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Patriotic Cantata
Land of the Free,that is the title of
our first Patriotic
Cantata.
Come and celebrate
God and country
throughout this beauty-
ful and very tradi-
tional hymns like America the Beautiful, God of our Fathers,
The Star-Spangled Banner, and others.
All are welcome to attend this free event which includes a re-
ception afterwards. Invite a friend!!
Sabbath, July 4th @ 6:00 PM
July 2009
Volume 10, Issue 7
A
Touch of PorcelainA Touch of PorcelainA Touch of PorcelainA Touch of Porcelain
In an event sponsored by the WomensMinistries Committee, the ladies of ourChurch had the opportunity to fellowship
while enjoying an afternoon of tea andpastries. Continue on page 12
In this Issue:
International Day 3Pixie Pin-Ups 5Church @ Work 10
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"Then Jesus came withthem to a place called Gethsemane and saidto the disciples: 'Sit here while I go and pray overthere.' And He took with Him Peter and two sonsof Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful anddeeply distressed. Then He said to them, 'My soulis exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay hereand watch with Me.' " (Matt. 26:36-38).
The Bible is the story of two gardens: Eden andGethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. Inthe second, Jesus took a stand. In the first, Godsought Adam. In the second, Jesus sought HisFather. In Eden Satan led Adam to a tree that ledto His death. From Gethsemane, Jesus went to atree that led to our life.
Satan was never invited to the Garden of Eden. Ifhe has "invaded" the garden of your life, then in-
vite Jesus to take it back. He will gladlyenter anddo what is necessary to win you back! But youmust ask first! He never enters without an invita-tion!
Yours for inviting Jesus to enter the "garden" of
our lives, Pastor and Sharon Webb
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Vol. 10, Issue 7 Page 3
On April 25th, several of us had the opportunity to visit theTampa 1st Seventh-day Adventist Church for a musical vespers
(some of our members participated) followed by an Interna-
tional Food Fest celebrating the diversity of nations making up
their congregation. It was fabulous - entertaining and delicious!
It planted a seed in our minds that we could do a similar activity
in New Port Richey. We also have a rich diversity of nationali-ties making up our membership of which we are very thankful
and proud. Just off the top of our heads, we could think of
members who come from India, Germany, Korea, the Philip-
pines, Brazil, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, Antigua,
Haiti, Cuba, Bermuda, and the United States. I am sure there
are more. Let me know, we don't want to leave anyone out.
A project like this takes much planning! What we would like to
do is have a Sabbath in Spring 2010 and have a full day as an
international theme with members bearing the flags of the na-
tions of their origin. In the evening, we would have a musical
vespers and at sunset in our Fellowship Hall, we would have the
food festival with samples of dishes from our home-
lands. These samples could be for sale to help offset the costsincurred in the program.
I would like to do this as a Small Group meeting once a month,
possibly at my home, unless it gets too big. Our final objective
would be to enjoy the International Sabbath Day together in
evidence of how God can bring peoples together from all lands
who love Him and have like minds and kindred spirits to serve
Him.
Stay on the look up for more information. Martha Getlinger,
Church Office
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Congratulations Justin Rivera for his
baptism. God bless you and guide you
always.
On March 19, 1938, a baby boy was born to Wilburand Grace Symmonds in Peoria, Illinois. His officialname was Charles but it soon became shortened toChuck. Chuck spent his childhood and youth in Peo-ria. He attended Woodruff High School where a class-mate, Janet Madison, caught his eye. After graduationhe enrolled in the engineering school of Bradley Uni-versity and worked at the Caterpillar Factory to pay his
tuition and other college expenses while his high school sweetheart, Janet,was studying to become an LPN. In 1960 when she had finished her nurs-ing course and Chuck was in his senior year of college, they decided thatSpring Break was a good time to get married. They had two children, sonDavid, was born in 1963 and Deanna followed in 1966.
Chuck had a hobby of taking photos of people and events. This becamesuch a fascination that he made it into a business, with his son David, whichbecame known as C & D Studios. C&D Studios was well-known for its quality
work and the business flourished.
