Zion Episcopal Church
Mission Bells
Announcements – December 21, 2025
ZION WELCOMES ALL. Welcome to Zion Episcopal Church. Regardless of your denomination or faith tradition, we welcome you – especially if you are joining us for the very first time. We hope this will become your spiritual home, whether you gather in person, on Facebook, or YouTube.
CHRISTMAS BASKET DONATIONS are to be dropped off at the Food Pantry on Sunday December 21st between 8:30 am and 10:00 am or 11:30 and 12:30 p.m. Distribution will be on Monday, December 22nd.
THE ADOPT-A-FAMILY FUNDRAISING MINISTRY was an enormous success! We raised nearly $1,000 for our Church family in need. Thank you for your loving and generous hearts.
CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY - The Christmas Eve Service will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, December 24th. The service will be preceded by a Christmas Concert and Carol Sing at 6:30 pm. Looking forward to a fun and festive occasion! The Holy Eucharist on Christmas Day will be held on Thursday, December 25th at 10 am.
NINE CHRISTMAS LESSON AND CAROLS: will be held on Sunday, December 28th at 10:00 am. Will we celebrate the Eucharist this Sunday? Yes. The Nine Lessons and Carols will serve as our “liturgy of the Word,” which will be followed by the “liturgy of the Holy Eucharist.”
OUR NEXT MONTHLY SUNDAY SCHOOL will be this Sunday, January 4th during our Church service. All children are welcome!
THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 6th at 6:30 pm. We will have chanting, incense, Epiphany hymns, and an "Epiphany pageant" of the visit of the Magi with adult actors. A party will follow in the Rectory with Three Kings Cake! Did I mention there will be incense? On a day when we celebrate the gifts of Frankincense and Myrrh, we gotta have incense! Please join us for this most festive occasion. Need a ride? Email Father Alex at FrAlexZion@gmail.com or call the office at 845-297-9797.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE: The carpentry work continues! Coffee hour will be in the rectory until the majority of the work has been completed. Thank you for your continued support and prayers.
FOOD PANTRY – December’s food is canned fruit. Please bring donations on Sunday mornings so that they can be blessed during the Offertory. You may also leave your donation in the box on the Rectory front porch. Your support is greatly appreciated!
MEALS ON WHEELS NEED VOLUNTEERS: Please call Patrice Stabile (914) 475-8677.
There are no altar flowers in the season of Advent.
ZION WORSHIP – Zion now has a YouTube Channel which also carries the Sunday service live in addition to Facebook live. To watch the service, click on the link below and then go to our “live” playlist. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaq67kuX_d0cL29tUG0t3kQ
You can also watch previous services by going to our “orders” link.
To view on Facebook (live) or in person: Zion Episcopal Church is inviting you to the Sunday Service broadcast live on the “Zion Episcopal Church” Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/welcometozionchurch/ If you are on the page at 9:00 am the service will automatically appear - You need to do nothing but be on the page to view.
Bulletin can be downloaded on Zion’s website: www.zionwappingersfalls.org.
This will bring you to the "Welcome" page on the website. There’s a link to the Church Bulletin.
The Hymnal can be found online here: https://hymnary.org/hymnal/EH1982
HYMNS FOR THE WEEK:
Processional: 56 “O Come, o come, Emmanuel” (vs. 1-3,7 & 8) Blue Hymnal
Gradual: 265 "The angel Gabriel from heaven came" Blue Hymnal
Offertory Hymn: 497 "How brightly shines the morning star" Blue Hymnal
Communion Hymn: 72 "Hark the glad sound" Blue Hymnal
269 "Ye who claim the faith of Jesus” Blue Hymnal
Recessional Hymn: 66 "Come thou long expected Jesus" Blue Hymnal
NEXT WEEK’S READINGS: First Reading; Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Second Reading: Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7;
Gospel: John 1:1-18; Psalm: 147:13-21
COLUMBARIUM GARDEN can be accessed on Sundays before and after services through the Chapel. If there is a special request, please contact Alison Friedland.
TUESDAY MORNING HEALING SERVICE - On Tuesday mornings from 9:30 am-10:30 am in the Resurrection Chapel. We celebrate a BCP Morning Prayer Rite II Liturgy; pray healing prayers; and discuss the Sunday lectionary readings and Saint of the Day
Zion’s Prayer List (as of December 16, 2025)
To add someone to the prayer list, please email ZionPrayerList@gmail.com
or call 845-297-9797. Please specify which prayer list you would like to be added to.
