Meet Our Members

Andy & Cindy Rupprecht

Cindy Rupprecht lives with her husband Andy and daughter Katherine in Lebanon Township since 2000, when they joined her family’s migration from Basking Ridge to Hunterdon County.  When one of her sisters was married at Zion, the whole family loved the church so much they all joined. 

Cindy graduated from Moravian College and has had diverse jobs from computer programming to entrepreneur to restaurant cook.  She apparently is still deciding what to be when she grows up.  Andy is a Lehigh graduate who works in IT at NBCUniversal and enjoys running 5K races.  Katherine is a senior at Voorhees HS and will be attending Pratt Institute’s film school in the fall.  In a circle of life note:  Cindy and Andy met at a film class.

Cindy began teaching the pre-school Sunday School 13 years ago and has taught all grades at some point.  There was one group who “literally could not get away from me,” she says, since she kept moving up with them.  She currently helps the team who teach Confirmation and encourages everyone to consider teaching Sunday School because it’s a great way to get to know the kids and their families.

Rick & Ellen Stevenson

Meet the Stevensons!  Rick and Ellen Stevenson both grew up in Hunterdon County. They met in 1979 in third grade and went all through elementary school, high school and even college together. After getting engaged and wanting to join a church together, they made a list of local churches to find one that was a good fit. They planned to go to 3 different church services one Sunday (May 1996). After hearing Pastor Summer’s very first sermon, they both agreed they had to look no further and knew they had found their church, perfect for them. Rick and Ellen were married in July 1997 at Zion Lutheran Church.

Rick & Ellen are busy enjoying raising their four children in Readington Township: Chloe, a junior at Hunterdon Central (age 17) enjoys singing, acting and dancing. Madigan, a sophomore (age 16) loves to bake and plays golf for her high school team and at local golf courses. Luke, a seventh grader (almost 14) enjoys playing baseball and basketball. He’s a catcher and a pitcher. Luke recently made his confirmation at Zion. Kevin (age 9), is in the third grade. Kevin likes all sports but especially baseball, basketball, and lacrosse and is a Chicago Cubs fan.

Rick runs ForQuest Solutions, his own software consulting business. He loves the Yankees and playing sports with his kids. Ellen is former teacher and coach and has been a stay at home mom since her children were born. As a family they enjoy vacationing at Outerbanks, NC, going to NY Yankees games, rooting for Clemson football, eating together at home and restaurants, and spending time at the pool.