To all our members, friends, and guests:

Welcome to Zion Lutheran Church of Indiana, Pennsylvania. We are a congregation of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We invite you to worship with us and pray that in doing so you will be enriched by the Scriptures and warmed by the fellowship which we share in the Holy Spirit.

This is a service of Word and Sacrament, Bible and Eucharist. In Holy Communion, Christ feeds us with his own body and blood. We welcome all baptized Christians who know that Jesus the Lord is present in his body and his blood to receive Holy Communion. Children not yet communing and those persons not yet baptized are invited to come forward to receive a blessing. If you have questions about Baptism or Communion or the Lutheran tradition, you are invited to speak with our pastors.

At the Saturday service, Holy Communion is administered by intinction. The bread will be received on the tongue after it has been dipped for you in the wine.

At the Sunday services, Holy Communion is administered with bread received in the hand. You may receive the wine by drinking from the common chalice by grasping the base of the chalice and guiding it to your lips (the Assisting Minister will administer this chalice), or you may also receive the wine using an individual cup (these chalices will be administered by Communion Assistants). As you receive the Lord’s Body and Blood it is appropriate for you to say “Amen.”

The worship folder the ushers will give you and the hymnals in the pew are all you need to fully participate in this service. (The green hymnal is called Lutheran Book of Worship. The blue hymnal is called With One Voice.)