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Preview Issue [June 2013]
EPHESUS
9 Praise Reports 18 Member Feature 20 What’s Happening
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In This Issue
Singles’ Ministry Update
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Praise Reports
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Remembering, Rejoicing, Rededication:
Camp Meeting
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Member Feature: The Moore’s
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Healthy Congregations: Diet
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What’s Happening
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Pray4Togo
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This quarter’s Sabbath
School Lesson:
Revival & Reformation
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Singles’ Ministry Update
Softball Fun Day
and Cookout
On Sunday, June 2, the Sin-
gles’ Ministry hosted its third-annual
softball and cookout event. Though
weather called for rain, the skies
were clear enough for a day of fun.
Ephesus church members en-
joyed playing games, such as volley-
ball and softball, enjoyed fellowship-
ping with each other while eating
fish, veggie dogs and fries.
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Singles’ Ministry Update
Jessica Mayers (below) and Adrian Green
(right) are showing off their spots skills as
they play softball and volleyball
Those who came to the
event were asked to bring a dona-
tion of any amount to help further
the work of the Singles’ Ministry .
By Tiffiney Miles
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Left page: Daron Barfield runs to first plate during the softball game.
Above: Quaneta McDaniel (left) serves Calvin Green (right) and his niece, Jada (center), food from the cookout. Those who attended the
softball and cookout were asked to bring a donation of any amount for future Singles’ Ministry projects.
Singles’ Ministry Rap Session:
SOUL TIES!
Tuesday, August 20 at 7 p.m.
Ephesus SDA Church
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“Cleaning Out
Your Baggage” with Audrey Blake
Audrey Blake, guest speaker
for Singles’ Day in February, re-
turned to Ephesus to present a
workshop called “Cleaning our
Your Emotional Baggage” on June
29.
The interactive workshop
challenged church members to
think about the kinds of emotional
baggage, brought up from past re-
lationships, are hindering them
from moving forward.
Blake compared emotional
baggage to unnecessary items in a
closet, saying that they need to be
removed from our lives.
Audrey gave several tips to
get rid of the emotional baggage,
but she believes the biggest way to
get rid of the baggage is to forgive
those who have hurt us in the
past.
Click on the picture
below to visit Audrey
Blake’s website:
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Praise Reports! How is God working
in YOUR life? “I want the thank the
Lord for allowing me to
buy a house! It’s my
first house, and the clos-
ing and everything went
very smooth. It says to
me that if something is
for you, it is for you.
God’s going to make
sure that you have it. I
wasn’t even planning on
buying a house, but eve-
rything just fell into
place, and I know that
was only because of
the Lord.”
—Catherine Sylvester
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Remembering, Rejoicing,
Rededication:
2013 South Atlantic Conference
Camp Meeting
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Remembering, Rejoicing,
Rededication:
2013 South Atlantic Conference
Camp Meeting by Tiffiney Miles
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Camp meeting. It’s a time for
fellowship, potlucks, catching up
with old friends and power-packed
preaching. It is also a time to draw
closer to God through Bible study,
seminars and prayer.
Right: Pastors from the South Atlantic
Conference help a fellow pastor, Daniel
Kelly (not shown), load a tent for his evan-
gelistic series.
Below: Every year, many church members
camp out in tents for the ten days at camp
meeting.
Pictures by Pastor Raymond Johnson
Cont. on Page 16
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Right: Ephesus church members and
friends enjoy time together at camp
meeting: Front (l-r) Ganisha Gibson, Esther
Munoz, TeNesha Wells, Marsha Fields,
Deborah Sulton, Zarihana Clark-Allen; Back
(l-r) Kinotci Hill, Terrell Beasley, Spencer
Wade, Patrick O’Neal; Far Back Ishmael
Wade. Picture by DaRon Barfield
Below: Camp meeting provided many op-
portunities for youth to draw closer to
God. Pastor Quine Cousins speaks to the
Pathfinders during a devotion entitled “I
Want Winners.” Picture by Pastor Ray-
mond Johnson
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Pastor José Rojas speaks for the final Sabbath, June 15, at camp
meeting in front of hundreds of South Atlantic Conference church
members.
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The South Atlantic Confer-
ence of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church held its annual camp meeting
from June 6 -15. The conference al-
so celebrated 150 years of the Sev-
enth-day Adventist Church.
