Our Mission. As We Come to You in Prayer. Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church

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1 Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church 4575 S. Sandhill Rd. Las Vegas, NV Phone: (702) Fax: (702) Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. info@paradisesda.org Website: Senior Pastor Neri: (702) ; rpneri@gmail.com Associate/Youth Pastor Neat: (702) ; neatheritony@gmail.com Administrative Assistant: Lindy Garcia; lgarcia@paradisesda.org Our Mission To proclaim the everlasting gospel, To reflect God s character in our lives, To prepare a people for the soon return of Jesus! As We Come to You in Prayer Now, Dear Lord, as we pray, Take our hearts and minds far away, From the press of the world all around, To Your throne where grace does abound. May our lives be transformed by Your love; May our souls be refreshed from above. At this moment, let people everywhere Join us now as we come to You in prayer. Hear our prayer, O Lord, Hear our prayer, O Lord. Incline Thine ear to us, and grant us Thy peace. December 10, 2016

2 The Church at Study 9:15 a.m. The Divine Worship 10:50 a.m. Opening Hymns Welcome Scripture & Prayer: Psalm 145:3-9 Testimony Message Offering/Offertory Intro to Teachers Theme Song We Have This Hope (#214) Paradise Youth Class Study Individual Classes Meg Cruz Sheela Nadarajan Misa Panteleon Sylvana Randrimialson Thomas Clark & Joseph Cadiz Sabbath School Classes Adult Quarterly - Sanctuary Adult Quarterly - Library Adult Quarterly - Fellowship Hall Young Adults - Classroom 2 New Members Class - Room 3 STUDY FOR ALL AGES Samoan Class - Assoc. Pastor s Office Prophecy Class - Mother s Room Meg Cruz Head Elder Larry Pedrodalasol Greg Isaak Elder Ron Mackey Stephanie Bedker Ron Greenwood Siolo Leena Jim Jusits Sunset Today 4:26 P.M. Sunset Next Friday 4:28 P.M. Sunset times available weekly at Hymns of Praise Announcements Come Let Us Worship the Lord Call to Worship** Deuteronomy 7:9 Invocation** Opening Hymn: Angels We Have Heard of High #142 Thrive Time Children s Story Offering Call: NAD Adventist Community Services Garden of Prayer** Scripture Reading: Luke 2:8-12 Special Music Closing Hymn: Away in the Manger Closing Prayer Pianist: Dianne Katz God s Word for Today The Night Before Christmas Elder Pita Cibitaki Elder Pita Cibitaki Sheela Nadarajan Duncan Paniagua David Clemente Elder Ron Mackey Adrian Marin Haley & Ethan King Organist: Carrie Hilton **PLEASE! Do Not enter or leave the Sanctuary during these special moments in the worship service! We appreciate your refraining from applauding during worship service. A hearty Amen would be appropriate.

3 Announcements December 10, 2016 PRAYER WARRIORS Today s Prayer Warriors: Youth Prayer Warriors December 17 th : Primary Shiloh Adventurers Paradise Church WEEKLY GROUPS AND STUDIES Homeless Ministry: Homeless Ministry is on break and will resume January 7, 2017 L.I.F.E. Youth Program: Meets on the 4 th Sabbath of the Month after Services Women s Prayer Group: Monday 10:00 a.m. at the home of Jean Gaddy. Day of Fasting and Prayer: 6:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., each Wednesday Bible Study: Plan to attend FM 101 on 7pm Children s Choir Practice: Children s choir is canceled until further notice. We are still looking for a Director, if interested in leading, contact the Church Office, Pastors or Elders Landmarks of Prophecy: Thursday & Friday 7:00 p.m. Youth Vespers: On the 1 st and 3 rd Friday of the 6:30 p.m. (Paradise) Choir Practice: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Sonshine Singers: 2 nd & 4 th 1:30 p.m. Vespers: No vespers today Food Bank: Every 2 nd & 4 th Sabbath from 1:00-3:00 p.m. PRAYER LIST Ira Smith, Mabel Durrah, Rita Evans, Maude Shultz, Kenneth Jones, Michelle Anciso, Marlene Simon, Charlie Greenfield, Cherie Pesce, Dorothy Thomas, Susan Boeckman, Sarah Woodard, Sarah Dutson, Neil Montoya and Mike Denny DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER The weekly Day of Fasting and Prayer is practiced each Wednesday. The prayer times at the church are 6:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. Please call in your prayer requests before Wednesday. Contact the Church Office at (702) or to: info@paradisesda.org You may also contact Pastor Neri by text, or call at (702)

4 LUNCHES FOR VISITORS There will be sack lunches available for our OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS ONLY at the table to the right of the sanctuary following our worship service today. SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS? The CDs, HIS touch and Welcome to Paradise, recorded by our very own Curt St. John, are currently available for $10 each. They make wonderfully thoughtful, godly gifts for those friends and family members on your holiday shopping list. Proceeds benefit the Paradise Mortgage Fund. Please contact Lindy (during the week) at the church office to order your copies. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Sabbath, October 17th, during the 11:00am Worship Service You re invited to join us next week for a special Christmas program held at the Paradise Church. Music by the Paradise Choir and Music Artist Leon Padilla. AGAPÉ FEAST You are cordially invited to our Agapé Feast, Saturday, December 31 6:00 p.m. Please bring bread, fruit, or nuts to feed 10 people or more. Thank you for sharing. FOOD PANTRY Is open on the Second and fourth Saturday of each month (1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.) All Paradise Church Members are welcome to food assistance if needed. Paradise Church Finances for November Final GIVING BACK TO THE LORD Monthly LOCAL Need $19,721 Church Operating Expense $ 7,456 Mortgage $ 6,980 LVJA Subsidy $ 5,285 GIVE THE PERFECT GIFT. GIVE BLOOD! BLOOD DRIVE Sunday, December 18, 2016 Paradise SDA Church 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m S Sandhill Rd., Las Vegas, NV To schedule your appointment or for more information, please log on to redcrossblood.org and enter the Sponsor Code: Paradise SDA or contact Keyona (702) ATTENTION: SINGLES AND COUPLES! Curt and Jill St. John are inviting singles and couples to their home (near Warm Springs & Eastern, just 5.5 miles from church) for a Christmas vegetarian potluck lunch at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 25. If you would like to join the group, please call Jill at or Curt at They have seating room for 20 people, so get your name on the guest list early! (They have a cat named Punkin!) VISITOR LUNCHES Women's Ministry would like to thank everyone who volunteered to help prepare Out of Town Visitor Lunches last year. We are now looking for volunteers to prepare lunches for One Month for the months of February through December This ministry involves preparing 20 Vegan Lunches on the 2nd and 4th Sabbaths which includes: Sandwiches (peanut butter and jelly, tofu "egg" salad, "wham" salad, water bottles, fruit, chips etc. We will have a sign up sheet in the Lobby where you can choose your month. This is an easy way for you to serve and you can be reimbursed for what you spend if needed. If you have any questions, please see Judi, Gina, Lynette or Karen. LOCAL Offerings - As of Dec. 3 Church Budget $ 3,876 Mortgage $ 1,587 LVJA $ 25 TOTAL received to date $ 5,488* November Tithe and Conference Offerings: $ 29,050 (Sent to NV-UT Conf.) UPCOMING EVENTS Dec. 10 Sweet Tomatoes Dec. 18 Fundraiser Dec. 24 Dec. 10 Health 101 Dec. 31 Dec. 17 Christmas Program Jan. 7 Dec. 17 Caroling Jan. 15,16 Blood Drive Baptism Agapé Feast Prayer Vigil Free Medical Clinic

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