Transfiguration Sunday, February 15, 2026

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       Elders – Dan Chaveriat, Greg Schwartz, and Dave Stuebe

Bulletin Announcements: Email: zionclyman@gmail.com

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

Altar Guild for February: Erica Goehl                           Thank you.

 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  Jesus looks brilliant!  As language changes, sometimes the most basic meanings of words change with time.  For generations, the English word brilliant meant simply something that shines or radiates light.  As He stands on the mountaintop with Moses and Elijah, Jesus is shining, radiant, and brilliant.  A second meaning for the word brilliant that Matthew uses, is “perfect, amazing, and wonderful.”  Jesus on the mountaintop is brilliant as He discusses how He will carry out God’s plan of our salvation with the giver of the Law He would fulfill, and the great prophet as the greatest prophet of all, Moses and Elijah.  Jesus does not just look brilliant on that mountain,…e is brilliant!

Ringing of the Bell and Welcome

 Hymn “O God of God, O Light of Light”         LSB 810

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

 Opening Sentences – Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!  The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.  Let them praise your great and awesome name!           Holy is the name of the Lord or God.

Confession and Absolution – Let us confess our sin and ask God our heavenly Father to grant us forgiveness, for the sake of His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.  All: O Almighty God, merciful Father, I, a poor miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities with which I have ever offended You, and justly deserved Your temporal and eternal punishment.  But I am heartily sorry for them, and sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy, and for the sake of the Holy, innocent, bitter, sufferings and death, of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor sinful being.  Amen    God be merciful to you and strengthen your faith by and through God the Holy Spirit.  Amen  Do you believe that the forgiveness I proclaim to you, is not my forgiveness, but God your heavenly Father’s forgiveness given to you through His Son Jesus Christ?  Yes, I do so believe.  Let it be done for you as you believe.  In the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen  May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body, be kept blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.  God in peace.    Amen and Amen, so shall it be, let it be so.  Amen.  

Psalm of the Day – Psalm 2:6-9 – “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”  I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.  Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.  You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

 Kyrie      LSB 186

Hymn of Praise – Gloria in Excelsis     LSB 187 –   Pastor:      Glory be to God on high:

Salutation – The Lord be with you.      And also with you.

 Prayer of the Day – O God, in the glorious transfiguration of Your beloved Son You confirmed the mysteries of the faith by the testimony of Moses and Elijah.  In Your voice that came from the bright cloud You wonderfully foreshowed our adoption by grace.  Mercifully make us co-heirs with the King in His glory and bring us to the fullness of our inheritance in heaven.  We pray this 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 – Exodus 24:8-18 –  Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”  Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up and saw the God of Israel.  Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.  But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.  The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”  Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God.  He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you.  Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.”  When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai.  For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.  To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.  Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

The Epistle or New Testament Reading – 2 Peter 1:16-21 –  For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.  He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”  We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.  We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.  Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.   For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Verse – Praise the Lord, all nations!  Extol him, all peoples!  For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

 Holy Gospel – Matthew 17:1-9 – After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.  There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.  Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.  Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”  While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”  When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.  But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”  When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.  As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”   The Holy Gospel according St. Matthew, the seventeenth chapter.  Glory to You, O Lord.

Nicene Creed – I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.  And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.   And I believe in the Holy Spirit,   the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life X of the world to come.    Amen.

 Hymn  “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies”      LSB 873

Sermon

Prayers of the Church

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.

 We Gather our Tithes and Offerings

X Service of the Sacrament X 

 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.

Proper Preface  – It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times in all places give thanks to You, our merciful God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who at His transfiguration revealed His glory to His disciples that they might be strengthened to proclaim His cross and resurrection.  Grant us to share in their vision and with all the faithful to look forward to Your glory yet to be revealed.  Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we praise and honor You this day and always and sing:

Sanctus  LSB 195

Prayer of Thanksgiving – Holy are You O God.  With Thanksgiving and praise, we bless You for having sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, to give Himself as a perfect sacrifice for us, so that our lives may know Your true peace and joy which we can share with all people.  We bless you for the vision of the eyewitnesses to Your glory which inspires and encourages us as we live our lives on earth.  Invited by Your grace we come to Your table of forgiveness with thankful hearts.  Strengthen us through Christ’s body and blood that we may live lives of confident hope as we wait to become a part of the feast which has no end.     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.     

