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, August 7, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Live like it’s yours to give away! That’s what the “unjust steward” did. He wasted his masters possessions and when he got caught, he ripped off his boss one last time! Then his […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 31, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, False prophets tell us what we want to hear. True prophets tell us what God says. False preachers teach us to trust in ourselves. Faithful preachers proclaim the Good News of Jesus crucified and […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 24, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Even though Jesus fed the 5,000, when it came to the 4,000 the first question His disciple had was, “How are we going to feed all these people?” No matter how much the […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 17, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Murder isn’t just killing. It’s hurting someone by any means. Jesus takes the Fifth Commandment and shows us how it teaches us to love our neighbor by short-circuiting our anger. Even if we never […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, July 3, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last week we heard the stories of Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin teach us that God is merciful to sinners. This week we hear Jesus’ call to us to be merciful in that […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, June 26, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Members and Friends of Zion, Jesus can’t help those who can save themselves. The righteous, the “good people,” the well-behaved, the ones full of their own virtue and rightness. Those are the people who look down on the “sinners,” […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, June 19, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Members and Friends of Zion, The Lord throws a party and everyone is invited! That’s how Jesus pictures the kingdom of God. What’s surprising in the story is how many people didn’t want to come. Or the guy who […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, June 12, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As part of the ongoing conflict and discussion going on lately, the problem of “poverty” and “the poor” always seems to come up. In America, it is often argued that the poor should help […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, June 5, 2020 Click to open this email in your browser Attention Everyone: HAPPY 4TH ANNIVERSARY of Pastor Buetow’s Installation at Zion!! From the Zion Staff Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, One God. Three Persons. Father. Son. Holy Spirit. The Father sends His Son into the world, in the flesh, […]
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