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Today is the first Sunday of Advent.  Advent means "coming". This is the season where we get ready to celebrate the first coming of Christ, His virgin birth.  We also look forward to the second advent when Christ returns for His bride, the church. Radical Experiment 2011 Update Today's Scripture Reading: Romans 11-13   Today's Country: Turkmenistan (Asia) (96% Muslim) Join the initiative Project: Know Thy Neighbor . 15 families have signed up so far. We want to have more families at Mt. Zion to be involved. The holidays are a great time to reach out to neighbors to get to know them. Join us this Wednesday as we start a new series on the Doctrine of Election (or Predestination) where we tackle the questions, "Does God choose some to be saved but not all?" "Does God show favoritism?" "Is God unfair?" The College and Youth Ministries are looking for volunteers! There will be an interest meeting briefly after service on next Su...

We praise God for the young man (age 18) that came forward last Sunday to place his trust in Christ.  He will be getting baptized on Sunday. Radical Experiment 2011 Update Today's Scripture Reading: Acts 18-20   Today's Country: Timor Leste (Asia) We have 14 families have signed up for Project: Know They Neighbor. We want to see more of you involved.  The holidays are an excellent time to get to know at least 1 neighbor (one that you don't know at all or know very well).  Go to radical.mtzioncary.org/neighbors to sign-up and get ideas on how to get to know your neighbors. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no Bible Study this Wednesday.  On 11/30, we start a new series where we tackle the questions, "Does God choose some to be saved but not all?" "Does God show favoritism?" We'll be studying the doctrine of "Election". The College and Youth Ministries are looking for volunteers! There will be an interest meeting b...

Radical Experiment 2011 Update Today's Scripture Reading: Acts 1-3   Today's Country: Switzerland   Spend time in another context: Give some of your time to help make the gospel known outside of your normal context (different community, city, nation).  Thank everyone who went with us to C.A. Dillon. Your presence was greatly appreciated. We ended up only have about 30 minutes for the service but the Gospel was proclaimed and we did get a chance to pray with many of the boys. Sis. Samantha Hanebeck will deliver her Initial Sermon on next Sunday at 4:00pm. Everyone is invited to join us for this special occasion. In recognition of Veterans Day on last Friday, we want to thank all who have served our country. Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Please watch this video and then pray for our brothers and sisters who are suffering for the faith. We are asking all members to sacrifice to give at least 5% more until the end of the y...

Radical Experiment 2011 Update Today's Scripture Reading: John 5-6   Today's Country: St Barthelemy , St Helena , St Kitts and Nevis , St Lucia   We recognize the artists from the Dominican Republic who painted the mural at the entrance of our children's wing. They did a wonderful job for us and they did it for free. Pray for us as go to spread the Gospel to the young men at the C.A. Dillon Youth Development Center on this Wednesday. You have to be 18 or older. If you are interested in going, sign up online or fill out connection card. An important doctrine for us to understand is the doctrine of propitiation. Propitiation is Christ's payment for our sins and the removal of God's wrath. It works to provide our justification (being declared not guilty). Here's the video that we played during the announcement. Happy Birthday & Anniversary to all celebrating in November. Part of the Radical Experiment is to give sacrificially for a specific p...