Posts from the ‘Connect’ Category

Kristin Wilson is currently serving the first of her three-year term on Zion’s congregational council. Kristin grew up at Zion, and considered it her home away from home. Daughter of Byron & Irene Oistad, she was confirmed at Zion (her big hair can be seen in the 1986 class photo in the choir room hallway) [...]

Wright County Breakfast on the Farm Saturday, June 15, 7am-1pm Pancake breakfast served 7am-noon ($3) Free shuttles all day from Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School (County Road 6 south of Howard Lake) More about Breakfast on the Farm Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Thursday, June 27 Leaving from Zion at 9:15am, returning around 3:30pm $25 includes admission, parking, [...]

by Pastor Ted Vanderpan “Soli deo Gloria,” words I first remember hearing at my alma mater, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. It is a Latin phrase, which means, “To God alone be the glory.” The theme of every Christian, Soli deo gloria, should be the words we silently recite every time we perform an act of [...]

Ron & Heather Dick have been married for 30 years and have lived in Wright County all their lives. Ron works as a welder, and Heather is working in the deli at Coborn’s in Buffalo while studying for her A.A.S. degree in the Medical Administrative Assistant program at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park. They [...]

All Who Hunger Gather Gladly Women are invited to the first in a series of three monthly Bible studies on hunger written by Audrey Novak Riley in June. Audrey was formerly on staff of the Gather magazine and is now associate program director for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal.  We all know the story: A crowd of people follows [...]

Plans are underway for the publication of a new church picture directory this year, and we would like to include every member and regular attendee. Lifetouch has been doing church pictorial directories for over 40 years and their product is very professional. We have worked with Lifetouch several of times and have received a great [...]

The Zion Book Club selection for Monday, July 8 is The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds’ third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the “first step” American fiction had taken since Henry [...]

There’s a tasty meal waiting for you before Lenten worship every Wednesday from 5:00-6:15 in the Fellowship Hall for a suggested donation of $4 per plate/$15/family. The best deal in town! Meals will be served each week until the end of the school year excluding school breaks. May 1: Tacos May 8: Sloppy Joes May [...]

Friday, May 3 7pm Zion 2 vs Cornerstone Church on field 3 8pm Zion 1 vs Grace 2 on field 1 8pm Zion 2 vs St Francis on field 3 Friday, May 10 9pm Zion 1 vs Buffalo Covenant 1 on field 3 Zion 2 BYE Friday, May 17 7pm Zion 1 vs Grace 3 [...]

Amy Chalupnik felt the call to ministry at a young age and, although life and education took her on a different path for a while, she will soon be graduating from Luther Seminary with a Masters of Divinity. Amy and Jason Chalupnik both graduated from Buffalo High School, where they met working on the school [...]

by Pastor Luke I was talking with someone at the new member orientation the other day who mentioned that they liked ice fishing. I immediately thought of introducing them to Ron, who’d been trying all winter to get me out ice fishing (we did get out once). Earlier in the day, I stopped to chat [...]

Harley has just begun his 3-year term on Zion’s church council. He is married to LeAnn who is a lifetime member of Zion, and the daughter of Jerry & Bea Specht. They were married at Zion almost 40 years ago, and their son Josh was baptized and grew up enjoying the ministry of Zion.  Josh [...]

Take the Survey The Branding Task Force has been working to establish a process and identify industry experts to lead us into a new understanding of who we are, how we are unique in our ministry setting, and how we communicate that effectively with the greater Buffalo area and beyond. To this end, Zion’s Branding [...]

Al Frost passed away on April 15. Funeral service will be held at Zion at 11am on Saturday, April 20, with visitation from 9-11am, burial and lunch to follow the service.

by Carol Olson Duane and I are extremely happy calling Zion our church home. Because it is so close to our home, we walk daily on the church grounds with our yellow lab, Maggie. Ties to Zion go back to what we call our “first lives.” Porky Elliott, my deceased husband was a member of Zion when [...]