mind regard one another as more important than yourselves
Philippians 2:3 SABBATH SCHOOL CHRIST-BASED LIDERSHIP
The Church at Study 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Superintendent: Young Adults Department WORSHIP HOUR Praise & Worship.. Dayna, Anniekay, Michelle, Barbara
Hymn of Prais. Jesus What a Friend for Sinners..#187
Intercessory Prayer....Elder Kirmane Allen
Arizona Conference,Reclamation of our children and youth Healing of mind and body Next Week: Central California, Revival and Repentance Hope for the discouraged
Hymn of Commitment. Take the world, but give me Jesus.....# 329
Benediction.. Cameron Munro
Sunset Today: 9:02p.m. Next week: 8:57 p.m. Please send all bulletin related information by WEDNESDAY 9:00 p.m. to alonso.lopez@engineer.com ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notifications
1. Inviting ALL to an hour of prayer, Bible Study and testimonies on Wednesday night at 7 pm. Come and be blessed.
2. Your financial assistance is needed to make VBS (July 21-25) a success this year. Mark ''VBS snacks" on your tithe envelope, or give funds to Doris or Teresa, you may also donate cookies and frozen juices if you wish. Your VBS Team!
3. Ruth SDA Church from Brampton has requested donations to purchase chairs for their new facility. The Church Board voted to sponsor 5 chairs gift at $350 cost. Your donations for the sister church could be directed to our treasurer, mark on the envelopes Ruth Church chairs.
The last Church Council (Board meeting) for the summer will take place on Monday, July 14 at 7 pm at our church hall. There will be no Board meeting in August, due to vacations scheduled. Please inform the pastor about your plans for the agenda. The next Board meeting will take place September 8 and set the plans for the general Business Meeting in the fall, in order to review business plans.
4. Tomorrow, Sunday, July 13, from 8:30 am to 12, noon, we invite all able bodies to assist with making our flower beds clean of weeds, and attractive. Bring your gardening tools, gloves, wheelbarrows and join the volunteers in beautifying our church yard.
5. The 5 th annual Western District Youth Camp, scheduled for July 18-20 at Plympton-Wyoming has been canceled, please contact the youth leaders or pastor for more details.
6. Redcross paperwork. Anyone who have forms for Redcross please complete and return to Teresa Ferreira no later than July 30 th .
7. Workbee for Church Grounds. Sunday July 13 at 8:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Many hands make light work, please help!
Events
8. July 27 Pathfinders are holding the yard sale in the parking lot, from 8 am to 2 pm. If you would like to de- clutter your home, garage, basement and have valuable items to contribute, please do so on that Sunday. If you would like to join in and use the table for our own sale join the Club at a cost per table.
9. Elders meeting tomorrow, Sunday morning, July 13, 9:30 am!
10. Please join us for a Singspiration program at 6:30 p.m. by the Young Adults. We are asking for donations of snack type finger foods for a Light refreshment after vespers.
11. Mens Ministry meeting on Sunday July 27th at 8:30 AM. Our study will be from the book A Place For Us Guys: at chapter 14 to the end of the book.
12. Please join us for potluck today.
13. We want to thank everyone who worked so hard to make this camping weekend a resounding success. We were blessed to have wonderful weather, and it felt so good to get away from the city rush and noises. Nature walks, talks around the camp fires, the music (the impromptu concert on Saturday evening was a highlight for many of us...we have so many talented musicians, both current and emerging. The enthusiasm of our youngest singers was a special treat...both inspiring and contagious). Praise indeed! Thanks to everyone who organized and helped with all the activities. Having a chance to sit and visit with people we dont normally get a chance to really talk with was special for many of us. Some enjoyed geocaching, star watching, photography, and even some motorcycle rides on Sunday morning...something special for everyone! I do believe that we were filled with food, fun, and friendship, and that the weekend was truly recreation for all of us.
Don Topper
Birthday Wishes for July
July 1 Andres Perez July 3 Carolyn Dowdell July 4 Jenny Mickle July 8 Renate Weidner Jul 9 Kasha Kindness Jul 9 Matvey Pandaleke July 11 Cameron Munro July 11 Kara Topper July 11 Rachael Taylor July 12 Gene Bernardo
July 12 Jaiden Munro July 12 Lucy Simoes July 12 Gene Bernardo July 15 Isabel Erazo July 16 Camron Bancroft July 17 Chris Keim July 18 Jesse Reeve July 20 Joaquino Sampaio July 21 Marilyn Topper July 21 Sam Stajfer
July 22 Jackie Lima July 22 Viola Reeve July 23 Pat Carter July 25 Chris Paul July 26 Julia Mahon July 26 Sheldon Bailey July 28 Akwasi Boah- Frimpong July 29 Doris VanLeeuwen July 31 Larry Tait
Pray for peace, and work while there is still time
Last Sabbath we began a new study theme for the Sabbath School quarter focusing on the main teachings of Jesus as he revealed truth about salvation for us. As we met in the nature some may have attended elsewhere and missed my last weeks blog, so it will be repeated somewhat this week . I would like to draw your attention to the back of your quarterlies, to the mission projects. Every quarter we focus on one of 13 world regions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, called divisions. This quarter the focus is on the Euro-Asia, formerly known as the Soviet Union territory. As you look at the map and statistics, you would notice that 4 out of 7 mission projects are located in Ukraine. The membership, almost half of all Adventists are in Ukraine. Just like last quarter we noted that majority of Adventist believers in India lived in state of Orissa, where the persecution of Christians is the strongest, so there is also a parallel with believers in Ukraine. The country has been engulfed in war from three directions, west, east, south for most of its millennial existence, and its people learned to rely on God, to seek God in the midst of turmoil. Over the past 8 month I had paid added interest to the news of conflicts and war, as my native country has been moving deeper and deeper into military conflict. Last Sabbath Adventist churches around the world prayer for peace in Ukraine on the appeal of the Euro-Asia Division president, Argentinian national Guillermo Biaggi, who has urged church members across the division (which includes Ukraine, Russia and 10 other former Soviet republics as well as Afghanistan) to give a freewill offering this Sabbath to help fund efforts by ADRA to assist people, both Ukrainians and Russians, who have fled to other parts of Ukraine and across the border to Russia in the unrest. At the recent Ontario Conference Campmeeting during the special feature, a parade of nations, our leadership asked for representatives carrying flags of Ukraine and Russia to come first on the stage after Canadian flag was brought in, symbolically signifying the desire for peace, praying for the end of the conflict. Enjoying peace we continue praying! Yet, you probably had also noticed an escalation of conflict in Israel, a renewed military fighting in Iraq, forcing Saudi Arabia to move 30,000 soldiers to its borders. Some are wondering if this is going to the final conflict, to the end battle of Armageddon. The religious news of American and Canadian Pentecostal and Charismatic leaders meeting with pope Francis on June 24 in Rome, seeking alliance, also heightens anticipation of apocalyptic developments. Without speculating on the future developments I want to remind you the invitation and guidance from Jesus, urgent to all of us today: While it is still day, we must do the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming. Then no one can work. (John 9:4). Use the peaceful opportunities that you have to do the work of the Gospel, to share about the coming Kingdom of Jesus, lead people from the darkness into the light of truth, while there is still time.