In the month of August schools will be opening and our children will be back in classes. While a new school year can be filled with anticipation, it also can be a time of anxiety. Children are challenged by trying to meets the demands such as homework and get-ting good grades, but for many students, their great-est struggle is just fitting in a school setting and just hoping they can make some friends. This pressure can be so overwhelming that it

can lead many into making terrible decisions trying to get their classmates to like them. We call this peer pressure. If you are a par-ent, you have a difficult job to teach your children not to compromise their Christian principles for oth-ers, but as adults, we know that we have our own pres-sures and temptations for us to resist. If we want our children to stand firm, we need to set the example for them by overcoming our own battles.

The Apostle Paul wrote, “Do not conform to the pat-tern of this world, but be transformed by the renew-ing 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). The good news is that God desires us to have a transformational life that Paul calls a “renewing of our minds.” God wants us to live vibrantly and with full of purpose, but we are continuously being

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Peer Pressure by Cary Fisher

Prayer

I don’t think prayer is merely a socio-logical phenom-enon. I don’t think it’s something we do just to fit into a community or when we’ve exhausted all other options. I think it’s hardwired into our spiritual DNA. God is the inevitability of humanity’s search for true meaning.

—Jared Brock, A Year of Living Prayerfully

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VBS pictures page 3

Taste & Inspiration on page 5

What’s happening? see pages 6 & 9

Our Church Family page 7

Teacher Appreciation on page 8

Kid’s Page on page 9

For the members, family and friends of the Downey Adventist Church

Parking Lot Party

The party will begin on Aug. 29th at 5:30pm. This year we have a Fiesta

theme. Come ready to enjoy the party Fiesta style. There will be food, wor-ship and fun in our parking lot.

Show off your artistic side in the pavement draw-ing contest, or play some ping-pong, volleyball or basket-

ball or just hang out by the fire and enjoy the food and fellowship.

Bring some picnic food to share, some lawn chairs to sit in, invite some friends and enjoy the evening with us. =

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distracted from the “pat-terns of this world.” Life is certainly a test, but with the power given to us by the Holy Spirit, we can overcome anything that is thrown against us. Whether we are in school, working or retired, we need to be mindful that we are surrounded by influences keep-ing us from staying on the lighted path given to us by God, and our focus needs to stay on Jesus.

August Sermon Calendar

August 1; Water Over Thirsty Lands. For the 2nd sermon on the Drought Resistant Christian ser-

mon series, we will point out in the Bible how the children of Israel had faced droughts in their lives and how God had

always intervened to save them. After all, Isaiah the prophet writes, “For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your off-spring, and my blessing on your descendants.” (Isaiah 44:3).

August 8; God’s Filtering System. Today’s sermon will be how many of us today have water purification systems at

homes to clean our water but the Bible uses water to sym-bolize how God cleanses us. As the Word says, “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities

and from all your idols.” (Ezekiel 36:25).

August 15; Flooding with Joy. Do you remem-ber singing the song, I got joy like a fountain? God wants us to have that joy as John writes, “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, riv-ers of living water will flow from within them.” (John 7:38)

August 22; Jesus the Rabbi. For this Sabbath, we are having a teacher’s dedication and we are reminded that Jesus is our ultimate teacher. In the feeding of the five thousand, we see Jesus’ motivation for teaching us as Mark writes, “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had com-passion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things” (Mark 6:34).

August 29; Living Waters. Many Christian are living as if they are spiritually dehydrated, and our final sermon of the Drought Resistant Christian will follow the words of Jesus when he said, “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 4:14)

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Water Over Thirsty Lands

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God’s Filtering System

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Flooding with Joy

Aug. 22Cary FisherJesus the Rabbi

Aug. 29Cary FisherLiving Waters

Worship Schedule

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Ingredients• 3 medium zucchini

• 1/4 cups egg substitute thawed

• 2 tablespoons reduced-calorie Italian dressing

• 1/2 cups fine dry breadcrumbs

• 2 tablespoons parme-san cheese

• 1/8 teaspoons fresh ground pepper

• to taste vegetable oil cooking spray

Directions1. Cut zucchini into 1/4 inch thick slices; set aside.

2. Combine egg substitute and Italian dressing in a small bowl, stir well.

3. Combine bread crumbs,

4. Parmesan cheese and pepper in a small bowl; stir well.

5. Dip zucchini in egg mixture, dredge in bread crumb mixture.

6. Place zucchini on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

7. Bake at 475 degrees for 5 minutes, turn and bake an additional 5 minutes or until golden.

8. Serve immediately.

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Oven Fried Zucchini Chips

Taste & Inspiration

Pilar & Phillip

We are in need of some help in the tech department on Sabbath morn-ings. If you would be interested help-ing the church worship God, then you are who we are looking for. We could use some help in running the sound board or the visuals on the screen. If you are interested, please talk to Bill.

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9:30 am S.S.10:50 am Worship Pastor CaryTeacher Dedication

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10:50 am Worship Pastor CaryHawaiian Shirt Day

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10:50 am Worship Pastor Cary12:30 pm Luncheon

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August Birthdays Zelina Archila – 1 Gabriela Miranda – 5 Gabriel Miranda – 8 Frank Duran Jr. – 8 Byron Molina, Sr. – 15Orlando Archila – 15 Sarah Guerrero – 15 Marylene Morris – 25 Stella Martinez – 25 Kirk Bathgate – 27 Samantha Ramirez - 27Celene Aispuro – 31

If your birthday is left out in the monthly newsletter, please contact the church office so we can put it in.

Upcoming EventsWednesday - 7 p.m. Wed. FellowshipFriday - 7:00 p.m. Band PracticeSaturday - 4:00 p.m. Bible Study

Aug. 1 - Hawaiian Shirt DayAug. 20 - Church Board 7pmAug. 22 - Teacher DedicationAug. 29 - Parking Lot Party 5:30pm

The Latest Word deadline is the 5th of the month.

Coming Soon

Sept. 11-13 - Pathfinder CamporeeSept. 19 - International Day / Fellowship LuncheonOct. 10 - Small Groups begin

Be sure to keep up with the latest news by signing up for the Wednesday email. You can sign up here www.downey-church.org/Signups.html or send us an email at DowneyChurch at gmail dot com and we’ll add you.

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The Latest About

Our Church Family Minerva Racho’s

mother passed away on July 4th. She was 100 years old. Rembmer the family during this time of mourning.

Mario Delgado’s mom passed away on July 14th. Please remem-ber them in your prayers.

Jefferson Poleon’s grandmother passed away recently. Ask them about

their trip to St. Lucia to visit with family.

If you have any Church Family news, please contact the church office so we can get it into the newsletter. =

Teacher Appreciation

Thank you to everyone who has been saving Box Tops for Education. That is greatly appreciated.

For the Box Tops for Education, please save the Box Tops coupon.

Please give your labels to Linda Aumack. Thank you for your support! =

What is a teacher, if not a mirror in

which we perceive the divine image hidden in the soul? What is a teacher, if not a sower of seed and a cultivator of young gar-dens? What is a teacher, if not a shaper of souls and a guide who gently shows the right path for the jour-ney? What is a teacher, if not the most hopeful of dreamers, who plants and nurtures and sees the bright destiny and harvest of the work even when the student cannot? What is a teacher, if not a shepherd

watching over the flock and leading it to abundant pastures?

Dreamers and sharers of dreams, sowers of seed and guides who chart the way, mirrors of goodness and shepherds of grace — it is for these teachers and this ministry that we give abundant thanks to God.

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August 1st is Hawaiian Shirt/Dress day. Invite your friends to join us for a relaxed worship service.

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