May 31, 2014

“How good it is to sing praises to our God!” (Psalm 147:1, NRSV). Welcome to worship, as we join our voices in song to God our Father.

This Morning the San Gabriel Academy Chorale will lead the worship. This Sabbath will sure to be a spiritual blessing for all of us. This is a great week to invite your friends and relatives who around high school age. Come and worship in music with the Chorale.

Next Week our series will continue with Who Are We #5: Law. We will focus on our belief in the law of God.  The law gives us a clear understanding of God’s character and it shows us his expectations of us as his children. When following the law, we also see how deficient we are and how desperately we need God’s grace in our lives.

Pathfinder Yard Sale:  There will be a Yard Sale on Sunday, June 1st. This is the last fund raiser before the trip to Oshkosh.  Bring your treasures to sell tomorrow morning. Also come and browse to see if there is something you could give a new home to. Thank you!

Worthy Student Applications: It’s time to apply for Worthy Student for the 2014/2015 school year. If your child will be attending AUS or SGA and you need assistance, please get your application in before June 16th. See Bill for an application form. 

We Need Graduates!   We would like to celebrate with all our graduates. If you know someone in the church family who is graduating from Kindergarten, Eighth Grade, High School, or College, please let us know so we can celebrate with them. We’ll honor our graduates on June 21st.

Adventurer Investiture:  On June 7th we will have the Adventurer Investiture as part of our worship service. Please plan to be present and show some love and support for our younger members and what they have accomplished this year.

On June 14th our series will continue with Who Are We #5: Law. We will focus on our belief in the law of God.  The law gives us a clear understanding of God’s character and it shows us his expectations of us as his children. When following the law, we also see how deficient we are and how desperately we need God’s grace in our lives.

Flowers today are from the Munguia family for their 31st wedding anniversary.

Church Calendar

TODAY - May 31

  9:30a Sabbath School

10:50a Worship Service

        SGA Chorale

THURSDAY - June 5 

  7:00p Women’s Bible Study

FRIDAY - June 6

  7:00p Band Practice 

NEXT SABBATH - June 7

  9:30a Sabbath School

10:50a Worship Service

        Cary Fisher 

This Week

Team Leader:  Mark Pond

Team:              Evan Aumack, Ricky Gonzalez, Lucille Martinez

Greeter:           Lourdes Centeno-Ortega

May 17, 2014

Welcome to worship and Christian fellowship in the name of Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Amen.

This Morning the message is Who Are We #3: Word. We believe that all things about God are understood through the Bible, and if we are applying the wisdom from it, we will live in a way that is congruent to God’s will for us.  After all the psalmist writes, ”Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” (Psalms 119:105)

Next Week the message is Who Are We #4: Humanity. It will expound on the belief that our origin came from God and how we were formed in His image.   This will also lead us to how sin has affected the nature of our existence and the relationship with the One that created us.

Pathfinder Yard Sale:  There will be a Yard Sale on Sunday, June 1st. This is the last fund raiser before the trip to Oshkosh.  You can start bringing your treasures to donate for the cause. We will be putting them in the room off the breeze way. Thank you!

Deacon Ordination: We will be ordaining some men and women who will be serving around the church. Please lift up all those who serve in your daily prayers. Thank you!

We Need Graduates!   We would like to celebrate with all our graduates. If you know someone in the church family who is graduating from Kindergarten, Eighth Grade, High School, or College, please let us know so we can celebrate with them.

Worthy Student Applications: It’s time to apply for Worthy Student for the 2014/2015 school year. If your child will be attending AUS or SGA and you need assistance, please get your application in before June 16th. See Bill for an application form.

Church Calendar

TODAY - May 17
  8:30a Breakfast
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service
        Cary Fisher
 3:00p Pathfinders / Adventurers
SUNDAY - May 18
  9:00a Pathfinders / Adventurers
THURSDAY - May 22
  7:00p Women’s Bible Study
FRIDAY - May 23
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - May 24
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service
        Cary Fisher

This Week
Team Leader:  Eloy Luna
Team:              Jr. Deacons
Greeter:           Phillip Mondragon

Next Week
Team Leader:   Flor Munguia
Team:               Ellis Perry, Francis Menendez, Linda Bewley
Greeter:            Rick & Kelly Gonzalez

Sabbath Ends:    7:49
Sabbath Begins:  7:53

May 10, 2014

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!


This Morning the message is Who Are We #2: Creation. It will be a reminder of where we come from. After all, the very first words of scripture writes, “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  Believing that we weren't randomly placed here shapes the way we view ourselves and the way we see the world around us.

