Vancouver e-News: November 2009

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

creation flier

Some have asked for this info so the could pass on to their friends.
Please invite! Potluck meal afterwards.

Make a difference!

roger
Senior Pastor
Adventist Community Church
www.VancouverAdventist.com
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

This is just a quick note to all the members of the Adventist Community Church of Vancouver. Our Pastoral Assistant, Doris, had her home broken into this last Sabbath while she and her husband were in church. One of the the things they stole was a whole drawer in her desk. In that desk drawer was a list of member of our church with addresses and phone numbers. Please be advised that this leaves open a list of names of people who may not be in their homes on Saturday mornings. You may feel more comfortable asking your neighbors to keep an eye out for your home in the near future.

Hungry? Feed Yourself! Break the Famine (Amos 8:11)

roger walter

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Monday, November 23, 2009

FYI - What's Happening in Vancouver

2009-11-23

Two Big Weekends Coming Up

December 4-5 - Creation Weekend. Bring your cameras to take pictures of the artifacts. Bring your notepaper to write down some incredible information. Bring your ears and listen like crazy - this weekend is going to be TOPS! The creation weekend begins on Friday evening at 7:00 pm. Then on Sabbath it begins again at 9:30 am (Yes, that's really 9:30 am). Church will be a panoply of music and performance by Columbia Adventist Academy with the sermon by our creation speaker - Doug Newton. Potluck following church (BRING LOTS OF FOOD, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF GUESTS - PLENTY!) Then the creation weekend will begin again at 2:00 pm and end around 6:00-6:30 pm.

Please note: There will be no adult Sabbath school classes on Dec. 5 and there will be no Early service at 8:45 am.

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Second Weekend - December 12 - Fountainview Academy will be doing a musical program for us on December 12 and Pastor Roger will begin a two part series that will end with a Christmas Present given to everyone attending on the 19th. This sermon series will cut to the heart of your Christian experience and get you launched on a journey that will take you through all of 2010. The growth you will experience from following through on Pastor Roger's 2-Part December series call, "Doing LIFE Together" will be an unbeatable experience.

FYI - What's Happening!

Tonight - Photo Directory pictures are still taking shape (and tomorrow). If you need to schedule a picture, there are still some time slots open. Please call the church office at 696-2511
Tonight - Evangelism Coordination Team Meeting at 7:00 pm
Tomorrow (Tues) - Photos Taken
Tomorrow (Tues) - Church Board Meeting at 7:00 pm
Thursday - TOFURKEY DAY! Happy Thanksgiving! Spend time praising God for all you have to be thankful for!
Sabbath - Church at 8:45 and 11:10 am.
Nov. 30 - Worship Committee Meeting
Dec 2 - School Board Members Meeting in Pastor Roger's Office at 7:00 pm
Dec 3 - CAA Special Constituency Meeting
Dec 4 - 5 - Creation Seminar - Check Church Calendar for times - TELL A FRIEND!
Dec 5 - Columbia Adventist Academy doing our church music.
Dec 6 - Rose Ostrem Funeral at the church - 1:00 pm
Dec 7 - Mission/Vision Team Meeting
Dec 12/19 - Doing LIFE Together
January 2 - Special Prayer Weekend - More info later.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Re: Food Baskets for Thanksgiving

Oops - when you send the name to the church office, please also include the phone and address too.... Thank you. Please don't send them to me, as I'm not compiling the list.... (see below for more info)

Thank you and God Bless!

Roger Walter

Senior Pastor http://bit.ly/qO3Vg

Adventist Community Church of Vancouver

On Nov 20, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Roger Walter wrote:

I just received a phone call from Wayne Alvarez, our Head Elder, and he knows of a company that is looking for 20-30 names of people who need a food basket for Thanksgiving. They are willing to put together the basket and do the deliveries. Praise the Lord for Christians in business!

If you have any names AND their need, please send it to vancouveradventist@gmail.com

Thanks!

Hungry? Feed Yourself! Break the Famine (Amos 8:11)

roger walter
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Food Baskets for Thanksgiving

I just received a phone call from Wayne Alvarez, our Head Elder, and he knows of a company that is looking for 20-30 names of people who need a food basket for Thanksgiving. They are willing to put together the basket and do the deliveries. Praise the Lord for Christians in business!

If you have any names AND their need, please send it to the church office

Thanks!

Hungry? Feed Yourself! Break the Famine (Amos 8:11)

roger walter

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Senior Pastor Seventh-day Adventist Community Church of Vancouver

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

UPDATE on SERIOUS PRAYER REQUEST

Begin forwarded message:

From: Dee RIVERA
Date: November 10, 2009 10:34:34

THANK YOU ALL SOOOOO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS!

Heather wrote me and said her daughter Annalisa woke up, recognized her, cried...has responded to commands and yes and no questions!!! Praise the Lord!

Thanks again for responding and submitting your requests to God.

May God richly bless your life and family

Dee

FYI - What's Happening in Vancouver!

