“Do you hear what these children are saying?”

they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus,

“have you never read, “From the lips of children

and infants you have ordained praise?”

( Matthew 21:16, NIV )

Issue No. 135

Hamilton

Seventh-Day Adventist Church 71 King Street Hamilton, Victoria

WEBSITE — http://hamilton.adventist.org.au

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Bulletin & News

Sabbath January 25th, 2014

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Song Service 9:40 am

Sabbath School 9:50 am

Church Service 11:15 am

We WELCOME you to our Worship Services Today

Next Prayer Meeting - January 29th 2013 at 5pm

Combined Lunch - There is a combined lunch this Sabbath, January 25th, as

Darrell Chang will be joining us.

All are welcome to join us in fellowship and light lunch after the service.

Church Food Stocks - Our current emergency food supplies are running

exceptionally low at present. Anyone that would like to donate canned goods

etc., to the stores, can do so by leaving their donation in the church dining

room. Contact Fanny Bates for more information.

Communion Service - The communion service this quarter will be on February

8th. Please prepare your hearts and minds for this wonderful time with Christ

the King as we follow His example.

Church Works - The wall closet in the dining area is currently being built and

should be finished next week. We apologise for the inconvenience that this

causes.

Creation Seminar - On Sunday 26th January 2014, Creation Ministries

International will be hosting a seminar titled - Creation: A Key to the Gospel

Sunday 26th January at 10:00 AM,

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,

21 McIntyre St, Hamilton

Sunday 26th January at 7:30 PM,

Public Meeting, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd,

12 Thompson St, Hamilton

~ Upcoming Dates & Announcements ~

The leftover letters spell the phrase: “Take up your cross daily”

~ Solution to Bulletin Puzzle No. 19 ~

HAMILTON CHURCH WEBSITE

Website: http://hamilton.adventist.org.au/

Church Email: Hamilton.sda.church@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hamiltonsdachurch.victoria

Through thee will we push down our enemies:

through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

[ Psalm 44:5 – 8 ]

~ Memory Verse ~

Praise Him!

' Praise puts God in His rightful position at the very outset of our praying.

Through praise we declare His sovereignty and matchless power. ‘

[ Psalm 22:3 ]

~ God’s Little Book of Prayer ~

No committed Christian suffers from compassion fatigue.

He knows that, just when the burden seems heaviest,

the breakthrough is near.

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' Let us not become weary in doing good,

for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ‘

[ Galatians 6:9 ]

~ God’s Little Book of Encouragement ~

The Adventist Review shares the following world news from Religion News Service as a

service to readers. Opinions expressed in these reports do not necessarily reflect the opinions

of the Review or the Seventh-day Adventist Church. -- Editors

HUMANITARIAN AID NEEDED AS CENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC REGROUPS

Posted January 19, 2014

BY FREDRICK NZWILI ©2014 Religion News Service

After months of violence in the Central African Republic, signs of hope emerged

following the January 10 resignation of interim President Michel Djotodia and

Prime Minister Nicholas Tiengaye.

But Roman Catholic Archbishop Nestor Desire Nongo-Aziagbia of Bossangoa said

that although guns had gone silent, the crisis was far from over.

“The shooting has ceased, but the tensions are still there,” Nongo-Aziagbia said

Monday. “Resignation is a first step towards solving the crisis.”

The resignations at a regional summit in neighboring Chad sparked wild

celebrations among Christians in the capital, Bangui. The president was a Muslim.

“The politicians must now elect someone who can bring the people together,” said

the bishop, adding that it was regrettable the past politicians were only interested in

exploiting the country and its people.

But as the president flew to exile in Benin, a tiny nation west of Nigeria, the nearly

1 million people, displaced because of fighting between his Seleka Islamic militia

and anti-Seleka Christian militia were crying out for food, water and medicine.

More than 100,000 people are camped at the capital city’s main airport, while

thousands are in churches and mosques.

More than 1,000 people have been killed recently in the fighting, which began in

March 2013.

The U.N. has appealed for $105 million to increase food distribution to reach 1.25

million people between January to August. This will support churches that have

provided some relief.

