The food pantry is always happy to accept miscellaneous items and have an ongoing need for dry cat & dog food in 3-5 lb bags. Please drop off your items in one of three food bin locations: the office area, the Sanctuary basement level near the elevator, and the Education Building upper level near the center stairs. Thank you! For more information, please contact noreillymorris@gmail.com.

In partnership with Ada Jenkins Center and Promising Pages, we are collecting new, like new, and gently used books from infant to high school with the greatest need being pre-k through 5th grade. 

Please bring your books to church and place them in one of three book bin locations:  the office area, the Sanctuary basement level near the elevator, and the Education Building upper level near the center stairs.

The book collection will continue throughout the year. 

For more information, please contact bonnie_blum@yahoo.com.

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.

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.

Neighborhood C.A.R.E. Center's mission is to enrich the quality of life in our community by providing programs and resources that may not be otherwise available, while demonstrating the love of Christ to all people.

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. Mt. Zion provides support with food and monetary donations to the food pantry. Donations to the Ada Jenkins Center may be dropped off in the food bins located in the office area, the Sanctuary basement level near the elevator, and the Education Building upper level near the center stairs or you can take them directly to Ada Jenkins.

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.

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.

Appalachia Service Project is a Christian Ministry, open to all people, that inspires hope and service through volunteer home repair and replacement.  Each summer, a group of Mt. Zion high-school youth, college students, and adults travel to the mountains of Appalachia for a week working to make homes warmer, safer, and drier.  Mt. Zion has been participating in this mission for over 30 years.  Our last trip including three generations from one family.  Serving through ASP is at the heart of the Mt. Zion community. For more information on Appalachia Service Project visit https://www.asphome.org

This extraordinary ministry provides toys, Christmas gifts, food, and clothing to many families in the Appalachian Mountains.  One weekend each December, a group of volunteers, including high-school youth, adults, and entire families from Mt. Zion travel to the Appalachian Mountains to share the love of Christmas.