2017 OFFERING DESCRIPTIONS ENGLISH

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1 Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Commitment Department Brian Neal, Director 2017 OFFERING DESCRIPTIONS ENGLISH CONTRIBUTORS Brian Neal Danielle Arceneaux Al Kromminga Carmen Ibañez Jeremy Cruz Beverley Bucknor Verlon Strauss Robert Smith Barry & Joana van Iderstein Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Pierce Street, Riverside, CA This Material may be translated, printed, or photocopied by any Seventh-day Adventist entity without securing further permission.

2 SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 2017 CHURCH OFFERING SCHEDULE JANUARY 07 Local Church Budget 14* Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund 21 Local Church Budget 28* Religious Liberty FEBRUARY 04 Local Church Budget 11* Adventist TV Ministries/World Budget 18 Local Church Budget 25 Local Church Budget MARCH 04 Local Church Budget 11* Adventist World Radio/World Budget 18 Local Church Budget 25* Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund APRIL 01 Local Church Budget 08* Christian Record Services/World Budget 15 Local Church Budget 22* K-12 Scholarship Fund 29 Conference-wide Evangelism MAY 06 Local Church Budget 13* Disaster & Famine Relief/World Budget 20 Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund 27* NAD Evangelism JUNE 03 Local Church Budget 10* Multilingual & Chaplaincy Ministries/World Budget 17 Local Church Budget 24* PSR Christian Youth Camp Scholarships JULY 01 Local Church Budget 08* NAD Women s Ministries 15 Local Church Budget 22* Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund 29 Local Church Budget AUGUST 05 Local Church Budget 12* Andrews/Loma Linda/Oakwood/World Budget 19 Local Church Budget 26* PSR Christian Youth Camp & Retreat Center SEPTEMBER 02 Local Church Budget 09* Fall Mission Appeal/World Budget 16 Local Church Budget 23* Conference-wide Evangelism 30 Impact Pacific OCTOBER 07 Local Church Budget 14* Voice of Prophecy/World Budget 21 Local Church Budget 28* Calexico Mission School NOVEMBER 04 Local Church Budget 11* Annual Sacrifice/World Budget 18 Local Church Budget 25* Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund DECEMBER 02 Local Church Budget 09* Adventist Community Services/World Budget 16 Local Church Budget 23 Local Church Budget 30 Impact Pacific *Local Church to remit to Conference Office for Conference and/or General Conference use. Regular Offering Plan/Personal Giving Plan (in this order). All offerings without slash (/) apply to both offering plans. 13 th Sabbath Special Projects Offerings 1 st Quarter Trans-European Division 3 rd Quarter Southern Asia Division 2 nd Quarter West-Central Africa Division 4 th Quarter Euro-Asia Division

3 2017 OFFERING DESCRIPTIONS Seventh-day Adventist Church Offering Appeals Dear Pastor: These offering descriptions and appeals have been written with the hope that they will be a blessing to you, to your church leaders, and to the membership at large. Feel free to use all or any part of these readings as needed. Your Commitment Director, Brian Neal

4 Editor s 2017 Letter to Local Church Leaders Dear Church Leader: There are many promises of God in the Scriptures and have been placed there for each of His children to read and to receive as faith takes hold in our lives. Yours is a special blessing to share many of these blessings throughout the 2016 year as you share these 2017 offering descriptions. First, please read each offering description carefully before presenting it to understand it and to first receive the promised blessing yourself. Then, when taking the tithes and offerings, share that blessing with your fellow church members and challenge them to grow in their spiritual experience with the Lord as they return their tithes and offerings. Be accountable tell them where the offering is going. You have the offering description itself, and, for special GC/NAD offerings, a list of web sites to access for more information. Use these to educate yourself and your fellow members. Do say a big Thank you to your fellow members more often for their support of the Gospel in the pulpit, in your church newsletters, and any other methods of communication you may employ from time to time. Do assure your fellow members with confidence that your local church treasurer sends the tithe, along with the Conference-Wide Church & School Building Fund and World Budget Offerings, to the conference headquarters each month where they are care carefully distributed to church entities and programs as you have designated on your personalized tithe envelope. As each Sabbath goes by, lead your fellow members to search more for the Psalmist s experience when he asked, How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? (Psalms 116:12 NIV) Sincerely, in Jesus Christ, A.G. Kromminga, D.Min.

