About Zion - Zion Lutheran

Welcome to Zion Lutheran Church!

Zion Lutheran Church is a community of faith in Warroad, Minnesota affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

We are a congregation of about 525 baptized members located in the city of Warroad, MN, a small town in Northern Minnesota just five miles south of the Canadian border on Lake of the Woods.

Zion was founded in July of 1904 when 17 charter members voted to establish “Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church of Warroad, Minnesota.” Over the course of more than a hundred years, we’ve called two different church buildings “home” and have plans to break ground on a third.

It is our pleasure to welcome you to our congregation, and introduce to you the ministries that are offered at Zion Lutheran Church. The worship services, educational classes, fellowship opportunities, and leadership and staff are all reflected here. But who we are as a faith community can’t really be captured on an internet web site; this can only be done in person. So, we invite you to join us for worship soon! Know that you will be welcomed, but not singled out as visitors. You will be invited to share in communion, but not pressured to do so. And you will be encouraged to worship with us again, but not pestered.

Serving: Sharing Hope -thoughts from Pastor Keith Zeh about this Wednesday’s Lenten worship The summer break in studies had arrived in my first year at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. I couldn’t wait to head back home to Las Vegas, NV. So, I loaded up my car and hit the road in my old yellow Toyota Celica. Somewhere along the interstate going west in Nebraska the back rear tire blew out sending me swerving off the highway onto the edge of the shoulder. Stunned and worried sick, I sat there wondering what to do. After a while, a passing tow truck operator came along and saw my predicament. He fixed my tire right there on the spot. When I went to pay him, he refused payment and simply said he was “GLAD” he could help. As he got back in his tow truck, he wished me well. One could say that I was very lucky to have such a caring person come along who could help me. I would say I was not only lucky, but more than that, I was so blessed and touched by this man’s caring for me. There were no conditions on his gift of service to me. Yet his gift of service carried a hope for me. A hope for my safe return to my family! Our Wednesday midweek worship on March 22 will rediscover the hope we receive and share through serving and caring for others. We’ll learn once more about the churches of Macedonia “for during a severe ordeal of affliction their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.” (2 Corinthians 8:2)Join us for a lasagna meal (with coleslaw, garlic toast, and bars/cookies) at 5:00, followed by worship at the tables in the Fellowship Hall at 6:15 pm.
… See MoreSee Less