Ahava B Shem Yeshua Love In The Name of Jesus Monthly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 11 September 2017 From Our Messianic Leader.. IN YESHUA S NAME What does it mean to ask our heavenly Father in Yeshua s Name? The saying or expression in the name of in the Hebrew (bashem) means a representative of or on the authority of. If we ask Adonai for something in Yeshua s name, we are asking Him to respond to us because of our association with Yeshua. In a way we are merely a messenger; the request truly belongs to Him. When we ask in Yeshua s name, it is not as though Yeshua is pleading on our behalf; rather we are asking on His behalf. John 16:26-27 CJB says: 26 When that day comes, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will pray to the Father on your behalf, 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. This scripture suggest two things. One, that the petition on our lips are accepted by Adonai due to the value and high merit of Yeshua --- not our own. Two, asking in Yeshua s name is not a license to name it and claim it on whatever we like. There are many T.V. evangelists that use this approach in their messages. Instead, we only have a license to ask for things that relate to our ability as followers of Yeshua. Whatever we do receive in His name in the end and ultimately belongs to Him and not us. This is what it means to pray in Yeshua s name. It does not require saying the words in Yeshua s name as a magic formula or that every prayer must end with in Yeshua s name, Amen. On the other hand it is quite common in Judaism to include legal formalities when praying and so it is perfectly fitting to mention Yeshua and to request that our prayers be answered on His behalf. Al Messianic Leader Ahava B'Shem Yeshua Inside this issue: Special Events 2 Local Announcements Ministry Updates 6 Messianic 101 Terms & Definitions Reading Schedule 8 Calendar 9 Classifieds 10 3 7
Page 2 Ahava B Shem Yeshua SPECIAL EVENTS Chag Sameach Mishpacha!! HIGH HOLY DAYS As we prepare ourselves for Teshuvah (40 days of repentance) during this month of Elul, our hearts and minds become excited for the approaching Fall High Holidays!! Here is what we have planned: 1. Rosh HaShana - falls on Thursday, September 21st, 2017. Our Shul will be celebrating this High Holy Day during our Shabbat Service on September 23, 2017. During the service we will have not only our shofar blasts and a special message about this High Holy Day, but we will also be having a shofar blowing contest. It will be split into two groups: 13 years old and up, and the 12 and under group. We will also have a very special Oneg, please sign up on the food sheet in the back of the sanctuary! 2. Yom Kippur - falls on Shabbat, September 30th, 2017. We will NOT have our regularly scheduled Shabbat Service on this day. We will begin our fasts together on Friday, September 29th at 6pm and break our fast together on Shabbat, September 30th, after our service at 6pm. Please sign up on the food sheet in the back of the sanctuary! 3. Succot - Starts on Thursday, October 5th and ends on Thursday October 12th, 2017. Our Shul will celebrate this High Holy Day on Shabbat, October 7th, 2017. We will be blessed with worship music from Vince and Debbie Iantorno. We will then have a special Oneg, please sign up on the food sheet in the back of the sanctuary! Come prepare to worship the Lord G-d Most High, Adonai Elyon, during the Fall High Holy Days! Chag Sameach! UPCOMING EVENTS October 1st, 2017 Sunday, 1pm 4pm, ABC combined picnic at Goldwater Lake October 7th, 2017, Shabbat, 10:30 am 12:30 pm, Vince & Deborah Kline- Iantorno November 4th, 2017, Shabbat, 10:30 am 12:30 pm, Jonathan Settel MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS!!
Volume 3, Issue 11 Page 3 LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS TORAH SERVICE Come join us on September 23, 2017 for our Torah Service! Our monthly Torah Service will be on September 23rd Shabbat Services at 10:30 am. Don t miss this special service!! START DATE: Starting in July 23, 2017 DAY: Sunday HaYesod Evening Prescott Class TIME: 6:00 PM 8:00 PM PLACE: Alliance Bible Church 2601 Iron Springs Road, Prescott, AZ 86305 PHONE: 928.443.5988 Student work books can be purchased, $35.00 per workbook. Couples can share a book. See Sign Up Sheets in the back of the Sanctuary. START DATE: Starting July 9, 2017 DAY: Every Sunday HaYesod Sabbath Morning Prescott Class TIME: 10:30 AM 12:30 PM PLACE: Fred & Lynda Brady s Home Call for Directions PHONE: 206.962.0705 (Fred) or the Office 928.443.5988 Student work books can be purchased, $35.00 per workbook. Couples can share a book. See Sign Up Sheets in the back of the Sanctuary.
