Sabbath School

Paul’s Authority

and Gospel Galatians 1:10

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

Musician: Alex Golovenko Praise Leader: Max & Juliana

Next Week: Super: Kathy Rayner Music: M. Topper Praise: Kathy & Sandra

Worship Hour Song and Praise ……………………………………………………………………

Opening Song……………..No. 369…………Bringing in the Sheaves

Intercessory Prayer……………………………………….Alex Golovenko

Praying for Nominating Committee Next Week Praying for Pastor Golovenko and family

Baptismal Service for Brittany, Leah, Andrew Stajfer

Children Story…………………………………………………..Nancy Britton

Offering Appeal…............Voice of Prophecy………...Larris Biggs

Special Music………………………………………………………….Pat Carter

Scripture Reading……Revelation 14:14-19……Keenan Bancroft

Radical Thanksgiving – Harvest Gratitude

Pastor Alex Golovenko

Closing song............No. 366............O Where are the Reapers?

Benediction................................................................Earl Biggs

Sunset this Sabbath 6:56 pm Next week 6:44 pm

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

Announcements 1. Come in from the cold to the Hour of

Prayer that's making a heart-warming difference. Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM at the North London Church. Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM at the London or North London Church. First Sabbath of every month from 8:30 AM -9:30 AM in the Prayer Room

2. Fast for Change-A Christian Hunger Response to end hunger around the world is sponsored by Canadian Food grains Bank a federally incorporated, non-profit ,charitable agency, is a partnership of Canadian churches and church-based agencies which includes ADRA Canada working to end hunger in developing countries by increasing and deepening the involvement of Canadians in efforts to end hunger. On October 16 please do your part: Fast from food, over consumption, fossil fuel, complacency, entertainment, and devote your time and money to ADRA or a charity of your choice. Website-www.fastforchange.ca

3. “Depression the Way Out” seminar has began. Pray for people that are attending to have a life-changing experience. Following are 2 more sessions of this course: October 11 - Living Above Loss October 18 - How to Improve Brain Function November 1 – Graduation

4. NO Pathfinders meeting tomorrow. Next Class meeting will take place on October 16.

5. Next Church Board meeting will take place Monday, October 17 at 7 pm at the fellowship hall. Please provide your agenda items either to first elder Mike Keim, Clerk Kusum Gaikwad, or to pastor Alex Golovenko.

6. All members are encouraged to join a health-walk in Springbank Park on October 23rd at 9:00 AM. We will meet at the parking lot across form Shopper Drug Mart (same place), this is the second entrance to the park when traveling west on Commissioners Road. If you are interested in breakfast again please bring cereal, bread, jam, peanut butter and fruit with you. See you in the park weather permitting.

7. Next Baptismal service is planned for November 26. If you are interested in making the commitment to Christ, speak with pastor Golovenko about preparation. Another baptismal service will take place on November 26.

8. Spanish Company Dedication is scheduled for December 10 at 4 pm. Location and detailed plans will be announced as plans are made over the next months. For now – SAVE the DATE!

9. 2011 is the Year of Mission. TONIGHT at 6 pm pastor Alex will continue the teaching on Mission presenting principles of cross-cultural competencies. Could women lead men? Could an African lead a Slavic church? Should missionaries just go home and let natives do the work? How do we relate to people in London whose culture is diametrically different than ours? Remember, Mission is not optional for a healthy Adventist church.

10. The AV Department now has a Radio Frequence for the hearing inpared. For info please speak to AV personael.

11. Fall Evangelism Plans: October 21-November 4 Christopher Bassaragh and London youth are reaching out to other youth, school peers, extended church family, former members. November 5-12 – Week of Prayer, nightly at 7 pm. November 18-26 pastor Alex Golovenko offers “Prophecy Seminar” unfolding Daniel & Revelation to understand today’s events. Pray for this work of harvest. Plan your schedules and bring friends. More details will be communicated by next week.

