This Week at Mount Zion UCC

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  Special Offering for Floods in Texas

  We are collecting donations to send for disaster relief to the people of Texas as they recover from the recent devastating floods. Mission Core has also approved $1,200.00 from Disaster Relief funds to be sent. We will collect these offerings through Sunday, July 27th. Special envelopes for your donations can be found in the back and side narthexes. Thank you for your generosity!

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  York New American Welcome Center Donations

  

  The local YWCA’S & YMCA’S York New American Welcome Center who help families resettle in our area. They help with English as a second language, with filling out paperwork, schooling and jobs.

  We received information that the local Haitian community who arrived in 2021 is in dire need of assistance. They are refugees whose Temporary Protected Status was revoked, which means they lost their ability to work in the USA. Because they are not allowed to work many of their basic needs are not being met.

  We would like to collect items during the month of July, so when you shop each week, please pick up a few items to share.

  Donations needed:

  • Shelf-stable items (rice, beans, and so on);
  • Toiletries (shampoo, body lotion, diapers, sanitary supplies);
  • Cleaning supplies (dish detergent, laundry soap)

   

  Place donations on the table in back of narthex. Contact Nancy Sleeger at 717-266-4668 with any questions.

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  August Monthly Mission — The Good Samaritan Fund

  The Monthly Mission for August is The Good Samaritan Fund, Mt. Zion’s fund to help local people, including Mt. Zion members, who are experiencing a time of challenge. We offer Giant gift cards as appropriate and, at times, assistance with rent and utilities. There has recently been an increase in calls to the church for assistance. Your gifts will help to replenish this fund. Thank you for your generosity!

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  Mt. Zion’s Summer of Mystery and Mayhem

  

  We invite you to join us at Mt. Zion for a summer of Mystery and Mayhem (the fun kind!). Worship remains the same time in the summer months, at 9:45 AM. We also have events planned outside of summer worship for each of the summer months!

  On Friday, June 20th, we’ll have a trivia night from 6:30-8:30 PM. We ask you to bring snacks, appetizers, & handheld goodies to share. Root beer floats will be provided! You can sign up using this link.

  In July, we will go to see the York Revolution on Thursday, July 31st at 6:30 PM. We do ask that you sign up so we know how many tickets to order. Tickets cost $10 a piece. If the cost is a hardship to your family, please reach out to Pastor Amy. You can sign-up to join us using this link. Please sign up no later than Thursday, July 17th so we have time to distribute the tickets.

  Finally, on Sunday, August 17th following worship (approx. 11:00 AM—1:30 PM) we will have pizza and play water games! Again, we ask you to sign up using this link so we know how much pizza to buy.

  We hope to see you as we live into the mystery and mayhem together at these events!

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  Mr. Sandy’s Quarterly Casseroles

  

  At the last Mr. Sandy’s Food Run, Sandi was asked if there was anything else she needed. Her response was any kind of 9×13 casseroles baked and frozen. At the Ridgerunners Town Hall, it was decided that we will provide 8 casseroles every quarter. The first delivery is June 22nd.

  Thank you to everyone who signed up and took pans! We had them all taken in just one Sunday!!!

  A reminder to everyone who took pans, please bring the baked, frozen casseroles to the church kitchen, and them put in the refrigerator or freezer on June 22.

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  Community Aid Partnership

  

  As a reminder, we have a partnership with Community Aid where we received credit for items donated under our partnership number: 20053.

  When you donate items to a community aid store, you can either tell our partner number to the staff member assisting you or staple it on the outside of the bag. With our partnership, we also receive Care Cards to give to individuals in need and can also be eligible for applying for emergency grants.

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  Facebook Update

  In order to be in compliance with Facebook guidelines, we are moving our Mt. Zion Friends from the main page to a group. We are planning to have this page up and running by Advent, around December 1st. At that time, we will stop posting to our friends page and we will only be posting content for friends in the group. We ask that you join this group so that you can continue to receive updates from Mt. Zion!

  Our business page where we host our streaming services and post more general information about the church will remain available.

  You can request to be a part of the group here.

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  New Choir Director — Amy Peck

  

  Mt. Zion welcomes Amy Peck to our staff as the new worship choir director! Amy has over 15 years of ministry experience, and a passion for bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary worship styles. After earning her BA in Vocal Performance from Eastern University in 2013, Amy has performed nationally and internationally in many styles. Having a love of music theory, Amy is experienced in voice, piano, guitar, bass, and ukulele. With a true passion for teaching, Amy has mentored and taught music to all ages for over 20 years. Amy loves the Lord and the family of God and is excited to join the Mount Zion Church Family. We are so excited and blessed to welcome Amy!

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  Scam Warning — Text Messages Masquerading as Pastor Amy

  Unfortunately, we were made aware that a scammer has been asking for gift cards or a favor using Pastor Amy’s name. They have been sending text messages in which they ask you to buy the gift cards and then send them the barcode for the gift card. As a reminder, Pastor Amy has not given out her cell phone number, so you will not be receiving text messages from her.

  If you ever question the legitimacy of a text or an email from a staff member or something that just doesn’t seem quite right — please call the church office to verify.

  Though our church is blessed to have members who are generous with their time, talent, and treasure, the staff takes great care to be specific in our communications if we are asking for assistance with a ministry in the church, so vague texts and emails are a good signal that it is fraudulent. In addition, we will NEVER ask you to purchase gift cards and send us the numbers electronically. When in doubt, verify by contacting us directly.

  We don’t know why people do these kinds of things. It is frustrating and takes away from the real good that can be done. Thanks for your vigilance and care, friends.

  We are sorry for the inconvenience.