An Important Announcement Regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic

March 18, 2020
Updated March 27, 2020

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Effective immediately and until further noticed, Zion will no longer host live worship services open to the public.  However, since it is important to be faithful and worship, especially in these unprecedented times, we will provide an opportunity to worship each week with an abbreviated worship service available online on our website, ZionOhio.org, and on our Facebook page, facebook.com/ZionOhio.  The service will prerecorded and available each Sunday at 9:00 AM and archived after that.

The office has closed as of closed of business Monday, March 23 per the "stay at home" order issued by the Ohio Health Department and Governor DeWine.  Staff will be working from home during this time. The church's phone will be checked frequently so please be sure to leave a message.  All Zion Lutheran Church staff will have their hours and pay cut. Please keep your church’s employees in your prayers as they adjust to this new unsettling reality.

Pastoral care by Pastor Jesse and our Eucharistic Ministers will be limited to phone calls, cards, and letters.

At this moment, we will try to maintain our Food Distribution and Red Cross Blood Drawing ministries on their normal schedules.  All other ministries are suspended until further noticed.  In the days ahead, we will attempt to load the website with personal and family devotional and discipleship materials.

With little news to be reported, we will suspend our Monthly Edition of Eye On Zion, and produce a new weekly product to be mailed out to members who do not have access to the internet.

Zion Christian Early Learning Center has closed as of close of business Wednesday, March 25 per the "stay at home" order issued by the Ohio Health Department and Governor DeWine. 

Pastor Duane A. Jesse

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Of course, it goes without saying that your church continues to have numerous financial responsibilities and relies on your continued financial faithfulness.  We suggest using:

• ZionOhio.org and clicking on the “GIVE” tab;
• GivePlus app from your app store
• Text to Give from your smart phone -Text the amount you wish to give to (833)409-0694 and follow the Give Plus Text prompts on your smart phone
• US Mail will continue to be received
  

These are unprecedented and uncertain times.  Join us as we pray for our church members and all the citizens of the world:
O God of sunshine and rain, we beg you to hear your people as we cry out to you for mercy.  Bring relief from the coronavirus pandemic and its life-disrupting affects throughout the world to us and all people.  Never the less, we give you thanks and praise for your many blessings.  We pray this in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

Zion Lutheran Church Council

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GIVE at zionohio.org

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Ohio Department of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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