SABBATH SCHOOL

The Second
Coming of Jesus


The Church at Study 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Superintendent: Maria Carcamo
WORSHIP HOUR
Praise & Worship....................................Team 2

Hymn of Praise...Be Thou My Vision..#547

Intercessory Prayer ..............................Lo Richards

Quebec Conference, Fathers and Sons, Thanksgiving-Birthdays &
Anniversaries; Families: Dicker, Druzcz, Echeverri, Eccles, Ferreira,
Gae & Gaikwad
Next Week:
Maritime, Newfoundland-Labrador Conference, Repentance &
Reformation; Families: Garcia, Gay, Gibson, Gilbert Giliberti,
Golovenko, Gultom & Gunadine
Childrens Story................................................. Sandi Rusek

Offering...Ontario Advance......Pat Carter

Special Music......Sheena Teague

Scripture.....Proverbs 3:5.....Jessica Gyamfi

Love Experience and Reason
Elder Jack Polihronov

Hymn of Commitment...Not I but Christ..#570

Benediction........Elder Gene Bernardo

Sunset Today: 7:15 p.m. Next week: 7:03 p.m.
Please send all bulletin related information by
WEDNESDAY 9:00 p.m. to larris.biggs@gmail.com


Announcements
Notifications

1. Community Bible Studies TODAY @ 6 pm
Q&A forum with elders. Ask all your Bible
questions away. Questions that require more
lengthy answers will be prepared as future
seminars.

2. Inviting ALL to an hour of prayer, Bible Study
and testimonies on Wednesday night at 7 pm.
Come and be blessed.

3. Pathfinders Club meets tomorrow at 10 am.
New classes cohorts are starting for the fiscal
year.

4. The General Church Business meeting
recommended the following top priorities
for the Church facilities: installation of
the new HVAC system, expansion of the
south side along (to add to the fellowship
hall, new kitchen, new bathrooms), new flooring.
Study of the costs involved is ongoing and
recommendations will be presented to the church by
mid-October.

5. On-line giving option is available! As
you scan the QR code you will be
guided to set up an account. Once
you complete the initial step you will
be able to donate to our church on-
line

6. Family Focus pulpit series will continue next
Sabbath. In October pastor Golovenko will
speak on three subjects: Grace and Mercy
instead of Pride and Strife in family (4
th
),
Gender differences in expectations What
do women/men really want? (18
th
),
Parenting without upsetting your kids (25
th
).



7. 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.

8. The new church plant will meet for
the first gathering at 10 am next
Sabbath, October 4 at the Mount
Zion United Church. The location
is at 471 Ridgewood Cres, off
Berkshire, near Springbank &
Wonderland intersection. We
request your prayers as the new group of pioneers
organizes a centre of worship in the West London
area.

9. Lords Supper will be celebrated October
4
th
. Prepare and search your hearts as we
come to share our testimonies of Gods
miracles and affirm one another in faith.

10. A Mission trip to Nicaragua
is planned for May 1-17,
2015. Udo Muller from the
Woodstock SDA Church has
organized mission trips to
Nicaragua in the past, in cooperation with the local
conference there and is planning to lead a new effort.
The cost, including airfare tickets from Detroit to
Managua, food on site, local transportation costs, and
donation for mission, is only $1400 per person. All
ages are welcome. Construction work is planned,
medical care and health education is needed, childrens
programming will be the main focus. Pastor Juan
Carlos Atencio is also preparing to lead an evangelistic
effort. If you are interested, please sign up at the
announcement board, or speak with Pastor Alex. More
details of the trip will be published as numbers and
logistics emerge.





Events
11. Outreach to the homeless continues
TOMORROW, SUNDAY. The team of 12
volunteers please remember to be at 696
Dundas Street Ark Aid Christian Mission at
6:15 pm. Parking is available behind the building. Dinner
begins at 7 pm with a 15 minute devotional time, and ends
at 8 pm, followed by a cleanup. Those interested in
volunteering please speak to Kathleen Bancroft.

12. October 4: Save the date! An Evening with Alexis Gordon
and the children of ACES at 7 pm. A goodwill offering will
be taken.

