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1 Issue No. 221 Taking the Three Angel s Messages to the whole world King Street Hamilton, Victoria Bulletin & News Sabbath September 19th, 2015 We WELCOME you to our Worship Services Today Song Service Sabbath School Church Service 9:45 am 10:00 am 11:30 am "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" ( Phil. 3:13-14, NKJV )

2 ~ Upcoming Dates & Announcements ~ Next Prayer Meeting - September 23rd at 5pm Please join us each fortnight and let us always keep the communication channels open to heaven. Business Meeting - There will be a church business meeting after the regular prayer meeting at 6pm, on September 23rd. Please ensure all requests etc. are submitted by Sabbath the 19th. Welcome - We welcome Dudley House to the pulpit today for Sabbath praise and worship. May God bless you and lead you in His truth always. Combined Lunch - There will be a combined lunch after the main service today. All are welcome, so please join us for fellowship and a light meal. Prayer Request - Please continue to pray for Suzi, Rosemary, Tameeka, Russell Wareham, Trevor Aisbett, Roger Pearce, 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. A Special Prayer Request for Maria Franjic - Maria is currently in hospital and is very ill. Please pray for her recovery and healing. Believe with all your heart and petition God for His intervention and healing power. May His glory fall upon Maria and make her whole Recipe Club - The recipe club meeting for this month is Tuesday, September 29th. Door charge of $5 remains the same. Please bring friends and family for an enjoyable evening. This month Sibilla Johnson will be demonstrating and giving a short health talk. 13th Sabbath - Next week is the 13th Sabbath for this quarter. Please check back of lesson study booklets for offering distribution details. Please give generously. Bonfire Night - Our lovely host and hostess: Jay and Therese will be having a bonfire night TONIGHT, 5:30pm at 29 Rashleigh St, Digby. What is happening: Closing Sabbath prayer (6pm), BBQ and salad dinner, bonfire (BYO marshmallow on sticks), music (BYO guitar and singing voices). You, and any friends you'd like to introduce to the church family are invited to join us. Please bring enough food (vegie sausage/burger plus a salad/dessert) for yourselves and your visitors. BYO camping chairs unless you are happy standing around the fire. Drinks, plates and cutleries will be provided. Please speak to Siew Lim if you need transport. Tandara Camp - October 2nd - 4th - Application forms are now available in the foyer for the Tandara camp in October this year. All applications and 2

3 Sanitarium orders for goods need to be returned/submitted by Monday the 21st September and can be collected at the camp in October. 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. Week of Prayer - Our week of prayer this year will be from Sabbath October 24th til Sabbath October 31st. Please organize small groups for prayer during this special week, whether by phone, Skype or gathering. Let s make this Week of Prayer count! ~ Memory Verse ~ Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. [ Isaiah 43:10 ] ~ Bible Promises ~ The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, Destroy! [ Deuteronomy 33:27 (WEB) ] HAMILTON CHURCH WEBSITE Website: Church Hamilton.sda.church@gmail.com Facebook: 3

~ Adventist Review ~ FROM AUSTRIA TO BRITAIN, ADVENTISTS REACH OUT TO MIGRANTS Trans-European Division president Rafaat Kamal, a war child himself, calls for prayers and support for the migrants.

4 ~ Adventist Review ~ FROM AUSTRIA TO BRITAIN, ADVENTISTS REACH OUT TO MIGRANTS Trans-European Division president Rafaat Kamal, a war child himself, calls for prayers and support for the migrants. Posted September 8, 2015, By Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review As Europe struggles with a flood of migrants, Seventh-day Adventist believers from across the continent are stepping up efforts to feed, shelter, educate, and otherwise help refugees establish better lives. Rafaat Kamal, president of the Adventist Church s Trans-European Division, said the migrant crisis revived memories of his own childhood in a Middle East war, and he urged Adventists to unite in prayer and support for ADRA and the Adventist churches that are assisting refugees. I personally see this challenge as an opportunity to help our guests and us become better people, Kamal told the Adventist Review on Tuesday. This is the beauty of compassionate generosity and service to broken human beings. European leaders are grappling to deal with the surge of migrants, mainly Syrians, who have made their way to Europe this summer. Many migrants are stuck in entrypoint countries on the edges of the continent as authorities tackle a backlog of asylum applications. Greece s migration policy minister warned Monday that the Greek isle of Lesbos near Turkey is on the verge of an explosion because of the influx of 20,000 Syrian and Afghan migrants. In the same region, an unprecedented 7,000 Syrian migrants arrived in Macedonia on Monday, hoping to cross into Serbia and then Hungary before making their way to preferred destinations such as Austria and Germany. Migrants attending a German-language course organized by the Adventist church Refugees are really exhausted when they reach Serbia, said Igor Mitrović, ADRA s country director in Serbia, who helped open an asylum information center in the capital, Belgrade, in late August. They often say that the experiences along the way the abuse, the extortion of money, the near-death situations, and simple 4

