BULLETIN Walla Walla University Church FEBRUARY 9, 2019 of Seventh-Day Adventists 212 SW 4Th St., College Place, WA 509.527.2800
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UNIVERSITY CHURCH CONTACT US wwuchurch.com [email protected] BULLETIN Walla Walla University Church FEBRUARY 9, 2019 of Seventh-day Adventists 212 SW 4th St., College Place, WA 509.527.2800 Office Hours Monday–Thursday: 8am–1pm; 2pm–5pm Friday: 8am–Noon University Church Pastoral Team Bev Beem Darold Bigger Alareece Collie Troy Fitzgerald Kris Loewen Jenn Ogden Access a full listing of staff and officers: wwuchurch.com/staff ELDERS ORDINATION Lachrimae Amantis Today at the University Church, we will hold a What is there in my heart special ordination service for newly appointed that you should sue so fiercely for its love? elders in our congregation, many of whom will serve What kind of care brings you as student elders. As has been the recent tradition as though a stranger to my door of this community, this Sabbath during the worship through the long night and in the icy dew services we will invite the whole congregation to lay seeking the heart that will not harbor you, hands on these leaders in a ceremony of support that keeps itself religiously secure? and blessing. Today, we pray for the Holy Spirit to At this dark solstice filled with frost and fire continue moving through the lives of these elders in your passion’s ancient wounds must bleed anew. their many ministries and our church community! So many nights the angel of my house The following individuals will be ordained in their has fed such urgent comfort through a dream, new roles today: whispered “your lord is coming, he is close,” Katie Wagner Corey Bom that I have drowsed half-faithful for a time Kate Ruud Carla Blum-Johnston bathed in pure tones of promise and remorse: Mat Shedd Cameron Fitzgerald “Tomorrow I shall wake to welcome him.” Diana Mignott Ricardo Guzman Tommy (Jordan) Tamaleaa -Geoffrey Hill, Tenenbrae Today is International Sabbath at Berean Fellowship. All are invited to join in the Black Box Theatre at 10:30am for breakfast and 10:50 for multi-lingual worship service! Emotional and Spiritual Care Provider Training to be offered at the Upper Columbia Conference office, 10:00am March 13–14. This foundational program will equip RENEW SABBATH SCHOOL Havstad Alumni Center, main floor [WWU Students] people to serve as credentialed responders after disasters and other traumatic events. To register, email: [email protected] or [email protected]. 10:15am CHAN SHUN SABBATH SCHOOL Room 154 [Alareece Collie, Loren Dickinson, Courtney Needham, Alden Thompson] 10:30am BEREAN FELLOWSHIP Canaday Technology Center Black Box Theater [WWU Students] CANADAY TECHNOLOGY CENTER Room 129 [Bryce Cole, Gerald Craigg, Pat Gustin, Hollibert Phillips, Robert Van Dorn] The Red Cross will host a blood drive at the University CHILDREN’S SABBATH SCHOOLS Church Fellowship Hall on Monday, February 11, 8:30am– Newborn through 6th grade, Children’s Wing 1:45pm. While drop-ins are acceptible, you can save time (Begins with Family Worship, Heubach Chapel) by scheduling an appointment at: redcrossblood.org. CIRCLE CHURCH University Church Fellowship Hall [WWU Students] ASWWU Global Service’s annual Valentine's Banquet is February 18, 7pm. Tickets are $50. Please RSVP at: aswwu. ESCUELA SABÁTIC A LATINO AMERICANA [email protected] by February 10 at the latest. Kretschmar Hall, Salon 214 It’s a great opportunity to support this year’s project, enjoy [Maria Gonzalez, Ricardo Guzman] some delicious food, and listen to some talented student FAMILY WORSHIP musicians. We look forward to seeing you there and thank Heubach Chapel (Preceding children’s Sabbath you for your support! schools. All are welcome.) HAVSTAD ALUMNI SABBATH SCHOOL Senior art and business student, Jaucelyn Carter, will Alumni Center Board Room be displaying “Defining Home,” her cumulative works, [Shawn McCrery and Ralph Stirling] in the Clyde and Mary Harris Art Gallery, WWU Fine HIGH SCHOOL SABBATH SCHOOL Arts Center, February 8–21. An opening reception will be Youth Room [Troy Fitzgerald] February 8, 5–7pm. Refreshments will be served. All are JR. HIGH SABBATH SCHOOL welcome to attend. Grades 7 and 8, Jr. High Room (Begins with Family Worship, Heubach Chapel) The 50+ potluck and program will be held on Sunday, PARENTS CLASS February 17 at 5pm at the Youth Center, 8th and Bade “The Sonship of Christ” in College Place. Come and enjoy an uplifting musical Gathering Room, Children’s Wing program presented by the Eslinger Family. And of course, SABBATH SEMINAR please bring a friend. Canaday Technology Center Room 105 [Terrie Aamodt, “Racial Stereotypes in Worship”] Join Children’s Home Society for their annual "Sweet SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY CLASS Hearts for Kids Benefit Luncheon" on February 20 at Kretschmar Physics Lecture Hall [Theology Faculty] 11:30am at the Marcus Whitman Hotel. Tickets are $40. WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY