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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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

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!

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!

FYI - What's Happening

• Tonight - Last night of Decoding Prophecy - a message about Heaven
• Sabbath - Worship at 8:45am and 11:10am
• Sabbath - Baptism during the 2nd service
• Saturday night - 6:00pm CAA Student Association Fall Festival
• Nov. 9 (Monday) - Mission/Vision Team @ 6:30pm.  Interested in attending, plan to join us!
• Nov. 10 - Evangelism Coordination Team Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Nov. 11 - Elder's Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Nov. 12 - Prison Ministry Meeting @ 6:45pm
• Nov. 14 - All Church Potluck (Baptism planned too)
• Nov. 16 - Worship Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Nov 16, 17, 23, 24 - Church Directory Photos - have you signed up yet?
• Nov. 18 - Finance Committee Meeting
• Nov 25. - Church Board Meeting

Very cool news

Dear Friend of Better Life,

This October 22 is not a Great Disappointment!  The Lord has provided the funding necessary to purchase the Portland/Vancouver television station. Hallelujah!

More funds are still needed to construct and operate the station, so it's not too late for you to participate in this excellent outreach ministry.  Please pray and ask how much you can give to help construct the station and how much you can commit to its monthly on-going operation.

Donate online now at www.betterlifetv.tv or call us at 877-741-2588 with your credit card handy. 
Or mail your support to: 
Better Life 
PO Box 766, 
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We'll keep you informed as time goes on.

For His glory,

Your Better Life Team

 

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FYI - What's Happening!

2009-10-27

Sunday Evening we held a business meeting at the church - sounds like fun, right?  But actually we heard many good comments about the process.  Some were very glad we moved the nominating committee vote out of the worship time.  Even though there were less people to vote on the issues, they just don't seem like a worship thing to do....  Others expressed a big learning moment when Dave Cannard presented the budget and where our ministry offerings go.  The budget was approved.  The Nominating Committee Report was approved.  The Mission/Vision generated some very good discussion and questions.

Decoding Prophecy - Danny is doing a masterful job of preaching the word to the people coming out night-by-night to the seminar.  This week's meeting schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday - What Happens when you die
• Wednesday - When the Smoke Clears
• Thursday - Making a New Start 
• Friday - The Battle for the Throne
• Sabbath Morning - The Great Pretender
• Sabbath Evening - Forever Marked

Church Finances - as those who came to the business meeting heard, we are nearly $10,000 off budget for the fiscal year already (which started September 1).  These are economically tough times, but please remember that your support of the church budget includes such "mundane" things are providing programming for our kids, giving out regular reading materials for personal discipleship, providing a place to hold seminars, meetings and Community Groups, a place to fellowship and visit.  The heartbeat of the church is ministry to others - those are the things the church budget really supports.  Thank you for your support.

Please Pray - Perhaps you saw on Facebook.  Pastor Gene Heinrich's mother was recently diagnosed with cancer.  Please also pray for the seminar.  Please pray for the finances of the church.  Please pray for the mission/vision team to complete their work and that we all move forward in alignment.  Please pray for the many sick and hurting.  Please pray for those looking for work.  Please pray for each other - just to support someone else in prayer.

FYI - What's Happening

• Tues - Sat - Decoding Prophecy - Come on out and bring a friend.
• Friday - CAA Senior Recognition, 7:00 pm
• Sun-Tues - Pastor's Conference put on by the Oregon Conference Team - your pastors will be out of town those days.
• Nov 6 - Last night of the Decoding Prophecy Seminar
• Nov 7 - CAA Student Association Fall Festival
• Nov. 9 - Mission/Vision Team Begins again
• Nov 10 - Evangelism Coordination Team Meets - 7:00 pm
• Nov 16 - Worship Committee Meeting  - 7:00 pm