Page 4 Ahava B Shem Yeshua LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS HEBREW CLASSES We have two Hebrew classes to offer! Both classes are held every Sabbath before Shabbat Service. We offer a New Beginners Hebrew Class and a Beginning Hebrew Conversation Class. WHEN: TIME: WHERE: Every Sabbath before Shabbat Service Downstairs @ Alliance Bible Church 2601 Iron Springs Road Prescott, AZ 86305 MEN S TORAH CLASS The Men's Torah Class will be meeting on Wednesdays, at at Alliance Bible Church, downstairs. Our Congregational Leader Al Rodriguez will be leading the study using Tom Bradford's Torah Class as a starting point. Please check out Mr. Bradford's class at http://www.torahclass.com/. Al will begin the study in the book of Romans. For any of the men that are interested, please email me here at abyprescott@gmail.com. Or email Al directly at alef18.ar@gmail.com, or call Al at 928.443.5988. ONEG Please join us for Oneg (Sabbath Delight) after Service. It is a time of good food and fellowship. We supply the chicken, please bring a dish or dessert to share. No shellfish or pork (or any other unclean meats Leviticus 11). Bring enough to feed your family and 4 more. Facebook Like Us on Facebook! Use the following link https://www.facebook.com/ahavaprescott/
Volume 3, Issue 11 Page 5 LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS DAVIDIC DANCE We have made some changes to the dance ministry: Is. 52:7 "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that announces peace and announces salvation, that says unto Zion: "Your Elohim reigns!" Davidic Dance at Ahava is worshiping Adonai with sacred reverence to Him. Therefore, there must be order and understanding when we worship through dance. Seasoned worship dancers may join the Davidic Dance circle after speaking to the dance leaders and demonstrating basic core steps. Appropriate dance attire is skirts and dresses below the knee and tops should be covered shoulders... nothing see through. Pants, tank tops and boots will not be permitted. Our focus is to please Elohim and not man. The Hora Dance is for everyone and we encourage all to participate and celebrate in this dance. The dance for He Shall Reign is for everyone as well! Beginning dance steps are offered after Oneg on the first and second Sabbaths of the month at 1:15 for 30 minutes. The Shabbat Medley dance will be taught during this time. All who learn it can then participate in the Shabbat Medley dance to bring in the Sabbath Service. Thank you for your understanding and we ask that you pray that Elohim be exalted through the dance ministry as it is a powerful weapon against the enemy. Contact the Office at Ahava B Shem Yeshua at 928.443.5988 Let them praise His Name with dancing. Let them sing praises to Him with tambourine and harp. Psalms 149:3 TLV
Page 6 Ahava B Shem Yeshua MINISTRY UPDATES Ahava Children s Ministry The sign up sheet for September is back in the classroom/nursery area on the wall. Teachers and helpers can sign themselves up for dates that work for them. It will cover 2 months at a time. Teachers will be planning their own lessons, and helpers as usual will assist the teacher. In the storage room in the back of the sanctuary, there is a curriculum box for books and lessons, or you can use resources that you have. More teachers are needed. There should be a minimum of one adult in the back (18 or over) but preferably 2 adults should sign up at a time. Please talk to Dee Rodriguez if you would like to serve as a teacher for the first time, or if you would be willing to serve as the new Shabbat School leader. For those who sign up for Shabbat School, on the Shabbat you are in the classroom, please let the people serving in the sound booth know and they can make you a copy of the message. Ahava Men s Ministry We are changing when we meet for the "Men's Bible Study" so that more men can have the opportunity to attend. Starting January 2017, we will be having our Men s Bible Study on the 2nd and 4th Shabbat mornings from to 10:15 am, at Alliance Bible Church in the Nursery (back of the Sanctuary). Contact Fred Brady for any information at 206.962.0705 or by email at fbschooner@yahoo.com. Fred S. Brady Ahava Women s Fellowship and Prayer Ministry You are welcome to join the women of Ahava for a time of fellowship and prayer every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, at 10:30 am. Come experience a special time of fellowship, discussion and a time of prayer for intervention, healing, our country and whatever else the Ruach HaKodesh places on our hearts. For more information call 928.443.5988. BEGINS AGAIN SEPTEMBER 13TH & 27TH. When: Where: Time: Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 10:00 AM (Sept. 13th & 27th) TBD 10:00 am till 1:00 pm (If you need to slip out early it is not a problem)