5 World Budget Giving Distribution of Funds Received (Effective January 2011) The North American Division has adopted the Personal Giving Plan. A key component of the plan is encouraging members to be systematic in giving a percentage of their income to support the worldwide work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church all through one offering, a World Budget offering. The following information is the North American Division authorized percentage breakdown of the entities and ministries supported by World Budget giving. Offering Recipient Percentage General Conference Weekly Sabbath School 57.00% Thirteenth Sabbath 16.00% Birthday Thank 4.00% Annual Sacrifice for Global Mission 4.00% Disaster and Famine Relief 1.75% Fall Mission Appeal- Unusual Opportunities: G.C. World Mission 1.00% Spring Mission Appeal Unrestricted: G.C. Mission Budget.75% Adventist World Radio.75% Christian Record.75% Oakwood University.75% Loma Linda University.375% Andrews University.375% North American Division Adventist Television Ministries 3.00% Voice of Prophecy 3.00% Adventist Community Services.75% Multilingual Ministries.375% Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries.375% Union Conference Local Colleges 5.00% TOTAL % Please use the above information on those Sabbaths when a WORLD BUDGET Offering is received.

6 WEBSITES FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION FOR 2017 SPECIAL OFFERINGS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ADVENTIST TV MINISTRIES ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO CHRISTIAN RECORD SERVICES DISASTER AND FAMINE RELIEF (ADRA) SPRING/FALL MISSIONS ADVENTIST CHAPLAIN MINISTRY WOMEN S MINISTRY ANDREWS-LOMA LINDA-OAKWOOD VOICE OF PROPHECY ANNUAL SACRIFICE OFFERING ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES

7 January 7, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank You. Please enter your amount for today s offering at Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

8 January 14, 2017 Today s Offering is for the Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund The Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund is an offering for much needed building funds for churches and schools in Southeastern California Conference, and is the only regular offering taken for such needs. The proceeds of this offering, by building policy application, make up the conference s portion of the different building needs in the Southeastern California Conference. In 2016 and in previous years, thousands of dollars were given by SECC constituency for building needs across the conference. Because of increasing membership and need for church and school facilities, there is always a need for more funds. The conference is committed to helping churches and schools with capital appropriations based on available funds and conference policies. (They are available upon request.) Thank you for your support. We praise God and thank you for your gifts! Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund on your tithe envelope.

9 January 21, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

10 January 28, 2017 Today s Offering is for NAD Religious Liberty Religious Liberty is a North American Division (NAD) offering used to send LIBERTY magazine to local, state, and national civic leaders. It is used as follows: 10% to the Religious Liberty Legislation Fund. 10% to the NAD unions for Religious Liberty campaign expenses. Salaries related to producing and marketing LIBERTY magazine. Special national legislation contacts. Advertising in the media to address special religious liberty issues. Other uses as voted by the NAD Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Committee. Please join your spirit of loving trust in Jesus with each other today in giving freely bringing all of the tithe and offerings into God s storehouse bringing gifts to God as a FREE act of worship. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Religious Liberty on your tithe envelope.

11 February 4, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

12 February 11, 2017 Today s Offering is for Adventist Television Ministries/World Budget One of the 18 ministries and institutions that benefit from our gifts to the World Budget Offering is the group of Adventist TV Ministries, located in the various media centers across North America. Heaven has appointed and anointed It Is Written, Breath of Life, Life Talk Radio, La Voz de la Esperanza, Faith for Today, and Voice of Prophecy to share healing and hope with the entire world. Exciting stories of new decisions for Christ are heard daily. You are welcome to come for a visit to hear for yourself. Go to and click a ministry. You may have a part of the action under God Pray for the lost ones right around you. Bring them to watch and listen to the message. Give offerings of prayer and money to enable the operations of these agencies of God s salvation. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

13 February 18, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

14 February 25, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

15 March 4, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you for your gifts so our gratitude and His faithfulness may fill the earth under His power. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

