SABBATH SCHOOL

The Church: Rites and Rituals

Acts 2:38 The Church at Study 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.

Superintendent: Alex Golovenko Musician: Jonathan Bartosz & Virginia Polihronova

WORSHIP HOUR Praise and Worship………………………………………..Carib Cana

Hymn of Praise……………..No.73…………………..Holy Holy Holy

Intercessory Prayer…………………..Maria & Richard Bartocz

Praying for Revival and Reformation- Bible study Hospitality and Mission

Musical Item……………………………………….Indonesian Group

Offering Appeal……….Church Budget……….Teresa Ferreira

Children Story………………………………………….Faith Maphosa

Musical Item……………………………………….Golovenko Family

“Diversity in Our City” Sgt. Marcel Marsellin, London Police Diversity Officer

Musical Item……………………………………….Indonesian Group

Scripture Reading…………………..…1st Corinthians 12:14-20

Adrien Intering: French Lara Olawoore: Yoruba language

Gavin Reid-Kindness: English

“Created for Diversity” Pastor Alex Golovenko

Song of Com……No.633………When We All Get To Heaven

Benediction………………………………………………Clara Baptiste

Sunset this Sabbath 4:51 pm Next week 4:50 pm

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

Announcements Today

1. Today, December 1 is the International Day of Prayer. Seventh-day Adventist world church President Ted N. C. Wilson today called for an International Day of to rally support for the release of two Adventists currently imprisoned in the West African country of Togo. The intent is to raise awareness of the plight of Antonio dos Anjos Monteiro, Sabbath School and Personal Ministries director for the church’s Sahel Union Mission, headquartered in Lome; and Bruno Amah, an Adventist lay member and businessman in Lome. These are falsely accused, innocent church members, jailed for the past 8 months, and we are pleading with the Lord for his intervention so that they can be reunited with their families and continue their work.

2. Joint AY vespers will take place TONIGHT at St.Thomas SDA church, starting at 4:30 pm. Next

youth vespers in London will take place December 15.

3. Kayla Dingwall and her family are moving to the new place in London. Their move has to be done this evening, after 5:30 pm. All willing and able to help please speak to Kirmane Allen.

Tomorrow

4. Pathfinders Club meetings will resume tomorrow, Sunday, December 2 at 10 am. Club enrollment is open to all kids ages 10-16, and we have, for the first time all 6 classes for different age groups.

Later Events

5. Next Sabbath, December 8 we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper during the midday Worship Hour at 11 am. Prepare your hearts for the fellowship of Grace, and continue proclaiming our anticipation for the soon Return of King Jesus.

6. ACES will be performing a Christmas Musical “Made in Bethlehem” on Saturday December 8 at 6 pm. At 805 Shelborne street. Tickets will be for sale $10 for each person or $40 for a family of six. Please plan to attend and support our children.

7. The Nominating Committee report is not ready to be released yet, as not all recommendations were accepted. Unless Holy Spirit moves believers to volunteers their spiritual gifts, the advisory work of the Nominating Committee cannot be completed. We prayerfully hope to present the report for the next Sabbath, December 8 and seek God’s guidance in prayer.

8. Next Men’s ministry breakfast will take place next Sunday, December 9 at 8:30 am. The discussion book is “A Place for us guys.”

9. Games, crafts, food and fellowship! It's time for the Children's Christmas Party on Sunday, December 9th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. We are looking for contributions of child-friendly finger foods. Please see Teresa Ferreira or Bev Sealy if you would like to make a contribution and don't forget to register your child(ren) on the sign-up sheet located on the

desk in foyer.

10. Next Elders meeting will take place Monday, December 10 at 6:00 pm at the church

11. Next Church Board meeting will take place Monday, December 10 at 7 pm at the fellowship hall. Please provide your agenda items to pastor Alex Golovenko, first elder Clara Baptiste or church Clerk Janice Brindley.

12. District Youth Sabbath Program Dec 15, 2012. All day event with youth from all local churches! Includes: Guest Speaker, Lunch, Workshops, Vespers and end the evening at the Spanish church gym for a social. You don't want to miss it!

Notifications

13. At the Church Business meeting last Sabbath, November 24 we voted the set of goals and strategic direction toward 2020 vision. Details are listed in the December Newsletter. Please pick up your copy to learn about plans and the direction we are taking together with other Ontario Adventist churches to REACH our province for Christ.

