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After completing the New Member's Orientation class, we welcome Sis. Janae Branch and her daughter Logan.



If you've not heard about it yet, we've started an after-service time of worship and fellowship called Worship @ the Z. Right after we conclude here on Zion Live, go jump on our WebEx for a time to talk, fellowship, listen to music, and pray. It will last about an hour but even if you can only stay for a few minutes, it's a good way for us to maintain our fellowship since we're not seeing one another during church service.
Mt. Zion members, please don't forget to take the State of Theology survey I sent out last week. Fifty people have responded. Given the size of our church, I would love to get many more responses that would be helpful for me in preparation for my next sermon series in October.Yes, we will be having My Hope Sunday on October 11. Again, we want every member to invite at least one unbeliever or unchurched person to join us for that service.At …

We are very glad to have Minister Kevin Coppage back from his sabbatical. He preached today on Ecclesiastes 2 on the topic "Sought After".  He challenged us to examine what we are seeking after.  Because everything that we seek after is vanity without God.  We all have a void that we try to fill but only God will fill it.  Minister Coppage also shared his testimony as part of the sermon.You can download the Home Study Guide to review and apply the sermon.
It's the first Sunday of the month, so we recognized our members who are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries.

I hope everyone has a good Labor Day tomorrow.  Be safe and enjoy the time off from work if you have it.

Today, we concluded our series, Praying the Psalms. I hope everyone has enjoyed it. If you will pray the psalms, you will find that your prayers will be more God-centered, you will pray about things that you would not normally pray about, you will pray about things that you normally pray about but in new ways, and you will never run out of things to say.
I want to recommend a couple of books to you that were very helpful to me during this series: Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop 
We're starting a new Virtual Bible Study series, A Call to Repentance, on the book of Micah, on Wednesday, September 2nd, at 7:00pm. Everyone is invited to join us.

Our next Virtual Church-Wide Prayer Rally is 8/18 from 7 to 8pm. Make a plan to join us so we can pray together as a House of Prayer.
Next Sunday is our Youth Sunday. Also, I'll be preaching at Rooted Church at their 10:30 am service which is being held outdoors at the Apex Community Park.
School is starting on Monday (some have already started). We pray at the beginning of every school year but this year it is especially important. This start of the school year has parents trying to decide what is best for their children and family...do they do online virtual academy or let their kids go to school in person? Some parents may not want to send their children but they may not have any other options because they have to work. This is why we should be praying for wisdom...for the parents, caregivers, children, school teachers, and staff.
Here's my Back to School Prayer...Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who…