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Thank you for your gifts to our Bell Socialization June Special Benevolence Offering. Receipts totaled $1,576.50. Thank you for your gifts to our June Adopt-a-Cabin 5 th Sunday Special Benevolence Offering . Receipts totaled $377.00. Coming in September....
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This month much attention will be directed toward Beijing and the 2008 Summer Olympics. One of the media advertisements proclaimed, it will be the site of “triumph and defeat; the disappointment of dreams and hopes realized.” I tend to see things from...
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Transition Update - The final narrative for Mt Zion was presented to the Congregation during the single service on Sunday June 22, 2008. The congregation affirmed the narrative as part of the service and remained afterward for a Q&A session with Council...
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The special Benevolence Offering for July is Hoffman Homes. Located in Gettysburg, Hoffman Homes for Youth is a psychiatric residential treatment program for children ages six through 18. Providing behavioral and cognitive therapy, physical health care...
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Aug. 3 – 9 AM – Congregational Gathering to provide congregation with updates on the transition. Have questions relative to the transition? Forms are available in the narthex to write down your questions to be addressed by Council in preparation for the...
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The Self-Study Team would like to thank the following people for sharing their time and talents over the past months: Child Care Providers Kerri Ames Jane Hartzell Belinda Harvey Missy Neal Kathy Sweeney Kim Shaffer Carrah Wagaman Food Providers Diane...
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Throughout this summer, the common lectionary readings for worship and study include the Genesis stories-the beginnings of the relationship between God, God's creation, and those God called to be God's people. "Whenever you begin something new, read Genesis,"...
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July & August - Self-Study Team continues to work on filling out the Church Profile form July 27 - Council & Self-Study Team meet to discern the specific nature of the next pastoral call August 3 - Anne Wantz and Self-Study Team host Q&A session...
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For all of you who prefer color over black & white: Vision Tree...
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Definition Mission: a ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate its faith or carry on humanitarian work. I. Purpose The purpose of the Mission Committee is to select outreach programs from the following two categories: Community Services...
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The narrative has been produced as part of the vision discernment process. Everything you read below is a result of the weeks the congregation has spent together, discussing our visions, hopes, and dreams for Mt. Zion's future. The narrative will be affirmed...
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Wow! We have now completed three of the four phases of our discernment process. The final phase: Key Mission and Ministry has begun. During this phase the congregation and leadership will review, affirm, and celebrate the consensus vision that has evolved...
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“Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.” Hebrews 6:7 As I write this message, we have probably experienced one of the rainiest springs...
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“If I can, I’ll get one new thing for us every year.” So said Papa, according to my father’s story. I can only guess that the year was 1920, more or less. The first “new thing” was a mechanical manure spreader, perhaps one made by New Idea, the patented...
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April Sunday, 4-13 Congregational Gathering : Set up Focus Groups, Survey Teams, and Listening-Prayer Triads. 4-14 to 4-19 Groups and Teams meet and work as agreed by each, during days and/or evenings. Pass any reports on to Self-Study Team on Sunday,...
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A Core Value is the choice which a person (and a congregation) consistently prioritizes in their daily behavior. The choice can be both deliberate and spontaneous, but must be apparent in both planned and unrehearsed experiences of that person (congregation)....
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What gave you strength in times of stress and confusion? Prayer God at work through others in the church community God accepts everyone as His children, no matter who or where they are are in life. Hope Life everlasting Forgiveness Faith in God God’s...
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The Congregational Gathering on Sunday, April 13, was focused on our Motivating Vision. To determine this, we will be using Focus Groups, Survey Teams, and Listening-Prayer Triads, along with a Vision Quilt. The following are schedules and members: Focus...
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NEW SECURITY SYSTEM - Council approved the expenditure of an additional $1,136 to install an access card reader at the side door. UPDATE ON THE INSURANCE SETTLEMENT FROM THE THEFT IN 2007 – A cash settlement has been received from our insurance company...
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NEW SECURITY SYSTEM - Council approved the expenditure of $10,000 from the Property Improvement line item of the budget to install an alarm system for the entire church with a separate system for the church office and an access card reader for the front...
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Feedback coming to the self study team indicates that there is still some confusion about our visioning process. We are being asked “Why are we doing this?” and “How will this help us?” Let’s start by looking at the four main milestones or waypoints of...
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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead . . ." I Peter 1:3(NRSV) Do you feel spring in the air? The days are brighter,...
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Danika Dallam and Jen Cooper came up with a visual representation of our Core Values (Bedrock Beliefs will be added when consensus is reached). It will make its first appearance to the congregation on Sunday, March 30th, at the Congregational Gathering....
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On Sunday, April 13th we will gather to begin the third phase of our Vision Discernment Process, regarding future ministry and mission decisions for Mt Zion U.C.C. Our first step in this part of the transition and discernment process will begin when we...
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The Easter season comes quite early this year. So early in the spring that many of the signs of new growth, the songs of returning birds, and the smell of a fresh world that we associate with Easter might not be awaken by the fourth Sunday of March. Our...
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