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We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year. We're following the 52 week reading plan. We are on week 8. We are in the Lent season , a 40-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter (not counting Sundays) of prayer and fasting or abstinence. According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert while enduring temptation from Satan. During Lent, we call everyone to fast and pray. You can decide to do a total fast of all foods or a partial fast of a particular food or activity. We are praying for personal and corporate revival in our church, and our sacrificial giving for this year. Our next Elder-led Prayer is Tuesday, February 24th, 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 . Join us again for Wednesday Family Worship. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm. We will be studying 1 John 2:1-14 after Praise and Worship...

We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year. We're following the 52 week reading plan. We are on week 7. Last week, we read in Judges, "And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel." So "it is the task of the former generation to tell the story of God's work to later generations. For God's people today, this supremely means passing on the story of God's greatest work...the Gospel." This is one of the motivations for us wanting to capture YOUR STORY so that we can leave it behind for later generations to know the work of God in our lives and this church. Today is the deadline to submit YOUR STORY, which will be compiled and put into a SCRAPBOOK for the 150th Anniversary. Submit YOUR STORY here . Join us again for Wednesday Family Worship. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm. We will be studying 1 John 2:1-14 after Praise and Worship at 7:00pm and end at 8:00pm. ...

We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year. We're following the 52 week reading plan . We are on week 6. The Watoto concert was beautiful and moving. We'll be looking at ways that we might be involved in the great ministry that Watoto is doing (such as child sponsorship, financial, mission trip). For those who missed the concert, you can catch them on Saturday, 2/14, at Hope Community Church in Raleigh at 4:15pm or 6:00pm Mt. Zion is going to Ecuador again this year. Anyone interested in learning more information about this mission trip may attend an information session on Monday, February 9th, at 6:30pm at Cary Church of God . For more information, please contact Minister Matt Darby . Join us this Wednesday for Wednesday Family Worship. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm. We will be studying 1 John 1:5-2:2 after Praise and Worship at 7:00pm and end at 8:00pm. On Sunday, February 15th, we'll be giving away great books (both physical and digital...

I hear there's a football game today. In honor of the Superbowl, check out this video.   RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year. We're following the 52 week reading plan . We are on week 5. Sis. Juanita Hunter's son, Wilbur Hunter, has been hospitalized and is in intensive care at Cary Wake Med. He has been diagnosed with lung cancer and pneumonia. Please pray for Wilbur and the family. Men of Mt. Zion, lend us your voices! Our Male Choir needs you. They will be singing next Sunday and would like to challenge more men of the church to step up and join them for rehearsals on Thursday at 7pm and Saturday at 10am. Join us this Wednesday for a month long of Wednesday Family Worship. Starting at 6pm, we will fellowship over a meal, have praise and worship, and then bible study. We'll be studying 1 John. And we'll be done by 8pm. The Watoto Children's Choir concert is this...

We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year. We're following the 52 week reading plan. We are on week 4. You can download a copy of the reading plan from the announcement section of the church website . Please update/confirm your contact information (address, phone number, email, etc.) to ensure that our records are accurate. You can call the church office, email our church secretary (see bulletin for details) or may use the connections card in the bulletin. Tomorrow from 7 to 8pm is our first Church Family Meeting of this year. All members are asked to make every effort to attend. We'll be reviewing last year, our core doctrines and values, ministry initiatives for this year, and our financial status and position. On Tuesday, we have Elder-led Prayer 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 place them in the prayer requests box at the Welcome C...

We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year. We're following the 52 week reading plan. You can download a copy of the reading plan from the  announcement section of the church website . It's that time again for our members: Please update/confirm your contact information (address, phone number, email, etc.) to ensure that our records are accurate. You can call the church office at 919-469-5323 ext. 3, email our church secretary   or use the connections card in the bulletin. We are continuing our Bible Study series, "Exploring the Holy Spirit". On this Wednesday, we look at the gifts of the Spirit, the debate on whether the miraculous gifts have ceased on not, and the gift of prophecy. Come out and bring a friend. Mosaic Church and Mt. Zion are partnering to host the Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda in concert on Saturday, February 7th at 4pm. We want this to be a community outreach event so invite those in your sphere of influence....

We are reading through the Bible as a church family this year.  We're following the 52 week reading plan.  After the first week, I like the diversity of this plan.  Each day you read from a different genre like the Epistles, the Law, History, etc.  You can download a copy of the reading plan from the announcement section of the church website . We continuing our Bible Study series, "Exploring the Holy Spirit".  This Wednesday, we look at the unforgivable sin, blasphemy against the Spirit as well as the Baptism of the Spirit and filling of the Spirit.  Come out and bring a friend. Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 7th at 4pm, we're partnering with our brothers & sisters at Mosaic Church to host the Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda. We want this to be a community outreach event. So stayed tuned for more details. As a part of our mission to serve our community, we're going to look at how we might partner with Oak City Academy , a ...

