April 2010

Vol. 11

I am convinced that neither death nor life,

neither angels nor demons, neither the present
nor the future, nor any powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:36, 39

In this Issue:

Parson to Person ·········2

Getting to Know ··········7
The Greatest Gift ········9
From the Editor ········ 11
 On the third day after Christ's death the Bible says, "And
behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the
Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the
stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was
like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the
guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead
men." (Matt. 28:2-4)

As Mary looked into the tomb she saw "two angels in white
sitting, one at the head and other at the feet where the
body of Jesus had lain."(John 20:12) Then one of the an-
gels who was sitting outside the tomb proclaimed the
greatest message the world has ever heard: "He is not here,
for He is risen."(Matt. 28:6) Those eight words changed the
history of the universe! Thousands of years of darkness,
despair, and hopelessness died! Newness of life and hope
for salvation came alive! Praise the Lord from Whom ALL
blessings flow! Glory to God!

With those eight words joy and new life dawn in the hearts
of all who believe! What about you? Do you believe? Do
you have that joy in your heart? Is the risen Saviour real to
you? Please, don't leave Jesus in the manger.....or on the
cross....or in the tomb. He is alive! And he wants to walk
beside you everyday! Yours for a long, long walk, Pastor
and Sharon Webb

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 Healthy Notes by Glenn Paul

Your Medical Record

Part of maintaining good health is keeping up to date,
accurate medical records. You need to keep them handy
and available for your Doctor and care givers.

1. Keep it in your computer or home file, keep it up to

date and carry a print out or copy on your person at
all times.
2. It should include present and past medical problems,
allergies or adverse reactions to medications, current
medications and history of surgeries including dates.
3. Keep names and numbers of people to be contacted
in an emergency.
4. Keep Advance Directives (Living Will/ Power of
Attorney).
5. Make sure that this is part of your medical record
maintained by your Doctor and / or your medical
institution. Make sure significant others have a
current copy.

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The promise of Christ

The 14th chapter of John’s gospel contains this promise our Lord gave his
disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask
the Father, and he will give you another Advocate (sometimes translated
Comforter), to be with you forever” (John 14:15-16, NRSV).

Jesus added: “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a lit-
tle while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I
live, you also will live” (John 14:18-19).

What a wonderful promise! Jesus knew he would be dying. He knew the

disciples would see his resurrected body. But even after Jesus ascended
into heaven, the disciples wouldn’t be alone. The Holy Spirit would come
to comfort and embolden them.

“[My] peace I leave with you,” Jesus concluded. “Do not let your hearts
be troubled, and do not let them be afraid” (John 14-27).

Congratulations!

To Susan and Alan Hecht for their new baby boy,

Isaac Dayvon Hecht.

Wishing you and your new child a lifetime filled with love
and happiness.

God bless!

Susan’s baby shower will be Sunday, April 18 @ 1:00 pm, at the fellowship
hall. She is registered at Babies R’Us, Target and, Walmart.

We want to welcome our new members, Laurie

Hutchinson coming from Atlanta North SDA
Church. Also, Richard and Pat Brigner from
Fredericksburg, VA. Welcome!

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 PIXIE PIN-UPS
DO YOU KNOW ME?

If you think you know this

church member, submit your
guess to us, either by phone
or email.

You can submit your baby pix

by email or directly to us.
Photos can be black and
white or color and will be Clue: “Princess” to
promptly returned. For more gourmet chef.
information please contact us.

Think about it…

• Pray often; for prayer is a

shield to the soul, a sacri-
fice to God, and a scourge
for Satan. —John Bunyan

• There is only one open door

out of guilt — my confes-
sion, God’s forgiveness.

• Wishing will never be a sub-

stitute for prayer.

• Feed your faith and doubt

will starve to death.

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 Computer and Heart Viruses
by Juan Rivera

Have you scanned your computer for

viruses lately? Most people have anti-
virus software installed on their PC’s
but they don’t catch all the little bugs
that you get when surfing the Inter-
net. Aside from your antivirus software,
you might want to consider installing a program
called Malwarebytes. The program is available at
www.malwarebytes.org. Download and install the
free version to see if your computer has viruses that
your antivirus software simply could not detect; you
may be surprised.

Have you scanned your heart for viruses lately? You

may not know this but sin is like a virus. As you read
Romans 5:12-21, it tells us that “…through one man
sin entered the world, and death through sin, and
thus death spread to all men, because all
sinned…” God offers us the cure for the sin virus
through Jesus Christ. As you read the words found in
Romans 3:23-26, remember that through faith in Jesus
the sin virus is cured.

Brothers and sisters, may the Lord bless us and help

us. I’m so thankful that Jesus died on the cross for our
sins. I pray that we continue to put our faith in Him.

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Every month we have the opportunity
to meet one of our newest members.
This month we are going to know a
little better what is the Committee of
a hundred. Committee of a 100

1. Who can join and what do they need to do to join the committee?
Every Church member or friend can join the committee with a
$100.00 donation.

2. Ho w can th e co mm i tt ee h e lp our Ch u r c h ?
The special committee of 100 is dedicated to the special growth
and outreach of the NPR Church, School and Day Care by
financial help on special projects.