~ Adventist Review ~

NEW SATELLITE CONTRACT EXPANDS REACH OF

ADVENTIST TELEVISION

Hope Channel Al Waad now widely

available across Middle East, Northern

Africa

January 14, 2014 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United

States | ANN staff

A new satellite contract for the Seventh-day

Adventist television channel in Beirut significantly expands the footprint of church

media in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Hope Channel Al Waad this month

entered a five-year contract with satellite Eutelsat 7 West A, a move network

officials say introduces a message of hope to a wider audience of Arabic, Turkish

and Farsi speakers in the region.

“This new contract is a fantastic opportunity for the advancement of God’s work,

and a major step for urban outreach,” said Hope Channel President Brad Thorp. “We

can now provide Al Waad to any of the cities in this region, opening up millions and

millions of homes to God’s good news for a better life today and for eternity.”

The French-based satellite provider Eutelsat operates Eutelsat 7 West A in close

cooperation with the Egyptian satellite provider Nilesat, the largest satellite provider

in the Middle East. The 2011 launch of Eutelsat 7 West A marked part of the

provider’s efforts to boost broadcasting in the Middle East, Gulf States, North

Africa and Northwest Africa.

Viewers using the Nilesat satellite can now reset their channel lineup to receive

Adventist television in their homes. Satellite is the most common broadcast

distribution method in the Middle East.

“We have been praying for this development for many years,” said Al Waad

Director Amir Ghali, adding that the channel’s “peaceful, non-partisan

programming” has been well received in the region since its launch in 2010.

Al Waad programs address topics such as health, education and family. The channel

derives its name from the Arabic word for “promise,” offering what Ghali called

“the promise of hope” to the region.

~ Adventist News Network ~

OLD GUY AND A BUCKET OF SHRIMP

This is a true story.

It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a

giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean.

Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favourite pier.. Clutched in his bony

hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where it seems he

almost has the world to himself. The glow of the sun is a golden bronze now.

Everybody's gone, except for a few joggers on the beach. Standing out on the end of

the pier, Ed is alone with his thoughts...and his bucket of shrimp.

Before long, however, he is no longer alone. Up in the sky a thousand white dots

come screeching and squawking, winging their way toward that lanky frame

standing there on the end of the pier.

Before long, dozens of seagulls have enveloped him, their wings fluttering and

flapping wildly. Ed stands there tossing shrimp to the hungry birds. As he does, if

you listen closely, you can hear him say with a smile, 'Thank you. Thank you.'

In a few short minutes the bucket is empty. But Ed doesn't leave.

He stands there lost in thought, as though transported to another time and place.

When he finally turns around and begins to walk back toward the beach, a few of

the birds hop along the pier with him until he gets to the stairs, and then they, too,

fly away. And old Ed quietly makes his way down to the end of the beach and on

home.

If you were sitting there on the pier with your fishing line in the water, Ed might

seem like 'a funny old duck,' as my dad used to say. Or, 'a guy who's a sandwich shy

of a picnic,' as my kids might say. To onlookers, he's just another old codger, lost in

his own weird world, feeding the seagulls with a bucket full of shrimp.

To the onlooker, rituals can look either very strange or very empty. They can seem

altogether unimportant .... maybe even a lot of nonsense.

Old folks often do strange things,

at least in the eyes of Boomers and Busters.

~ More Off The Net ~

Most of them would probably write Old Ed off, down there in Florida . That's too

bad. They'd do well to know him better.

His full name: Eddie Rickenbacker. He was a famous hero back in World War II.

On one of his flying missions across the Pacific, he and his seven-member crew

went down. Miraculously, all of the men survived, crawled out of their plane, and

climbed into a life raft.

Captain Rickenbacker and his crew floated for days on the rough waters of the

Pacific. They fought the sun. They fought sharks. Most of all, they fought hunger.

By the eighth day their rations ran out. No food. No water. They were hundreds of

miles from land and no one knew where they were.

They needed a miracle. That afternoon they had a simple devotional service and

prayed for a miracle. They tried to nap. Eddie leaned back and pulled his military

cap over his nose. Time dragged. All he could hear was the slap of the waves against

the raft..

Suddenly, Eddie felt something land on the top of his cap.

It was a seagull!

Old Ed would later describe how he sat perfectly still, planning his next move. With

a flash of his hand and a squawk from the gull, he managed to grab it and wring its

neck.. He tore the feathers off, and he and his starving crew made a meal - a very

slight meal for eight men - of it. Then they used the intestines for bait.. With it, they

caught fish, which gave them food and more bait.......and the cycle continued. With

that simple survival technique, they were able to endure the rigors of the sea until

they were found and rescued (after 24 days at sea...).

