71 King Street Hamilton, Victoria. Bulletin & News. Sabbath August 15th, We WELCOME you to our Worship Services Today

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1 Issue No. 216 Taking the Three Angel s Messages to the whole world King Street Hamilton, Victoria Bulletin & News Sabbath August 15th, 2015 We WELCOME you to our Worship Services Today Song Service Sabbath School Church Service 9:45 am 10:00 am 11:30 am Again Jesus said, Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you (John 20:21, NIV)

2 ~ Upcoming Dates & Announcements ~ Next Prayer Meeting - August 26th at 5pm Please join us each fortnight and let us always keep the communication channels open to heaven. Welcome - We welcome Peter Tung to the pulpit today and his wife Lynette for Sabbath praise and worship. May God bless you and lead you in His truth always. Combined Lunch - There will be a combined lunch next Sabbath after the Divine Service as Tim Bikicki will be joining us. All are welcome to join us for fellowship and a light meal. There will be a combined lunch on the 29th as well. Communion Service - Today is the communion service for this quarter We pray that you have prepared your heart for this special time with Christ. Special Offering - There is a special offering for Hope Radio today. Please give generously to help support the continual spread of the Gospel message to the world via this invaluable resource. Recipe Club - A reminder that the recipe club for this month is Tuesday the August 25th. Club member Wendy Radley will be demonstrating a new recipe for us and Siew Lim will be giving a short health talk. Prayer Request - Please continue to pray for Suzi, Rosemary, Tameeka, Russell Wareham, Trevor Aisbett, Roger Pearce, Ruth O Dempsey, Peter Tyzack and family, Maria and John Franjic, Simon Novak, The Recipe Club, Trevor from the fish shop and the young people searching for Christ in our town. Please give thanks to God for our answered and unanswered prayers as well. Food Safety Training for Churches - On October 18th, Sibilla Johnson will be conducting a food Safety training program at the Hamilton Church from 2:00pm until 4:00pm. All church members that supply or handle food stuffs, whether recipe club or Sabbath lunch are required by law to have a Food Safety Certificate and are required to attend the training program with Sibilla Johnson if possible. The course is $20.00 per person. This cost covers the Safe Food Handling study unit and question sheets, the printing of the certificate, plus postage. HAMILTON CHURCH WEBSITE Website: Church Hamilton.sda.church@gmail.com Facebook: 2

3 ~ Memory Verse ~ For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. [ Isaiah 57:15 ] ~ God s Little Book of Encouragement ~ God keeps His promises, even when the circumstances make it appear unlikely that He will [Jesus] is the Yes pronounced upon God s promises, every one of them. [ 2 Corinthians 1:20, The New English Bible ] ~ Bible Promises ~ In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. [ Proverbs 14:26 ] ~ A Moment s Contemplation ~ For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. [ Matthew 5:18 ] (see Exodus 20:2-17) 3

4 ~ Adventist News Network ~ WHO TEAMS UP WITH ADVENTISTS IN A GLOBAL FIRST The effort to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates begins in South Africa. August 04, 2015 Pretoria, South Africa Joanne Ratsara The World Health Organization and the Seventh-day Adventist Church are kicking off an unprecedented global partnership aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality rates. This is the first time that the WHO, the public health agency of the United Nations, has partnered with a faith-based organization on a global scale, said Annette Mwansa Nkowane, WHO s lead nurse and a main proponent of the fiveyear project to educate more midwifes. The WHO approached the Adventist Church with the proposal for the project after a major health conference organized by the church in Geneva, Switzerland. Annette Mwansa Nkowane, left, WHO s worldwide technical officer for nursing and midwifery, attending a meeting this week in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to implement a $1 million, five-year project between the WHO and the Adventist Church. Pictured with her are Paul Ratsara, president of the Southern Africa- Indian Ocean Division, and Patricia Jones, associate director for nursing with the health ministries department of the Adventist world church. [Photo by Joanne Ratsara] The Geneva-based WHO has identified a global lack of qualified midwives as a contributing factor in the deaths of mothers and babies and the church s global network of educators and hospitals as a way to address the shortfall. Fifty international nursing leaders and educators from North America, Europe, South America, and Africa are meeting this week in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to implement the project, starting in four African countries. The $1 million project is funded by the OPEC Foundation for International Development through the World Health Organization and was designed by WHO officials, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Loma Linda University School of Nursing. We are grateful to begin this partnership. We will produce something the world will benefit from, said Nkowane, a nurse and midwife educated in Zambia whose full title is worldwide technical officer for nursing and midwifery. I believed and 4

5 was convinced this would be successful. I believe that with God all things are possible. The persistence of the WHO has led to this historic day, said Patricia Jones, associate director for nursing with the health ministries department of the Adventist world church. Thank you for not giving up and for having faith in us in a faithbased group to be trusted to take on such a project. Understanding the Challenge About 280,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every year worldwide, according to WHO statistics. Complicating matters, Africa has about 12 percent as many physicians as the global average and 30 percent as many nurses. The gap is widening as Africa s population grows rapidly and schools in various countries are only able to educate 10 percent to 30 percent of the needed healthcare professionals. Nkowane said the project would improve the quantity and quality of midwives and help close a gap in the ratio between faculty and students, which she put at 1:45 in developing countries and 1:12 in developed countries. The project focuses on four institutions in Africa where the maternal mortality ratio is 14 times higher than in the world s developed regions: Malamulo College of Health Sciences at Malamulo Hospital in Malawi, Maluti College of Nursing at Maluti Hospital in Lesotho, Kanye Adventist College of Nursing at Kanye Hospital in Botswana, and the at hospital Adventist University of Cosendai in Cameroon. The WHO expects the project to contribute toward the achievement of United Nations Millennium Development Goals to reduce maternal and child mortality and recognize the universal truth that there cannot be health without a workforce. The Beginnings Seeds for the collaboration were sown in 2009 in Geneva during the first global health conference hosted by the health ministries department of the General Conference, the administrative body of the Adventist world church. Health Ministries director Allan Handysides and his successor, Peter Landless, established a close association with the WHO during this conference. Immediately before the event, Adventist nursing educators met in Geneva for a preconference organized by Jones, director of global nursing at the Loma Linda University School of Nursing. One of the pre-conference s speakers, Jean Yan, WHO s lead nurse at the time, was impressed with what she observed. Dr. Yan saw our group as a powerful network for change in nursing education and health care because we are an organized global system, Jones said. She reasoned that if there is such a global system of nurse educators within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, why couldn t there be a project that could enlist the talents of such a team to make a difference in health care? 5

6 The idea began to incubate. Yan pursued the matter with Jones in the following months. At first I was afraid to accept the challenge, Jones said. Senior leaders at Loma Linda University School of Nursing were cognizant of that fact that we don t teach midwifery, nor do we have an army of midwifery experts. Despite this, the WHO continued to pursue the matter with the church. Adventist Church leaders voted to accept the WHO s proposal during a 2010 Spring Meeting at world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. That same year, Yan retired and Nkowane was appointed as the lead nurse. She followed Yan s vision and worked further to develop the project with Jones. Nkowane also sought funding, a length process that delayed the project until WHO persisted in writing grants to create funds for this project until they succeeded, Jones said. The WHO proposed various project sites, and the donor selected the four participating institutions. The project will be implemented by the midwifery educators at the colleges, WHO-associated consultants, local WHO collaborating centers, practicing midwives in the hospitals, and a task force from the Loma Linda School of Nursing. Three of the sites receiving the primary focus of the project are within the Adventist Church s Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division. We take this as a sacred trust from God to be able to contribute to the achievement of these specific United Nations Millennium Goals in cooperation with the World Health Organization, division president Paul Ratsara told this week s conference. He said the project was in harmony with the mission of the global church. Mothers lives will be saved. Babies will be saved, he said. We will strive to improve always and continue to set the bar higher as we find innovative ways to improve the health of the communities we serve, thereby being the hands and heart of Jesus.? ~ Who Am I ~? I was born after the flood. I am one of Noah s Great Grandchildren. My father was the fourth son of his father. I was the first of mine from four. My name is the same as one of the prophets. I am. 6

7 ~ Solution to Last Week s Quizzle ~ 1. Syrian; Elisha; Israel. 7. K 13. K 19. Elisha; Servant. 2. Dothan; Servant; Free; Safe. 8. K 14. P 20. Azariah; Asa. 3. Blind; Samaria; Eyes; Feed. 9. P 15. K 4. Samaria; Die. 10. K 16. K 5. Lepers; The Syrians. 11. P 17. K 6. P 12. P 18. Student; Elisha Who am I? : - My name is Methuselah - Genesis 5 Life With No Goodbyes ~ Our Christian Walk ~ Having to say goodbye to friends or family can be downright heart-wrenching, whether or not it s watching your little one leave for school that first day or going to college, there s a bit of sadness knowing your life will never be quite the same. Parting after a family reunion leaves you with a knot in the pit of your stomach, or watching your loved one disappear behind the security line at the airport, brings tears, as you realize it may be a long time before you see them again. But the pain of being separated by death - is the worst goodbye of all! Knowing you will never hear the sound of their sweet voice, or the gentleness of their touch, seems too painful a burden to bear. But don t despair - because the good news is, Jesus is coming again soon to take all those who have surrendered their hearts and lives to Him, to live with Him in heaven forever. The Bible says in Revelation 21:4, There will be no more death or mourning, or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. Oh what a glorious day that will be! Just imagine a life with no goodbyes, tears, sadness or pain - but each day will be more wonderful than the day before! Text: Isaiah 35:10, 1 Corinthians 15: 52-54, Lamentations 3:21-24, Philippians 3:20-21 Brenda Walsh Ministries: August 25th

8 ~ From the Spirit of Prophecy - Think About: ~ Darkness Before Dawn by (E.G. White) Can The Dead Speak To Us? (chapter 4, pages ) The Character of Evil Spirits If there were no other evidence of the real character of spiritualism, it should be enough for the Christian that the spirits make no difference between righteousness and sin, between the noblest and purest of the apostles of Christ and the most corrupt of the servants of Satan. By representing the basest of men as in heaven, and highly exalted there, Satan says to the world: "No matter how wicked you are; no matter whether you believe or disbelieve God and the Bible. Live as you please; heaven is your home." The spiritualist teachers virtually declare: "Everyone that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?" Malachi 2:17. Saith the word of God: "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness." Isaiah 5:20. {DD 21.1} The apostles, as personated by these lying spirits, are made to contradict what they wrote at the dictation of the Holy Spirit when on earth. They deny the divine origin of the Bible, and thus tear away the foundation of the Christian's hope and put out the light that reveals the way to heaven. Satan is making the world believe that the Bible is a mere fiction, or at least a book suited to the infancy of the race, but now to be lightly regarded, or cast aside as obsolete. And to take the place of the word of God he holds out spiritual manifestations. Here is a channel wholly under his control; by this means he can make the world believe what he will. The Book that is to judge him and his followers he puts in the shade, just where he wants it; the Saviour of the world he makes to be no more than a common man. {DD 21.2} ~ Further Reading ~ 2 Kings Chronicles Prophets and Kings pp ; ; God is the Arm that will hold you at your weakest. The eye that will see you at your darkest And The heart that will love you at your worst. 8

9 ~ Bulletin Quizzle ~ Who Am I? (See word bank below) 1. He became king when he was 7 years old. 2. He was kill by his cousin, the king. 3. He stubbornly led his army against Syria and was killed as the prophet predicted. 4. He was a prophet in the time of Hezekiah. 5. He was a high priest and lived for 130 years. 6. He was the son-in-law of Ahab. 7. He was the king of Judah who sent a choir in front of his soldiers when he went into battle. 8. He was a king who was stricken with leprosy because of his s in. 9. She was a wicked queen who killed her children and grandchildren. 10. He was a wicked king of Judah who ruled for only about two years. 11. She was the mother of Athaliah, the only woman ruler of Judah. 12. She was the wife of the high priest and the aunt of a boy king. 13. He was a king who asked God to make the sun move backwards. 14. He was a wicked ruler of Judah who paid a heathen nation to help him, instead of listening to God s prophets. 15. A nation that fought king Hezekiah. 16. A nation that sent ambassadors to ask Hezekiah about the sun going backwards. 17. A nation that fought against King Ahab and King Jehoshaphat. 18. The people who tried to stop King Uzziah from offering incense in the temple. (WORD BANK) A. Ahab F. Babylon K. Jehosheba P. Syria B. Ahaz G. Hezekiah L. Jehoram Q. Uzziah C. Ahaziah H. Isaiah M. Jezebel R. Zechariah D. Assyria I. Jehoiada N. Joash E. Athaliah J. Jehoshaphat O. Priests 9

10 ~ For The Kids ~ We are continuing our journey through the letters of the alphabet. What other Bible things can you think of that begin with this letter? 10

11 We Are Not to Glory in Riches Let not the rich man glory in his riches. Jeremiah 9:23 ~ Weekly Devotional ~ The rich man is not to glory in his riches. If we fix our affections on worldly things, we fail to exalt Christ. Satan would keep our minds absorbed with the things of this life, that we may lose sight of the higher life; but we cannot afford to yield to his devices. Christ is the source of all temporal, as well as all spiritual blessings. If he has given us riches, it is not that we may claim them as our own. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven...." Paul counted all things but loss that he might win Christ. But when the Saviour calls for our possessions and our service, there are many who see they cannot obey God and carry their earthly treasures with them, and they decide to stay by their treasures. How can those who expect to stand around Christ's throne, and to be clothed with His righteousness, distrust God, and fear that He will leave them to come to want? Where is their faith? Our heavenly Father feeds the ravens, and will He not much more feed us?... If we had a right view of Christ, we would permit nothing to interpose between ourselves and Him.... Those who study to see how near they can live to the world and yet gain heaven, will come just near enough to be shut out from heaven. We must accept the suffering part of religion if we would sit down with the Suffering One upon His throne. While it is lawful for us to acquire means, the money that we possess should be regarded as ours only in trust, not to be squandered, but spent in the Lord's service. It should be our determined purpose to obey the orders of our Captain, and thus lay up for ourselves heavenly riches. Then, when everything in this world perishes, we shall have a treasure in the heavens, which faileth not. (Sons and Daughters of God Ellen G White - page 234) 11

12 ~ Sabbath Services ~ Service This Week Next Week August 15th August 22nd Divine Service Peter Tung Tim Bikicki Sabbath School Alex & Jenny Buckler Peter Tung ~ Sunset Times ~ Sunset Sabbath (Tonight) 5:56 pm Sunset Next Friday 6:01 pm This Week: Next Week: ~ Church Offering ~ Union Offering - HOPE Radio Local Church Budget ~ Church Cleaning ~ August 16th August 29th 2015 Amber Morris August 30th September 12th 2015 Tung Family ~ Garden Maintenance ~ August 16th August 29th 2015 Volunteer Needed August 30th September 12th 2015 Peter Tung ~ Church Website ~ Website : Hamilton.sda.church@gmail.com - Contact Details - Pastor Justin Bone