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CHURCH STAFF

dave smith SENIOR PASTOR sam chetty LOCAL MISSION

tim cross FAMILY LIFEwilliam hurtado YOUTH PASTOR

wolf jedamski FOREIGN MISSION, CHURCH ADMIN. ken norton FELLOWSHIP & YOUNG ADULTS

cherie smith VISITATION & PRAYERcarole verrill CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

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sherrie williams COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

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vol . 29 no. 23 November 27, 2013

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THE MISSION of the Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church

is to bring all people to a saving relationship with Jesus and grow

them for God’s glory.

HOPE BEHIND BARSb y S u z a n n e H u n t

R E F L E C T I O N S V E S P E R Sb y C h e r i e S m i t h

The holiday season is usually a time when family and friends gather. Sadly, this year there are at least 117 of our members and their families who will have an empty chair as they gather because in 2013 they lost a family member to death.

Grief counselor Alan Wolfelt encourages people to remember because “remember-ing the person I have loved does allow me to slowly heal. Healing does not mean I forget. Actually it means I will remem-ber.” But it may be difficult in the busy holidays to find a quiet place and time to remember.

To provide some quiet, reflective time to remember those we miss and to remind us of the blessed hope God has provided, the pastors are planning again this year to have a special one-hour vesper service on Friday, Dec. 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

All are invited to attend the special one-hour vespers because just as your presence comforts friends and family during funeral and memorial services, be assured that your presence during this service will be meaningful to those who attend. Because we all experience some level of loss when our Church mem-bers die, there will be a special time dedicated to remembering the names of our Church members who have died in 2013.

It is our prayer that the music, scripture, homily and time to share memories will minister to ALL who attend the vespers – no matter how recent or long ago their loss occurred.

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Through my visits at jail, I learned a lot about what it takes to minister to someone. This ministry is not always just about religion because sometimes an inmate is not interested. They may be questioning God and want to learn more but may be fearful to visit with a pastor. Prison ministry is about providing encouragement and hope to those who are at a low point. This ministry is about letting them know that God has a plan for their lives. He doesn’t want to hurt them, but wants to give them a hope and a future.

A year ago, I felt the Holy Spirit impressing me to become in-volved in prison ministry. But

my reaction was a little like Jonah’s reaction to God when He asked Jonah to go to Nineveh. I said, “Not me, Lord. Prison ministry is not a good fit for me.” Then last January I had an “in the belly of the whale” experience after a family member was arrested. Navigating the labyrinth of rules in the prison system was daunting: visitation rules, commis-sary rules, and mail rules. Often times, relatives of inmates feel intimidated like they are in prison too. Not to mention, the impact this all has on the inmate.

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continued on page 3, Nominating

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N O M I N AT I N G CO M M I T T E E R E P O R T

Church BoardRonna BarkerMike Barto

Gordon Bietz Sam Chetty

Andrew ClarkMurray Cooper

Tim CrossVictor Czerkasij Tony Dahlberg Elaine DoddPaul Eirich

Steve Ericson Franklin Farrow

Don Gettys Brent HamstraBrian HenningDebbie Hinton

William HurtadoWolf Jedamski

Brennon Kirstein Carla McKenzie

Harry MillerAndy NashSam Nkana Ken Norton

Cherie SmithDavid Smith

Jeanette Stepanske Marvin Thorman

Carole Verrill

Elders:Victor Czerkasij,

Head ElderKathy Goddard,

Associate Head Elder Volker Henning,

Associate Head Elder David Otis, Associate

Head ElderGeorge AkersImogene AkersSusan Anderson

Jim Aumack

Lynn AumackVictor Berumen

Gordon BietzErnie ClarkKen Cronje

Tony Dahlberg Jay Dedeker

Celso DeSouzaLiane DeSouzaFranklin Farrow

Jere FillmanLaurie Ann Gauthier

Bettie Griffin Ric GriffinLester Haag

Chris HansenJoseph Herndeur

Steve HuntDavid JamesIngrid Jones

Jay Jones Mary King

Gerald KovalskiSandra Kovalski Mark LaVertue

LeClare LitchfieldShelly LitchfieldAmanda Livanos

Mike MohrAndy Nash Cindy Nash

James NaylorJuanita NaylorBeatrice NeallRalph NeallSam Nkana

Ken Norton Sr.Braam OberholsterPetro Oberholster

Cathy OtisCarol RaneyRob Raney

Ron ReadingJolinda Ruf

Rick SchwarzLisa Thorman

Marvin ThormanEvie VandeVere

Tom VerrillNorbert WaegeleRobert Wernick

Judy Winters

Once I was more familiar with the prison system, becoming involved in Prison Ministry seemed less daunting. After expressing my interest to get training, the conference pointed me to a group of women from the Ringgold Seventh-day Adventist Church. They invited me join them in semi-monthly meetings in the Alpha women’s unit at Silverdale Prison. This has been a wonderful experi-ence. Not only have I enjoyed the fellowship of some Godly women, God is teaching me hu-mility and hopefully the skills for growing a prison ministry at our church.