Volume 3, Issue 11 Page 7 MESSIANIC 101 Terms & Definitions Fall Holy Days 2017 As we prepare ourselves for Teshuvah (40 days of repentance) during this month of Elul, our hearts and minds become excited for the approaching Fall High Holidays!! The Fall High Holy Days are an exciting time to deepen our walk with Adonai. Let us prepare our hearts for worship! Remember all Holy Days start at sundown the previous day. Lev 23:1-2 Then Adonai spoke to Moses saying: Speak to Bnei Yisrael, and tell them: These are the appointed moadim of Adonai, which you are to proclaim to be holy convocations My moadim. (TLV Version). ROSH HASHANA (Head of the Year) FEAST OF TRUMPETS Rosh Hashanah falls this year on September 21st, 2017, Thursday. Our Shul will be celebrating this High Holy Day during our Shabbat Service on September 23, 2017. During the service we will have not only our shofar blasts and a special message about this High Holy Day, but we will also be having a shofar blowing contest. It will be split into two groups: 13 years old and up, and the 12 and under group. We will also have a very special Oneg, please sign up on the sheet in the back of the sanctuary! Lev 23:23-25 Adonai spoke to Moses saying: Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, saying:: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a Shabbat rest, a memorial of blowing (shofarot), a holy convocation. You are to do no regular work, and you are to present an offering made by fire to Adonai. (TLV Version). A popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year. The common greeting at this time is L'shanah tovah ("for a good year"). YOM KIPPUR DAY OF ATONEMENT Yom Kippur is on September 30th, 2017, Shabbat. The first service will be on Friday the 29th at 6:00 pm and the second service will be on Shabbat the 30th at 6:00 pm, at this time we will break our fast together. Both services will be held at Alliance Bible Church. We will NOT have our regularly scheduled Shabbat Service on this day. We will begin our fasts together on Friday, September 29th at 6pm and break our fast together on Shabbat, September 30th, after our service at 6pm. Please sign up on the sheet in the back of the sanctuary! Lev 23:26-28 Adonai spoke to Moses, saying: However, the tenth day of the seventh month is Yom Kippur, a holy convocation to you, so you are to afflict yourselves. You are to bring an offering made by fire to Adonai. You are not to do any kind of work on that set day, for it is Yom Kippur, to make atonement for you before Adonai your God. (TLV Version). It is customary to wear white on the holiday, which symbolizes purity and calls to mind the promise that our sins shall be made as white as snow (Is. 1:18). SUCCOT FEAST OF TABERNACLES Succot begins on October 5th, 2017, Thursday and ends on October 11th, 2017, Wednesday. Our Shul will celebrate this High Holy Day on Shabbat, October 7th, 2017. We will be blessed with worship music from Vince and Debbie Iantorno. We will then have a special Oneg, please sign up on the sheet in the back of the sanctuary! Lev 23:33-36 Adonai spoke to Moses saying: Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, and say, On the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the Feast of Sukkot, for seven days to Adonai. On the first day there is to be a holy convocation-you are to do no laborious work. For seven days you are to bring an offering by fire to Adonai. (TLV Version). In honor of the holiday's historical significance, we are commanded to dwell in temporary shelters, as our ancestors did in the wilderness. The temporary shelter is referred to as a sukkah (which is the singular form of the plural word "sukkot"). SHIMINI ATZERET THE EIGHTH DAY Shimini Atzeret is on October 12th, 2017, Thursday. Lev 23:36 The eighth day will be a holy convocation to you, and you are to bring an offering by fire to Adonai. It is a solemn assembly-you should do no laborious work. (TLV Version). Come prepare to worship the Lord G-d Most High, Adonai Elyon, during the Fall High Holy Days! Chag Sameach!
