Grants Pass. Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pastor Charles Byrd. June 9, 2018

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1 Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Charles Byrd June 9, 2018 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Psalm 90:2

2 ~TO OUR GUESTS~ Jesus Welcome saith to the unto family him, of the I Grants am the Pass way, Seventh-day the truth, Adventist and Church. If you desire a place where you can grow spiritually, the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. find healing, and learn from the Bible, please join us on that same journey. You may share information with us by filling out the "Connection Card" in the pew rack. We're so glad you came! Happy Sabbath! 9:30 AM For Sabbath School, you are invited to attend a general session for all adults in the sanctuary. Neal Archbold will be leading. Beginners/Kindergarten will have a combined program in the Kindergarten room. Spanish, Primary and Jr/Earliteen Classes will not be meeting. Regular programs will continue next week. 10:50 AM Today we re blessed to have Jim Ayer as our speaker, who will bring to us The Silence of God. 12:30 PM There will be no fellowship meal today. ~ Serving You Today ~ Elder Ed Wagner Deaconess Therese Carrigan & Ruth Hamblin Deacon Dave Hallmark Audio Terry Trautwein Keyboards Sylvia Crary & Kayla Heidinger Interpreter for the Deaf Wende Trautwein The blessings of the Sabbath draw to a close at 8:49 PM and resume next Friday at 8:52 PM

3 THIS WEEK S CALENDAR Pastor Byrd is on vacation June 9-15 Sunday ~ June 10 o Walking & Hiking Club canceled for this week Monday ~ June 11 o 9:00 AM 1:30 PM Thrift Store Hours o 6:30 PM Men s Ministry / Youth Chapel Tuesday ~ June 12 o 9:00 AM 1:30 PM Thrift Store Hours o 9:00 AM 2:00 PM Dorcas o 12:00 PM 4:00 PM Veggie Food Store Hours / School o 3:00 PM Small Group Bible Study / Youth Chapel o 5:00 PM Women s Bible Study Group / Multipurpose Room o 6:30 PM Elders Board / Library Wednesday ~ June 13 o 12:00 PM Bulletin Information Deadline o 4:00 PM New Testament Study / Youth Chapel o 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting / Youth Chapel Thursday ~ June 14 o 9:00 AM 1:30 PM Thrift Store Hours o 3:00 PM 6:00 PM Veggie Food Store Hours / School o 5:00 PM Revelation Study / Multipurpose Room NEXT SABBATH ~ June 16 o 9:30 AM Sabbath School / Missions Richard Carrigan / Sanctuary o 10:50 AM Pastor Byrd Splitting Hairs vs Rightly Dividing o No Fellowship Meal

4 SABBATH SCHOOL 9:30 10:40 AM Adult General Sabbath School Neal Archbold Bible Study Class in the Sanctuary America and Babylon Sabbath School Study Guide, 2 nd Quarter, Lesson 10 *Extra study guides are at the Personal Ministries window* SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES Children s Divisions: Beginners East Hall of Foyer, Birth to 4 years Kindergarten West Hall of Foyer, Ages 4-6 years Primary East Hall, Downstairs, Grades 2-4 Junior / Earliteen West Hall, Downstairs, Grades 5-8 Youth Youth Chapel, Grades 9-12 Adult Classes: Les Derfler East Hall, Prayer Room 213 Richard Carrigan West Hall, Room 221 Frank Hurd Sanctuary, West Side Christianity 101 East Hall, Training Chapel, Room 214 Caryl Ermshar North of Sanctuary Ed Sanders Sanctuary, East Side Donna Griffith Multipurpose Room, Downstairs Spanish Class West Hall, Downstairs Young Adults Young Adult s Room, North of Sanctuary

5 10:50 AM PRELUDE WELCOME TO WORSHIP WORSHIP IN SONG PRAYER OF INVOCATION CHILDREN S STORY Sylvia Crary Ed Wagner Ted Powell & Tracy Archbold Jim Ayer Wendell Heidinger WORSHIP IN GIVING Multilingual & Chaplaincy Ministry SCRIPTURE & PRAYER Neal & Tracy Archbold Colossians 1:20 THE SPOKEN WORD Jim Ayer The Silence of God CLOSING SONG Hymn # 524 Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus BENEDICTION Jim Ayer (Please be seated after the benediction and the Deacons will dismiss by row)

