MARCH 1, 2015

Welcome! We are glad you’re here! We invite you to seek out the folks wearing the “Ask Me” badge. Through them you will find information about the ministries of Salem Heights Church and how to become involved. Please fill out a Visitor Card and drop it in one of the offering boxes as you leave or scan this code to go directly to our website and fill out a visitor card. We have an excellent nursery and programs for children newborn through high school. Any of the ushers will be happy to direct you to the proper classroom. If you feel more comfortable having your infant with you during the service, the last row in the Auditorium will be reserved for parents with small children. There is a private room for nursing mothers across the hall from the Auditorium with a rocking chair, changing table and portable crib. For your convenience, it also includes a monitor to enable you to still hear and view the service.

Our Purpose...

To reach people with the love of Jesus Christ, provide a safe and

supportive environment, proclaim the standards of God’s truth,

duplicate the Christian life in others, and celebrate the majesty

and works of Our Great God.

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Info & News

2015 Missions Trips Our first preparation meeting for the 2015 Mission Trips is this afternoon. If you are traveling with any of the trips scheduled for this summer, plan to join us this afternoon at 4:00pm in the Chapel.

Spring/ Summer Church Softball Sign-ups/registration continues today and next Sunday for this year's church softball. Sign ups will be in the foyer after each service. Space is extremely limited and there are waiting lists for both men's and co-ed teams. ALL returning players must pay their $50 fee either today or by next Sunday. If you have any questions please contact Greg Nolz at the registration table, at hillhouse04@msn.com or on Facebook.

Simply Pray Ladies, please join us on March 4. This time is open to any lady who desires to set aside the hectic pace of life and “Simply Pray.” We will gather from 11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m. Childcare is provided, but please bring a snack or lunch for your child.

2015 Church Directories The 2015 church directories are completed. The first print batch is available in the racks and on the tables at the exit doors. Pick one up today! There will be more directories printed in the weeks to come.

Marriage Conference Mark your calendars! As part of our 2015 Summer Series, Salem Heights will be hosting our first ever marriage conference. Join us for “What Did You Expect?” with Paul Tripp on July 10th & 11th. Check the church website for more information or call the church office with questions.

Easter Egg Hunt Our annual Easter Egg Hunt is quickly approaching! Children’s Ministries needs your help in several different ways. See today’s bulletin insert for more information on those needs. Simply drop the bulletin insert in any of our offering boxes after you have filled it out. Tubs will be available at each entrance to drop off donated, wrapped candy and plastic eggs.

Greenskeeper Ministry The Greenskeeper Ministry will meet March 7 from 9-12. Please contact Don Whitehurst at 503.391.4987 or Scott Hunter at 503.930.2606 if you have questions or would like to help with the outside maintenance of the church grounds.

Don’t forget! We “Spring” forward NEXT Sunday.

TODAY

7:00 a.m. Men’s Growth Groups 8:15 a.m. Prayer - Room 205 9:00 a.m. The Cross Road Sunday School 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Worship Services 4:00 p.m. Mission Preparation Meeting 6:00 p.m. Small Groups

THIS WEEK

MONDAY

7:00 p.m. The Most Excellent Way

TUESDAY 6:45 p.m. Club Rocksalt 7:00 p.m. Fundamentals of the Faith 7:00 p.m. Men’s Growth Group 7:00 p.m. Small Groups 7:00 p.m. Women’s Discipleship 7:00 p.m. Mid–High Cause

WEDNESDAY

9:30 a.m. Women’s Discipleship 11:45 a.m. Women’s Simply Pray 12:00 p.m. Women’s Noon Discipleship 12:00 p.m. Men’s Noon Growth Groups 5:30 p.m. Cause Worship Team Practice 6:45 p.m. Worship Team Practice 7:00 p.m. High School Cause 7:00 p.m. Logos

THURSDAY

6:00 a.m. Men’s Growth Group 6:45 p.m. College Group 7:00 p.m. Careers Group FRIDAY

9:30 a.m. Moms and Tots SATURDAY

9:00 a.m. Greenskeeper Workday

This Week’s Events

• Foster Parent Night Out, March 14, 4:00 p.m.

• Lord’s Supper, March 15, 6:00 p.m.

• Easter Egg Hunt, April 4, 10:00 a.m.

• Easter Drama, April 4, 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

• Easter Drama, April 5, 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Important Upcoming Events

Giving Update

THE MINISTRY OF SALEM HEIGHTS CHURCH The ministry of Salem Heights Church is funded entirely by the generous giving of God’s people. You will notice that we do not pass the offering plate; however, there are offering boxes in the back of the auditorium. We have done this so no one gives out of compulsion. We believe from the Word of God that the Spirit of God will lead people towards giving back to God of their first fruits. “...God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor. 9:7) and we know He blesses those who take His Word seriously in every regard. Thank you for prayerfully supporting Salem Heights financially as we desire to reach the lost and disciple the Saints.

February 2015 MONTHLY BUDGET NEEDED

TOTAL GIVING $92,307 $107,000

MONTHLY NEED ÷ WEEK = BUDGET

February Weekly Need Actual Giving Received

Week 1 $26,750 $22,630

Week 2 $26,750 $27,174

Week 3 $26,750 $21,929

Week 4 $26,750 $20,574

Fiscal Year to Date +/- -$67,726

BUILDING FUND

Current Balance $9,595

• Tuesday evening Club RockSalt groups are in

great need of volunteers! If this is an area in which you would like to serve, please contact Russ Libby at 503.588.0403.