16 March 11, 2017 Today s Offering is for Adventist World Radio/ World Budget Adventist World Radio (AWR) is one of the 18 ministries and institutions that will benefit from today s offering for World Budget. Adventist World Radio is supported by.75% of the World Budget offerings. AWR s podcast, a new method of Internet broadcasting, has quickly attracted significant numbers of subscribers who are accessing these programs far from their home countries. Broadcasting in 80 languages, more people are being contacted daily. The first podcasts with the Seventh-day Adventist Message offered were in French. The number of subscribers for the spiritual programs is now 43,850, while the French health programs have grown to 89,100 subscribers. The next languages added were Italian, Amharic, and Kiswahili. Podcasts in Amharic a language spoken primarily in North Central Ethiopia currently has 11,530 subscribers, who live in countries as diverse as Canada, South Africa, and the Netherlands. Please give to help further the Gospel message over Adventist World Radio. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

17 March 18, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

18 March 25, 2017 Today s Offering is for Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund The Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund is an offering for much needed building funds for churches and schools in Southeastern California Conference, and is the only regular offering taken for such needs. The proceeds of this offering, by building policy application, make up the conference s portion of the different building needs in the Southeastern California Conference. In 2016 and in previous years, thousands of dollars were given by SECC constituency for building needs across the conference. Because of increasing membership and need for church and school facilities, there is always a need for more funds. The conference is committed to helping churches and schools with capital appropriations based on available funds and conference policies. (They are available upon request.) Thank you for your support. We praise God and thank you for your gifts! Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund on your tithe envelope.

19 April 1, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

20 April 8, 2017 Today s Offering is for NAD Christian Records/World Budget Christian Record Services is a General Conference offering that annually assists thousands of blind and visually handicapped people. With its headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, it largely depends on public as well as church gifts for its continued ministry to the blind and visually impaired with records, tapes, Braille magazines, and books. Christian Record Services receives.75% of the World Budget offering. One of the 18 Adventist ministries and institutions that benefit from our gifts to the World Budget Offering today is the Seventh-day Adventist ministry to the blind. Christian Record Services serve the blind and visually impaired individuals in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Every year approximately 100,000 blind people s lives are changed by the free services of Christian Record Services. Some of the services offered are: Subscription Magazines in Braille, large print, and audio cassette; Full-Vision Books that combine Braille and print; a lending library that lends more than 2,000 volumes in Braille and audio cassette; gift Bibles and study guides; and National Camps for Blind Children. Thank you for your generous gifts. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

21 April 15, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

22 April 22, 2017 Today s Offering is for K-12 Scholarship Fund K-12 Scholarship is a Southeastern California Conference offering used to subsidize scholarships for worthy students in Transitional Kindergarten through 12th grade in local conference elementary schools and academies. The K-12 offering is used by the Office of Education to assist schools in providing assistance to the increasing number of families needing financial aid. This is done primarily through the Low Income Scholarship, which will pay up to 10% of the cost of tuition. That 10% is matched by the local school, allowing the recipient to receive 20% of his tuition. Thank you for your prayers and help in the training of our young people. Your offerings are expressions of love that will enable more students to experience a grace oriented, academically excellent and distinctly Seventh-day Adventist Christian education. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as K-12 Scholarship Fund on your tithe envelope.

23 April 29, 2017 Today s Offering is for Conference-wide Evangelism Today is a great opportunity for those who desire to see the kingdom of God expand in the Southeastern California territory through the promotion of evangelism. Specifically, the offering today is to be used to help fund local churches and to provide additional assistance for specific outreach projects and initiatives. The number one priority of our church is to join in partnership with God to share the gospel in order that the church can add persons to the body of Christ. However, by promoting various methods of traditional and non-traditional evangelism, our conference seeks to be sensitive to each culture and context while being faithful to the gospel commission. Can you join us today by giving a generous offering so that each church can have adequate resources to reach out in their communities to share the love of Christ? Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Evangelism on your tithe envelope.

