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My wife will be one of various guest speakers giving a short talk at Philippian Community Church's 2nd Annual Women's Conference, a "Boundless Love" Women's Worship Service, on Tuesday, July 6th, at 6:30pm. The event is free and men are invited to attend as well. In 2 weeks, I'm starting a series called Gospel-Centered Marriages. Whether you are married, separated, single, or thinking of getting married in the future, you will not want to miss this series. Join us and bring a friend. Due to the July 4th holiday, we will have communion on the second Sunday in July (7/11). Also, my family and I will be out on vacation next Sunday. Please pray for our safety and traveling mercies.

Happy Father's Day to all dads. We are so grateful to have a great number of fathers at Mt. Zion who lead their families. For some, Father's Day can be an awful reminder of a bad father. But don't let the failings of an earthly, sinful man distract you from the fact that you have a Heavenly Father that will never leave you nor forsake you! I'm issuing the Father's Summer Challenge . The "How to Study the Bible" class is being offered again starting on 7/7. Make sure you sign up & attend. There is limited space in the class. We had a report by the Ignite Youth Ministry for the recent outreach to the Oxford Children's Home. I want to thank all the teens and youth directors for their outreach to Oxford and everyone at Mt. Zion who gave towards the supplies we donated.

Fathers, as prophet of our homes, we should be bringing the Word of God to our families. Join me in redeeming this summer by reading through the Gospel of John with our children. If you have really small children, you can read to them, but if you have older children, they can read it with you. Then spend some time discussing what you read. The point is to spend quality time with your children and Jesus as He is revealed in John's Gospel. Here's the Gospel of John summer reading plan... Week of 6/20: Chapters 1, 2 Week of 6/27: Chapters 3, 4 Week of 7/4: Chapters 5, 6 Week of 7/11: Chapters 7, 8 Week of 7/18: Chapters 9, 10 Week of 7/25: Chapters 11, 12 Week of 8/1: Chapters 13, 14 Week of 8/8: Chapters 15, 16 Week of 8/15: Chapters 17, 18 Week of 8/22: Chapters 19, 20, 21

I wanted to provide a quick update on last week's message ( Rediscover the Book ) where I gave a brief history of the church (regarding Martin Luther & the Protestant Reformation). It was confirmed to me that Catholic Church no longer practices the selling of Indulgences I also don't want us to appear to be anti-Catholic or assume everyone who is Catholic is not saved. There is Catholic Theology I believe is contrary to God's Word. But there is also theology that comes from other Protestant churches that are contrary to God's Word. We would do well to study & follow the Scriptures and not demonize a particular church or denomination. Mt. Zion ministered at the Phoenix Assisted Care this afternoon. The Men's & Women's Ministries accompanied Elder Wilbur Lucas as speaker and the J.A. Lewis & Youth Combined Choirs rendered the music. Mt. Zion once again will partner with " With Love From Jesus Ministry " on Saturday, June 19 from 9:00am t

This afternoon, I spoke at Scott's Grove (on Hwy 55) for their Pastor's Aide Service. My message was from Titus 3:1-8, "Be Ready for Every Good Work". Good works flow from our salvation. God saved us because of His mercy alone and not because we deserved it. Good works manifest themselves from a proper understanding of the Gospel. Congrats to Christ First Christian Fellowship Center and Pastor Larry Snead for their 2nd Church and Pastoral Anniversary. My wife and I are opening up our home to fellowship with our church family. We will do this monthly until we have invited all of our members. We had our first fellowship on yesterday and had a great time. We hope this will allow you to get to know my family & I better as well as meet other members. Please make sure your address and contact info is up-to-date with the church because we don't want to miss anybody. We look forward to fellowshipping with all of you. Next Sunday is our annual Children'