Page 8 Ahava B Shem Yeshua READINGS SCHEDULE SHABBAT PARASHAH MEANING READINGS SCRIPTURE September 2nd Ki Tetse When you go out Torah Portion: Deut 21:10-25:19 Haftorah: Isa 54:1-10 Brit Hadasha: John 12:1-50 September 9th Ki Tavo When you enter in Torah Portion: Deut 26:1-29:9(8) Haftorah: Isa 60:1-22 Brit Hadasha: John 13:1-15:27 September 16th Nitsavim You are standing Torah Portion: Deut 29:10(9)-30:20 Haftorah: Isa 61:10-63:9 Brit Hadasha: John 16:1-17:26 VaYelech And he went Torah Portion: Deut 31:1-30 Haftorah: Isa 55:6-56:8 Brit Hadasha: John 18:1-19:42 September 21st Rosh HaShana Feast of Trumpets Torah Portion: Gen 21:1-34 Num 29:1-6 Haftorah: 1 Sam 1:1-2:10 Brit Hadasha: 1 Thes 4:13-18 Heb 10:1-14 September 23rd Ha azinu Give ear! Torah Portion: Deut 32:1-52 Haftorah: 2 Sam 22:1-51 Brit Hadasha: John 20:1-31 September 30th Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Torah Portion: Lev 16:1-34 Lev 18:1-30 Num 29:7-11 Haftorah: Isa 57:14-58:14 Book of Jonah Micah 7:18-20 Brit Hadasha: Rom 3:21-26 Heb 10:1-14 Open my eyes, so I may behold wonders from Your Torah. Psalm 119:18 TLV
Volume 3, Issue 11 Page 9 SEPTEMBER 2017 ELUL 5777 / TISHREI 5778 Sun / Rishon Mon / Sheni Tue / Shlishi Wed / Revi i Thu / Chamishi Fri / Shishi Sat / Shabbat 1 Elul 10 2 Elul 11 Ki Tetse Hebrew Class Service 10:30 am Day 11 of Repentance Day 12 of Repentance 3 Elul 12 HaYesod Sabbath Prescott 10:30 am-12:30pm HaYesod Prescott 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Day 13 of Repentance 4 Elul 13 Day 14 of Repentance 5 Elul 14 Day 15 of Repentance 6 Elul 15 Men s Prayer with Alliance 7am Men s Torah Study Day 16 of Repentance 7 Elul 16 Day 17 of Repentance 8 Elul 17 Day 18 of Repentance 9 Elul 18 Ki Tavo Hebrew Class Men s Ministry 9:30am Service 10:30 am Day 19 of Repentance 10 Elul 19 HaYesod Sabbath Prescott 10:30 am-12:30pm HaYesod Prescott 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Day 20 of Repentance 11 Elul 20 Day 21 of Repentance 12 Elul 21 Day 22 of Repentance 13 Elul 22 Men s Prayer with Alliance 7am Men s Torah Study Women s Fellowship & Prayer 10 am Day 23 of Repentance 14 Elul 23 Day 24 of Repentance 15 Elul 24 Day 25 of Repentance 16 Elul 25 Nitsavim / VaYelech Hebrew Class Service 10:30 am Day 26 of Repentance 17 Elul 26 HaYesod Sabbath Prescott 10:30 am-12:30pm HaYesod Prescott 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Day 27 of Repentance 18 Elul 27 Day 28 of Repentance 19 Elul 28 Day 29 of Repentance 20 Elul 29 Men s Prayer with Alliance 7am Men s Torah Study Day 30 of Repentance 21 Tishrei 1 Rosh HaShana Rosh Chodesh Day 31of Repentance 22 Tishrei 2 Day 32 of Repentance 23 Tishrei 3 Ha azinu Special Rosh HaShana Service 10:30 am Torah Service Day 33 of Repentance 24 Tishrei 4 HaYesod Sabbath Prescott 10:30 am-12:30p HaYesod Prescott 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Day 34 of Repentance 25 Tishrei 5 Day 35 of Repentance 26 Tishrei 6 Day 36 of Repentance 27 Tishrei 7 Men s Prayer with Alliance 7am Men s Torah Study Women s Fellowship & Prayer 10 am Day 37 of Repentance 28 Tishrei 8 Day 38 of Repentance 29 Tishrei 9 Yom Kippur Service 6:00 pm Day 39 of Repentance 30 Tishrei 10 No Regularly Schedule Shabbat Service Yom Kippur Service 6:00 pm Day 39 of Repentance
Page 10 Shabbat Service 10:30 am Saturdays Location: Alliance Bible Church 2601 Iron Springs Road Prescott, AZ. 86305 Office Hours: Monday Friday 9:00am 3:00pm Sunday Closed Phone: 928.443.5988 E-mail: abyprescott@gmail.com Website: www.ahavabshemyeshua.com Al Rodriguez Mark Miller Troy Wade Robin Walton BOARD MEMBERS Rabbi Jack Zimmerman Chelsea Walton CANTOR Ahava B Shem Yeshua BABYSITTING Ministry Groups MESSIANIC CLASSIFIED SHARON SABLOFSKY 928.443.1562 COMPUTER TECH 928.273.5023 BARRIE CLARK 928.277.1046 DRAFTING AND PERMITTING CLAIRE CLARK 928.277.1046 HANDYMAN KEVIN LAIRD 928.533.3694 INDEPENDENT INSURANCE CONSULTANT Auto/Home/Business & Notary Public JANA STAZENSKI 928.273.2452 MUSIC LESSONS DAN HOLYFIELD 928.310.1857 928.600.2601 Men s Prayer When: Wednesday 7:00 AM Where: Alliance Bible Church Contact: Al Rodriguez 928.443.5988 Women s Fellowship & Prayer When: Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday (September 13th and 27th) Where: TBD Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Contact: Ahava B Shem Yeshua Office 928.443.5988 Men s Ministry - Nugget Diggers When: Every 2nd & 4th Shabbat (August 12th and 26th) Where: Alliance Bible Church, 2601 Iron Springs Road, Prescott, AZ 86305 (In the Library at the back of the Sanctuary) Time: - 10:15 am Contact: Fred Brady 206.962.0705