Sermons at Zion Bethalto

This weekend at Zion Pastor Hanson continues our sermon series on the Old Testament Prophet messages of Christmas.  

Join us this Christmas as we go through “Twelve Verses of Christmas” with devotions written by Zion members. These mini-episodes will feature a few of our church staff members reading the devotion and then reflecting briefly on it.  Devotion 5: “What’s So Special About Bethlehem?”, written by Emma Lorenz

Join us this Christmas as we go through “Twelve Verses of Christmas” with devotions written by Zion members. These mini-episodes will feature a few of our church staff members reading the devotion and then reflecting briefly on it.  Devotion 4: “God with Us”, written by Lauren Jost

Join us this Christmas as we go through “Twelve Verses of Christmas” with devotions written by Zion members. These mini-episodes will feature a few of our church staff members reading the devotion and then reflecting briefly on it.  Devotion 3: “Where Is Our Hope?”, written by Dawn Knosher

Zion's Mid-Week Advent services have the theme of God's Christmas Gift's and will follow the Advent Candles' messages.  This week Pastor Brandon brings us a message from Lamentations about God's gift of Hope.

Join us this Christmas as we go through “Twelve Verses of Christmas” with devotions written by Zion members. These mini-episodes will feature a few of our church staff members reading the devotion and then reflecting briefly on it.  Devotion 2: “In the Fullness of Time”, written by Bruce Dorris

Zion begins the Advent season with a sermon series on the perspectives of four Old Testament Prophets on the coming of Our Savior.  This weekend Pastor Kale brings a message from the prophet Jeremiah.

Join us this Christmas as we go through “Twelve Verses of Christmas” with devotions written by Zion members. These mini-episodes will feature a few of our church staff members reading the devotion and then reflecting briefly on it.  Devotion 1: “The True Meaning of Christmas”, written by Izzy Snyder

Pastor Kale brings Zion the message from Psalm 104 this Thanksgiving Eve about the importance of taking the time to be thankful for all that God gives us, especially the free Gift of his Grace.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Zion celebrates King of Kings Sunday with a message from Pastor Brandon on the Kingship of Jesus.  John 18: 33-37 details Jesus' encounter with Pilate who asks Jesus a series of questions about his kingship.  

Pastor Brandon bring Zion the message this weekend with a new answer to the quesiton, "When the Going Gets Tough." Based on Hebrews 10, as Christians when the going gets tough before we get going we gather, remember and then reach out.

This weekend at Zion, Pastor Kale brings us God's message from Mark 12 from the story of the Widows Mite.  He shows how the widows sacrificial giving is an example for us to show the cross to others and share the Love of God.

This weekend at Zion we celebrate those Saints that have entered the Church Triumphant durning this year with a sermon from Pastor Brandon about the Faithfulness of God

Pastor Kale brings Zion the message this Reformation Sunday from God's Word as recorded in Romans 3; we are saved by Sola Gratia-Grace Alone.

Pastor Brandon brings God's Word to Zion this weekend with a message on God's Compass.  Sometimes in like it's had to know which direction we are going.  In today's scripture we find that just like today, people judged their relationship with God based on how successful they are, or maybe how busy they are for God, or how happy they are.  We find that just like with the rich yo...

God Who Bleeds - Mark 10:17-22

Pastor Brandon brings Zion a message on the difficult topic of divorce from Mark 10.  Sometimes when we experience the unanticipated division that result in divorce we can also experience the unanticipated Grace that God give to his bride the church.

Pastor Kale brings Zion God's message from the prophet Daniel.  At times we can fell we are an imposter in our lives, out of place, out of our depth, and on our own.  But as with Daniel in Babylon, God is only a prayer away and so we are never alone.

Pastor Brandon continues Zion sermon series on the how God's Word sustains us with a message on the Grace of God.  The world expects us to climb the stairs to success.  God's Word shows us that not only does God not require this of us, he meets us at the bottom of the stairs and sustains us in our trials and misunderstandings.

Pastor Kale brings Zion God's word from Mark 9.  God's word sustains us in the mist of our doubts.  

This weekend at Zion Pastor Brandon bring us God's message from Mark 7.  It is hard not to worry in a world full on trouble but God's Word sustains us in our worry and we know that He will brings us home to live with Him eternally.

Zion is bless this weekend to have Pastor Emeritus WIllard Meyer proclaiming the message from Mark 7.  In this scripture Jesus tells us that God prefers clean hearts for clean hands.

Pastor Kale brings Zion God's message from Ephesians 5:22-33 concerning how Jesus Loves the Church.  As in our marriage vows, Jesus promises to have and to hold us in our joys and in our griefs. 

Pastor Brandon takes us back to school at Zion with a look at a math word problem for the message at Zion's back to school weekend services.  

This weekend at Zion, Pastor Brandon brings us God's word from Ephesians 4 on how Words Matter.