May 28, 2016

Downey Adventist Church 

May 28, 2016

10:50 AM

A warm welcome to members and guests who gather today for worship and Christian fellowship. May we be blessed as we bless God and one another.

Order of Worship

Welcome.....................Bill Aumack
Hymnal #720

Praise Music.................Downey Praise Band

Intercessory Prayer......Alberto Melenciano

Children's Story............Kelly Gonzalez

Hymn 647
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Message......................Pastor Cary
What is Important?

Invitation to Give.........Edwin Morales
Conference Advance

Benediction..................Cary Fisher
Postlude.......................Chris Martin

Message Notes

What is Important?

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. John 15:13

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, Joshua 4:1

"Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight." Joshua 4:2-3

So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, "Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,  Joshua 4:4-5

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?'  Joshua 4:6

tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."  Joshua 4:7

So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.  Joshua 4:8

Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.  Joshua 4:9

And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.  He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their parents, 'What do these stones mean?' Joshua 4:20-21

tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.' For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. Joshua 4:22-23

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God." Joshua 4:24




In Our Prayers

Marylene Morris: We sorrowfully report the passing of Marylene Morris. She passed away Thursday and now rests awaiting her Savior's return. She will be greatly missed.
Susie Nava Ramirez: Pilar Sr.'s niece is out of the coma but still recovering. Please pray for healing.
Ofelia: Flor requests prayer for her aunt Ofelia. She is undergoing Chemo.
Alfonso Hoffman: Mike Garcia's 11 year old nephew was diagnosed with lymphoma. Remember him in prayer as he goes through treatments.
Sergio Garcia: He is recovering from another back surgery. Please pray for healing.
Johnny Macias: Please pray the infection in his leg will be healed.
Ava Meade: She requests prayer for healing from cancer.
Yolanda Ortegon: She requests prayer for healing and mobility.


Church Calendar

TODAY - May 28
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher
MONDAY - May 30, Memorial Day, Office closed
WEDNESDAY - June 1
  7:00p Wed Fellowship
Book of Daniel
FRIDAY - June 3
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - June 4
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher
  2:00p Pathfinders


Upcoming Events

May 30 - Memorial Day
June - Abundant Giving for new wells
Jun 11 - Pathfinder Investiture
Jun 12 - Yard Sale
Jun 16 - Church Board 7pm
Jun 18 - Father's Day Sabbath
Jun 19 - Father's Day
Jul 9 - Communion
Jul 9 - Mid Summer Movies

This Week the message is What is Important? During Memorial Day weekend, we remember all those that sacrificed their lives in order for us to be free.  As we show our gratitude to all those that died for our freedom, let us live in a way that also honors their death.

Next Week the message is God's Masterpiece. Graduations are coming up which means that some will be entering a new stage of life. Hopefully, we can be sure that we are being used for God's "handiwork" in whatever stage of life we are in.

Memorial Day:  The office is closed on Monday in honor of Memorial Day. Remember our soldiers who gave everything for us.


Vacation Bible School is July 16-22. If you would like to help, please talk to Bill or Linda. Thanks!

Adventist Union School Pre-Registration Discounts: It is time to pre-register for the next school year. If you register in the month of May it is only $190. That's nearly half off the regular price! The price goes up to $200 in June and it is $290 after that.

The flowers today are for Alex's birthday from the Aumack family.


This Week
Team Leader: Tomas Aispuro
Team: Alex Aumack, Laura Luna, Evelyn Garcia
Greeter: Rick & Kelly Gonzalez

Next Week
Team Leader: Rick Gonzalez
Team: Ellis Perry, Frances Menendez, Linda Bewley
Greeter: Pilar Centeno, Sr.

Sabbath Ends this week: 7:55
Sabbath Begins next week: 7:59

May 21, 2016

Downey Adventist Church 

May 21, 2016

10:50 AM

Welcome to this sacred time of praising and praying together; of singing, speaking and listening together; of being strengthened together in faith, for service.


Order of Worship

Welcome......................Evan Aumack
Hymnal #828

Praise Music.................Downey Praise Band

Intercessory Prayer.......Rick Gonzalez

Children's Story............Cary Fisher

Special Music................Roots

Message........................Roots

Invitation to Give...........Bill Aumack
Church Budget

Benediction...................Cary Fisher
Postlude ........................Chris Martin

Message Notes

La Sierra University Overview


La Sierra University, an institution nationally acclaimed for its diverse campus and its service to others, offers a transformational experience that lasts a lifetime.

U.S. News & World Report named La Sierra University the most diverse university in the western United States the past five years. And in early 2008 the Corporation for National and Community Service selected La Sierra for the Honor Roll with Distinction, part of the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll program. The award recognized La Sierra's students for providing nearly 45,000 hours of service. Such efforts included international economic development projects by La Sierra's World Cup-winning Students In Free Enterprise team, and community projects through La Sierra's campus-wide Service-Learning program.

