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...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 3, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Today marks 15 years since the dedication of the Seminary building where the EBF-UK (Evanjelicka Bohoslovecka Fakulta – Univerzita Komenskeho) is headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia. After World War I and the dissolution of the...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 1, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On September 13, 2014, Bishop Wilma Kucharek represented the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, with about 4 million members in nearly 10,000 congregations across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region, at the...
by Joshua Drobena | Aug 7, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Have you been following Seminarian Sentiments and reading the posts of our summer interns from Central and Eastern Europe? Our Synod, in close collaboration with the leadership of the Lutheran Seminary in Bratislava (Evanjelická...
by Joshua Drobena | Jul 10, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — The Slovak Zion Synod, in close collaboration with the leadership of the Lutheran Seminary in Slovakia (Evanjelická Bohoslovecká Fakulta, Univerzita Komenského (EBF UK) in Bratislava, Slovakia), is hosting five seminary students as this...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 27, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — As the Slovak Zion Synod, we are inviting you to join us and others within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in the celebration of our first language of faith, the Bible. The purpose of the Book of Faith initiative is to...
by Joshua Drobena | May 13, 2014 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Once again the Slovak Zion Synod has maintained its record of both meeting and surpassing its 65% participation goal for Portico Benefit Services plan member participation in the 2014 Health Assessment, having achieved 80% participation....
