To learn more about who we are and what we believe at our Lovettsville church, visit our website at: ELCA.org

6th SUNDAY of EASTER
May 10, 2026
To learn more about who we are and what we believe at our Lovettsville church, visit our website at: ELCA.org

6th SUNDAY of EASTER
May 10, 2026
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Sunday Worship at our Lovettsville church starts at 9:00 a.m.
Mailing Address:
38011 Morrisonville Road
Lovettsville, Va. 2018

Sunday Worship at our Lovettsville church begins at 11:15 a.m. Join us at 40588 Tankerville Road, Lovettsville, Va. 20180.
For correspondence, our mailing address is P.O. Box 307, Lovettsville, Va.
In-Home Church Worship
Zion & Bethel Churches in Lovettsville
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Minister – Pastor Andreas Armstrong
Music - Anne Markert
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Pastoral Prayer for Mother’s Day
John 14:15–21 — “The Love That Stays”
Gracious and ever‑present God,
on this Mother’s Day
we come before You with full hearts—
some overflowing with joy,
some carrying quiet ache,
all of us held by Your promise:
“I will not leave you orphaned.”
We thank You for mothers—
for those who gave us life,
for those who raised us,
for those who loved us with patience,
humor, and fierce devotion.
We thank You for grandmothers, aunts, godmothers,
bonus moms, and all the women who have shown us
what steady love looks like.
We thank You for spiritual mothers—
for teachers, mentors, neighbors, and friends
who have guided us with wisdom,
encouraged us with kindness,
and believed in us when we struggled
to believe in ourselves.
We pray today for those who celebrate—
for new mothers, expectant mothers,
and mothers watching their children grow
into the people You created them to be.
Fill their homes with laughter, grace,
and the peace of Christ.
We pray for those who grieve—
for mothers who have lost children,
for children who have lost mothers,
for those who long for motherhood,
and for those whose stories
are complicated, painful, or unfinished.
Wrap them in Your comfort.
Let Your Spirit breathe peace into places
where words fall short.
We pray for mothers who are tired,
overwhelmed, or stretched thin.
Give them strength for today,
rest for their spirits,
and reminders that they are not alone.
We pray for families of every shape and story—
for those held together by biology,
for those held together by adoption,
for those held together by love that chose them.
Bless every home where Your love is practiced,
even imperfectly, even quietly.
Holy Spirit, Advocate and Comforter,
abide with us as Jesus promised.
Teach us to love as we have been loved—
with patience, with courage,
with compassion that stays.
Reveal Christ to us in
the ordinary moments,
and help us reveal Christ to others
in the way we live.
And on this day,
Lord, may every person here—
whether celebrating or grieving—
know deep in their bones that they are held
by a love that will not let them go.
We pray all this in the name of Jesus,
the One whose love remains. Amen.
(Thanks, Copilot)
7th SUNDAY of EASTER
May 17, 2026
9 a.m. Zion Lutheran Church
11:15 a.m. Bethel Lutheran Church
He is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia!
Bethel Community Ministry:
Steeple2people
Bethel Members will bring worship to your door.
Pick a Sunday for us to meet you where you are.
A small group will meet you to share
the Love of God through prayer,
God’s Word, songs, humor, comfort,
joy, hope, encouragement and peace.
Call or email us to reserve a time at
703-938-9444 (pastor’s home office)
Or Steeple2people@aol.com (email)
God loves you and so do I!
In Christ's Love,
Pastor Andreas Armstrong
May God bless and remind you once again, this week that you are His! And He truly Loves YOU!!!
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In Christ's Love,
Pastor Andreas Armstrong
Going <'////><'ing with Jesus!
Serving Zion & Bethel Lutheran Churches in Lovettsville, Virginia
Home/Office 703-938-9444
Visit us at BZChurches.org


Welcome from Pastor G. Andreas Armstrong
I am presently serving the people of Zion and Bethel Churches in Lovettsville, 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 at our Lovettsville church. 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