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Thank You from a Corral Riding family...   (RSS Subscribers: Click here to watch) Because of your generous giving and donations, we were able to bless the Burrell family with items, boxes, and bags of clothing after a fire destroyed everything they had. We collected a total of $1200 in gift cards and $200 in cash! Ms. Burrell said, “I thank you all so much for the genuine help...I've never been helped with this in my life, it's a blessing.” All glory to God!  Next Sunday, we'll be having a Church Family Meeting right after the service. All members are asked to attend. I'll be sending out a special Webex link this week for those who will be attending virtually.    On Thursday, 4/25 at 7pm, I will be speaking at New Dimensions Fellowship Church with Pastor Maurice Wright for their 20th Church Anniversary. Our Gospel Choir will be accompanying me. Everyone is invited to the service at 4000 Bear Cat Way, Morrisville, NC 27560. The service will be Throwback Thursday so we

“Is our gospel too small?"   (RSS subscribers: Click here to watch video)  Join us this engaging course on evangelism at our Theological Seminar on April 20th at 9AM. This course presents a way of talking about the gospel that acknowledges that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross offers believers more than just a ticket to heaven. Choung’s gospel diagram presents a fuller picture of what the good news is and makes it easier to share.    Join us for corporate worship at our Church-Wide Prayer Gathering on Tuesday, 4/16, from 7 to 8PM. Our MAPS ministry (Mature Adults Praying & Studying) will be hosting. You can submit your prayer requests online or in the box at the back of the sanctuary.    The Titus 2 Women's Ministry held their bi-annual meeting in the MPR for 30 minutes after service where they shared details on Sisterhood Week and the 2025 Summer Women's Retreat.

Please pray for the following members who are experiencing bereavements : Sis. Nancy Frater – passing of her father  Deacon Robert Hunter – passing of his youngest brother    We welcome our newest member who completed NMO and Membership Interview: Sis. Olivia Mudd    Thanks to all who donated to the Dorcas Easter Food Drive . We received the following thank you message from Dorcas:  “Thanks so much for participating in our Easter food drive. We collected over 70 bags from your church that will go a long way to supporting our clients. I really enjoyed meeting Barbara (Smith), she's such a joy! You have a great ambassador with her. If I can ever assist with anything, please don't hesitate to reach out.”   Happy Birthday to our April babies Happy Anniversary to our April couples:    Reminder: High School seniors, don't forget the deadline to submit your application for the JA Lewis Scholarship is 4/28.    As a part of our theme “Advancing the Kingdom of God”, we want to eq

Happy Easter ! It is the resurrection of Jesus Christ that sets Christianity apart from all other world religions. We believe that Jesus, the Son of God, died for our sins, was buried, and rose to life again "on the first day of the week, very early in the morning. Next Sunday, we are back in the book of Joshua with our sermon series, “ From Promise to Possession ”. Read chapter 5. Since we're had Communion today, we will not be having Communion next Sunday.

Do you have gifts of teaching, hospitality, service, administration, leadership, exhortation? Those gifts and more are needed to assist with VBS 2024 . Come to the VBS Planning Committee Meeting directly after service today to find out more about how to get involved. Mt. Zion is partnering with Dorcas Ministries for their first annual Easter Food Drive ! We want to help fill their shelves so we can help serve and bless our community. The plan is to collect donations in March and focus on what is most needed in the pantry each week.    As we come to the final couple of weeks of Lent, don't forget that we're fasting and praying specifically for how to establish a relationship and outreach to our neighbors in Northwoods Crossing. If God gives you any ideas, please email them to outreach AT mtzioncary.org.    Everyone is invited to our Easter Weekend events.  Join us for our Good Friday service on 3/29 from 6:30-7:30pm. Bring the children out to our Easter Egg Hunt on 3/30 at

