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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
debbie hinton OFFICE MANAGERvaughan choudree FACILITY MANAGER
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.
Plan to join us for this short but mean-ingful service for our Church family. g
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
Prisonco n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1
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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Nominatingco n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 2
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