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Sis. Ella Williams passed away last Sunday.  Please keep Sis. Jackie Smart and her family in your prayers during this time of bereavement. Thanks to all who came out to help clean our church for our Spring Spruce Up. Your service is greatly appreciated. The Children's Ministry will be assisting the Brown Bag Ministry to prepare lunches on Saturday, April 5th, at 10:00am at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Apex . We encourage our parents to bring their children as a learning experience about the importance of service to those in need. See the announcements for more details. We are interested in your input regarding Life Groups. Can't find the right Life Group or a suitable time? Provide your comments on the Discipleship website , or contact a Discipleship Ministry member . We will not be having Communion on next Sunday but on Easter Sunday instead.

This Tuesday, we will have Elder-led Prayer from 6 to 7pm. We will be praying for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. All are welcome to come out and join us. James 5:14 (ESV) says "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord." Our Spring Spruce Up is happening on Saturday, March 29th, from 9:30am to 12:30pm. We need everyone to help clean our church. Please sign up online today. The Mt. Zion Family Power Hour will meet on Sunday, March 30th, at 9:00am. We hope to see you there! Please pray for Sis. Jackie Smart and family. Her mother, Sis. Ella Williams passed away this morning. Blessed are the saints who die in the Lord.

Mark your calendars: The Worship Ministry will host a Musical Concert featuring the Winston-Salem State University Choir on April 13th, at 4:00pm. To support this event, the Worship Ministry is raising funds with a Fish Fry on Friday, March 21st, from 3 to 7pm, and on Saturday, March 22nd, from 2 to 6pm. The event will take place at 8500 Chapel Hill Road. Worship Ministry will be taking Pre-Orders. Contact Bro. Spence Martin or the church office. We're partnering with the Deltas again on Saturday, March 22nd, at 11am for a community outreach event focusing on Domestic Violence. The Worship Ministry will be ministering and I will be giving a brief presentation on how the Gospel applies to domestic violence. If you know of anyone who has been affected by domestic violence, invite them or if you want a better understanding on how to help someone deal with it, come out. All are welcome. Our friends at Philippians Community Church will be celebrating their 15th Church Annive

Lent has started and we're calling everyone to fast and pray. If you have not started, it's not too late to begin. You can do a total fast of all foods or a partial fast of a particular food or activity . Lent is 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter (not counting Sundays). Warning to our church family: a scam artist has been showing up at the church at different occasions in the past month asking for money under false pretenses. If he returns in the next month and you are confronted by this individual (a tall black man, approximately in his early 40's) asking for money, please direct him to one of our Deacons. In order to help us be good stewards over our finances, we offer Financial Peace University .  RSS or Email Subscribers click through here to view video. Our next session of FPU will begin Tuesday, March 11th, at 6:30pm in Adult Classroom 3. All are invited to attend the first class on March 11th at no cost.  For more information regarding registratio

This Wednesday, we start a new Bible Study series on the book of Galatians. Join us and bring a friend as we'll look at how we are justified by faith alone and not by obedience to the Law. Wednesday is also Ash Wednesday . Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lent season (40 day period of prayer and fasting).  After Bible Study, we'll be anointing everyone with ashes to demonstrate our mourning over sin and repentance before God. During Lent, we call everyone to fast and pray. You can decide to do a total fast of all foods or a partial fast of a particular food or activity . David Platt writes in Follow Me , “Why do we fast as disciples of Jesus? Because our souls feast on the glory of God. Fasting is an external expression of an internal reality. When we fast for a meal or a day or a week, we remind ourselves that more than our stomachs long for the pleasure of food, our souls long for the presence of God. We are satisfied in Him and by Him in a way that nothing