by Joshua Drobena | Aug 10, 2019 | News Releases
CHICAGO, IL (SZS) — Gathering under the theme “We are church,” voting members of the 2019 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) made a number of key decisions to further the mission and ministry of this church. The assembly,...
by Joshua Drobena | Jul 8, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — This summer, our Synod is hosting two seminary students as participants in the Student Immersion Program of the Slovak Zion Synod. The program, which is part of the Synod’s mission in Central & Eastern Europe and is organized by...
by Joshua Drobena | May 19, 2019 | News Releases
Update: Added information about memorial service that was not previously finalized at time of original publishing. Article follows: The Rev. Melissa Dawn Fulmer Kuemmerle + 1965–2019 + Spes mea in Deo est With reverence and affection, our Slovak Zion Synod remembers...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Apr 15, 2019 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
Easter Changes Everything! For weeks, the commercial world has been preparing us for Easter. Ads and emails invite us to “hop to” the latest sales promotion, remind us to shop for that Easter dinner “with our peeps,” and try to entice us with an “egg-cellent” deal...
by Joshua Drobena | Apr 10, 2019 | News Releases
ZVOLEN, SLOVAKIA (SZS) — On Saturday, March 2, 2019 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession (ECAV) in Slovakia celebrated the installation of their new General Bishop, Ivan Eľko, their new Bishop of the Western District, Ján Hroboň, and their...
by Joshua Drobena | Feb 6, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — As 2019 gets underway, we are inundated with numerous ads and promotions aimed at health goals, body image, and self-help in an attempt to address those traditional New Year’s resolutions. As Lutherans, we have an additional...
by Joshua Drobena | Jan 16, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally observed on the eight days beginning January 18, which is the Feast of the Confession of St. Peter, and ending on January 25, the day commemorating the Conversion of St. Paul. It is a...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 19, 2018 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
Let Us Go Now to Bethlehem “…the angel said… 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. … When the angels had left…, the shepherds said to one another,...
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 19, 2018 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — Since November, the people of the Slovak Zion Synod have been involved in the formation and raising up of the children of God of all ages, while preparing for the birth of Christ. On All Saints Sunday, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 30, 2018 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — With autumn comes the changing colors of the leaves and a growing chill in the air. However, while nature may be slowing down for the winter, many of us are picking up our pace as we resume our work and school schedules. The same is true...
