Upcoming Events
12/9 Ladies' Fellowship Christmas Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Narthex with carols in the sanctuary afterward 12/11 Choir Rehearsal 6:00/7:15 p.m. 12/13 Cookie Walk Baked Goods drop off 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. 12/14 Cookie Walk 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 or until gone 12/15 Sunday School Christmas Program during the 9:00 a.m. worship 12/17 Soup Kitchen Prep 12/18 Soup Kitchen Serve Choir Rehearsals 6:00/7:15 p.m. 12/22 Zion Choir Cantata "Bethlemen's Child" during the 9:00 a.m. worship Christmas Fund Offering 12/24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:00 p.m. 12/24 - 1/5 Church Office Closed for the Holidays 
Holiday Pumpkin Rolls! Zion is blessed to have Karen H and Kathy R willing to offer their scrumptious pumpkin rolls again this year! The cost of the rolls will be $15 each and you can specify with or without nuts. The delivery dates this year will be November 17th & 24th and December 15th & 22nd. The order sheet will be on the Narthex Communication Desk. All proceeds will be given to local charities. 
Scrip What is Scrip? Scrip is a program where Zion purchases gift cards at a discount and sell the cards at face
value. The profits from these discounts allows our High School Sunday School group to make donations to worthy causes, or to projects within our own church. The High School will be selling gift cards each Sunday between now and Christmas. Please stop by and take a look at the list of available gift cards. We will be placing orders frequently, so if you are looking for teacher, bus driver, hair stylist, postal worker, family or friend gifts...let us make your shopping easier so you can concentrate on the real Reason for the Season! Do you have favorite stores, restaurants or gas stations you visit on a regular basis? Consider stocking up on Scrip cards from Zion UCC! If you have any questions, please contact Susan Ewalt. 
Light in the Darkness
In Nepal, where blindness is prevalent due to under-funded medical care and a lack of eye doctors, ophthalmologist Sanduk Ruit has made it his mission to treat poor people. He’s performed more than 130,000 cataract surgeries to restore sight, sometimes walking for a week with surgical equipment in tow to reach patients. Dr. Ruit also found a way for replacement lenses to be made locally for less than $3 each, rather than buying them internationally for 100 times as much. The physician brings healing to remote villages and celebrates “big eye-opening festivals” with people who “were blind yesterday, and … are seeing today.”
At Christmas we celebrate the Word of God who came to live among us as Jesus, the light of the world. In countless ways since, God has brought light to those living in literal or figurative darkness. We celebrate people, such as Dr. Ruit and the 650 doctors he has trained, whom God uses to cause “light [to shine] in the darkness” (John 1:5). |
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Mend the Wing Photo Gallery Zion's web-site now accepts on-line donations! UCC Daily Devotions
Each day authors from the UCC provide a powerful devotional. Click on the link to take you to the day's reflections. Contact Us:
Rev. David Moffett-Moore - Transitional Pastor Susan M - Office Manager zionuccbaroda@gmail.com Rhonda H - Bookkeeper zionuccbaroda@gmail.com Music Director zionuccbaroda@gmail.com Jessica M - Christian Education jmachiniak@gmail.com Office Hours: Mon-Thur: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Welcome Rev. Dr. David Moffett-Moore
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