by Joshua Drobena | Jan 18, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Portico Benefit Services is once again offering the opportunity for plan members, congregations, and synods to earn wellness dollars in 2014. For plan members and spouses taking the confidential Mayo Clinic Health Risk Assessment, this...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 18, 2013 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek
 …the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2.10-11, NRSV). This time of year, some churches...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 25, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — The Ninth Triennial Convention of the Women of the ELCA will be held July 22-24, 2014, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over 400 delegates from across the church will deal with a range of issues while conducting the business of the...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 10, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Through offerings to your congregation, a portion of which are sent to the Slovak Zion Synod as mission support (benevolence) to support our mutual ministries in the ELCA and beyond, you are connected with the many people you see in...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 8, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton officially took office as Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on November 1, 2013 and began her responsibilities in the ELCA’s Churchwide Offices located in Chicago, Illinois....
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 6, 2013 | News Releases
WINDSOR, ONTARIO (SZS) — On October 13, 2013, the congregation of Nativity Lutheran Church, Windsor, Ontario, Canada celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Rev. Rastislav Mičovsky’s pastoral ministry among them. This milestone of service was observed...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 6, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek of the Slovak Zion Synod served as Presiding Minister at Holy Communion during worship in the Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School on September 20, 2013. Among the students and faculty in attendance was Thomas...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 17, 2013 | News Releases
(Original Article published on November 7, 2011: http://www.slovakzionsynod.org/?p=801) TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — “The roots of the Reformation that began with Martin Luther’s 95 theses in 1517 are being remembered and watered already in the Luther Garden...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 16, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — This fall we, in the Slovak Zion Synod, are invited to join others within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in the celebration of our associations and mission in Christ’s global church. This celebration recognizes such...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 9, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Observing 25 years as a church, members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have been participating in “God’s work. Our hands.” events — by which members throughout the church offered their hands in service to...
