by Joshua Drobena | Nov 14, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Rev. Melissa Dawn Fulmer Kuemmerle, a pastor of our Slovak Zion Synod and faithful servant of Christ, was posthumously recognized by the Synod for her life of ministry to God’s people. Pastor Kuemmerle began her ministry in our Synod...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 25, 2019 | News Releases
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC (SZS) — On the evening of October 23rd, 2019, the Solemn Academy of the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University (Evanjelická Bohoslovecká Fakulta—Univerzity Komenského, or EBF-UK) kicked off an international...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 16, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Rev. Hans-Fredrik Gustafson, longtime “church shepherd” of our synod and faithful servant of Christ, was posthumously recognized by the Synod for his life of ministry to God’s people. Pastor Gustafson began his ministry in the Slovak...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 15, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Rt. Rev. Wilma S. Kucharek, Bishop of the Slovak Zion Synod, was presented the Servus Dei Award during the Synod’s 2019 100th Anniversary Enrichment Assembly. The Servus Dei (Servant of God) Award is given in recognition of notable...
by Joshua Drobena | Sep 5, 2019 | News Releases
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (SZS) — On August 25-31, the Slovak Zion Synod gathered in Assembly for enrichment and essential business aboard the Carnival Magic, originating in Ft. Lauderdale with scheduled ports of call in Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk, and Amber Cove,...
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...
