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Children, Outreach

VBS at Jonestown UMC

This year, we are invited to be guests at the VBS that Jonestown UMC is running. VBS will be held June 16-19 from 5:30-7:30 PM (it’s the same week as Zion’s Youth Service Camp) at Jonestown UMC (109 W. Market St., Jonestown).

You can register here. Adult volunteers are also warmly welcomed! You can register to volunteer using the same website.

Outreach, Youth

Youth Service Camp 2025

Zion’s Youth Service Camp 2025

Recognizing that schedules often make it difficult for us to do special projects during the school year, we have set aside the week of June 16-20 (Monday to Friday) to spend time serving in the community and having fun together.

Youth who have completed 6th through 12th grade are invited to participate—and you are welcome to invite friends, too! (Just be sure they register ahead of time, I do need to know how many will participate). We will gather around 9:30 each morning to serve—spending a morning each at JOY Food Pantry, the Northern Lebanon Clothing Closet, and the Wittel Farm in Elizabethtown, plus a morning working on quilts for Lutheran World Relief and one attending to property projects around Zion’s church building. We’ll share Bible study as we enjoy lunch together before heading out for a fun activity of some kind in the afternoon: bowling, laser tag, pottery, ice cream, swimming, and mini golf are on the list of possibilities, plus whatever ideas you share! We’ll wrap up around 3 pm each afternoon.

At the end of the week, as a thank you for your gifts of time, and a way to continue the spirit of serving, you’ll receive $150 to $200 to direct towards a project or charity of your choice. These funds are made possible through Zion’s Touching Tomorrow endowment fund; the total each student receives depends on the number of students who participate.

Parents and grandparents, there are a couple of ways you can help with this event! We will need help with transportation and chaperoning for our afternoon activities, as well as our morning at the Wittel Farm.  We will also need snacks and drinks for the week, and lunches. There may also be students who need to be picked up/dropped off in the morning/afternoon. I will also be asking for help from the congregation, but if you’re able to assist in any way, please indicate that on the registration form.

I can’t wait to share this time of serving, learning, and fun with you. Knowing you plan to attend will be VERY HELPFUL for my preparations. Please sign up HERE as soon as you can. Again, friends are welcome! I do ask that they register and commit to the time so we can make plans.

In hope,

Pastor Caitlin

Children, Youth

2025 Camp Scholarships

Zion’s loves sending kids to Lutheran summer camp! To learn about the camp offerings near us, visit The Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central Pennsylvania

We provide 50% scholarships for one week of camp for everyone who wants to attend. We also encourage you to apply for Camperships through the Camping Corporation. If more scholarship money is needed, please speak with Pastor Caitlin and we will do what we can to help.

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Any questions, please see Pastor Caitlin.

Outreach

Outreach

The best places to find the most up-to-date information about Zion’s Outreach into the community are our Facebook page, and weekly email.

You can scroll through our Facebook page, even if you’re not a registered member of Facebook. This page is ordinarily updated several times a week, with upcoming events, and photos from past events. You can access our Facebook page here: Facebook

Click HERE to sign up for the weekly email. 

We welcome any and all to be involved in these Outreach programs, regardless of whether you attend Zion’s regularly. The more, the merrier!

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2024 Year in Review

In January, we meet for an annual Congregational Celebration during which we give God thanks for the work that was done through us in the previous year, and look forward to where God is calling us in the coming year. Here is the highlight video that was shown, looking back at 2024. It’s a great summary of the ways Zion’s is “Gathered by God’s grace, empowered to serve, and sent to share Christ’s love”

You can watch here: Celebrating 2024’s Ministry