The Seventh-day Adventist denomination established La Sierra University in 1922 on acreage formerly part of the Rancho La Sierra Mexican land grant. Today the institution provides more than 120 bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees for about 2,300 students.

"To Seek, To Know, and To Serve" is the key to the mission that drives La Sierra University, with all areas of campus encouraging students to develop a deeper relationship with God.

La Sierra University, "Where Academic Investigation, Christian Faith and Service to Others Unite," is widely recognized as an exceptional academic institution providing hands-on learning experiences in a safe, nurturing atmosphere.

Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, La Sierra is acclaimed for its academic quality, opportunities for research at both the undergraduate and graduate level, community service emphasis, and demographically diverse student body. Students thrive in the small, professor-taught classes where academic topics are investigated and Christian faith is a cornerstone of education.

La Sierra students change the world as they learn. Service-learning courses put classroom knowledge to work helping the community. La Sierra's internationally award-winning Enactus (formerly SIFE)  team has empowered people around the globe.

In addition, many students participate in mission work around the world.


In Our Prayers

Susie Nava Ramirez: Pilar Sr.'s niece is in a coma. Please pray for healing.
Ofelia: Flor requests prayer for her aunt Ofelia. She is undergoing Chemo.
Alfonso Hoffman: Mike Garcia's 11 year old nephew was just diagnosed with lymphoma. Remember him in prayer as he goes through treatments.
Sergio Garcia: He is recovering from another back surgery. Please pray for healing.
Johnny Macias: Please pray the infection in his leg will be healed.
Ava Meade: She requests prayer for healing from cancer.
Yolanda Ortegon: She requests prayer for healing and mobility.


Church Calendar

TODAY - May 21
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, La Sierra's Roots
  2:00p Pathfinders
WEDNESDAY - May 25
  7:00p Wed Fellowship, Book of Daniel
FRIDAY - May 27
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - May 28
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher


Upcoming Events

May 21 - LSU Roots leads Worship
May 21 - Pathfinders @ 2pm
May 30 - Memorial Day
June - Abundant Giving for new wells
Jun 11 - Pathfinder Investiture
Jun 12 - Yard Sale
Jun 16 - Church Board 7pm
Jun 18 - Father's Day Sabbath
Jun 19 - Father's Day


This Week, La Sierra University's student-led ministry called Roots will be providing the message for us.  This should be an inspirational Sabbath as collegiate youth share with us their love for Jesus.

Next Week the message is What is Important? During this Memorial Day weekend, we remember all those that sacrificed their lives in order for us to be free.  We can often forget what truly matters until something or someone is taken away from us. As we show our gratitude to all those that died for our freedom, let us live in a way that also honors their death.

Graduates Needed: If you know a church family member who is graduating from Kinder, 8th Grade, High School or college; please let us know. Thanks!

Vacation Bible School is July 16-22. If you would like to help, please talk to Bill or Linda. Thanks!

The flowers today are for Mimi's birthday from the Gonzalez family.


This Week
Team Leader: Flor Munguia
Team: Mark Pond, Mark Toban, Divine Munguia
Greeter: Phillip Mondragon

Next Week
Team Leader: Tomas Aispuro
Team: Alex Aumack, Laura Luna, Evelyn Garcia
Greeter: Rick & Kelly Gonzalez

Sabbath Ends this week: 7:50
Sabbath Begins next week: 7:55

May 14, 2016

Downey Adventist Church 

May 14, 2016

10:50 AM

Welcome to this sacred time of praising and praying together; of singing, speaking and listening together; of being strengthened together in faith, for service.


Welcome ..................Eloy & Laura Luna
Hymnal #792

Praise Music..............Downey Praise Band

Intercessory Prayer....Yvonne Pond

Children's Story..........Dylan Joseph

Hymn #86
How Great Thou Art

Message.....................Pastor Cary
All the Time God is Great

Invitation to Give........Gustavo Ortega
World Budget

Benediction.................Cary Fisher
Postlude......................Chris Martin

Message Notes

All The Time God is Great


So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. Ephesians 4:17

Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. Ephesians 4:19

That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. Ephesians 4:20-21

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds;  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-24

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. Ephesians 4:25

Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:28-29

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Philippians 2:1-2

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4




In Our Prayers

Susie Nava Ramirez: Pilar Sr.'s niece is in a coma. Please pray for healing.
Ofelia: Flor requests prayer for her aunt Ofelia. She is undergoing Chemo.
Alfonso Hoffman: Mike Garcia's 11 year old nephew was just diagnosed with lymphoma. Remember him in prayer as he goes through treatments.
Sergio Garcia: He is recovering from another back surgery. Please pray for healing.
Johnny Macias: Please pray the infection in his leg will be healed.
Ava Meade: She requests prayer for healing from cancer.
Yolanda Ortegon: She requests prayer for healing and mobility.