Hundreds of Adventist church
members from North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia came to the
River Oaks campground in Orange-
burg, S.C.
As a tradition of camp
meeting, some people camped in
tents while others stayed in the
housing units on the campground.
The ten-day camp meeting
included a packed schedule for
adults and youth.
Each day there was a morn-
ing, afternoon and evening devotion
to constantly remind church mem-
bers to dedicate their lives to the
Lord.
There were also different
workshops that church members
could attend. For the adults, there
were topics such as parenting, reli-
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Left Page: Every year, the South Atlantic
Conference holds an ordination service at
camp meeting. Elder (left) and Mrs.
Mendinghall (second to left) stands with
newly ordained pastor Divine Ayivor (right)
and his wife Mercy (second to right). Pic-
ture by Pastor Raymond Johnson
gious liberty and prayer.
Youth activities included a
music workshop led by Lamar Camp-
bell, Bible Bowl and basketball tour-
naments.
Both Sabbaths were just as
powerful as the workshops. Pastor
MyRon Edmonds spoke on June 6
about the Holy Spirit’s role in our
personal lives and within the church.
On Sabbath, June 15, Pastor
José Rojas encouraged the church to
pass the torch of the Gospel mes-
sage to the world.
The South Atlantic Confer-
ence also held an ordination service
for Pastor Divine Ayivor on Sabbath
afternoon, June 15.
The camp meeting ended
with a concert by recording artist
Lamar Campbell, a vesper service by
Alphonso McCarthy and a Pathfinder
drum and drill.
DVDs of this year’s camp
meeting are available for purchase
by calling the South Atlantic Confer-
ence office at 404-792-0535. For
more information about the South
Atlantic Conference, visit their web-
site at sacsda.org
Above: Singer Lamar Campbell invites church members to sing his hit song “More than Anything” during the Sabbath evening program.
Picture by DaRon Barfield
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Member Feature The Moore’s
Meet Alfred Moore and
Marlene Johnson-Moore. Marlene
is from Washington, D.C. and Alfred
is from Greenville, S.C. They found
each other online and married in
Charleston, S.C. on Nov. 18, 2011.
Alfred works for the Univer-
sity of South Carolina College of
Pharmacy and helps to recruit pre-
pharmacy high school and college
students across the state to the
school.
Marlene is a law student at
the University of South Carolina and
the emergency manager of the
South Carolina Air National Guard.
One interesting fact between
the both of them deals with a cer-
tain name. Alfred is named after his
father, Alfred II, who was named
after his grandfather, Alfred. Mar-
lene’s brother is named Alfred. He
is named after his father, Alfred II,
who was name after his father, Al-
fred.
The Moore’s have
this marriage philosophy, “Talk it
out, work it out!”
The Moore’s also have some
advice for singles. “Pray to God for
exactly what you’re looking for in a
mate,” says Marlene. “And pray
that He’ll continually prepare you
for that mate so that when you all
meet you are ready to take it to
that next level.”
“Keep your heart open,”
says Alfred. “Whatever bad rela-
tionships, or negativity, (that)
comes from the past, give that to
God because when the right person
comes along, he wants to see the
goodness in you, not anger or
bitterness. So let that go, give it to
the Lord so you can give love to
that person, and you’ll be able to
receive it in return.”
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Reposted from the South Atlantic Conference
Healthy Congregations: August Health Emphasis
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What’s Happening
July 20-Aug. 24
We are taking a refreshing look at core
Biblical beliefs.
August 24
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What’s Happening
We are taking a refreshing look at core
Biblical beliefs.
July 24-Oct. 2013
7 p.m. Wednesdays
Do you need a heart renovation? Pastor John Pooler leads this
series that will show you how God can make over your life.
Prayer & Bible Connection
Series
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What’s Happening
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What’s Happening
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“The event raises awareness about the imprisonment of Pastor
Antonio dos Anjos Monteiro and church member Bruno Amah,
imprisoned on false charges since March 2012.”
CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO LEARN MORE
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Come Worship With Us!
Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church
7709 Wilson Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29203
803.786.2800
Pastor John Pooler, III
Service Times Sabbath Morning Praise and Worship 8:00am
Sabbath School 9:15am
Divine Worship Service 11:00am
AYS One hour before sunset
Wednesday Night Prayer and Bible Connection 7:00pm
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www.EphesusSDA.org
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Every ministry,
Every member,
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