SABBATH SCHOOL

The Christian

Life 1 John 3:16

The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Supt: Alonso Lopez, Kirmane Allen & Teens

Musician: Jonathan Bartosz & Virginia Polihronova

WORSHIP HOUR

Praise and Worship…………………..………Youth Praise Team

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

Intercessory Prayer……………………………………………………..

Praying for Birthdays & Anniversaries Revival for Community Outreach& Evangelism

Next Week Praying for Revival & Reformation/Faithfulness to mission Missing members

Offering Appeal……Church Budget……Shaquille Sealy Next Week……Local Conference Advance

Children Story…………………………………………………Puppets

Special Music……………………………………………………………….

Scripture Reading……………………………………..Rico Gultom

Ignite Your Faith,

Renew You Passion Jessie Lopez

Song of Commitment……………………………………………………

Benediction…………………………………………………Jessie Lopez

Sunset this Sabbath 4:51 pm Next week 4:54 pm

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

Announcements Today

1. Members of the Worship, Praise and Choir Committees for 2012, and 2013 are kindly asked to meet at the church today from 6: 00 PM to 8:00 PM to plan for the first trimester 2013

Tomorrow

2. Pathfinders Club Christmas Party tomorrow, Sunday, December 16 at 10 am. Regular Club meetings will resume January 13th 2013. Club enrollment is open to all kids ages 10-16, and we have, for the first time all 6 classes for different age groups.

3. You are invited to a Baby Shower honoring Fiona and Mark and their new daughter Mary-Ann Scale Sunday, December 16, 2012 2:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall

Later Events

4. Pastor Alex Golovenko is on a study leave to complete his dissertation from December 17, 2012 to January 7, 2013. Please pray for him to be guided in writing the final DMin chapter.

5. Annual Devotionals are in! Please look at the books available at the table in the foyer and make your orders with Janice Brindley. Orders to be finalized by December 22 for books to be available by the end of the

year. Make an excellent gifts for this season .

6. Bowling at Fleetway is planned for Sat, Dec. 29th at 7 PM. Pl ease sign the BOWLING SHEET on the table in the foyer to get the special price just for our church group.

7. The Ingersoll Arena for is rented by Boskovic family on Thursday, January 3rd 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30. All youth are welcome to come skating. There will be a potluck lunch at Boskovic place afterwards, and IF there's snow, Amish neighbours will give a sleighride. NOTE: NO PICTURES are allowed of Amish friends. The cost for skating will be $3 per person. Attending, please bring something to contribute to the potluck.

8. The NEW BOARD will meet for planning 2013 on Monday, January 7. It will be not a regular “paper filled” meeting, but a fellowship potluck meal at 6 pm, followed by sharing plans by all ministries and scheduling for greater cooperation between ministries. Meeting will take place at our church hall. We invite all ministry leaders to meet with their teams over the next 3 weeks.

Notifications

9. Congratulations to Gordon Baptiste, one of the 60,000 Canadians awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for distinguished and dedicated service to peers, community and Canada

10. Our condolences with deep and heartfelt sympathy to Gene Bernardo on the loss of his father Albert Bernardo, who passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at L.H.S.C. Victoria Hospital on December 11, 2012 in his 89th year. Visitors will be received TODAY, December 15 at the John T. Donohue Funeral Home, 362 Waterloo Street at King Street from 1 o’clock until the start of the funeral service at 3 o’clock.

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Financial Report – end of November highlights

Yearly Budget...........................$ 45,500

Expected to date .....................$ 41,125

Budget collected .......................$ 42,763

Giving into the Conference Treasury.....$153,778

Ontario Advance contributions...........$ 2,558

Church Building Investment Fund.........$ 297

Sabbath School Mission..................$ 3,515

Other Conference projects...............$ 3,433

Tithe...................................$143,975

Thank you for your commitment and generous contributions . This year we are blessed with exceeding our planned Budget for local ministries.

11. Personal Ministry opportunity: Discover Bible School coordinator needed! If you are interested in helping with mailing Bible School lessons to people in London, please speak with pastor Alex Golovenko.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS Dec 16 Kristina Howick Dec 23 Jeremiah Wilson

Dec 16 Michael Staroszczyk Dec 24 Virgina Polihronov

Being relevant to our city this season Last week offering was collected for the Inner City ministry. I

personally felt that we did not do due emphasis to the importance of

what took place. Today poverty is a reality for 1 in 11 Canadians.

