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 […]
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This week we’re going to celebrate the Festival of the Reformation. Reformation is officially October 31 so this is about the earliest Sunday in October we can observe it! The story of Martin Luther has all kinds of twists and turns but at its heart it is about a […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, October 16, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, What if you had some sin that really troubled you? What if you weren’t sure that it was forgiven or even could be forgiven? What do you do? That’s why you have a pastor! God has given him the authority to forgive […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, October 9, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Jesus says the “great” commandment is “Love God with your whole heart” and the second is like it, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” But what makes the commandment “great” exactly? Because it’s most important? […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, October 2, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Jesus teaches us, His disciples, that we don’t measure how much we care for or respect others by how much they care for or respect us. Rather, Jesus teaches us humility. Genuine humility is […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, September 25, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, You’ve heard of “Christmas in July?” Get ready for “Easter in September!” This week we hear the story of Jesus raising a widow’s dead son from the dead in the village of Nain. He […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, September 18, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, First of all, thank you for all your prayers for me for my hernia surgery on Tuesday. It went well and the discomfort was pretty minor, so thanks be to God for that! […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, September 11, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today is that day of awful memories of tragedies and destruction. Let’s face it, every day is a day of tragedy and sadness for someone. Our world is full of evil done against […]
Read moreERAN CHURCH Friday, September 4, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Love your neighbor as yourself. But who is your neighbor? That’s what the young man asks Jesus because he thought he was pretty good about loving his neighbor. Then Jesus tells the story of […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, August 28, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, One of the things I learned early on as a parent is that when my children learned to talk back, they probably learned it from me! Our mouths tend to say things that we […]
Read moreZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, August 21, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It’s easy to compare ourselves to others. We all know someone of whom we could say that we work harder than they do, are better parents, are better Christians, even! The sinful nature […]
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