6 Thoughts & Prayers June Prayer Focus: Pray for God to comfort all who are mourning the loss of loved ones and to give them peace. Those Who Need Healing: Fran Holder, Monica Wheeler, Israel Rush, Joney Haning, Jean Frers, Jessica Rae, Lance Schmidt, David Hamblin, Molly Mourning, Dennis Gallegos, Beth Greer, Harry Hansen, and Gary Jones Church Ministries: Volunteers, Walking & Hiking Club, Women s Ministries, and Better Life Broadcasting Network UPCOMING EVENTS ~ 2018 June 8 & 9 ~ BLBN Camp Meeting at Milo June 9 15 ~ Pastor Byrd on vacation July 3 7 ~ Light Bearer s Camp Meeting July ~ Gladstone Camp Meeting July ~ Redwood Camp Meeting July ~ Vacation Bible School ANNOUNCEMENTS Church Board as Nomination Committee 1 st Reading Edith Kramer Sabbath School Secretary Sabbath School Classes for today Due to the BLBN Camp Meeting at Milo this weekend, there will be a combined General Adult Sabbath School Lesson Study in the sanctuary beginning at 9:30 AM today. Please note the Jr/Earliteen Sabbath School Class, the Spanish Class, and the Primary Class will NOT be meeting. The Beginners Class will be meeting in the Kindergarten Class. Groups Our church maintains several lists which you may find helpful. There are lists for church announcements, member prayer requests, the newsletter and the bulletin. If you are a church member and would like to be included in any of these lists, please contact the church.

7 Adventist Health Seminar in Medford There will be a free seminar about knee and hip joint replacement on Tuesday, June 12 th at Inn at the Commons, 200 N. Riverside Ave, Medford. Registration and a complimentary dinner begins at 6:00 PM with the presentation at 6:30 PM. This seminar is sponsored by Adventist Health, St. Helena, in cooperation with Coon Joint Replacement Institute. Please call to register, or go to their website: Summer Youth Program at North Valley Youth ages 12 and up are invited to join us every Wednesday from 3:00-7:00 PM for outreach projects, games and activities, worship, and refreshments at the North Valley SDA Church in Merlin. There will also be various Sabbath afternoon activities throughout the summer. For more information please contact Ryan Branson at or you can him at: adventistyouthreach@gmail.com Grants Pass SDA School Registration for Our school is now accepting applications for next school year. Students who will be in grades K-8 are welcome to make arrangements to tour the school and/or come visit for a day. Call for more information. Help us spread the word! Box Tops & Bottles For Education Please remember to clip and save the Box Tops for Education from select products you purchase and turn them in to the school. You can also donate your empty bottles and cans that have OR redemption value. Help us earn money for the school one Box Top and one bottle at a time! Veggie Store Do you know that the profits from the school s Veggie Food Store go to help student scholarships? If you d like to hear about new products and any sales that are happening at the Veggie Food Store, please contact the school with your name and address. Please call the school at or office@gpsdaschool.org. Cell Phones Please remember to silence your cell phones. The Holy Spirit should be the only One calling during the worship service!

