May 2022
A newsletter of Zion Hill Baptist Church
THE LIU (pronounced LEE-UU)
Still Praying – A Reaffirmation of Prayer Power
Reverend Gloria Wilson
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hat did Jesus do for us? He died a cruel death on the cross to save us from our sins; however, before His Journey to the cross, He prayed. Zion Hill’s 150th Church Anniversary (Sesquicentennial) featured another segment of the year-long celebration. The Thursday, April 14, 2022 worship service focused on “What He Did” and “What We Still Do.” Prayer served as the mandate during the Last Supper, remained the mandate in the Garden of Gethsemane and continues as What We Still Do at Zion Hill in obedience to God. We witnessed Jesus’s journey of prayer
Reverend Michael Martin
Elder Leidra Dunson
Deacon Norman Johnson
Deacon Reda Pierre
from praying and sharing the Last Supper with his disciples to his prayers for them and for His Father’s will in the Garden of Gethsemane. The prayers from His human
on L. Parker welcomed worshippers with a call to prayer and noted the thoughts of Christian writer Max Lucado. Lucado says, as told to us by Pastor Parker, “Sometimes
“ We witnessed Jesus’s journey of prayer from praying and
sharing the Last Supper with his disciples to his prayers for them and for His Father’s will in the Garden of Gethsemane.”
side asked His Father if His “bitter cup” of Crucifixion could pass; however, in the same prayer he accepted the will of His Father. Before the opening prayer, Pastor Aar-
our prayers are awkward, sometimes they are feeble, but you know what, that doesn’t matter because the power of prayer is not in the one who prays the prayer, but it is in (continued on page 3)