The Symmonds got baptized in 1986 by Pastor Gordon Rhoades.
In 1999, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease although he had beensuffering from the symptoms for some time before that. As the disease wors-ened and he lost much of his mobility, nurse Jan provided the special carehe needed. He passed to his rest on May 19, 2009. He is survived by his wife
Jan, son David of New York City and daughter Deanna Kestory and her hus-band, Dale of Richmond, Texas, two granddaughters, Katrina and Alexa. Amemorial is planned in the near future to celebrate his life. The family plansto scatter his ashes from a boat on the Anclote River where the family spentmany happy hours swimming, snorkeling and picnicking. He will be greatlymissed by his immediate family and his church family.
19382009
Charles Symmonds
Chuck
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Vol. 10, Issue 7 Page 5
PIXIE PIN-UPSDO YOU KNOW ME?
If you think you know this church mem-
ber, submit your guess to us, either byphone or email.
You can submit your baby pix by email
or directly to us. Photos can be black
and white or color and will be promptly
returned. For more information please
contact us.
June baby was: Bob Powell
(Clue: Remember Alfalfa?)
Our winners were: Nobody guessed.
Clue: A deaconess.
Think about it
Freedom fails when peo-
ple decide that it is their right
to take and not to give.-Stanley Maxwell
The fruit of silence isprayer. The fruit of prayer is
faith. The fruit of faith is love.
The fruit of love is service.The fruit of service is peace.
-Mother Teresa
The faces of children areproof enough of God.
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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO . . . .By Gary D. Grimes
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America andto the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, with lib-
erty and justice for all. I am proud to be an American. I am proud
to put my hand over my heart when I pledge my allegiance to theAmerican flag. I still get excited when I sing our National Anthem
at a football game. My people fled the Communists in Russia to
find freedom here in the good old United States of America. Espe-
cially religious freedom is dear to my heart, but all the other free-doms are just as important.
The Bible teaches us to defend the separation of church and state.Matthew 22:15-22. Thomas Jefferson said we must erect a great
wall separating religion and political government. Governments
only duty toward religion is to stay out of religion. This means nostate run church. No established church is to be permitted. Our
religion lives or dies by our devotion to it and witness for it.
Forced religion has no place in America. Big churches like the Ro-
man Catholic, the Baptist and Methodist are free to prosper. Littlechurches like the Mormon, Jehovahs Witnesses and Seventh-day
Adventists are free to prosper without state interference. Oh, yes
and atheists and non-believers are free not to believe.
The Bible teaches us to be subject to governments that are estab-
lished by God. Romans 13:1-7. It even says we should pay ourtaxes to Uncle Sam.
Seventh-day Adventists, believe in being loyal to the nation they
hold citizenship in. Here it is the United States of America. In Ger-many it is Germany. In Brazil it is Brazil. And so on in every na-
tion. THERE IS ONE GIGANTIC EXCEPTION! That exception
is when the laws of a particular nation go contrary to God and Hissupreme law. Then the higher Authority, God, always takes first
place. This is taught in the above Scripture Matthew 22:l5-22.
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This lovely lady has transferred to our churchfrom Wesley Chapel SDA Church.
Q: How did you knew about the 7th Day Ad-ventist Church:
A: I am a Seventh Day Adventist from birth and was baptized at the age of
15.
Q: Tell us about your talents.A: I sang in choirs in several churches. (She also brings some of the most
beautiful dishes to our activities)
Q: Do you have pets?A: I had a small dog, hope to get another soon.
Q: What is your favorite color, hymn, food, and hobbies?A: My favorite color is green, my favorite hymn is Because He lives, I love
fruit and vegetables, and my hobbies are listening to good music, visit-
ing the sick, cooking and baking, I love gardening and making flower
arrangements.
Q: What is your favorite Bible story? A: Every bible story is precious to me. The crucifixion keeps me closer to
Jesus.
Q: Tell us something about you that you want your church family to know. A: I am a registered nurse. Was married and divorced. Have two grown
children (boy and girl) they live in Houston Texas and we are in con-
stant contact daily.