Church Calendar

TODAY - May 14
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher
WEDNESDAY - May 18
  7:00p Wed Fellowship
Book of Daniel
THURSDAY - May 19
  7:00p Board Meeting FRIDAY - May 20
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - May 21
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, La Sierra's Roots
  2:00p Pathfinders


Upcoming Events

May 21 - LSU Roots leads Worship
May 21 - Pathfinders @ 2pm
May 30 - Memorial Day
June - Abundant Giving for new wells
Jun 11 - Pathfinder Investiture
Jun 12 - Yard Sale
Jun 16 - Church Board 7pm
Jun 18 - Father's Day Sabbath
Jun 19 - Father's Day


This Week the message is All the Time God is Great. It is easier to be a Christian when we are in church, but what about in our workplaces or schools?  This message will teach us on how your life can prevail when you let your faith be known where ever you are.

Next Week, La Sierra University's student-led ministry called Roots will be providing the message for us.  This should be an inspirational Sabbath as collegiate youth share with us their love for Jesus.

Graduates Needed: If you know a church family member who is graduating from Kinder, 8th Grade, High School or college; please let us know. Thanks!

Vacation Bible School is July 16-22. If you would like to help, please talk to Bill or Linda. Thanks!

The flowers today are for Ray's birthday from Flor.

This Week
Team Leader: Eloy Luna
Team: Jr. Deacons
Greeter: Frances Menendez

Next Week
Team Leader: Eloy Luna
Team: Mark Pond, Mark Toban,
Divine Munguia
Greeter: Phillip Mondragon

Sabbath Ends this week: 7:45
Sabbath Begins next week: 7:50

May 7, 2016

Downey Adventist Church 

May 7, 2016

10:50 AM

Welcome to worship! A special greeting today to moms, grandmas and mother-figures. The relationships that bless our lives are gifts of God's love. Alleluia!

Welcome..................Gustavo & Lourdes Ortega
Hymnal #826

Praise Music.............Downey Praise Band

Intercessory Prayer...Edwin Morales

Children's Story,,,,,,,,,Celene Aispuro

Mother's Day Video

Hymn #633
When We All Get to Heaven

Message....................Pastor Cary
Mother's Love

Invitation to Give........Evan Aumack
Church Budget

Benediction................Cary Fisher
Postlude.....................Chris Martin


Message Notes

As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.  Isaiah 66:13

How to love your mom the way your mom and God love you.

1) Cook a Brunch

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Psalm 34:10

2) Scrapbooking

The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless his people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron. Psalm 115:12

3) Frozen Yogurt

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5

4) Write a Poem

So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

5) Shopping

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4




In Our Prayers

Susie Nava Ramirez: Pilar Sr.'s niece is in a coma. Please pray for healing.
Ofelia: Flor requests prayer for her aunt Ofelia. She is recovering from surgery.
Alfonso Hoffman: Mike Garcia's 11 year old nephew was just diagnosed with lymphoma. Remember him in prayer as he goes through treatments.
Sergio Garcia: He is recovering from another back surgery. Please pray for healing.
Johnny Macias: Please pray the infection in his leg will be healed.
Ava Meade: She requests prayer for healing from cancer.
Yolanda Ortegon: She requests prayer for healing and mobility.


Church Calendar

TODAY - May 7
  8:00a Breakfast
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher
 2:00p Pathfinders
SUNDAY - May 8
        Mother's Day
          No Pathfinders
WEDNESDAY - May 11
  7:00p Wed Fellowship
FRIDAY - May 13
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - May 14
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher


Upcoming Events

May 7 - Mother's Day Sabbath &  Breakfast
May 7 - Pathfinders @ 2pm
May 8 - NO Pathfinders
May 8 - Mother's Day
May 19 - Church Board @ 7pm
May 21 - LSU Roots leads Worship
May 21 - Pathfinders @ 2pm
May 30 - Memorial Day


This Week the message is Mother's Love. The closest comparison of God's love for us may be compared to a mother's love for her child. We will honor our mothers who have shown us what it means to be loved and to be cared for throughout our lives.

Next Week the message is All the Time God is Great. It is easier to be a Christian when we are in church, but what about in our workplaces or schools?  This message will reflect on how to not only let God into every aspect of our lives, it will teach us on how your life can prevail when you let your faith be known where ever you are?

Our Abundant Giving project for April raised $2080 for bark for the AUS playground! Thank you for your donations.

Graduates Needed: If you know a church family member who is graduating from Kinder, 8th Grade, High School or college; please let us know. Thanks!

Vacation Bible School is July 16-22. If you would like to help, please talk to Bill or Linda. Thanks!

The flowers today are for Linda's birthday from Bill, Alex and Evan.

This Week
Team Leader: Gustavo Ortega
Team: Mark Pond, Lourdes Centeno, Lucille Martinez
Greeter: Pilar Centeno, Sr.

Next Week
Team Leader: Eloy Luna
Team: Jr. Deacons
Greeter: Frances Menendez

Sabbath Ends this week: 7:40
Sabbath Begins next week: 7:45