24 May 6, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

25 May 13, 2017 Today s Offering is for Disaster & Famine Relief/World Budget Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and Adventist Community Services (ACS) will benefit from today s Offering. Unlike most of us, the sad reality is that millions of people around the world live from day to day, often not knowing where their next meal will come from. Recognizing the dignity of each person, ADRA and ACS offer solutions and training rather than just handouts around the world. ADRA serves individual people and communities with disaster relief and development in more than 120 countries, improving life for almost 24 million people each year. ACS serves the hurting and poor in the USA and Bermuda. ADRA and ACS activities consist of these core areas of work: Food Security; Economic Development Primary Health; Basic Education tutoring Disaster Preparedness and Response. Thank you for your generous gifts. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

26 May 20, 2017 Today s Offering is for Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund The Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund is an offering for much needed building funds for churches and schools in Southeastern California Conference, and is the only regular offering taken for such needs. The proceeds of this offering, by building policy application, make up the conference s portion of the different building needs in the Southeastern California Conference. In 2016 and in previous years, thousands of dollars were given by SECC constituency for building needs across the conference. Because of increasing membership and need for church and school facilities, there is always a need for more funds. The conference is committed to helping churches and schools with capital appropriations based on available funds and conference policies. (They are available upon request) Thank you for your support. We praise God and thank you for your gifts! Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund on your tithe envelope.

27 May 27, 2017 Today s Offering is for NAD Evangelism David proclaims of the Lord three times in Psalms, Your love and mercy are higher than the heavens, and your faithfulness and truth reaches the skies. (Psalm 36:5, 57:10, 108:4) We have so much to be thankful for. As Christians we resonate with David s proclamation because we know it to be true! Today, our offering will support the work of the North American Division in the area of evangelism. Thank you for your support in reaching out to those who do not know, and are not aware of the blessings we see and experience in God s love and faithfulness. So, let us come together in the spirit of sacrifice and finish God s work by giving generously that the work of God may be advanced. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as NAD Evangelism on your tithe envelope. Let s pray

28 June 3, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank You. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

29 June 10, 2017 Today s Offering is for Multilingual & Chaplaincy Ministries/World Budget Adventist Multilingual Ministries addresses ministry challenges to an ever increasing number of language groups in North America. The number of members within each group is growing rapidly, which calls for greater resources. SDA Chaplains use their training to serve people often in crisis situations, with spiritual nurture in the settings of education, health care, corrections, and military. These ministers are committed to Jesus Christ and the global mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Truly, every kindred, tongue, and people group in North America are hungering and thirsting for the old fashioned power of the gospel message as we know it. Multilingual & Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries is an NAD offering taken each even year and is used for the ongoing development of the chaplaincy ministries and the Multilingual Ministries the North American Division. They both are World Budget offerings and each receives.375%, or a total of.75%, of the World Budget funds. Thank you for your good help. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope

30 June 17, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank You. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

31 June 24, 2017 Today s Offering is for Pine Springs Ranch Christian Youth Camp Scholarships Calling Campers to Christ is PSR Camp s motto. A recent survey shows that 81% of campers said they made their decision for Jesus while at camp. In addition, hundreds of summer staff have grown in their spiritual journey and their leadership skills as they are mentored and used by God to help lead campers to Jesus. Today s offering will be used to provide financial scholarships so that every child who wants to come to camp has the opportunity to attend regardless of finances. Thank you for your generous support and being a part of making a difference in a young person s life. Please enter code #46 on your tithe envelope to give to the Pine Springs Ranch Scholarship Fund.

32 July 1, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank You. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope..

33 July 8, 2017 Today s Offering is for NAD Women s Ministries Today s offering for Women s Ministries will benefit Adventist programs of training women in leadership for ministries of reclaiming, discipling, outreach, preaching and mentoring. You may learn more at Women s Ministries is an NAD offering received each year for the promotion and support of the various aspects of women s ministries within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. This offering is not part of the World Budget offering distribution. Offering distribution is as follows: 40% to Local Conference Women s Ministries 30% to Union Women s Ministries 30% to North American Division Women s Ministries For more information, contact your Women s Ministries director at your local church or at the conference. Let s give liberally for this very important ministry that brings blessings to our women right here. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Women s Ministries on your tithe envelope.