Poverty means – hunger, interrupted schooling, unemployment,

substandard housing, or even homelessness, lack of opportunities, and

finally – hopelessness.

This week our Community Ministry team served food hampers,

distributed clothing, offered smiles to people who are underprivileged in

our community. By personal donations of committed people we support

school breakfast program in Glen Cairn elementary and Trafalgar Road

Secondary schools with annual donations of $500 and $1000

respectively.

But much more needs to be done to alleviate hurt and give hope in

our community. There are children uprooted from their homes, women

in shelters, homeless in night-over shelters. This year we would like to

step out in faith and do more. London is seeing an increase in

homelessness. A recent article in the London Free Press alarmed

readers about a 74-year old Marlene Barnes living in her van at a

parking lot. Her pension is not enough to rent an apartment. Christian

Community Network of London (CCNL) is informing churches that the

downtown churches are experiencing increased need for meals offered

to homeless. The unofficial word on the street is that nearly 3500

people in London need shelter and food daily!

During the holiday seasons people will spend time with families,

and volunteers are lacking at essential places that give hope. This year

we will take 12 volunteers to feed homeless and people in need at the

Ark Aid Street Mission, 696 Dundas Street East. The sign-up sheet is in

the foyer. If the Spirit moves your heart to give 3 hours on your New

Years eve to serve, let us know. This is just a beginning of the new

direction for the outreach we will do in 2013.

Well known words from the Ministry of Healing page 143 describe

the best Method of outreach: “Christ's method alone will give true

success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one

who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered

to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, "Follow

Me."

Notice the following paragraph: “There is need of coming close to

the people by personal effort. If less time were given to sermonizing,

and more time were spent in personal ministry, greater results would be

seen. The poor are to be relieved, the sick cared for, the sorrowing and

the bereaved comforted, the ignorant instructed, the inexperienced

counseled. We are to weep with those that weep, and rejoice with those

that rejoice.”

May it be your guiding principle this season, and in the year to

come, serving to relieve needs of people near and far.

your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko

God wants the youth to become men of earnest mind, to be prepared for action in His noble work, and fitted to bear responsibilities. God calls for young men with hearts uncorrupted, strong and brave, and determined to fight manfully in the struggle before them, that they may glorify God, and bless humanity. If the youth would but make the Bible their study, would but calm their impetuous desires, and listen to the voice of their Creator and Redeemer, they would not only be at peace with God, but would find themselves ennobled and elevated. It will be for your eternal interest, my young friend, to give heed to the instructions in the word of God, for they are of inestimable importance to you. I entreat you to be wise, and consider what will be the result of leading a wild life, uncontrolled by the Spirit of God. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption.” For your soul’s sake, for Christ’s sake, who gave Himself to save you from ruin, pause on the threshold of your life, and weigh well your responsibilities, your opportunities, your possibilities. God has given you an opportunity to fill a high destiny. Your influence may tell for the truth of God; you may be a co-laborer with God in the great work of human redemption.... Messages to Young People, p. 21, EGW

“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1

A CALL TO THE YOUTH

God wants the youth to become men of

earnest mind, to be prepared for action in His

noble work, and fitted to bear responsibilities.

God calls for young men with hearts uncorrupted,

strong and brave, and determined to fight manfully

in the struggle before them, that they may glorify

God, and bless humanity. If the youth would but

make the Bible their study, would but calm their

impetuous desires, and listen to the voice of their

Creator and Redeemer, they would not only be at

peace with God, but would find themselves

ennobled and elevated. It will be for your eternal

interest, my young friend, to give heed to the

instructions in the word of God, for they are of

inestimable importance to you.

I entreat you to be wise, and consider what will

be the result of leading a wild life, uncontrolled by

the Spirit of God. “Be not deceived; God is not

mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall

he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of

the flesh reap corruption.” For your soul’s sake, for

Christ’s sake, who gave Himself to save you from

ruin, pause on the threshold of your life, and weigh

well your responsibilities, your opportunities, your

possibilities. God has given you an opportunity to

fill a high destiny. Your influence may tell for the

truth of God; you may be a co-laborer with God in

the great work of human redemption....

Messages to Young People, p. 21, EGW

“Remember now thy Creator

in the days of thy youth.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1