Church Worship @11:00am st February 1 2014 Welcome & Announcements John Ho Call to Worship Sara Lin Tithes & Offerings Special Thanksgiving Offering Children’s Story Stella Chen Praise in Song Sara Lin Prayer Betty Zhao Special Item Evangeline Ten & Family Scripture Reading Danila and Sandra Zuo Sermon Pr Rod Anderson The Ground is Level at the Foot of the Cross Closing Hymn Be Thou My Vision Sara Lin Benediction Pr Rod Anderson Interpreter Pianist Multimedia Upper Room Speaker Lydia Sin Eric Choo Joe Zhao Diego Vasquez Today Welcome: We extend a warm welcome to our visitors, friends and members. Thank you for coming to worship with us today. We trust that you will be blessed. Today, we welcome our two guest speakers, Pr Rod Anderson and Diego Vasquez. Pr Anderson is the pastor of "The Orchard", a church that meets in the Melbourne CBD. Diego is youth elder at Springvale Spanish Church. Lunar New Year: To our members and friends of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese heritage, we wish you a Happy New Year. Pr Stenio also conveys his special greetings to you. At the front of our church, we continue the tradition of including words of encouragement and hope for the new year. The words on the left have the following meaning: "Remember how prophets describe signs of the soon coming of Jesus". The words on the right have the following meaning: "Persevere in teaching children the everlasting love of God". The streamer has the following meaning: "Continue the tradition, forge ahead into the future". Church potluck: We invite everyone to stay and fellowship over lunch today. Thank you to those who brought food for our potluck lunch today. Coming up The Upper Room Service: For all those who attend the Upper Room service next Sabbath, February 8th. We have a continuation of that morning’s service in the afternoon, soon after lunch in the main sanctuary. Please plan to attend part 2 of the presentation in the afternoon (whether you attended the morning program or not), so you don’t miss out on a double blessing next Sabbath. AYC CONVENTION 2014: Gateway Adventist Centre and the Victorian Conference invite you to attend AYC Convention 2014 to be held at Melbourne Town Hall from 13th to the 16th of February 2014. Registration is still open at: www.adventistyouthforchrist.org/revolution2014 News and Notices Church Directory Update: Commencing this week, you or your family may receive an email from Lydia Sin requesting confirmation of your contact details. If you receive an email, your reply is greatly appreciated. If you do not have an email address or your details are not in the current church directory, and you would like to add/update your contact information, please fill in a Church Directory Update Form from the entrance of the foyer and return it to one of the deacons or elders or you can contact Lydia Sin [email protected] or John Ho [email protected] or 0422 408 447. The MASDAC’s Prayer Team Prays for Families Each Week: We are praying for the following this coming week: Clement, Soek Khen, Grace, Meilisa, Vincent, Jesslyn Lengkong; Paul, Margaret & Esther Xiao th Who’s On Next Week – February 8 2014 Welcome ................................................................ Tim Cocking Speaker ..................................................... Pr Stenio Gungadoo Offering ..................................................................... Education Prayer ......................................................................... Suzie Kim Interpreter .................................................... Wai Chong Wong Scripture Reading ............................... Joanne and David Chang Worship Leader ................................................. Evangeline Ten Children’s Story ......................................... Pr Stenio Gungadoo Special Music ............................... Joash Boey and Ryan Wong Pianist................................................................... Jonathan Lee Multimedia ............................................................ Hung Duong Upper Room Speaker .............................. Barend Nieuwstraten Flowers ...................................................................... Irene Ho Church Cleaning ....................................... Donvale Caregroup nd th (Feb 2 - Feb 7 ) Our Mission By the power of the Holy Spirit, Melbourne Asian Seventh-day Adventist Church exists to proclaim the Everlasting Gospel to the community, with special focus on the Asian Community. We are established to win, to nurture, to disciple for the further expansion of ministry, and to prepare people for Christ’s Second Coming. Our Team Head Elder John Ho Elders David Chang Ken Cheong Eric Choo Carla Chuang Tim Cocking Asa Lee Poh Choong Wong Senior Deacon Frank Wong Senior Deaconess Sharon Wong Church Clerk Evelyn Chang For bulletin enquiries, suggestions and Church-related announcements please email [email protected] by Wed 12pm. Items may be edited prior to printing. Name Contact : ___________________________________ : ___________________________________ Prayer / Visitation Request: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ I would like my prayer / visitation request to be: shared with the Pastor and MASDAC’s Prayer Team only OR shared with the church at large Please put your request into the prayer box located in the church foyer or send your requests to [email protected]. From the pastor's desk: "The Paradox of our Time": The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've split the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete. By George Carlin a comedian 1937 2008 Melbourne Asian Seventh-day Adventist Church 43 Ashmore Road, Forest Hill, Victoria 3131 www.masdac.org.au Where are the pastors? Pastor Stenio is preaching at Horsham and Pastor Paul is currently on long service leave in Korea. Church at Study Church at Worship Food for thought: “Know the true value of time; snatch, seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” British statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website - www.masdac.org.au Facebook - www.facebook.com/MasdacEvents Thank You Last Week's Offering Sabbath School ------------------------------------- $295.15 Christian Service for the Blind ------------------ $924.35 Flowers Today ---------------------------------------- Suzie Kim Church Cleaning ------------Box Hill Chinese Care Group th st (Jan 26 -Jan 31 ) 9.30am 11.00am Senior Pastor Email : Pr Stenio Gungadoo : [email protected] Associate Pastor Email : Pr Paul Kotanko : [email protected] Sunset Times: Tonight 8:34pm Next Friday 8.29pm