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HISTORY OF ZION
Zion Church took root under an apple tree overlooking the Falls when Joanna Mesier began a Sunday School class in 1820.
In 1833, the Rev. George B. Andrews moved here and began to form an adult congregation. Mrs. Mesier and her husband, Matthew, whose home is now the village hall across from Zion Park, gave the land for the new parish, including the apple tree which stood about where the present parish hall stands. The parish was incorporated in 1834 with 64 subscribers.
The original church building was completed in 1836 at the cost of $3810, the cost of which was defrayed by subscriptions as well as a generous donation from Trinity Church, New York.
The building was consecrated in 1836 by Bishop Onderdonk. The apse, now bearing its handsome gold mosaic, was added in 1854 and enlargement of the chancel and choir took place in 1868.
Photographs, showing the church as it was originally designed and the various constructural changes, are hung in the conference room in the parish office building.
Zion's second rector was Henry Yates Satterlee who, 1895, was elected Bishop of Washington and founded the Washington Cathedral.
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THE CHAPEL OF THE RESURRECTION
In 1984, Zion celebrated its 150th Anniversary. This year-long celebration was highlighted by the completion and consecration of the Chapel and Columbarium Wall and an outside door leads to the Columbarium Garden and Wall where ashes may also be placed.
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Matthew 19:26 "Jesus looked at them and said, "With man
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