by Joshua Drobena | Jan 18, 2023 | News Releases
From December 13-18, 2022, the Slovak Zion Synod gathered in Assembly aboard the Norwegian Getaway, embarking from New York, NY with two days scheduled in Bermuda as the main port of call for the voyage before returning home. The theme of this year’s assembly was:...
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 22, 2022 | News Releases
The Rev. Wilma S. Kucharek was re-elected on December 14 to serve a fourth six-year term as bishop of the Slovak Zion Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The re-election took place at the 2022 Synod Assembly aboard the ship Norwegian Getaway en...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 20, 2022 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
Who doesn’t love seeing our young people this time of year wearing a scratchy costume… a fake beard or a blue scarf…dressed up to play Mary and Joseph or some shy shepherds as attentive parents, grandparents, and others look on. Whatever shape it takes, the nativity...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 13, 2022 | News Releases
The Lutheran Church in Slovakia celebrated today what would have been the 100th birthday of the first woman ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran Church in Slovakia. Darina Banciková was ordained in 1951, in spite of controversy within the church. Her ordination is...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 8, 2022 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
“Jesus’ beatitudes this morning exemplify this great reversal. Blessed are the poor. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the persecuted. Certainly not in the eyes of the world. But through the eyes of faith, to see the world through God’s eyes, we find that the...
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