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The Elmira Seventh-day Adventist Church February 2007 Newsletter |
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The Elmira Seventh-day Adventist Church February 2007 Newsletter |
Our study is currently in the book of Acts and The Acts of the Apostles. There will be no study February 8. We will resume Thursday, February 15, 7:00 PM at the church. All are encouraged to come as we study the beginning of the early Christian Church.
It is always a special occasion when we have a baptism. By Baptism we acknowledge Christ as Lord and Saviour, become His people, and are received as members into His church. Baptism is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, and our receiving of the Holy Spirit. We welcome Terry Mucci into our fellowship. He was baptized January 27 by Elder Roger Curtis.
THANK YOU to all who helped out with our last drive, January 16. 25 units were collected. Our next scheduled blood drive will be Tuesday, March 13, 1:30-6:30 PM. Many blood types are currently in very low supply, so donors are needed. We are all in need of callers to contact previous donors in the area around the church. Any help would really be appreciated! If you can call a list, please contact Sharon.
Our next vespers is planned for Sabbath, February 17, 4:30 PM. This will be a video in our continuing Reformation Series, on Martin Luther. Luther's protest changed the course of Western History. Luther was a German monk, priest, and church reformer whose ideas led into the Protestant Reformation. This video traces his life from a guilt-burdened monk through the events that led to a break with the Roman Catholic Church.
The video will be followed by a light supper. Please bring finger foods or sandwiches.
As of the first of the year, the Bath Church Plant is now part of our district. Dustin Hall, who has been lay pastor in Bath has accepted a call to the Ithaca/Cortland/Horseheads District.
Monday, February 19, 5:00-6:30 PM there will be a spaghetti dinner in the Church Fellowship Hall. The menu includes spaghetti with vegetarian meatballs, salad, bread, and desert.
Cost will be: Adults - $4.50, Children under 12 - $3.00. Pay at the door. This is an fund raiser for Personal Ministries
We extend our condolences to the families and friends of: Winnie Roland; Linda Clinton ( Martha Pack's sister,) Marjorie Beals, (Susie Keltz' sister), and Bob Barry (neighbor at VanGalder's cottage,) who all recently passed away.
For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. I Thessalonians 4:16-18.
Each year our community services department prepares Thanksgiving baskets for a few families. Harvest Sabbath was held November 18, with donations of canned goods being added to a display at the front of the church. Thank you for your contributions of food and financial gifts toward the boxes which were prepared and given out.
Food boxes were prepared for ten families; and fruit/cookie plates for 13 families. During October one food/gift card was given to a needy family. During December, two families received sewing machines, and clothing, personal items and gifts. There were 3 pickups in 2006 for the Northern Tier Children's Home. (At this time, we are no longer collecting items for the orphanage.) Donations were received from our church members as well as from Christian Faith Fellowship.
The annual Religious Liberty campaign began with an offering taken January 27. This will sponsor Liberty magazine to government officials and religious leaders throughout North America. It will also be used to support the North American division litigation fund, and to aid in religious liberty promotion and education in the Atlantic Union. Anyone wishing to sponsor LIBERTY magazine, please contact Mac Dwyer. Deadline is March 31.
Everyone is invited to our luncheon each Sabbath following the worship service. Our luncheons for the fourth Sabbath of each month, will be Soup and Sandwiches.
Thank you for saving your General Mills Box tops and Campbell's UPC symbols for the Holbrook Indian School in Arizona. Box tops and UPC symbols can be given Joyce Cmelko.
Alvin Jackson
Becky (Haesche) Gottshall
Levi Haesche
Pat Haesche
Allen Simkin
Cindy Taft
Guy Thompson
Karen Wasiczko
During February and March, we continue our lessons each Sabbath from the book of Ecclesiastes.
Please join us as we study each Sabbath morning. Song service begins at 9:20. Classes are provided for adults and children.
Mission Spotlight is shown once each month. During February and March our programs will be The Ellen White Story, and Select Stories and Music.
Thank you for saving your newspapers, magazines, and health food labels for Investment. Our final total for 2006 was $544.31. We appreciate all the work of our Investment leader, Alvin Jackson, as well as all who contribute from their various projects.
Remaining fruit sales for the season have been cancelled due to the freezing weather in fruit-growing areas.
Check with Larry for monthly sales on case lots. Orders go in monthly.
STORE HOURS Thursday, 4:00-7:00 p.m.