Invitation to on-line worship at Zion Lutheran of Idaho Springs CO
We will not be getting together here at this building for a while…
but,
We will keep getting together!
If you want to join our worship via internet
Send your email address
to
our email address which is
zion.lutheran.co@gmail.com
We will send you an invite to our worship service via the ZOOM app
You also are invited to check out
www.zion-lutheran-church.com
and/or our Facebook page
Thank you
We will not be getting together here at this building for a while…
but,
We will keep getting together!
If you want to join our worship via internet
Send your email address
to
our email address which is
zion.lutheran.co@gmail.com
We will send you an invite to our worship service via the ZOOM app
You also are invited to check out
www.zion-lutheran-church.com
and/or our Facebook page
Thank you
You can donate to Zion various ways of course...
One is:
the same service that operates the orange colored "button" below can now be used by telephone: Client Services team at 800.675.7430 or CS@vancopayments.com)
One is:
the same service that operates the orange colored "button" below can now be used by telephone: Client Services team at 800.675.7430 or CS@vancopayments.com)
ELCA presiding bishop addresses concerns about COVID-19
3/6/2020 4:55:00 PM
In 1527 the plague returned to Wittenberg, Germany. Two hundred years earlier the plague had swept across Europe killing up to 40% of the population. Understandably, people were anxious and wondered what a safe and faithful response might be. In answer to this, Martin Luther wrote "Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague." In it, he emphasized the duty to care for the neighbor, the responsibility of government to protect and provide services to its citizens, a caution about recklessness, and the importance of science, medicine and common sense.
To provide care for the neighbor, Luther recommended that pastors, those in public office, doctors and public servants should remain in the city. Luther himself remained in Wittenberg to care for his people. He recommended that public hospitals be built to accommodate those with the plague. He condemned those who took unnecessary risks that put themselves and others in danger of contagion. Luther also encouraged the use of reason and medicine, writing, "God has created medicines and has provided us with intelligence to guard and take care of the body. … Use medicine; take potions which can help you; fumigate house, yard, and street; shun persons and places wherever your neighbor does not need your presence" ("Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague," 1527).
We are living in the time of the coronavirus. We are also living in the time of social media and constant, relentless news coverage. Many of our people have the same concerns as those in Luther's day. Many of our people are anxious. Luther's counsel, based on Scripture, is still sound. Respect the disease. Do not take unnecessary risks. Provide for the spiritual and physical needs of the neighbor. Make use of medical aid. Care for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
The churchwide organization recommends the following for churchwide staff: Wash your hands, stay home when you are sick, wear a mask if you have symptoms, consult your medical provider. Bishops and pastors will provide guidelines for worship and church gatherings.
Luther also reminded his people and us that we should trust God's faithfulness and promises, particularly the promise eternal life. Paul writes: "If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's" (Romans 14:8).
In peace,
The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
3/6/2020 4:55:00 PM
In 1527 the plague returned to Wittenberg, Germany. Two hundred years earlier the plague had swept across Europe killing up to 40% of the population. Understandably, people were anxious and wondered what a safe and faithful response might be. In answer to this, Martin Luther wrote "Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague." In it, he emphasized the duty to care for the neighbor, the responsibility of government to protect and provide services to its citizens, a caution about recklessness, and the importance of science, medicine and common sense.
To provide care for the neighbor, Luther recommended that pastors, those in public office, doctors and public servants should remain in the city. Luther himself remained in Wittenberg to care for his people. He recommended that public hospitals be built to accommodate those with the plague. He condemned those who took unnecessary risks that put themselves and others in danger of contagion. Luther also encouraged the use of reason and medicine, writing, "God has created medicines and has provided us with intelligence to guard and take care of the body. … Use medicine; take potions which can help you; fumigate house, yard, and street; shun persons and places wherever your neighbor does not need your presence" ("Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague," 1527).
We are living in the time of the coronavirus. We are also living in the time of social media and constant, relentless news coverage. Many of our people have the same concerns as those in Luther's day. Many of our people are anxious. Luther's counsel, based on Scripture, is still sound. Respect the disease. Do not take unnecessary risks. Provide for the spiritual and physical needs of the neighbor. Make use of medical aid. Care for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
The churchwide organization recommends the following for churchwide staff: Wash your hands, stay home when you are sick, wear a mask if you have symptoms, consult your medical provider. Bishops and pastors will provide guidelines for worship and church gatherings.
Luther also reminded his people and us that we should trust God's faithfulness and promises, particularly the promise eternal life. Paul writes: "If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's" (Romans 14:8).
In peace,
The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Pastor Terry Schjang and Pastor David Brock lead worship at Zion Lutheran Church alternating Sundays.
Biography of Pastor David Brock
David R. Brock
Pastor Brock served five years in the Army as an Infantry/Special Forces Officer before attending Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus OH. He did one year at the former Denver House of Studies through Wartburg Seminary. His internship was in Papua New Guinea, and he was ordained in 1985 to serve a two-point inner-city parish in Cleveland, OH. He went back on active duty as a Chaplain in 1988 and retired in 2007. He served in a wide variety of units as a Chaplain, to include: 10th Special Forces, 25th Infantry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Ft. Hamilton as Post Chaplain, 10th Combat Support Hospital, 8th Personnel Command in Korea, Community Chaplain for the South of Oahu, and 20th Engineer Brigade. He retired from the Army out of Special Forces Command. He deployed to Bosnia, Korea, and Iraq. He retired as a Pastor in 2015. He continues to supply preach. He has a Doctor of Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is married to Dr. Ann Graham Brock, a former professor, and has a 13 year old son, David. They live in Centennial.
Click below to hear a sermon from Pastor David Brock! (you should not need a Dropbox account)
www.dropbox.com/s/7q81wlg4qgrur7o/David%20Brock%202-24-17.m4a?dl=0
The links below are to full worship services led by Pastor Brock, the sermons start at about the 20 minute mark.
www.dropbox.com/s/u8py8h10xsfzokl/Sermon%20Zion%20Idaho%20Springs%202017%2005%2007%20Brock%20Easter%204.WAV?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/lbm46d4g0rv0m20/Worship%202017%2004%2023%20David%20Brock.WAV?dl=0
Biography of Pastor Schjang
Theresa A. Schjang
Terry Schjang began her theological education at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO, and earned her Masters of Divinity degree from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, CA. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College in Spanish and American Literature. Terry is a second career pastor who previously worked as an Account Executive in the Advertising world of New York City. In 2003, she “retired” from that first career, answering a sense of call to share God’s Word and Sacraments. Terry’s formational journey eventually led her to respond to a call in 2013 as pastor of New Beginnings, an ELCA worshipping community located inside the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. She still serves as both pastor, and chaplain to the prison at large. Her four adult children live in London, New York City, Denver, and Oklahoma City. She and her husband, Kevin, live in Evergreen.
Click below to hear a sermon from Pastor Terry Schjang! (you should not need a Dropbox account)
www.dropbox.com/s/c4lis2zvoqmceg1/Terry%20Schjang%2003-05-17.m4a?dl=0
There is more worship and sermon to be checked out on this site. Go over to worship and drop down to sermons...
Pastor Terry's Sermon from 2-5-17
