Dear Friends of Zion,
Some people know the value of a good education. They choose to live in a community whose educational system has a great reputation. Some colleges are known for their excellence in education. Some individuals apply themselves to learn and grow because they know the importance of education.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
Proverbs 1:7
Some people know the value of spiritual education. They want their children – and themselves – to grow in the knowledge of the Lord. They are willing to volunteer as Sunday School teachers because they know how important the message of Jesus Christ is to us all. Those parents will be dedicated to bring their children to Sunday School so that they may know about God’s forgiveness and salvation in Jesus, Christian values, right and wrong, and the blessings that God offers us in His Word. Thank God we have a church and people to make these things possible today.
"Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet, dramatist.
There was once a young man named Timothy. He had a mother and a grandmother who knew the value of a good education in God’s Word. His grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice, knew God’s Word well and taught it to Timothy. As a result, Timothy had faith and grew in his faith. St. Paul recognized that faith in Timothy and encouraged him to continue in the Word of God and his service to the Church.
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline”
2 Timothy 1:7
Timothy was blessed with people who knew the value of knowing the true God and His Word. As a result, he also shared the message with others as he labored in the Church.
St. Peter wrote, “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good” (1 Timothy 2:2-3). May God continue to bless all of us here at Zion Lutheran Church so that others may grow in the knowledge of the Lord and His will for our lives.
- Pastor
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