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9th SUNDAY after PENTECOST
July 26, 2026
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Zion Lutheran Church
Sunday Worship at our Lovettsville church starts at 9:00 a.m.
Mailing Address:
38011 Morrisonville Road
Lovettsville, Va. 2018
Bethel Lutheran Church
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
Pianist - Annie Markert
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
New Perspectives
Frank Sinatra's song has been sung over and over again: "I did it my way" by many who thought to themselves, I am who I am because of what I did on my own. I'm taking all the credit! I'm a self-made man/woman!
In the following story about a conversation between a husband and wife, I wonder if her line isn't also God's line to each of us.
There's a charming story that Thomas Wheeler, CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells on himself: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheeler got off the highway at the next exit and soon found a rundown gas station with just one gas pump. He asked the lone attendant to fill the tank and check the oil; then went for a little walk around the station to stretch his legs.
As he was returning to the car, he noticed that the attendant and his wife were engaged in an animated conversation. The conversation stopped as he paid the attendant. But as he was getting back into the car, he saw the attendant wave and heard him say, "It was great talking to you."
As they drove out of the station, Wheeler asked his wife if she knew the man. She readily admitted she did. They had gone to high school together and had dated steadily for about a year.
"Boy, were you lucky that I came along," bragged Wheeler. "If you had married him, you'd be the wife of a gas station attendant instead of the wife of a chief executive officer."
"My dear," replied his wife, "if I had married him, he'd be the chief executive officer and you'd be the gas station attendant."
Where would we be if it wasn't for God and the gifts he continually showers upon us all? Let's hope when we come to the end of our journey we might be able to say, "I did it HIS way." There is no better way to live than to love your neighbor with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. In so doing you are loving God! God loves you and so do I!
Next Sunday
10th SUNDAY after PENTECOST
August 2, 2026
9 a.m. Zion Church
11:15 a.m. Bethel Church
Come and worship with us!
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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"Zion & Bethel Lutheran Churches, Lovettsville VA"
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
About our Pastor
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