Eddie Rickenbacker lived many years beyond that ordeal, but he never forgot the

sacrifice of that first life-saving seagull... And he never stopped saying, 'Thank you.'

That's why almost every Friday night he would walk to the end of the pier with a

bucket full of shrimp and a heart full of gratitude.

Reference:

(Max Lucado, " In The Eye of the Storm", pp..221, 225-226)

PS: Eddie started Eastern Airlines. Before WW1 he was race car driver.

In WW1 he was a pilot and America's first ace.

People from around the world are happening upon the church website daily and

here’s what they had to say….

I have just discovered your amazing site and an happy about the marvellous

and amazing lesson that you have prepare for Gods people. I am so overwhelm

with precious lessons which I have downloaded and shared with my friend here

at Armidale church. I will keep appreciate to have a lesson every week from

you. May God continue to bless this wonderful ministry. I will be sharing the

lesson with my friend in Kenya. God Bless Isaac Macharia

Thank you for including me in this daily devotions. Its a blessing to me. God

bless your ministry. Tupou. Vakaloloma

May the Lord our God continue to bless the church website and its visitors each day

with the good news.

~ Church Website Feedback ~

ADRA still needs your help!

~ Bulletin Puzzle No. 20 ~

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Find the words in the puzzle above. The words run in all directions and some words

overlap. The left over letters spell a place name. Write this name on the line below.

Palestine Angel Devour Glory Rods Job

Parables Beast Earth Gospel Seal

Physician Believe Eternal His Seal

Theophilus Blind Eve Image Sin

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January 25th

The Meaning of Christ's Baptism

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Matthew 3:13

Many had come to him [John] to receive the baptism of repentance, confessing their

sins. . . . Christ came not confessing His own sins, but guilt was imputed to Him as

the sinner's substitute. He came not to repent on His own account, but in behalf of

the sinner. . . . Christ honoured the ordinance of baptism by submitting to this rite. In

this act He identified Himself with His people as their representative and head. As

their substitute He takes upon Him their sins, numbering Himself with the

transgressors, taking the steps the sinner is required to take, and doing the work the

sinner must do. . . .

After Christ rose up from the water. . . . He walked out to the bank of Jordan and

bowed in the attitude of prayer. . . . As the believer's example, His sinless humanity

supplicated support and strength from His heavenly Father, as He was about to

commence His public labor as the Messiah. . . .

Never before had angels listened to such a prayer as Christ offered at His baptism,

and they were solicitous to be the bearers of the message from the Father to His Son.

But, no! Direct from the Father issues the light of His glory. The heavens were

opened and beams of glory rested upon the Son of God and assumed the form of a

dove, in appearance like burnished gold. The dovelike form was emblematical of the

meekness and gentleness of Christ. . . . From the opening heavens came these words:

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." . . . Notwithstanding the Son

of God was clothed with humanity, yet Jehovah, with His own voice, assures Him of

His sonship with the Eternal. In this manifestation to His Son, God accepts humanity

as exalted through the excellence of His beloved Son.

Christ's prayer on the banks of the Jordan includes everyone who will believe in

Him. The promise that you are accepted in the Beloved comes to you. God said,

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." . . . Christ has cleaved the

way for you to the throne of the infinite God.

(Maranatha – That I May Know Him – Ellen G White - page 31)

~ Weekly Devotional Message ~

~ Sabbath Services ~

Service This Week Next Week

January 25th February 1st

Divine Service Darrell Chang Alex Buckler

Sabbath School Peter Tung Dan Derksen

Duty Deacons Tony Bates Tony Bates

- Contact Details -

Pastor Justin Bone 04 3973 4368

~ Church Cleaning ~ January 19th - February 1st Tung Family

February 2nd - February 15th Roberts Family

~ Church Website ~ Website : http://hamilton.adventist.org.au/

Email : Hamilton.sda.church@gmail.com

~ Sunset Times ~ Sunset Sabbath (Tonight) 8:50 pm

Sunset Next Friday 8:46 pm

~ Church Offering ~ This Week: Education

Next Week: South pacific Record

~ Garden Maintenance ~ January 19th - February 1st Peter Tung

February 2nd - February 15th Peter Roberts