Church at Study

Sabbath, July 04, 2009

Theme: “Jesus and the Johannie Letters”

Opening Prayer

Song Service

Superintendent Remarks

Teacher’s Prayer

Lesson Study

Welcome

Mission Spotlight

Musical Selection

Offering

Investment

Closing Remarks/Prayer

Theme Text: “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as
Savior of the world.” ~1 John 4:14

Nurse on Duty: Delores Brathwaite

Usher Leader: Veronica Thompson

*Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting at 7:30 p.m.*

Welcome to the First Church of Seventh-day
Adventists, where all are invited to worship God and
fellowship in Jesus Name!

ATTENTION:
To submit news and announcements to the bulletin, please contact
Sheryl Harris-Watts at:

 Direct Number: 202.536.4036, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Mon. – Fri.

 24 Hour Voice Message and Fax Line: 202.521.4039
 Email: bulletin@fcsda.org

* Bulletin deadline for upcoming Sabbath is 6:00 p.m. Monday *

Happy Sabbath
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Reminder – There will be no AYS this evening.

Hospitality Ministry is Recruiting help -- Please call Monica Barnes.

Express your talents in this exciting Ministry.

Vacation Bible School needs your help! We have a FANTASTIC week

planned for our children and we have a dedicated team who’s excited and
ready to teach them about the Creator and his magnificent CREATION. If
you are able and willing to contribute to our mission, please place your
donation in a tithe envelope and mark it VBS Ministry. The children will be
able to experience a planetarium, a petting farm, plant a garden, and much,
much more! Some local businesses have contributed and we’d like to extend
the opportunity to contribute to our ministry too! Thanks in advance for
your contribution!

The Cradle Roll Department is in need of volunteer teachers and

assistants. Those who are interested please contact Latoya ASAP at 240-246-
7031 or nakiella@yahoo.com.
 VBS Registration is happening now! VBS will be held July 6th – July
10th, with dinner nightly from 5:15 – 6:15 and fun, interactive, educational
and Christ-centered activity stations from 6:30 – 8:30. The closing
ceremony and reception will be on July 11th at 2:00pm. Please register
today! See Donna Harris for registration information, or obtain registration
forms from the church lobby or from the website. Looking forward to seeing
you there!

Graduate School Dollars - The Education Committee has placed

information about graduate school funding on the table in the foyer.

Takoma Academy is accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year.

The first day of school for 9th graders is Tuesday, August 18. All other
grades begin on August 20. All new students are invited to apply for Ability
Scholarships in the areas of sports, drama, music, writing, witnessing and
more. Auditions are being held at the school on Monday-Thursday, July 13-
16, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. For more information about TA, financial options or
the enhanced curriculum, call 301-434-4700 or visit the campus at 8120
Carroll Avenue in Takoma Park, Maryland.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Mark Your Calendar - Annual Church Outing will be held on Sunday,
August 9th. Fairland Recreational Park.
Women’s Ministries Save the Date: - The following special events are
being sponsored by your local, conference and division Women’s Ministries
departments. We encourage everyone to choose the event that best meets
your needs. Please check with your Women’s Ministry Leader for more
information on these events.
September 24-27, 2009 - NAD Women’s Ministries Conference “If the Son
Sets You Free, You Will Be Free Indeed “, Dallas, Texas.
October 10, 2009 - Washington Metro Area Young Women’s Retreat - “The
Change Begins with Us ”(Ages 13-18)
October 15-18, 2009 - AEC Women’s Ministries Retreat, Atlantic City, NJ
Save the Date - The First Church Family Retreat will be held October 16-
18, 2009, at the Skycroft Conference Center, located in Middletown, MD.
Get ready to rejuvenate your mind, body and soul as we commune with God
through prayer, fellowship and some good old fashioned fun! Stay tuned for
more details regarding a payment plan, accommodations and directions. It is
sure to be a GRAND time. -- Family Life Ministry
 STEWARDSHIP CORNER:

Time: Which is the most important to us, time or eternity? Time is everything
for everyone. For without it there is no eternity for anyone.

Talent: And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your
goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (1 Sam. 8:16)
Will you allow Him to use you?

Treasure: "Every week you should lay by in some secure place five or ten
dollars not to be used up unless in case of sickness. With economy you may
place something at interest." (Ellen White, AH, 396.2)

DID YOU KNOW?

You can be a part of the FCSDA Online Community? Upload your videos or
photos, connect with other members, join a discussion, and so much more. Visit
www.fcsda.ning.com today!

