To learn more about who we are and what we believe at our Lovettsville church, visit our website at: ELCA.org
5th SUNDAY after EPIPHANY
February 8, 2026
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Zion/Bethel closed due to inclement weather
May God watch over you with his hand of protection and the warmth of his love! It's supposedly going to be feeling like "0" degrees on Sunday at 9 a.m. so we are choosing to keep the church doors closed (even though Daniel, Dan and Kirk did a lot of hard work clearing the walks and parking lot - BRAVO to their braving the cold and chiseling through all the ice for us all!). Join us online this Sunday! God loves you, and so do I! Stay warm and snuggle up to the screen with your coffee or hot chocolate!
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
Pianists - Virtual Music
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Here in this Place” - Marty Haugen
1. Here in this place, new light is streaming,
now is the darkness vanished away.
See, in this space, our fears and our dreamings,
brought here to you in the light of this day.
Gather us in - the lost and forsaken,
gather us in - the blind and the lame.
Call to us now, and we shall awaken,
we shall arise at the sound of our name.
2. We are the young - our lives are a mystery,
we are the old - who yearn for your face.
We have been sung throughout all of history,
called to be light to the whole human race.
Gather us in - the rich and the haughty,
gather us in - the proud and the strong.
Give us a heart so meek and so lowly,
give us the courage to enter the song.
3. Here we will take the wine and the water,
here we will take the bread of new birth.
Here you shall call your sons and your daughters,
call us anew to be salt for the earth.
Give us to drink the wine of compassion,
give us to eat the bread that is you.
Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion
lives that are holy and hearts that are true.
4. Not in the dark of buildings confining,
not in some heaven, light years away,
but here in this place, the new light is shining;
now is the Kingdom, now is the day.
Gather us in - and hold us forever,
gather us in - and make us your own.
Gather us in - all peoples together,
fire of love in our flesh and our bone.
Next Sunday
The Transfiguration of Our Lord
Flannel Shirt Sunday
Wear your favorite Flannel Shirt to Church
February 15, 2026
9 a.m. Zion Lutheran Church
11:15 a.m. Bethel Lutheran Church
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