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Bereavements, First Church Family Meeting, Ordination Service (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/31)

There are several families at Mt. Zion currently experiencing bereavements.  Please pray for the following members: Deaconess Rhonda Spivey's father (who was a pastor) died on Friday night  Deaconess Tasha Smith (loss of an aunt)  Sis. Brenda Tyrance (loss of grandbaby)  Evangelist Tayon Dancy (loss of cousin)  Join us again this Wednesday at 7:00pm for our Bible Study series, "The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis". This week, we'll look at seeing Jesus in the Tower of Babel. We held our first Church Family Meeting for the year right after the service today. We shared important info on 2016 ministry goals, last year's finances, an update to our Constitution and By-Laws, and a statement from the elders on the importance of regular church attendance. At 4pm, we had an Ordination Service to ordain an Elder Sean Cherry and Deacons Tim Thompson, Henri Spivey, and Corey Smith. Pastor Daryl Cody, New Life Ministries of Apex , preached the ordination mess

Elder-led Prayer, Church Family Meeting, Ordination Service (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/24)

Today we didn't have church due to winter weather (icy road conditions) but I decided to broadcast on Periscope to have a little church online and preach a sermon entitled "The Way Up Is Down" from Mark 10:35-45 .  You can watch the replay here .  Our next Elder-led Prayer will be held on Tuesday, January 26th, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Everyone is invited to join us as we focus on specific prayer needs. If you are not able to attend, you can but submit your prayer requests online . Join us again this Wednesday at 7:00pm for our current Bible Study series, "The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis". This week, we'll look at seeing Jesus in the Flood (Genesis 6-9). Don't forget to fill out the police survey that was given out. If you didn't get a survey we have extras available at the Welcome Center. The survey is going to be used by a group of pastors and Cary PD that I'm a part of that's working to improve relationship between the po

Seeing Jesus in the Fall, Twisted Too, The Power of an Invitation (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/17)

Join us again this Wednesday at 7:00pm for our Bible Study series, "The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis". This week, we'll look at seeing Jesus in the Fall. Don't forget to fill out the police survey given out last Sunday. If you didn't get a survey, please ask the ushers. Extras will be available at the Welcome Center. The survey is going to be used by a group of pastors and Cary police that I'm a part of that's working to improve relationship between the police and the African-American community. Zone 1 members will be directing a service on this afternoon at 2pm at Brookdale Cary Assisted Living . Everyone is invited. Next Sunday, we kick off a new sermon series, Twisted Too. We'll be looking at some more of the most misused Scriptures. Here's what we'll be covering... 1/24 – Habakkuk 2:2-3: “Write the vision, make it plain”  1/31 – John 14:13-14: “Ask for anything in my Name, I will do it”  2/07 – Isaiah 53:5: “By His

Police Survey, Twisted Too, Introducing MyHope Sunday (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/10)

Bereavement: Sis. Norma Winton's brother, Mario Anderson (uncle to Sis. Shenithia Griffin) passed away suddenly this past week. Mario's wife, Karla, was the one that invited our Worship Ministry to participate in Raleigh Winterfest about a year ago. Please be in prayer for the family during this time of loss. The homegoing service for Mario Anderson was held today at 3:00pm at Apex Funeral Home Chapel. The family asked me to officiate and bring the Word. I preached from John 14:1-6 on "Jesus is the way". There were non-believers present so they heard the Gospel. My prayer is that God's Word would find deep root in the soils of their heart. Last week, we kicked off and laid the groundwork for our new Bible Study series, "The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis". Join us this Wednesday at 7:00pm as we look at seeing Jesus in creation. Many of you know that I'm part of a group of pastors working with the Cary PD to improve relationship between

2016 Church Theme, Seeing Jesus in Genesis, Youth Parent Meeting (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/3)

Happy New Year! Our church theme for this year is “Abiding in Christ and Bearing Much Fruit” from John 15:1-5 and Col. 1:9-10 . Our focus this year will be on personal spiritual growth and corporate equipping and training. I want to challenge each of our members to assess how you are abiding in Christ and whether you are truly bearing the fruit of your relationship with Jesus. From the church perspective, we want to focus on doing more equipping and training of individuals. Everyone is invited to join us on Wednesday, January 6th, at 7:00pm as we kick off our new Bible Study series, "The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis". There will be a Youth Parent Meeting on Sunday, January 10th, immediately following the worship service.