CHRISTMAS AT ADA JENKINS

We're excited to announce that plans are underway for the 2022 Christmas at Ada Jenkins and we need your help! This year we will be providing Christmas for about 22 families, their 50 children plus 25 single adults in the Economic Mobility program. Each family is given a food-only gift card and the children will receive winter clothing and toys selected just for them from their wish lists. The single adults will also receive a food-only gift card and a variety of much-needed items and gifts also selected just for them from their wish lists. Here's how you can help:


VOLUNTEER! DONATE! VOLUNTEER!

Volunteers needed - to shop, wrap gifts, make boxes, set up the workshop, help on pickup day, and extra hands anytime are always appreciated!! 


WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR SHOPPERS!!

Please contact Sebra Maines if you are interested!

Monetary donations - It takes approximately $100 to sponsor an individual child, a family, or an adult. No donation is too small! This ministry relies heavily on your generous gifts and this year we are asking for your continued support. Please consider

making a donation to Christmas at Ada Jenkins. Make your check payable to Mt. Zion and write 'Christmas Ada Jenkins' in the memo line. Thank you!

If you are interested in being a part of this ministry or have any questions, please contact: Jeannette Koch: jjkoch77@hotmail.com or Sebra Maines:  sebramaines@yahoo.com

local missions

Mt. Zion is involved in many local missions.  Scroll down for more information about the individual missions.

  • Food Pantry
  • Collecting school supplies
  • Backpack food ministry
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Prayer Shawl Ministry
  • Christmas at Ada Jenkins
  • Room at the Inn

Ada Jenkins center support

About Ada Jenkins

This local mission is a non-profit services agency, located in Davidson, providing programs and services focused on supporting those in need in Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, and South Iredell County.  For more information on the Ada Jenkins Center see https://www.adajenkins.org.


Food Collection

Mt. Zion provides support with food and monetary donations to the food pantry. Collection bins are located in the Family Life Center, the upper level of the Education Building, the lower level of the Sanctuary Building outside the elevator and outside the Library in the church office area.

school supply collection

School supplies and backpacks are collected before the start of the school year.  These supplies are taken to the Ada Jenkins Center and local children and youth are able to choose their needed supplies.


backpack food ministry

This ministry provides meals for elementary school children who would not have basic food on weekends. Volunteers donate a backpack of food for the children to take home each weekend.  This program run concurrently with the school year.


Special holiday bags are also provided for local children and youth through the schools.



habitat for humanity

Mt. Zion is one of many churches in our area participating in the Habitat for Humanity Interfaith Building program.  We contribute both financial support and volunteers to this local program.


Volunteer teams are needed at different times throughout the year.

prayer shawl ministry

The members of this group knit or crochet prayer shawls for people in crisis as well as baby blankets that are given to the infants baptized at Mt. Zion.  Shawls are distributed by the Pastors or the Congregational Care Team.

Meets on Wednesday mornings

10:30 am - noon in the church parlor


additional mission opportunities

CHRISTMAS AT

Ada Jenkins

This ministry helps families at Christmas by providing them with new clothing, gift cards, toys, and food.  


room at the inn

Mt. Zion partners with the Urban Ministries Center in Charlotte and volunteers as a host site for their Room In the Inn (RITI) mission providing transportation, housing, and food to 8 neighbors who are homeless twice a month on Tuesday nights. 



COMMUNITY eASTER BASKETS FOR ADA JENKINS

Mt. Zion provides Easter bags to local children from the Neighborhood C.A.R.E. and Ada Jenkins Centers. The bags include toys, candy, and a stuffed animal.



mt. zion in the community

ROOM IN THE INN

Mt. Zion partners with Roof Above in Charlotte and volunteers as a host site for their Room in the Inn mission providing transportation, housing and food to 8 homeless neighbors.


Annual BBQ

Traditionally held on the first Saturday in November, this fundraising event is well-known and well-attended by the church and community.  The BBQ is cooked throughout the night with the help of many dedicated adult and youth volunteers and sold the next day along with all the other fixings.




Contact the church office for more information on these ministries;


Phone: 704-892-8566


Email: info@mtzionumc.net