SABBATH SCHOOL

Victory Over

Evil Forces Romans 8:37

The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Superintendent: Alex Golovenko

Musician: Alex Golovenko

WORSHIP HOUR Praise and Worship……………………………….Soul Influence

Hymn of Praise…………………………………………………………….

Intercessory Prayer……………………………Cameron Munro

Praying for Revival and Transformation-Godliness/Discipleship

Next Week Praying for Birthdays and Anniversaries Healthy Relationships/mentorships

Offering Appeal………..World Budget……….Simone Biggs

Children Story……………………………………..Aroldo Anniehs

Special Music………………………………………..Soul Influence

Scripture Reading……Malachi 4:4-6……Keenan Bancroft

“These Are the Days of Elijah” Pastor Alex Golovenko

Song of Com………….No.602………. O Brother Be Faithful

Benediction………………………………………………Gord Rayner

Sunset this Sabbath 5:06 pm Next week 4:59 pm

Please send all the bulletin related information to: bekorben@gmail.com

Announcements Today

1. TODAY the acapella group SOUL INFLUENCE will be blessing us with praise concert after fellowship lunch, starting at 2 pm.

2. Today London Adventurer Club Induction Ceremony will be at 4:30 p.m. Please remember to bring an item for the potluck which follows the ceremony. All are welcome!

3. Today Pathfinders will be distributing Great Controversy in the community and collecting food donations for the Community Food Bank. The “walk” will take place from 4 to 6 pm, parents are invited to support the effort as drivers.

Tomorrow

4. Men’s ministry breakfast November 11 at 8:30 am. The discussion book is “A Place for us guys.” How do guys, men, fit into church today? What is our place and role in family and society?

5. Church Gathering at Boys and Girls Club – November 11 from 5 to 7:30 pm. Swimming pool is available from 5 to 6 pm. GYM & Games room are also available.

Later Events

6. Elders meeting will take place Monday, November 12 at 6:00 pm at the church.

7. Church Board meeting will take place Monday, November 12 at 7 pm at the fellowship hall. Please provide your agenda items to pastor Alex Golovenko, first elder Clara Baptiste or church Clerk Janice Brindley. Planning goals for 2013 and beyond will be on the agenda.

8. Ladies, Next Sabbath, November 17th Women Ministry Department invites you to a special Sabbath of fellowship and learning. Our guest speaker will be Jacqueline Peart. Jacqueline is currently an active member for Community Services and Women’s Ministries at Toronto East Adventist Church. Please bring lunch and stay after service for seminar, prayer and fellowship.

9. St.Thomas Church Russian Fundraising Banquet: November 18th, 5:00 p.m. This banquet is to help Chrisina Boskovic with her trip to Russia. She is going to work in an orphanage in Yaroslavl, Russian for 3 weeks in December. Cost is: $10.00/Adult; $5.00/ child under 12; under 5, free. Payment will be at the door, but please call Debbie Boskovic if you would like to attend as we need to know how many to expect. Dress is semi-formal and all the food will be Russian. Phone number is: 519-485-1235 or email at: debbie@boscoviolinsupply.com

10. Year-end Business meeting will be held on November 24 at 7 pm. Leadership will report on financial situation, renovation projects, Goals for 2013, deal with membership matters.

11.Next School of Evangelism class will take place November 25 at our church. Class time will begin at 10:00 am and will continue to 4:30. Lunch break from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Classes will be taught by pastor Alex Golovenko on Adventist Doctrines, part 2.

12.The Nominating Committee had met twice and is working on communicating with church members on ministry opportunities. Please, consider prayerfully when you are asked to serve. The next meeting will take place on Sunday, November 25 at 5 pm to finalize the draft list of ministries to be presented for consideration on December 1.

Notifications

13. Sister Evelyn Bromfield passed away November 8, Thursday evening at 7 pm. The memorial service will take place on Wednesday, November 14 at 10:30 from the Westview funeral chapel, 709 Wonderland Road, London, followed by a committal at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. The vieiwing and visiting family is scheduled Tuesday, November 13 at the same location from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 pm.

14. Many Nations, One People. Our annual Cultural Diversity Day will be celebrated on December 1, 2012. Your assistance is needed in making the day a success. Please contact Clara Baptiste if you are interested in being a part of the planning team

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS Nov 12 Arthur Druzcz Nov 18 Sinai Agyeman

Nov 16 Kevin Gaikwad Nov 18 Ma Ner

Nov 16 Allan Gaikwad Nov 22 Chris Simoes

Nov 17 Ilidio Sampaio Nov 22 Gordon Baptiste

Praying for Reformation and Revival to continue This week the Adventist church in North America was praying. Our annual

week of prayer focus was on Revival and the Word of God. Tuesday many were “glued” to their TV (older folks ), or following on their smart phones the live updates of the Big Tuesday, US election. Your FB posts tell your attitude toward the results.

In the running days interesting details came to light. Sunday before the election Roman Catholic celebrating priests read appeals from their bishops, as they were required, of not so thinly veiled endorsements of a certain candidate, some played a specially produced video “Tested by Fire” emphasizing pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-freedom. Billy Graham had taken public steps to embrace Romney for president week before, removing Mormon religion from a list of cults on his website and taking out an advertisement urging Christians to vote on Biblical values.

Thinking of Biblical values…really?! A campaign that was ran on lies? A representative of a religion that was built on the notion of white supremacy? Did anyone check if Romney sees himself as the fulfillment of the controversial “white horse” prophecy that may shaped Mormon’s understanding of their role in prophecy? This August as we traveled through Adventist heritage sites and birthplaces we also stopped in Palmyra, NY, and toured sites around the Mormon religion origins. It would take more than a paragraph to describe cultic devotion we witnessed there. According to Mormon teaching, a time will come when the United States constitution will be “hanging on a thread,” and the United States will look to the Mormon Church for “exceedingly fair and delightsome” deliverer to replaces the one who bears the “curse” of a “skin of blackness” (check the context in the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 5:21).

Why am I addressing these matters in a “Sabbath church-time” blog? Because the religious confusion should be a concern to all Bible-believing Christians. Politics and religion shaking hands is the Babylonian confusion from which we must call believers out. It has been 495 years since Martin Luther nailed 95 accusations against church corruption on October 31 to his church front door. Is the Reformation still ongoing in our lives, in our community? What is our stand on the Sola Scriptura? Is the Bible still sole basis of authority in our lives? Are we standing on the Word of God?

The Reformation is under fire in the land of it’s birth. A year ago (September 2011) the current pope Benedict XVI spoke for the first time in German history to the Bundestag (parliament). The event was boycotted by hundreds of MPs not attending, which were replaced by former members for attendance numbers. Will the Reformation be annulled on its 500th birthday?

The only defence against the “wine” of Babylon is the Word of God. Bible is the sole basis of all reforms, and beliefs. Could we say with Martin Luther “Here I stand and I could do no other”? How is your personal devotion to the Bible, to the Word of God? Are you following popular trends of comfort and pursuit of personal happiness and pleasure, or are you staying free from confusion, seeking safety of “It Is Written” of God’s Word? Is the “Sword of faith,” the Word of God in your arsenal to have victory over deceptions?

your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko