September 17, 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. September 17, 2016 Hear our prayer, O Lord, Hear our prayer, O Lord. Incline Thine ear to us, and grant us Thy peace.

2 The Church at Study 9:15 a.m. The Divine Worship 10:50 a.m. Opening Hymns Welcome Scripture & Prayer: John 8:4 Offering Inspirational Message Theme Song We Have This Hope (#214) Class Study Urban Ministry in the End Time Individual Classes 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 Fernando Velez Melissa Velez Melissa Velez Fernando Velez Head Elder Larry Pedrodalasol Greg Isaak Stephanie Bedker Ron Greenwood Siolo Leena Jim Jusits Sunset Today 6:44 P.M. Sunset Next Friday 6:35 P.M. Sunset times available weekly at Hymns of Praise Announcements Call to Worship** Psalm 121:1-8 Invocation** Opening Hymn: I Sing the Mighty Power of God #88 Candidates Baby Dedication Children s Story Offering Appeal: Local Church Budget Offertory Garden of Prayer** Scripture Reading: Psalms 119: Angelo Chahal, Tom & Marla Thornton God s Word for Today The Last Words of Jesus Part 3: It is Time for You to Act Closing Hymn: Trust and Obey #590 Closing Prayer Pianist: Carrie Hilton Holden Kenneth Hill Heather Shurtliff Steven Forbis Leida Herrera Elder Marlon Chahal Kallan Haugen Organ: David Hardy **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 September 17, 2016 AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THROUGH THE ABC AdventistBookCenter.com is the online store for a world-wide network of Christian bookstores called Adventist Book Center, or ABCs. The site is owned jointly by two Seventh-day Adventist publishers, Pacific Press and Review and Herald Publishing. This code will help us track the effectiveness of the Ambassador program. This code will put money directly back into our church. Every time you order any items (except Sabbath School) on Adven tistbookcenter.com they will put 10% of that purchase into an account and at the end of the year they will make a donation to a project of your church s choosing. Example, if members from our church purchase items for $10,000 on adventistbookcenter.com our church project will get a check for $1,000. Paradise Church Code: This exact code must be used on Adventistbookcenter.com in order to track purchases and receive a refund. THE CODE SHOULD BE ENTERED AFTER THE CHECK-OUT PROCESS IN THE BOX PROVIDED ON ADVENTISTBOOKCENTER.COM When you shop on adventistbookcenter.com, there is a space during the check-out process for you to enter a church code. This code is crucial. There is no credit if that code is not entered. PRAYER WARRIORS Today s Prayer Warriors: Youth Prayer Warriors September 24 th : Primary WEEKLY GROUPS AND STUDIES Homeless Ministry: The Homeless Ministry will go out today after the Worship Service. Visitors & members are invited to join any Sabbath to serve. Meet in the Library at 1:30 p.m. if your interested. L.I.F.E. Youth Program: No L.I.F.E. until further notice Women s Prayer Group: Monday 10:00 a.m. at the home of Jean Gaddy. Day of Fasting and Prayer: 6:00-7 :00 a.m., 12:00-1:00 p.m., 6:30-7:00 p.m. each Wednesday. Prayer Meeting: Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. 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 or Friday 7:00 p.m. Youth Vespers: On the 1 st and 3 rd Friday of the 6:30 p.m. Choir Practice: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Sonshine Singers: 2 nd & 4 th Sabbath at 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, Mark Pacifikis, Rita Evans, Maude Shultz, Neil Montoya, Andrew Ramos, Kenneth Jones, Ethan King, Michelle Anciso, Martin Arteaga, Marlene Simon, Mike Denny and David Clemente 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

4 FULL-CHURCH FELLOWSHIP MEAL All members and visitors are invited to join us for a haystacks lunch today immediately following the worship service. MOTHER S ROOM The mother s room is provided to all mothers/guardians (women) with children ages 0-3 years and children with special needs. All children need to be accompanied by an adult. (There will be a deaconess in the room to help regulate things) PARENTING CLASS You are invited! Tuesdays at 7pm. for the next 2 Tuesdays. Ron will provide insight and useful information that is designed to help parents overcome some of the difficulties that they may encounter, as they raise their bundles of joy from infancy to adulthood. Author of Book: Parenting: The Bottom Line. The book provides insight and useful information that is designed to help parents overcome some of the difficulties that they may encounter, as they raise their bundles of joy from infancy to adulthood. CONGRATULATIONS Praise God! Ricardo and Melissa Zavala, just had their baby girl, Estelle Maria Zavala on September 8th. She is beautiful. Congratulations to the family. If your interested in purchasing a gift for the baby Estelle, they are registered at Babies R Us. Paradise Church Finances for September Monthly LOCAL Need $19,721 Church Operating Expense $7,456 Mortgage $6,980 LVJA Subsidy $5,285 PATHFINDER/ADVENTURER INDUCTION SERVICE Today, at 3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Come out and support our Pathfinder and Adventurers. DONATE YOUR NON HOLY SHOES Homeless ministry in NEED of used MENS (non-dress shoes). If you have any shoes gathering dust, Paradise would appreciate taking them off your hands. Homeless Ministry will be distributing these shoes to the less fortunate. Also please bring plastic grocery bags and drop them off in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you for your donations. COMMUNION & FOOTWASHING SERVICE Next Sabbath, September 24 th I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet. So you also should wash one another s feet. I have given you an example. You should do as I have done for you. - John 13:14-15 CHRISTIAN WOMEN S BOOK CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE September 24 th at 7:00 p.m. If you enjoy reading and meeting with other Christian women, please plan on attending. We encourage you to bring a friend. STRIP IMPACT Next Sabbath, September 24 2:30 p.m. Join us as we travel to the strip and reach out and bring others to the Lord. FALL FESTIVAL Sunday, October 30 4:00 p.m. You are invited to join us for the food, fellowship, jumpers, s mores, fire pit, photobooth, popcorn and much more. Fun for the whole family. If you would like to enter the Chili Cook-off, enter the Pumpkin Dessert contest, and/or volunteer to help with decoration etc, please sign up at the Information Table in the foyer. LOCAL Offerings through September 10 Church Budget $ 6,185 Mortgage $ 1,543 LVJA $ 95 TOTAL received to date $ 7,823* SEPTEMBER (to date) Tithe and Conference Offerings: $31,696 (Sent to NV-UT Conf.) Sept. 20 & 27 Parenting: The Bottom Line Sept. 17 P/A Induction Sept. 24 Communion Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Oct. 7-9 GLOW Outreach UPCOMING EVENTS Women s Book Club Women s Retreat Oct. 15 Oct. 26 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 19 Dec. 24 Men s Ministry Bookmobile (Paradise) Fall Festival GLOW in the Dark

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