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The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 21 & 24, 2025

ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH – LCMS

700 Main St.  P.O. Box 220   Clyman, WI  53016  

Rev. Daniel L. Bohn & Church 1(920) 341-2025  – shepherdatzion@gmail.com

Worship Times: Sundays – 8:30am & Wednesdays – 7:00pm

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Music – Dee Dee Wille       Elder – Dan Chaveriat / Wed: Ralph Kohlhoff

Bulletin Announcements: Email: zionclyman@gmail.com

Congregation Information: Neal Kohlhoff Email: neal.kohlhoff50@gmail.com

Altar Guild for September: Connie Kreitzman      Thank you.

 We thank Rev. Bruce Meier for leading worship and sharing God’s Word with us this morning.  God’s continued blessings both to Pastor and his wife Bonnie.

Guests.  Welcome to Zion.  We are happy to have you worship with us.  Please sign our guestbook located in the Narthex.  About Holy Communion:  We welcome to the Lord’s Table all who have repented of their sins and seek to amend their sinful life; all who believe that Jesus is truly present in, with, and under the bread and the wine; and all who believe that through the words “given and shed for you” forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given.  If this is your confession and you are a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, then come with a thankful heart and join us.   If you are a visitor and would like to commune, please talk with Pastor Dan before the service.  To help in preparing to receive Holy Communion open the front cover of the Burgundy hymnal or turn to pages 329 & 330.  Gluten free wafers are available, please talk with an Elder or Pastor before the service if you would appreciate them.

As We gather  We are reminded today of the judgment of God’s Law by the prophet Amos against our worry over money and our daily needs that distract us from the often-greater needs of others and even our own true need of faith and reliance on God above all earthly things.  So, we gather here in worship where God meets our true needs.  We come in repentance, and receive His forgiveness, new life and hope.  It is in His house, through His word, the reception of our Saviors body and blood that He reassures us His children that we are being delivered from all evil, are redeemed, restored, and forgiven in order to be given everlasting life in His everlasting kingdom.

Ringing of the Bell and Welcome

Hymn  “Before You, Lord, We Bow”    LSB  966

Invocation – In the name of the Father and of the X Son and of the Holy Spirit.      Amen.

Confession and Absolution – A reflection of the Commandments

Let us confess our sins in the light of God’s holy Commandments.  Thus says the Lord: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”        All: Lord God, we confess to You that we often forget Your Word by allowing other concerns of daily living and our own desires take priority over Your ways of mercy and love.  Forgive us, O Lord.    Thus says the Lord: “You shall not murder.”    All: Lord God, we confess that we have hurt and harmed our neighbors, by not helping and loving our neighbors according to Your will.   Forgive us, O Lord.  Thus says the Lord: “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”   All:  Lord God, we confess to You our sharp words, sinful judgments, and false accusations against our neighbor, but even more our failure to defend and help those who have been wrongfully shamed, abused, or accused.  Forgive us, O Lord.  Our God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of His Son.  For the sake of the one mediator between God and men, His Son, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, and by His command, I proclaim to you His Word and as a called and ordained servant of that Living Word: I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father, and of the X Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen

Hymn of Praise – Gloria in Excelsis    LSB 204

 

Psalm 113

From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!  Praise the Lord!  Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!  Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore!  From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!  The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!

 

Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.  From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.  Amen

Prayer of the Day – O Lord, keep Your Church in Your perpetual mercy; and because without You we cannot but fall, preserve us from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.     Amen.

Old Testament Reading – Amos 8:4-7 –  Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.  The LORD has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget anything they have done.

Epistle or New Testament Reading – 1 Timothy 2:1-15 – I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.  This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.  For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.  This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.   And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.  Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.  I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.  A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.  I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.  For Adam was formed first, then Eve.  And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.  But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

Verse         1 Timothy 2:5-6 – Alleluia. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all. Alleluia.

Holy Gospel – Luke 16:1-15 – The Holy Gospel according St. Luke the Sixteenth chapter.   Glory to You, O Lord.       Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.  So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you?  Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg—I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’  “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors.  He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’  “‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied.  “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’ “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’  “‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’ “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly.  For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.  I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.  “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.  So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?  And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?  “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”  The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.  He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.  What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.    This is the Gospel of the Lord.   Praise to You, O Christ.

