Sunday, August 31st, 2025 - 10:30 am
OPENING WORSHIP “Here I Am, Lord” Worship Band
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Keith Buckbee
WORSHIP SONGS “Ain't No Grave” Worship Band
“Christ Be Magnified” Worship Band
APOSTLES CREED Pastor Keith Buckbee
OFFERTORY “Shout to the Lord” Worship Band
DOXOLOGY
MEET & GREET
TIME OF PRAYER & THE LORD’S PRAYER Pastor Keith Buckbee
(The Lord’s Prayer (using debts)
SCRIPTURE Ephesians 3:14-21 Tom Houtz
SERMON “To Him Be the Glory” Pastor Rob Dagen
CLOSING SONG “A Medley of God's Faithfulness” Worship Band
BENEDICTION Pastor Rob Dagen
Altar Flowers are presented to the Glory of God in loving memory of our parents Henry and Bertha Schell by David and Janet Schell.
We will have move-up Sunday on September 7th.
We are restructuring our children's Sunday School classes to be as follows:
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade (first classroom on the right)
3rd Grade - 5th Grade (last classroom on the left)
6th Grade - 8th Grade (in upstairs Youth Room)
High School - in the Parlor
Youth Group Fall Kick-Off - Sunday September 7th 6:00pm-8:00pm
All 6th-12th graders are welcome to join us for the first Youth Group of the school year.
Zion’s Women's Retreat Update: Women of Zion, the women’s retreat is quickly approaching. Please visit the table in the lobby, beginning the first Sunday in September, to learn more about the retreat and to sign up. Cost is $20, which helps defer the retreat costs. Checks may be made payable to Zion Church, earmarked “women’s retreat” in the memo line. The retreat committee has planned an uplifting day of praise, worship, Biblical teaching, and fellowship. We hope you will prayerfully consider joining us on Saturday, October 4 from 9 AM to 3 PM.
We are in need of High School Sunday School Teachers. Please contact Pastor Keith
if you are interested in teaching our High School Sunday School Class.
NCLL Update
The NCLL has informed us of the following information:
A 7-day non-jury trial has been scheduled to begin on March 30th, 2026.
Judge Salz of Montgomery County will be the presiding judge over the trial.
We ask for prayer that the conference will mediate before a trial.
The church office will be closed September 1st. Enjoy the Labor Day holiday.
Tuesday – Prayer Meeting, 2pm, in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday- Prayer Meeting 6:30pm
Thursday – Grief Share, 2-4pm
First Friday Fun Night - Friday September 5 at 5:00pm
For our final First Friday Fun Night of the Summer, we will be having a Chili
Cookoff. Bring your favorite chili to the church for a fun time of food and
fellowship. After dinner, we will be enjoying a puppet show by Chuck and
Phyllis Meek.
Zion Church is hiring the following staff positions:
Youth Pastor - 10-15 hours per week
Associate Pastor - 10-15 hours per week
Contemporary Worship Leader - 10 hours per week
If you would like to apply, please email your resume and cover letter to
Deb Ludwig at debmill654@comcast.net or apply on Indeed.com
All Zion Ladies & Friends: Bring an Old Bag to Lunch, Saturday, September 13th. Doors open at 11:30M, Lunch at 12 noon. Tickets are on sale in the church lobby the month of August. We will auction off your used purses (please bring a maximum of two) proceeds donated to the Lebanon County Agape Family Shetler.
We will start our Grief Share Sessions on Thursday, September 4th from 2-4pm.Please call Judy in the church office if this is something you would be interested in. We will have 13 sessions. Come and go as you like.