We had a great weekend at Hartman Center March 16-18. It was all about fun, friendship, and learning about this thing we call “Church.” The confirmands will share some of their experience at worship on March 25th. We hiked a mountain, learned about hospitality, prayer, and mission. We shot a lot of hoops and made [...]
On Sunday Jan. 29 our confirmands led worship, then worked in the kitchen with Pastor Donna. They made loaves of bread, which we then freeze for our soup and bread ministry. They did a great job, although there might have been as much batter licked from the spoon as went into the pans! We appreciate [...]
Our confirmands are studying! Imagine that! The 7th and 8th graders are working through their study of the whole Bible. We appreciate their efforts and are glad that are soon to be newest members are doing so well in their program. Potato chips help!
On December 3, 2011 our confirmands went to Lancaster Seminary for Youth Discover Day. They joined kids from other churches in exploring what the Seminary has to offer for leadership development for both adults and youth. We worshiped together, toured the campus, and had time to reflect on the Advent season. It was a great “day [...]
On Sunday October 23 our jr and sr high youth gathered at Zion House to see the movie “Win-Win”, and relate it to real life family situations. The class has been looking at the topic of families in scripture, and this drama about the changes brought about in a family when they offer a home [...]
On Sunday June 12th Zion had the honor and joy of confirming 3 young women, Jordan, Caroline and Eleanor. The Spirit was truly present in the sanctuary that had been adorned by the confirmands, Pastor Donna and Pastor Kim. Pizza fortified us on Saturday evening, as we worked to bring the sanctuary to life. One of [...]
This past weekend we had a great time at Old First UCC in Philadelphia with our confirmation class of 7th and 8th graders, Pastor Kim, and Gina and Tony Bushey. We stayed as always in the Sunday School building of the church, with the girls’ room being designated as the main gathering space for [...]
On Saturday March 26, 2011 our 8th grade Confirmands gathered with liturgical artist Diane Brandt at Lancaster Seminary. Diane led the girls through a proces of spiritual discernment towards the goal of creating the sacred space for their worship service of Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday. We studied the passage in Acts 2 1-5 and prayed [...]
“Wisdom is a tree of life to all who hold fast to her, and all who hold fast to her are happy.” Proverbs 3:18 March 16, 2011: We had a pop quiz! Especially for the benefit of our confirmands, we thought it would be a good idea to see where we stand. The quiz follows. [...]
On Sunday February 13th our confirmands and mentors gathered with our own Ryan Taylor to discuss the benefits and perils of social networking. Ryan has been working in the social media world as a software engineer, and is our local expert! He is also the developer of our wonderful website. The teens had a chance to [...]