SABBATH SCHOOL

Jesus, Creator of

Heaven and Earth Genesis 1:1

The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Superintendent:

Musician:

WORSHIP HOUR

Praise and Worship……………….Chris, Shaquille, and Gavin

Hymn of Praise…………..No.229………...All Hail the Power…

Intercessory Prayer………………………………..Alex Golovenko

Praying for... Next Week Praying for…

Offering Appeal……….Church Budget………Edwin Onyango Next Week……Conf. Advance

Children Story…………………………………..Michael Golovenko

Special Music…………………….Earl Biggs & Gordon Baptiste

Scripture……..Revelation 1:1-3………Ruth & Lew Stoddarts

Encounter Jesus Pastor Alex Golovenko

Song of Com…….No.511….I Know Whom I Have Believed

Benediction……………………………………………………………………...

Sunset this Sabbath 5:05 pm Next week 5:13 pm

Please send all the bulletin related information to: bekorben@gmail.com

Announcements Today

1. Welcome back Adventurers! Today is our first club meeting for the New Year starting at 4:30 p.m. Our next club meeting will be Sabbath, January 19th at 4:30 p.m. Look forward to seeing all of you there. By the way, if you still wish to enrol your child (4 to 9 years of age) now is the time.

2. From Russia with Love. Christina Boskovic returned from a month long mission trip to Russia where she worked in orphanages. She will share her stories at the Youth Vespers in St. Thomas, TONIGHT January 5 at 4:30 pm.

3. NEW! By your requests! The Bible Study Class is offered weekly starting TONIGHT January 5, 2013 at 6 pm! This “unformatted” approach will allow maximum participation by those attending, as we will address questions that arise from the Sabbath School and daily experiences. Classes will be taught on the schedule by elders and pastor, when available. We welcome your questions and suggestion of topics for study. Tonight’s facilitator is elder Jack Polihronov. Next Sabbath, January 12 the study will begin at 5 pm. A sign up list for topics and suggestions is in the foyer, or speak to one of our elders.

Tomorrow

4. Table Tennis at the church starts on Sunday January 6th 3-5 PM and will continue every 2nd Sunday. Players of all skill levels are welcomed and basic instruction will be provided. If you are interested, please talk to Rixon Gultom or Don Topper.

Later Events

5. The NEW BOARD will meet for planning 2013 on Monday, January 7. It will be not a regular “paper filled” meeting, but a fellowship potluck meal at 6 pm, followed by sharing plans by all ministries and scheduling for greater cooperation between ministries. Meeting will take place at our church hall. We invite all ministry leaders to meet with their teams over the next 3 weeks. As a reminder following leaders are members of the Church Board: Gord Rayner, Clara Baptiste, Don Topper, Heather Baptiste, Janice Brindley, Gene Bernardo, Teresa Ferreira, Jack Polihronov, Angelina Polihronova, Ray Thompson, Alonso Lopez, Lo Richards, Lucy Simoes, Edwin Onyango, Kathy Rayner, Mike Keim, Rixon Gultom, Cameron Munro.

6. Children's Ministry members please note that we will be having a meeting following the church potluck on January 12th at 2:00 p.m. All Children's Ministry members are asked to make every effort to attend. We will be setting our goals for 2013 and looking at ways of delivering the various programs under this ministry.

7. The next general church potluck will be held on Sabbath January 12th . Please bring an item from the section of the first letter of your last name. Feel free to bring additional items from any category.

A-C Drink/Juice, D-F Salad/Raw vegetables, G-I Bread/Bun, J-M Main course/Casserole, N-R Cooked vegetable/Soup, S-Z Dessert/ Fruit. Please note: If you are bringing a tossed salad, Dessert/ Fruit, the kitchen staff would appreciate if you could bring it already prepared and cut up (since our kitchen crew often does not have enough time to do this during the service). Please bring a dressing for the salad if it is normally served that way.

