About Us
Our Church

Nicole Wachter
Pastor
The Rev. grew up in Jefferson, Maryland where she was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Hood College in Frederick, MD, a Master of Science in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD and a Master of Divinity Degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Pastor Wachter was ordained in the Lower Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in December of 2012 and began her call as pastor at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dauphin on January 1, 2013.

Douglas A. Bonsall
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.

Tracey Sudia
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Tracey has been a member of Zion for 28 years. She has been married for 30 years and has two grown sons.
Tracey worked for 15 years as the Computer Technician for Central Dauphin School District before retiring. She took the position as Zion’s Office Administrator in 2016. She lives in the Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin and enjoys volleyball, tennis, and spending time with family and friends.
Church Council
Our Church Family
Mick McCommons – President
Kevin Musselman – Vice President
TomScott – Secretary
Floyd Bechtel – Treasurer
Sonia Evans – Asst. Treasurer
Dee Wesner – Financial Secretary
Doug Bonsall
Tammy Calhoun
Judy Harner
John Mimnall
Catherine Smith
Monica Wesner
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
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.
Lower Susquehanna Synod
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.
Lutheran World Relief
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.