Kettering Adventist ChurchMarch 14, 2009

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ServMarch 14, 2009

9:30 a.m.Andrés Sauceda – Worship Leader

Gathering Music

Welcome — Pastor Brendon Prutzman

Call to WorshipLeader:

People: We come to praise the Lord.Leader:

People: We come to confess our sins and to accept Christ’s forgiveness.Leader: .

People: We come to celebrate Jesus and worship our God.

Pass the Peace Christ Offers Us

Singing

Prayer

Sermon — Pastor Karl Haffner

Benediction — Pastor Karl Haffner

WorshipMarch 14, 2009

11:45 a.m.

We Gather Together

Gathering Music: “24 Pieces” — Louis Vierne............Jerry Taylor, organ Lied Berceuse Elevation

We Present Ourselves In Worship

Call to Worship...................................................................Pastor Brendon Prutzman(congregation standing)

Leader:People: We come to praise the Lord.Leader:People: We come to confess our sins and to accept Christ’s forgiveness.Leader: .People: We come to celebrate Jesus and worship our God.

Pass the Blessing of Christ’s Peace

Hymn No. 348: .................................................tune(congregation standing)

Invocation...........................................................................Pastor Brendon Prutzman

Scripture Lesson: ..........Marshall, Karen, Elizabeth, and Grant Wareham

Prayers of the People.....................................................................Marshall Wareham

We Give our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory: Franz Schubert.........................................Elizabeth Wareham, violin

Doxology...............................................................................................from Genevan Psalter

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below.Praise Him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Dedication..........................................................Pastor Brendon Prutzman

Time With the Children.....................................................Pastor Brendon Prutzman

Vocal Solo: ......Cherié Haffner, soprano

When I am down and oh, my soul, so weary; when troubles come and my heart burdenedbe, then I am still and wait here in the silence until you come and sit awhile with me. Youraise me up so I can stand on mountains. You raise me up to walk on stormy seas. I amstrong when I am on your shoulders. You raise me up to more than I can be.

We Learn from God’s Word

Sermon: ..........................................................Pastor Karl Haffner

Hymn No. 350: .........................................................tune:(congregation standing)

We are Sent Out With a Blessing

Benediction.....................................................................................Pastor Karl Haffner

Closing Voluntary: John Stainer.................................Grant Wareham, organ

WORSHIP NOTESParticipants: Karl Haffner, our senior pastor, presents the fourth sermon in his five-week series on

. Today we look at the “church.” Brendon Prutzman, our pastor for youth and administration,hosts today’s service and gives the children’s lesson. The scripture is read by the Wareham family.Marshall Wareham is an elder, chairman of the music committee and an ophthalmologist. KarenWareham is the music department volunteer, co-head deaconess, member of the choir, and homeschoolteacher. Elizabeth Wareham is a freshman homeschool student, member of the choir, and studies violinwith Dr. Won-Bin Yim. Grant Wareham is a 7th-grade homeschool student and studies organ with JerryTaylor.

Music: As we gather for worship we hear three organ pieces composed by Louis Vierne, who was organistat Notre Dame Cathedral at the turn of the twentieth century. These three pieces were chosen for today’sservice because they speak of church life. A is a song. A is harder to translate. It means toabide in or be held close. It is sometimes translated as a lullaby. The is to be lifted up. It is meantto be played during communion where the bread and wine are offered to us, Christ’s people.

(Hymn 348) was one of 12 hymns written to explain the “apostles creed”to people who couldn’t read. Our hymnal has stanzas 1, 2, 4 & 5 of the original 10 stanzas.

was originally conceived as the from the “Octet for Clarinet and Strings.” It waschosen for today’s service to represent one of the most important elements of a church, “prayer.” One musiceditor believes that Schubert referred to this piece as the “prayer” because first our petitions are given toChrist, (the violin solo) and then suddenly you realize that there is a duet going on, as if Christ were joiningin our prayer, and then the parts switch as if Christ answered our prayers and we are singing his praises.

was composed in 2002 and is sung by Cherié Haffner and accompanied by ElizabethWareham, violin, Dale Creech, piano, and with organ strings. It was chosen for today’s service because ofhow it refers to being close to Christ (and His people) and how that buoys up our spirits.

