November 25, 2022 - Vol. 6, No. 52 |
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Tomorrow's Worship Service |
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Thanksgiving Life
A story is told how in 1621 the Mayflower Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest after surviving a severe winter, their first one in the New World. Their hearts were overflowing with gratitude for the blessings they received. It has become known as the First Thanksgiving. However, others believe that this is nothing more than a myth, that the story was invented in order to make us feel good about our beginnings.
What is Thanksgiving for you? Just a day to get together, eat lots of good food, and feel a tinge of gratitude for the blessings we have? Well, aside from Christmas, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I do feel gratitude and I love family gatherings and, of course, I like the food. But is that all? Isn’t there more to thanksgiving?
This Sabbath we will look into the Bible to see how thanksgiving can be a life-style that has a way of fundamentally changing our lives, changing them from empty to full; a life-style that is most vividly reflected in the life of Jesus Christ.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pastor Aivars
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WATCH LIVE - or - Previous Programs
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Please pray for:
Church leadership, pastoral staff, church staff, & Conference leaders
Norberto Leiss
Audrey Zorek
Wanda Seiber, the mother of Betty Noujiam
Committee Meetings of the church
Christmas Concert in December
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2022 VIRTUAL ANGEL TREE
Our 33rd year!
Get tax deductible credit for monetary donations
to Vallejo Drive Church's Angel Tree
1 Child= two gifts
$25.00 donation per gift
by December 14th, 2022
Thank you for keeping our Angel Tree alive.
Questions?
Contact Alma Wesley
747-215-0611
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Christmas Tree Congregational Project
Dear Vallejo Drive Church Family,
This week we will be purchasing our church Christmas tree!
Your donation can be placed in the Christmas Tree box at the hostess desk, or you can mark your tithe envelope "Church Christmas Tree".
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Elizabeth Remboldt, who served as Vallejo Drive organist for three decades, passed to her rest Sabbath November 12, 2022.
Elizabeth had suffered a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. We were truly blessed by her excellence and inspirational presentations. Elizabeth had played organ for a number of churches in California and particularly the Los Angeles area.
There will be a private graveside interment early next year. We send our deepest condolences to her husband Darwin.
Her husband Darwin Remboldt resides at:
16 Stanford Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270-3734
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Want to get a closer look at your health? Blood pressure readings are available every 2nd and 4th Sabbath after church in the courtyard.
For more information, please contact the church office
or Rene Pidoux, MD.
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Job Opening!
The Vallejo Drive Church is in need of a facilities manager. The pastors are looking for someone who is a committed Seventh-day Adventist that can work part-time during the week and help us fulfill our mission:
The Vallejo Drive Church of Seventh-day Adventists exists to experience and to share the loving presence of Christ,
to equip our faith community for life and ministry,
and to engage a world in need.
We invite you to share this work opportunity with family and friends. Although we are looking for Adventist candidates, they do not have to be a member of the Vallejo Drive Church.
Please contact Pastor Aivars or the church office for more information. Interested applicants can submit their resume to adminpastor@vallejodrive.church.
Thank you for keeping our church and its employees in prayer.
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Adult Sabbath School
- The Sanctuary Class meets from 10:00 am to 10:45 am
- The Fellowship Hall class meets from 9:45 am to 10:30 am (coordinators are Irvin Henry Jr, and Fred Cline)
- The Spanish class meets at 9:45 am in the Agape Room (coordinators are Isabel and Eduardo Alanes)
- Escuela Sabática en español es en el Agape Room, a las 9:45 am, con Isabel y Eduardo Alanes.
- Si quieren folletos de escuela sabática, manden un texto a Isabel 626-251-5021.
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Please pray for our Sabbath School so that the Holy Spirit inspires us all as a family as we return to coordinated Bible Study on Sabbath mornings. Also, prayerfully consider becoming a teacher for one of these groups. |
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TODAY
4:44 p.m. Sabbath begins
SABBATH
9:45 a.m. Breakfast and Cafe Hour for all hosted by Young Adults (Cafe)
9:45 a.m. Adult Sabbath School In-Person (Fellowship Hall)
10:00 a.m. KIDS Connection: Online / In-Person (Chapel)
10:00 a.m. CORE Youth Sabbath School In-Person (Room 106)
10:00 a.m. Adult Sabbath School Classes In Person
11:00 a.m. Divine Worship Service In-Person / Online (Facebook/YouTube)
WEDNESDAY
NEXT SABBATH
11:00 a.m. Divine Service
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KIDS CONNECTION!
Every Saturday at 9:45 AM
Contact us: KidsConnection@VallejoDrive.Church
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Click on the cover below for the online copy of next week's Sabbath School Lesson: |
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Sunset in Glendale, taken by Audrey Zorek |
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Today 11/25/22 - 4:44 PM
Next Friday 12/2/22 - 4:43 PM
"You have six days in which to do your work, but remember that the seventh day, the Sabbath, is a day of rest. On that day do not work, but gather for worship. The Sabbath belongs to the Lord, no matter where you live."
Leviticus 23:3, Good News Translation
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November
28 Alice Nassimian
28 Janeth Quintero
29 Rhonald Nabong
December
2 Joe Alaniz
2 Kristina Daley
2 Calvin Devnich
2 Natalie Gregg
2 Cyrus Gupilan
3 Javier Covarrubias
3 Ruth Gonzales
3 Laurie Ivie
3 Stephanie Thamas
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*The weekly birthday calendar is from the Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists database. We apologize if your birthday is not listed. It is crucial to have everyone's contact information up to date. Please contact us to update your birthday and other information for our records by emailing clerk@vallejodrive.church.
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