34 July 15, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you for your support. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

35 July 22, 2017 Today s Offering is for Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund The Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund is an offering for much needed building funds for churches and schools in Southeastern California Conference, and is the only regular offering taken for such needs. The proceeds of this offering, by building policy application, make up the conference s portion of the different building needs in the Southeastern California Conference. In 2016 and in previous years, thousands of dollars were given by SECC constituency for building needs across the conference. Because of increasing membership and need for church and school facilities, there is always a need for more funds. The conference is committed to helping churches and schools with capital appropriations based on available funds and conference policies. (They are available upon request.) Thank you for your support. We praise God and thank you for your gifts! Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund on your tithe envelope.

36 July 29, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

37 August 5, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

38 August 12, 2017 Today s Offering is for Andrews/Loma Linda/Oakwood/World Budget Andrews University, Loma Linda University and Oakwood University is a General Conference offering for the support of these three educational institutions. This offering combines the previous Andrews University and Loma Linda University offering taken in April (distributed to each institution in alternate years) with Oakwood University previously taken in August. Now, all three of these educational institutions benefit each year from this one offering taken in August. Andrews University and Loma Linda University each receive.375% from the World Budget funds while Oakwood University receives.75%. Thank you for your support. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

39 August 19, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

40 August 26, 2017 Today s Offering is for Pine Springs Ranch Christian Youth Camp and Retreat Center Retreat, Refresh, Restart Pine Springs Ranch Christian Youth Camp and Retreat Center (PSR) belongs to us. It is a place where our children, youth, and adults go to retreat, refresh, and restart with God. It is a place where individuals experience a true recreation through the summer camp program, local church retreat weekends, youth Bible conferences, leadership training events, prayer conferences and much more. We are blessed to have a facility where we can encounter God in the midst of his amazing creation. With the usage that it gets, PSR is in major need of upkeep, improvements, and upgrade to better serve our church s needs. With all of us pitching together, we can continue to make PSR a sacred place where we can be still with God. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today's offering as "Pine Springs Ranch" on your tithe envelope.

41 September 2, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

42 September 9, 2017 Today s Offering is for Fall Mission Appeal/ World Budget Fall Mission Appeal is a General Conference offering that supports and extends missions work around the world. The idea of sacrificial missions support originated with the literature evangelists setting aside a week during which they would make an effort for larger sales. The profit of the best day s sales would then be a gift to missions. Let s keep up this spirit of sacrifice. Fall Missions receives 1.00% of the World Budget offerings. Missions and missionaries always cost to the point of sacrifice both for the ones being supported and for the supporters. Are you willing to be made willing? Thank you for your help. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

43 September 16, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thanks for your gifts to fund our local church ministries. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

44 September 23, 2017 Today s Offering is for Conference-wide Evangelism Today is a great opportunity for those who desire to see the kingdom of God expand in the Southeastern California territory through the promotion of evangelism. Specifically, the offering today is to be used to help fund local churches and to provide additional assistance for specific outreach projects and initiatives. The number one priority of our church is to join in partnership with God to share the gospel in order that the church can add persons to the body of Christ. However, by promoting various methods of traditional and nontraditional evangelism, our conference seeks to be sensitive to each culture and context while being faithful to the gospel commission. Can you join us today by giving a generous offering so that each church can have adequate resources to reach out in their communities to share the love of Christ? Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Evangelism on your tithe envelope.

45 September 30, 2017 Today s Offering is for Impact Pacific By the Sea of Galilee, the same shoreline where He first called the disciples to be fishers of men, Christ appeared to His disciples after His resurrection calling them back to faithfulness and ministry. And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish (John 21:6, NKJV). Commenting on this verse, Ellen G. White describes the right side as the side of faith (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 7, p. 213). The Impact Pacific Offering is an opportunity for us to cast our nets on the side of faith. The offerings are used to respond to opportunities for mission unique to the Pacific Union. The offerings are used exclusively within the local conference for mission opportunities in these three areas: Native Peoples Projects that directly benefit ministries working with Native Americans and Native Hawaiians. Mission in Context Projects that are anchored in responding to specific local needs, particularly Refugee and Immigrant Ministries. Providential Opportunities Projects that are initiated because of an extraordinary opportunity for impacting the communities we serve that go beyond or outside of the scope of existing ministries. May God bless us as we accept the call to be true disciples through our generous support of new ways to serve Him. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Impact Pacific on your tithe envelope.

