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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 H...

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 ...

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. Pleas...

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 ...

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 l...

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 ...

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 lob...

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 p...

Ladies, the next W.I.S.E (Women Intentionally Seeking and Edifying) Bible Study Series will be the study called 'When you Pray': A Study of Six Prayers in the Bible . Please register for the study by 1/3.  Join us as we bridge the gap in racial communications on MLK weekend at It Takes a Village Meal & Discussion . Min Brandi Hancock, along with others, will facilitate an interactive cultural awareness experience. Please register for a free dinner including nursery, childcare, and sessions for children, teens, and adults. Contact Min. Matt Darby or Sis. Kim Roberts.   Mt. Zion Church has partnered with the Town of Cary to host a Prayer Walk on 1/15 as part of the MLK 2024 Dreamfest weekend to honor Dr. Martin L King Jr’s legacy through service. The Mt. Zion family, friends, and the community are invited to lace up the tennis shoes and walk to raise awareness for the unhoused/homeless in partnership with Love from Above & Oak City Cares .  Everybody is invited t...

Congrats to the Donnell and Jenae Fordham on the birth of their son Wade Emanuel on 12/6. Wade was born 6 lbs, 12 oz, and 19 inches long.   For New Year's Eve , we will have our normal morning service at 10am and then come back at 11pm for our NYE service. Normally, our NYE service starts at 10pm but this year we're keeping it to just one hour. Join us as we cross over into the New Year with praise, the preached word, and prayer.  Merry Christmas to everyone. No matter what highs or lows Christmas might bring to you this year, remember to keep Jesus Christ as the center.  

Our Church Theme for 2024 is “ Advancing the Kingdom of God ”. Jesus said that He would build His church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Our focus will be to get equipped on how we as individuals and the church participate in Jesus' work to advance God's Kingdom.    There will be No Bible Study for the next two weeks. We will resume on 1/3. We will be studying the Torah or Pentateuch (first five books) all of next year. So we start in Genesis in January. Our New Year’s Eve Service will start at 11pm. We will have our normal service that morning and then come back at 11pm for an hour service to worship in the New Year.  Everyone is invited to “ A Village Gathering ” which is a Community Meal and Interactive Learning Experience on Policy Making and the Racial Wealth Gap on January 14. Dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the learning experience and discussion will be 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at First Cary United Methodist Church. Mt. Zion, First Cary UMC, Dorcas...

Praise God for all those who came forward last Sunday: Britt Norton - Rededicated His Life to Christ  Lauran Lucas - Rededicated Her Life to Christ  Elizebeth Singleton - Rededicated Her Life to Christ  Roddric Scott - Joined on Christian Experience & Rededicated His Life to Christ  Payton Johnson (age 12) (daughter of Deacon Shaun & Deaconess Traci Johnson - Trusted Christ as Personal Savior & Candidate for Baptism  Celestine Ferguson - Joined on Christian Experience  We welcome our newest members who has completed New Members Orientation & their membership interview): Jonas & Alicia Welcher  Evangelist Tayon Dancy shared the Year in Review video of Mt. Zion's partnership with Coral Riding .    (RSS subscribers: click here to see the video) One of the things that came out of the Missions: Triangle conference is a desire for more opportunities to come together for prayer, learning, connection, and encouragement. On Thu...

Happy Birthday to our December babies... We give a special SHOUT-OUT to Sis. Lois Arrington who turned 98 yesterday! Happy Anniversary to our December couples...   Also, Rick and Maureen Holland will celebrate 38 years on 12/26   Our December Senior Birthday Surprise is Bro. Lance Armour!   Mt. Zion partners with Trinity Park Church to serve the local community on every 2nd Saturday of the month from 10am to 12pm,  The Raleigh Dream Center provides food for distribution. Volunteers will build relationships with an apartment community, fulfilling our call to share the gospel with all nations. For more information, contact Minister Matt Darby.    On next Sunday (12/10), the Men's Ministry & Titus 2 Women's Ministry will be praying at 8 am in the Sanctuary. Couples (married and dating), the Oneness Couples Ministry is hosting a Sweetheart Ball on February 10, 2024! Today is the last day to secure your spot by making a minimum deposit of $85.  ...

Mt. Zion seniors and parents are asked to meet in Classroom 3 immediately after service on December 3rd and December 10th concerning the J. Allen Lewis Memorial Scholarship .  Every 2nd Saturday of the month. Mt. Zion partners with Trinity Park Church to serve the local community. The Raleigh Dream Center provides food for distribution. Volunteers will build relationships with an apartment community, fulfilling our call to share the gospel with all nations. For more information, contact Minister Matt Darby .  

Please pray for the following needs in our church family: Sister Kim Roberts’ father who is currently in the ICU unit in NY recovering from pancreatic surgery.  Sis. Mary Bailey, whose brother has passed away  Deacons Blango and Hardaway both had surgical procedures last week. Pray for their recovery.  Bro. John Thorne will have surgery on his back on 12/11. This will be a critical surgery necessary for him to walk, and it will be near his spine.    We welcome Bro. Isiah Smith who came forward last week to trust in Christ as his personal Savior, get baptized, and join the church.   Please join the Deaconess Ministry for our last Church-Wide Prayer Rally of the year on Tuesday, 11/21, at 7 pm. The focus will be healing and thanksgiving. Struggling and illness will come, but we can be thankful to God, and praise Him through it all!    There's no Bible Study on Wednesday due to Thanksgiving Eve   I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving . There a...

Today, the brothers from two chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity worshipped with us. They graciously blessed us with a donation.    Yesterday was Veterans Day. Happy Veterans Day to all who served our country.   Ladies, you are invited to the next Titus 2 TEA for a time of Teaching, Encouraging and Affirming.