Fellowship and Activities

A social hour each Sunday following worship allows members and visitors to get aquainted. The annual Country Store, held the last Saturday in October for over 50 years, is an important community builder where members and friends of the church serve great homemade food, make and sell crafts and baked goods. The yearly rummage sale, held in March or April, and the Christmas tree sale in November/December, are two more ways that the congregation works together to fund outreach activities while having fun.

Programs and Services

–Ecumenical Community Thanksgiving service, and monthly nursing home services.

–Open and Affirming committee presents speakers, movies, and discussions two to three times per year.

–Annual dinner served at Zumbrota Towers during Advent.

–Christmas caroling and other Advent activities.

OZ (Oronoco/Zumbrota) Interchurch Activities

–Annual joint outdoor worship service followed by a potluck and  games.

–Joint worship services for special occasions during the year.

–Readers of OZ Book Group meets monthly.

–Adult education: recent topics have included health care directives, immigration reform, and recycling issues.

Outreach

–Support for Peacemaking Programs.

–Habitat for Humanity is supported through financial gifts, and the gifts of time and talent on homes in Goodhue County.

–Monthly collection for Zumbrota Area Foodshelf and Oronoco Presbyterian Food Shelf.

–Local Emergency Fund for those in financial crisis.

–Clothing and housewares donated to Third World Friends and the Salvation Army.

–Our Church’s Wider Mission, Neighbors in Need, Justice and Witness, CUE (supports UCC seminaries) and the Christmas Fund (supported via the Minnesota Conference of the UCC.)