Pastor

The Rev. Glenn E. Ludwig was ordained into Word and Sacrament Ministry for the Lutheran Church in America in 1973. During his 50+ years in ministry, he has served in rural, town, and suburban parish settings. For almost thirty years, he served as the Senior Pastor of larger congregations, first in Ellicott City, MD, at First Lutheran, where he served for 23 years, and subsequently at Trinity Lutheran in Camp Hill, PA, where he was Interim Senior Pastor for three and a half years. His career also included serving as Chaplain to the University at Susquehanna University, his alma mater, from 1980-85, and as Vice President of Gettysburg Seminary from 2013-18. He also served as Project Director for United Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg to train senior pastors for service in the ELCA from 2012-23. During his retirement, he has served as an interim pastor for three congregations as well as a long-term supply pastor for three others.

He attended the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and is a graduate (Magna Cum Laude) of Lancaster Theological Seminary in 1973, receiving the “Excellence in Ministry” Award, their highest honor, in 2000. Pastor Ludwig is also the author of seven books, the most recent of which addresses the issue of long-term pastorates and was published by the Alban Institute.

He and his wife, Stella, a retired elementary school teacher and former outdoor ministry director, live at Messiah Lifeways in Mechanicsburg, PA.

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

Doug is originally from the Millerstown, PA area and a ‘76 graduate of Pennsylvania State University.

He worked for 36 years with the Public School Employees’ Retirement System before retiring. Along with his position as Director of Music at Zion Lutheran, he also holds part-time positions as a health care communications consultant with HOP Administration Unit, and Director of Operations/Office Manager/Webmaster for PA Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (PAPERS). Although a frequent substitute organist at Zion for many years, Doug took the position as Director of Music in 2012.

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Debbie Yeakle is Zion’s part-time Office Administrator. She has been a resident of Middle Paxton Township for the past 20 years. She brings with her 40+ years of office experience, serving in executive assistant and office management positions. Since retiring from the corporate world in 2020, Debbie worked for four years as an aide at the Middle Paxton Elementary School. When she isn’t working, she enjoys crafting, crocheting, attending craft shows and spending time with her family.  

is one of the largest Christian demoninations in the United States, with about 4 million members in nearly 10,000 congregations across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God’s grace. For us, as the ELCA, this faith comes through the good news of Jesus Christ and gives us the freedom and the courage to wonder, discover and boldly participate in what God is up to in the world.

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With 234 churches and over 86,000 baptized members, our synod is one of the largest of the 65 synods in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the fifth largest Protestant denomination in the United States. 

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works with local partners to provide lasting solutions to poverty. Pencils, a toothbrush, a quilt…ordinary items we take for granted become treasures in the hands of their recipients. Zion participates in the LWR worldwide kit program. Our gifts of time and resources are beautiful expressions of God’s love and grace to those in greatest need. 

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