Sharon Chapel AME Zion Church

05/31/2026

🌸 Missionary Sunday at Sharon AME Zion Church 🌸

We had a wonderful Missionary Sunday filled with fellowship, service, and celebration! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Prayer Breakfast and Parade of BUDs.

A special welcome and thank you to our visitors from Illinois who came to check on their Aunt Elsie Watkins. We were blessed by your presence.

Congratulations to our King, Little Mr. Caden Kelly and our Queen Adayah Sims. 👑👸🏽

Thanks to our PUSH Ministry for sharing household goods with families in the congregation!

What a beautiful day of faith, fellowship, and service!

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05/31/2026

05/31/2026

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05/30/2026

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05/29/2026

Join us in celebrating Coach Kiera Draine on being named Star Teacher at Velma Jackson High School! 🌟📚

This recognition is a true reflection of your dedication, passion, and commitment to shaping the lives of students each and every day. Your hard work, encouragement, and leadership continue to make a lasting impact both inside and outside the classroom.

Sharon Chapel AME Zion Church is so proud of you and grateful for the difference you make in the lives of young people. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor! 🎉🍎

05/28/2026

The Church Alive
📖 Acts 2:1-5

There comes a moment when we have to stop and honestly ask ourselves: “Was this done in my strength, or in God’s power?”

The early church did not become alive because of talent, status, or human ability. The church came alive when the Holy Spirit showed up! Fire fell, lives changed, and ordinary people were empowered to do extraordinary things through God.

Sometimes we become comfortable doing only what we can manage. But God never called us to live limited by our own strength. Faith requires dependence on Him.

“If everything you’ve done, you were able to do, God ain’t in it!!”

When God is truly in it, there will be moments that stretch you beyond your comfort zone. There will be doors that open you couldn’t have opened. There will be strength you didn’t know you had, peace you can’t explain, and victories that only God could receive credit for.
The Church Alive is not powered by personalities, programs, or popularity, it is powered by the presence of God.

Today, don’t just ask God to bless what you can already handle. Ask Him to move in ways that remind you that without Him, none of it is possible.

🙏🏽 Prayer:
Lord, breathe fresh fire into Your people again. Help us not to rely on our own abilities, wisdom, or strength, but fully depend on the power of the Holy Spirit. Stretch our faith beyond what we can accomplish on our own. Let our churches, homes, and communities reflect Your presence and not just our effort. Revive us, renew us, and remind us that when You are in it, anything is possible. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

✨ Sharon Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church

05/27/2026

🌿 The Church Alive
📖 Acts 2:1-5

The early church was not alive because of programs, popularity, or performance. The church was alive because the presence of God filled the people! When the Holy Spirit entered the room, everything changed. Fear turned into faith, silence turned into boldness, and ordinary people became powerful witnesses for Christ.

Today, we must ask ourselves a serious question: Is God satisfied with what we’re doing?

Are we simply going through routines, or are we truly allowing God to move through us? The church should not just gather, it should live, breathe, pray, love, serve, and reflect the power of God in the earth.
God is not impressed with empty motions. He desires hearts that are surrendered, worship that is genuine, and people who are willing to be used for His glory. A church alive is a church filled with prayer, unity, compassion, and the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Before we point fingers at others, let us examine ourselves. Are we building God’s Kingdom or our own comfort? Are we seeking His will or our own recognition? The same Spirit that moved in Acts 2 is still moving today, and God is still calling His people to arise and live!

🙏🏽 Prayer:
Father, awaken Your people again. Search our hearts and help us to become the church You desire us to be. Remove anything in us that does not please You, and fill us afresh with Your Holy Spirit. Let our worship be real, our love be genuine, and our lives reflect Your power and glory. Revive our churches, our homes, and our communities so the world may see that You are alive and moving among Your people. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

05/26/2026

🔥 The Church Alive 🔥�📖 Acts 2:1-5

The Church becomes alive when we stop depending on ourselves and start depending on the power of God! Too often we try to move in our own strength, talents, and abilities, but God is not impressed with what we can do without Him. Apart from Him, we are nothing.

God will shut some things down because He’s not interested in your abilities which are none, but your abilities in Him who gives you your being! When the Holy Spirit moved in Acts 2, the disciples were no longer operating in fear or flesh, they were empowered by Heaven!

This is your reminder today: stop striving in your own power. Let God breathe on your life again. The same Spirit that filled the upper room can fill your home, your heart, your ministry, and your purpose. The Church is alive when the Spirit of God is moving!

🙏 Prayer:�Lord, breathe fresh life into us again. Remove pride, fear, and self-dependence. Fill us with Your Spirit so we may walk boldly in Your purpose. Let Your power flow through us and awaken Your Church to be alive, active, and effective in this generation. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

✨ “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost...” — Acts 2:4