Zion Arendtsville United Church of Christ
"Embodying The Love of God in Word and Action"
On Sunday November 13, 2011 we observed Veterans Day as part of our worship service. General David Hicks, retired Chief of Army Chaplains, brought our message. Our choir sang several selections, including the stirring new piece, American Anthem, by Gene…
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Friday is Veteran’s Day. Take a moment to reflect on sacrifices made on your behalf. Thank a vet. Come to worship this Sunday for our special observance of this holiday. We have a special speaker during worship, General David Hicks,…
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Zion was blessed to be able to help our sister church in Philadelphia, Old First UCC. Old First runs a homeless shelter at their church, and the shelter is part of the Bethesda Mission project. Bethesda lost a key grant due…
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On Sunday April 17 the skies dried up long enough for us to staff the Barlow rest stop for the Face of America Bike Ride. This is a big event for Zion, and one of our favorite mission activities. This…
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Last month Zion was blessed to be able to send $2500 to Opportunity International to fund a trust bank. http://zionuccarendtsville.org/2011/02/17/1232/We left it open as to where the trust bank would be sent. We received word that the bank will be…
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On Sunday, February 13th our church family donated more than 25 dozen chocolate items, both full sugar and sugar free. As a an outreach to our members (young and old alike) at Sunday School on this day we packed trays…
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Come one, come all! We anticipate another busy year in veteran’s projects in 2011. So far we are scheduled to once again help with the Face of America wounded warrior bike ride on Sunday April 17. Unfortunately that is Palm Sunday,…
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On Sunday December 19th, along with many other blessings in a full worship service, we had a surprise visitor. One of the participants from the October wounded warrior fly fishing outing paid us a visit. Doug came with his helping…
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On Nov. 14th, 2010, veterans were recognized in a special worship service at Zion. We were blessed with wonderful music by our choir, a powerful message by guest speaker General David Hicks, and a fitting conclusion of taps, played by…
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Mission Musings from the Mission Maven Upon being asked to blog for the mission committee I began to think about the word “mission”. In reading the definition of mission in the dictionary I discovered it may be used as a…
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