SCIO - A local church will be honoring veterans on Memorial Day weekend with a free picnic dinner for both existing and former service personnel and their families.
Knights Creek Church, 2987 Knights Creek Road (County Road 9), Scio, will host the event after its 11 a.m. Sunday, May 26, worship services during which veterans and their families also will be recognized.
Cake and ice cream will be included due to the date also being the fourth Sunday of the month when those in the congregation and community with May birthdays and anniversaries are celebrated.
Rev. Carl Kemp, church pastor, said the event is part of an expanded outreach to the community that started over a year ago. Free
children and youth music lessons also are provided, by appointment, following Sunday meals and several times in the evening during the week.
Knights Creek, which describes itself as A Country Church with the Heart of Christ, also has enhanced or added other community outreach efforts, with community prayer for individual, community, county,
state, national and world concerns from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. each weekday; Celebrate Recovery at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays for individuals experiencing any type of hurt, hangup, habit or life struggles, even years later; a companion ministry, the Landing,
for teens who are struggling with various issues; participation in a second companion Celebrate Recovery Inside ministry for inmates at Allegany County Jail; music presentations and an opportunity for children and adults to try out instruments at community
events; a summer music camp for children; "Surviving the Holidays" and "Help Grieving Children" seminars for adults struggling with the effects of the loss of a loved one due to death or separation or divorce; and First Friday of the month activities, alternating
monthly between a coffee house of music, games, refreshments and more, and a movie night. All of these activities are free.
The church also holds 6 p.m. Sunday night services, a 7 p.m. Wednesday night Bible study, and 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning studies of subjects such as "Life's Healing Choices," "When God's
People Pray," "What on Earth Am I Here For?' and the current "How to Get Through What You Are Going Through " series. Members also are involved with development of the new Hope Center outreach and reading assistance initiative in Wellsville and the Mission
Genesee Valley Journey to Transformation community transformation and revival initiative.
Further information on these activities is available from Casey Jones, church outreach assistance, at
bps461@msn.com
or (484) 435-0503 and at
www.facebook.com/
