by Barb Loe | Nov 23, 2023 | Zion Stories
On Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19, 140 quilts were blessed during our worship services. The quilts, made by our own Zion Quilters, were given to Family Promise, Stepping Stone Emergency Housing, Lutheran Social Services, Bridging, St. Cloud VA, and...
by Barb Loe | Sep 13, 2023 | Zion Stories
This past July, 11 men headed north to Jellicoe, Ontario to spend a week fishing at Pasha Lake Cabins. The ages of the men attending ranged from 20 years to 83 years. Each morning, we prepared our breakfasts, somedays pancakes made with wild blueberries, as well as...
by Barb Loe | Aug 16, 2023 | Zion Stories
It was a beautiful evening at Aitkin Park in Anoka for our ice cream social on Thursday, August 10. There were over 75 Zion members as well as people from the community enjoying ice cream and light conversation. Some of the people from the community that joined us...
by Barb Loe | Jul 29, 2023 | Zion Stories
It was hot. The average temp was around 93° with humidity levels staying above 80%. It felt like we were swimming in our clothes, but man, did we have a blast. Nine of us from Zion, along with 14 of us from Lord of Life, caravanned out to Nashville, TN for a week of...
by Barb Loe | Jul 28, 2023 | Zion Stories
Zion was an official sponsor of Riverfest again this year which meant that our booth was located at a prime location on the corner of Jackson and 2nd Street. This year we had 1000 prizes to give away. Prizes were won by the Spin-It to Win-It Wheel – always a huge...
by Barb Loe | Jul 26, 2023 | Zion Stories
July 11-14, Zion volunteers painted a house at 3334 Colfax Ave N in Minneapolis. This year, instead of hammers, volunteers wielded scrapers and paint brushes as they worked with an arm of Habitat called “A Brush With Kindness”. This program works with residents that...
