SABBATH SCHOOL

Christ and Religious Tradition

Memory Text:"This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the percepts of men " (Matthew 15:8-9, RSV). The Church at Study - 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.

Announcements
Notifications
1. Bible Studies TONIGHT @ 5 pm, with elder Jack Polihronov on the Biblical view of the State of the dead. Please look at the schedule in the foyer, and make your suggestions for topics of interest. 2. Pathfinders Classes will resume May 4 with the type A uniform inspection @ 10 am! 3. Inviting ALL to an hour of prayer, Bible Study and testimonies on Wednesday night at 7 pm. Come and be blessed. 4. Youth Bible Study Group for youth ages 12 -25+ Tuesdays at the Ferreiras home 785 Nadine Ave from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Invite your friends to join you as together you learn to grow in Jesus. Facilitators are Angelina & Simone. 5. The ad hoc Church Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 24th at 6:30 pm at our church hall. The alignment of church activities and collaboration of ministries are on the agenda, as well as facilitating further church growth. Report of the Worship committee regarding TWO services will be discussed further. 6. On April 27th from 10 am to 1 pm everyone is invited to join the youth, young adults and Pathfinders of our church in cleaning up our yard, and the Shelborne Housing complex, as a part of the city-wide Love London: Clean & Green effort. Our site is listed as a community public site that needs cleaning and we want to take an initiative in serving our community. 7. The Messenger Magazine: If you are receiving the Messenger magazine, please make sure your mailing address is updated in the church database by sending the correct address to Larris Biggs (see form in foyer).

8. Pastor Alex will be away from April 27 to May 4. First making a brief trip by air to Alberta to accompany Stepan home from university. Then the family will travel by car to Andrews University to celebrate his doctoral graduation on Sabbath May 3. Please keep the Golovenko family in your prayers. 9. Family Day Sabbath is planned for May 24th. The Family Ministry is organizing various activities for that day. Youre also welcome to share yours with us. Were planning to celebrate the Families in our church by making a presentation with pictures from their Weddings. Each family is asked to submit a wedding picture. Please send pictures along with the date and the place of your wedding to: angelina.polihronova@gmail.com or patricialopez@live.ca

Superintendent: Earl Biggs

WORSHIP HOUR
Congregational Hymn..And Can It Be#198 Intercessory Prayer...Elder Clara Baptiste
Pastors in the Region, Christian Stewardship, Michigan Conference Next week: Healing of Fractured Relationships, Birthdays and
Anniversaries and Wisconsin Conference

Events
10. Please plan to attend and invite community for the Mothers Day concert with Marian Kossovan and Wendell Phipps, May 10 at 6 pm. More information will follow as posters will be available. 11. Youth from all over Canada will gather in Hamilton, Ontario for a biennial summit from May 29 through June 1. Twenty people from our church will be attending this event, 17 teens are interested in connecting with Adventist youth and growing spiritually. Our youth department is allocating its Budget money for sponsoring. Each youth is contributing their registration fee. Please consider sponsoring financially so we would not turn anyone from this opportunity. Please mark your donations Youth Summit. 12. Bowling (5 pin and 10 pin) at Fleetway, 720 Proudfoot Lane, London is planned for TONIGHT, April 19th at 8:15 PM.

Offering........Church Budget.Pastor Alex Golovenko

Choir Presentation
He Lives
Hymn of Exaltation....He Lives....................#251

Benediction...Elder Mike Keim

Sunset Today: 8:11 p.m.

Next week: 8:19 p.m.

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13. Sunday, June 8, 2014. Bring your family and friends to discover the Grand River on a 4- hour canoe trip. Cost is $11.50 person in a 3 person canoe. Departure time is 9:30 AM from the Grand Experiences, 113 Grand River St N, Paris Ontario to Brant Park. A picnic potluck is planned, so bring picnic food in coolers, also snacks and drinks for the trip. Swimming is allowed, please wear modest swimming attire, and the necessary sun protection. Interested persons please contact Debbie Boscovic in person, or at Debbie@boscoviolinsupply.com or Pastor Alex at pastor_alex7@hotmail.com by May 15th. 14. Youth Mission Trip - A joint youth mission trip between St. Thomas and London SDA Church will be taking place this summer to Northern Ontario, focusing around Spanish, Ontario (July 3-14). This mission trip will consist of running a Vacation Bible School, as well as other community. For questions please contact Lanita (519-852-9360 or lanita.resendes@gmail.com)
Apr 6 Daniel Tavares Apr 6 Richard Bartosz Apr 6 Lewis Stoddard Apr 10 Brittany Bernardo Apr 11 Stepan Golovenko Apr 12 Rixon Gultom Apr 13 Sandra Golovenko Apr 15 Elizabeth Palmateer Apr 6 Lewis Stoddard Birthday Wishes for April Apr 21 Lukas Rusek Apr 21 Kathleen Bancroft Apr 22 Maria Bartosz Apr 23 Reneica Eccles Apr 23 Renice Eccles Apr 24 Beatrice Kasule Apr 24 Maria Lucia Catarino Apr 26 Dorothy Gilbert Apr 26 Jack Polihronov Apr 27 Kofi BoahFrimpong Apr 27 Simone Biggs Apr 27 Maria Carcamo Apr 28 Keenan Bancroft Apr 29 Yvonne Thuilard Apr 29 Sara Mahon Apr 30 Juliana Mantiri

The Great Dividing Line in History

I shared reflections on this weekend during the mid-week prayer meeting, emphasizing the significance of the resurrection. The history uses designation BC/AD (Before Christ & Anno Domini). The secular writers use alternative BCE/ACE (before the Common Era & Current Era) one author suggests that the BR/AR would be more significant demarcation, meaning Before & After the Resurrection! Think about the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ! It is not just a doctrine. It is an ongoing life with Jesus. Nowadays the meaning is commercialized and used for free hobby time with few reflecting on the significance of what happened during that transition from Good Friday to the Resurrection Sunday. On Saturday Jesus rested in the grave. Death had dominion over him. But not for long! The gates of hell broke and the door into paradise opened. Matthew 27;52-53 records that even before the resurrection Sunday, on Friday as Jesus died, the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Jesus resurrection was certain even before His death! The resurrection of Jesus is experienced by believers through baptism, for the same Spirit that brought Jesus up, quickens our lives in baptism (Romans 8:11). On this weekend as you mingle with family and friends I invite you to consider the last two paragraphs from Chapter 8 from the book Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White: As we associate together, we may be a blessing to one another. If we are Christ's, our sweetest thoughts will be of Him. We shall love to talk of Him; and as we speak to one another of His love, our hearts will be softened by divine influences. Beholding the beauty of His character, we shall be "changed into the same image from glory to glory." 2 Corinthians 3:18. It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones. As we thus dwell upon His great sacrifice for us, our confidence in Him will be more constant, our love will be quickened, and we shall be more deeply imbued with His spirit. If we would be saved at last, we must learn the lesson of penitence and humiliation at the foot of the cross. May this weekend be a reminder of Christs sacrifice of love, and the example of humility, freedom from sin, confidence in the future and joy in your life. We serve a Risen Savior, whos in the World today! Even as we await for the Glorious return of Jesus, may you encounter Jesus Himself as you serve others. When you participate with Him in His story you dont need to defend your belief in His story.
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19.04.14

Please send all bulletin related information by WEDNESDAY 9:00 p.m. to larris.biggs@gmail.com

your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko