ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome to Zion! We hope you will join us for worship (Sundays at 9:00AM). After worship, you are invited to a time of fellowship with coffee and snacks in the social hall directly beside the sanctuary.
Communion is offered every Sunday. Wine and apple juice are both available.
Sunday, we welcome Rev. Peter Rustico back to lead us in worship.
Marian Williams is doing better since being involved in a car accident on Tuesday, 11/12. She came home from the hospital on Friday, 11/15. The two broken ribs are still making it hard to breathe. Marian would like to thank everyone for the cards, prayers, and good thoughts for her recovery.
There will be a community Thanksgiving service on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 7pm at New Hope Fissels UCC Church, located at 3426 Fissels Church Rd, Glen Rock, PA 17327.
It is time to start gathering goodies for Zion’s VIPs for the holiday season. The VIPs include Sandy Fair, Shirley Henry, LeMos Stallard, Marlene Batchelor, and Rev. Allan Wysocki. This year we would also like to include Jan Cowart. Needed items include peanut butter crackers, cheese crackers, chapstick, small packs of tissues, Hershey kisses, small peppermint patties, and homemade cookies. Cards for Sandy, Shirley, LeMos, Marlene, and Jan will be collected at the church. Items for the goodie bags should be given to Marian Williams. Homemade cookies should be brought to church on Sunday, 12/1, the deadline for donated items and cards.
Cards, in white/plain envelopes only, can be mailed to Tanya Krout at Smart Communications/PA DOC, SCI Cambridge Springs, Tanya Krout 006199, P.O. Box 33028, St Petersburg FL 337733.
Cards for Rev. Allan and Bonnie Wysocki can be mailed to their address, Homewood at Plum Creek, 425 Westminster Ave, Hanover, PA 17331.
A congregational meeting will be held on Sunday, December 8th, immediately after worship. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed 2025 budget. Copies of the proposed 2025 budget are available near the table with the bulletins, at the back of the sanctuary.
Gift information is now available for the family Zion sponsored through Southern Community Services’ ELVES program. The individual gift tags are displayed on a tree in the Social Hall. Gifts should remain unwrapped. You may purchase wrapping paper for the family to wrap the gifts. All gift donations are due back to Zion by Sunday, 12/8.
The Glen Rock Carolers will be preforming a free indoor concert at the New Freedom Senior Center on Sunday, December 8th at 7pm. The New Freedom Senior Center is located at 150 E. Main St, New Freedom, next to Rose Fire Company. The Glen Rock Carolers will also have a free indoor concert at Zion Lutheran Church on Tuesday, December 24th at 10:45pm.
WE GIVE THANKS— As we enter the season of fall, seeing crops being harvested, walking through a farmer’s market, seeing roadside stands still selling local produce, it’s hard to imagine there are people around the world going hungry. We are truly blessed! Christian Education will once again be supporting ELCA World Hunger through God’s Global Barnyard. Your donation, cash or check (made to Zion Lutheran) should be placed in the envelope provided, along with your name and/or envelope number, the animal/animals you are purchasing, so that your contribution statement reflects your donation.
Wreaths Across America dates to remember:
December 14th at 11am at the Glen Rock EMS parking lot for ceremony and then disperse to lay wreaths on graves.
January 11th at 1pm at the Glen Rock Legion for volunteers to remove wreaths from graves.
The Loose Change offering plate is available every Sunday. At the end of the month, the total collected for that month will be sent to the chosen organization. Our loose change collection for November will benefit Wreath Across America. The Auxiliary for the Austin L. Grove American Legion organizes the laying of wreaths on veterans’ graves in Glen Rock annually during the month of December, in partnership with Wreaths Across America. Over 525 veterans’ graves are included in this effort locally.
Announcements for the weekly bulletin are due to the office by early Tuesday morning so bulletin work can be completed by the end of the day on Tuesday. This schedule allows time for the bulletin to be sent to the presiding pastor for the upcoming week and allows the website committee time to post the bulletin on Zion’s website. Announcements can be emailed to Brenda at
Services are recorded and streamed live each week on Zion Lutheran Church’s Facebook page. It is possible during the recording that people attending the service will be filmed. If you have any concerns about being filmed, please contact the office at 717-235-3276.