One of our initiatives for this year that ties into our theme of Advancing the Kingdom of God is to participate in Missions: Triangle events. So I want to encourage you to attend the upcoming event hosted at The Summit Church in Apex . This event will discuss how to share the gospel across cultures through hospitality.    On Friday & Saturday, we're having our EQUIP Conference . This schedule is 7- 9pm on Friday and 9am-12pm on Saturday. This conference is geared towards equipping people for evangelism and discipleship. This year's focus will be Build on the Rock: Submission. There will be a message, panels, Q&A, book giveaways, and breakouts (Men, Women, Married, and Singles including youth). EVERYONE is invited to attend.    Mt. Zion is partnering with Dorcas Ministries for their first annual Easter Food Drive ! We want to help fill their shelves so we can help serve and bless our community. The plan is to collect donations in March and focus on what is most needed

I preached on Joshua 3-4 today. Now we'll be taking a break from Joshua until April.  We welcome Sis. Olivia Mudd who recently joined on Christian Experience  Happy Birthday to our March babies...  Happy Anniversary to our March couples...  Congrats to Lance and Pamela Armour who got married yesterday. They will join the March Anniversaries. Our March Senior Birthday Surprise goes to Sis. Sarah Payne. We are looking for Change Makers to assist with VBS 2024 . We are forming committees for Teaching (Adult/Youth/Children), Hospitality Resources (Such as connections for food or music), Teams Coordinator (Coordinating with other ministries), Media, Greeters, Decor, Clean-up Crew, and Skits. Do you have strengths in any of these areas and would like to join a committee to help with planning? Come to the VBS Planning Committee Meeting on 3/17 directly after service to find out more about how to get involved.  Our 2024 Bible Bowl will be on 4/27 from 12-2pm. Please register as a tea

We welcome our latest “new” member who is not really because he grew up in this church but he has completed NMO and Member Interview as an adult: Isaiah Harris Yesterday, we had a very successful Spruce UP . Here are the results:  29 members participated (11 members were in leadership) Most hours worked: 4 hours 34 minutes  Least hours worked: 31 minutes  Breakdown by Zones Zone 1 - 7 members  Zone 2 - 11 members  Zone 3 - 5 members  Zone 4 - 6  Total time worked: 102 hours 3 minutes  We cleaned the ENTIRE church. Money saved $4,081.03  See you at our Fall Spruce UP!   My Hope Sunday is where all of our members are asked to commit to inviting at least one unbeliever or unchurched person to join us at church on March 10. During that service, we will share the hope we have in Jesus Christ. We have invitation and commitment cards. Write the name of those you are inviting on the commitment card and bring them with you next Sunday. We're going to pray over those names.  To prepare o

Welcome to our newest member who has completed New Members Orientation and membership interview: Roddric Scott  Our next Church-Wide Prayer Rally is Tuesday, 2/20, from 7 to 8pm. Our Image Bearers Men's Ministry will be hosting. Our prayer focus will be “Living with a Sense of Urgency!” from 1 Peter 4:7-11 . Everyone is invited to participate. You can also submit your prayer requests online or in the prayer request box (at the back of the sanctuary).  My Hope Sunday will be March 10. All of our members are asked to commit to inviting at least one unbeliever or unchurched person to join us at church on My Hope Sunday. During that service, we will share the hope we have in Jesus Christ. Start praying about who you will invite to that service. We'll be providing invitation and commitment cards next week.    Ok, the Super Bowl is over but our Bible Bowl II is starting. There will be an information gathering meeting in the MPR right after service. We had a lot of fun last year so

We welcomed our newest member who completed NMO & his membership interview: David Turner Registration is now open for the upcoming EQUIP Conference on March 15 and 16 . Registration closes on 3/10. This year's focus will be Build on the Rock: Submission . There will be breakouts this year (Men, Women, Married, Single (including youth)).  Sis. Karen Gray is requesting that the church sign-up to pray for the women at a correctional institution as part of her service with the Kairos Prison Ministry during the weekend of March 7, 8, 9, and 10. Please stop by the Welcome Center or contact Sis. Gray directly to sign-up for a day to pray. The first name of those praying will be linked in a paper chain that will be hung around the meeting room so the women will know there are people praying for them.   Next Sunday, we're starting a new series in the book of Joshua entitled “From Promise to Possession” . As we look at how God brought Israel to take possession of the Promised L

