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Zion Lutheran Church
Sunday Worship
9:00 a.m.
Mailing Address
38011 Morrisonville Road
Lovettsville, Va. 2018
Bethel Lutheran Church
Sunday Worship
11:15 a.m.
40588 Tankerville Road
Lovettsville, Va. 20180
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 307
Lovettsville, Va.
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In-Home Church Worship
WORSHIP SERVICE
Zion & Bethel Churches
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Leading us in Worship
Ministers: Rev. Andreas Armstrong
Musician: Paula Kinney
Thought for your Day
“From the Throne to the Pasture and Back"
I'm not talking about a bad day at the outhouse ... but he did leave the house and came to live among us only to return to the throne again when his work was done. Kings live in castles, but this one took off his crown to live among the people of God's pasture. He experienced life as we know it coming into this world wrapped only in a swaddling cloth and leaving in body wrapping grave clothes. What was this mission that took him from the throne to our home but to be the "Good" (best, honest, most compassionate, gracious) Shepherd Israel and the world had ever known. Jesus came not in glory but in humble form even when riding into Jerusalem being proclaimed "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" seated on colt of a donkey. He was indeed a king but not of this world. Here he came to heal, love, forgive, teach, comfort, strengthen, empower, and bless all who would lend him an ear. The people of earth were his sheep, and he was their Shepherd. He was better than any king they could have ever hoped for. He was the shepherd/king who lived, ate, drank, played, laughed, healed, taught, listened and saved the people of his pasture/world. Nothing he did was to add riches or land to his kingdom. He was a King of Hearts! His goal was to shower the sheep/people with the Love of God. To show them where true joy is found. Not in castles plated in marble and gold but in the hearts and souls of people who believed in their heart there was a place for them, a place that was safe and offered a love they could not find on earth. So love came down at Christmas time and was born in heart after heart from that day forward. God's love, grace, mercy, forgiveness and joy! It's all ours. King David so wonderfully wrote of his relationship with the Greatest Shepherd/King ever to set foot on earth, even before his time:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Let's open our hearts to the Good Shepherd and join the sheep of his pasture. He loves us all, good and Baaaaaa alike!!! It doesn't get any better than that!
This Coming Week
5th Sunday of Easter
April 28th
He Is Risen!
He Is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!
9:00 a.m. - Zion Church
11:15 a.m. - Bethel Church
Bethel Church Ministry
"Steeple2people"
We come to you!
If You Would Like an In-Person
Home Worship Service
just let us know.
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May God bless and remind you
once again, this week
that you are His!
And He truly Loves YOU!!!
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"Zion & Bethel Lutheran Churches, Lovettsville VA"
God loves you and so do we!
In Christ's Love,
Pastor Andreas Armstrong
Going <'////><'ing with Jesus!
Serving Zion & Bethel Lutheran Churches
Lovettsville, Virginia
Home/Office 703-938-9444
Visit us at BZChurches.org
About our Pastor
Welcome from Pastor G. Andreas Armstrong
I am presently serving the people of Zion and Bethel Churches and what a blessing it has been! God has also blessed me with a wonderful wife and two grown children, our daughter who lives and teaches school with her husband in Costa Rica and who have brought into our lives two wonderful grandchildren, and a son who works as a bartender in California (serving others like his dad?). I have had the pleasure of serving churches in Texas, North Carolina and Virginia since 1982 as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America before coming here. God is indeed good.
There is so much more we can do when we serve together. That blessing becomes a reality when I, the only one at Church who is designated in writing as a part-time minister, am joined by everyone else here as full-time ministers. We take that calling seriously. I pray you will too if you consider joining this wonderfully blessed team of ministers to live out your faith, hope and love through Zion and Bethel Lutheran Churches. We are called in Christ Jesus our Lord to share the love of Christ from one generation to the next. Let’s do it!
God loves you and so do I!
Email: Coolrev4jc@aol.com
Home/Office: 703-938-9444
Cell: 703-624-4309