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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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 23, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Saints in Christ, If you have a batch of bad apples, there’s something wrong with the tree. If you have a batch of healthy, delicious apples, then you can conclude that the apple tree is healthy and productive. This […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 16, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, By the wonders of the internet, you’ll be reading this while we’re in Reno visiting our daughter. Some thoughts as you prepare for worship this week. It’s the Seventh Sunday after Trinity and it’s the […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 9, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Can you recite the Ten Commandments? You should be able to! The Ten Commandments are a summary of what it means to love God and love our neighbor. The Commandments are more than rules. […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 2, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This Sunday, the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, we hear the story of Jesus calling His disciples to be “fishers of men.” After that, they left everything and followed Jesus. That’s what a disciple is: […]
Read moreZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, June 25, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Saints, 491 years ago today, our Lutheran fathers presented their confession of faith to the Emperor at Augsburg, Germany. Known as the Augsburg Confession, it is a declaration that God is not wowed by our good works or His […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, June 18, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Can you imagine? Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners! I’m not sure why but I think people have the impression that the church is for “good” people, respectable people. People who can’t seem […]
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Dear Sons and Daughters of the King, A great feast was prepared! But no one wanted to go. Jesus’ parable of the wedding banquet puts it right to us: What sorts of excuses and other things keep us from wanting the Lord’s feast? For a time, we all had foregone that feast. Covid caused […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, May 28, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Saints in Christ, This week is the Festival of the Holy Trinity. The word “trinity” is not in the Bible! But the word describes what the Bible teaches: God reveals Himself to us in Three Distinct Persons, each of […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, May 21, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Zion Family, This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost was originally a harvest festival of Israel. When the Lord added 3000 baptized to the church on the day the Holy Spirit was poured out, it was a […]
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Dear Sons and Daughters of the King, This past Wednesday we celebrated the Ascension of Our Lord. It was like the Victory Day for Jesus “whom heaven receives until the time of the restoration of all things.” It’s like a coronation day and a victory parade and a winning celebration all rolled into one and […]
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