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1st SUNDAY in ADVENT
December 1, 2024
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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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Zion & Bethel Churches
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Minister - Rev. Andreas Armstrong
Pianists - Paula Kinney & Anne Markert
Thought for Your Day
“Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus”
1. Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart.
2. Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit, raise us to thy glorious throne.
Have you seen the news? Circles of Nuclear fallout have been drawn around our cities. Where can we run from the evil in this world that threatens to take our very lives? We ... we run to Jesus! He alone is our Savior. He alone is our hope. It is our prayer that he will find his way into every leader's heart and renew the peace and trust we all pray and long for in this season of upheaval. When we open our hearts to him our fears are replaced with faith and when that happens, we can find peace again. Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus! May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven! 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! Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me! ... Thou preparest a table before me in the midst of mine enemies ... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. This is where I want to be ... in the loving arms of my Savior and sitting at his table no matter how crazy this world gets. He is my/our savior! Thanks be to God!
Next Sunday
December 8th
2nd Sunday in Advent
9:00 a.m. Zion Lutheran Church
11:15 a.m. Bethel Lutheran Church
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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"
In Christ's Love,
Pastor Andreas Armstrong
Going <'////><'ing with Jesus!
Serving Zion & Bethel Lutheran Churches
Lovettsville, Virginia
Email: Coolrev4jc@aol.com
Home/Office 703-938-9444
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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