Q: What do you like the most about our New Port Richey Church?A: The Church is beautiful and well kept. I like the friendliness, and order
of services.
Thank you so much Ms. Eden for letting us get to know youa little better, we are so happy to have you here.
Vol. 10, Issue 7 Page 7
Eden Noel
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S O F T B A L L
Softball season started, this year with newcolors: yellow, orange and plum.
Come and enjoy the games and great fel-lowship under the shady trees. Also, bring some money so you can
buy goodies from the Pathfinders. Proceeds will be use for theirCamporee to Oshkosh.
Support your Church activities!
Games are every Sunday @ 6:30 PM at the School.
A Touch of PorcelainCont. from page 1
In the event, the ladies also had the op-
portunity to wear their hats and gloves
and donate a non perishable food item tothe benefit of our Community Services.
Testimonies, games, and stories were
also shared that evening.
Special thanks
to the Leader of
Womens Min-istries in our Church, Liz Montanez and
all the members of the committee for
bringing to us this great event.
A similar activ-
ity is going to
be planned for
this fall, so be on the look out!
For more pictures go to our webpage:
www.nprsda.org/TeaParty
Members of the WMCLiz, Martha & Tess with their
hats and gloves.
Natalie Sharpe (on right) dida wonderful job decorating.
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Vol. 10, Issue 7 Page 9
Did you know that you can
get our Church sermons and
music online? Its true.
Go to the Church webpage
and download sermons or
the Sabbath music to yourMP3 player. Too cool!
www.nprsda.org/
SermonMusicLibrary
Our church is to be sold
Our church is to be sold! Yes, our church is to be sold!
No, we are not about to lose our building through
foreclosure or repudiated debt. However, our church
must be sold to the city and county. It has been
planted to wield an influence beyond its membership and walls.
Thus, we are presented with an enormous challenge.
Our church must be sold to the un churched! There are scores of
people in our community who would attend our church and join usin the Lords service if we would bother to sell our church to them.
How much is our church worth to you? How much do you value its
ministry? How much do you value the Christ it proclaims? As a mem-
ber of this church, you are selling your church to others every day.
Are you selling it short? Has it helped you to the extent that youre
willing to sell it to others? Will you be enthusiastic in talking about
your church? Will you share your
church with others who have no
idea what theyre missing?
Take our church seriously and
talk to people about what our
church has to offer them.
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Please keep in
your prayers
the group
that is going
to the Mission
trip to Mexico.
If you have any
Church Family
news (praises,
prayer petitions,
achievements, or
want to congratu-
late someone),
please contact the
church office or
us so we can get
it into the
newsletter.
Our Choir will
be on a break
until Septem-
ber. Thank youso much to all our
Choir members and
Stan Getlinger for their
commitment, and also
to our Directors John
and Caroline Altmann
for a great season!
Our School is having 9th &
10th grades starting in August.
Due to the new grades we are
adding to our school, we are
changing our name to Adventist Chris-tian Academy. We will offering VPK to
10th grade. We are growing, Praise God!
Remember School registration is:
Sunday, July 12 from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
School begins August 10
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Contact Us
Alexander Ortiz727-365-2892
Omayra Rivera727-372-0052
NPR Seventh-day Adventist Church6424 Trouble Creek Road
New Port Richey, FL 34653727-848-4567 www.nprsda.org/newsletter
Vol. 10, Issue 7 Page 11
From the Editors
One of the happi-
est days of my lifewas the day that I
saw my son getting
baptized. What a
joy to see loved
ones accepting
Christ as their Sav-
ior and what a big
responsibility I
have in helping him
in his spiritual life.
Are you aware
that we have a lot
of Christian ba-
bies in our con-
gregation? We
have an obligation
to look out for
them, and help
them in their
spiritual growth.
An encouraging
word, a friendlycall, or a helping
hand.
Contact those
brothers and
sisters that you
havent see inChurch. You
will never know
how much a
simple call, card
or email can do.
Omayra
This newsletter
is published
monthly by the
NPR SDA Church.
If you have anycomments to
make about the
newsletter, wish
to make a dona-
tion, or wish to
submit an arti-
cle, please sendit to the church
or to us.
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