SABBATH SCHOOL

Personal

Evangelism

and Witnessing Isaiah 43:10

The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Superintendent: FORUM

PROGRAM

Song and Praise……………………………………………Praise Team

Introducing the Speaker …………...................Kathy Rayner

Scripture & Prayer …………………………………Alex Golovenko

Special Music …………………………………………Sheena Teague

Offering …………………………………………Conference Advance

Special Music………………………….…………………….Friendship

“Miracle from the Streets” Cheri Peters

Prayer of Blessing……………………………………Teresa Ferreira

Potluck at the Cafeteria

2:30 pm............................................Unlikely Ambassador

Sunset this Sabbath 8:39 pm Next week 8:46 pm

Please send all the bulletin related information to: bekorben@gmail.com

Announcements Today

Tomorrow

Later Events

1. Elders meeting will take place Monday, May 14 at 5:30 pm at the church.

2. Church Board meeting will take place Monday, May 14 at 6:30 pm at the fellowship hall. Please provide your agenda items to pastor Alex Golovenko. Planning for summer activities, church growth & May evangelistic outreach will be on the agenda.

3. May 19 we will have a special emphasis on the Sabbath School in our church. The Sabbath School will begin at 9:30 am and the program will continue until 12:30 pm. There will be no preaching session. Ample opportunity would be given to all ages to participate and share in the Sabbath Bible Study experience.

4. Canadian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches President Mark Johnson will be visiting London May 26, speaking at 11 am for worship hour and having a dialogue on church outreach at 2:30 pm. Meetings will take place at Laurier Secondary School located 450 Millbank Dr.

5. Register for Men’s Spiritual retreat with Chuck Burkeen, coming June 1-3 at Maple Grove Methodist Camp, 194936 19th Line, Thamesford, ON. The cost is $70 for adult and ½ price for youth under 21. Conference Men Ministries Director Glen DeSilva will be visiting the gathering on Sabbath. For more details see flyers and posters. Contact Gord Rayner for registering to attend.

6. The Social Life Committee is organizing first camping experience this summer on June 8-10 at Fanshawe. Our Church facilities will be closed as the Sabbath School & worship will take place at the camp-site.

7. June 8-9, Southern Regional campmeeting will be held in Simcoe at Norfolk County Fairgrounds, 172 South Drive, Simcoe. Guest speakers this year are Dr. Gaspar Colon and Dr. Hiskia Missah.

8. Next Class for the School of Evangelism will be June 10th at 805 Shelborne, London. Classes begin at 9:30 am and will continue to 4:30. Lunch break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Class will be taught by pastor Emerson on how to give Bible Studies.

9. Join us on our summer bus trio to lakeside mall Utica Michigan, U.S.A. cost is $40 we ask that you give a $20 deposit beforehand. Deposits will not be refunded. Bus leaves August 5th, 2012 from 800 Fleet Street, London Ontario. For more information contact: Pam Joseph @ 519-415-8071. See you there.

Notifications

10. The renovations on the church auditorium had began. Four stages of work will be done by the end of the month – ceiling repair of cracks and new texture for better acoustic; walls would be painted “bennington gray” colour; stage extension to be built & carpet will be installed “laguna” colour, chairs cleaned and returned to the Sanctuary. June 2 “women ministry Sabbath” is planned to be conducted at the renovated auditorium. June 9th the church facility will be closed. During this time we plan to install the new PA sound speakers (by John Bellone), and all the fixtures. Lights are also will be replaced. The official “homecoming” Sabbath in the new auditorium is planned for June 16.

11. Registration for Adventist Christian

Elementary School Kindergarten

class to be starting for the 2012-2013

school year, have been extended to

June 30/2012, all registration must

be made by then. There will be an

Open House Play date on the afternoon of May 17, 2012 at the School

800 Fleet St. for all parents with school age children who are interested

in signing up for Kindergarten class. This will start at 4:00 pm and be

completed at 5:00 pm. You will have an opportunity to see the

classroom setting and meet the teachers.

12. You are invited to a ACES fundraiser Mothers Day Tea at Gibbons

Park, we are hoping to get the Pavilion, if we don't get the Pavilion, we

will be setting up close to the Pavilion. Please come out and bring your

lawn chairs and enjoy some fun and games out in the fresh air. We will

be serving tea and punch and strawberry short cake. This event will be

held between 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The Silent Auction will also be taking

place, if you have something to donate, please talk to Teresa Ferreira.

13. Inviting ALL to our mid-week church service on

Wednesday nights at 7 pm. Even during the

renovation stage – we will be meeting for prayer!

It is time for extra prayer, deeper Bible study, and

opportunities for members to develop their

preaching gifts.

14. Doris Van Leeuwen is looking to have VBS this year. Whoever is interested in volunteering should please speak to Doris. VBS is looking for donations of tins of paint; the colours being: royal blue, gold – yellow and white. Contact @ (519)-452-7073

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS May 12 Lorenzo Lima May 23 Kathy Rayner

May 15 Shirley Dawson May 23 Nancy Keim

May 15 Dave Gibson May 23 Burlett Halstead

May 17 Elizabeth-Joy Scale May 25 Teresa Ferreira

May 20 Debbie Skwarchuk May 29 Andrew Stajfer

Pray for Mozambique, Morocco,

Netherlands & Antilles, Namibia, Nauru

As renovations are taking place in our home auditorium, the “prayer map” is down, but we continue praying for the world every day. Today we lift in prayer Mozambique, former Portuguese colony, with the highest growth rate of Seventh-day Adventists, where 1.5% of population are members of our movement. Stewardship education is needed to this rapidly growing young church family. Pray for leadership development.

Sunday & Monday we lift in prayer Morocco. A country with population and territory like California. It has had no official Adventist presence until the past decade. The Islamic fractions are also divided between moderate and extremists, making an outreach very difficult in an environment of strife. It is a kingdom with stable political situation. The Arab spring did not affect this nation, as people feared it would bring chaos. Pray that in time of peace people would search for God, as 80% of people are unreached by the Gospel yet.

Tuesday we lift in prayer Kingdom of Netherland (Holland), or Dutch low-lands. Over 20% of its territory is below sea level and with global warming rising people are concerned about ecological effects on their land. It is one of the most affluent European countries. It’s harbours handle more traffic than any other country in the world. Yet the affluence is a challenge for church growth, as people are self-reliant and secularism is spread. The influx of workers from Asia and Africa present a current challenge for integration in the church. Also pray for the revival of morals in the country known for legal drugs and sex industry.

Wednesday we pray for Dutch Antilles, 5 islands north of Venezuela. After split by Aruba in 1986 in 2010 these islands dissolved, giving independence to Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Predominantly Christian, an outreach is needed to Asia workers. Pray for Biblical literacy and Biblical education to take place at churches.

Thursday we lift in prayer African nation of Namibia. Former German colony it is least densely populated South African country. German heritage comes through 50% of people adhering to Lutheran church. Other 40% are evangelicals. However, AIDS epidemics claim 15% of its people. Pray for revival of Christian values.

Friday we lift in prayers Nauru. It is a small republic of 10,000 on a raised coral atoll 300 km west of Solomon Islands. Rich in phosphates it was strip mined first by Germans, then by British in the past. Currently shrinking economy is leading to spiritual revival. A third of population are Catholic, other 60% are Evangelicals. Mormons & Jehovah Witnesses established their organizations there too. Adventist message is new and congregation is very small. There is only one Adventist church on the island in Port Macquarie. Pray for openness of other evangelicals to the Seventh-day Adventist witness.