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TROY — October will hold new opportunities for those seeking church services in the Troy and surrounding areas.
Troy Baptist and East Troy Baptist Churches are coming together to host evening services every first and third Saturday of every month, beginning on Saturday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m., and will last about an hour.
“This is a combined effort of both churches to create an environment where we are able to discuss the great doctrinal truths of our Christian faith,” said Pastor of both churches, Pastor Kevin Zufall. “I really want to get participants involved in this discussion-based event. This will be more of a teaching service, rather than a Sunday morning preaching service.”
Along with the service will be praise and worship songs and all of the community is invited to get involved and get their questions of the Bible answered.
Topics for the services will include questions like “Is the Bible trustworthy?” or “How can we be made right with God?”
“It will be a lot of question and answer, to get people engaged about the topic,” said Zufall. “The format of the service is more contemporary, and more free-flowing. This would be a perfect opportunity for someone who is interested in checking out what the church is about.”
Plans are to live-stream the service so that people who are unable to leave the home can also be a part of the teaching time. After the live-stream is finished, the video of the service will be uploaded to the church website.
These services are for any age, however, there will also be an option for children ages newborn up to 12 years old.
“Cooking with Jesus” is a hands-on approach to not only teach children about the love of God, but also teach them basic cooking skills and scripture.
Zufall said as an example, the lesson could be to “live by the Fruit of the Spirit” and while children are learning that lesson, they may make a fruit salad to go along with it.
This too, is not only a contemporary-style lesson, but hands on as well.
Children will also enjoy crafts, activities, games and more while their parents are doing the contemporary service.
There will be a staffed nursery.
Upcoming events
Troy Baptist Church will also be hosting a pancake breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 11, Oct. 9 and Nov. 13, from 7:30-9:30 a.m. There will be a $7 suggested donation. Monies raise will go towards a medical missions trip to the Dominican Republic. Available to eat will be pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon and beverages.
For more information, about the new worship services or the pancake breakfast, contact Zufall at 570-371-8432. They also have a website at troybaptistchurches.com.