5 hopelessness turned out to be worse than the destruction and bullets at home. Adventists at the Frontlines Adventists working with ADRA, the Adventist relief agency, are at the frontlines of the migrant crisis. The Croatia and Slovenia branches of ADRA have been actively collecting in-kind donations for refugees in Greece, Macedonia, and Serbia. A train car carrying 10 tons of humanitarian aid was sent to Serbia, while 2.5 tons was delivered free of charge to Lesbos by Adria Airways, the national air carrier of Slovenia. These donations from church members and the general public are appreciated and are reaching those affected by this crisis, said Kamal, whose British-based Trans- European Division encompasses 22 European countries, including Serbia, Hungary, and Greece. Church members from various congregations; church organizations; and local chapters of ASI, a membership-based organization of Adventist laypeople, also are giving money and in-kind donations to settle refugees in various parts of Europe, Kamal said. I encourage our members to check with their local church leaders and ADRA offices about ongoing plans and initiatives, Kamal said. If there are not any, I encourage them to initiate and actively support ADRA and the church. The migrant crisis has brought back many memories to Kamal, who grew up in Lebanon during its civil war. He lost family and friends in numerous attacks on his village. At one point, a rocket slammed into his house, destroying a floor. Kamal left Lebanon in 1984 to pursue business and theology studies at Newbold College of Higher Education, an Adventist institution in Britain. Migrants are frightened and homeless, and many have witnessed unspeakable horrors, Kamal said. We must help them. It is our human and Christian duty. Newbold College is among the Adventist organizations taking steps to help migrants. It will send two minibuses with volunteer church members and students on a 4 ½-hour trip to the French port of Calais, where thousands of migrants are camping in hope of receiving asylum in Britain, said Alastair Agbaje, the college s chaplain and dean of men as well as the part-time community services director for the Trans-European Division. The group will distribute food parcels, clothes, and water over a weekend in October. In addition, Newbold College is setting up a donation webpage where people can contribute to various refugee-oriented initiatives that the college intends to announce in the coming weeks. 5

In Germany, ADRA is working with 12 other groups under an umbrella organization, Aktion Deutschland Hilft, to collect money and in-kind donations, said Andreas Mazza, a spokesman for the

6 In Germany, ADRA is working with 12 other groups under an umbrella organization, Aktion Deutschland Hilft, to collect money and in-kind donations, said Andreas Mazza, a spokesman for the Inter-European Division, which represents 20 European countries, including Germany, Austria, and Italy. In Italy, ADRA is distributing food, clothes, and other forms of assistance in the Sicilian port of Palermo, a project that started last year. Austria s Adventists Work Overtime A member of the Adventist church in St. Veit, Austria, delivering blankets to a local refugee center. Adventist work with refugees is especially active in Austria, where multiple churches have expanding refugee programs. The Austrian branch of ADRA, focusing on the longer-term integration of refugees, has mobilized church members with the support of the Adventist Church s Austrian Union to assist refugees, said Corinna Wagner, who oversees communications and projects for ADRA Austria. As a result, the Adventist church in Mödling, located about 9 miles (14 kilometers) south of Vienna, has offered private lessons to local migrant children struggling with their homework for the past two years. Many children have difficulty following the curriculum because of language problems, and their parents cannot really support them, Wagner said. The initial turnout of five children at the weekly lessons has grown to about 20. The children also receive a free lunch, engage in sports, and are invited to go on excursions like hiking trips and ice-skating. In Vienna, ADRA operates a community center that initially opened for homeless people but is now filled with refugees. The community center distributes food donations from supermarkets, provides a free weekly breakfast, and offers practical support on which social service to approach for which kind of assistance. It recently started offering German-language classes. Several refugees from countries like Syria and Ukraine are helping our Adventist volunteers with the weekly breakfast for the homeless people, Wagner said. This is a nice sign of integration and their personal involvement! In Villach, church members care for refugees in their area by collecting clothing and 6

