Mt. Zion UMC Monday Bulletin, December 7, 2009

"Sharing Christ, Making Disciples, Transforming our Community and the World"

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Sermon: "Without Prayer..." - Rev. Edgar De Jesus

John 17:9-24 "I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

'I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. "

Please pray for those on our Prayer List

• 40 Days of Prayer
  Scripture Meditation on Prayer (December 6-12)
  2 Samuel 12
  Isaiah 55:11
  Hebrews 11:1
  John 14:23
  Mark 6:1-6
  James 1:5-8
  Matthew 21:22
  
  Intentional Prayer Times
  1. Every night @ 6pm, each family at Mt. Zion UMC are invited to pray together.
  2. Everday @ 12 noon, each member of Mt. Zion UMC are invited to pray.
  3. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday from 6:45-7:30 @ Believers Classroom
  4. Worship Services will be bathed with prayers before, during and after worship services.
  5. All church meetings and gatherings will start and end with prayer.
• Christmas Play Practice Saturday, December 12th 10:00 - 11:30 am.
• The UMYF is sponsoring a Christmas Bake Sale on Sunday, December 13 after the Christmas Play.
• Inter-Church Mail-- let the UMYF help you deliver your Christmas cards to others in the church. We will set up a post office box at the back entrance, connecting the breezeway to new fellowship hall. There will be two slots, one for donations and one for your mail. Please have all mail in the box by December 15th for a December 20th delivery.
• Beginning Sunday, November 22nd, Circle 3 will be collecting hats, mittens, gloves, scarfs, underwear and socks. The tree is set up across from the handicapped door as you enter the Educational Building. Items will be handed out to Person County Children via the School Counselors as they see the need. Blessings to you all during this Christmas season. Circle 3
• Coat Drive-Thanks to all who have donated for Christian Help Center. We delivered 15 coats and 3 sweaters. We will be collecting coats right up until Christmas. So if you haven't cleaned out your closet yet... you still have time! Please put them in the bin outside the Pastor's office. Thanks, UMW Circle 3
• New Fellowship Hall
  Balance Owed: $326,631.59
  Monthly Loan Payment: $3,862.29
  (This will now be updated monthly)

• December 14 - 7:00 pm Communications Committee Meeting
• December 14 - 7:00 pm Scouting Committee Meeting
• December 15 - 10:00 am Preschool Christmas Program
• December 15 - 7:00 pm Christian Help Center Board Meeting
• December 16 - 11:00 am Cheerful Hearts Christmas Fellowship
• December 16 - 6:45 pm Prayer Meeting
• December 20 - Fourth Sunday of Advent
• December 20 - 10:55 am Christmas Cantata
• December 20 - 4:00 pm UMYF Meeting
• December 24 - 8:30 pm Christmas Eve Communion & Candlelight Service
• December 25 - Christmas Day
• December 27 - No Early Service
• December 27 - 10:55 am New Year's Eve Service

Birthdays December 10 - Jessica Holeman December 12 - Dustin Ellis December 13 - Wayne Wrenn	Anniversaries December 9 - Chuck & Pam Rodgers
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