Guidelines and Instructions for Services at Zion Updated 2020-07-24 We are following CDC and State recommended guidelines for holding worship services in person. SCHEDULE Services will be the following: Sunday, 7:45 AM Sunday, 10:30 AM Wednesday, 7:00 PM The services will be the same (readings and hymns, etc.) There will be Bible Study at 9:15 […]
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Guidelines for Returning to the Lord’s Altar Here is how we are planning to slowly return to church and receive the Sacrament of the Altar beginning with Phase 3 of the Reopen Illinois plan. Please read these guidelines carefully and let me or your elder know if you have any questions. * Services will continue […]
Read moreZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, April 16, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” “I am Jesus’ Little Lamb.” That Jesus is our Shepherd means we are sheep but being sheep isn’t just a cute picture. Sheep can be stubborn and, well, kinda […]
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FISH FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION Don’t forget it’s our collection Sunday for the FISH of McHenry Food Pantry. You can certainly bring non-perishable food items but even better: Monetary donations will buy a lot of food. In fact, for every $1 donated, FISH can get $8 worth of food to stock their shelves! Thanks for helping […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Good Friday, April 2, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, O sorrow dread! Our God is dead, Upon the cross extended. There His love enlivened us, As His life was ended. (O Darkest Woe, LSB 448) This email should land in your inbox […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, March 26, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Several times in the Bible we hear of the “four corners of the earth” or “the four winds.” The Good News of Jesus’ death and resurrection was to go to the ends of […]
Read moreZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, March 19, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This week at school one of our students asked me, “Why did people want to hurt Jesus?” That’s a really good question. The answer comes down to this: We want to be gods and […]
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Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It was this week one year ago that the pandemic and all its restrictions hit. This was our last week of school at Zion. We didn’t know we would be closed the rest of the school year yet. It was our […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, March 5, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I know, I know. You don’t like the bulletin cover (the same graphic as the email) for Oculi. It’s gross. It’s a demon-snake coming out of a guy’s mouth! Well, can you imagine what it […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, February 26, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, First of all: the results of student Covid tests we were waiting for Thursday both came back NEGATIVE. We are relieved and grateful! This means there has not been exposure to Covid among our […]
Read moreZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, February 19, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, To one degree or another, if we were faced with the temptations put to Jesus, we would have given in at some point, maybe even quickly! When the Tempter comes to go after Jesus, […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, February 12, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, No secrets! Nothing complicated or unclear. Jesus tells His disciples plainly that He will go to Jerusalem to His suffering and death and then His resurrection. His disciples don’t understand what He’s talking about […]
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