First Time Visitors

Greetings in Christ from Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waterville, Ohio. Thank you for checking out our website! We also hope you will check out our church sometime soon.  We pray for our church to be a place where people experience the love and grace of God, establish life long friendships, find practical help for life, discover and use their spiritual gifts, and reach out to serve the world in the name of Jesus Christ.

If you are looking for church home, we hope you will consider becoming part of our community. However, we want to be clear that we are not in competition with other churches, but see ourselves as one part of the larger body of Christ.  Our prayer is that you will find a fellowship of believers in Christ where you can experience God's amazing grace, worship the Lord, grow in faith, and serve your neighbor in love.  Know that we are more concerned with how many people we send out our doors in service, than how many come in to our worship services.

Our Sunday morning worship schedule includes a 9:00 AM Traditional Service and a 10:45 AM Contemporary Praise Service. Sunday School for all ages, including an adult forum, is held at 9:50 AM. Children attending the 9:00 AM service will be released for Sunday School following the sermon or after communing on communion Sundays. There is no Sunday School from June-August.  The Lord’s Supper is celebrated weekly in our Praise Service and on the first and third Sunday of the month in our Traditional Service. Some people come to worship in formal clothes, some dress casually, some dress in-between the two, so don't worry about having to meet a dress code to enter our church, as we want you to come as you are.  A nursery is available when requested. If you are interested in using the nursury, please ask an usher for assistance or follow the instructions on the nursury door.   

We have also added an alternative worship experience called "Ignite Fellowship"  that meets Saturday evenings at 5:00 PM.  The Ignite worship service takes place at Zion on the FIRST Saturday of every month. If you would like to learn more about "Ignite Fellowship", please visit Ignite's website.   

If you are interested in learning more about our congregation, wish to receive our newsletter, want to ask us a question, or would like to talk with one of our pastors, please call us at (419) 878-0266 or e-mail pastordan@zionwaterville.com.  

Whatever your past spiritual or church experience may have been—even if you have never set foot in a church building before visiting us—we want you to know that you are welcome at Zion Lutheran Church. We would love to get to know you and our hope is that your first experience on our website will be just the beginning of a great relationship. May the love, joy and peace of our Lord be with you always.

In Christ,

Pastor Steve Bauerle & Pastor Dan Bredberg