Pastor John Lunn will be the guest pastor on  Sunday, July 20th.

The summer schedule began Memorial Day weekend. There is one service Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. and a 6 p.m. service on Thursdays. Communion will be served on the first and third Sundays and every Thursday.

A nursery is available during the Sunday morning service for children 4 and under, but children are very welcome at worship as well!

Large print and children's bulletins are available from the ushers. Individual hearing amplifiers are also available from the ushers.

Please join us every week for the Word and the Sacraments, for worship and music, and for fellowship with the Zion family.

On Friday, August 22nd, Zion and Trinity will have a combined outdoor worship and picnic at Camp Onomia. Mark your calendar now!


Evangelical Lutheran Worship is here at Zion!! Twenty–nine years ago we were introduced to the Lutheran Book of Worship, other wise known as the “Green Book”. This was the hymnal designated to replace the  “Red Book”, the Service Book and Hymnal. Well, it is time for a new hymnal, the “Cranberry Book”, otherwise known as Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW). This has been a project in the making for some time and now it is coming to Zion.  The ELW is both similar and different. It is similar in that you will most likely recognize two of the settings found in the LBW. It is similar in that many of our favorite hymns from both the LBW and the “Blue Book” (With One Voice, WOV) are included which means we will be able to eliminate two of our current hymn/song books and replace it with the one. (We will continue to hang onto the “Gold Book”, Hymns for the Family of God). What is different is that rather than the three liturgy settings found in the LBW, we will now have ten! In addition to the two we are familiar with from the LBW and one from the WOV we will also have a variety of settings some that are contemporary and even in Spanish for our Latino Lutheran brothers and sisters. Obviously we are not going to make a point to use all the settings, instead it is the goal of Zion’s Worship and Music committee to ease us in with the familiar settings and in time, experiment here and there.  It is also the goal of the Worship and Music Committee to have the new books in our pews shortly after the first of the New Year.
How are we going to pay for this you might ask? Plan Number One is to use some of our Memorial money to help cover the cost. Plan Number Two is to invite those of our Memorial money to help cover the cost. Plan Number Two is to invite those of you who donated hymnals in the past in honor or memory of loved ones to consider doing so again. If you gave a hymnal in memory of someone, you will receive that hymnal back in the hopes that you might donate toward another new hymnal.  If you wish to contribute to the purchase of a new ELW, the cost of the hymnals is $20.  And for those of you who would like a copy of the old “Green Book” I'm sure we can strike a deal!
Mark Twain once wrote that the only one who likes change is a baby with a wet diaper! And yet, as Lutherans we belong to a church body that was founded on change and reformation, so I suspect we might stumble around a bit at first, but we’ll catch on and we will discover some old familiar hymns and we will learn some new ones that will also become “old favorites” in no time!
Want to Buy a Hymnal?
Are you looking for a way to remember a family member or friend? How about honoring a mentor or a confirmation student? Why not purchase one of the new Evangelical Lutheran Worship Hymnals? The cost is $20. Look for the ELW Forms in the Sunday bulletin. Fill it out, write a check to cover the cost (Zion Lutheran) and turn into the Church Office. Our goal is to have the new ELW by the first of the year.