Happy New Year! We are going to be reading through the Bible again as a church family.  We're using the 52-week Bible reading plan that starts today.  Each day of the week is dedicated to a different genre: Epistles, The Law, History, Psalms, Poetry, Prophecy, and Gospels.  If you didn't get a copy of the reading plan at the church, you can download it here . Join us for part 2 of the Bible Study series, "Exploring the Holy Spirit", starting on Wednesday.  We will examine some of the most debated and significant issues like blasphemy against the Spirit, Spirit Baptism, gifts of prophecy and tongues, and more.  You will not want to miss this series.  Come out and bring a friend. As a part of our mission to serve our community, I had the opportunity to be introduced to Oak City Academy , a Classical Christian Montessori School in Raleigh. RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video I love that the school is helping students to have a bibl...

Everyone is invited to join us for our New Year's Eve Service at 10:00pm on Wednesday, December 31st.  If you can't attend in person, watch online at Zion Live . The Truth Project is a wonderful small group course to help believers develop a biblical worldview. RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video For those of you who have not taken the Truth Project, Bro. Roderick & Sis. Jacquelyn Harrison will be hosting The Truth Project Life Group starting Friday, January 9th, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at their home. Please sign up online . Another reminder that we ask everyone to not move and leave right after the sermon (unless you must go to work) as we don't want the movement to be a distraction for the call to discipleship. If you need to leave before the end of the service, you can exit when we call for the altar prayer.

May you have a joyous time celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  The Good News is that Jesus was born as a baby, wrapped in swaddling cloths. Jesus is God wrapped in flesh. Jesus had to be fully human so that He could offer a sacrifice on the Cross that would take away the sins of the people.  Jesus took our nature in Bethlehem, to die our death in Jerusalem.  Merry Christmas to everyone. Holiday Schedule: No prayer meeting, Bible Studies for the next two weeks.  And there will be no elder-led prayer on Tuesday.  This will give time for everyone (including our teachers and deacons) to enjoy their families. Everyone is invited to join us for our New Year's Eve Service at 10:00pm on Wednesday, December 31st.  Come out and bring a friend as we praise God for another year. Zone 3 is on Mission: the Free Mobile Dental Unit will be held on Saturday, January 10th, at Mt. Zion from 8:00am - 5:00pm. We have 10 appointments available f...

We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas Program and Dinner yesterday evening.  Thanks to all who put in a lot of work and effort to pull it off.  Also, thanks for all the food and desserts that everyone brought in.  It was truly enjoyed. Our sister church,  Christ First Christian Fellowship Center will have their Annual Christmas Musical entitled, "With Love . . . From Our Home to Yours" this afternoon at 6:00 PM. All our invited Did you know that we have a great Life Group for married and engaged couples? RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video We're pleased to announce that the Oneness Life Group has expanded to two locations: Oneness - Cary and Oneness – Durham.  So, if you're looking for a place where your marriage or future marriage can grow, be strengthened and refreshed, check out this Life Group.  For more info on Oneness of Durham, contact Deacon & Deaconess Spivey. Another reminder that we ask everyone to not m...

The Worship Ministry did an awesome job at the Raleigh Winterfest last night.  We praise God for the opportunity to sing and mime the praises of Jesus to the gathered crowd and those walking around.  Come out and celebrate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at our Christmas Program and Dinner on Saturday, December 13th, at 4:00pm.  This is a perfect opportunity to invite your friends and family to fellowship with our Church Family.  Please sign up online and indicate the number of people in your group.  Members are asked to bring their favorite side dish or dessert. Also, please indicate what food dishes you will be bringing on the sign-up sheet that will be located at the Welcome Center. And the church was blessed with a lot of meat so we'll be providing the meat. Immediately following the service today, all singles (never married, divorced, widowed) were invited to gather in the multipurpose room to go to the Golden Corral in the Crossroads area of Cary ...

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving.  For many, the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays can be tough due to recent lost of family members.  Please pray for Deaconess Shirley Smith (loss of sister), Sis. Lachonya Williams (loss of mother), Evangelist Patrick Wilson (loss of grandmother), Deaconess Angelique Cherry (loss of brother), Minister Amekuedi (loss of sister), Bro. Derrick Wiggins (loss of father), and I know others here have lost loved one as well.  Let's continue to pray for one another during times of bereavement. With all of the events surrounding Ferguson, many are trying (rightly so) to work towards solutions.  But in order to correctly prescribe a cure, we might rightly diagnosis the problem.  And ultimately the problem is sin.  No human justice system will be perfect because consists of imperfect, sinful human beings.  So if sin is the problem, then the cure is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  So the mission of the church is to...