8. Social Life Committee meeting on January 12th at 2 PM following the Potluck.

9. Worship Committee meeting is called for next Sabbath, January 12 at 6 pm. Matters of schedule and making our worship experience more participatory, as well as the second worship alternative time will be discussed. All members of the worship committee are invited to

participate.

10. Youth sports night, Next Sabbath, January 12, at the Spanish Church Gym, starting at 6 pm, located at 649 King Street

11. Pathfinders Club meetings will resume January 13,

starting at 10 am.

12. You are invited to a Wedding Shower honoring Steve Hurst and Ashley on Sunday, January 13, 2013 2 PM in our Fellowship Hall.

13. Your opportunity to Serve our Community! Thursday, January 24, 2013 a group of 16 volunteers from our church will meet 7 pm at 513 Talbot St. with the Sanctuary London ministry leaders. The Sanctuary opened up about a year ago to serve the homeless in partnership with the Christian Reformed church. Pastor Gil Clelland had been organizing the services downtown for increasing number of homeless arriving from Chatham, Owen Sound and all other surrounding cities, as London is the hub of social services. Before our church community could offer help for this increasing crisis we need to learn. This meeting will be a “two hour walking tour” of downtown, hands-on learning how to interact with people in need. A sign-up sheet is posted in the foyer. The first preference will be given to those currently in leadership of our church as it would be necessary for the leadership team to have the first hand experience. More opportunities for training will come in February as we move into more Community outreach.

14. First annual Church Business meeting for the 2013 Budget and plans will take place January 26 at 6 pm. Departmental leaders, please submit your plans to the treasurer Edwin Onyango as the Finance Committee will be preparing plans for 2013 and beyond.

15. Baby shower for Mercy Ncube on Sunday, January 27 3-5 p.m. Please join with us as we welcome the blessing of another new addition to our church family.

Notifications

16. Personal Ministry opportunity: Discover Bible School coordinator needed! If you are interested in helping with mailing Bible School lessons to people in London, please speak with Pastor Alex Golovenko.

17. Inviting ALL to our mid-week church service on Wednesday night at 7 pm. It is time for extra prayer, deeper Bible study, and testimonies.

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS Jan 5 Mark-Shane Scale Jan 10 Marilyn Nicotera

Jan 6 Cathy Wood Jan 10 Trevor Palmateer

Jan 7 Casey Dawson Jan 10 Lilly Somers

Jan 9 Rico Gultom Jan 10 Sofia Gaspar

Happy New 2013! My first blog of the year is all about thanks! It was a blessing to spend an evening with church family and hear

all the testimonies of how God led us through the past year. Thank you for blessing us with your presence and with sharing your milestones ! Congrats to Anniekay and Kirmane Allen on their New Year’s 6th wedding anniversary!

Few of us missed the church dinner as we were serving dinner for homeless. We had a great group of volunteers – Gordon and Clara Baptiste, Shawna Thompson & Joanna Walker, Kathleen, Mike & Kamron Bancroft, Teresa Dewild (community friend of Kathleen), Sue & Randy Stevens, Bob & Sylvia Reeve, myself and Michael Golovenko. Thank you for offering your time to serve and bring joy into lives of people who need it!

I had been wishing everyone this season to encounter God in their life. Personally I need more of God-Encounters! May it be your resolution – to get more into the Word of God and to search after God, for He is not far. It is in Him that we move, live and have our being. We just need to see and hear!

Thank you to all 33 people who submitted NCD surveys! Out of 40 distributed we have had the highest number of responses on this 8th annual survey. The results also had been a blessing – objectively manifesting quality growth in our church

life. We are not perfect. We have same challenges – lack of small groups and relationships, but we have grown!

Over the next week leaders will review all the details as we plan to serve even better this year. A special attention will be given this year to small groups development. That alone will change our relationships and empower evangelism!

your servant, pastor Alex Golovenko