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The 10^th Sunday after Pentecost, August 17 & 20, 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 – Theresa Bohn      Elder – Greg Schwartz / Wed: Ralph Kohlhoff

Bulletin Announcements: Email: zionclyman@gmail.com

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

Altar Guild for August: Nancy Basol       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.

Ringing of the Bell and Welcome

 Hymn “Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word”      LSB 655

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

Opening Sentences – Psalm 55 – Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.  Give ear to our prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from our plea for mercy!

Confession and Absolution – Hearing the Word of God, we are called to confess our sin, trusting in the one true God who is faithful and just and who will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  All:  Merciful Father, our Lord and King, we are sinful people.  We have inherited the legacy of original sin from our first parents, Adam and Eve.  In that nature we are sinful and unclean.  In our daily lives we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed.  We deserve Your eternal punishment.  Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can repent of our sins and through His power, we humbly ask Your grace and forgiveness in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.  By the renewing work of the Holy Spirit, lead us to desire to change what is sinful in our lives, and each day in His power may we grow in righteousness and godly living to the glory of Your holy name.  Amen   God is gracious and forgiving.  He has shown His merciful power in ways that renew, restore, and heal us, His children.  To those who come to Him with repentant and humbled hearts, our heavenly Father promises forgiveness, life, and salvation in His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.  As a called and ordained servant of His Son, our Lord and Savior, and by His authority, 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 187

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

Prayer of the Day – Merciful Lord, cleanse and defend Your Church by the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus Christ.  United with Him in Holy Baptism, give us grace to receive with thanksgiving the fruits of His redeeming work and daily follow in His way.  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 – Jeremiah 23:16-29 –   This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes.  They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.  They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘The LORD says: You will have peace.’  And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’  But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see or to hear his word?  Who has listened and heard his word?  See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.  The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart.  In days to come you will understand it clearly.  I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.  But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.  “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?  Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the LORD.  “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the LORD.  “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name.  They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’  How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?  They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.  Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully.  For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the LORD.  “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

Psalm 119:81-86 – My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.  My eyes long for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?”  For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.  How long must your servant endure?  When will you judge those who persecute me?  The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law.  All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!  They have almost made an end of me on earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.  In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

The Epistle or New Testament Reading – Hebrews 11:17-31, 12:1-3 –  By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.  He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”  Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.  By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.  By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.  By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.  By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.  By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.  He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.  He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.  By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.  By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.  By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.  By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.  By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.  12:1-3  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.  And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.  For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Verse – Alleluia. Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord?  Fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing!  Alleluia.

 Holy Gospel – Luke 12:49-56 –  The Holy Gospel according St. Luke, the twelfth chapter.       Glory to You, O Lord.   “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!  But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!  Do you think I came to bring peace on earth?  No, I tell you, but division.  From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.  They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”        This is the Gospel of the Lord.   Praise to You, O Christ.

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  “O Bless the Lord, My Soul”      LSB 814

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

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.

Proper Preface – It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, Lord our God, for You have called us as Your people and have shown us Your kindness.  Confident of Your love and assured of Your mercy, we come before You, asking that we may receive Your blessings with heartfelt thanksgiving.  Pour out upon us the gift of Your Holy Spirit and grant that we may receive the body and blood of our Lord as a guarantee of our salvation and a foretaste of the feast to come in Your eternal kingdom.  To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and praise, together with the Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever.  Amen.

Sanctus       LSB 195

Prayer of Thanksgiving – Blessed are You, O Lord our God, king of all creation, for You have had mercy on us and given Your only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. Send us Your Holy Spirit, the Spirit who brings to life the power of Jesus Christ.  Bless us, Your children, that all we who partake of Christ’s holy body and of His precious blood may be filled with Your heavenly peace and joy, so that, clinging to Christ our Lord, we may live in the hope of an eternity gathered around Your heavenly Table.  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:

“Preserve Your Word, O Savior”     LSB 658

“Fight the Good Fight”                   LSB 664

“For All the Saints”                          LSB 677

Nunc Dimittis                                          LSB 199

Post-Communion Thanksgiving – Grant, O Lord, that what we have received with our lips we may keep in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, and that through the gift imparted to us in this present life we may receive by Your grace, life everlasting; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.  Amen.

Benediction

Hymn**vs1 & 4**  “Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go”  LSB 920

ANNOUNCEMENTS

YES IN CHRIST        Saying Yes With Our Treasures

 Weekly Budget – Needed: $3279

Attendance/Communed: 8/6/2025 = 11 / 10         8/10/2025 = 38 / 33

Giving:    8/10/2025: Envelopes = $1740                Plate = $20

Memorial:  Steeple Fund $100 for Eli Dornfeld from Tim Dornfeld

BIRTHDAYS:  Ainsley Angove & Alexan Sachse 8/17          Jessica Angove 8/19

Nathan Chaveriat 8/22    Griffin Jeffers 8/24        Martha Chaveriat 8/22

Bentley Hartwig 8/25       Craig Koellen 8/26        Beverly Schwantes 8/28

Carmella Marsh 8/29           Dick Basol, Erica Goehl, & Serene Seufzer 8/31

ANNIVERSARIES:   Ron & Kim Lehmann 8/22                                                         Richard & Carmella Marsh 8/24       Kyle & Kate Bernard 8/26

The QUILTERS are meet on Thursdays. If interested, contact Caroline Jeffers as they do not meet every Thursday. You do not have to know how to sew as there are many non-sewing tasks to be completed.

HOT DOG FEST at Trinity Lutheran church in Reeseville, N2296 Cty Rd I.

August 31, 2025 from 11am – 2pm.

Meal $10  /  Hot Dog only $4  /  Ice Cream $2.50  /  Age 5 and under FREE

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL… A new and retooled Sunday School is being proposed for Zion.  Before this is offered, we will need people in place to help teach, organize and lead.  Contact Erica Goehl or Deanna Gochanour.   Thank you.

Please keep the following in your Special Prayers:

Pray for Wendy Sampson as she will be having surgery on the 18^th and  Dawn Lake as she recovers from a recent surgery.

Prayers of thanksgiving for Dick Basol as he received good news from the doctor, and Megan, Chris, Nora, and Everett as they returned safe to the USA after being stationed in South Korea for the past year.

Pray for the following who are going through cancer treatments or are in need of healing: Mary Jane Key, Dawn Pint, Dee Dee Wille, James Kreblin (Mary Jo Kohlhoff’s brother), Peggy (sister of Rita Weisjohn), Bill Lehr, (friend of Dick Weisjohn),  and baby Hope (great niece of Janet & Felix Ortega).

We pray for Marti Chaveriat’s mother, Lorraine, who is dealing with heart issues and Dan and Marti’s friend who is going through treatments for cancer.

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.