Music for Recovery – Perfect Together

Zion’s Social Ministry committee will be collecting musical instruments in good condition and working order, this September and October. We are excited to be able to help with the Daytop rehabilitation program in Mendham and Pittsgrove, NJ. Instruments can be brought to the CEB foyer or left with the Parish Administrator during office hours. If you have a used iPad, …

Youth and Family Ministries Update

Dear Members and Friends, Fall is always a busy season in the life of a Youth Director. Fall marks the kick-off for so many activities in the life of the church. I was excited to have joined with you in God’s Work Our Hands this past month. It was a wonderful event that helped a lot of people in our …

Thanks to YOU we did it!

This year’s God’s Work Our Hands was a big success!  On September 9th, you helped us achieve great results with our two projects: The youth created over 200 health kits for Edna’s Haven in Dover.  This allows their homeless clients to take care of their personal needs with their own washcloth, soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes/paste, combs, and more. They were …

A Message from Pastor Summer – October 2018

There’s a part of me that always enjoys when science is stumped. I discovered that science doesn’t really understand why the colors of the leaves in fall are more vibrant some years than others. There are theories about having enough rain, an early frost, and Indian summer. The old-timers in Vermont are convinced it’s the early frost, and I tend …

Meet our Members

Mike & Erin Brogan The Brogans are a family made up of Erin, Michael, Kaylie (20), and Colin (16). They have been members of Zion since the early 2000’s and Mike is a friend of Zion. Erin’s mother, Judy Bogan and sisters, Cindy Rupprecht and Barbara Conner and their families are also members of Zion. The Brogans have lived in …

Meet our Members

David & Elizabeth Blackwood David and Elizabeth Blackwood became members of Zion in 1980. David, originally from Atlanta and Elizabeth, from Staten Island, were married in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church on Staten Island in July 1967. David graduated from Georgia Tech as a Mechanical Engineer and Rutgers with a MBA. Elizabeth graduated from Wagner College on Staten Island with a …

Youth & Family Ministries Update – September 2018

Dear Members and Friends, It has been quite a busy month for me. I have been gearing up for all sorts of great programming starting in September, and more programs to start in 2019. First, God’s Work Our Hands will be taking place September 9th after Second Sunday Single Service. While the congregation assembles Thanksgiving Food Bags for the Flemington …

Pastor’s Message – September 2018

Long ago, when my son was a little boy, he told me he couldn’t imagine ever getting married. How was that possible? He was too young for the birds and the bees lecture, but I wanted to give him as answer. What I told him was that getting married is unimaginable, but that, in time, God would make him ready. …