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Last week of Lent, Awesome God: The Worship Experience, Easter: Celebrate With Us (Pastoral Emphasis for 3/29)

This is the last week of our fasting during Lent. I hope that it has been a spiritually beneficial time to draw closer to God through fasting and prayer. Pastor Larry Snead and Christ First Christian Fellowship Center invite us to their Annual Easter Musical entitled, “AWESOME GOD: THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE” on Palm Sunday, today at 6:00 PM. Join us this weekend for our Easter Celebration. We're having a Good Friday service from 6 to 7pm. On Saturday, our annual Egg Hunt is at 3pm, followed by a “Old Fashioned” Easter Program at 4pm. We're having Sunrise Easter service at 6am.

Elder-led Prayer, YOUR STORY, Special Church Meeting (Pastoral Emphasis for 3/22)

Our next Elder-led Prayer will be held on Tuesday from 6 to 7pm. Everyone is invited to join us as we focus on specific prayer needs. If you are not able to attend but have prayer requests, you can submit them online . There are still quite a few 2014 contribution statements remaining in the Welcome Center. If you have not done so yet, please pick yours up ASAP. There is still time to submit YOUR STORY. We want to collect all of YOUR STORIES into a scrapbook to be OUR STORY to leave as memorial stones for future generations to know GOD'S STORY of His faithfulness towards this church. Fill out & submit the YOUR STORY questionnaire online . Next Sunday, we're going have a special meeting right after church service to present information about the goal for our sacrificial giving. So we're asking all members to attend to get the details and have an opportunity to ask questions.

Correction to Last Week's Sermon, Being Christian Without Your Bible?, Ministering at Nursing Home (Pastoral Emphasis for 3/15)

I want to make a CORRECTION to my sermon last Sunday.  There was an error.  Did you catch it?  I mistakenly said that Benjamin had saved Joseph from being killed by his brothers but it was Reuben ( Gen. 37:18-22 ).  And by divine providence, we read about Joseph and his brothers in our reading plan on Monday.  Thankful for those that caught it and brought it to my attention.  We should all be like Bereans , comparing what preachers say to the Scriptures. This is why Christians should read and know their Bibles. RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video As a church family, we are reading through the Bible this year using the 52 week reading plan. We are on week 11. Also, we are fasting and praying as a church family for Lent. We are praying for personal and corporate revival in our church, and sacrificial giving. Everyone is invited to join with Zone 4 members as we minister at Phoenix Care Assisted Living at 2pm.  Deacon David Bowser will be speaking and the

Bereavements, Ecuador Mission Trip, Spruce Up Stats (Pastoral Emphasis for 3/8)

We are currently fasting and praying as a church family for Lent. We are praying for personal and corporate revival in our church, and sacrificial giving. During your prayer time, please remember a few of our members who are currently facing difficulties and bereavement... Sis. Jackie Bradley broke her left ankle yesterday. She is recovering from surgery.  Deaconess Peggy Credle's aunt has passed. She is traveling today to New York.  Sis. Linda Spears lost a cousin and her brother has been diagnosed with lung cancer.  Deacon Bowser lost his maternal grandmother.  Hunter Family – Sis. Juanita Hunter's son (and brother to Sis. Sandra King & Thelma Hunter), Wilbert, passed last week. The homegoing service will be on Tuesday at Lincolnville AME Church . The viewing will be at 10am and the service will be at 11am.  If anyone is interested in going on the Ecuador mission trip, then you must attend the upcoming commitment meeting on tomorrow at 6:30pm at Cary COG.

Speaking at Shepherds, James Bible Study, Spring Spruce Up (Pastoral Emphasis for 3/1)

We are currently fasting and praying as a church family during the Lent season, a 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter (not counting Sundays). We are praying for personal and corporate revival in our church, and sacrificial giving. I solicit your prayers as I'm going to be speaking at Shepherds Theological Seminary on tomorrow for their morning chapel. Please pray that I will serve the seminary students well and that God would be most glorified. The new Bible Study series on the book of James will begin on Wednesday, March 4th, at 7:00pm. Join us and bring a friend for this exciting new series! I hope we've gotten this snow & winter weather out of our system. So it's time to Spruce Up our church. Please join us on Saturday, March 7th, for our Spring Spruce Up as we clean God's house. We will begin at 9:00am and end promptly at 12:00pm. All are invited.