(Hymn 350) was written in 1782 by John Fawcett and printed inFawcett was a dearly loved Baptist

minister.

is an organ piece written by John Stainer for worship at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, GB. Thesong begins with a big sound, followed by a slower softer section written for the music to roll around in St.Paul’s, and then ends with an ornamented repeat of the beginning.

Getting God in ChurchFourth message in series:

I. Can you find God in church?(Acts 2:40-47, [Peter said] “Get out while you can; get out of this sick and stupid

culture!”41-42That day about three thousand took him at his word, were baptized and were signed up. They

committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers.43-45Everyone around was in awe—all those wonders and signs done through the apostles! And all

the believers lived in a wonderful harmony, holding everything in common. They sold whatever they ownedand pooled their resources so that each person's need was met.

46-47They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, everymeal a celebration, exuberant and joyful, as they praised God. People in general liked what they saw. Everyday their number grew as God added those who were saved.

II. What did they see?A. Compassionate treatment of ________________________________________Pliny the Younger: “Many persons of every age, every status and also of both sexes, are at risk of

joining the church. This contagion, has spread not only to cities but to villages and farms, but it seemspossible to check and cure it.”

B. Compassionate treatment of ________________________________________Julian the Apostate: “I think that when the poor were overlooked by the priests, the impious

Galileans noticed how the poor were being overlooked and devoted themselves to benevolence.”

C. Compassionate treatment of ________________________________________O.M. Bakke: The ancient world had no clear conception of childhood as we do and therefore

violence, infanticide, leaving a child to die of exposure, if it wasn’t wanted because of its gender or povertyor it was sickly or something—leaving it to die of exposure.”

(Galatians 3:28-29) In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave andfree, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with JesusChrist.

III. Can we replicate the early Christian Church?www.stopthetraffik.org; www.rugmark.org; www.freetheslaves.net; www.polarisproject.org;www.castla.org; www.sojo.net; www.ijm.org; www.catwinternational.org; www.depdc.org

IV. Where do we begin? A. The hospitality cart B. The alter of prayer

May God help me to:·   Model the ___________________________________________________·   Value ______________________________________________________·   Grow ______________________________________________________

C. The sanctuary

Resource: David Batstone, (San Francisco: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007).Reference: John Ortberg, “The Power of Belonging,” Menlo Presbyterian Church, quoted athttp://www.mppc.org/sites/default/files/transcripts/080316_jortberg.pdf

March 14, 2009

Main FloorLesson Study...............................................S-1

Taught by: Gerry Greene Next Week: Gerry Greene

Lesson Study & Discussion.........................S-3 Taught by: Don Sickler Next Week: David VanDenburgh

Bible Study & Discussion......NE Fellowship HallTaught by: Linda Farley

Next Week: Ted Ramirez

Contemporary Christian Living................CFHTaught by: Wally Sackett

Next Week: Chuck Scriven

Book of Revelation Study....NW Fellowship Hall Taught by: Norman Meager & George Bestpitch

Today’s Services: 9:30 - 10:20 a.m. First Serv Worship Service (sanctuary)10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Sabbath School Classes (see below for the various locations)11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Worship Service (sanctuary)

The Church at Study10:30 a.m.

Lesson Quarterly Classes andOther Adult Classes

Memory Text“And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets,

He expounded to them in all the Scripturesthe things concerning Himself.”

Young Adult Class — meets inNelson Conference Center, lower level of KetteringHospital, across from the cafeteria. Come join us fora “Sabbath School alternative” 10 - 11:30 a.m.(breakfast provided).

TODAY — March 14, 2009Flowers today — Withlove and appreciation, Wayne and Amber Wold

Returns — Remember whenwe had the youngsters in the congregation countthe number of times specific words were used in thesermons? Count the times that Pastor Karl uses theword, CHURCH, in his sermon today and report thetotals to him after the service on a slip of paperalong with your name. Winners’ names will beprinted in next week’s bulletin.Hospitality Ministry — As you enjoy refreshmentand conversation at our Hospitality Cart in thenarthex, please remember to keep drink, food,cups, etc., in that area alone, disposing properly ofitems, and keeping young ones under yoursupervision as they enjoy their visit to the cart.Worship Bags — Parents of small children cancheck out (honor system) worship bags for theirlittle ones in three different age groups: 0-2, 3-4,& 5-6 from the red cart in the north foyer. Pleasereturn the bags to the cart. Thank you.Sunset — 7:41 p.m.