Tithes & Offerings are conveniently and securely accepted online. Please visit
www.firstsdachurch.org and click on the “Online Giving” in the main
navigation.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Those rescued from sin are best able to rescue those in sin.

We’re glad you came to join with us

In our worship time today
We hope that you have felt God’s love
In a new, refreshing way
For you’re so welcomed in this place
And we hope you’ll come again
To join with us in fellowship
And to make some special friends

by M.S.Lowndes
Christ gave me the work of preaching the Good News.
 Sick & Shut-In Members
Brother Laertes Gillis &
Sister Betty Gillis
1210 34th St., SE
Washington, DC 20019
Phone: 202.583.4552
Eda Hinds
2801 New Mexico Ave, NW, #709
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.965.2862
Sister Mae Montgomery
4122 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
Phone: (202) 291-0733
Sister Mary Singleton
Hillhaven Assisted Living
3210 Powder Mill Rd., Apt. 202
Adelphi, MD 20783
Sister Ena Taylor
423 Kennedy St., N.E.
Washington, DC 20011-2648
Phone: 202.588.1343
Sister Mabel Wallace
1434 18th Pl., SE, #202
Washington, DC 20020
Phone: 202.678.2441

Brother Emerson Sharpe Sister Elizabeth Williams

2409 Jones Lane 1921 Hamlin St., NE
Wheaton, MD 20902 Washington, D.C. 20018
Phone: 310.933.6096 Phone: 202.526.2011

Elder Harold Singleton Brother Roland Yates

Hillhaven Assisted Living 5702 Longfellow Street
3210 Powder Mill Rd., #115 Riverdale, MD 20737
Adelphi, MD 20783 Phone: 301.277.2934

Altar of Prayer ~~ Please pray, without ceasing, for our sick,

our shut-in, our church family, for our immediate families, our
youth, our community, our city leaders, our national and
international leaders, and most of all, pray for world peace.

Staff Directory
Pastor: Dr. Mark A. McCleary Youth Pastor: Elder Charles
Office: 202.829.2075, ext. 11 Richards
Home: 301.890.2363 Phone: 973.820.3224
Email: pastor@fcsda.org Email: charles.richards@fcsda.org

Head Deacon: Thomas Clark

First Elder: Rodney Malcolm
Home: 202.563.6394
Home: 202.362.3110
Cell: 202.380.8177
Email: elders@fcsda
Email: deacons@fcsda.org

Church Secretary: Church Clerk: Helen C. Williams

Office: 202.829.2075, ext. 10 Home: 202.291.9161
Email: secretary@fcsda.org Email: clerk@fcsda.org

Bible Instructor: Leslie Clark

Home: 202.723.0398
Email: discipleship@fcsda.org

CHURCH INFORMATION:
Church Office: 202.829.2075, 202.829.0932 or 202.829.0997

Fax Line: 202.723.5124

The deadline for bulletin submissions is 6:00 p.m. on Monday.

Ministry leader’s mailboxes are located in the mail center

in the conference room.

Prayer Patrol is asking the entire

congregation to set aside the first Monday of
each Month to pray and fast.
 Membership Assignment of Elders
From to Elder’s Name Phone
Neicole Abbot Linda Clark Ira Brown 301.847.9727
Marshavia Clark Kimberly Eddings Audrey Miller 240.751.4514
Rashennekia
Pamela Eghan Donna Harris 301.864.7702
Grimshaw
Damien
Dalmna Griswal Gail Jacobs 202.486.3605
Gardner
Terrence Donovan
Andrea James 240.293.6308
Longmore McFarlane
Gillian Lovlace Marion Mosley Arthur Wharton 202.593.5661
Samuel Rodney
Jamila Rawlings 202.362.3110
Motamary Malcolm
Roosevelt
Grace Simon Charles Johnson 667.7912
Rayford
Rhonda Simon Jessica Vines Milton Nicholas 202.409.4904
John Wagner Margaret Young Curla Walters 301.439.3021

Please note: If your name is on the church's roster and your address is
current, you have been assigned an elder. You should have received a
church directory. Please examine the chart included in this bulletin to
find out who your elder is. Compare the chart with the church directory
and you will be able to identify your personal elder. His or her number
should be in the directory also. If you need the assistance of an elder,
please contact your personal elder. If you cannot reach your personal
elder you may contact the First Elder Rodney Malcolm.

LET US KNOW:

Name: __________________________________________________________
Street Address: __________________________________________________
City, State, Zip: _______________________ Phone: ____________________
Email: __________________________________________________________
Please check ( ) appropriate box.