12. Baby shower for Patricia and Alonso Lopez to be held Sunday, October 16th at 3pm. Please come and celebrate with us as we rejoice in another coming addition to our church family!

13. Our next general church potluck will be on Sabbath, October 22nd.

14. Hayseed Social and LACA Fundraiser: Mark your calendars and save the date! We are planning a great evening for the whole London church and school family on Saturday evening, October 29th. The evening will start with a 5 pm program by our school, followed by a haystack supper, and games to round out the evening. So hunt out your jeans and overalls and come on down to the Glen Cairn Elementary School for an evening of old fashioned fun. Glen Cairn Elementary School is located at 53 Frontenac Rd.

15. There is community service open house on Wednesday, Sept 12 with set up on Tuesday, Sept 11.

Happy Birthdays Oct 8 Steve Hurst Oct 11 Shaquille Sealy

Oct 9 Natalie Bartosz Oct 16 Roy West

Oct 2 Maria Stajfer Oct 17 Nichole Anniehs

Oct 10 Salatiael Isaac Oct 18 Max Mantiri

Pastor’s Blog This week we are praying for:

Angola, Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia and Aruba

I hope you started reading the Bible daily. One of our practical steps toward revival of the church is through reading the entire Bible by every one. Another important step is to build awareness through prayer of the needs in the world. Last week five countries had been prayed for, four of which have minimal or not at all Adventist presence. And this week we will pray for six countries (for calendar check the Newsletter*).

Today, on Sabbath we pray for Angola, where 2% of population are Adventists. The church is reaching 400,000 mark and is very active in this country recovering from the Communist influence, civil war, and displacement of people as refugees. One in 350 Angolans is a victim of landmines. The six million landmines are being cleared – but over 80,000 people have already been crippled by them. 70% of the population live in poverty, and the length of roads destroyed or damaged amounts to nearly twice the circumference of the planet. Forgiveness and reconciliation is the greatest need of this country rich in diamonds and other natural resources.

This week we will also pray for 4 Caribbean islands, which are also different in cultural dynamics. On Sunday we will pray for Anguilla, most northerly of the Leeward Islands, where 1 out of 20 is an Adventist, similar to many other Caribbean communities.

Antigua and Barbuda, to be prayed for on Monday, have the least Adventist presence in the Caribbean, similar to Aruba, less than 1%. With total Evangelical presence of about 20% churches are complacent, and strongholds of sin remain entrenched – money laundering, drug dealing, violence, gambling. Pray for the Holy Spirit revival and change in families of believers, for community transformation by the Gospel truths.

For two days, Tuesday & Wednesday we will pray for Argentina, the second largest Latin American country with population over 40 million. Even though the Adventist Church is sizeable, over 100,000 greater than in Canada for comparison, and has a University, few colleges, strong educational system, the impact on society is very small. After recent economic crisis resulted in a much wider gap between rich and poor, the church needs to be more inclusive of all segments of society. The two “pillars” of Argentina, its strong middle class and education system, are under threat, also affecting the church structure.

On Thursday remember Armenia in prayer. This ancient country, home to the mount Ararat and unceasing search for Noah’s ark, is dominated by the Orthodox Christianity and is not welcoming to the new Evangelical churches. Adventist presence is very small with only 16 churches. Centuries of bitter conflict, oppression and massacres left hatred and mistrust between Christians and Muslims. From 1915-17, the Turks killed up to 1.5 million Armenians in genocide. Recent ethnic conflict with Azerbaijani population of Karabakh is too fresh and re-emerges frequently.

All these are God’s harvest field, for which the labourers are needed. Pray the Lord of the Harvest to make you a labourer!

In service of the Great Shepherd, pastor Alex Golovenko

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Sabbath, October 8, 2011 805 Shelborne Street, London, ON. N5Z 5C6

Pastor: Alex Golovenko (519) 281-9706 agolovenko@adventistontario.org

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