KFUO Radio Ministry

KFUO Radio -- a media ministry extension of LCMS congregations -- shares Christ for you anytime, anywhere on KFUO.org via worship services, Bible and theology studies, practical talk programs, and sacred music.

You can find programs on demand at kfuo.org and wherever you get your podcasts! Find us on social: @KFUOradio on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

A New Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study

On Wednesday January 8th, we will be starting a new Wednesday afternoon Bible Study …
The Book of Malachi

2:00 p.m. - Worship Service
2:30 p.m. - Bible Study (30 min.)

Join us for this intimate service followed by a Bible Study on the book of Malachi
Bring a relative, friend or neighbor

Happy Birthday Pastor!

Pastor,

May your day be filled with joy, love, and God's abundant blessings. Wishing you a beautiful birthday, Pastor. Your guidance and faith inspire us every day.

Happy Birthday to a wonderful pastor who brings light and love into our lives!

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Parsonage Address:
Rev. Dr. Edward O. Grimenstein
3199 Washington Pike
Bridgeville, PA 15017

VIDEO: Prayer Breakfast at Zion – Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025

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Prayer Breakfast with “The Still Remember Project”
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church
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Amanda Parker is the Vice Chair of the Board for “The Still Remembered Project,” as well as the Project Lead for Still Missed. Amanda and her husband weathered five years of a wilderness journey where they lost five children through miscarriage. Those years of pain and loneliness drove Amanda to find some contentment, which she found through the Lord. Amanda is passionate about supporting those who have experienced a miscarriage or infertility, as it is a way for her children lost through miscarriage to make an impact in this world.

VIDEO: Sunday January 5, 2025 - Complete Service

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AUDIO: Announcements, Readings & Sermon for Sunday January 5, 2025

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Old Testament Reading -- 1 Kings 3:4–15 
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” 

It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” 

And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. 

Epistle Reading -- Ephesians 1:3–14 
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. 

The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the second chapter
The child [Jesus] grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. 

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day’s journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart. 

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. 

Youth Gathering Gift Envelopes

Youth Gathering GIFT Envelopes - December 15th - January 5th
Take an envelope from the basket at the back of the sanctuary. Fill it with the amount of money that matches the number on the envelope, and return it to the marked container. If all the envelopes are filled, we will have raised over $5,000!