—Tornado Relief fund. Visit lcms.org/give/tornado or mail a check to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, or LCMS, at P.O. Box 66861, St. Louis, MO 63166-6861. On the memo line, write “Disaster Response—Tornado Relief (NM8050-26050).”
For anyone living in or near an affected disaster area, the LCMS also encourages you to connect with local congregations (any that are taking action, such as Bethlehem Lutheran) and your respective LCMS district office for guidance about supporting a local response.
As the Body of Christ, who continually receive His gifts of Word and Sacrament, we breathe in the Gospel and exhale mercy and love toward our neighbor. Your gifts help us to be the church, especially when our neighbors have suffered a natural disaster like the recent events in the Midwest and South. Thank you for your continued, faithful and joyful partnership.
Sub Cruce (Under the Cross),
Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison
President, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
P.S. When God’s people supply generous offerings to support an LCMS response to a disaster event, they provide Christ’s mercy to our neighbor in close proximity to God’s Word and Sacrament. This is important because victims of disaster, amid some of the worst days of their lives, can receive care for both body and soul, hear the Gospel and receive the comfort that only Jesus and His Word can give.
Pick Your Free Copy of “Portals of Prayer”
Pick Your Free Copy of Portals of Prayer in the Narthex or in the Atrium
APRIL - JUNE 2025 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.
Pick Your Free Copy of Portals of Prayer in the Narthex or in the Atrium
APRIL - JUNE 2025 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.
Zion Women’s Book Club Summer Meeting & Salad Potluck
Zion Women’s Book Club
Summer Meeting & Salad Potluck
Make This Place Your Home
by Mary Rubarb (Link to Amazon/Kindle website)
Thursday, July 10th from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. (after VBS) in Zion’s Outdoor Pavilion
Bring a favorite lunch salad to share!
This is also a Meet the Author event – Mary Rubarb will be with us that day to talk about her book!
About the book: Libby knew that the life she'd always known wasn't normal, but it was hers. When that life is suddenly gone, all that Libby has to cling to are the memories of what she once had. When Libby is sent off to live with an aunt she never knew, she is faced with an entirely new life. Suddenly, she has friends. Here, she is thought of as smart and talented. But how could she be happy in her new life when in her old life, she'd let everyone down? Is it only a matter of time before these people realize that this life isn't where she belongs?
Zion Women’s Book Club Summer Meeting & Salad Potluck
Make This Place Your Home
by Mary Rubarb (Link to Amazon/Kindle website)
Thursday, July 10th from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. (after VBS) in Zion’s Outdoor Pavilion
Bring a favorite lunch salad to share!
This is also a Meet the Author event – Mary Rubarb will be with us that day to talk about her book!
About the book: Libby knew that the life she'd always known wasn't normal, but it was hers. When that life is suddenly gone, all that Libby has to cling to are the memories of what she once had. When Libby is sent off to live with an aunt she never knew, she is faced with an entirely new life. Suddenly, she has friends. Here, she is thought of as smart and talented. But how could she be happy in her new life when in her old life, she'd let everyone down? Is it only a matter of time before these people realize that this life isn't where she belongs?
Prayer Lunch for Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat
Saturday June 28th 12:00 p.m.
Lunch will be provided
Zion Lutheran Church, 3197 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
A free will offering will be taken for Shepherd’s Canyon
Joanna Lee serves as the Deaconess at Zion Lutheran Church. She is the daughter of an LCMS pastor and is the third of six siblings. While serving as an LCMS missionary in Taiwan, she met her husband, Richard. Married in 2020, they now have a daughter, a son, and a baby due in September. Joanna obtained her Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Within a two month span, Joanna experienced the sudden death of her father, was a first responder to people fleeing from a school shooting, and had an undiagnosed herniated disc. Attending a Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat was a great blessing and help to her in her journey of healing. Come to hear Joanna’s story, and more about Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Ministry.
Please RSVP with how many will be attending so we can plan accordingly.
With appreciation,
Joanna Lee, Deaconess at Zion Lutheran Church
Saturday, June 28th 12:00 p.m.
Lunch will be provided
Zion Lutheran Church, 3197 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
A free will offering will be taken for Shepherd’s Canyon
Joanna Lee serves as the Deaconess at Zion Lutheran Church. She is the daughter of an LCMS pastor and is the third of six siblings. While serving as an LCMS missionary in Taiwan, she met her husband, Richard. Married in 2020, they now have a daughter, a son, and a baby due in September. Joanna obtained her Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Within a two month span, Joanna experienced the sudden death of her father, was a first responder to people fleeing from a school shooting, and had an undiagnosed herniated disc. Attending a Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat was a great blessing and help to her in her journey of healing. Come to hear Joanna’s story, and more about Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat Ministry.
Please RSVP with how many will be attending so we can plan accordingly.
With appreciation,
Joanna Lee, Deaconess at Zion Lutheran Church