Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Perry Township was organized about 1759,
when a number of members withdrew from the exclusively Lutheran Moselem Church
and joined the Reformed people at Windsor Castle to establish a union church.
As a result of the Lutheran church's desire to relocate, planning for the present
church
building began in 1966. The first official church service was held on
Thanksgiving Eve in 1969 and the building was dedicated on December 7, 1969.
After thirty years of hopes and dreams, Zion's continues to grow in God's love
and direction to serve our community.
For 240 years, Christians have gathered for worship and fellowship
in Perry Township.
In 1759, the Lutherans and Reformed people of the Windsor Castle area joined
together to form Zion's Church. The first church building was a primitive log
house of prayer which was replaced by larger, more substantial
buildings as
time went by.
After years of dreaming and planning, the Lutherans moved to our own location,
next to the Perry Golf Course, 40 years ago. The many changes in church
buildings over these two centuries are only a hint of the change and growth in
our mission as a people of God. Through Christ, the family of Zion's has
been showered with blessings of opportunity and challenges of service,
becoming a leader among the churches of Northern Berks County.