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 dog, Scooter. Doug brought with him a wonderful shadow box that he created for the [...]
Here are some additional photos sent to us from Tom Jastermsky about the Holy Joe’s cafe project and the ways it helps our chaplains serving our armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We thank Thomas Jastermsky and our friends from 1st Congregational Church in Wallingford CT for sharing these photos. They depict the various ways that the coffee from the Holy Joe’s Cafe program gets used by chaplains serving in frontline units in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.ucc.org/justice/coffee-project/holy-joes-cafe.html Here is a link on the UCC site for the Holy Joe’s Cafe coffee project, a coffee house ministry to soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. This originated from the First Congregational Church in Wallingford CT http://www.firstchurchwlfd.org/Holy%20Joes%20Cafe.html, and its simple goal is to collect and ship high-quality, fair-trade coffee to assist the military chaplains in these [...]
http://www.operationpaperback.org/ Zion recently sent off its second shipment of books for this worthy endeavor. There were almost 350 books collected. The mission of Operation Paperback is simply to provide gently used books to our troops serving abroad. It is a great way to recycle paperbacks and give them a second life. Thanks to all who participated [...]
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 our own Eleanor White. General Hicks is a new friend to Zion. He and his [...]
Recently we sent nearly 40 pounds of food, toiletries and other items to an Arendtsville friend stationed in Afghanistan. He will share the items with his comrades. We pray for all the troops stationed there, and pray that someday we may know God’s peace on earth. You may continue to bring in items for a holiday shipment [...]
On October 23, 2010 we had the honor of hosting a group of wounded warriors through Project Healing Watershttp://www.projecthealingwaters.org/html/contact.html. We had a great day fly fishing at the Bennett family fishing lodge. (www.caddisshack.com) We plan to make this an annual event! Thanks to all who helped: Jamie and Peggy Sue Matthews and family, Ann Radcliff, Kendra and Joel Redding, [...]
Zion developed the Veteran’s Action Team early in 2009. As with all ministries that become part of the fabric of the church, it is difficult to state precisely how it began. I suppose it began because I needed a positive action to counteract my own frustration regarding veteran’s issues. More and more wounded and traumatized [...]