This Week at Mount Zion UCC

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  Lent Worship Series: On the Way: Wandering Hearts & Shared Valleys

  

  This Lent, we are invited into a shared journey of faith shaped by place and movement. Under the theme On the Way: Wandering Hearts & Shared Valleys, our Sunday worship will follow Wandering Heart, tracing the faith journey of Peter through familiar locations like shorelines, storms, courtyards, and empty tombs. Worshippers of all ages are invited to carry a Lenten passport, receiving weekly stamps and reflection questions to help mark the journey.

  Midweek, we will gather for The Valleys of Lent, a shared worship series with Mt. Zion Lutheran Church. These services remind us that valleys, no matter how hard they may be, are part of the faith landscape—and that no one is meant to wander into the valleys alone. This year, we will be walking that part of the journey together.

  After Ash Wednesday, midweek services will alternate locations between congregations, beginning with a soup and sandwich meal at 6:00 PM and worship at 7:00 PM. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church is fully handicap accessible. Transportation assistance is available upon request.

  On Wednesdays that we host, our church will provide the sandwiches and drinks, but we need donations of soup. Our church will be hosting the dinners and services on Wednesday, February 25th, Wednesday, March 11th, & Wednesday, March 25th. If you’d like to donate financially towards the purchase of the sandwiches, there will be a box for donations in the side narthex. You can sign up here or by calling the church office.

  Come as you are. Bring your questions. And trust that God meets us wherever we find ourselves on the way.

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  February Monthly Mission

  

  February’s monthly mission is the YWCA’s New American Welcome Center. This Center welcomes migrants with Temporary Protected Status to offer welcoming supports such as language support, employment, health, citizenship, and community engagement. Your donations will go towards this worthy cause.

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  New Tech Director

  

  We share the exciting news that Louis Allison joined us on Team Mt. Zion as our Director of Technology on Sunday, October 5th! Louis comes with experiences managing teams and utilizing audio visual equipment which will be a great blessing as we continue to work on our streaming and technology based ministries. We give thanks for this new partnership in ministry! If you have a chance, take a moment to introduce yourself to Louis and welcome him to our church!

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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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  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.