Hymn  “We Praise You, O God”       LSB  785

Sermon

Apostles’ Creed – I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.  And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayers of the Church

We gather our Tithes and Offerings

*Service of the Sacrament*

Preface   2 Timothy 4:22 – The Lord be with you.  And also with you.  Lift up your hearts.  We lift them to the Lord.  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.  It is right to give Him thanks and praise.   With astonishing power and mercy, God has set us free from the power of evil that we may love Him above all things and our neighbors as ourselves, so along with the company of angels and all the heavenly voices, we praise and glorify You, now and forevermore, singing:

Sanctus     LSB 208

Prayer of Thanksgiving – Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, with repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross.  Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, O Lord, grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament.  Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end.  Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us.  To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.    Amen.

The Words of Our Lord – Consecration of the Elements

Proclamation of Christ  1 Corinthians 11:26; Revelation 22:20 – As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.      Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.  O Lord keep us faithful until You return to take us to be with you.  Hear us now as we pray the prayer you taught us to pray:

The Lord’s Prayer – Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.       Amen.

Pax Domini – The peace of the Lord be with you always.    Amen.

Agnus Dei LSB 210

Distribution Hymns:   “Come, Thou Precious Ransom, Come”  LSB  350     “Jesus, Priceless Treasure”    LSB  743             “Lord of All Nations, Grant me Grace”    LSB  844

Nunc Dimittis     LSB 211

Post-Communion Thanksgiving – With renewed hearts, gracious Lord, we give thanks that You have not forgotten us, but have cleansed us and established us to be the people of Your own possession by the pledge of Your own Son’s sacred body and blood.  You have strengthened us in our hope which is beyond this world.  Strengthen us in our love, and our desire to reflect Your grace to all people; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.  Amen.

Benediction      Numbers 6:24–26 – The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and X give you peace.   Amen.

Dismissal – Go in peace and serve the Lord!      Thanks be to God.  Amen

Hymn “O Blessed Light, O Trinity”  LSB 890

ANNOUNCEMENTS

YES IN CHRIST        Saying Yes With Our Treasures

 Weekly Budget Needed: $3279

Attendance/Communed: 9/10/2025 = 6 / 5            9/14/2025 = 53 / 48

Giving:    9/14/2025: Envelopes = $2895

Memorial:  Current Trustee Project: $100 for Eli Dornfeld from Tim Dornfeld

The Current Trustee Project is fixing the steeple.

Mission Suggestions for next year’s budget need to be to Connie before October 4^th.  Remember to give a short description of your suggestion so people will know what it is and how they serve people.

Fellowship Sunday will be on September 28th.  If you would like to provide something a signup sheet will be on the white table at the back of the pews.

The QUILTERS  are meeting on Thursday September 25^th from 11am to 2pm. You do not have to know how to sew as there are many non-sewing tasks to be completed. Everyone is welcome.

Semi Annual Voter’s Meeting will be held on November 2^nd following the service.

BIRTHDAYS:         Jason Jeffers 9/22                 Douglas Rhodes 9/23

Daniel Chaveriat 9/25       Dawn Pint, Mae Stenson, & Michael Zwieg 9/28

ANNIVERSARIES:   Robert & Marilyn Schultz 9/21

Richard & Nancy Basol 9/29

Handbell choir will start practices on Sunday October 5^th following the worship service. All are welcome to attend.

Please keep the following in your Special Prayers:

Prayers for Tom Gierach’s brother who recently had heart surgery.

Prayers for peace and comfort for Pastor Steinberg and family.  Judy’s celebration of life was September 11th.

Neal, nephew of Felix & Janet Ortega who is dealing with health issues.

Prayers for Lorriane, Marti’s mom as she continues to deal with health issues, and Dan and Marti’s friend who is going through treatments for cancer.

Pray for the following who are going through cancer treatments or are in need of healing: Dick Basol, Mary Jane Key, Dawn Lake, Dawn Pint, Wendy Sampson, Dee Dee Wille, James Kreblin (Mary Jo Kohlhoff’s brother) & Bill Lehr, (friend of Dick Weisjohn).

We keep in our prayers all in our congregation who recently had surgery, waiting for test results, and are in need of healing and comfort.

September 25^th the quilters will meet from 11am – 2pm

October 9^th is the next Council Meeting

November 2^nd is the Semi-Annual Voter’s meeting following the worship service