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Finish Well, Welcome to New Members, Congrats to Newlyweds (Pastoral Emphasis for 6/30)

My sermon today was on Joshua 13-19 on the subject "Finish Well" .  God has not saved us to start the Christian race, face hardships and spiritual battles, and not finish! God wants us to finish well. Even after all of our spiritual victories, there remains more work for us to do. We have not arrived. While we still have breath and with whatever measure of strength we have, we must continue to serve God. It's never too late to serve God, so stop making excuses. Don't delay; your inheritance is guaranteed. God has given us the victory, but we must not be complacent so we can finish well in our calling. We're taking another break from Joshua. We'll return in August to wrap up the series. We welcome one who has recently come forward to join the church under Watch Care: Sis. Kelly Macklin We also welcome Bro. Jadon Roberts as an adult member after completing NMO and his membership interview). After the service, Isiah Smith and Ashante Ramirez exchanged vows and

Change Makers for the Gospel, New Members, Wedding Announcement (Pastoral Emphasis for 6/23)

Today, we wrapped up our Vacation Bible School . Our VBS theme for the last two years was Change Makers. Today's message was from Acts 17:1-9 on the topic: "Change Makers for the Gospel". We are change makers for the Gospel. We must take this Gospel out so that the church can be ready for King Jesus when He returns and changes the world back to perfection. The following family recently joined : Ruth Robinson - Joined Mt. Zion, Rededicated Her Life to Christ, & Candidate for Baptism  Her children have each trusted in Christ and are Candidates for Baptism:  Louis Robinson, age 9 Leah Robinson, age 11 Floyd Robinson, age 15  We welcome our Newest Member who has completed NMO and her Membership Interview: Sis. Mwaba Barcelos I'm happy to announce the upcoming wedding of Isiah Smith and Ashante Ramirez . They want to invite the church to attend the wedding right after the church service on next Sunday, 6/30.  We're back in Joshua next Sunday (From Promise to Poss

Church-Wide Prayer Gathering, VBS, Happy Father's Day (Pastoral Emphasis for 6/16)

 We welcome the following who recently joined on Christian Experience: Marvin & Maxine Williams Join us on Tuesday for our Church-Wide Prayer Gathering from 7 to 8pm. Given all that's going on in the world and our lives, the topic will be “How do we as Christians keep the Faith?". Our Hospitality Ministry is hosting and everyone is invited to come out for prayer. You can submit your prayer requests online or in the prayer request box.  Then join us for Vacation Bible School on Wednesday through Friday starting at 6pm. Dinner will be served nightly. Our theme is “We are Change Makers”. VBS has something for the entire family. On Saturday, we'll have a Community Family Fun Day from 10am to 2pm. Invite guests to come out and join us for food, fun, and fellowship. On Sunday, we'll wrap up with a special message relating to our VBS theme. Even if you haven't registered, you're are more than welcome to come out and attend. Happy Father's Day to all the d

Youth Day, Congrats to our Grads, Words of Wisdom (Pastoral Emphasis for 6/9)

Today was Youth Day ! And our youth did an amazing job leading the worship service today. Middle Schooler Julian Njoloma spoke on Judgement from Matthew 7:1-6 and High Schooler Jadyah Dancy spoke on Depend on God's Plan from Proverbs 16:9; 19:21; Jeremiah 29:11; and Proverbs 3:5-6.  We had one of our largest graduating classes in years. Today, we recognized the following who graduated from High School : Quincy Amekuedi Jr.  Zaeden Carranza  Jadyah Dancy ] Noah Exum  Darish Jacobs  Shaun Johnson  Madison Moore  Ashton Oliver  Bianca Redd  Caleb Spooney  Nevaen Sykes    Our J.Allen Lewis Scholarship recipients this year are:  2nd Place winner ($500): Shaun Jachir Johnson  1st Place winner ($1,000): Jadyah Dancy    My words of wisdom to the graduates was based on our May's Pastoral Prayer theme of "Graduate Your Faith". Today's topic is "Advance Your Christian Model" from Romans 12:9–21 (ESV):  Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is

June Birthdays & Anniversaries, Youth Day on 6/9 (Pastoral Emphasis for 6/2)

Happy Birthday to our June babies... Happy Anniversary to our June couples... Also, Philip and Jakayla Credle are celebrating one year on 6/17! June S enior Birthday Surprise is Sis. Mary Bailey.   Youth Day is next Sunday, 6/9. Our children and youth will be leading and participating in worship. Our Kings Kids, Cupbearers, and Shining Stars will be ministering a song in sign language. Our youth choir will be singing. We'll have two youth speakers, one from Middle School and one from High School. We'll also be recognizing our High School graduates and announcing the J Allen Lewis Scholarship recepients. Youth, please wear any shade of blue or white. Please plan for rehearsal time on Thursday, June 6th from 7-8:30p. Parents, please have your child at church at 9:30am on Sunday.  Parents, I want to encourage you to make participating in the youth choir a priority . I know that our children have a lot of activities going on but we want to impress upon them the importance of se