Church develops community for seniors | The Charlotte Observer

The Rev. Mary John Dye, right, pointed out locations of new buildings on Mt. Zion's planned
The Rev. Mary John Dye, right, pointed out locations of new buildings on Mt. Zion’s planned “senior campus.” With her is Barbara Broadway, a member of the Mt. Zion committee overseeing the project. (©2015 David Boraks)

My latest article for The Charlotte Observer:

In 1997, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church bought land just south of its sanctuary with an idea of one day using it to serve to the community. For years, it went unused, except as a wooded campsite for the church’s Boy Scout troop.

Then a decade ago, church leaders under former senior pastor, the Rev. Mike Bailey, began developing a long-range vision for a “senior campus” on the roughly 23 acres. Now, the final pieces of that plan are falling into place.

Read the full story: Church develops community for seniors | The Charlotte Observer


Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s