Nov. 12, 2016

Downey Adventist Church 

Nov. 12, 2016

10:50 AM

With genuine joy, we welcome all of you here today. Please join us as we seek God's guidance in our lives.


Order of Worship
Welcome.................Gustavo & Lourdes Ortega
Hymnal #712

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

Intercessory Prayer....Alberto Melenciano

Children's Story..........Judy Joseph

Special Music.............Felicia Woodson-Acosta

Message....................Cary Fisher
Personal Conversation

Invitation to Give........Edwin Morales
World Budget

Benediction.................Cary Fisher
Postlude

Message Notes

Tracing the Footsteps of Jesus #6
Personal Conversations


When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" John 4:7

The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" John 4:9

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." John 4:10

"Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?  Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?" John 4:11-12


Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:13-14

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water." John 4:15

He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."
"I have no husband," she replied.
Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true." John 4:16-18


"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." John 4:19-20

"Woman," Jesus replied, "believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.  John 4:21-22

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth." John 4:23-24

The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
Then Jesus declared, "I, the one speaking to you-I am he." John 4:25-26


He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
Revelation 21:6





In Our Prayers

Bev Kauffman: Bev has had some health challenges. Please remember her in prayer.
Manuel Villegas: Gustavo's sister-in-law's father has been diagnosed with cancer. Prayers for healing and comfort for the family.
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.
Yolanda Ortegon: That the Lord will bless me to do his will.


Church Calendar

TODAY - Nov. 12
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher
        Small Groups #6
  1:00p Outreach Team
  6:30p Men's Ministry
WEDNESDAY - Nov. 16
  7:00p Wed Fellowship
FRIDAY - Nov. 18
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - Nov. 19
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service, Cary Fisher
        Celebration Sabbath
 12:30p Luncheon
   2:00p Pathfinders



Upcoming Events

Nov. 12 - Men's Ministry
Nov. 19 - Celebration Sabbath
Dec. 3 - Pathfinder Induction
Dec. 24 - Community Christmas Sabbath
Dec 30 - Agape Communion Feast

This Week the message is Personal Conversations. We end our small group series with a study that pointed out how Jesus cut through religious  prejudice and cultural barriers to reach all people.  Jesus spoke straight to our hearts and spent less time focusing on our differences.

Next Week is Celebration Sabbath. Our small groups will share their testimonies on what they have learned from the Tracing the Footsteps of Jesus small group series.  This is always an inspirational time of fellowship as we share how the Lord spoke to us through these past six weeks.


Men's Ministry: We are going to see Hacksaw Ridge tonight. See Pastor Cary if you'd like to attend.

Christmas Toy Collection: Please bring unwrapped toys for children. We will be helping to provide children with a toy this Christmas. Stuffed animals, balls, dolls, action figures, cars, and many other toys would all be awesome gifts a needy child would love to receive. Thank you for your generosity.

The flowers today are for Melissa's birthday from Orlando and Zelina.

This Week
Team Leader: Flor Munguia
Team: Byron Molina, Erlinda Garcia, Pilar Centeno, Sr.
Greeter: Frances Menendez

Next Week
Team Leader: Tomas Aispuro
Team: Ellis Perry, Frances Menendez, Linda Bewley
Greeter: Phillip Mondragon

Sabbath Ends this week: 4:52
Sabbath Begins next week: 4:48