Zumbrun Parish House dedication

Zumbrun Parish House Dedication May 2, 1999

Bishop Morris Zumbrun Parish House

On May 2, 1999 the members of St. Paul Lutheran church officially dedicated the former parsonage as the new Bishop Morris Zumbrun Parish House in honor of the former bishop. The dedication included a service on the lawn conducted by Pastor Virginia Price with music by the St. Paul Sunday School Band, BREaD, the contemporary chior and the primary Sunday School children. Rev. Andrea Hagen and Rev. Roland Hobbs were present as representatives of Bishop Mocho. Irene Sigler presented a plaque of appreciation to the Zumbrun's. After the service Pastor Price lead a blessing of the Parish House.

Following the blessing everyone was invited in to tour the house and sample a variety of food.

The Parish house will be used as a Christian Educational facility to support the growing youth Sunday School classes. Five classes are held in the Parish House. Three class rooms are used for the primary department covering pre-K through 5 grade. Two class rooms are used for the middle school and high school youth.

Irene presenting the plaque to the Zumbruns'

Pastor Morris Zumbrun was born in 1922 near Hampstead in Carroll County, Maryland, the son of Morris M. W. and Lillie Shriner Zumbrun. Having graduated from Hampstead High School in 1938, Rev. Zumbrun entered Gettysburg College and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1942. He continued his studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1945. Ordained by the Maryland Synod and called to the Jefferson Parish (consisting of St. Paul, St. Luke and Mt. Zion), Rev. Zumbrun served there for eight and a half years.

From 1953 until 1956, Rev. Zumbrun was the Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Dallastown, Pennsylvania, when he returned to the Maryland Synod to serve as Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Linthicum. In 1984, Rev. Zumbrun was called to serve as Bishop of the Maryland Synod of the former Lutheran Church in America, and was elected Bishop of the Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1987.

Retiring in 1991, the Zumbrun family moved to Hampstead, Maryland, and became members of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Manchester, where he had been confirmed and where he and his wife, Evelyn, were married in 1944.

The Zumbruns have three daughters Linda, Martha, Susan and five grandchildren.