by Joshua Drobena | Apr 30, 2015 | News Releases
GETTYSBURG, PENN (SZS) — Tuesday night, the Rev. Wilma S. Kucharek, Bishop of the Slovak Zion Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. The award was...
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 16, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On November 30, 2014, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Stafford Springs, CT celebrated its 100th anniversary with an afternoon festival Eucharist followed by a banquet in the hall of the church. The Bishop of the Synod, the Rev. Wilma S....
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 23, 2014 | News Releases
NEW ORLEANS, LA (SZS) — Today marks the conclusion of the 2014 Assembly of the Slovak Zion Synod. Preparations began some months ago, and have been underway both here and in Christ Church Cathedral in Nassau, NP. The assembly was in session from November 16-23,...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 18, 2014 | News Releases
The Rev. Wilma S. Kucharek was re-elected November 17 to serve a third six-year term as bishop of the Slovak Zion Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) during our Synod Assembly November 16-23 aboard the Carnival Dream. (The Synod Assembly is...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 10, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — The Slovak Zion Synod extends our prayers for God’s blessings on one of our ordained ministers as she begins her retirement. The Rev. Dr. Karen E. Knutson began her retirement on October 1, 2014, after nearly six years of ordained...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 1, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — The Slovak Zion Synod welcomes a new pastor to its roster of ordained ministers. The Rev. Thomas S. Drobena received and accepted a Call from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Stafford Springs, CT on July 13, 2014. Rev. Drobena was...