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09/08/2010
9:00 am Morning Prayer12:00 pm Brown Bag B 6:00 pm Confirmation 6:00 pm Festival Bells 7:00 pm Voices of Zion 09/12/2010
RALLY DAY - YOUTH SERVICES8:30 am Worship 9:45 am Sunday School 10:00 am Financial P 11:00 am Worship 09/13/2010
2:00-6:00 pm ARC Blood6:00 pm Knit One Prayer 6:30 pm Outreach (Social 7:00 pm Stewardship |
On Palm Sunday, 1946 Mt. Zion was established as a mission congregation. For veterans returning from WW II and their growing families, Mt. Zion’s establishment on 120th and North was a convenient location for the burgeoning neighborhoods “way out there” near the county line. As the post WW II boom of babies and the economy continued, Mt. Zion was able to build its first building, now called the chapel. Over the next 20 years the main sanctuary offices and educational structure was built. The congregation grew to over 2,000 members. Throughout its 60 year history, Mt. Zion has established itself as a friendly home to music and other arts. Its stained glass windows are jewels of religious art designed and built by world renowned artists under the auspices of Conrad Schmidt. The building and grounds represent a mixture of modernism and Prairie style architecture. Over the past 20 years Mt. Zion’s membership was reduced but its spirit and mission continued to grow. We have a reputation as a safe harbor for the non-traditional, a strong voice for justice, and a passion for making connections with people in the city of Milwaukee. Mt. Zion has been home to 2 Lutheran bishops, serves the wider church through benevolence, work camps in service to America’s poor, and sojourns to Africa and Central America and hosts several annual events for the community’s most seriously mentally and physically challenged. Our important history isn’t groundbreaking dates, new additions or various statistics. Congregational histories can’t be properly written down because the important history lies in the hearts of all those who have gone before. All those who have dared walk with the poor, made financial sacrifices to care for the elderly, the challenged, and the marginalized. Our past lies in the gifts of those who helped the campus and mission continue to grow and stay healthy. The history lies with all the saints. |
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