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Mt Zion is putting on a unique drama and dance production called “Distractions” on April 28th. We need volunteers to use their skills: sewing, carpentry, graphic designing, marketing, etc. If you are interested or would like more info please contact Kim Roberts, Regina Sands, or Betty Liverman. Gov. Mike Easley announced that Healthways Inc., providers of Health and Care SupportSM services, will expand its call center in Wake County, creating 109 jobs and investing approximately $2 million over the next three years. See the community connection section of website for more details.

Deacon Perry Johnson will be chairing the relocation committee. So if you find any properties available for lease, you may contact Deacon Johnson directly or the church office and the information will be forwarded to the relocation committee.

Here is some of the info that we presented at the recent Church Family Meeting. The following people will be coordinators for Mt. Zion for the Harvest Crusade 2007 happening in June 22-24 at RBC Center: Church Coordinator: Lydia Amekuedi Follow-up Coordinator: Jess Ward Youth Coordinator: Rasheeda Oliver & Keith Patterson Prayer Coordinator: Samantha Hanebeck We have closed on our loan with BB&T. We will need proceeds from the sale of the church to cover our Bobbitt contract for construction. Monies from the sacrificial giving will go towards furnishings in the new facility. If our weather continues to be as good as it has been, Bobbitt is proposing that we could move into our new church as early as 4th Quarter of this year. Mark your calendars for our Street Dedication and Groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 10th at 1pm. The biggest announcement of the meeting was that we have sold our current church property!!!! Most of the proceeds will go to phase 1, with some left over to inve...

Apex Baptist Church will launch a “How to Drug Proof Your Kids” program on 1/21 at 5:15pm. More details on website at community connections. Thank you for your giving to help the people of Darfur. Because of your generosity, we were able to donate $1,500 to Samaritan’s Purse for their Sudan Darfur Disaster Recovery Project. Please mark your calendars...we are moving our Church Family Meeting to 1/15 at 7pm. We have exciting and important information to share so we need all members in attendance.

As believers we should be future-oriented. Forget the past and look to the future. We have all done things for which we are ashamed, and we live in the tension of what we have been and what we want to be. Because our hope is in Christ, however, we can let go of past guilt and look forward to what God will help us become. Don't dwell on your past. If you made a mistake in 2006, learn from it and move forward. Don’t dwell on every misstep, mistake, or stumble. Instead, grow in the knowledge of God by concentrating on your relationship with Him now. Realize that you are forgiven, and then move on to a life of faith and obedience. Look forward to a fuller and more meaningful life because of your hope in Christ. You have to let go of the past so that your hands are free to receive what God has for you in the future. It’s time to let go of 2006 so that 2007 can come in. It’s time for us to move and grow to another level of spiritual maturity. God has greater work for us to do in ...

I received this via email and thought it was a good history of our Watch Night celebration. ~The History of Watch Night Service~ Many of you who live or grew up in Black communities in the United States have probably heard of "Watch Night Services," the gathering of the faithful in church on New Year's Eve. The service usually begins anywhere from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and ends at midnight with the entrance of the New Year. Some folks come to church first, before going out to celebrate. For others, church is the only New Year's Eve event. Like many others, I always assumed that Watch Night was a fairly standard Christian religious service -- made a bit more Afro centric because that's what happens when elements of Christianity become link...

More pics of Gabrielle can be found here: http://harriswebsite.net/Gabrielle/

Gabrielle Ailsa Harris was born today (12/28) at 4:21pm weighing 7 lbs, 10 oz and 20" long. Baby and mommy are doing fine. Here are a couple of pics. There will be more to come. Stay tuned.

Merry Christmas! Remember that Jesus is the reason for this season and ALL seasons. For many, the Christmas season is a holiday filled with presents, lights, and family. They are not aware that Christmas gets its name from God’s gift to the world, Jesus Christ. The challenge for us as believers is to celebrate the birth of Jesus in a way that helps others know Jesus, the real man who walked on earth, and still transforms lives today. Christmas should bring excitement as we remember our Savior who was born in manger. Before Christ came, people could know God partially. After Christ came, people could know God fully because He became visible and tangible in Christ. Christ is the perfect expression of God in human form. Enjoy your Christmas with family and friends. And don't leave Christ out of your Christmas. “Christmas List” I had the nicest Christmas list, The longest one in town, 'Til Daddy looked at it and said, "You'll have to cut it down." I knew that w...

