Pasha Lake 2023
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...
Neighboorhood Ice Cream Social
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...
In the Heat of It – 2023 HS Mission Trip
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...
Anoka Riverfest 2023
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...
Habitat Week – A Brush With Kindness
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...
A Child’s Perspective
We love children in worship and that includes their noises and wiggles! To help kids feel more welcome, we recently created PrayGrounds within the Sanctuary. These areas include kid-sized tables and chairs, books, and activities. You'll find the PrayGrounds in each of...
Palm Crosses + Holy Week = Easter
On March 30, a group of faithful volunteers gathered to continue the tradition, started by member Wilma Carling years earlier, of folding palm frond crosses for Palm Sunday weekend. Over five hundred crosses were handed out to worship attendees. Holy Week...
A Little Closer to Heaven
Pastor Mike Rueckert and Facilities Manager Steve Dussl ascended to new heights as they changed out light bulbs and fine-tuned Zion's Sanctuary lighting just in time for Easter Worship.
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