TurningPoint s mission is to be connected to Jesus through living faith, loving service and sharing hope. (I Corinthians 13:13)

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1 MARCH 2017 HOPE CONNECTIONS NEWS FROM: TurningPoint s mission is to be connected to Jesus through living faith, loving service and sharing hope. (I Corinthians 13:13) EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH Sat, Mar 4 Speaker: Pastor Lonnie Wibberding Potluck Theme: Oodles of noodles Sat, Mar 11 Speaker: Jacque Godsey Potluck Theme: Asian Mon, Mar 13 7 p.m. Elders meeting Sat, Mar 18 Speaker: Pastor Lonnie Wibberding Potluck Theme: Soup and salad Mon, Mar 20 7 p.m. Leadership meeting Sat, Mar 25 Speaker: Will Collins Potluck Theme: No potluck Stay connected during the week using one or more of these ways: (1) Community Prayer line. If you need prayer, or have a friend who could benefit, we have people ready to pray. If you want to be one of those people who answers the phone talk to Lonnie (2) is our daily prayer conference call. Call in between 7-7a.m. to join the group praying each morning for our community, churches and God s Spirit. Stay for 5 minutes or 59. (3) is our text message devotionals. Text 7PM, 6AM, or 8AM (no quotes, no spaces) to this number to subscribe to our daily devotional thought. NOTE: Unless otherwise announced Every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.: Bible Study and Prayer Every Friday morning at 7 a.m.: Men s Discipleship Group Meeting at TurningPoint Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. - noon and from 1-3 p.m.: Adventist Community Services is open and is located below the Better Living Center (BLC) at the Roseburg Adventist Church on Garden Valley Blvd. PRAYER CHAIN If you have any prayer requests that you would like to have added to our prayer chain, please send an to Sheila May Garrow at sheilamayg@msn.com, or contact one of the elders with your request. Prayer requests can be public or discrete as you desire. Just indicate how you want your request handled.

2 HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 2017 Communion February 4, 2017 Book of John Better Wine Pastor Lonnie Wibberding One of the first things Jesus did at the start of his ministry was to go to a wedding. Jesus was the creator and was the one who created the institution of marriage. The marriage couple ran out of wine at the wedding celebration. Although this was not a life or death situation, Jesus still performed the miracle of turning water into wine, and in doing so, prevented the marriage couple from being socially embarrassed. Once the disciples saw this miracle, they began to put their faith in Jesus. The pots used for the water to wine miracle were normally used for ceremonial washing of hands. It must have been quite different to see wine in the pots instead of water. When Jesus performed this miracle using the ceremonial pots, He showed the people that relationships are more important than a list of do s and don ts, and that there is a different kind of cleansing that is also more important than ceremonial cleansing. Jesus was going to cleanse people from the inside out, unlike the Pharisees who were concerned with appearances and only cleansed themselves on the outside. At the end of Jesus ministry, a different kind of cleansing was revealed when He held up the cup of wine (that symbolized His blood) and said, this is my blood, I am going to die for you so that you can be cleansed from your sins. February 12, 2017, Kristi Woods was re-baptized at Susan Creek. Lisa Buster speaks for all of us when she says, My sweet friend, re-dedicated, re-baptized, redeemed! Photos provided by Lisa Buster Thanks to all who provided photos for the newsletter

3 SUPERBOWL FUND RAISER for the mission trip to the Dominican Republic Thank you to all who attended and contributed

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5 Youth Sabbath at TurningPoint, Continued Thank you to all the youth for the wonderful blessings you gave us in the Youth Sabbath at TurningPoint. From the inspiring sermonettes given by Abby Punches, Alex Buster, and Gabe Struss to the music and insightful skits by the entire group, the youth set a high bar for the rest of the church to aspire to. Thanks to Lisa Buster and Sonia Gagliano for their leadership and dedication to the TurningPoint youth. Sunday, February 26, 2017 Congratulations to Virgil Otis on his ninety-second birthday. We wish you MANY MORE!

6 MARCH BIRTHDAYS The TurningPoint family would like to wish God s abundant birthday blessings to: Ruby Jean Clark Mar 2 David Garrow Jamie Wulff Mar 4 Mar 7 Shawn LeMert Mar 8 Lisa Buster David Lott Mar 12 Mar 12 Sherry May Mar 14 Jessie Barry Jeremiah Wibberding Mar 21 Mar 21 Caleb Otis Mar 24 Michael Barry Bob Wilkinson Mar 25 Mar 26 Mary Clute Mar 29 Tyler Degraffenreed Mar 31 Pastor: Elders: Discipleship: Administry: Children/Youth: Evangelism: Worship: Clerk: Treasurer: Leadership Team Lonnie Wibberding Lisa Buster, Andrea Collins Will Collins, David Eichman, Jacque Godsey, Jim Hein Roselien Kimbrough, David May (Head) Will Collins David Eichman Erica Maritz Sonia Gagliano Tuli Collins Vikki Hein Jim Hein MARCH ANNIVERSARIES Caleb & Cara Otis Mar 21 Philip & Karen Calvert Mar 23 Member-At-Large Sam Collins If you or someone you know has a need for or would like a visit, is interested in Bible study, is ill or hospitalized, or has another situation where we can be of help, please feel free to call someone on the leadership team. Newsletters, in paper form, are printed in B&W and only mailed to those without internet capabilities. It can be viewed IN COLOR on our website, (Click on Hope Connections Newsletter). Please let us know if you are willing to be removed from the snail-mail list. Call us at (541) Our hope is to reduce print and postage costs in this manner. Bulletins: If you are not currently on the TurningPoint list and would like to receive weekly bulletin announcements and notice of when the new issue of the newsletter is available online, please us at Turningpoint3510@gmail.com to have your name added to the list. HOPE CONNECTIONS EDITOR Al Godsey Hopenewsltr@aol.com Please submit your inspiring quotes, short poems, photos or short inspirational stories to the editor no later than the end of the 3rd week of the preceding month. We hope you ll join us soon in worship at TurningPoint! We meet at 3510 NE Douglas Ave in Roseburg. Our Worship Service is at 10 am on Saturdays Children & Adult Classes follow the Service If you feel this newsletter has reached you in error or you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please call

7 3510 NE Douglas Ave Roseburg, OR SPECIAL EVENTS COMING SOON GOOD NEWS Live streaming of our church service has begun. Go to Facebook.com/TurningPoint Seventh-Day Adventist Community Church to view our services. MARCH 18, 2017 Global Youth Day APRIL TurningPoint will hosting a Simple Church / Growth Workshop. Learn how to use intentional small groups and house churches to reach people that traditional church is not reaching. MAY 5-7 Area wide Prayer weekend. We will meet with area churches (Roseburg, Sutherlin, Winston, Glide) to pray and plan together. Weekend speaker will be announced shortly. We will still have our normal church service. AUGUST 2017 Mission trip to the Dominican Republic. We will be going on our first mission trip! DONATIONS FOR TRAILER Individual in need of travel trailer for a personal residence. Seeking a trailer that can be donated. Please contact David May at or call the TurningPoint church number