THIS COMING WEEK —

SUNDAY — March 15

Dayton Philharmonic Musicians ChamberConcert — 7 p.m. in the sanctuary,

TUESDAY — March 17

Finance Committee — 5:30 p.m. in Pastor Karl’sofficeGETTING GOD UNIVERSITY — 6 - 8 p.m.Church Board — 8 - 9 p.m. in north fellowshiphall.Pathfinder Club Meeting — 7 p.m. at theCenterville SDA Church. Armed Forces Night —Dress in military uniform, khakis, camouflage.

WEDNESDAY — March 18

Youth Handbells — 5 - 6 p.m.String Orchestra — 6 - 7 p.m.Choir Rehearsal — 6 -7:30 p.m.Advent Ringers — 7:40 - 8:50 p.m.Kettering Brass — 7:40 - 9 p.m.Praise Orchestra — 7:40 - 9 p.m.

THURSDAY — March 19

Improv Puppet Practice — 6 p.m.

FRIDAY — March 20

Singing Bands — 6:45 p.m. Meet in the KetteringHospital lobby.Sunset — 7:48 p.m.

NEXT SABBATH — March 21, 2009Pastor Brendon Prutzman concludes oursermon series, “ ” with Communion.

9:30 a.m. Serv in the sanctuary.10:00 a.m. at Kettering Hospital lower

level across from the cafeteria.10:30 a.m. Sabbath School11:45 a.m. Worship Service in the sanctuary.

PETZ Ministry — 3 p.m. Meet at Sycamore GlenHealth Care Center to take pets around to theresidents.

Coming Events

The Prayer Ministry Team invites yourcontinued prayers for the leader/teachers forour GETTING GOD UNIVERSITY classes onTuesday evenings.

KETTERING CHURCH FAMILYSympathy — To Debbie and Randy Daniel on theloss of Debbie’s stepmother, Stella Michals, whopassed away on March 5 in Kingsport, Tennessee.Services were held on March 8.— To Helen Eytcheson and family on the death ofher sister, Zelma Junker, who passed awaySabbath, March 7 in Alaska, after a long illness.— To Glenda Blaza and family on the loss ofGlenda’s mother, Alicia C. Lopez, on March 8. Amemorial service will be held on Saturday, March21, 6 p.m., at the Stillwater SDA Church. Friendscan express their condolences on-line at the funeralhome website: www.bakerhazelsnider.com.Church Pictorial Directories — Available fromthe church office.

SPRING VALLEY ACADEMYSpring Valley Academy Open House —Tuesday, March 31, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Please seebulletin insert.Alumni Weekend — April 17 and 18. See bulletininsert for more information.Cell Phone Collection —The Senior Class ofSpring Valley Academy is collecting used cellphones and cell phone parts for their mission tripfundraiser. Please bring any old cell phones and putthem in the white and green box located in thenorth foyer of the church. Thank You!

COMMUNITYGood Neighbor House — Spring Into Giving! Ifyou are thinking of spring cleaning, think GOODNEIGHBOR HOUSE! We are in desperate need ofitems that you may have extra of such as pots,pans, towels, bedding and dishware. These don’thave to be new items, just gently used! Why notclean out your cupboards while giving someoneelse a fresh start? GNH is also in need of the one-gallon size zip lock bags for our volunteers to use inpackaging various breads to give out from ourpantry. Questions can be directed to Marcia Ehlersat 224-3003 Ext: 108..

