Church guide

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” - Hebrews 10:24-25 About this verse Mark Dever writes “... for us to repeatedly and regularly gather... gives shape to following Jesus and helping others follow Jesus.” We gather for worship on Sunday AM: Sunday School 9:30 Worship service 10:30 Come, let’s follow Jesus together.

There will be church this evening, Feb 20th, at North Mt. Zion and the vans will run as usual.

Good morning on this Lord’s day, it’s a good day for the people of the church to gather together to worship the Lord Jesus and encourage one another. Come on out as we continue sermon series through Deuteronomy, as Pastor Brent preaches through chapters 8-10. Sunday School 9:30 Worship service 10:30 And come have a meal after church with us today too!

“Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.” - John 5:24

Christ-centered repentance and forgiveness is something to be heard and applied, not just once, but for the entirety of the disciple’s life. — Jonathan Dodson

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus— the great Shepherd of the sheep— through the blood of the everlasting covenant, equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen - Hebrews 13:20-21 We echo the prayers of the author of Hebrews as a church for one another. We exist to declare the supremacy of Christ in our lives, work and families. It is only because and through Christ that we can do this, so to Him be the glory today!

Good Morning, we want to invite you out to gather with us as we worship our Lord Jesus. Sunday School at 9:30 Worship Service at 10:30 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. - 1 Peter 2:9–10

Because of the extreme cold, we’ve cancelled church activities tomorrow evening. Spread the word and stay warm!

Sunday service for tomorrow January 20th have been cancelled due to the inclement weather. The Putnam County Sheriff has placed the county under a Level Two (2) Snow Emergency indicating that the roads are dangerous and only necessary travel should be attempted. The Annual Meeting scheduled for in the evening has been rescheduled to next Sunday, Lord willing. Please stay home and stay safe. God Bless. If there is a spiritual need please4 contact Pastor Brent at the Senior Parsonage 419-596-3999.

Just a reminder, friends, we will be having our Colossians 3:16 service tomorrow. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. - Colossians 3:16 Come with something to share!

Due to an illness (our poor Anna has a temp), the game night at the parsonage has been cancelled. Have a safe, healthy and happy New Year! For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: - Ecclesiastes 3:1 -Pastor Joey

In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, he describes the church as the “Palace Beautiful”, not because he marveled at the European cathedral structures, but because he loved the people he was joined to in his local congregation. As one who endured hardships, Bunyan had experienced the value of being a part of a local body. Here is Bunyan’s description: “But while he was thus bewailing his unhappy miscarriage, he lift up his eyes, and behold there was a very stately palace before him, the name of which was Beautiful; and it stood just by the highway side.” Yes, we the people of NMZ are broken and sinful people but we have been redeemed by God and the Holy Spirit indwells us; therefore we have the ability to love one another like God loves us. So, God’s people loving God’s people is certainly a beautiful thing. If you don’t have a church home, we’d love to be it. Come join us as we worship the Resurrected Jesus. Sunday School @ 9:30 Sunday Worship @ 10:30 Sunday Evening @ 6:00 Wednesday night @ 6:30 Grace and Peace -Pastor Joey

Just wanted to update everyone regarding the results of our Operation Christmas Child Shoe box Project. On Monday, November 12th we delivered 91 shoeboxes to the collection center for delivery to the processing center in Atlanta. A special thank you to each of you who put together a shoebox to be distributed to some less fortunate soul somewhere in this world. While we may never know in this life who received the shoebox you prepared with love we do know that each box is dedicated to bringing joy and hope in this lost world. I would love to be able to post here where a particular box went if you indicated a desire to know where your box ends up. Please let Phyllis or me know if you setup tracking on your box. Again, God Bless each of you for the time, love and sacrifice of funds to fill each shoebox. This 91 number was up from the 72 a year ago. In His love working together, Dich and Phyllis Healy Project Leaders

Due to the ice and snow, the Christmas set building planned for tonight has been cancelled. Stay safe, stay warm!

This is a good article to go along with our current sermon series. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/faithful-church-age-expressive-individualism/

Attention 18-25 year olds of NMZ, I need your help! With the growing need to continue to develop the young adults after they finish high school, and because of recent success of the last two graduating classes through the work of the Lord via people of joy club and youth group ministries, a college and career age ministry has become a need in the church for those ages 18-25. This ministry exists to bridge the gap between high school ministry and the life of the church during a time when most people leave the church for a period of time, in order to serve as protection from the world during vulnerable years. Therefore, as we develop this ministry, we need your help in order to make it the most effective and how it can fit into your schedule. The best way for you to help us, is to answer this questionnaire to help determine when, where and how we ought to run this ministry. Thanks in advance. What day of the week and what time would best work for you to meet? (Tuesday and Wednesday nights excluded) What kind of meeting would you prefer? Small group Service (with music and such) Lecture (kind of like Sunday School) Where do you want to meet? The church Pastor Joey’s A Coffee Shop What material do you want to go through (you can pick more than one option) Verse by Verse through a book of the Bible Book Study Topical Should we have ourselves a name and what? (For example in WV when we did a ministry like this we called it “The Shelter”) If you could answer these as soon as possible that would be best. You can either text me or email me ( [email protected]) your answers or turn in a physical copy on my desk at the church. Grace and Peace -Pastor Joey

The Baltimore missions has arrived back from the Agape House, praise the Lord. Here is a photo of our team with the whole Baltimore team. What an incredible week, with incredible people to the Glory of an Awesome God.

John Prowant

Andrea Snow

Grace Rieman

Pastor Brent message Title: Instruction in Christian Living with the scripture text of I Thessalonians 4:9-12 Special music provided by Mrs Erin Doenges