Christ Community Church will be joining with Zion United Methodist in Myerstown to host our first-ever Trunk or Treat Outreach on Saturday, October 30 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. The event will be held in the student parking lot of Evangelical Seminary (enter from Park Avenue). Decorate your trunk and fill it with candy, goodies, and prizes—which we will be collecting at church in the weeks leading up to October 30. (We can help you decorate your vehicle, if needed.) For children with food concerns, there will be gluten-free, dye-free, peanut-free, and sugar-free...

The Ministry Council has retained Pat Strain as our new part-time Visitation Minister at Christ Community Church. She will help coordinate our visitation efforts in conjunction with Pastor Tim and the Church Family Care Ministry, led by Karen Nixon and Faye Hipkiss.  Pat was born and raised in the Lehigh Valley. She moved to Lebanon County after returning from serving a year and a half as a missionary in Japan. She retired at the end of last year after serving 33 years at the Global Ministries Community of the E.C. Church, most recently as the Deputy Director of...

Friends of Christ Community Church—past and present—are invited to participate in two services of remembrance as we bid farewell to our former church buildings where we worshiped and served the Lord for many years. These services are part of the motion passed unanimously at the congregational meeting on February 21, 2021, when the two churches voted to get “married.”  SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE AT THE ZION MYERSTOWN CHURCH On Sunday, October 17, we will gather in Zinn Commons at the seminary for our monthly Sunday lunch right after the morning worship...

Christ Community Church will be holding its annual Fall Picnic at the Myerstown Rod & Gun Club recreation area on Sunday, September 26 at 12:30 p.m. (right after the worship service.) All are invited to attend. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex to help us get an estimate for how many people will be coming and possible side dishes that attendees may want to bring. This event is a wonderful opportunity for getting to know each other better in a relaxed environment of food, fun, and fellowship. Picnic tables are available, but you may want to also bring a lawn...

Christ Community Church is now working on a combined church directory. If you have any recent changes to your contact information, or if we don’t have your contact information on file, please send it to Maureen at mlart1@verizon.net. Specifically, we are looking for: (1) the names of all persons in the household; (2) your street address; (3) phone numbers (both landline phone numbers and mobile phone numbers); (4) preferred email addresses for everyone; (5) birthdates for everyone; and (6) wedding anniversary dates for those to whom it applies. Share only that...

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!...