Old Zionsville

Friday, July 11, 2025

Hi All!

Our sympathies to the family of William Yothers who died Sunday at Lehigh Valley Hospital. We send prayers to the whole family including his daughter Jessica, her sister Janene and family, and her half-sister, Felicia. No services will be held per his wishes.

Sunday, July 13 – Fifth Sunday in Pentecost

• Worship starting at 9:30 a.m.; we’ll be studying James, the Great Apostle.
• There is no Sunday school.
• This schedule will stay in effect until September 7, when we resume our usual hours (Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. and worship at 10:15 a.m.)
• In case of excessive heat, worship will be held in the air conditioned lower social hall.
• Ham and cheese sandwich orders are due.

General Synod of the United Church of Christ starts Friday July 11 and runs until Tuesday, July 15 in Kansas City, Missouri. Pray for the 2,000 delegates and the issues that will be presented during this important event in the life of our Greater Church. You can learn more about this by going to ucc.org.

Brenda Seitz in the church office has officially concluded her ministry with us after serving 22 years. We presented her with the love offering on Monday, June 30 ,and she was moved to tears.

We are grateful for the help of 2 of our members who have stepped up to fill in during the transition. Alyson Miller will be in the office 2 or 3 days a week from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Please call before coming in to be sure she is there. Robin Yoder has stepped up to learn and do the financial part of the job. She will be in as needed. We are still working out details like how they will be sure information gets to each other as well as how to navigate with the new computers that Mark Weaver, through the budget of the Computer and Media committee, has purchased for the offices. He has downloaded software needed and transferred information onto them and has now installed them using Brenda’s wisdom of which files to move over to the new machines. We pray these will work well for us for a long time as it was quite an investment. We also pray that more efficiency will be able to keep our newsletters flowing with much less trouble. Thanks Mark, Robin and Alyson for all you are doing for OUR church. May we be blessed in this “new” start for our office.

Other News

• Grief Care class continues on Wednesday nights at 6 p.m. There is room for more people to join us. Share in this time of healing and growth. Contact me directly for more information. Last meeting in this session will be July 23.
• We are still collecting all kinds of batteries and printer or ink cartridges to recycle at Staples. To date we have raised over $200 toward Staples purchases. I have small boxes at the front and ramp doors for your “contributions.” Or you can put bags of batteries outside of my office. Thanks! Keep them coming. You are an awesome support of this interesting way to recycle and get credit at Staples for future purchases.
• During the hot weather, the Monday All Things Free sort and store sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m. If you have any questions, you can contact Millie Kohler or the church office.
• A note from ATF: Although it is only July, we are looking ahead to our November 10 and 15 Christmas giveaways, where some of our food pantry clients shop for family Christmas gifts. We appreciate any and all new or re-gifted items you might consider donating to us for their shopping. We are looking for items for all ages; infants thru adults. Our volunteers will happily shop for those of you that prefer donating money towards our mission. Thank you in advance for your help.
• The All Things Free giveaway is Monday July 14, 4 – 6 p.m. and Saturday July 19, 10 – 12 noon. If you are able to help with this joyful event, please contact Millie Kohler. It is in the lower social level and the air conditioning will be on. It is delightful to see families come in and find things they need. Sign up today!
• A new address directory of our church family is ready for pick up at the church. Call the office if you want us to get one to you.
• Those who are interested are welcome to go to the Mercantile in Emmaus for brunch starting around 10:45 a.m. Please contact Linda Weaver if you’d like to join. This is a cash-only venue.
• We have cleaned out some of our Sunday School closets and found a Show and Tell phono viewer. It is a little record player on top of a TV screen. You insert a film strip and play the record – the machine automatically advances the filmstrip. It is in working condition and comes with a new lamp for the TV viewer. Does anyone have interest in this? We have a whole box full of records/filmstrips numbering about 163. They are from Canon Bible Programs in the 100 series. Please contact me for more information. We don’t want money for this but would like it to go to a good home.
• The Dillingersville combined service was lovely. The recording of that service is now available on You Tube. Check it out.

As always, we have many members and friends in need of prayer due to death, illness, loneliness, new living situations, and other difficult times; remember, too, those who still recover from war, oppression, and natural disasters all around the world. We also have many members and friends celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and other joys, from new babies to cancer remission and so much more. Please continue your faithful prayers for comfort, strength, healing, and thankfulness. Thank you for being the church!

Peace to all,
Lori Esslinger
Part Time Pastor, Old Zionsville UCC
call or text:  610-393-3522

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