7 secondhand furniture to help new arrivals get established in apartments. ADRA supports the refugees with stipends for language courses and covers their bus fares to attend. In Braunau/Bogenhofen, church members got involved a year ago by visiting a refugee center. The first contacts grew when they helped the refugees to fix up a huge former monastery garden to plant vegetables. The church members have visited other refugee centers since then, and they now offer language courses, invite refugees on picnics, hold knitting groups, teach nutrition classes, and offer help in looking for work, finding and furnishing apartments, and obtaining used strollers. In St. Veit, young adults have just formed a Caregroup organization after establishing regular contact with the main refugee arrival center. The Adventists receive feedback about which items are urgently needed and set out to collect donated materials and money to meet those needs. In the Wienerwald area, the local ADRA leader is part of a political coordination committee for the integration of refugees. Local church members care for arriving families and assist them in integrating. In Innsbruck and Bruck an der Mur, church members regularly bring secondhand clothing to local refugee centers. At least two Adventist churches in Austria currently are considering a request from ADRA to house refugees in empty rooms in their church buildings. We hope and pray that this will work out, Wagner said. Other churches also are contacting us now. They want to help, too. ~ Further Reading ~ Daniel 1:1-3:3; Prophets and Kings ~ Solution to Last Week s Quizzle ~ 1. Isaiah 8: Peter 1:21 9. Numbers 12:6 2. Jeremiah 28: Corinthians 14:3, John 4:2 3. Matthew 7: Peter 1: Chronicles 24:19 4. Isaiah 58:1 8. Amos 3:7 Who am I? : - My name is Cain - Genesis 4:8, 25 7

8 NEW NAMES Write each young man s new Babylonian name? (Daniel 1:7) 1. Daniel 3. Mishael 2. Hananiah 4. Azariah WORD BANK: WHO SAID? TO WHOM? 5. Tell me the dream and its interpretation said to (Daniel 2:6) 6. There is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods. said to (Daniel 2:11) 7. I have found a man...who will make know to the king the interpretation. said to (Daniel 2:25) 8. There is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. said to (Daniel 2:28) 9. You are this head of gold. said to (Daniel 2:38) 10. The dream is certain, and the interpretation is sure. said to (Daniel 2:45) 11. Truly your God is the God of gods. said to (Daniel 2:47) WHAT DID THEY DO? ~ Bulletin Quizzle ~ Beltshazzar Haman Meshach Azareel Belshazzar Misham Abednego Shadrach 12. When Daniel and his friends heard Nebuchadnezzar s decree to execute the wise men, what did they do? a. They asked the other wise men what to do. b. They tried to think of what the king might have dreamed. c. They earnestly prayed and asked God for help. d. They asked the king to change his mind. 8

