A Zanesville church spent the day in Crooksville on Saturday as they held a "Neighborhood Picnic".
The Apostolic Gospel Church picked Crooksville as a spot for their community day and invited residents to attend the event at the Village Park.
Pastor Aaron Bounds says his church has had community days in Roseville and Zanesville and chose Crooksville due to recent incidents from a storm that packed heavy winds that knocked power out for several days and a recent marijuana bust that was one of the biggest in the state and nation. He says his church wants to help the entire community.
"We have a lot of people that come to the church that are very troubled. We try to get in the community anyway we can" said Pastor Bounds. "We offer pre-marital counseling to help better the marriages. You know Zanesville - Muskingum County has 64-percent divorce rate. 43% of the babies are born out of wed-lock. The drug use per capita is one of the highest in the nation."
The Pastor went on to say that those are reasons that his church is trying to make a difference and will continue to get into other area's to try and make a difference. "We're doing everything we can and we know there is a better way. We have a whole church full of people that were alcoholics and they would have been probably a part of the drug busts and things, but, there not doing that anymore. So we're just trying to help people in any way that we can."
Neighborhood picnics are being planned in other parts of the region. Chandlersville and McConnelsville are a couple of area's that the church will visit.
The church is located 1365 Chamberlain Street. For information on the program that the church offers call 453-86-20.
The Apostolic Gospel Church picked Crooksville as a spot for their community day and invited residents to attend the event at the Village Park.
Pastor Aaron Bounds says his church has had community days in Roseville and Zanesville and chose Crooksville due to recent incidents from a storm that packed heavy winds that knocked power out for several days and a recent marijuana bust that was one of the biggest in the state and nation. He says his church wants to help the entire community.
"We have a lot of people that come to the church that are very troubled. We try to get in the community anyway we can" said Pastor Bounds. "We offer pre-marital counseling to help better the marriages. You know Zanesville - Muskingum County has 64-percent divorce rate. 43% of the babies are born out of wed-lock. The drug use per capita is one of the highest in the nation."
The Pastor went on to say that those are reasons that his church is trying to make a difference and will continue to get into other area's to try and make a difference. "We're doing everything we can and we know there is a better way. We have a whole church full of people that were alcoholics and they would have been probably a part of the drug busts and things, but, there not doing that anymore. So we're just trying to help people in any way that we can."
Neighborhood picnics are being planned in other parts of the region. Chandlersville and McConnelsville are a couple of area's that the church will visit.
The church is located 1365 Chamberlain Street. For information on the program that the church offers call 453-86-20.