 Hospitalization  Bible Studies

 Shut In  New Resident
 Pastoral Visit  Other
 TODAY’S SERMON:

Speaker: _____________________________________________________

Scriptures: _______________ _________________ _________________

Sermon Notes:

Next Prayer Chapel will be

held on Sabbath,

Divine Hour
July 11th.
 Sabbath, July 04, 2009

CELEBRATION IN ACKNOWLEDGING GOD

Processional………………..……….……….…Elders, Choir, Deacons/Deaconesses
Introit………………………..………………………………………..…Congregation
“Come Let Us Adore Him"
Affirmation of Faith………………..………………………...…….…...Congregation
Invocation…………………..…...….....…….….…..…………………..………Youth
Hymn of Worship & Praise………….……....….………………...…….Congregation
“Standing on the Promises”/No.518
Announcements…………………………….…………………………….……...Clerk
Welcome………………………..…..…………………………….…….Pastoral Staff
“The Jesus in Me Loves the Jesus in You”
Children’s Story

CELEBRATION IN WORSHIP
Praise & Devotion…………………...…….............................................Congregation
“The Lord Is With Us In This Place”
Intercessory Prayer……………….……………........………………………..…Youth
Tithes & Offerings………………….……............................................…..……Youth

CELEBRATION IN GOD’S WORD

Special Music………………................................................................Chosen Vessels
Sermonic Scripture……………….………………….…………………...……..Youth

The Word Preached

CELEBRATION IN BENEDICTION
Benedictory Prayer………………....…………......…….………………..….....Youth
Benedictory Hymn………….…...………….....…….…….…...……….Congregation
“God Be With You”/No. 65
Recessional………….……….……..…..……..Elders, Choir, Deacons/Deaconesses

Sunset Today: 8:36 p.m.

 WE BELIEVE:
Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, provides salvation and eternal life now. Galatians 2:20;
Hebrews 12:1,2; Philippians 2:5-8; I John 5:11-13.

There is one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. II Corinthians 13:14; I Peter 1:2.

The Bible is the only rule of faith and practice. II Timothy 2:15; II Peter 1:19-21.

The Ten Commandments reveal God's will, sin, and reminds all their need of a savior. Genesis
3:17-19; Romans 5:12-15; Galatians 3:22-24.

The Seventh-day Sabbath, is a binding part of God’s unchanging and perpetual law, and has
been made for our holistic benefit. Exodus 20:8-11; Deutoronomy 5:12-15; Hebrews 4:9-11.

One who is justified by faith, God declares righteous on the ground of Jesus Christ's
substitutionary life and death. Romans 4:3-5; Galatians 3:7-11.

The fruit of the Gospel includes the new birth and progressive sanctification until glorification
at the day of Jesus Christ. John 3:1-7; Acts 2:37, 38; Romans 6:1-6.

God writes His law upon the hearts and minds of believers in Jesus. James 2:10-12; Hebrews
8:7-10.

One becomes a member of Jesus’ body, the Church, by faith. I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians
2:13.

Participation in His body includes baptism, worship, the Lord's Supper and spiritual gifts.
Ephesians 4:8,11; Matthew 28:18-20; I Corinthians 11:23-29; Hebrews 10:22-25.

The Christian life is a personal relationship with Christ by committing oneself, time, talents,
possessions including (tithe and offerings), health, and influence. Malachi 3:8-12; Matthew
23:23; I Corinthians 3:16, 17; Deuteronomy 14:3-20.

The quality of life in this present world is enhacned by following the principles of health –
proper Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, fresh Air, Rest, and Trust in God. 1
Corinthinans 6:19-20; 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

Believers do not personally appear in judgment because Jesus, the mediator, presents them as
righteous in Himself. Romans 8:1-4; I John 2:1, 2.

Jesus’ literal, personal, visible, and imminent second coming is our blessed hope for
transitioning from a deterioirating world condition to the pristine purity of God’s gloriuos earth
made new. Titus 2:13, John 14:1-3.

The dead remain in their grave, unconscious to anything under the sun, until either the
resurection of life or condemnation. Ecclesiates 9:5,6; John 5:28,29; Revelations 20:10.

Believers receive immortality at Christ's return and the wicked eternal death at the Millenniums
end as the new earth becomes the saint's possession forever. John 14:1-3; Daniel 7:18,22,27;
Psalms 37:10, 11, 29: I Thessalonians 4:16, 17; 1.

Seventh-day Adventists are called to announce Christ's return to the world by proclaiming the
Gospel. Matthew 24:14; Acts 1:8; Revelations 10:8-11, 14:6-11.