Happy Birthday to our February babies... Our February Senior Birthday Surprise goes to Sis. Barbara Smith.   Don't forget that every second Sunday is Invite Your One Sunday . People are more willing to come to church if they are invited by someone they know. So who is your one that you're inviting to join us for church next Sunday?   All men are invited to come out to our Image Bearer sessions every second Saturday of the month from 8 to 9:30 am for fellowship, discussion, and discipleship. We will be meeting this Saturday, 2/10.  WHAT IF I TOLD YOU...there will be breakfast?

On Saturday, 2/3, the Singles Ministry will have a First Saturday event from 4 to 7pm on the theme “Be the Light”. Please RSVP. We had our first Church Family Meeting of the year after the service. We looked back and looked forward. Here are the key initiatives we have for this year. Here's the question that I want us to wrestle with: “If our church closed tomorrow, would the neighborhood care?” If we're going to advance the kingdom, let's start with those right around us. So my challenge to the entire congregation is to seek God on how to engage our neighbors in the local community around the church. It may start with building a relationship. After praying, please submit any ideas to the outreach email address. For the expansion of our Counseling Ministry, we are implementing a Biblical Counseling Certification program. Here are the requirements:  Over 20 hours of video training  12 books to read & write summary papers The final examination is an oral case study rev

  Our first Church Family Meeting of the year will be next Sunday right after the service. All members are asked to attend. We'll be reviewing what God accomplished through us last year and looking forward to what God will do this year. We'll look at goals and objectives for how we can Advance the Kingdom of God.  Ladies, on Saturday, 1/27, the Titus 2 Women’s Ministry will be hosting a TEA at 9 am discussing Women Advancing the Kingdom. The last day to register is tomorrow. Don't forget to stop by the Welcome Center to pick up your 2023 member giving statements .

We have several members who are dealing with health problems. So please keep them in your prayers : Deaconess Erica Wilson (health challenges)  Minister Gerald Vinson (health problems)  Bro. Jadon Roberts (abdominal pain)  Sis. Alicia Welcher (hospitalized)  Bro. Joe Hancock (surgery scheduled for Wednesday). He has to fast from Monday to Wednesday. So we're calling all men to fast with Bro. Hancock and pray for the success of the surgery and his healing . Men, let's fast according to the way the Lord is leading you and your own health needs (one meal a day, certain type of food, particular kind of activity, etc.).  We welcome our newest member who completed NMO and his membership interview: Bro. Mickell Daily  Couples, it’s not too late to sign up to attend the Sweetheart Ball on Feb. 10th. The Oneness Ministry is still collecting payments. $170 includes dinner, dancing, fellowship, fun, and door prizes! On Sundays, stop by the table in the church lobby to make your payme

Welcome New Member (completed NMO & membership interview): Isiah Smith  Happy Birthday to our January babies...   Happy Anniversary to our January couples... Our January Senior Birthday Surprise goes to Bro. Willie Covington! We have a couple of events happening during the MLK Weekend . On 1/14 from 5:30 to 7:30pm, there will be A Village Community Meal and Interactive Learning Experience at First Cary UMC. Please register for a free dinner including nursery childcare, and sessions for children, teens, and adults.  On 1/15 from 10am to 12pm, Mt. Zion is hosting a 5K Walk for Hope . We'll also be partnering with Love from Above & Oak City Cares to raise awareness for the unhoused/homeless. When you register , you'll see the complete list of items you can bring for donation.  There are Church-Wide Event Calendars are available for pick up in the lobby at the Welcome Center. These are complimentary gifts to you, however, supplies are limited to one per household.