If you don’t know Grace Rothenberger, you’ll want to check out the attached article, "Called to Serve: A Missionary's Story." Grace, who is a member of Christ Community Church (from the Zion side of the merger) was a missionary to Africa for many years and now lives in Myerstown, PA. Reporter Andrea Rich captured highlights of Grace's life in a wonderful article for the August 2021 GoLocal magazine, a publication serving the Lebanon-Hershey area. Check out some of Grace’s adventures as a missionary. You’ll be inspired by her faithfulness to God—and God’s faithfulness...

Christ Community Church will be participating in the Jackson Township Community Night Out this Tuesday, August 3 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Fairlane Avenue Park. (Set-up begins at 4:30 p.m.). This event seeks to honor our local first responders. Stephanie Hammer will be heading up our outreach effort, which will involve giving away small bags of cookies with the message, “Taste and see that the Lord is good” along with our church’s name, location, and website. We will also be giving away flyers about our upcoming Family Fun...

Christ Community Church invites your family to a Family Fun Day on Saturday, August 7 (rain date Sunday, August 8) on the front lawn at: Evangelical Seminary121 South College StreetMyerstown, PA 17067 The schedule is as follows: FOOD – 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.GAMES – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. CRAFTS – 4:30 to 6:15 p.m.SONG & STORY Time – 5:00 & 6:00 p.m.  Families can work together on the crafts!   Come and go as you please! Download the Family Fun Day Flyer Here.

The “Outpour Worship Team” from Grace Community Church of Willow Street will be hosting two worship events this summer. The first is called “Sing A New Song Worship Night,” and it will be held on Friday, July 9 at 7:00 p.m. The second is called “Throwback Thursday Worship Night,” and it will be held on Thursday, August 26 at 7:00 p.m. Outpour Worship from GCC has been leading worship for ECC National Conference for the past three years, and they find something special about coming together as sister churches and worshipping the Creator. So, they...

Christ Community Church will be holding its annual Summer Worship Service & Picnic at Pine Acres Park on Sunday, July 18 at 10:30 a.m. Do note that there will be no Sunday school or worship service in Myerstown that day.  Our guest missionary speakers will be Lamar and Janice Stoltzfus. Food and drinks will be provided.  There is a sign-up sheet and directions in the narthex. Directions are also provided on the flyer, which you can print out and share with your friends. Please bring a lawn chair. And please remember to bring your “A-game” for corn hole!...

Over the next several weeks, friends of Christ Community Church will be sharing their gospel stories (testimonies) via Zoom during the Wednesday night Prayer & Bible Study. All are invited to participate, though no one is required to do so. Not only will these testimonies help us get to know each other better, they will inspire us to celebrate God’s work in the lives of those who make up Christ Community Church. Testimonies are firsthand accounts of God! And as Adrian Rogers once said, “A Christian with a testimony is never at the mercy of an unbeliever with an...

Might you be interested in becoming part of the new Sunday morning prayer rotation team at Christ Community Church? If so, please see Pastor Tim. Training sessions and guidelines will be offered for those who are selected to lead in public prayer. Leading the congregation in prayer may include a combination of prepared and spontaneous remarks to the Lord. Elements may include statements of adoration, thanksgiving, confession, assurance, and specific supplications. Because of our radio broadcast and future live streaming, we also want to talk about public...

Christ Community Church has several assistive listening devices available for those who are hard of hearing and need them during the worship service. Please see our sound technician (or one of our ushers) before the service begins if you would like to borrow a unit. Sanitizing pads are also available for those who need them. Please return the borrowed units after the service so they can be made available to other parishioners in future weeks. Thank you!

We are pleased to announce that Bishop Bruce Hill will be speaking at Christ Community Church during the morning worship service on Sunday, June 13. Be sure to come and extend a warm welcome to him and his wife Gloria. Bishop Hill’s bio can be found here. In related news, delegates at the 2021 National Conference elected Rev. Randy Sizemore to serve as the next bishop of the Evangelical Congregational Church. A former Global Ministries Associate and current pastor in Illinois, Randy will take office next summer after a one-year transition period with Bishop Hill....

Evangelical Seminary is an affiliate organization of our denomination (the Evangelical Congregational Church). The seminary is holding some events in May where we can lend our time as a gift to the Lord and to the school: FRIDAY, MAY 14 GRADUATION: Praise the Lord—graduation can happen this year! Our own Shelley Miller will be receiving her Master of Divinity degree! Because of COVID, the graduation ceremonies and outdoor reception are being held this year at Frieden’s Lutheran Churchat the corner of 422 and 645 in Myerstown.  The seminary needs parking...