Zoar Lutheran Church ELCA

06/10/2026

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein
📷 Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

06/10/2026

06/08/2026

If you missed worship this Sunday, you can read the sermon notes on our blog or watch the entire service on our YouTube channel.

One day last week, I was driving through Barlow on my way to an appointment. I was almost at the stoplight at the intersection of Highway 99 when suddenly the bells began to clang and the railroad crossing bars came down. I rolled my eyes and sighed - as one does! - and thought to myself, "If only I...

06/01/2026

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry has issued his first in a series of monthly messages that will continue through the end of this year under the title "All Together in One Place."

Each message will share a pastoral word, rooted in Scripture, that witnesses to God’s presence today, our rich theological tradition and the social teaching that connects us.

Read the full message through the link in the comments below.

05/27/2026

Check out the Zoar Garden Project!

The garden is growing! On May 17th, Zoar’s confirmands and congregants shoveled dirt, planted, and watered to install a small community garden of four raised beds in the gravel parking lot. To best serve the Tuesday Night Community Dinner Ministry, we planted salad ingredients.If you’d like to h...

05/26/2026

Did you miss worship on Sunday? You can read the sermon notes or watch the entire service on our YouTube channel.

Chances are, if you and I live long enough, we may end up having a mystical experience - a Holy Spirit encounter - that we can't explain. It might come in the form of a vision or dream. It might come as a voice that seems to speak from somewhere deep within us...or from somewhere far beyond us. Over...

05/21/2026

A Memorial Service for Reverend Luverne A. "Jake" Jacobson will be held at Zoar Lutheran Church in Canby on Saturday, June 13 at 1:00 pm.

Pastor Jacobson served Zoar Lutheran Church from 1979 to 1997.

05/21/2026

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry has released a statement on the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

“As the ELCA, we must speak plainly: violence rooted in hatred is sin. We condemn Islamophobia and acknowledge its rise in recent years. Our church affirms that “anti-Muslim hatred is antithetical to our Christian faith” (A Declaration of the ELCA to the Muslim Community), for we are called to love our neighbor in ways that cast out fear (1 John 4:18).”

Read the full statement through the link in the comments below.

05/18/2026

Did you miss our Worship Service on Sunday? You can read the sermon notes or watch the then entire service on our YouTube channel.

A very wise woman recently reminded me that saying goodbye is hard. And I think today's readings reflect this. In the first reading from Acts, the apostles say goodbye to Jesus as he ascends into heaven. And in the gospel, Jesus says goodbye to his apostles through prayer.Last summer, I said goodbye...

05/16/2026

"Saying Goodbye Is Hard" - https://mailchi.mp/ce30113eff65/join-us-this-sunday