We Pray for: Barbara Beska-Borowitz, George Boundy, Dionne and Ashley Brooks, Linda Byrne, Mellisa Darcy, Nancy Durr, Sara Goodwin, Peggy Harten, Ken Durr, John Kara and his family: Stacey, Matt, Skylar, Jaxin , Donna and Jane, the soul of Ginny Marcus, Christopher S. Mahabir, Donna-Marie Mahabir, Matthew S. Mahabir, Mary Pat Martini, Barbara Mooradian, Ariah and Alliance Neal, Eric Peterson, Paulette Sibert, Teri, Teresa.
Health Care Facilities: Fredericka Adams, Carol Boscher, Judie Buck, Gail Burger, Yvonne Broestler, Danine Curtis, Diane Deeney, Carole DiNonno, David Eisenhower, Hak Shil Kim, Gilly Leech, Scarlet Ludwich, Joseph McKinney, Bernice Marren, Barbara Mooradian, Marialice Olsen, Dennis Pendzuk, Cathrine Tolbert
At Home: Ann Marie, Bill, Bob, Bob R, Bryon, Cale, Cindy, Debbie, Eddie, Emmy, Janice, Jason, Jay, Lynn, Karen & Kenny, Matthew, Michele, Patty, Randal, Zayden, Marc, Mike A., Renee Allen, Jose Baez, Fred Boniello, Mary Boscher, Donna Boundy, Arnold Broas, Patrick Brooks, Yvonne Broestler, Nicholas Browne, Lynda Byrne, Veronica Corbi, Terry Daley, Steve Dearborn, Rose Ann DeFini, Ron DeLuca, Jr. and Debbie DeLuca, Beth Devine, John DiLorenzo, Chris Dorsey, Karen Durr, Tracy Fisher, Karen Flaherty, the Frederick family, Anne Friedland, Chris Gall, Kathleen Garrison, Monica Goff, Robert Heady,Gwen Higgins, Gary Hill, Marcine Humphrey, Vicki Humeston, Tom Humphries, Martin Jay, Pat Kiernan, Jennifer Klein, Susan Klein, Katherine Kobos, Vinnie Kobos, Catherine Konno, Kathy Krilow, Richard Little, Ruth Little, Christine Lowery, John Lowery, Marcia Lumia, Andy Mahabir, the Mahoney family, the Maiorana family, Norman Mattè, Delroy Matthews, Sheren Meier, Brandon Miller, Ann Molina, Nancy Montgomery, Natalie Morgan, Sylvia Morgan, Leon Muller, Tony Niro, Eileen Nock, Julian Paige, Tina Paige, Patrice Palm, Sherri Palm, Bobbie Pascoe, Dennis Pendzuk, Bonnie Perkins, Lori Pizzola, the Rao family, Brigitte Reckley, Kim Robson, Arnie Ruf, Bill Ruf, Conrad Ruppert, Jr., Cindy Russo, Darryl Secor, Lynn Sheppard, Paulette Sibert, Debbie Singler, John Skipp, Hyacinth Stewart, Mary Sugg, Donna Taylor, Ellen Timmeny, Peggy Timmeny, Chris Uhl, Terrence Vaughan, Thomasine Vaughan, Janet Versace, Kevin Wirsch, Debbie Wong, Mona Wong
This week we asked to pray for: The Church of the Resurrection, Hopewell Junction..
We pray for our brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces: Luke Adams, Mason Adams, Joshua Bautz, William Cohen, Matthew Fein, Brandon Fry, Michael Greifenstein, Patrick Holly, John Howe, Andre Jordan Mondie, Chris Montgomery, Michael Patterson, Vivica Patterson, Anthony Perry, Luke Stone, Jennie Trady, Warren VanAllen, Christopher Walker, and for National Guard Service Members activated to maintain national security, or to mitigate human suffering.
Calendar
Office Hours for the Week of December 21, 2025
Tuesday and Wednesday9-12; 1–5. Closed, Monday, Thursday and Friday
Monday, December 22nd Saint Thomas the Apostle
Food Pantry Distribution, 12-2, 6-7
Tuesday, December 23rd
Healing Service 9:30 am., Chapel
AA Group 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Wednesday, December 24th Christmas Eve
Holy Eucharist in-Person, Facebook Live, and You Tube, 6:30 pm
Thursday, December 25th The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ
Holy Eucharist in-Person, Facebook Live, and You Tube, 10:00 am
AA Group 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Friday, December 26th Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, Kwanzaa Begins
Saturday, December 27th Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
AA 7:30-10:30 pm, Parish Hall
Sunday, December 28th Christmas Lessons and Carols
Holy Eucharist in-Person, Facebook Live, and You Tube, 10:00 am
Bring your gifts of thanks and giving.
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