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Monday June 28, 2010 Conference Call Prayer Meeting For the next two weeks, there will be no Conference Call Prayer meeting, then on July 13, it will begin meeting at 7am (making it a half hour later than it has been). We hope you will find the time on July 14 to join us and pray with us. back to top  We Need You One of the biggest kid events we do throughout the year is Vacation Bible School. We're looking for help and for support. Will you pray for the kids coming and the adults leading? Would you also be willing to volunteer to help? If you are interested in helping head on over to this link on our website and click on the "All Positions" Tab - then scroll to the bottom and volunteer for an incredible week of VBS June 12-16! back to top  I love being your pastor, Roger   FYI - Calendar Update June 28-July 25 - Pastor Roger and Family out of town for his Dmin Classes July 2-3 - Special Weekend with David Allen - Delight in His Word! Don't Miss. July 3 - All Church Potluck! July 5 - VBS Training July 10 - Communion July 13 - Conference Call Prayer meeting Re-begins at 7am July 14 - Elder's Meeting July 28 - Church Board Meeting Delight in His Word Pastor David Allen has toured all over North America giving his presentations on taking delight in God's word. You won't want to miss this incredible opportunity to have him here at our church. Click here for more information If You Need a New LIFE Journal, go here!

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2010-06-17

Shocking

In the early 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram shocked America when he demonstrated that ordinary people will commit acts of violence that conflict with their personal conscience and moral convictions if instructed to do so by an authority figure.

A replication of that famous experiment is uncovering some of the same findings and controversy. In the original experiment, Milgram asked ordinary people to administer painful -- and in some cases, even fatal -- shocks to other people posing as research subjects. The maximum voltage they could administer was 450 volts -- enough to cause permanent damage or even death to the study subject.

In reality, the "research subjects" were not receiving any shock. But the act of inflicting harm on another individual was still very much real to the people administering the voltage. Although many of the participants that were asked to administer shocks expressed hesitation or even gently refused to continue going on with the experiment, Milgram found that about two-thirds of all the participants completed the study and administered the full 450 volts of shock.

Jerry Burger, lead investigator of the new study and a professor of psychology at Santa Clara University, said that his modified version of the study came to a similar conclusion: About 70 percent of the participants continued administering shock until they reached the highest voltage point.

Question: How far are you willing to go to follow the crowd? How much influence do you think your peers have on you? If you think not, you will be wrong 70% of the time.... Think about it.

God has called his people to stand up and be different from the world. Are you? Am I? Will we?

Reach Up, Reach Deep, Reach Out!

OAMC

The Oregon Adventist Men's Chorus, with the Romanian Adventist Men's Chorus and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will be performing Sunday and we just found out that you can also purchase tickets at the door. It sounds to be a great event, plan to come and take part.

New Sermon Series

Beginning this Sabbath, Roger will be doing a two-part sermon series called, "Counterfeit Gods." Don't miss, it should be very exciting.

FYI - What's Happening

• Baptism this Sabbath of two individuals seeking to become members of our church
• Sabbath - worship at 9 and 11am, Study time at 10am
• Sabbath Evening - Rise Above Concert at 6:30pm - Rise above is a Christian Singing Group from Canadian Adventist University College
• Sunday - Make sure you call your dad and thank him. It's Father's Day!
• Sunday - OAMC Concert - for more info check out www.oamc.org 
• Monday - Community Services Center is open from 9am-3pm (Tuesday also)
• Tuesday - Conference Call Prayer Meeting at 6:30am - please check our website for details on how to get in
• Wednesday - the 59th General Conference Session begins - a gathering of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist church to elect leaders and make policy decisions. This meets in Atlanta, GA and will continue through July 3.
• Friday - Saturday - Oregon Home School Conference
• July 3, 10, 17 - Roger and family will be out of town for his Doctor of Ministry Classwork.
• July 12-16 - Vacation Bible School - see our church website for more information.

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Small but powerful

When my daughter was young, she loved to each hot food - like her dad. One year, Gail grabbed some half-price peppers to grow in our garden, thinking they were bell peppers.... NOT! We didn't know what kind of peppers they were but my daughter was willing to try anything. One bite, almost immediate tears and a mad-dash to the kitchen sink proved that small things can have a big impact. Think about that for a moment.... What small things have had an impact on your life? For me, some of them have been:     1. A kind word of encouragement - spoken almost at random to me.     2. An unkind word of complaint of gossip - ouch!     3. A Cookie, a Snack, a small treat     4. A quick look away to my phone while I drove - nearly crashing.... Hmmm...     5. My daily time in the LIFE Journal - it's small, but it has grown very big in my life. Key Calendar Items! This Sabbath - Worship at 9 and 11, SS at 10.-Potluck Next Week June 14, 16 - the office staff will be out of the office for a mini-retreat. Please leave your emails or voicemails and we'll get back to them. Wednesdays - Pathfinders, Discoveries in Daniel, Elder's Meeting, Finance Team, and Board Meetings all coming up - check the calendar here July 3 - Communion, June 19 - Rise Above Concert, July 17 Pastor Gene's Ordination at the Rockwood Church Check our website for more info What's wasting your "space" when it comes to having time in your day for personal devotions? Is it TV, RSS Feeds, Facebook, email, the phone? Is it time to put them aside so you can learn to grow in the space of time God has give us? Slow burner In order to have a thriving, growing personal relationship with God - takes time. This time, the slow guys win - those who are willing to put the time in regularly and travel slowly, but consistently. Take it easy, there's no rush, but just keep going.... If you need more info on the LIFE Journal, click here. Community Group News Currently, we have about 150 people in a Community Group. If you are one of those people - you are to be commended, because a life lived with a small group of believers, in community, is a life better lived. But if you aren't - it may be time to join up. Our goal is to have over 350 people in a Community Group within in the next few years. It's where life change happens best, where congregational care happens at the highest level, and where you build life-long friendships. Talk to Pastor Jeff or Wayne Blakely for more information.

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