If you would like to become involved, the Lord can use your skills to his glory. There is a great need for a group to provide semi-monthly meet-ings to men downtown at the Hamilton County Jail. Alternately, Silverdale Prison provides annual training in the

spring, and our church would like to get groups together by then. Women would be in-volved with the women’s meet-ings and men would be involved in the men’s meetings. We need at least two individuals and a maximum of six to conduct a meeting at Silverdale. Here are some of ways that you could be involved in prison ministry:

• Meetings-song service, piano, scripture, prayer, speaker

• Letter Writing• Book Sponsor• Coordinate Correspondence

Bible Studies• Inmate Family Member

Visitation • Inmate Visitation

Has the Holy Spirit been im-pressing upon you to become involved in Prison Ministry? Call Suzanne Hunt at (423) 280-1513 to express your inter-est. You can be part of God’s ministry to bring hope behind bars. g

The following individuals have been recommended by the Nominating Committee to serve January 2014 through January 2016. Any objections to this report may be directed to Pastor Ken at (423) 396-2124. ~ Oneita Turner, Secretary, 2013 Nominating Committee

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DeaconsSteve Ericson, Head

Deacon Richard Thornton,

Sr Assoc. Head DeaconRyan Andersen

Wes BabbitBob Benge

Victor Berumen Robert BovellMike Brewer Daniel Chaij Keith Clark Daryl Cole

Chip Conerly Curtis CordwellTravis Crumley

Chuck Dean Dwayne Dickerson

Terry Dietrich James Durichek

Scott Edens Norman Elliott

Kenson Elve Richard Erickson Roland Fanselau Charles Fegarido

Don Fillman Steve GriggsTerry Haight

Aaron Haluska Mike Harrison Kenny Haynes

Rob HeltonDon W. Hunt A.J. Jimenez

Steve H. Johnson Philip Khan

Sergei Kremenetsky Sr Chip Liles Jeff Londis

Merritt MacLafferty Malcolm McKenzie

Patrick MetellusGeorge Miller

Mike Mohr Richard Moody

Steve Morris Don Mote Matt Nafie

Ken Nyasimi Bryan Otis

Greg Owens Marty Paige

Doug Pennington Chad Perry

Anders PetersenDon Pettibone Stephen PollettRichard Rawson Curtis Reeves Matthew Ries

Chuck Robertson Kevin Rodman

Larry Rome Daniel Salazar Oscar Salazar Brent Shrode

Richard SpearsJohn Spruill Lyle Spiva

Charles Steffens Bruce Stepanske Ken Stonebrook

Paul StrangBill Tracy

Larry TurnerBill Twombly

JC Urban Carlton Vollberg Neal E Wearner

Gary WeberChuck Whidden

Randy White Tom Wilson

Blain Wolbert Ben Wygal

Offering Help: Beatrice Anderson

Josiah Chung Aubrey Farrow

Jack Farrow Garrett HoweBoston LondisDaniel MohrNathan Perry

DeaconessesNirva Ache-Germain

Ann Anderson Sharon Anderson Wanda Anderson

Leila Ashton Ana Aviles

Colleen Barrow Patricia Beaman

Andrele Beaucicot Debbie Benge

Marlene Cafferky Evelyn Castleberg

Molly Chetty Virginia Cimpaye

Ann Clark Kim Cole

Angela Coney NaLonna Covrig Nina Dahlberg Sally Damouni Candace Davis Elaine Dodd

Helen Durichek Bonnie Eder

Dolly Fillman Amanda Gadd Betty Garver

Cynthia Gettys Drucilla Glass

Marilyn Goronzy Ruthie Gray

Emily Hamstra Jeni Hasselbrack Carole Haynes Earleen Heath

Inelda Hefferlin Kasandra Helms Melinda Helton Linda Henning Ellen Herman

Deborah Hinton Shannon Horton

Marie Horton Katye Hunt

Suzanne Hunt Barbara Hunt Bonnie Hunt Tanya Jansen

Beth Jedamski Jennifer Johnson

Polly Justice Peg Knecht Marie Krall

Liza Kremenetsky Teresa Laing Katie Lamb

Peggy (Higdon) Lee Mary Leemore

Sandra Lohmann Gail MacLafferty

Janie MacLean Coretta Matherly Callie McArthur

Mary Lou McCandless Betty McKee

Carla McKenzie Gina Metellus Dana Milholm Sharon Mohr Mary Morford Sharon Morris Sharon Moses

