Sunday February 3, 2013 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Focused Solely on Christ

Devotional Reading: Ephesians 1:17-23
Background Scripture: Colossians 1

Colossians 1:12-23
12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation — 23if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Key Verse
” For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him” —Colossians 1:19

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Wednesday night             6:30- 7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday January 20, 2013 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Knowing Jesus Christ

Devotional Reading: Matthew 13:44-46
Background Scripture: Philippians 3:1-11

Philippians 3:1-11
1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
2Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. 3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh — 4though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.
7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ — the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Key Verse
” But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.,” —Philippians 3:7

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

January Memory Verse:     “Therefor, if any one is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
—2 Corinthians 5:17  (NIV)

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Wednesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday January 13, 2013 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Proclaiming Christ

Devotional Reading: Psalm 119:169-176
Background Scripture: Philippians 1

Philippians 1:12-26
12Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. 13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard£ and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly.
15It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. 16The latter do so in love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.£ 18But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, 19for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.£ 20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. 25Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, 26so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me.

Key Verse
” The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,” —Philippians 1:18

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

January Memory Verse:

“Therefor, if any one is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
—2 Corinthians 5:17  (NIV)

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Wednesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 16, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Part of One Body in Christ

Devotional Reading: Romans 12:3-8
Background Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Ephesians 4:1-16
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called — 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8This is why it says:
    “When he ascended on high,
    he led captives in his train
    and gave gifts to men.”
9(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Key Verse
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism. —Ephesians 4:4, 5

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

December Memory Verse:

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 9, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: One in Jesus Christ

Devotional Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21
Background Scripture: Ephesians 2, 3

Ephesians 2:11-22
11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men) — 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Key Verse
21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. —Ephesians 2:21

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

Deacon Ordination 4:00pm

Rev Frank Murray preaching

December Memory Verse:                                                                                                                        “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 2, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Blessed in Christ

Devotional Reading: Psalm 33:8-12
Background Scripture: Ephesians 1

Ephesians 1:3-14

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵ he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace ⁸ that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, ⁹ he^[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, ¹⁰ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

¹¹ In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, ¹² in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. ¹³ And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,¹⁴ who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

Key Verse:
He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. —Ephesians 1:5, 6

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

December Memory Verse:                                                                                                                                “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night                6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night               7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 25, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Paul Evangelizes in Rome

Devotional Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-40
Background Scripture: Acts 28:11-31

Acts 28:16, 17, 23-31

16When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
17Three days later he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 1Key Verse
His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him.

23They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. From morning till evening he explained and declared to them the kingdom of God and tried to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. 24Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. 25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your forefathers when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
26    “‘Go to this people and say,
    “You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27    For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
    Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
    and turn, and I would heal them.’
28“Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
30For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

November Memory Verse
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.--Prov 3:5

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night                6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night               7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 18, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Paul Ministers on Malta

Devotional Reading: Ezekiel 34:11-16
Background Scripture: Acts 28:1-10

Acts 28:1-10
1Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and for three days entertained us hospitably. 8His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10They honored us in many ways and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

Key Verse
His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. —Acts 28:8

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

November Memory Verse
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.--Prov 3:5

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 11, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Paul Survives a Shipwreck

Devotional Reading: Romans 1:13-17
Background Scripture: Acts 27

Acts 27:1, 2, 33-44
1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 2We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
33Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food — you haven’t eaten anything. 34Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.” 35After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. 36They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37Altogether there were 276 of us on board. 38When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. 40Cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. 41But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.
42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. 43But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. 44The rest were to get there on planks or on pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land in safety.

Key Verse
In this way everyone reached land safely. —Acts 27:44

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

November Memory Verse
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.--Prov 3:5

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 4, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Paul Testifies Before King Agrippa

Devotional Reading: Acts 23:1-11
Background Scripture: Acts 25, 26

Acts 26:19-32
19“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. 20First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds. 21That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. 22But I have had God’s help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen — 23that the Christ£ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”
24At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”
25“I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”
29Paul replied, “Short time or long — I pray God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”
30The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them. 31They left the room, and while talking with one another, they said, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”
32Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Key Verse
“I am not insane, most excellent Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable.” —Acts 26:25

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

November Memory Verse:                                                                                Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.--Prov 3:5

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Special note: Day Light Savings Time Ends

This Sunday is the end of Daylight Savings Time, We "fall back" and turn the back an hour at 2 a.m.

