Community News: Good Friday & Easter Sunday!

Jesus Christ died on the cross for all of us so that we may be forgiven for our sins. He died on the cross and resurrected three days later. We recgnize his sacrifice on Good Friday which is this friday April 6 and his resurrection on Easter Sunday which is this Sunday April 8. All are welcome this week. The day of Jesus Christ's crucifixion there were seven main things he said on the cross stated in the bible titled the last seven words of Jesus, but they are really sentences. On Good Friday these last seven words are explained in the message/preaching.

Jesus' last seven words were:

1. "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." Luke 23:34

2. "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." Luke 23:43

3. "Jesus said to his mother: "Woman, this is your son". Then he said to the disciple: "This is your mother." John 19:26-27

4. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34

5. "I thirst" John 19:28

6. "It is finished" John 19:30

7. "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit" Luke 23:46

When Jesus resurrected three days later the holes in his hands and feet still showed not because Jesus wanted them to stay there. He has all the power to heal them but he keeps them so that we remember that He died for us. By coming to our Good Friday and Easter Sunday services you can learn more about Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

Our Purpose and Commitment

Purpose

• Bring diverse people together.



• To experience God through worship of His Son Jesus Christ.



• To discover with fellowship, develop by discipleship and apply in ministry their God given talents and abilities.



• To live and share God's Word, through evangelism in the power of the Holy Spirit.



• Seeking those we can, across the generations, in English and Spanish;



• Beginning where we live, throughout New York City and New Jersey;



• Responsibly and effectively, administering His resources.

Commitment

INCLUDE YOU:

Monte Sion seeks to INCLUDE you in our circle of care and love, by bringing you to a deep and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ and our local church.

TEACH YOU:

Monte Sion seeks to TEACH you as a new believer to apply the habits, disciplines, and principles of a true disciple.

TRAIN YOU:

Monte Sion seeks to TRAIN you as a maturing believer to discover and develop you unique God-given gifts and talents.

MOBILIZE YOU:

Monte Sion seeks to MOBILIZE you as a mature believer by investing you in ministry, leadership, and mission.

Community News: Movie Night!

Just last month we have started a once a month event called Christian Movie Night. The fourth Saturday of the month we will show a movie that contains christian values and morals or stories from the bible. The first movie we showed was The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson on March 24. We invited our friends and families that don't go to church and they learned about Jesus' sacrifice for us demonstrated in this movie. I will continue to create new posts when we announce our next movie night. We show the movies in the basement of our church through a projector and it looks very clear and big to give the ambiance of a real movie theater. We serve popcorn, various chips, sodas, and juices. After watching the movie our pastor summarizes the movie and explains anything if needed. He discusses the christian value demonstrated in the movie and the importance of it. For our first movie night it was a great success.

About My Community

I live in the Lower East Side (L.E.S) of Manhattan. However, what I like to call my community is my church, Monte Sion Christian Church. Monte Sion grew out of a burden placed in the hearts of three godly men Christmas Eve 1949. This passion was to minister in Spanish to the growing number of Puerto Rican and Dominican souls who were moving between 14th street and Houston Street in the lower East Side of Manhattan. Now Monte Sion is a mix of native-born Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Ecuadorians, with their first and second-generation New York born and raised children. We are reaching out to the changing Lower Manhattan community by means of ministering in Spanish and English. We have evaluated different contemporary and traditional worship and ministry in the Holy Spirit, to become a truly bilingual multicultural congregation.........and we have. We have had many people who were apart of other religions such as Muslims, Jehovah witnesses, and catholics convert to Christianity and accept Jesus Christ into their lives.

Here is our church's website where you can view the schedule of our services, monthly calenders, read about Jesus Christ, and listen to some of our pastor's messages/preachings. http://www.montesionchristianchurch.org/ Through our website there is also a link to our council's website.