Brenda Mouzon Bonnie Myers Tamara Nafie

Mary Lou O’Brien Dixie Owens

Carmen Paynter June Pennington

Louesa Peters Susan Pettibone

Barbara Platt Grace Pollett Anne Preval Dale Reading Kathy Reeves

Kathy Schreiner Joan Shultz Jenny Smith Judee Spicer Jan Spruill

Jeanette Stepanske Faye Strang Mary Swain Nancy Thiel

Deborah Thompson Kelley Tracy

Denise Trepagnier Oneita Turner

Andrea Waegele Mary Ellen Walter

Evelyn Ward Jewel Whidden Charlene Wilson

Rita Wohlers Marilyn Wright

Reika Wygal

Adult Ministry Development Team

Linda BucknerJay DedekerGary WeberDixie OwensLester Haag

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THAILAND MISSIONARY, Chris Sorensen, will speak for the three worship services in the Sanctuary November 30.

WHAT A WONDERFUL CHURCH FAMILY we have. There is no way to express the appreciation we have for your prayers, love, thoughts, and vast variety of comfort foods. The family of Al Morford

THE CHARLES H EDWARDS FAM-ILY expresses appreciation to Pas-tors Cherie and Dave Smith for their love, support, and kindness shown at the time of Daddy’s journey from the hospital to the nursing home back to the hospital and finally to Hospice where his journey ended. Thank you also to the Church family for your support, cards, flowers and meal after the funeral. At this time we also remember when Daddy had a previous tumble down stairs at the Church and many rushed to his aid. We are forever grateful for the love and kindness the Church family showed him. —Betty, Chuck, and Toni Edwards

FRESH FLORIDA FRUIT, and support missions at Collegedale Academy. Navels: $33/box or $19/half box; Ruby Red Grapefruit: $28/box, $17/half box; and Tangerines: $26/half box. Deadline is December 2. Pickup is Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 3:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Academy gym. To order: www.collegedale-academy.com/citrus or 396-2124 ext. 555 and record your order.

RITA VITAL and her children thank our Church family for all the sup-portiveness, words, cards, flowers, prayers, visits and the warm, loving prayer shawl. Rita’s recovery from double pneumonia was truly a miracle after ten days in the hospital and ten weeks of convalescence. She praises the Lord with regained strength and will to serve Him anew.

CAYA CENTRAL, our new Youth Center, is open after school (Mon-Thurs 3:00-6:00; Fri 12:30-2:00 - note new Friday closing time). Consider volunteering an hour or two a week to hang out with young people, or donating healthy snack items or leftover event food. Call or text Shelly at (423) 413-1954.

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Thursday, November 28Office Closed

Friday, November 29Office Closed

Sabbath, November 309:00 a.m. Adoration 1: Chris Sorensen

Adult Sabbath Schools

10:15 a.m. Adoration 2: Chris Sorensen

Sabbath Schools11:35 a.m. Connect: Victor Czerkasij11:35 a.m. Renewal: Chris Sorensen

Offering: Conference Ministries

5:29 p.m. Sunset

Tuesday, December 310:00 a.m. Women’s Bible Study6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study7:00 p.m. English as a Second Language

Wednesday, December 410:00 a.m. 55+ Activities6:30 p.m. Pathfinders7:00 p.m. Intercessory Prayer Group

Thursday, December 510:00 a.m. 55+ Bible Study

Friday, December 67:00 p.m. DivorceCare8:00 p.m. University Vespers

Sabbath, December 79:00 a.m. Adoration 1: Dave Smith

Adult Sabbath Schools

10:15 a.m. Adoration 2: Dave Smith

Sabbath Schools11:35 a.m. Connect: LeClare Litchfield11:35 a.m. Renewal: Dave Smith

Offering: Church Family Budget5:00 Evensong5:29 p.m. Sunset

Tuesday, December 1010:00 a.m. Women’s Bible Study6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study7:00 p.m. English as a Second Language

Richard G. Boyce, Sr., father of Michael Boyce, passed away November 12. Services were November 16 in Gettysburg, PA.

Roy Allen, father of Kurt Allen, passed away November 7. Services were held in Michigan.

Winifred Mulkern, mother of Bob Mulkern, passed away October

INMEMORY5. Services were held in Maine on October 23.

Rogers Crase, father of Brenda Massengill, passed away November 10. Services were November 13.

Helen Walker, mother of Sandra Benton, passed away November 8. Services were November 10.g