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The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 5 & 8, 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 Wille       Elder – Dave Stuebe / Wed: Ralph Kohlhoff

Bulletin Announcements: Email: zionclyman@gmail.com

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

Altar Guild for October: Connie Kreitzman     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  This is a difficult day for your pastor as you are, in a sense, listening in to our Lord speaking to him of His high expectations as His called and ordained servant.  It all has to do with addressing his sins with the cutting accusation of God’s Law, but with the goal of applying the comforting healing and hope of God’s Gospel of forgiveness and strength.  If you listen carefully, you will discover that it’s not only about your pastor’s frailty or sins, but it is also Christ addressing your sin and need through him.  The pastor’s calling is, at once, a most difficult one but also the most joyous and fulfilling calling and vocation.  Your pastor has the responsibility and obligation not to mislead you into sin but to apply the remedy for it.  Preaching and teaching the Word of Christ and administering that Word of forgiveness of sin and new life through the Sacraments, is not primarily the pastor’s work but is indeed the work of Christ Himself.  The pastor pours baptismal water, and the believer dies and is raised with Christ.  The pastor does no magical incantation, but Christ speaks through him.  The bread and wine are Christ’s body and blood for you that takes away your sin (and the pastor’s!), imparting forgiveness and eternal life.  Pray for your pastor, as he prays for you.  Forgive your pastor, as he lives by the same forgiveness he declares to you.

Ringing of the Bell and Welcome

Hymn “Lord, Jesus Christ, Be Present Now”     LSB 902

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

Opening Sentences Psalm 62 – For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.  He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.  

Confession and Absolution – Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You and worthily magnify Your holy name; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord.  Amen.   Humble yourselves before God, confess your sins to Him, and implore His forgiveness.   All:  Almighty God, merciful Father, we acknowledge our sinful nature and repent of our sins—those we do not know that we have done and those we know we have done.  We do not always love You and other people as You ask us to.  We are often careless with Your gifts given to us.  O Lord we are sorry.  We want to live according to Your will.  We want to honor You in our lives in all that we say and do.  For the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, grant us Your forgiveness so that, as Your redeemed people, we may be fit temples for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and serve You in time and in eternity.  God be gracious to you and strengthen your faith.  In the stead and by the command of our Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the X Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Be at peace as your sins are forgiven.   Amen.

 Kyrie      LSB 168 – In peace let us pray to the Lord.    Lord, have mercy.     For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord.    Lord, have mercy.  For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.      Lord, have mercy.  For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord.  Lord, have mercy.  Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.   Amen

Hymn of Praise – Gloria in Excelsis – Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth.  Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, We worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your glory.   Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God;    You take away the sin of the world; have mercy on us.  You are seated at the right hand of the Father; receive our prayer.  For You alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.    Amen

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

Prayer of the Day – O God, our refuge and strength, the author of all godliness, by Your grace hear the prayers of Your Church.  Grant that those things which we ask in faith we may receive through Your bountiful mercy; 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 –  Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4  The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.  How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen?  Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?  Why do you make me look at injustice?  Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?  Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.  Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails.  The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.  2:1-4  I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.  (The LORD’s Answer)  Then the LORD replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.  For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false.  Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.  “See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness.

Epistle or New Testament Reading – 2 Timothy 1:1-14 –  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.  I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.  Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.  I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.  For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.  For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.   So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner.  Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.  He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.  This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.  And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.   That is why I am suffering as I am.  Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.  What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.  Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Gradual – He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Holy Gospel – Luke 17:1-10 – The Holy Gospel according St. Luke, the Seventeenth chapter.  Glory to You, O Lord.     Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.  It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.  So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.  Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”  The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”  He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.  “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep.  Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’?  Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?  Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?  So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”  This is the Gospel of the Lord.     Praise to You, O Christ.

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.

Hymn  “Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way ”   LSB 857

Sermon

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.  Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and singing:

Sanctus     LSB 178

Prayer of Thanksgiving – Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior.  With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross.  Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament.  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

The Proclamation of Christ – 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 Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven, and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and teach 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        LSB 180 – The peace of the Lord be with you always.  Amen

Agnus Dei LSB 180

Distribution Hymns:

“Herald, Sound the Note of Judgment”             LSB  511

“The Night Will Soon Be Ending”                      LSB  337

“As Surely as I live,” God Said                          LSB  614

Thank the Lord  LSB 181

Post-Communion Thanksgiving – O God the Father, the fountain and source of all goodness, who in loving-kindness sent Your only-begotten Son into the flesh, we thank You that for His sake You have given us pardon and peace in this Sacrament, and we ask You not to forsake Your children but always to rule our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may be enabled constantly to serve You; 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

Hymn  “I Know My Faith is Founded”  LSB 587

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Church Council Meeting will  be on October 9^th.

Semi-Annual Voter’s Meeting will be held on November 2^nd.

Fellowship Sundays are scheduled for October 19^th & November 16^th following the worship service. If you would like to contribute a snack or beverage, please look for a signup sheet on the table behind the pew.

BIRTHDAYS:   Jordan Seufzer 10/9     Kate-Lee Bernard 10/10

Janet Ortega 10/13     Doyle Rettschlag 10/17                Ashley Boese 10/18

Dee Wille 10/20                      Steven Dunn 10/24                       Lisa Jeffers & Chris Seufzer 10/28

ANNIVERSARIES:    Dan & Laurel Finger 10/7       Lonnie & Faye Hoeft 10/16

Mark & Lisa Faltersack 10/17

The QUILTERS  meet on Thursdays from 11am to 2pm. Please check with 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. Everyone is welcome.

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

REMINDER: – Turn your clocks back 1 hour on Saturday night November 1^st.