Community Life
Our Monthly Mission for March is Covenant House. Covenant House is a program for young people who face homelessness. There is a shelter located in York. It provides vital services such as food, clothing, showers, a safe place to sleep, and other immediate needs. Your donations will go towards this program. Thank you for your ongoing support!
Due to the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) pandemic, Church Council and the Mt. Zion Response Team have voted to continue to suspend in person gatherings at Mt. Zion until at least May 3rd. This includes all special Lenten services and Sunday services, including Easter Sunday, as well as all in person gatherings/activities.
Homewood Homes ~ Do you know what a CCRC is? It is a continuous care residential community. Homewood @ Plum Creek is one of these. It is a community sponsored by a church affiliation, UCC being the Homewood affiliate. Residents are guaranteed a quality and secure future. Please read today's bulletin insert and join the auxiliary for 2019. The cost is very reasonable ($3/single or $5/more than one person at same address). Our church family is very generous. Here is an opportunity to help our senior citizens within the UCC. There will be a table in the rear narthex to signup and join. Checks should be made to Homewood Auxiliary or Paulette Smith will convert cash donations into check form.
Woven Threads~ Have you ever wondered what "Woven Threads" is? Well, they do not sew! They are a group of Mt. Zion ladies who gather to study and discuss a variety of topics and to provide support as needed to members of the group and to the church. They meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month @ 6:30 PM at the home of one of the members. In the past they have studied some of the Women of Faith Series and are currently studying "Unpoverty", the book being used within Mt. Zion worship and Sunday School. They are studying each chapter of “Unpoverty” from Fall to Spring to more fully understand Mr. Lutz's book. For more information please contact Paulette Smith 717-757-3625.
Care Meals ~ Occasionally, we have families that are going through a challenging time and could use meals provided on a regular basis for a defined period of time. If you would be interested in being on a list serve that creates a schedule when such a need arises, please sign up in the side narthex.
Support Our Local Schools ~ We are selling Sheetz coupon books as well as t-shirts to raise funds for guidance counselors in Central York School District and York City School Districts. Coupon books are $5.00 and t-shirts are $10.00. Coupon books can be found on the table with our coffee cups and tumblers. Please put coupon book payments in the box provided when you pick one up. The t-shirts are the ones our youth wore for the National Youth Event this summer, and are available in adult and youth sizes. A sign-up sheet is available in the narthex for t-shirt orders. T-shirts can be paid for upon pickup, but if you would like to pay for them when you place your order, please put your payment in the envelope provided. Purchasing these items is a great way to support every day needs in our local school districts!
JWalker Worship Bags Now Available! Thank you for all the donations towards the JWalker Worship Bags. These bags are now ready and available for all older children in worship (grades 3-6). The bags offer a unique prompt each week that relates to the scripture and lessons for the day in worship. We hope that they will become a favorite for our JWalkers to use during worship! If you have any questions, please contact Kristen.
Homewood Homes ~ Do you know what a CCRC is? It is a continuous care residential community. Homewood @ Plum Creek is one of these. It is a community sponsored by a church affiliation, UCC being the Homewood affiliate. Residents are guaranteed a quality and secure future. Please read today's bulletin insert and join the auxiliary for 2019. The cost is very reasonable ($3/single or $5/more than one person at same address). Our church family is very generous. Here is an opportunity to help our senior citizens within the UCC. There will be a table in the rear narthex to signup and join. Checks should be made to Homewood Auxiliary or Paulette Smith will convert cash donations into check form.
Woven Threads~ Have you ever wondered what "Woven Threads" is? Well, they do not sew! They are a group of Mt. Zion ladies who gather to study and discuss a variety of topics and to provide support as needed to members of the group and to the church. They meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month @ 6:30 PM at the home of one of the members. In the past they have studied some of the Women of Faith Series and are currently studying "Unpoverty", the book being used within Mt. Zion worship and Sunday School. They are studying each chapter of “Unpoverty” from Fall to Spring to more fully understand Mr. Lutz's book. For more information please contact Paulette Smith 717-757-3625.
Care Meals ~ Occasionally, we have families that are going through a challenging time and could use meals provided on a regular basis for a defined period of time. If you would be interested in being on a list serve that creates a schedule when such a need arises, please sign up in the side narthex.
Support Our Local Schools ~ We are selling Sheetz coupon books as well as t-shirts to raise funds for guidance counselors in Central York School District and York City School Districts. Coupon books are $5.00 and t-shirts are $10.00. Coupon books can be found on the table with our coffee cups and tumblers. Please put coupon book payments in the box provided when you pick one up. The t-shirts are the ones our youth wore for the National Youth Event this summer, and are available in adult and youth sizes. A sign-up sheet is available in the narthex for t-shirt orders. T-shirts can be paid for upon pickup, but if you would like to pay for them when you place your order, please put your payment in the envelope provided. Purchasing these items is a great way to support every day needs in our local school districts!
JWalker Worship Bags Now Available! Thank you for all the donations towards the JWalker Worship Bags. These bags are now ready and available for all older children in worship (grades 3-6). The bags offer a unique prompt each week that relates to the scripture and lessons for the day in worship. We hope that they will become a favorite for our JWalkers to use during worship! If you have any questions, please contact Kristen.