All members are invited to participate in our Family Christmas Celebration on Sat., Dec. 16th at 3pm at the Herbert Young Community Center which is across the street diagonally from the church. Please note our Holiday Service Schedule: On 12/24, 12/31 there will be one service at 10:30am with Sunday School starting at 9am. See the church calendar for changes to prayer meeting and Bible Study. I also wanted to bring awareness to the situation that's happening in Darfur (a region in western Sudan). This has been a Weekend of Prayer and Action for Darfur. If you are not familiar with what's happening, there's an ongoing conflict between the Arab militias (back by the Sudanese government) and black African rebels resulting in over 2 million civilians displaced and an estimated death toll of 400,000 killed. The Arab militias are targeting the non-Arab, black African population (killing of babies, the mass rape of women and girls, burning of homes and religious buildings...t...

Everyone is invited to go along with the Outreach Ministry to go Christmas caroling to the area nursing homes on Friday from 6pm to 8:30pm. Meet at the church before 6pm. All members are invited to participate in our Family Christmas Celebration on Sat., Dec. 16th at 3pm at the Herbert Young Community Center across the street. Our neighbor, Union Bethel AME Church invites us to share in their Christmas Extravaganza on Sunday, December 10 at 4:00 PM. This worship experience focuses on the Christmas story as viewed from Joseph’s viewpoint. Don’t forget that your online shopping can benefit Mt. Zion. Our shopping mall has changed so go to our shopping mall link on the church website to register and get started. New merchants have been added like Toys R Us and Amazon.com.

Please support the Men’s Ministry Winter Coat Drive to benefit homeless and needy children, young men and adults in the Triangle Area. The coat drive will run through Sun., Dec. 17th A prayer breakfast,“Maximizing the Power of Prayer in Your Life”, presented by the Women’s Ministry is scheduled for Sat., Dec.9th at 8:30am. I'm so happy to announce our preliminary report on how we did on Commitment Sunday. Our goal is to raise $312,500 and we received vows for $369,648.00! Praise God. And I know there are more vows to come since some families were traveling on Commitment Sunday. Plus the Sacrificial Giving Offering we raised was $47, 868.95. What a great start. I thank you for your obedience to God and stepping out in faith to make your vow. But this is just the beginning. We must now fulfill our commitments over the next year. If you didn't get to a chance to make your vow, you can still fill out your vow sheet and drop in the sacrificial giving offering on Sundays...

The American Family Association has decided to cancel its efforts of encouraging people to not shop at Wal-Mart this Friday and Saturday after Wal-Mart announced today that it "will no longer make corporate contributions to support or oppose controversial issues". This is great news. Notice how effective it is when you threaten a company's bottom line. Click here for the details. So all of you who love Wal-Mart, line up early on Black Friday...just don't run into a pole .

I'm calling for people to join the boycott of shopping at Wal-Mart on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving to protest Wal-Mart's strong support for the Homosexual agenda. Wal-Mart gave $60,000 to Out & Equal, a homosexual organization pushing the same-sex agenda, including same-sex marriage, in the workplace. In August 2006, Wal-Mart announced a partnership with National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) which includes representation on that organization's corporate advisory council. Wal-Mart will be giving $25,000 annually to the NGLCC, and it has agreed to sponsor two of that organization's conferences. The NGLCC has shown itself to be opposed to the Marriage Protection act. Please join the boycott and sign the online petition . More details can also be found here . Share this info with your family and friends. Also post your comments and let me know what you think about this and other corporations supporting the Homosexual agenda. How can we a...