9 ~ From the Spirit of Prophecy - Think About: ~ Darkness Before Dawn by (E.G. White) The Impending Conflict (chapter 6, pages ) A Lack of Divine Authority The agencies which will unite against truth and righteousness in this contest are now actively at work. God's holy word, which has been handed down to us at such a cost of suffering and blood, is but little valued. The Bible is within the reach of all, but there are few who really accept it as the guide of life. Infidelity prevails to an alarming extent, not in the world merely, but in the church. Many have come to deny doctrines which are the very pillars of the Christian faith. The great facts of creation as presented by the inspired writers, the fall of man, the atonement, and the perpetuity of the law of God, are practically rejected, either wholly or in part, by a large share of the professedly Christian world. Thousands who pride themselves upon their wisdom and independence regard it as an evidence of weakness to place implicit confidence in the Bible; they think it a proof of superior talent and learning to cavil at the Scriptures and to spiritualize and explain away their most important truths. Many ministers are teaching their people, and many professors and teachers are instructing their students, that the law of God has been changed or abrogated; and those who regard its requirements as still valid, to be literally obeyed, are thought to be deserving only of ridicule or contempt. {DD 28.4} In rejecting the truth, men reject its Author. In trampling upon the law of God, they deny the authority of the Law-giver. It is as easy to make an idol of false doctrines and theories as to fashion an idol of wood or stone. By misrepresenting the attributes of God, Satan leads men to conceive of Him in a false character. With many, a philosophical idol is enthroned in the place of Jehovah; while the living God, as He is revealed in His word, in Christ, and in the works of creation, is worshiped by but few. Thousands deify nature while they deny the God of nature. Though in a different form, idolatry exists in the Christian world today as verily as it existed among ancient Israel in the days of Elijah. The god of many professedly wise men, of philosophers, poets, politicians, journalists the god of polished fashionable circles, of many colleges and universities, even of some theological institutions is little better than Baal, the sun-god of Phoenicia. {DD 29.1} No error accepted by the Christian world strikes more boldly against the authority of Heaven, none is more directly opposed to the dictates of reason, none is more pernicious in its results, than the modern doctrine, so rapidly gaining ground, that God's law is no longer binding upon men. Every nation has its laws, which command respect and obedience; no government could exist without them; and can it be conceived that the Creator of the heavens and the earth has no law to govern the beings He has made? Suppose that prominent ministers were publicly to teach that the statutes which govern their land and protect the rights of its citizens were not obligatory that they restricted the liberties of the people, and therefore ought not to be obeyed; how long would such men be tolerated in the pulpit? But is it a graver offense to disregard the laws of states and nations than to trample upon those divine precepts which are the foundation of all government? {DD 29.2} 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 Defenders of the Faith Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Jude 3 ~ Weekly Devotional ~ Crime of every type is increasing in the world, and the earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof. The eternal plans of God are about to be fulfilled, and the end of all things is at hand. This is a time when those who have a knowledge of the truth of God should be ranging themselves on the side of the blood-stained banner of Prince Emmanuel. They should stand forth as defenders of the faith delivered to the saints. They should make manifest to the world what it is to keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus. They should let their light shine forth in clear, strong rays upon the pathway of those who walk in darkness. The soldiers of Christ should stand shoulder to shoulder, loyal to truth, vindicators of the law of Jehovah. Those who depart from the plain precepts of God, will support error, and be ranged against the soldiers of Christ. They will make manifest who is their leader by the course they will pursue in opposing the truth of God, and in enforcing error on the conscience by oppressive measures. It is now time to take a decided stand on the side of truth; and as God has given to every one his measure of influence, he should exert it to the glory of God and for the good of his associates. Not one of the faithful stewards of Christ will be idle in such a time as this, or will be content to live simply for self. Those who are in communion with Christ will realize that there are souls on every side who may be benefited by their help, example, and influence. They will realize that they may be agents through whom Jesus will work to save those for whom He died. This should be the experience of all who profess to believe the third angel's message. Young and old should have a rich, joyful, abundant experience in the religion of Christ. (Sons and Daughters of God Ellen G White - page 269) 11

12 ~ Sabbath Services ~ Service This Week Next Week September 19th September 26th Divine Service Dudley House Peter Tung Sabbath School Alex & Jenny Buckler Peter Roberts ~ Sunset Times ~ Sunset Sabbath (Tonight) 6:25 pm Sunset Next Friday 6:30 pm This Week: Next Week: ~ Church Offering ~ Local Church Budget Local Church Budget ~ Church Cleaning ~ September 13th September 26th 2015 Roberts Family September 27th October 10th 2015 Coral Davis ~ Garden Maintenance ~ August 30th September 12th 2015 Peter Roberts September 27th October 10th 2015 Volunteer Needed ~ Church Website ~ Website : Hamilton.sda.church@gmail.com - Contact Details - Pastor Justin Bone

71 King Street Hamilton, Victoria. Bulletin & News. Sabbath November 28th, We WELCOME you to our Worship Services Today

Issue No. 231 Taking the Three Angel s Messages to the whole world... 71 King Street Hamilton, Victoria Bulletin & News Sabbath November 28th, 2015 We WELCOME you to our Worship Services Today Song Service