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Graduating high school seniors, don't forget to apply for the J. Allen Lewis Memorial Scholarship by May 31st. Ladies, we will be serving dinner to homeless women at the Helen Wright Center in Raleigh on Thurs., May 31st at 7:00pm. Food items, monetary donations, and your presence are needed. Pastor Eric & Lady Beverly Ellis & the Philippian Community Church of NC will celebrate their 8th Anniversary May 30th-June 1st at 7:30pm nightly at the Lighthouse Convention Center in Raleigh. Everready Choir will render the music on Thurs., May 31st. They will also have a picnic on Friday, June 1st at Pullen Park starting at 10am. Everyone is invited to attend. Harvest Crusade Update: Invitations to Harvest are now available for you to pick up in the church vestibule. We also have the special “My Story” invitations which you can pick up at church office. These invitation allow you to put your own brief testimony in the invitation. You can either write it or goto the harvest w...

Temptation troubles us all. All of us are targets of the tempter. All of us feel the lure of the world. All of us experience the appetites of the flesh. We have an adversary and his name is Satan. Satan is the tempter. He was the tempter in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3). He was the tempter of Jesus in Matthew 4. The tempter is a deceiver. The tempter is a liar. The tempter is a thief. Despite all the attributes of the tempter, Satan, we are equipped to win over this powerful enemy. 1 John 4:4 (NLT): “But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” The Holy Spirit is within every believer. The Holy Spirit is greater in power than our foe. The devil might be stronger than us, but he’s not stronger than our God! One way for us to win over temptation is in the simple fact that God is faithful. That means He is trustworthy, you can believe Him, and ...

Thanks to everyone for your happy birthday wishes, cards, presents, and most importantly, your prayers. It was greatly appreciated. All seniors who are graduating from high school are reminded to apply for the J. Allen Lewis Memorial Scholarship due by May 31st. Parents: There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks candy. Teach your children about the reality of drugs and not to accept something that looks like candy from others. I posted a bulletin with details on our MyChurch page. Harvest Crusade Update: Starting May 21 through June 16, Harvest will be hosting Usher Training at various church locations throughout the Triangle. Check out the schedule for the training here . No experience is necessary, you just need to attend the training.

The Youth Ministry will be holding their quarterly Open House on Mon., May 14th at 7:00pm. We need all parents of our teens to attend. Update on Harvest Crusade: I want to encourage everyone who can to volunteer as a counselor. Harvest has a goal of 3,000 counselors so that we can provide one-on-one time with people coming forward. So even if you missed the first two classes, you can still be a counselor if you attend the third and final class! Being a counselor at Harvest does not mean that you will need to do any "in-depth" counseling. What is needed is to simply greet and encourage a new believer and give the person some info on their new walk with the Lord. Those who want to be counselors, please contact Deacon Ward (his email address can be found here ) immediately to let him know. And if anyone wants to work on the follow-up team, you also need to contact him immediately. Mt Zion will not be providing transportation to the event. The idea is for people to brin...

I got word that the Wheelers have settled into their new home in Georgia and the Thornes have safely moved back to NY. They ask that you keep them in your prayers. Our very own Sister Sam Hanebeck will be speaking to youth at a church in Virginia next Sunday at 5pm. I know that she would appreciate your support and prayers. Harvest Crusade: Week 1 of Impact Classes is done. I hope everyone had an opportunity to attend. Hopefully, no one found the material brand new as I have preached or taught on most of it in the past. But it was good as a refresher. And it was good to fellowship with other believers at different churches.

Our very own Angel Johnson was recognized by the Smith Elementary School as their Spotlight on Students Award winner for 2006 - 2007. Spotlight on Students is a program sponsored by Wake County Public Schools to recognize students for outstanding personal achievement. Please congratulate Angel the next time you see her. Sis. Michelle Chalmers invites her Mt. Zion family to support her in the first level of her new (GiftQuick) Business on May 5th at 4:00pm at her home (1552 Dirkson Court). Our first Theatrical Dance Production, "Distractions" was a successful! Everyone from the dancers, musicians, directors, stage hands, etc did a great job. And more importantly, there were 31 visitors at the event, 10 of which did not have a church home and 1 person accepted Christ during the invitation. Praise the Lord! I personally encourage all who can to participate in the Impact classes starting this week for Harvest Crusade. Regardless of whether you volunteer to be on the follow...