Youth Gathering Gift Envelopes
BREAKING NEWS!
An anonymous donor will match all donations received.
Your donation will be doubled and go twice as far in supporting Zion’s youth!
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!
BREAKING NEWS!
An anonymous donor will match all donations received.
Your donation will be doubled and go twice as far in supporting Zion’s youth!
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!
Complete Advent/December Service Schedule
Sunday’s in Advent (December 1, 8, 15 & 22)
Service Times at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Adult/Teen Bible Study and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.
Wednesday’s in Advent (December 4, 11 & 18)
Service Times at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
No Bible Study on Wednesdays until Jan. 8, 2024
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Service Times at 2:00 p.m. and Special Candlelight Service at 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Day (December 25)
One Service Only at 10:00 a.m.
Sunday December 29
Service Times at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Adult/Teen Bible Study and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.
New Year’s Eve (December 31)
Service Times at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
New Year’s Day (January 1, 2025)
No Services
Wednesday Service with Bible Study returns on january 8th at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday’s in Advent (December 1, 8, 15 & 22)
Service Times at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Adult/Teen Bible Study and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.
Wednesday’s in Advent (December 4, 11 & 18)
Service Times at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
No Bible Study on Wednesdays until Jan. 8, 2024
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Service Times at 2:00 p.m. and Special Candlelight Service at 7:00 p.m.
Christmas Day (December 25)
One Service Only at 10:00 a.m.
Sunday December 29
Service Times at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Adult/Teen Bible Study and Sunday School at 9:15 a.m.
New Year’s Eve (December 31)
Service Times at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
New Year’s Day (January 1, 2025)
No Services
Wednesday Service with Bible Study returns on january 8th at 2:00 p.m.
The Youth Group and Sunday School invite you to go CHRISTMAS CAROLING
The Youth Group and Sunday School invite you to go CHRISTMAS CAROLING at Concordia of Bridgeville on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.
Location: Concordia of Bridgeville, 3570 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017. Everyone is welcome to join our youth in caroling for the residents of Concordia of Bridgeville. Wear Christmas clothes and meet outside of the building at the top of the hill.
The Youth Group and Sunday School invite you to go CHRISTMAS CAROLING
at Concordia of Bridgeville on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.
Location: Concordia of Bridgeville, 3570 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017
Everyone is welcome to join our youth in caroling for the residents of Concordia of Bridgeville. Wear Christmas clothes and meet outside of the building at the top of the hill.
VIDEO: Sunday December 8, 2024 - Complete Service
Each service at Zion Lutheran Church (normally the first of our two Sunday services) is streamed LIVE on our YouTube channel. These streams are for Sunday’s, Wednesday’s, Lenten, Advent, and special services. The entire service is streamed from beginning-to-end. Weddings and Funerals can also be streamed, if requested in advance.
AUDIO: Announcements, Readings, Sermon & Adult Choir for Sunday December 8, 2024
This audio-only file includes all the readings from scripture, along with the sermon — and when available, the announcements, adult choir, men’s choir, and/or bell choir. Also posted along with the audio file is the text for all the scripture readings, and a link to the current bulletin, and our YouTube channel if you prefer to watch the LIVE Stream.
View the bulletin for Sunday, December 8, 2024
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
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Old Testament Reading — Malachi 3:1–7b
“Behold, I send my messenger and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them.”
Epistle Reading — Philippians 1:2–11
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the third chapter
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”
He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Collect no more than you are authorized to do.” Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
Angel Tree Gifts
Angel Tree Gifts
Please return your unwrapped Angel Tree gift with the gift tag attached no later than SUNDAY, DEC 15th.
In Christ’s Service,
Barb Oechslein, Bridgeville Area Food Bank Rep.
Please return your unwrapped Angel Tree gift with the gift tag attached no later than SUNDAY, DEC 15th.
In Christ’s Service,
Barb Oechslein, Bridgeville Area Food Bank Rep.
Bulletin: Sunday December 8, 2024
Download/view the latest bulletin. It’s filled with our hymns, the order of service, all the readings from scripture, prayer requests for family & friends, service participants, communion statement, about our worship, the schedule of events for this coming weeks, along with announcements, news updates, happenings, and more!
View the bulletin for Sunday, December 8, 2024
Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”
Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”
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THIS WEEK AT ZION
Saturday December 7
10:00 a.m. - Church Christmas Decorating Party - Lunch Served (Additional Details)
Sunday December 8
2nd Sunday in Advent
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
Monday December 9
12:30 p.m. - Gingerbread Bus Trip (additional details)
7:00 p.m. Preschool Christmas Program
Tuesday December 10
7:00 p.m. - Preschool Christmas Program
Wednesday December 11
2:00 p.m. - Advent Mid-Week Worship Service with Communion
7:00 p.m. - Advent Mid-Week Worship Service with Communion
Please note, there will be no Wednesday Bible Study until after the conclusion of Advent.
(The 2:00 p.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
7:45 p.m. - Council Meeting
Thursday December 12
7:00 p.m. - Preschool Christmas Program
Friday December 13
No Events Scheduled
Saturday December 14
1:30 p.m. - Christmas Caroling Sponsored by Youth Group & Sunday School at Concordia of Bridgeville (Additional Details)
Sunday December 15
3rd Sunday in Advent
8:00 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion (Christmas Video following Service)
9:15 a.m. — Adult/Teen Bible Study & Sunday School
10:30 a.m. — Worship Service with Communion (Christmas Video following Service)
(The 8:00 a.m. service streamed on our YouTube channel)
6:00 p.m. - Women’s Christmas Dinner & Ornament Exchange (Additional Details)
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