Zion Inside Out

This is a shortened version of the promotional video made in November. See the longer version at church until lent 2008.

Kick Off Meal & Concert January 13

Kick off the 40 Days in Toe-tappin’ Gospel Style

Zion members, family and friends from the community are invited to the kick off events for the 40 Days of Community on January 13.

Special gospel music at 8:30 from Zion’s Senior Choir and bell choirs.

Monroe Crossing & Jubilee will participate in the 10:30 worship service.

After the 10:30 service, make plans to stay at Zion for a down-home cookin’ (catered by Reds) meal. There will be a minimal cost for the meal to cover expenses ($5 individual / $20 family).

Then plan to stay after the meal to hear a wonderful concert by Monroe Crossing at 1:00pm. A great way to warm up a cold January day! Take time to invite friends and neighbors for this special Sunday or consider tickets as a unique Christmas gift ($15 adults / $12 students & seniors / $45 family).

Tickets for both events are available from the church office or online, tickets purchased online will be held at the door:

Prayer Chain

There are blank prayer strips available at the Zion Inside and Out 40 Days of Community Prayer booth. Take one if you have a prayer that you would like added to the Prayer Chain being displayed from the ceiling in Zion’s halls. Completed prayers can be returned to the folder in the booth.

Prayer requests can also be added on this site and volunteers will print them out and attach them to the chain.

Together We can Make a Difference!

Lent is early this year, so40 Days of Community is just around the corner, with the “Kickoff” on January 13th.

40 Days of Community is designed to answer the question, “What on earth are WE here for?” and gives participants the opportunity to not only learn about why God calls us to be connected in community with each other, but why it is also important to serve our community together.

For six weeks the small groups will gather in homes or at church, watch a weekly video teaching session and review and discuss our 40 Days devotional book. Then participants will take action on what you are learning by doing a community service project together. Small Group Hosts are needed. Anyone can be a host at church or in their home, whichever works the best.

Stop by the 40 Days Booth—“Zion Inside Out”, in the Narthex, to sign up or to ask questions. Additional information is also available at the booth. The goal is to turn our church inside out by growing together within and reaching out to help others in our Community.

To take part in a Small Group, stop by the “Zion Inside Out” Booth and sign up. It doesn’t matter if you are single, married, divorced, male, female, with or without kids, young or young at heart, there is a small group for you! What type of group would you like to join? Groups are starting to form now. Invite a friends, family and neighbors and take advantage of this opportunity together.

A Prayer for Thanksgiving Day

Almighty God, our Creator, Redeemer and Eternal Companion, we come to you overwhelmed by the goodness you bestow on us without limits.

On this special day, we recall how you blessed our forefathers who came to this wonderful land seeking freedom to worship without restraint or hindrance.

We are immeasurably grateful for our heritage. We pray that our faith may be as fervent as the faith of those who left everything for a land strange to them and where they were strangers to the natives.

Therefore, we gather as grateful benefactors of your pilgrim servants who paid a costly price to glorify you and serve you faithfully. For them, we give you our deepest gratitude mindful of that first Thanksgiving meal shared by newcomers and natives. We gather around our tables as family and friends.

We come to you in love and great appreciation for your constant grace and gifts bestowed upon us. The abundant and beautiful food before us is the most lovely and present evidence.

Ever-giving and ever-loving God, we humbly thank you for all your benefits. We wish only one thing more. May we have the honor of your presence? Be our Guest that we may know that we have had fellowship with you and with one another.

In the name of your greatest gift to us, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.

God’s Presence

Pray that the Holy Spirit will confirm in each life that He is present and has called each person to participate during the 40 Days of Community.
Pray that those who are discouraged would be encouraged by a new understanding of how to live life in community with others.
Pray for those who are emotionally, physically, and spiritually weary, to experience renewed strength and healing.
Pray for the prayer concerns on the 40 Days of Community prayer chain.

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God” Mark 10:27

40 Days of Community
Prayer Team

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Paul writes in Colossians 4:2, “ Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”

Paul first encourages us to be consistent in prayer. When he says “devote yourselves to prayer,” the word devote means “to persist at.” It means “to remain at something” or “to cling to something” or “to continually be available for something.” It was used in reference to boats that were continually available for service.

As we read Scripture, we discover a very crucial reason for devoting ourselves to prayer: We have the unspeakable privilege of having immediate and welcome access to God and His power to change things!

As we approach God in prayer we “tap into” his unlimited power and resources. The result is that God responds. Our prayers matter.

Heavenly Father, be with each of us that we daily go to you in prayer with thanksgiving for what you have provided us and concerns for what is on our minds and in our hearts. In Jesus Name, AMEN