8 Church Calendar Scheduling To avoid scheduling conflicts, please contact the church office when planning an event or when you need to use a room in the church, the sanctuary, or the Better Living Center. All activities, and especially those other-than-the-normally-scheduled usages, must be put on the church calendar. Thank you! Maranatha Project at Milo Adventist Academy Are you interested in a mission project in your home state that will have a lasting impact on the lives of young people? Come enjoy the opportunity of spending 2 weeks (June 17-July 1) on the beautiful campus of Milo Adventist Academy working on projects such as painting, Camp Umpqua improvements, and campus security enhancements to name a few. Please go to to register and download an info pack. Please call Randy Thornton at for more information. Light Bearer s Camp Meeting July 3-7 This year s theme for the Light Bearer s Camp Meeting will be: The Minor Prophets Major Salvation Promises in the Minor Prophets. They are called the Minor Prophets because of their size, not their spiritual depth. Hidden in these little books are found sublime pictures of God s unrelenting love. That s why we plan to plumb their depths to mine rich nuggets of God s golden love that promises to keep our love alive in the coming crisis. We warmly invite you to join Light Bearers and our speakers, Ty Gibson, James Rafferty, David Asscherick, Jeffrey Rosario, Fred Bischoff, Nathan Renner and Risë Rafferty for a Spirit-led journey that promises to build hope, faith and love at our annual convocation July 3-7 in Jasper, Oregon. For more information, please go to or call Redwood Camp Meeting July Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) is the theme of this year s Redwood Camp Meeting. Come be spiritually renewed in the giant Redwoods of Northern California. To register, go to: See you there! LIKE us on Facebook! We have an active church page ( Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church ) that you can connect with yourself and also invite friends and family to do as well! Just another way to keep informed and to share with others in our community about our church!

9 Dorcas Many in the community of Grants Pass are blessed with food and clothing that is distributed from our center. Especially now, during summer, we re short staffed and volunteers are greatly needed. Please call Larry Sample at for more information. Prayer Chain Group We are thrilled to have so many people requesting to be put on the Church s Prayer Chain group. We know God answers prayer and the more people praying, the more God works! To streamline the requests, we re asking that ALL prayer requests go through the church s office@grantspasschurch.com so we can consolidate the requests. Please use Donna Griffith s personal for EMERGENCY prayer requests only (ie: someone is enroute to the hospital, an accident just happened, etc). Thank you! Faith For Today is a television ministry committed to sharing God's grace with the world through broadcast media. That s been our vision since 1950, when Faith For Today launched its live inspirational television drama on ABC from New York City. That was more than 60 years ago, and we are now the oldest religious television broadcast in the world! The award winning Lifestyle Magazine can be seen on the NRB network on DirectTV on Tuesdays at 4:30pm EST on channel 378 and Sky Angel 1- (DISH-TV) Channel 262 on Saturday and Sundays at 3pm EST and on Thursdays at 2:30pm EST. Lifestyle Magazine is also carried on The Hope Channel and many other stations. For more information go to Lifestyle.org or call CHEERFUL GIVERS REPORT AS OF 6/2/18 Monthly Goal Still Needed Church Budget (#9001) $ 20, $16, Student Aid (#9576) $ 2, $1, Next Week s Offering: Church Budget as of the end of May 2018: -$1, Local Church Budget Our worship service is livestreamed at It is also archived on our YouTube channel, "Grants Pass Adventist Church" and rebroadcast on Better Life Broadcasting Network.

10 DIRECTORY Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church 1360 NE 9 th Street Grants Pass, OR Church Office: Fax: Church Office Hours: Mon Thurs 9 AM 3 PM Web Site: Pastor Charles Byrd: PastorByrd@GrantsPassChurch.com Pastor Charles Byrd Pastor s Office Hours: Tuesdays 10 AM 3 PM Bible Worker Chuck Austin Bible Worker Victor De La Vega Church Secretary Kii Morse Head Elder Richard Carrigan Head Deacon Dave Hallmark Head Deaconess Sandy Page Treasurer Terry Trautwein Choir & Bells Director Cathe Morse Dorcas Leader Larry Sample Dorcas Office Tuesdays Dorcas Thrift Shop Mon., Tues., Thurs. 9:00 1:30 Grants Pass SDA School Grades K Principal Richard Rasmussen Oregon Conference Office Adventist Book Center Better Life Broadcasting Grants Pass Worship Hour Broadcast Sunday at 11:00 AM, Wednesday at 4:00 AM, Friday at 10:00 PM Sabbath at 4:00 PM, Channel 22/Antenna 30.1 THE VEGGIE FOOD STORE HOURS AT THE SCHOOL Tuesday: 12:00 4:00 PM Thursday: 3:00 6:00 PM

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