46 October 7, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thanks for your gifts to fund our local church ministries. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

47 October 14, 2017 Today s Offering is for Voice of Prophecy/ World Budget The Voice of Prophecy radio broadcast is a General Conference institution and is now a part of the Adventist Media Center. H. M. S. Richards, Sr. founded the VOP as it is sometimes known. Its evangelism, radio school, and broadcast depend on public and church support. The VOP receives 3.00% of the World Budget offerings. The Voice of Prophecy is one of the 18 SDA organizations to benefit from today s loose offering and your gifts that are designated for the World Budget. Thank you for your good help. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

48 October 21, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thanks for your gifts to fund our local church ministries. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

49 October 28, 2017 Today s Offering is for Calexico Mission School Worthy Student Fund For eighty years, SECC members have supported Calexico Mission School (CMS), which seeks to share Christ s love throughout the border communities in the Imperial Valley. Many students have come through those halls and learned the academics, but what they truly remember is their teachers praying for them and with them. Our Lord has greatly blessed this ministry allowing CMS to lead families to Him. Ninety percent of the students are non-sda. This year, the number of students requesting Worthy Student Aid has been higher than usual, and your faithful support is needed. Recently a parent brought her children to CMS, and when asked, Why Calexico Mission School? The response was, Because out of all the good schools I have had my children in, only you talk about God. Many of CMS parents are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their children s education. The Worthy Student Fund enables CMS to fill the gap and help more students to learn about a God who loves and cares for them. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Calexico Mission School on your tithe envelope.

50 November 4, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

51 November 11, 2017 Today s Offering is for Annual Sacrifice/World Budget We are able to give to the various Mission Budget offerings each year the World Missions offerings, the 13 th Sabbath offering, the Birthday Thank offering, and the Annual Sacrifice offering being taken this Sabbath. All of these and 14 others are included in today s World Budget offering that help send the message of the soon coming of our Lord to areas of the world not yet entered. Annual Sacrifice for Global Mission is a General Conference offering taken at the end of the Week of Sacrifice each year in Adventist churches that is used to expand the worldwide church work. This is a time when the members are challenged to give a sacrificial offering of at least one day s wages. This offering receives 4.00% of the World Budget offering. Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.

52 November 18, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship, and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thanks for your gifts to fund our local church ministries. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

53 November 25, 2017 Today s Offering is for the Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund The Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund is an offering for much needed building funds for churches and schools in Southeastern California Conference, and is the only regular offering taken for such needs. The proceeds of this offering, by building policy application, make up the conference s portion of the different building needs in the Southeastern California Conference. In 2016 and in previous years, thousands of dollars were given by SECC constituency for building needs across the conference. Because of increasing membership and need for church and school facilities, there is always a need for more funds. The conference is committed to helping churches and schools with capital appropriations based on available funds and conference policies. (They are available upon request.) Thank you for your support. We praise God and thank you for your gifts! Please enter your amount for today s offering as Conference-wide Church & School Building Fund on your tithe envelope.

54 December 2, 2017 Today s Offering is for Local Church Budget Church Budget is an offering taken, on the average, at least two Sabbaths each month and stays at the local church. It is used by the local church for such items as: (1) Church Operating Expenses such as salaries and utilities (2) Sabbath School Supplies (3) Church School Subsidy (4) Community Services (5) Community Outreach (6) Youth Ministries (7) Pathfinder Ministry (8) Adult Ministries Men and Women (9) Evangelism (10) Worthy Student Fund (11) Other finance, worship and operating ministries of the local church (Please check your own local church budget where it may vary from the above items) Thank you. Please enter your amount for today s offering as Local Church Budget on your tithe envelope.

55 December 9, 2017 Today s Offering is for Adventist Community Services/World Budget Adventist Community Services is the non-profit, humanitarian agency for the Seventh-day Adventist Church that works within the United States and Bermuda through more than 1,100 localities and upholds the beliefs of the World Seventhday Adventist Church organization. This offering receives.75% of the World Budget offerings. Adventist Community Services (ACS) provides such services as Disaster Response, Adventist Crisis Care Network (ACCN), Tutoring and Mentoring Programs, Elder Care Ministries, and Community Development/Urban Ministry/Inner City Ministries. Thank you for your support. Please enter your amount for today s offering as World Budget on your tithe envelope.