3. How does the committee select the projects to work with?

The Church, the School and/or the Day Care will present a
project to the Committee of 100 and the members of the
committee will consider all proposed projects and decide what
their participation, if any, will be.

4. Who will lead the committee?

The Committee already choose its own chairman, treasurer,
secretary and four other members on its first meeting last Sun-
day, March 21st.

5. What is expected from each member financially?

The Committee will never ask you to respond financially more
than 2 times in any given year.

As member of the Committee of 100, I invite you to join us. Lets work
together to make a spiritual impact in our community.

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 R E C I P E - Peach Butter
Peach butter is a delicious alternative to jams
and jellies. Making it is a bit time-consuming,
but easy.

10 lbs. fully ripe peaches (about 30 medium to

large size peaches)
1 cup Water
1 cup Orange Juice
5 1/2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ginger

Wash the peaches and place them in a large colander and rinse thoroughly
under running water. Cut out any brown spots and peel the peaches. Or, to
easily remove the skin, immerse the peaches in boiling water for 30 to 60
seconds. Remove from the boiling water and immediately place them in a
bowl of ice water. Slip the skins off the peaches.

Cut the peaches into halves or quarters and remove the pits. Place the
peeled and pitted peaches, water, and orange juice in a stockpot or very
large saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for about 10 min-
utes or until the peaches are softened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat
and let cool for about a half hour then place the cooked peaches in a food
processor or blender. Puree until smooth.

Pour the pureed peach mixture back into the stockpot or saucepan. Bring to
a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low. Stir in the cinnamon and gin-
ger. Simmer the mixture, uncovered, for 2 or more hours or until it thickens
to the consistency of applesauce or apple butter, stirring often.

Spoon the peach butter into hot half pint or pint size canning jars. Fill to
within one half inch from the top of the jars. Wipe the jar rims. Place the
caps and rings on the jars. Place the filled jars in a boiling water bath
canner with the water level about one inch above the tops of the jars.
Process half pint jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes; process pint
jars in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.

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 I need to thank all
the people that
helped me represent The Greatest Gift
Puerto Rico on the by our member:
Internation al Lorraine C. Wilson
Sabbath. They are:
When we receive a gift
Food: Juanita Grimes, Aida Cortes,
We are very glad.
Vicky Calderin, Carolyne Altmann. Yoly
Cruz, Alex Ortiz.
But the greatest gift
Is our gift from God.
Decoration: Josue Centeno, Alex Ortiz.
God sent His Son to Earth
Flag: Justin Rivera As a sacrificial lamb
To save us from our sin.
Speaker: Juan Rivera Jesus is coming back again
To bring us home with Him.
“Gracias mi gente” for all your help!
So thank you, God,
For loving us so much,
With appreciation to And for giving us
our church secretary, The greatest Gift of all.
Martha.

Happy Secretary Day!

Very glad seeing our brothers and sisters achieving goals in our community.

Congratulations
from Gen Carrigan

Congratulations to a treasured volunteer for the priceless contribution you make

with your heartfelt dedication for the year 2009-2010 in volunteer service" So says
the award presented by the Pasco County and Schraeder Elementary School.

Love to Learn is his motto and its showing up with the students. They have en-
deared themselves to him, especially in Math and Science. His award was presented
to him at Spartan Manor at the end of March.

Who? Spencer Carrigan

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 Easter Cantata
Saturday, April 3rd at
5:00 PM.
Adventist Christian Academy
2010 Yearbook on sale now.
Bring a friend and
Order your copy
celebrate
today for only
this special season
$13.
of the
Order forms at the greatest sacrifice of
church office. all!

Gulf Area Women’s Ministry is excited to announce the 3rd.

Biennial Women of Spirit Day

“Women after God’s own Heart”

April 17 @ the St. Petersburg SDA Church
1001 56th St. N

Judge Judith Hawkins, Speaker

Registration @ 9:00 am
Programming from 9:00 - 3:00 pm
Lunch $4.00

Children’s Program Provided

9:00 am - 12:30 pm Ages 5-12
Lunch $3.00

Mexico Mission: There will be a Mexico Mission in

2010. The dates will be Monday, July 19th through
Wednesday, July 28th. If you have an interest, please
contact Mark Schiefer (376-4362) or the Church Office.

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 From the Editors ness for our sins.
During the past month God is near, lets get
we celebrated the Inter- ready together as His
national Sabbath, cele- people. No matter
brating the diversity of what language you
cultures in our church. speak, or where you
come from, we all This newsletter is
Definitively, it was a
published monthly
great activity, and we know that our real
by the NPR SDA
learned a lot about each home is in heaven. Church. If you
other. have any com-
Lets use this season to ments to make
We learned about our meditate on that. about the news-
differences, our food, letter, wish to
language, culture, but God bless you! make a donation,
one thing we all have in or wish to submit
an article, please
common, our God, our Love,
send it to the
faith. The God that church or to us.
died for me, died for Omayra
you, and because of our
God, we have forgive-

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NPR Seventh–day Adventist Church
6424 Trouble Creek Road
New Port Richey, FL 34653