13. The Golden Agers are inviting all who are age 55 and over
(and guests) to our October event. We will be having lunch
at the Elmhurst Inn, 415 Harris Street, Ingersoll. Please
plan to meet there at 11:30 AM Tuesday, October 14.
Carpooling is available for anyone needing a ride. For
more information please talk to Don Topper or Adrian
Intering.

Being on the same wavelength
This week during the teens Bible study group a deep question was
raised: Why does God speak in symbols? Have you thought about it? Why
all the mystery, riddles? Why cant the Bible just be like Websters dictionary
of definitions?
My initial response was to skirt the discussion and just say that people
chose the meaning they like, even when spoken plainly to. Some people
read between the lines what is not there, and invent a meaning to a simple
straightforward message that was never meant to be there, so the problem is
not with symbols, but people being too obtuse to get it.
Yet, there was a deeper insight offered by the Spirit of Prophecy. We
were reading chapter 12 from the Desire of Ages, about the Temptation, and
it submits a much bigger perspective the Great Controversy perspective.
When one considers world at war, one must take into account the enemy.
When it comes to communication it is always guarded from the enemy, so it
cannot be intercepted or used by the enemy. Military uses all kinds of
encryption and code language so only initiated, only those entrusted with
secrets would know the meaning. All is done to protect the plans and
strategy.
When Jesus was on earth among men he communicated in parables
and when His disciples wondered why, he told them that it was to keep
secrets from being discerned by outsiders (Matthew 13:10-13). God
communicated the plan of salvation to humanity, His strategy, step by step
through the sacrificial system, the pattern of the sanctuary, the Temple
Calendar, and through prophecies. The same Spirit of God that
communicated messages through symbols also assisted people to
understand their meaning. Those in relationship with God got the code!
Those whose hearts were tuned to Gods heart were able to understand God!
Yet, there is also the enemy, Satan, who studies Gods messages, with one
disadvantage his selfish soul could not understand Gods love! (DA,115)
Thats deep! God reveals and gives both clues and the Holy Spirit to guide
for understanding. Yet, if a persons nature is conformed to selfish attitude
(read it satanic) of this world they just cant get it!
In light of Biblical promises (Amos 3:7; Deuteronomy 29:29) God is
interested for people to know what he is up to, for people to understand. For
our own good God has protected His communication to paly satan and give
us a fighting chance, an advantage. It all comes down to our attitude how
is our spirit tuned in? Are we on the worldly, selfish, get-get wavelength?
Or are we on selfless, serving, give-give tune of the Spirit?
Our understanding of what is happening around us, what is written in the
Bible, what God is telling us through people depends on our spiritual tuning.
What is your first passion, self or God and others?
When we as a church are seeking Gods Will, examining our reality,
making plans for strategic moves into the future, we need to be on the same
wavelength tuned by the Holy Spirit, to be on the right path (Psalm 139:
23-24)
your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko
Birthday Wishes for September-October 3
Sep 1 Abby Morris
Sep 1 Esther Baah-
Frimpong
Sep 1 Mike Kasule
Sep 3 Brittany Stajfer
Sep 4 JoAnna Walker
Sep 5 Casondra Mailman
Sep 5 Aubrey Williams
Sep 6 Chantell Vallier
Sep 8 Mario Simoes
Sep 10 Carson Wood
Sep 10 Grace Dowdell

Sep 12 Hezron Magati
Sep 12 Sherecee Bailey
Sep 13 Sophon Bailey
Sep 14 Andrea Carter
Sep 19 Shilo Pandaleke
Sep 19 Tyler Bell
Sep 21 Bill Reeve
Sep 21 Patricia Ferriera-
Lopez
Sep 23 Daniel Morris
Sep 26 Heather Baptiste
Sep 26 Mathew Reeve

Sep 27 Osa Uwagboe
Sep 27 Immaculee
Ruhinda
Sep 30 David Catarino
Oct 1 Anniekay Allen
Oct 2 Kirmane Allen
Oct 2 Samuel Golovenko
Oct 2 Maria Stajfer
Oct 2 Lystra Shimla
Oct 3 Beverlyn Sealy
Oct 3 Kyle Mahon
Oct 3 Georgie Perez
09.27.14