Our Pastor

The Reverend
Mrs. Lorraine Dill

After graduation from high school in Wilmington, Delaware, I studied religion for my Bachelor of Arts degree from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. I then received a Fulbright Fellowship to explore iconography in Transylvania, Romania that proved to be an eye-opening and life-transforming experience. Upon my return from Romania, I began seminary studies which included training in clinical pastoral education as a student chaplain at Delaware State Hospital and two years of field work in a small church in south Philadelphia where I ministered to Southeast Asian refugee families. My Master of Divinity came from Princeton Seminary.
I was ordained in 1984, just after reunion of our two predecessor denominations. My first call was to b associate pastor of Christian education and youth at First Presbyterian in Oneonta, New York. After five years there, I moved 100 miles east to be pastor of First United Church, Presbyterian of Hoosick Falls, New York, a small town just outside Bennington, Vermont. The next step in the journey, after six years in Hoosick Falls, was to Dundee Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to serve for five years as associate pastor for pastoral care and missions. My time in Omaha included a mission trip to Haiti, implementation of a parish nurse program, a term on presbytery’s Committee on Ministry and membership on the Board of Advisors of the Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation.
My family is a source of great joy for me: my twin daughters, Christiana Joy (Annie) and Caroline Grace (Carrie), born in December 1999, and my husband Richard. In order to have family support during the twins’ early years, we moved to Florida in October 2000, where I have served at Trinity Church the Sea on Fort Myers Beach as associate pastor.
In my limited spare time I enjoy reading, travel, music and art, but feel most at home in my roles as pastor and mother. I seek only to serve God and his people with faithfulness, enthusiasm, creativity and love.

Our Church Website

Our Church Website is at www.WMZP.com

Who We Are

Welcome to the blog of Willard-Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church! Our congregation is 200 strong and we are Christians working to bring the word and mercy of Christ to our community and beyond.

Our Mission Statement says, "It is the mission of Willard-Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church to serve God, to reach out in love and care for our congregation, our community and the world; to be people who are Christ centered, fed by God's word and led by the Holy Spirit."

In order to fulfill our Mission Statement, we have many mission tasks including Angle Food Ministries, Relay For Life, Sins Survivors Youth group, Vacation Bible School, community outreach and world outreach programs as we join with our denomination's (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.,) worldwide mission efforts

Both the Presbyterian Women and the Men's group serve the congregation and the community in many ways, often giving of themselves to help others as well as offering monetary assistance is some cases.

Our church is known for the wonderful music from our choirs and when people attend our church for the first time we try to make them feel welcome.

This blog is intended for the use of the elders and the members of our church. We also welcome comments from other readers.

It is our intention to make our blog one that people will return to over and over.

Welcome! And may God bless you and yours.

Harry Cook,
Webmaster