Next Week the message is Who Are We #3: Word. We believe that all things about God are understood through the Bible, and if we are applying the wisdom from it, we will live in a way that is congruent to God’s will for us.  After all the psalmist writes, ”Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” (Psalms 119:105)

Happy Mother’s Day: We hope you were able to join us for your special breakfast this morning. Even if you could not make it to breakfast, we would like to wish all the Moms a very special Mother’s Day. In fact all of our ladies deserve a special thanks for all they do for us, the church and God. Thank you!

Victorian Tea Party Success! Hopefully you were able to attend the wildly successful Victorian Tea Party last week. They raised nearly $900! Plus there is still some more money expected. Thank you for your amazing support!  Be sure to check out the pictures on Facebook or Flickr.

We Need Graduates!  We would like to celebrate with all our graduates. If you know someone in the church family who is graduating from Kindergarten, Eighth Grade, High School, or College, please let us know so we can celebrate with them.

The message on May 24th is titled Who Are We #4: Humanity. It will expound on the belief that our origin came from God and how we were formed in His image.   This will also lead us to how sin has affected the nature of our existence and the relationship with the One that created us.

Pathfinder Yard Sale:  There will be a Yard Sale on Sunday, June 1st. This is the last fund raiser before the trip to Oshkosh.  You can start bringing your treasures to donate for the cause. We will be putting them in the room off the breeze way. Thank you!

Flowers today are in honor of all the Mothers from Natalie.

Church Calendar

TODAY - May 10
  8:30a Breakfast
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service
        Cary Fisher
THURSDAY - May 15
  7:00p Women’s Bible Study
FRIDAY - May 16
  7:00p Band Practice
NEXT SABBATH - May 17
  9:30a Sabbath School
10:50a Worship Service
        Cary Fisher


This Week
Team Leader:  Gustavo O.
Team:              Alex A., Laura L., Evelyn G.
Greeter:           Frances M.

Next Week
Team Leader:  Eloy L.
Team:              Jr. Deacons
Greeter:           Phillip M.

Sabbath Ends:    7:43
Sabbath Begins:  7:49

May 3, 2014

Victorian Tea Party This Week!     

     Sunday, May 4th is the Victorian Tea Party at 1pm. Sign up in the foyer. This is a fundraiser for the Pathfinder Club. If you can’t attend, you can still purchase a ticket and make a donation. Thanks!

Mother’s Day Breakfast

     Join us on Saturday, May 10th for a special Mother’s Day service. We will begin the day with a free breakfast for the ladies. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 to 9:15am. That way everyone can be at Sabbath School by 9:30am. Oh by the way, the men can come too.

Work Bee Pictures

     We had a great turn out for the work bee. Thank you for your support! Many hands helped finish the work quickly. Check out the pics on Facebook or on Flckr.

Increasing our Facebook Reach

     As you know we have a Facebook page. This page is for our members and hopefully for people who are not yet members or even not yet Christian. We could use your help increasing our reach.
     The algorithm Facebook uses to determine what posts are shown is complicated. Most of us have liked more pages and have more friends than Facebook thinks we will go through in a day on our newsfeed. So they have to limit how many posts they show each user. How to determine which posts to show is the question. The method can be summed up with the more people who interact with a post (like, comment, share) the more it will be shown to other people. Comments and shares are worth more than a simple like - but all interactions help the post be more popular and hence shown to more people. This article does a pretty good job explaining the process if you care for a bit more detail - Read more here
     Now we are to the part where you can help. We would encourage you to interact with the posts on the Downey Church facebook page. We understand that no one will click on every single post. But if you can be intentional about liking and commenting (and maybe an occasional share to your wall) that will help us increase our reach quite a bit.  That might even lead to additional souls in the Kingdom - who knows.
    Thank you for your consideration regarding this.

This Sabbath   

     On May 3rd, we will start a new sermon series call Who Are We. The first sermon is called God.  We will start our sermon series on the fundamental belief that there is a God that is all powerful with a character that is centered around love. There is no greater understanding that shapes us more than knowing that we truly have a God that is intimately active in our lives.

 

Dates to Remember

May 3 - Pathfinders / Adventurers @ 3pm
May 4 - Women’s Tea @ 1pm
May 10 - Mother’s Day Breakfast 8:30 to 9:15am
May 11 - Mother’s Day
May 17 - Pathfinders @ 3pm
May 18 - Pathfinders @ 9am
May 24 - Youth to Griffith Park
May 26 - Memorial Day - Office Closed
May 31 - SGA Chorale

 

Next Sabbath

     The message on May 10th is Who Are We #2: Creation. It will be a reminder of where we come from. After all, the very first words of scripture writes, “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  Believing that we weren’t randomly placed here shapes the way we view ourselves and the way we see the world around us.