• There is a great need for faithful, available and

teachable servants to minister to our CAUSE students. Our desire is for students to be discipled in their love of God, love for others and heart to reach the world for Christ. If this is a passion of yours, contact Tim Saffeels at 503.588.0403 for more information on being involved.

Scan the coded icon below to view opportunities to serve the body of Salem Heights Church.

How Can I Serve?

Missions

Salem Heights Church

375 Madrona Ave. S.

Salem, OR 97302

503-588-0403

fax: 503-588-5338

Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friday

8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sunday Worship Services:

9 & 11 a.m.

Message CDs are available in

the Registration Area for $4.

Please visit the desk in the

southwest corner to order

and pick-up your CDs.

You can also check the

website for our podcast.

info@salemheightschurch.org

www.salemheightschurch.org

Pastors/Elders

Justin Greene Senior Pastor/Elder

Carl Chica Pastor of Family Life/Elder

Matt MacCollin Pastor of Men’s/College/Elder

Lay Elders Chuck Moore

Ted Ferry

Administration and Staff

Please see our Mission Boards in the foyer for current active missionaries.

Ron Groves Administrator

Russ Libby Director of Ministries

Scott Hunter Facilities Manager

AJ Acker Music Ministry

Tim Saffeels Director of Student Ministries

Jason Brownell High School Ministries

Ed Reister Community Connection

Rick Smith Community Care

Jay Duffus Men’s Biblical Counseling

Laura Chica Women’s Biblical Counseling

Julie Bernard Women’s Ministry

Gina Weigand Office Staff

Christa Kahili Office Staff

Connie Libby Office Staff

Jenn Elliott Office Staff

LUKE Part 17

Luke 4:1-13

“Temptation!”

Presented by

Pastor Justin Greene

March 1, 2015

According to tradition, the scene of our Lord’s

temptation was a mountain to the south of Jericho. It

was a long, tiring ascent up the mountain, and with

every step upward, the Jordan Valley looked more and

more terrible. Even at the top, the climber is still two

hundred feet below sea level. The mountain is “naked

and arid like a mountain of malediction, rising

precipitously from a scorched and desert plain, and

looking over the sluggish, bituminous waters of the

Sodomite sea.”1 The whole scene was a wilderness, a

fitting state upon which to enact this great drama. The

waste and desolate places of the earth are the legacy

of fallen man. The wastes and wilderness of the world

simply echo the desolation that sin has wrought in the

human heart.

So the stage was set. Two men, in the history of the

world, have been exposed to a fierce, face-to-face

encounter with the Prince of Darkness. The

circumstances, however, were poles apart. Adam met

his temptation in paradise, a garden planted by God,

a place of pristine beauty and one subservient to his

will. Jesus Christ, the Last Adam, met his temptation on

the desolate hillside.

In each case, there was a perfect man. In the first

instance, a man created by God; in the second, a man

conceived by God. The first Adam surveyed a scene

where all was beauty and bliss; the Last Adam looked

upon a scene of barrenness and blight, where hunger

and danger stalked.

Mark tells us that Jesus was “with the wild beasts,” for

the lion and the jackal lurked there. They came to pay

homage to their Maker, to acknowledge the second

man, in all His perfection, and to lie at His feet as tame

as lambs.

Alone, except from these wild companions, with no

food to eat, with no agenda to fulfill except to be

where God wanted Him to be, the Lord and Creator of

the Universe, tabernacling now in human flesh, felt the

progressive pains and pangs of starvation. He was

alone with a ruined world, with wild animals, with His

memorized Bible, and with God. Such was the setting

for the temptation of the man, Christ Jesus.2

A NOTE ON THE GENEALOGY

• This is probably the genealogy of Mary.

• Great names keep us grounded.

• Jesus is the second Adam (Romans 5:12, 18).

TRIED AND TEMPTED

• Temptation meets us in a Particular Place.

� Physical State: Deprived and Dirty

� Personal State: Lost and Lonely

� Mental State: In Anguish and Abandoned

• Temptation Makes a Presentation.

� Desire of Flesh

� Desire of Eyes

� Boastful Pride of Life

• Temptation has an Antidote Potion.

“It is Written.”

The Word,

will lead you to worship

and enable you to wait!

WRAP

1Frederick Farrar, The Life of Christ (n.p., 1890). 2John Phillips, Jesus Our Lord: 24 Portraits of Christ Throughout Scripture, Copyright ©

2007 by John Phillips, Kregel Publications.

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Under age 18 Over age 18

03/31/2015 Stuff Eggs 6-9PM

04/04/2015 Easter Egg Hunt 10am-12pm

Easter Donations/Easter Volunteers Needed!

We are beginning to prepare for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Wouldyou consider donating individually wrapped, smaller pieces of candyto be stuffed in plastic Easter eggs? You can drop your donationsoff in the labeled buckets by the main entry doors.

We will also need volunteers to stuff Easter eggs and to help theday of the hunt. If you are interested in helping this year, pleasecheck one or both of the boxes below and place this form in one ofour offering boxes.

Name____________________ Phone Number___________

Email ___________________________________________

Under age 18 Over age 18

03/31/2015 Stuff Eggs 6-9PM

04/04/2015 Easter Egg Hunt 10am-12pm

Easter Donations/Easter Volunteers Needed!

We are beginning to prepare for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Wouldyou consider donating individually wrapped, smaller pieces of candyto be stuffed in plastic Easter eggs? You can drop your donationsoff in the labeled buckets by the main entry doors.

We will also need volunteers to stuff Easter eggs and to help theday of the hunt. If you are interested in helping this year, pleasecheck one or both of the boxes below and place this form in one ofour offering boxes.