The next Elder-led Prayer will be held on Tuesday from 6pm to 7pm. Everyone is invited to join us. If you are unable to attend, submit your prayer requests online . Due to Thanksgiving Holiday, we'll not have Wednesday evening activities including Bible Study or Thursday morning Bible Study.  If you are traveling, be safe and enjoy time with your family. During the 150th Church Anniversary Celebration next year, we will honor our beloved members who have passed on.  Sis. Phyllis Lewis is collecting obituaries from families for this honor.  Please see her to determine if she has a copy of your loved one's obituary.  Thank you for providing a copy if needed. We do not want to omit anyone.  We will collect the obituaries through the month of December. All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving (tithe/offering), but if you would give 10% or above that would really help make a difference in impacting our shortage. We want to end t...

Have you seen Him? Do you love Him? Will you give up all to serve Him? Do You Know Him? Check out this excellent spoken word from Blair Linne , wife of hip hop artist, Shai Linne . RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video Everyone is welcome to join Zone 4 members when we minister at Phoenix Assisted Living this afternoon at 2:00pm. A Mini-Concert will be rendered by the Praise Team. All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving (tithe/offering), but if you would give 10% or above that would really help make a difference in impacting our shortage. The church leadership has been asked to give at least 10% above their normal giving. We want to end the year as strongly as possible. Don't forget to drop your change in the change receptacles around the church towards meeting our budget. So drop off your change as often as you can. Remember when Paul was in Thessalonica, the Philippians supported him financially. Philippians 4...

The report for our Fall SPRUCE UP: A total of 57 hours @ $25.00 for a savings of $1,425.00 for our church.  Zone 4 continues to led the way with the most members coming out.  Thanks again to all who came out to help us keep our church clean. We had an Elders' Meet and Greet right after service today for all new members that have completed orientation between June and October.  Most of them said that they joined because the truth of God's Word is being taught and the love they felt. All of our members are asked to give at least 5% above your normal giving.  This will help us recover our current financial deficit so we can end the year as strongly as possible.  We're also going to utilize the change receptacles around the church towards meeting our budget.  So drop off your change as often as you can.  This is another great way for our children to be involved as well.  2 Corinthians 8:7-9 (NIV): "But just as you excel in everything--in fait...

I read Pastor Saeed's letter to his daughter for her 8th birthday. I pray that we could all have this level of faith and trust in the sovereignty of God when we are facing deep suffering. Here's an excerpt that especially moved me... I know that you question why you have prayed so many times for my return and yet I am not home yet. Now there is a big WHY In your mind you are asking: WHY Jesus isn’t answering your prayers and the prayers of all of the people around the world praying for my release and for me to be home with you and our family.   The answer to the WHY is WHO. WHO is control? LORD JESUS CHRIST is in control. Please read the entire letter .  I hope it moves and encourages you.  Please continue to pray for Pastor Saeed and his family. Thanks for all who came out to SPRUCE UP our church on yesterday. Your time and service is greatly appreciated. We are starting a new Bible Study series on Wednesday at 7:00pm called "Completion and Reconciliation ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I wish we didn't need to have a an awareness month for domestic violence. But the sad reality is that we live in a fallen and broken world. So we must address it and bring awareness to our communities. But it is especially important that the topic of domestic violence be addressed by the church. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, in his article "The Church and Violence against Women", writes...  "Male violence against women is a real problem in our culture, one the church must address. Our responsibility here is not simply at the level of social justice but at the level of ecclesical justice as well. We must teach from our pulpits, our Sunday school classes, and our Vacation Bible Schools that women are to be cherished, honored, and protected by men. This means we teach men to reject American playboy consumerism in light of a Judgment Seat...

All members are asked to attend our Church Family Meeting tomorrow (Monday) at 7:00pm. We have an important update on where we are financially as well as things we need to be aware of in our currently changing culture that's increasingly hostile towards Christianity. The next Elder-led Prayer will be held on Tuesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Everyone is invited to join us as we pray together. If you can't attend you can submit prayer requests online . It's time again to SPRUCE UP our church. Join us on Saturday, November 1 for our Fall SPRUCE UP as we clean God's house. Let's be good stewards with the building that God has blessed us with.  We will begin at 9:00am and end at 12:00pm promptly. All are invited. I want to encourage everyone to vote in the upcoming election. People govern based on their worldview. The laws of a nation will determine the direction of the nation. So we need Christians to vote based on biblical principles and worldview. Get infor...

Don't miss out on our Wednesday Family Worship. Dinner starts at 6:00pm. Praise and Worship at 7:00pm, then Bible Study and we'll end at 8:00pm. This Wednesday, we're going to look at John 17 . Our next Church Family Meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 27th, at 7:00pm. All members are asked to attend. It's time again to SPRUCE UP our church. Mark your calendar and plan to join us on Saturday, November 1 for our Fall SPRUCE UP as we clean God's house. We will begin at 9:00am and end at 12:00pm promptly. All are invited. And we definitely need you. We want to offer various Life Groups to help strengthen, encourage, and even deal with messy relationships that have been damaged by conflict and not being able to forgive. RSS or Email Subscribers click through to see the video