by Joshua Drobena | Aug 12, 2013 | News Releases
(Republished from the ELCA News Service for availability from the SZS News Archive) CHICAGO (ELCA) — Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will gather Aug. 12-17, 2013, in assembly at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh....
by Joshua Drobena | Aug 4, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On August 4, 2013, St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Mt. Carmel, PA celebrated its 125th anniversary with a festival Eucharist followed by a banquet at a local restaurant. The Bishop of the Synod, the Rev. Wilma S. Kucharek,...
by Joshua Drobena | Jul 10, 2013 | News Releases
THE REVEREND JOHN F. HAEBERLE December 12, 1934 – July 9, 2013 The Reverend John F. Haeberle, a retired pastor of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, died on July 9, 2013. He served Holy Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, a congregation of the Slovak Zion Synod...
by Joshua Drobena | Jul 7, 2013 | News Releases
BRATISLAVA (SZS) — The Slovak Zion Synod, in close collaboration with the administration of the Evanjelická Bohoslovecká Fakulta, Univerzita Komenského (EBF UK) in Bratislava, Slovakia, has hosted a conference for alumni of the Student Immersion Program of the...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 2, 2013 | News Releases
LANSFORD, PENN (SZS) — Parishioners and guests of St. John the Evangelist Slovak Lutheran Church in Lansford joined in worship and celebration today, Sunday, June 2, to mark the 100th anniversary of its two church bells. Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek presided, with...
by Joshua Drobena | May 26, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Today the Slovak Zion Synod recognized the Rev. John Chalupa for his 70 years of ordination into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. Originally celebrated at the Synod Assembly earlier this year, this significant milestone was lifted up...