2009-11-10

Spirit of Thank You

About 5 or 6 years ago, on a warm November day, I found myself out on the golf course with my neighbor. We barely knew each other and we teamed up with someone who came to play that day by himself. It was a fun day getting acquainted with some new people. About half-way through the course, I stopped and noticed the older gentleman's hat - it was the the insignia of the USS ??? I asked him if he had served in the military or if he had a son on that ship now? He assured me that it was him, he had served on that ship in WWII.

All of a sudden I remembered that it was Veteran's Day - November 11. I turned to him and said simply, "Thank you for serving your country and for allowing us the freedoms we now have." This older gentleman actually teared up briefly and said words I will never forget. "Thank you! No one has ever said thanks before."

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day - it's a day to say THANK YOU to our veterans - those who have fought in our wars whether we agreed or not, they fought to maintain the values of a free society. Please take the time tomorrow to say thanks to a vet - whether it be someone in Wal-Mart, Winco, or at Work. Whether it be a family member or someone you don't know. They deserve our thanks.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Baptisms

This week we have two more baptisms planned during the worship service. It's exciting to see how God is leading in people's lives and how he continues to move us to reach out to them. Please keep these new people - and those almost ready - in your prayers.

Prayer Meeting

Some have asked when we might start a prayer meeting. Well, we actually have many prayer meetings going on - in the form of the Conference Call Prayer Meeting on Tuesday's at 6:30am (Call: 1-518-825-1300 , Login: *938161#) or via our Community Groups. These groups meet in homes and study the Bible. They also meet at various times of the week. If you'd like more information, please see Pastor Danny.

FYI - What's Happening

Tonight - Evangelism Coordination Committee at 7:00 pm
Tomorrow - Veteran's Day - Nov. 11
Tomorrow - Elder's Meeting at 7:00 pm
Thursday - Prison Ministries at 6:45 pm
Sabbath - Monthly All Church Potluck. Please bring enough for your family and MORE! :-)
Monday - Nov. 16 - Worship Committee meets at 7:00 pm
Monday and Tuesday - Nov. 16, 17 - Directory Photos are being taken at the church.
November 18 - Finance Committee Meets
November 21 - Bernie Paulson Funeral at Rockwood at 3:00 pm
Nov. 23, 24 - second round of directory photos are taken
Dec. 3 - Special Constituency meeting at Columbia Academy
Dec 4-5 - Creation Seminar - More information coming soon!
Dec 6 - Rose Ostrem Funeral at 1:00 pm

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Fwd: Serious Prayer Request

From: "Dee RIVERA"
Date: November 6, 2009 10:21:27 PM PST
Subject: Serious Prayer Request

A school mate from highschool sent this message:

My daughter was crossing the road on foot on Monday and was hit by a car...she went up onto the vehicle and came down onto her face/head on the pavement...has been in ICU since Monday...she is in a medically induced coma and has H1N1 and fluid in her lungs and cannot breathe without the ventilator...she does not respond to outside stimulus or focus on anyone when the sedation is turned down...and her right side seems to be experiencing decline...it is a serious head injury and she is fighting for her life/recovery...please please pass this on...pray for my child, my first baby...I call her my first love. She will be 19 on the 20th. Love to you and yours...hug your children tonight...you just do not know what can happen...each day is a gift...God bless.

Please plead to the Father about Heathers daughter.

Thank you!

Friday, November 6, 2009

FYI What's Happening!

2009-11-06

Wired Up!

It became evident again what I was wired up for. On Wednesday I was pondering a question of a member who was urging me to be more of a nurturer kind of pastor. After much discussion and reading emails, blogs, and listening about it, I began to wonder if I was making the right choices. Wednesday evening, I stayed after to talk with an individual that is attending our Decoding Prophecy Seminar. After giving three gospel presentations and not getting this individual to commit to anything, I backed off. But I knew God had gotten through to this individual and it was now only a matter of time. I knew that I was doing what God had wired me up for!

When that individual stood to request baptism last night, I nearly screamed! It was so awesome to see God working. I was reminded again, that God didn't wire me up as a nurturer pastor, he created me to be more of an evangelist who wins people to Jesus. And over the years, I've been fortunate to see hundreds come to Jesus.

We need the nurturing team members just as much as we need the evangelistic team members. Understanding who has what gifts will be primary in finding everyone's niche. Community Groups will also play a very large part in the nurturing process.

But I was reminded again this week that my top gifts are Leadership, Evangelism and Preaching/Teaching. Do you know what yours are? Would you like to find out?

I love being your pastor!

roger

Decoding Prophecy Update

Pastor Danny has been doing a great job. He is obviously in his comfort zone when he's preaching and telling people about Jesus. Despite the poor start from our brochures not getting delivered in time, God has been blessing and about 6 or 7 people have already requested baptism. There is a baptism scheduled for this weekend and next.

Pastor Jeff organized the kids programming to be primarily operated by the Youth Class. They have been telling the stories, teaching the same material that Danny has been preaching about, as well as doing most of it. It's awesome to see the "kids" begin to take ownership of the scheduling and speaking in those areas.

Tonight is the last night to come out and listen. Next the Evangelism Coordination Team will begin planning for and getting ready for the upcoming seminar with Richard Halversen in March 2010. God is definitely on the move in Vancouver and great things are about to happen in the areas of discipleship, community and evangelism. Keep praying!