This is the 21st century.  How can we minister to folks in downtown Steubenville and surrounding areas?  This is the question.  We have just read in the newspaper that the Urban Mission is closing their shelters by the end of the month.  This is due to lack of funding.  Where will these people go?  Is there some way we can help in this dire situation?  These are the questions we should be addressing.  Jesus said " whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me."    The

This congregation is 162 years old!  That's quite a milestone.  We began as a group of German immigrants who settled in the Steubenville area.  German was the language while everyone struggled to learn the new language--English.  The mission of the early church was to help the newcomers to find housing, find employment, to find basic necessities and to find a place where they could worship together.    Back then that was the "mission" of this church.  But today what is the mi

Dear Members, Friends, Brothers and Sisters,      Summer will be quickly drawing to a close as many of our young students head back to...

Dear Members and Friends,   Here we are in 2025 facing a radical time of transition for our beloved Zion church.  We have been in times...