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SABBATH SCHOOL
Creation, Again 2 Peter 3:13
The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Superintendent: Theresa Ferreira
WORSHIP HOUR Praise and Worship…………………………………Choir Team
Hymn of Praise………………………………………………………..
Intercessory Prayer………………………..Alex Golovenko
Praying for Revival & Transformation, World Mission, Women-Spiritual Growth,
Illinois Conference Next week: Passionate Spirituality, Indiana Conference
Offering Appeal…K-12 Education...Daniel Golovenko Next Week…Church Budget
Children Story…………………………………………Mike Keim
Chior Praise to the Risen Christ
Song of Commitment………………………………………..........
Benediction…………………………………….Gene Bernardo
Sunset this Sabbath 7:50 pm Next week 7:57 pm
Please send all the bulletin related information to: [email protected]
Announcements Today
1. TODAY! Right after the potluck all the staff of the Children’s Church are invited to meet with the new director of Children Ministries, Dayna Munro.
Later Events
2. Elders meeting, Wednesday evening, April 3 at 5:30 pm. Please bring your NCD recommendations review.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Our weekly Bible Studies will resume next Sabbath, April 6 @ 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.
7. 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.
8. Join us for AY Vespers, April 13 @ 6pm - 19 years since the Genocide in Rwanda. Interview with witness, music, videos, real stories.
9. 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.
10. Worship Committee meeting is called for April 13 after the Evangelism Rally. Members of the Worship Committee are invited to bring food for potluck, and as our families fellowship together we would discuss plans for May-August worship programming. Clara Baptiste.
11. All ministry/church leaders and church board members are encouraged to come to the 2013 Risk Management Seminar on Sunday, April 14th at 140 Saint Regis Crescent in Downsview from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Information at this seminar is essential for members that hold a position in the church. Registration cost is $20 per person. Please register with your pastor and church treasurer. Registration deadline is March 31st. For questions or information, please contact Ontario Conference Risk Management Dept. at 905-571-1022 ext. 114.”
12. The next Church Council (Board meeting) will take place on Monday, April 15 at 7 pm at our church hall. We invite all ministry leaders to continue developing their annual plans and share reports at the meeting. As a reminder following leaders are members of the Church Board: Gord Rayner, Clara Baptiste, Don Topper, Heather Baptiste, Janice Brindley, Gene Bernardo, Teresa Ferreira, Jack Polihronov, Angelina Polihronova, Ray Thompson, Alonso Lopez, Lo Richards, Dayna Munro, Lucy Simoes, Edwin Onyango, Kathy Rayner, Mike Keim, Rixon Gultom, Cameron Munro.
13. 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.
14. 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
15. Mark your calendars: October 10-26 Evangelistic Proclamation Event
16. “We are looking for volunteers, food donations and book donations for the week for VBS; if you can help in anyway please contact: Doris Van Leeuwen @ 519 452 7073.
17. For all the events on the church calendar, booking of the fellowship hall, and ministry planning please contact Sandi Rusek [email protected]
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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 Apr 6 Daniel Tavares Apr 9 P.J. Lyons
Apr 6 Richard Bartosz Apr 10 Brittany Bernardo
Apr 6 Lewis Stoddard Apr 11 Stepan Golovenko
Apr 8 Jim Wood Apr 11 Prince Agyeman
Christ is Risen! Last night we walked through Jewish Passover Seder, explored once
more the meaning of 4 promises Exodus 6:6-7 and the four cups based on that. We looked at the roots of what we know as Lord’s Supper, set at the upper room as disciples were eating Passover meal.
The Christian world pauses every year during this season to remember what Christ did to manifest God’s love for us. Having fulfilled the first 4 symbols of the Temple Calendar, namely
Passover – Death of Christ, as the perfect Lamb of God Unleavened Bread – sinless life of Christ, buried for us First Fruits – the Resurrection and victory over death Pentecost – receiving the Holy Spirit as the early rain
We are awaiting three more prophetic fulfilments: Trumpets – end times warnings Yom Kippur – the Day of Judgment and cleansing evil out Tabernacles – Dwelling with God in the New Jerusalem The first coming of Christ is a historic event toward the further
development of God’s Plan of Salvation. As we commemorate Risen Savior we ought to live in ongoing constant relationship with Him, and call others to Him. It’s not “Easter” – it is the feast of the Lord.
The tendency to commercialize it, just as Christmas is ever present. Clothing is the item now, just as toys are for Christmas. While most Americans describe Easter as a religious holiday, less than half of U.S. adult’s surveyed link it specifically to the Resurrection of Jesus, a Barna Group study shows.
The Resurrection was the most prominent feast in the early church. Every apostolic letter contained the message of the risen Christ. Don’t just use this weekend as another long weekend, a personal break from work – but celebrate risen Christ and witness to someone! Seventh-day Adventists have never given the attention to Easter that other churches do, because there has been no biblical precedent for making it a special day of celebration. The ordinance of Baptism was presented by apostles as the biblical rite of celebrating death and resurrection of Christ.
As a disciple of Christ lead someone to Him, disciple someone, mentor a person into relationship with Christ. That is the best way one can celebrate Risen Christ! "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age," said Jesus. (Matthew 28:19-20)
your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko
