“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1). As we think of the faithful saints who have gone […]

Stewardship Reflection – November 28, 2013


The Christmas season is here.  A time for giving thanks and good cheer. Zion will have a “Giving Tree.” located in the Narthex.  On the tree there will be an ornament hanging and each ornament will have the age and gender of a child in need of a gift this […]

Zion’s Giving Tree


Schedule for December 2013 of Worship Assistants, Counters, Acolytes, Ushers and Altar Guild.

Serving in December



            “O come, O come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.  Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.”  Advent is as much a time of waiting for the glorious light of Christ’s birth […]

O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Pastor’s Visitor Article – ...


“Food for Friends” helps so many local residents who are suffering from hunger.  Now, due to a significant loss in corporate sponsorship, this organization is in need of our help! Monetary donations will be collected on Sunday, December 8, 2013 to support “Food for Friends”. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will […]

“Food for Friends”, Coffee Hour and Presentation, December 8, ...


“Christmas-At-Sea”  Zion’s Woman of the ELCA (WELCA) will be taking their annual trip into New York City to Seafarers & International House  on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.  They will be delivering Sweatshirts, socks, T-shirts, winter caps, cans of nuts, bars of chocolate.  The ladies will be packing these items in satchels […]

WELCA Visit to Seafarers, December 4, 2013



During Advent, we anticipate the coming Christ.  While so many people rush to Christmas in a frenzy of shopping for gifts, people of faith have long appreciated Advent as a time of preparation for the celebration of God’s most gracious gift to us: God’s own presence among us in the […]

Advent at Zion


“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Salvation is a gift of God; we neither deserve it nor can we earn […]

Stewardship Reflection – November 21, 2013


The website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is undergoing some major changes.  Consequently, some of the hyperlinks from Zion’s website to content on the ELCA website are no longer working properly.  Once the changes on the ELCA site are completed, we’ll update the hyperlinks on Zion’s site […]

Broken Hyperlinks