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday October 28, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Title: Philip Baptizes a Man from Ethiopia

Devotional Reading: Isaiah 56:1-8
Background Scripture: Acts 8:26-39

Acts 8:26-39
26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road — the desert road — that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian£ eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet. 29The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31“How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:
    “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33    In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”
34The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. Why shouldn’t I be baptized?” 38And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

Key Verse
As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” —Acts 8:36

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am
Mission Sunday
Minister Andre Bennett preaching

October Memory Verse:                                                                                                                     
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”                                                                    2 Timothy 2:15

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday October 21, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Lesson Title: Simon Wants to Buy Power

Devotional Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Background Scripture: Acts 8:2-25

Background Scripture: Acts 8:9-25
9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city. 13When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 14They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) 16and said, “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus — 17he was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
18(With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
20“For,” said Peter, “it is written in the book of Psalms,
    “‘May his place be deserted;
    let there be no one to dwell in it,’
and,
    “‘May another take his place of leadership.’
21Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
23So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen 25to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”

Key Verse
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money. —Acts 8:18

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

October Memory Verse:                                                                                                                      “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”                                                                    2 Timothy 2:15

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 30, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Faith Instills Love

Devotional Reading: John 13:31-35
Background Scripture: Hebrews 13; 1 Corinthians 13

Hebrews 13:1-3, 6
1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Key Verse
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night     6:30- 7:30 PM (except 9-25-2012)
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 23, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Lesson title: Faith Inspires Gratitude

Devotional Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-7

Background Scripture: Hebrews 12:14-29

Sunday School Text: Hebrews 12:18-29 (NIV)
18You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”£ 21The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”£
22But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? 26At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

Pastor's 10th Anniversary Celebration follows at 3:30 pm

Guest preacher; Rev. Gerald E.Bell, pastor, Strong Tower Ministries, Boston

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                    Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                         Tuesday night                  7:30- 8:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 16, 2012 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Lesson title: Faith Empowers Endurance

Devotional Reading: James 5:7-11

Background Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-13

Sunday School Text: Hebrews 12:1-11

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Service 11:00am

Pastor William C Hill preaching

Usher Ministry Annual Day service follows at 3:30 pm

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 9/9/2012

Give glory to God Saints, give glory to God! Just like that summer is over and we are back to our regular schedule. It's Home coming Sunday and we have an array of activities planned for young and old. Remember Sunday School restarts at 9:30 AM.

In our preaching this Sunday, we are going to look at one verse of scripture from the prophet Joel.  Here is the text...

Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the Lord is coming, For it is at hand:(NKJV)

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  To call and encourage the people of God to move with us into our God ordained future and give the Saints three ways to do it.

SEPTEMBER MEMORY VERSE:  2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. (NIV)

NOTE: The dress for this Sunday is casual, cook-out, fun, food, and fellowship after service.

Bless you people of God.

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 9/2/2012

Praise the Lord for our God who is faithful, created us in His image, is willing to walk with us and talk with us, and tell us that we are his own. I'm glad we serve that kind of God. He has brought us through another challenging week and I don't know about you, but I agree with the song writer that says "never would have made it without you." Thank you Lord!

This Sunday in our preaching we are going to move forward again in the Gospel of Mark. Here is the text...
MARK 10:46-52 (KJV)
Mar 10:46  And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mar 10:47  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mar 10:48  And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mar 10:49  And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Mar 10:50  And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
Mar 10:51  And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Mar 10:52  And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  moving from desperation to blessing

SEPTEMBER MEMORY VERSE:  2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. (NIV)

Let us continue to pray for and love one another with the love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Yours in Christian service and love,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 8/26/2012

Praise the Lord people of God..."this is a day that the lord has made, let's rejoice and be glad in it!" There is nothing in your life right now that God can't handle, give it to him (and don't take it back!), and then watch the glory of God. Bless you and I'm praying for you.
This Sunday in our preaching we are going to again look at the Gospel of Mark, as Jesus teaches an important lesson for the serious Christian to consider. Here is the text...

Mark 4:1-20 (KJV)
Mar 4:1  And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
Mar 4:2  And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Mar 4:3  Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Mar 4:4  And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
Mar 4:5  And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Mar 4:6  But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Mar 4:7  And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Mar 4:8  And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Mar 4:9  And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mar 4:10  And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Mar 4:11  And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Mar 4:12  That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Mar 4:13  And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Mar 4:14  The sower soweth the word.
Mar 4:15  And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Mar 4:16  And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
Mar 4:17  And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
Mar 4:18  And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
Mar 4:19  And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Mar 4:20  And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  This is a call to consider what we are doing with the word of God.

AUGUST MEMORY VERSE:   But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.  1 John 1:9

In Christian Love and service,

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 8/19/2012

To God be the glory for all of the great things that He has done...thank you Lord. let me encourage each of you, that in spite of what your circumstance might be right now, remember that you have a God that loves you and the fruit of that love is Jesus Christ, the one that saves us, raises us, and makes us whole. Hallelujah!

This Sunday in our preaching we are going to move forward in on the Gospel of Mark. Here is the text...
Mark 3:1-5 (KJV)
Mar 3:1  And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Mar 3:2  And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
Mar 3:3  And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Mar 3:4  And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mar 3:5  And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  Our God who restores us.

AUGUST MEMORY VERSE:   But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.  1 John 1:9
Zion,

Let us continue to pray for and love one another with the love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 8/12/2012

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, for we know that all good things come from above. Bless you, the people of God. This week in our preaching we are going to look in on the Gospel of Mark. Here is the text...
 
Mark 1:40-45 (KJV)
40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  The challenges and fruit of our faith meeting our uncertainty.

AUGUST MEMORY VERSE:   But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.  1 John 1:9

Let's continue to pray for each other and strive to advance the Kingdom of God together.

In Christian love,

Pastor W.C. Hill