Author Archives: Gerry

As I write my fifth Message, plans are underway to resume In-Person Worship Services. For those who feel safe to return, following all the protocols, it will be good to have this option once again. Of course, as Pastor Jeff … Continue reading →

Preparing to Return to In-person Worship:   Video Our congregation is preparing to return to in-person worship on Sunday, September 6,  2020.  We will continue to offer worship materials and recordings on our congregational website (www.zionstratford.com) for persons who do not … Continue reading →

As I write my fourth Message and the last one until the fall, since, we may not have a Newsletter after this one until we return in September, I will once again share with each of you an up-date as … Continue reading →

Pastoral Letter on the Path to Reopening our Building for Worship Dear Friends in Christ, In the First Letter of Peter, the Apostle addresses his recipients as “the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who … Continue reading →

Message from your Treasurer As I look back, I’m reminded that this is my third Message to the members of Zion Church, since the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic became a part of our lives. No words can really describe what each … Continue reading →

Message from your Treasurer Dear Fellow Members of Zion: As a follow-up to my letter dated March 31, 2020, I want to share with each of you an up-date as to what has been happening financially during the month of … Continue reading →

Message from the Treasurer  

March 17, 2020  Dear Friends in Christ, None of us could have ever imagined that we would experience a worldwide health crisis like the current COVID-19 pandemic, which is having serious implications for the lives of people in our community, … Continue reading →

Policy on Addressing Issues and Concerns in the Congregation “But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament … Continue reading →

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