Mt. Zion UMC Monday Bulletin, March 8, 2010

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

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Sermon: "Courage to Risk" - Rev. Edgar De Jesus

Esther 4:1-17 "When Mordecai learned what had been done, he ripped his clothes to shreds and put on sackcloth and ashes. Then he went out in the streets of the city crying out in loud and bitter cries. He came only as far as the King's Gate, for no one dressed in sackcloth was allowed to enter the King's Gate. As the king's order was posted in every province, there was loud lament among the Jews-fasting, weeping, wailing. And most of them stretched out on sackcloth and ashes. Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her. The queen was stunned. She sent fresh clothes to Mordecai so he could take off his sackcloth but he wouldn't accept them. Esther called for Hathach, one of the royal eunuchs whom the king had assigned to wait on her, and told him to go to Mordecai and get the full story of what was happening. So Hathach went to Mordecai in the town square in front of the King's Gate. Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him. He also told him the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to deposit in the royal bank to finance the massacre of the Jews. Mordecai also gave him a copy of the bulletin that had been posted in Susa ordering the massacre so he could show it to Esther when he reported back with instructions to go to the king and intercede and plead with him for her people. Hathach came back and told Esther everything Mordecai had said. Esther talked it over with Hathach and then sent him back to Mordecai with this message: "Everyone who works for the king here, and even the people out in the provinces, knows that there is a single fate for every man or woman who approaches the king without being invited: death. The one exception is if the king extends his gold scepter; then he or she may live. And it's been thirty days now since I've been invited to come to the king." When Hathach told Mordecai what Esther had said, Mordecai sent her this message: "Don't think that just because you live in the king's house you're the one Jew who will get out of this alive. If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this." Esther sent back her answer to Mordecai: "Go and get all the Jews living in Susa together. Fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, either day or night. I and my maids will fast with you. If you will do this, I'll go to the king, even though it's forbidden. If I die, I die." Mordecai left and carried out Esther's instructions."

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• Click here for the 2010 Stewardship Form. Please fill out and return to any member of the Evangelism Committee.
• Circle 3 is in need of wrapped candy (no peanuts or peanut butter) to stuff inside the Easter Eggs. Candy may be placed on the bench outside of the Pastor's Study or given to Kate Holeman. Candy needs to be at the Church no later than Sunday, March 21st.
• The Girl Scouts will continue to sell Girl Scout Cookies until March 12th.
• Revival
  Sunday, March 21 through Wednesday, March 24
  Supper at 6:00 pm, Worship at 7:30 pm
  Sunday - Youth Night with Pastor Justin Allison
  Monday - Dr. Tom Holtsclaw
  Tuesday - Dr. Tom Holtsclaw
  Wednesday - Healing Service with Rev. Carol Dean
• Pecans are available for sale ($8/bag). Pls. contact any member of UMW Circle 2.
• Sign up or contact Larry Davis to help as Sunday School Devotional Leader for 2010.
• New Fellowship Hall
  Balance Owed: $307,986.07
  Monthly Loan Payment: $3,862.29
  (This will now be updated monthly)

• March 17 - 1:00 - 3:00 pm Cheerful Hearts
• March 17 - 6:45 pm Prayer Meeting
• March 21 - 12:00 noon Covenant & Accountability Team Lunch Fellowship
• March 21 - 2:00 - 4:00 pm Confirmation Class
• March 21 - 2:30 - 4:00 pm Bible Study Wesley Class
• March 21 - 7:30 pm Revival - Youth Night with Pastor Justin Allison
• March 22 - 7:30 pm Revival - Dr. Tom Holtsclaw
• March 23 - 7:30 pm Revival - Dr. Tom Holtsclaw
• March 24 - 7:30 pm Revival - Healing Service with Rev. Carol Dean
• March 27 - District Workday at the MERCI Center
• March 28 - Palm Sunday

Birthdays March 9 - Rennie Salata March 9 - Everett Willman March 12 - Anna Jones March 12 - Eli Pavlovich March 15 - Misha Price March 15 - Paul Solomon	Anniversaries March 12 - Larry & Barbara Dowell
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