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Our Truth Project small groups start this week. Remember if you can't attend the group that you registered for during any given week, you can attend another group so you don't miss any lessons. I'm really looking forward to my small group. If you are not able to participate this time, there will be more small groups starting in the Fall. Don't forget if you need prayer and can't come or don't want to come during the altar call, you can get prayer on Tuesdays during our Prayer Meeting between 6 and 8pm. Someone from our Deliverance Ministry will be glad to pray with you. Starting next Sunday, I'm starting a sermon series entitled "Makarios". This is the Greek word for "Blessed". We will look at how Jesus defines being blessed which may challenge most of our thinking regarding this topic. Join us for this exciting series and bring a friend to church with you.

This is last week to drop off your donations for Haiti. After this week, we will take our donations to Cary Church of God who is serving as an authorized Haiti Relief Donation Center for Eastern North Carolina. Flyers are available at the Welcome Center with the list of needed supplies . During Lent, I will be sharing information on fasting and prayer on this blog. These posts will also show up on Facebook as Notes. But I know some of you are fasting from Facebook, so I encourage everyone to subscribe to my blog. I'll send info on how to subscribe to my blog to the church's mailinglist. You can subscribe to the mailinglist by sending an email to mailinglist-subscribe@mtzionmb.org. We are waiting on our new giving envelopes (with our new logo) so we have some temporary ones. Please write in the category and amount of your contributions.

Our 2010 Adult Christian Education Curriculum is available (download from website & we'll post on church bulletin board). New classes will be offered like "Defending Your Faith" (currently started) and "How to Study the Bible" (starting in March). Take advantage of these new course offerings to continue in your spiritual growth. This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday which begins the Lent season. Immediately after Wednesday Bible Study, we will anoint with ashes. I'm calling for a church-wide fast for Lent. Prayerfully consider doing one of the three types of fasts . During this fast, there are three areas that you can pray for: Repentance (confess & repent of the sinful areas in your life: pride, apathy, selfishness, etc) Haiti (especially during the rainy season that is about to start) God's will regarding the sell of our old church property Next Sunday during our worship service, we will have our Gift of Heritage program to celebrate Black His

The Couples Ministry is partnering with The Flower Shuttle . This ministry reuses & repackages flowers left over from events to deliver to hospice, nursing homes, hospitals, meals on wheels, etc. We can help by donating mugs, small vases, and flower pots. The Couples Ministry will set up a table in the front near the welcome center to collect these items. There's another opportunity to help Haiti. The Cary Church of God is serving as an authorized Operation Compassion Haiti Relief Donation Center for Eastern North Carolina. They will be receiving materials until 2/28. Starting this week we'll be collecting donations to drop off at Cary Church of God. Click here for the list of needed supplies. Fliers are also available at the Welcome Center. Mt. Zion along with other area churches is adopting West Cary Middle School (WCM) . We are looking for volunteers to help tutor, mentor, proctor exams, etc. If you are interested, please get a volunteer packet at the Welco