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THE CHURCH AT STUDY
Sabbath Mission Study ~ 9:20-9:50 AM
4th Quarter ~ Trans-European Division
Superintendent: Alex Jayme
Song Service
Scripture & Prayer
Mission Emphasis
Superintendent’s Remarks
Children’s Sabbath School Programs ~ 9:30-10:40 AM
Adult Sabbath School Classes ~ 10:00–10:40 AM
Class for New Adventists & Visitors
Disciple Class
Adult Quarterly Class
Filipino Tagalog Class
Sanctuary Class
Pastor Mark Ferrell
Victor Carreiro
Mike Martell
Pastor Roldan Abello
Tony Valdez
Welcome! We’re glad you’ve chosen SF Central Church on
this Sabbath Day to worship God, praise Him and study His
word. Our Savior has invited us here to spend time with Him
so He can mold us into loving and lovable, witnessing
followers of our Master. Out of respect for our Lord, please
remember to silence your cell phone or pager during the
service. To all our visitors, please join us for a Fellowship
Meal in the Loughborough Center downstairs following the
worship service. We thank you for joining us today.
“The secret of your life and the meaning of your
life—its priorities, its values, its orientation—
may be found in what you are willing to suffer
for; for what purpose or for what person.”
—These Times, January 1967
WORSHIP SERVICE ~ 11:00 AM
November 30, 2013
Prelude
OUR CHURCH CALENDAR
December
7
14
Deaconesses’ Meeting
BSF Teachers’ Meeting
Welcome
Announcements
Worship Him in Song
To God Be the Glory, #341
Tithes & Offerings
NAD Evangelism
Doxology
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow, #694
Prayer
Children’s Story
Fernell Supit
OUR CHURCH THIS WEEK
TODAY
There will be a Fellowship Meal after
the Worship Service.
12:35 PM
Following Worship Service: Worship Him
in Prayer with our Elders:
Dean Gain
Piano Room
1:30 PM
Young Adults and Agape Friends (18+)
Afternoon Walk following Potluck.
Contact Tony Valdez.
2:15 PM
Secrets Unsealed ~
by Pastor Stephen Bohr
4:51 PM
Worship Him in Testimony
Congregational Prayer
As We Come to You in Prayer, #671
Prayer
Cares Chorus
Scripture Reading
Harvey Loto
Genesis 4:3-5
Sermon
Pastor Mark Ferrell
“I'm Sorry” and “Thank you!”
Seminar Room
Sunset
SUNDAY
9:30 AM
Women’s Outreach Ministry
TUESDAY
6:30 PM
Elders’ Meeting
7:15 PM
Church Board/Business Meeting
WEDNESDAY
6:30 PM
Prayer Meeting
Seminar Room
7:00 PM
Church Bible Study
Seminar Room
FRIDAY
4:51 PM
Sunset
6:30 PM
Prayer Meeting
Worship Him in Song
God Be With You Till We Meet Again, #65
7:00 PM
Pastor Bohr Bible Study ~ (Please use
Broderick Street Entrance)
Seminar Room
Benediction
7:00 PM
Friday Night Vespers at SF Central 7:00-7:30 PM
dinner; 7:30-8:30 PM sharing and study.
Contact Victor Carreiro.
Postlude
Music use licensed under CCLI license # 1699232
Platform Coordinator: Jeff Marlow
Pianist: Li Shan Firman
Head Deacon: Bob Evans
Greeters: Dean and Erlinda GAin
Seminar Room
NEXT SABBATH
Speaker will be Pastor Mark Ferrell.
Offering will be for the Local Church Budget.
NOVEMBER PRAYER REQUESTS
Medical: Cora Smith
General: Church Family and Leaders, Youth, Young Adults,
Those learning new truths, Everyone’s Ministry.
This Prayer List is redone every month.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHURCH BOARD AND BUSINESS MEETING ~
Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
LIFTING UP MY CHILD IN PRAYER ~
Teleconference, Thursdays 9-10:00 PM. Conference Call
No. 712-432-1500; Access Code: 391696#.
DESIRE OF AGES ~ Teleconference, Sundays 8-9:00
PM. Phone number: 712-432-1500; Access code: 349372.
REMINDER TO PARENTS ~ Always keep track of
where your children are after Sabbath School has
adjourned.
POTLUCK ~ There will be a Fellowship Meal after the
Worship Service today. You are all invited!
PARKING LOT REMINDER ~ Did you park in the
middle of the church parking lot today? If so, please move
your car immediately after the service so that other
members who need to leave will not be blocked in. Thank
you!
THE PARKING LOT will be locked after our Church
activities today.
CONTACT US
Church Office
[email protected]
415-921-9016
Pastor Mark Ferrell
[email protected]
650-851-7792
Pastor Roldan Abello
[email protected]
415-707-9125
Head Elder, Alex Jayme [email protected]
Head Deacon, Bob Evans
510-541-7114
415-334-7547
San Francisco Adventist School
415-585-5550
Find God Through Prayer
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto
me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me,
and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your
heart. Jeremiah 29:12, 13
There are two kinds of prayer--the prayer of form and
the prayer of faith. The repetition of set, customary
phrases when the heart feels no need of God, is formal
prayer. We should be extremely careful in all our prayers
to speak the wants of the heart and to say only what we
mean. All the flowery words at our command are not
equivalent to one holy desire. The most eloquent prayers
are but vain repetitions if they do not express the true
sentiments of the heart. But the prayer that comes from an
earnest heart, when the simple wants of the soul are
expressed just as we would ask an earthly friend for a
favor, expecting that it would be granted--this is the
prayer of faith. The publican who went up to the temple
to pray is a good example of a sincere, devoted worshiper.
He felt that he was a sinner, and his great need led to an
outburst of passionate desire, "God be merciful to me a
sinner."
After we have offered our petitions, we are to answer
them ourselves as far as possible, and not wait for God to
do for us what we can do for ourselves. The help of God
is held in reserve for all who demand it. Divine help is to
be combined with human effort, aspiration, and energy.
But we cannot reach the battlements of heaven without
climbing for ourselves. We cannot be borne up by the
prayers of others when we ourselves neglect to pray; for
God has made no such provision for us. The unlovely
traits in our characters are not removed, and replaced by
traits that are pure and lovely, without some effort on our
part.
In our efforts to follow the copy set us by our Lord, we
shall make crooked lines. Yet let us not cease our
efforts. Temporary failure should make us lean more
heavily on Christ.
My Life Today, page 19
The Pharisee stood up and
prayed to himself: “God, I
thank you that I am not like
other men—robbers,
evildoers, adulterers—or even
like this tax collector. I fast
twice a week and give a tenth
of all I get.” But the tax
collector stood at a distance.
He would not even look up to
heaven, but beat his breast
and said, “God, have mercy on
me, a sinner.” I tell you that
this man, rather than the
other, went home justified
before God.
Luke 18:11-14
San Francisco Central
Seventh-day Adventist Church
2889 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
November 30, 2013
www.sfcentral.org