14. Citrus Fruit- Fund Raiser Dead line for placing your citrus fruit order is Sunday December 2, 2012. Your Christmas basket would not be completed without something healthy like some fruits, so consider increasing your order. Unfortunately the December delivery would be the last for the Florida Navel. For the Navel lovers you might want to increase your order, they would last if kept in a cool place. We would continue to receive the Florida Grapefruit, Temple oranges, Tangelos, Tangerines and Valencia as indicated in the flyer. Call Cameron 519-471-5695

15. CDs of River of Life are available! With your orders please speak to Mike Keim

16. Student scholarships are available! Earlier this year we voted to fund a students scholarships through the Budget allocations. The Church Board would like to make collected funds available for post-secondary students (College, University) who are members of this church family. Please pick up an application and submit it to pastor or any of church elders, or email pastor@adventistlondon.ca for an electronic version to be submitted. Deadline for applications is December 9, 2012. Parents, Friends, please inform students that may be abroad.

17. Annual Devotionals are in! Please look at the books available at the table in the foyer and make your orders with Janice Brindley. Orders to be finalized by December 22 for books to be available by the end of the year. Make an excellent gifts for this season

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS Dec 1 Gord Rayner Dec 5 Jeanne Munro

Dec 3 Reuben Sumner Dec 8 Josh Catarino

Dec 3 Rachael Isaac Dec 9 Sharon Reeve

Dec 4 Chiara Viglianti Dec 9 Brittany Wylie-Wilbee

Celebrating Cultural Diversity of our Church For the past eight years we had celebrated cultural diversity of our congregation.

Today as we enjoy sights of different country flags being brought into the sanctuary, tastes of food from various places, sounds of praise in diverse languages we ought to also reflect on our duty to further the Gospel Mission.

Earlier this week news networks reported on the census from Jamaica where the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the largest religious denomination. A total of 322,228 individuals or 12 percent of the total population are reported to be Adventists. The second largest category is “Pentecostal” with 295,195 represents a cluster of denominations and independent congregations, as does the third largest category “Churches of God” at 246,838. Jamaica is part of the Inter-American Division with the largest membership – 3.5 million. Adventist education plays very important role in church growth in this region. Today we see people from Caribbean and Central American countries leading the flag procession.

Second largest church is in South Africa. Adventist churches in Africa were reorganized in 2003 because of the rapid growth. South Africa region has 3 million Adventists, followed by the East-Central Africa with 2.8 million believers.

The fourth largest church is in South America, with Brazil leading the work. Over 2 million Adventists worship there.

Southern Asia, mainly India, has 1.5 million members. However given the large population of the territory, the saturation ration is much lower than in above mentioned regions. North American Adventist is sharing 6th & 7th place my membership with South-Asia Pacific (Philippines & Indonesia) with about 1.2 million. However, the North American church still sends most missionaries, and provides substantial financial funding for the world mission.

West Africa has only 900,000 believers with Ghana being the main centre. Muslim population in many countries is impeding the growth of mission. And Adventist influence is not as felt as in Eastern and Southern African countries.

North Asia Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia) are growing rapidly, with 700,000 Adventists present. Chinese believers meet at homes and many churches are led by women.

Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands are 10th out of 13 world Divisions by membership, with about half a million believers. The largest segment of church, 60% are living in Papua New Guinea.

Three world divisions operate in Europe. They were reorganized this year in October. Largest with 200,000 believers, Inter-Europe includes Western & Southern countries, Mediterranean basin. Euro-Asia with 150,000 members covers the territory of former Soviet Union and Afghanistan. Trans-Europe is the smallest division, with 80,000 members, covering the Scandinavia, British Isles, Balkans & Baltic.

A new development took place this year at the annual session – a Mission Field unit was created, called MENA – Middle East & North Africa, where less than 4,000 Adventists are present among a half a billion population. This region is predominantly Muslim and the work of the Gospel is dangerous. Our local diversity in London is a tool for mission, as we connect people from all around the world and influence our neighbors, some from un-entered or under-represented regions. Majority of Adventist church today comes from the southern hemisphere, from tropics. Adventist majority today is not White Anglo-Saxon, nor European. It’s time for mission responsibility to turn.

Your servant, Pastor Alex Golovenko