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

Agnus Dei   LSB 198

Distribution Hymns:  “Tis Good Lord to Be Here”      LSB 414

“Let All Together Praise Our God”                     LSB 389

“Come to Calvary’s Holy Mountain”                   LSB 435

Nunc Dimittis  LSB 199

Post-Communion Thanksgiving – Almighty and ever-living God, we thank You for having fed us with the body and blood of our Savior, Jesus Christ, assuring us thereby that we are truly members of His Body, the church.  By Your Holy Spirit, help us to grow in faith and fellowship and do the good works that You desire us to do as Your witnesses in our time; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, to whom, with You and the same Spirit, be all honor and glory, forever and ever.    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.   

Hymn  “O Word of God Incarnate”     LSB 523

Just a reminder…

This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday!   We will have a service of the Imposition of Ashes and begin our Lenten Series of “It Is Finished”   The topic will be “Return to Me”.   Plan on coming at 6pm to the Soup Supper for an hour of fellowship before the service.

 Lenten Soup Suppers – We will be having soup suppers at 6pm on the following Wednesdays:

 February 18^th (Ash Wednesday), March 4^th, & March 18^{th –} Come early and enjoy an hour of fellowship before worship.  The signup sheets for all 3 Lenten soup suppers are on the white table behind the pews if you would like to contribute.

2026 Lenten Schedule

 Our WEDNESDAY midweek Lenten service schedule will be:  

Feb 18^th: Ash Wednesday Soup Supper @ 6pm / Service @ 7pm

Feb 25^th: Service @ 7pm

March 4^th: Soup Supper @ 6pm / Service @ 7pm

March 11^th: Service @ 7pm

Mar 18^th: Soup Supper @ 6pm / Service @ 7pm

Mar 25^th: Service @ 7pm

HOLY WEEK:     April 2^nd: Maundy Thursday @ 7pm

April 3^rd: Good Friday @ 1pm

Easter Sunrise service @ 6:30am & Easter service @ 8:30am

Breakfast in between Easter services

YES IN CHRIST        Saying Yes With Our Treasures

 Weekly Budget – Needed: $3365

Attendance/Communed:   2/4/2026 = 12 / 11    2/8/2026 = 42 / 40               

Giving: 2/1/2026: Envelopes = $10,455                                                                

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

CHOIR PRACTICE is held on Wednesday nights @ 6pm.

QUILTERS meet on Thursdays from 11am to 2pm. Contact Caroline Jeffers as they do not meet every week. You do not have to know how to sew as there are many non-sewing tasks to be completed. All are welcome.

ELDER/COUNCIL MEETINGs: Elders will meet March 3^rd @ 6pm, Council meets March 5^th @ 6pm.

Flowers on the altar were provided by

Neal & Kris Kohlhoff in honor of their 50^th Wedding Anniversary on February 14^th.

Wish a Happy Birthday to theses Members

Jennifer Furlong 2/13       Pat Haase 2/18       Chris Lamp 2/18       Lisa Faltersack 2/21

Mercy Meal Packing – Saturday February 28^th from 9am – 3pm & cleanup from 3pm – 4pm

Pella Lutheran church in Waupun is sponsoring Mercy Meal Packing

They are looking for helpers and monetary donations.

Contact Pella Lutheran Church to sign up at 920-324-3321

315 S Madison Street in Waupun

Easter Flowers

If you are interested in putting flowers on the altar for Easter, please purchase your own flowers, and make sure they are at church by the Saturday before Easter, to be arranged.    There will be a sheet on the white table behind the pews to complete the information for the bulletin, “In Memory” for those that have passed and “In Honor” for those that are living.

Please keep the following in your Special Prayers:

We pray for Bob Schultz who was diagnosed with cancer. 

We pray for Vic Krueger who is undergoing radiation treatments for cancer.

The family of Russell Back who was given his crown of eternal life.  

Bev Schwantes’s niece Barb Hensler who is recovering from a major surgery.

Dick & Rita Weisjohn’s grandson Brandon Thomas who is recovering from wrist surgery.

Kadyn, granddaughter of Rick and Patty Maas who is home recovering after testing.

Scott, Nephew of member Harry Beggs who slowly continues to improve from frostbite in his fingers.

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.

2026 Church Officers

President: Neal Kohlhoff                      Vice President: Ralph Kohlhoff

Head Elder: Dave Stuebe                     Treasurer: Mark Bubolz

Head Trustee: Chris Lamp                  Secretary: Connie Kreitzman

Archivist: Tracy Schwartz                     Sunday School (New Name): Erica Goehl

 

Large print bulletins can be printed.  If you would like one, let Beth or Pastor know.

PLEASE REMEMBER…

If you are the last person leaving the church, please be sure to check that all lights are turned off, and don’t forget about the bathrooms. Also, make sure that all the doors are locked. Double check them by giving the door many good tugs after they have closed to make sure the lock has latched and stays latched.   Thanks you.