ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
of Union Deposit, Hershey
Pastor: Rev. Ursula Schreffler
Address: 5 West Main Street, Hershey PA 17033 click for directions
Phone: 717-566-3376
email: zionlutheranudh@gmail.com
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10/20/2024 Our Parsonage Ministry still needs one office volunteer. This person will serve on a team of
caring volunteers to answer phones, greet guests, listen compassionately to requests for
assistance, follow-up with individuals regarding their requests with direction from Love INC
staff, provide administrative support to Love INC staff and ministries. Please see Lynne Yost or
Pastor Schreffler for more information. (one 5-hour shift per week)
10/17/2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
9/29/2024 All are invited to join the Lower Susquehanna Synod in a year of prayer. Weekly prayer petitions, hymn selections, and other resources have been created to unite us within our local settings. All of our churches will pray identical prayer petitions during worship. We hope our year of prayer meaningfully guides us into the next chapter of our ministry together. This month’s prayer petitions are for our partner synod, the Konde Diocese of Tanzania.
9/25/2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
9/12/2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
9/1/2024 We are still collecting items for personal care kits for Lutheran World Relief.
We will begin to assemble the kits during the Sunday School hour on September 8.
Listening Sessions for 2025 Bishop Election Continue
Our synod is conducting listening sessions as part of a discernment process leading up to the election of a bishop at our 2025 synod assembly. This is an opportunity for you to share how the Spirit is calling us, as synod, to walk together in faith and community in our contexts. The information gathered at the listening sessions will be used to prepare the Synod Mission Profile and Gifts of a Bishop documents that will serve as educational tools for our congregations in preparing for the election. You may attend a listening session at any location that is convenient for you. The remaining listening sessions will be held:
Tuesday, September 3, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm Chambersburg Listening Session
St. Luke Lutheran Church 2695 Luther Drive Chambersburg, PA
Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 6;30-8:30pm Perry Listening Session
Christ Lutheran Church 115 Church St Duncannon, PA 17020
Thursday, September 12, 2024, 7-9pm ZOOM Listening Session Digital Registration Forthcoming
Sunday, September 15, 2024, 2-4pm Hanover Listening Session
Trinity Lutheran Church 6 York St Codorus, PA 17311
Sunday, September 15, 2024, 2-4pm Cumberland Listening Session
Trindle Spring Lutheran Church 14 State Rd Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
8/25/2024 Annual ELCA day of service, "God's work. Our hands" Sunday on September 8th
Please join us in the annual ELCA day of service. Churches in the Harrisburg Conference will work together in a service project to gather, sort, and package Welcome Kit donations for refugees resettling legally in our area. Some volunteers will help set up housing for incoming refugees. We will meet at 12:00pm at Church World Service (CWS) - Harrisburg, located at
2101 North Front St, Building 3, Suite 301, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
Parking is available and a light lunch will be provided.
To sign up as a volunteer, let Pastor Schreffler know your project preference and she will add your name and phone number to the volunteer list. See the information sheets on the bulletin board.
For any questions, please call CWS at (717)763-7555.
8/22/2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
8-8-2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
7-28-2024 Listening Sessions for 2025 Bishop Election Our synod is conducting listening sessions as part
of a discernment process leading up to the election of a bishop at our 2025 synod assembly. This
is an opportunity for you to share how the Spirit is calling us, as synod, to walk together in faith
and community in our contexts. The information gathered at the listening sessions will be used to
prepare the Synod Mission Profile and Gifts of a Bishop documents that will serve as educational
tools for our congregations in preparing for the election. You may attend a listening session at
any location that is convenient for you.
Sunday, August 11, 2024, 2-4pm Northern Dauphin County Listening Session
Epiphany Lutheran Church
1100 Colonial Rd Harrisburg, PA 17112
Sunday, August 18, 2024, 2-4pm Lancaster 2025 Listening Session
Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
3131 Columbia Ave Lancaster, A 17603
Monday, August 26, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm Harrisburg Listening Session Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church
100 W Main St Hummelstown, PA 17036
7-21-2024 It’s not too early to think about Health Kits for Lutheran World Relief. LWR Ingathering is scheduled for Oct. 5th & 6th. Zion donated 111 kits last year and we would like to exceed that number in 2024. We have already obtained about 60 towels and some soap. Place all donations in the appropriate bin in the vestibule.
The kits include:
One light-weight bath-size towel
Two or three bath-size bars
One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging- we can use multiple packages by separating and placing in legal size
envelopes.
One sturdy comb, remove packaging.0
One metal nail clipper, remove packaging.
NOTE - The combs must be sturdy - Walmart is a good place to check
7-1-2024 Krafts & Koffee group have been busy making Soap Sacks. They donated their first batch to City Of Refuge Evangelism (CORE) Shower Ministry. They have a trailer fitted with shower stalls. Every Saturday they attend to the homeless in Harrisburg.
6-13-2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
6-2-2024 We will elect a new Bishop for the Lower Susquehanna Synod in June of 2025. In preparation
for this event, the synod is hosting several “Listening Posts” to hear what folks in the synod are
looking for in a new Bishop. The goal is to hold a listening post in each of our counties. So far,
listening posts will be held at 2:00pm Sunday June 23 at Zion, York, at 2215 Brandywine Lane.
Another will be held at 2:00pm Sunday August 18 at Holy Spirit Lutheran in Lancaster, 3131
Columbia Ave. We will print additional dates once they become available. Link to "Listening Posts"
5-30-2024 ELCA-Generation ZERO HUNGER- Right now, all gifts will be matched — dollar for dollar — until we reach $250,000! Give now and double your impact! Link to their website
5-23-2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF
5-23-2024 Here is info on the 2024 season of Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival.
You can watch virtually or in person at Valparaiso University's Chapel of the Resurrection and Center for the Arts.
5-21-2024 Lutheran World Relief- Your Quilts & Kits offer warm hospitality to ships stuck in Baltimore after the Key Bridge collapse Link to their website article Link to their Facebook page
4-18-2024 Lower Susquehanna Synod- Enewsletter email PDF