by Joshua Drobena | Dec 9, 2020 | News Releases
The Reverend Kenneth T. Michnay + 1941—2020 + It is with a heavy heart that our Slovak Zion Synod announces the death of the Rev. Kenneth Thomas Michnay who departed this life in the Church-Militant and returned to the Lord, joining all the faithful departed in the...
by Joshua Drobena | Jan 19, 2020 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — As we begin a new decade in these first days of 2020, we find ourselves inundated with numerous ads and promotions aimed at health goals, body fitness, and self-help in an attempt to address many of the traditional New Year’s...
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 | Aug 23, 2018 | News Releases
Update: Added information about memorial services that was not previously finalized at time of original publishing. Article follows: The Rev. Dr. Hans-Fredrik Gustafson + 1935—2018 + Spes mea in Deo est With reverence and affection, our Synod remembers Hans-Fredrik...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 11, 2018 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — On Sunday, May 13, 2018, the people of St. Peter and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Island, Illinois celebrated the beginning of their ministry under the pastoral leadership of the Rev. Marjorie Vander Wagen. Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek...