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Pastoral Emphasis from 6/17

VBS was a great success. I would like to thank to all who participated (teachers, students, and those that prepared the meals). We look forward to having VBS in our new facility next year.

We are looking to start a College Ministry (ages 18-25). With so many colleges and universities in our area, we have a tremendous ministry opportunity to touch the lives of students. I've already heard from a few people who are interested in being a part of this ministry. If you are interested, please send me email or call the church office.

On last Friday, I attended a session with Dr. Tony Evans to discuss gang violence. He introduced his Adopt-A-School initiative. Basically, a church would adopt a school in their community and provide mentoring, tutoring, and other social services (depending on the capacity of the church). By doing this, Dr. Evans said they saw a great reduction in gang activity in communities in Dallas. Urban Alternative will come to provide training if there are enough people signed up to take the training. This fits right in with our vision, therefore I want Mt Zion to get the training. I also think we can tie this in with our Back to Basic program for tutoring and with our Men's and Women's (Girls Enrichment) Ministries for mentoring. If you are interested in participating in this program, please send me email or call the church office.

Harvest Crusade starts tomorrow (Friday). Please pray that many people will be receptive to the Gospel message and commit their lives to Christ.

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