WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY‭ ‬01/02/2011

Praise God for the New Year‭!‬ ‭ ‬The preaching and teaching lesson this week will conclude our study on‭ “‬God’s comfort for his people.‭”‬ Here is the text‭…

TEXT:‭ ‬Isaiah‭ ‬44:21-28
21‭ “‬Remember these things,‭ ‬Jacob,‭
‭ ‬for you,‭ ‬Israel,‭ ‬are my servant.‭
I have made you,‭ ‬you are my servant‭;
‭ ‬Israel,‭ ‬I will not forget you.‭
22‭ ‬I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,‭
‭ ‬your sins like the morning mist.‭
Return to me,‭
‭ ‬for I have redeemed you.‭”
23‭ ‬Sing for joy,‭ ‬you heavens,‭ ‬for the LORD has done this‭;
‭ ‬shout aloud,‭ ‬you earth beneath.‭
Burst into song,‭ ‬you mountains,‭
‭ ‬you forests and all your trees,‭
for the LORD has redeemed Jacob,‭
‭ ‬he displays his glory in‭ ‬Israel.
24‭ “‬This is what the LORD says‭—
‭ ‬your Redeemer,‭ ‬who formed you in the womb:
‭ ‬I am the LORD,‭
‭ ‬the Maker of all things,‭
‭ ‬who stretches out the heavens,‭
‭ ‬who spreads out the earth by myself,‭
25‭ ‬who foils the signs of false prophets‭
‭ ‬ and makes fools of diviners,‭
who overthrows the learning of the wise‭
‭ ‬and turns it into nonsense,‭
26‭ ‬who carries out the words of his servants‭
‭ ‬and fulfills the predictions of his messengers,
‭ ‬who says of‭ ‬Jerusalem,‭ ‘‬It shall be inhabited,‭’
‭ ‬of the towns of‭ ‬Judah,‭ ‘‬They shall be rebuilt,‭’
‭ ‬and of their ruins,‭ ‘‬I will restore them,‭’
27‭ ‬who says to the watery deep,‭ ‘‬Be dry,‭
‭ ‬and I will dry up your streams,‭’
28‭ ‬who says of Cyrus,‭ ‘‬He is my shepherd‭
‭ ‬and will accomplish all that I please‭;
he will say of‭ ‬Jerusalem,‭ “‬Let it be rebuilt,‭”

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:‭ ‬What it means to be a‭ “‬redeemed‭” ‬people of God.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE:‭ ‬Let’s help our children to Learn to see that they are special in the eyes of God.

RESPONSIVE‭ ‬READING:‭ ‬#583‭ ‬Justification

NOTE:‭—
Many of you know by know that our beloved sister Queen has had successful surgery and is now recovering.‭ ‬It will be al little while before we can see her,‭ ‬please continue to pray,‭ ‬and we need to thank and praise God right now‭! ‬He is a mighty God indeed‭!
In Christian Love, ‭

‬Pastor W.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 12/26/2010

Praise the lord saints! I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is the reason for the Season!

In our preaching and teaching focus we are continuing on the quarterly theme of “Assuring Hope.” This week our message will come from Rev Shprecher. Here is the text…

TEXT: Isaiah 43:1-7

1 But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

3 For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.

4 Since you are precious and honoured in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life.

5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

TITLE: God Is With Us

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: This sermon will proclaim that with Lord on our side we can conquer our fears and overcome all obstacles.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s help our children to Learn to trust that God to help them overcome life's challenges and problems.

RESPONSIVE READING: #563---God The Omnipotent

NOTE:—

Also Don't forget, this Wednesday at 7 PM in the evening, we will be visiting Bethel AME (Lynn) to join in their Christmas Pageant. I am asking that you as well as those that come to prayer meeting join us for that program. And finally, Merry Christmas to all of you and to your families.

Bless you saints,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 12/19/2010

Praise the lord saints! I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is the reason for the Season!

In our preaching and teaching focus we are continuing on the quarterly theme of “Assuring Hope.” This week we will consider the lesson on A Child Is Born from Isaiah and Matthew. Our preaching focus will be Matthew 1:21-23. Here is the text…

TEXT: Matthew 1:21-23 (NIV)

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: This sermon is about God’s ability and faithfulness to bring his word to pass.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s help our children to Learn to trust that God will do what he said he will do.

RESPONSIVE READING: #567---The Birth of Jesus

NOTE:—

This Sunday is the last Sunday we will meet before Christmas and the Sunday School will be putting on heir Christmas program at 9:30 AM. Please come out and support that program.

Also, this Wednesday evening, we will be visiting Bethel AME (Lynn) to join in their Christmas Pageant. I am asking that you as well as those that come to prayer meeting join us for that program.

Bless you saints,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 12/12/2010

Praise the lord saints! I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the one who died so that we could live!  Hallelujah!

In our preaching and teaching focus we are continuing on the quarterly theme of “Assuring Hope.” This week we will consider the lesson on the Lord who is our God from Isaiah 41&42. Our preaching focus will be from chapter 42, vs. 3.  Here is the text…

TEXT: Isaiah 42:3

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: This sermon is about God being able to depend on God.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s help our children to Learn to depend on God in their difficult times in life.

RESPONSIVE READING: #596---Faith

NOTE:—

The Zion Church Business Meeting is tonight (Thursday December 9th) at 7 PM. Please come out and support the business of the church. And let's continue to pray for one another. i thank God for you.

 -- 
Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 12/05/2010

Praise the lord saints! I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Salvation.  In our preaching and teaching focus, we are now moving from the fall quarter to the winter quarter. Our new quarterly theme is: “Assuring Hope” and considers ways that God Reassures us. Our texts this quarter will come from the books of Isaiah and Mark.

This week we will consider the lesson on God Who Gives us Strength from Isaiah 40. Here is the text…

TEXT: Isaiah 40:1-8, 25-26, 29-31  

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.  2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.  5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together.  For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. 6 A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.   7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them.  Surely the people are grass.   8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”

25  “To whom will you compare me?  Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.  26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?  He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name.  Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: This sermon is about God encouraging and strengthening his people.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s help our children to Learn to see God even in their difficult times in life.

RESPONSIVE READING: #612 God’s Everlasting Mercies

NOTE:—

The Homegoing and Life Celebration Service for Willie Cooper will begin at Zion Baptist Church with the wake on Thursday from 6-8 PM, funeral service Friday morning at 10 AM, followed by a repast after internment at Pine Grove Cemetery.  Please keep the family in prayer and if you are part of the choir and able to come and support us, please do.

Beloved, I thank God for each of you and ask that we continue to keep each other lifted up in prayer.

Pastor W. C. Hill