by Joshua Drobena | Apr 2, 2017 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Our Slovak Zion Synod family rejoices with our congregation, Dr. Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church, Muskegon, Michigan as they begin a new chapter in ministry and mission and welcome their new pastor, the Rev. Michael E. Johnson....
by Joshua Drobena | Mar 11, 2017 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Ash Wednesday, which was on March 1st this year, began the church season of Lent, the forty day period of fasting and spiritual preparation before Easter. In the early church, Lent was also a time of spiritual preparation for those new...
by Joshua Drobena | Jan 29, 2017 | News Releases
ALLENTOWN, PENN (SZS) — On Saturday, January 28, 2017, Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek represented the Slovak Zion Synod at the Annual Scholarship Luncheon at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Bishop Kucharek was present for the winter meeting of the Muhlenberg...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 24, 2016 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the...
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 4, 2016 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On the first Sunday of Advent, as we observed the beginning of the Church Year, Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Alverda, Pennsylvania observed the beginning of a new pastorate as they officially welcomed their new pastor, the...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 6, 2016 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — As nature in these days of fall unfolds in gorgeous colors of orange, red, yellow, and brown, so too, ministry and life in our congregations unfolds with those activities so characteristic of this time of year. Rally days for Sunday...
by Joshua Drobena | Sep 17, 2016 | News Releases
MIAMI, FL (SZS) — This past week, September 4-10, the Slovak Zion Synod gathered in Assembly aboard the Carnival Splendor, originating in Miami with ports of call in Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel before returning home. The theme of this year’s...
by Joshua Drobena | Aug 9, 2016 | News Releases
(The following is a forward from the SZS Communications Desk) NEW ORLEANS (SZS) — The 14th Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America opened yesterday evening, August 8, 2016, with the Order for the Opening of an Assembly and continued with the...
by Joshua Drobena | Jul 22, 2016 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Our Synod, in partnership with the leadership of the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (Evanjelická Bohoslovecká Fakulta, Univerzita Komenského), is hosting three seminary students as this...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 6, 2016 | News Releases
MUSKEGON, MI (SZS) — On June 5, 2016, the congregation of Dr. Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Muskegon, Michigan celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of ordination of the Rev. Kenneth Michnay. This milestone of service to Christ’s church was observed with a...