GROUP To RSVP, call 509-529-2130 before February 12. Church Office Conference Room Rosario Singles Retreat with Pastor Ofa Langi , sponsored by the Washington Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, is April 4–7. Come enjoy the coastal beauty of Rosario and the breaking waves on the beach. Registration will be available by mid February. Mark it on your calendar now. TOUCHES OF INTEREST 9:30am Welcome to the many guests on campus this Sabbath FIRST SERVE for the WWU Honor Band Festival. Students from: MATT HEINRICH, praise band leader Auburn Adventist Academy, Collegedale Academy, ANDREAS BECCAI, Wise Guys: Proverbs 4:23 Cascade Christian Academy, Fountainview Academy, Hermiston High School, Laurelbrook Academy, Monterey Bay Academy, Oolteway Adventist School, Portland Adventist Academy, Skagit Adventist Academy, Upper Columbia Academy, and Walla Walla Valley Academy are visiting and blessing our church community 11:45am today. These young musicians, led by Brandon Beck, will help lead worship today at Second Service and will play SECOND SERVICE again for a special afternoon program in the Sanctuary at Prelude Prayer and Jubilation 4pm. All are invited! -Jack Stamp WWU Honor Band An all church potluck is today at 1:15pm in the Fellowship Call to Worship Darold Bigger Hall. All are invited! Opening Hymn #20, O Praise Ye the Lord A memorial service for Deanie Christy is this afternoon at Adoration Prayer Darold Bigger 3pm in Heubach Chapel. Hymn #190, Jesus Loves Me All are welcome to join our University Church prayer Children’s Story Torchbearer Pathfinders meeting each Wednesday at 7pm in Heubach Chapel. Pastoral Prayer Kris Loewen The group will view a part of the current week’s Sabbath School lesson in Ranko Stefanovic’s, “Revelation of Jesus Anthem Down in the River -Jay Bocook Christ”video. WWU Honor Band SonBridge constituency meeting will be on Sunday, Scripture Isaias Santellano WWVA junior February 10, 10am. The agenda will include inspiring financial and development reports of God’s blessings and Sermon Andreas Beccai Wise Guys: Proverbs 4:23 an update of future plans. This constituency session is for designated delegates, but interested people are welcome Offering University Church Budget to attend! Offertory Hymn Variants (Lasst Uns Erfreuen) Interested in checking out Rogers Adventist School (RAS) for -Alfred Reed WWU Honor Band your child’s education? Join K–8 teachers and administration for a school tour, complimentary meal, and Closing Hymn #547, Be Thou My Vision important information about RAS curriculum Benediction Andreas Beccai and community on February 21, 6pm. Childcare Postlude Meditations on an available. Text your RSVP to 509.386.7386 or Old Scottish Hymn [email protected] -Robert Jager WWU Honor Band The Julianna Sayler Foundation invites you to a free Organist: Kraig Scott concert of inspirational Christian music with violin WWU Honor Band: Brandon Beck, director virtuoso Jaime Jorge on Friday, February 15 at 7pm in the Walla Walla Eastgate Church. Light refreshments to follow. The worship service is live–streamed in Heubach Chapel as an option for parents with young children who would find that location helpful. A new Community Gospel Choir is being formed in Walla Walla. The inaugural meeting is on Monday, February 11, 6:30pm in the WWU Fine Arts Auditorium. If you are a singer or instrumentalist who loves (or would love) to sing or play this genre of music with others in the Walla Walla Valley, come and join! GIVE Every day, hundreds of people donate many hours of FAMILY OF GOD volunteer work, hundreds of dollars, and buckets of prayer This prayer list contains special requests made by our to the work of Jesus through the University Church. Thank church family, community members, and their loved ones. you to all who continue to empower this holy and powerful If you have a concern to add, please contact the office at ministry in the Walla Walla Valley! [email protected], 509.527.2800, or by dropping a Connect Card in an offering bag. Today’s loose offering will go to the University Church Budget which funds many ministries and adds support Thank you for joining our community in prayer for those for a host of valuable programs. From this fund, nearly who are in joy and sorrow, heartache and hope: $100,000 is spent each year on logistical support for WWU events and programs such as this afternoon’s Honor “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all Band concert in the Sanctuary, Circle Church services in circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” the Fellowship Hall, and weekly WWU CommUnity. Your —1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 financial donations to this budget enable our Church to —The family of Deanie Christy as they mourn her death. continue to leverage its strategic and fruitful partnership with Walla Walla University. Thank you! —Ben Marson as he faces serious health challenges. —Caryn Pooley as she continues fighting cancer.