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SABBATH SCHOOL
Creation and
the Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:22
The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Superintendent: Jack Polihronov
WORSHIP HOUR Praise and Worship……………………………………………..Team 1
Hymn of Praise………No.260……Hover over Me Holy Spirit
Intercessory Prayer……………………………………..Gord Rayner
Praying for Revival & Transformation, Personal Ministry, Birthdays & Anniversaries,
Potomac Conference Next week: World Mission, Women-Spiritual Growth, Illinois Conference
Offering Appeal…Conference Advance..Simone Shepherd Next Week…… K-12 Education
Children Story………………………………………….Faith Maphosa
Special Music……………………………………Jonathan & Virginia
Scripture……Ezekiel 36:26-27…….Maria & Natalia Bartosz
“The Breath of God” Dr. Darius Jankiewicz
Song of Com…….No.265…….Breath on Me, Breath of God
Benediction……………………………………………..Teresa Ferriera
Sunset this Sabbath 7:40 pm Next week 7:50 pm
Please send all the bulletin related information to: [email protected]
Announcements Today
1. SECOND Reading: membership transfers IN: Meza Ramirez & Carlos Echeverri Naranjo from London Spanish Company. OUT: Aroldo Anniehs to Heritage Green Adventist Church, Stoney Creek, ON.
2. Bible Conference in London – TODAY! 2:30 - 6 pm. Darius, Jankiewicz, PhD from Andrews University presents on topics of Authority, Ordination & Fundamentalism. As the topic of women ordination is being researched in our church, you get a chance to hear directly the matters at stake.
3. Tonight, March 23, 7 pm is the last night of the Western University outreach. “Taste & See: Healthy Living” with Dr. Shon Darcy sharing simple and practical tips on how to improve our mental, physical and spiritual health. Free admission to meetings at the Council Chamber (University Community Centre).
4. Today we invite you to ask God to help you reach just one person for Christ in an easy-going and non-threatening way in the coming week. Ask God this week to lay a burden for one individual on your heart, and come prepared to pray for that person.
Tomorrow
5. Pathfinders Club meeting TOMORROW at 10 am – Spiritual Discovery, Witnessing Classes.
6. Boys & Girls Club – March 24 from 5 to 7:30 pm. Swimming Pool is from 5 to 6 pm. Time for social fun and games – basketball, volleyball, floor hokey, and more.
Later Events
7. Seder Agape Feast. Good Friday, March 29, 6 pm in the fellowship hall. Come to share your testimonies of God’s miracles.
8. The next general church potluck will be held on Sabbath March 30th
.Please bring an item from the section of the first letter of your last name. Feel free to bring additional items from any category. A-C Drink/Juice, D-F Salad/Raw vegetables, G-I Bread/Bun, J-M Main course/Casserole, N-R Cooked vegetable/Soup, S-Z Dessert/ Fruit.
9. Disaster Preparedness Certification Training is offered April 5-7 at Oshawa. Community Service is preparing a team at each church prepared to coordinate relief efforts in cases of disaster. Additional training for Chaplaincy is available in addition to this on June 16-20 at Camp Frenda.
10. The harsh weather getting you down? Need to get away? How is that Spiritual life of yours? Good news. Want to get away come to the Women's Ministries Convention in Niagara Falls April 5-7, 2013. We all can use a refreshing break. Please keep in touch with your Women's Ministry Team for all the details.
11. Adventurers will be visiting a nursing home in May. We would like to distribute small packages of useful items to the residents. We are looking for donations of the following items: travel size hand lotions/shampoos/conditioners/body wash, hand soap, purse size kleenex, denture tablets, small combs, etc. (no food items please). Our goal is to have enough for at least 50 packages for distribution. If you can donate any of these items, please contact Lucy Simoes by April 6th.
12. Our regular weekly Bible Studies will resume April 7 @ 5 pm with Bob Reeve teaching on living sinless. This week and next week we have guest speakers presenting on important subjects. We welcome your questions and suggestion of topics for study. For more details see the schedule in the foyer.
13. Evangelism rally - April 12-13. In preparation for evangelistic process of soul winning the Church Board is calling all members for a time of prayer, refocusing, training and preparation. Friday night, April 12 we will begin at 7 pm and then continue during the Sabbath School & Worship Hour on Sabbath, April 13 concentrated focus on Evangelism.
14. School Constituency meeting – April 13 at 7 pm. A.C.E.S of London calls all members of three constituent churches to the annual meeting, reporting on school progress, and development plans. This meeting is for all members, donors, parents will take place at 805 Shelborne Street, London (South) Seventh-day Adventist Church.
15. April 20th is Bring a Friend Day at our Adventurers Club! You and your child(ren) 4 to 9 years of age are invited to participate in an age appropriate class followed by a social hour. Guests will be given a gift by their class Counselor and, if you were invited by an Adventurer, he or she will be given a special certificate. So mark April 20th at 4:30 p.m. in your calendar. For more information, please contact Lucy Simoes.
