Zion Lutheran Church, ELCA Worcester Campus of Grace Ministries Building upon Our First Century of Witness

LIPY-CM on 11th Annual Mission Trip - Winthrop, ME rotation - Week of 4/17/16

LIPY-CM GIfting Event - December 2015: GIfts for Inner-City Kids

11/15/15 Worshipping with Cathedral in the Night - Northampton, MA

LIPY-CM @ 2015 New England Synod Youth Gathering (HAMMO)

LIPY-CM April 2015 Mission Trip Group Shot

LIPY-CM @ 2014 New England Synod Youth Gathering (HAMMO)

Zion is home base for LIPY-CM, celebrating our 2ND DECADE of ministry!

This is a regional, cooperative, Synodically acclaimed youth ministry currently encompassing 6 ELCA parishes:

Zion - Oxford

Bethlehem - Sturbridge

Saint Stephen - Marlborough

Trinity - Worcester

Grace Ministries: Zion-Worcester & Bethel - Auburn

We provide monthly service and social activites for youth in grades 5 through 12. The aim is to encourage the youth in their faith formation: getting to know themselves and others better while living into their baptismal promise.

Each year, youth in grades 6-12 travel with advisors to four established sites on the east coast and serve others, as Jesus' hands and feet, for a week.

Check out the movie from a recent trip below!

Helping inner-city kids have a brighter Christmas!

8th Annual Gifting Event of LIPY-CM - December 2014

Sorting donations for Cradle-to-Crayons - November 2014

LIPY-CM buiilding meal kits - August 2012

LIPY-CM OTC & presciption medical form
LIPY medform.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [14.6 KB]

Current LIPY-CM Covenant for 2017-2018 program year
To be filled out in order to participate in LIPY activities. NOTE: Mission Trip requires alternate form to be handed out upon attendance confirmation.
LIPY-CM 2017-2018 Covenant Permission Sl[...]
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April 2011 Mission Trip movie on YouTube

Preliminary Itinerary for the April 2018 Mission Trip to PHILADELPHIA
18 Mission Trip Itinerary rev 0.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [55.5 KB]

LIPY-CM Kick-Off event held October at Trinity Lutheran, Worcester

LIPY-CM 5th Annual Gift-Giving Event, 12/4/11

This year raised $1,100, plus Thrivent grant for $1,000, to buy Christmas gifts for 15 at-rick inner-city Worcester kids aged 1.5 to 19 years old.

Presents are distributed through Concordia Lutheran, Worcester

LIPY-CM relaxes at our annual bowling party

at Auburn AMF - 2/4/2012

February 20th, 2013 Serving @ Carty Food Cupboard

ZION LUTHERAN: Affirmation of Baptism

Also known as "confirmation" we provide 2 years of confirmation study and exploration (eligibililty begins at grade 5).

Please check out the PDF document below for further details.

Ongoing confirmation service project 2012 - Care Kits for the homeless

2017-2018 Confirmation Outline
2017-2018 Grace Ministries Confirmation [...]
Adobe Acrobat document [51.3 KB]

Confirmation Worship Report form
Grace Confirmation Worship Report rev 0.[...]
Microsoft Word document [17.2 KB]

Christian Education

Our dedicated teachers offer comprehensive, yet fun, instruction for children Pre-K through grade 12 each Sunday; mid-September through the end of May each year.

We are following the SPARKHOUSE curriculum this coming season up to confirmation age as follows:

Pre K - Kindergarten

Grades 1 & 2

Grades 3 - 6