A Community Meeting About Health — 7 p.m.On Thursday, March 26. Please come and bringyour ideas for improving health in this community.The meeting is to gather suggestions for the planbeing developed by Wellness Matters, a coalition ofhospitals, universities, public health agencies andnonprofit organizations in the Miami Valley.Facilitators will be Dr. Bill Spears from Wright StateUniversity Medical School and ChristineVanDenburgh from Kettering Health Network.Location: Kettering Adventist Church. For moreinformation dial 937-748-9075.Shells Needed — If you have shells of any kindyou’d like to give to a worthwhile cause, considerPathfinders! Call Beryl Unger at 294-7444 or e-mailher at: bestaples@sbcglobal.net.Mount Vernon Academy’s Academy Days —March 22-23, 2009. We would like to invite anystudents currently in grades 7 through 11 to join uson campus for this event. Registration will begin at10:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 22. There will be avariety of fun activities and an opportunity toreceive scholarship money for next school year. Ifyou have questions, please call 740-397-5411,email asoper@mvacademy.org, or visit our websiteat www.mvacademy.org.Hosts Needed for International Students —Dayton Christian School System is looking forChristian families interested in hosting internationalstudents for the 2009/10 school year. Each yearDCSS receives more applications from studentsthan we can accommodate, so the host home isvital to the program. Stipends for hosts areavailable in some instances. Please pray about thisopportunity and call the Superintendent’s Office at291-7209 for more information.Job Opportunities — Please find two job postingson the bulletin board across hall from the churchlibrary.

That You May Know

Serving You TodayPresiding Deacon.........................................................................Brian GuenterbergReceptionists..................................................Richard & Andrea Manchur, Serv

Craig & Marcia Waters, N SSAric Merrill, S SS

Ernie & Juanita Neufeld, N-2nd serviceBev Sweet, S-2nd service

Bulletin Greeters...................................................................Natalie Dodd, Serv

Karen Caviness, 2nd serviceNancy Klasing, 2nd service

Door Greeters...................................................................................Karina Beebe, NJonathan Beebe, S

Audio Technician.................................................................................Steve WoodinAudio Technician.................................................................................Kerstin SmithVideo Technician................................................................................Bonita WoodinPastor-on-call pager..........................................................................937-370-2828

Health NuggetBody: Eat at least one high-fiber food every day.Mind: Evaluate your life frequently.Spirit: Believe in miracles.

— Your Health Ministries Team

Remember theGETTING GODUNIVERSITYTuesday night.

6 p.m. Soup supperin fellowship hall6:45* - 8 p.m.Classes

Attend the class ofyour choice.

UNIVERSITY

GETTING GOD 2008BudgetDeficit$36K of$75K goalYellow envelope enclosedfor your convenience.

You are cordially invited to attend

Spring Valley Academy’s Open House

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

at our temporary location of946 E. Lower Springboro Road

Springboro, OH 45066(just 1 mile south of Route 73

off Route 48 in Ridgeville)

Families with students not currently enrolled at SVA whoattend the Open House will be given a special TuitionDiscount Coupon entitling them up to $100 off theirfirst month’s tuition. For example: those registering inApril will receive a $100 tuition discount while thoseregistering in May will receive a $75 tuition discountand those registering in June will receive a $50 tuitiondiscount off their first month’s tuition.

Prospective students and their parents will have anopportunity to meet the staff, tour the campus, visitthe classroom(s) of their choice and pick-up additionalinformation from the various curriculum andextracurricular stations that will be set up in the gym.SVA offers college prep academics in a caringChristian environment educating all students toKNOW FOLLOW SHARE JESUS!

You are cordially invited to attend

Spring Valley Academy’s Alumni Weekend

April 17 and 18, 2009

Honor classes this year feature graduates from

1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004

Events begin Friday at Heatherwoode Golf Country Clublocated at 88 Heatherwoode Blvd., Springboro, OH45066 with a golf tournament at 12:30 p.m.

A complimentary dinner for all alumni and former facultyfollows at Heatherwoode with appetizers at 6:00 p.m.and dinner at 7:00 p.m.A love offering will be collected.

Sabbath begins at Ridgeville located at 946 E. LowerSpringboro Road, Springboro, OH 45066 with a meetand greet at 9:30 a.m. The morning continues withchurch at 10:30 a.m. followed by a free luncheon in thecafeteria. Our speaker this year is former ChaplainNeil Richmond.

Festivities conclude Saturday night at Ridgeville with analumni basketball game at 8:30 p.m.

Please RSVP by April 2 for golf todoshull@springvalleyacademy.orgor for dinner to jasmith@springvalleyacademy.org