We have several new additions to the Photo Gallery : Women'’s Ministry bowling, VBS, Community Festival. Check them out. The Outreach Ministry's annual food drive ends Thurs., Nov. 16th. We need your continued support so please bring your food and monetary donations by the deadline. We are in day 33 of our 40-day fast. This is the home stretch. On Nov. 20th you can resume your normal routine. Next Sunday (11/19), we will have one service at the Senior Center in Bond Park starting at 10:00am. We want everyone to participate in making a vow on Commitment Sunday (11/19). Please write your name legibly on your vow sheet. Because this is a serious and important occasion, we are making our vow before God. It is just as serious as making a wedding vow before God. Please do not make a vow or any form of commitment that you do not intend to keep. In addition to bringing your vow on Commitment Sunday, you will also bring a cash gift, the first portion of what you vowed to give. I wo...

The evangelistic event, Harvest Crusade is coming to the RBC center on June 22-24 2007. Greg Laurie will be speaking. Mt. Zion will be working with other area churches to support this outreach event. We need a prayer coordinator that will get prayer updates from the Harvest Crusade prayer committee. Preferably someone who regularly attends prayer meeting. Please let me know if you would like to take on this responsibility. The Outreach Ministry’s annual food drive is underway and will continue through Thurs., Nov. 16th. We have 105 families that we want to provide with Thanksgiving baskets, so we need your generous food and monetary donations. Also, next Sunday’s love offering will go towards the Thanksgiving Food Drive. If you have not voted during early voting, I encourage everyone to exercise their right and vote on Tuesday. Wake County Voters’ guides are available here . We are in day 26 of our 40-day fast. We want everyone to participate in making a vow on Commitment Sunday (11/...

Thanks to all who went with us to First Baptist in Holly Springs on Thursday and Friendship Fellowship Community Outreach on Sunday. I had a great time sharing the Word and fellowing with these churches. Called 2 Action has prepared their Wake County Voter’s Guide which you can put up in the church vestibule. We are in day 13 of our 40-day fast. This is great opportunity to include your children in fasting and praying. Teach them about giving to God.

I've been informed of several job opportunities. This information is posted on our community connection section of our website. Don’t forget about Franklin Graham’s Hope for Sudan event on Oct. 10th at 7:30pm at Progress Energy Center in Raleigh. Several of our members will be participating in the Mass Choir that will be singing at that event. The church-wide 40 day fast that will begin on Oct. 11th (Wednesday) and end on Nov. 19th (Commitment Sunday). During this time of fasting you will be asking God want He wants you to give in the Sacrificial Giving Campaign. You may fast as the Lord leads you (for example, you may give up desserts or food from sunrise to sundown). Any families who are members that didn’t get their Sacrificial Giving Campaign information packet, please make sure you get your packet from the Sacrificial Giving committee. You can pick up your packet after church services and then from the church office.

Homecoming will be celebrated on next Sun., Oct. 1st with one service at 10:15am at the Cary Senior Center located in Bond Park. Sunday School will not be held on this day. We will also have kick-off or new Sacrificial Giving Campaign. Dinner will be served following the service. Everyone is invited to join us! Due to the off-site service on Oct. 1st, we will have Communion on the second Sunday. Franklin Graham is coming to Raleigh to share with us the story of the greatest martyrdom of Christians in history. It is happening in the Sudan. Samaritans’ purse is raising funds to rebuild 300 churches in the Sudan. They are training 3000 pastors to replace the 300 pastors that were crucified. This Hope for Sudan event is on Oct 10 at 7:30 pm at the progress energy center for the performing arts. Several of our members will be participating in the event choir. Everyone is invited to come out and worship with us at our Fall Renewal Services, Wed – Fri at 7:00pm each evening. On Wed...

Thanks to all the couples that attended the Couples retreat on yesterday (9/16). Although I wasn't able to attend, I heard that it was an awesome retreat. Please join the Mt. Zion Ushers as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary on Sun., Sept. 24th at 4:00 pm. The speaker will be Minister Lydia Amekuedi. We look forward to celebrating with the Ushers at this important milestone. The Outreach Ministry will be starting its annual food drive on Sun., Sept. 24th and continuing through Thurs., Nov. 16th. A list of non-perishable items will be forthcoming. Don't forget to mark your calendars for Sun., Oct. 1st. We will be having our Homecoming and kickoff for our next Sacrificial Giving Program. It's going to be a great time that you will not want to miss. More details to come.