16. Youth Mission Trip - A mission trip will be taking place this summer to Manitoulin Island, Ontario (July 4-15). This mission trip will consist of running a Vacation Bible School, as well as other community-related projects. Application forms and a deposit of $50 are due THIS Thursday (March 14). If you would like more information about this mission trip, or are in need of an application form, please talk to Lanita ([email protected] or 519-852-9360)
Notifications
17. Mark your calendars: October 10-26 Evangelistic Proclamation Event
18. For all the events on the church calendar, booking of the fellowship hall, and ministry planning please contact Sandi Rusek [email protected]
19. Sanctuary London – ministry for homeless is located at 513 Talbot Street Church. Following times are open for people to come and offer friendship, build relationships with friendless. Monday – 11-2 pm lunch, followed by 2-3 pm Bible Study. Wednesday – 3-7 pm supper; 7-9 pm art and writing class. Sunday – 6 – 9 pm – worship, bible discussion, fellowship.
20. Inviting ALL to our mid-week church service on Wednesday night at 7 pm. It is time for extra prayer, deeper Bible study, and testimonies.
21. Family Ministries Cruise - The eight-day cruise aboard Carnival’s Splendor departs from New York on October 24 and travels to San Juan, St Thomas, Grand Turk, and back to New York on November 1, 2013. Payment Plan available. Registration has been extended. Give undivided attention to your spouse; receive resources and Christian marriage tips from dedicated professionals. Visit www.AdventistOntario.org and click on Events to register.
22. The Church Board voted to sponsor subscription of the Religious Liberty Magazine to the leaders of our city – City Counselors, Mayor, MPs, MPPs, school principals, lawyers. Over 120 people will receive the annual subscription. The cost is $6 per person. We are allocating funds from personal ministries and evangelism. If you are moved to support this cause financially, please donate and mark on the envelope “Religious Liberty subscription.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS Mar 23 Raphael Gyamfi Mar 29 Nathan Dowdell
Mar 25 Jenny Jonker Mar 29 Simone Shepherd
Mar 27 Marko Maletic Apr 6 Daniel Tavares
Mar 27 Isabel Rusek Apr 6 Richard Bartosz
7 days of miracles Mainstream Christian churches call this coming week the Passion Week, as it
leads to the remembrance and celebration of Christ’s Life, Death and Resurrection.
Do you believe in miracles? We believe in prayer, and if there’s one answer to prayer that God makes a priority, it’s a prayer to reach the people we know and love with the gospel. This week, we’re going to be deliberate about prayer, and we’re going to ask God to give us a simple opportunity to reach out to just one individual in a tangible way. We invite every believer to engage in connecting with a non-member, or a disconnected person for Christ over this week. What that outreach looks like is entirely up to you. You might just want to pray with someone who’s struggling, or even just let them know that you’re praying for them. Or maybe you know someone who’s ready for something more. Maybe you know someone you’d like to invite to your small-group Bible study, or to study a set of lessons with you one-on-one. Maybe you’d like to invite them to church. Maybe you’d like to give them a copy of Steps to Christ and tell them what a difference it’s made in your life. Or maybe offer to watch their kids so they can go out and take care of errands - and then you leave behind a card letting them know you think the world of their family and pray for them daily, telling them that God loves them, and so do you. Maybe you can call someone who used to attend our church gatherings. Whatever it is - ask God for the opportunity and the right idea.
Whatever it is, this week, we’re going to ask God to open the door - to give us a chance to be intentional about making a difference in someone’s life. Write the name of just one individual on your bookmark and then make a point of asking God for an opportunity to touch his or her life. Of course, we’re going to pray for that individual all week long, but this is actually something more - we’re actually going to ask God to give us a chance - to make it possible to interact with that person. Everybody can participate: almost anything that you do to be intentional about witnessing counts.
Today we are setting aside ten minutes for prayer in our church service during the time of our congregational prayer. You find in your bulletins a Seven Days of Miracles bookmark. Write down just one name, and then this week, make it a point to look for God’s answer and act on it. As we will go into groups for prayer, pay careful attention to who you’re praying WITH this morning, too - because that person, or those people, are going to become your prayer partners this week. Exchange phone numbers, and tomorrow, during the day some time, I want you to phone each other and pray for your names again.
Ask God for a chance to interact with your person on a social level on Monday or Tuesday. Maybe you’ll meet them for lunch, or go for a walk together, or hit the mall together, or just pick up the phone to see how they’re doing. Then on Wednesday, phone your prayer partner again and share with each other how God answered your prayer. Then pray together, over the phone, and thank God for what happened, and then ask Him for one more opportunity. Ask God, on Thursday for a chance to share something spiritual with that same person. Maybe you’ll pick up the phone and let that person know that since you talked earlier in the week, you’ve been praying for them, and you were wondering if they’d be open to prayer over the phone. Or swing by the house and do the same thing.
Then on Friday, as we come together for the Seder Agape feast at 6 pm, we want to hear from you. We’re going to take time to share what happened during the week. And then we’ll pray for God to make us this intentional about the people we love, all the time.
your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko
