Church at Study Calendar February 2, 2019

SANCTUARY 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 4 5:30 p.m. Women’s Prayer Group, room 102 LomaLinda Congregational Singing Marina Williams Tuesday, February 5 6:30 p.m. Experiencing God Bible Study, room 105 Opening Hymn The Lord in Zion Reigneth No. 7 Wednesday, February 6 niversityChurch of Seventh-day Adventists Prayer, Welcome, and Introductions Campbell 6:30 p.m. Winter Wednesdays, sanctuary Thursday, February 7 Special Feature Change Your Story, Change Your World Rodney Vance 12:00 noon Sandwiches and Salvation, room 105 6:30 p.m. Financial Peace University, room 105

Prayer for the Offering Rodney Vance Friday, February 8 7:00 p.m. Night Church (Praxis), Young Adults, the Courtyard Offering Sabbath School Expense (Place mission offering in envelope.) Sabbath, February 9 9:00 & 11:45 a.m. “Grace for Your Debtors,” How Sweet the Sound (part 5 of 8), Offertory My Savior’s Love arr. Ed Hogan Randy Roberts, sanctuary Edino Biaggi, ; Brianna Clemons, viola 10:30 a.m. LLUC Sabbath School, “The Sealed People of God,” Miguel Mendez, sanctuary Lesson The Seven Seals Calvin Thomsen Sunset Today - 5:20 p.m. Sunset Next Week - 5:27 p.m.

Closing Prayer Calvin Thomsen

Postlude Selected Various Sermon Introduction Superintendent: Lolita Campbell Organist: Donna Samson Some things in life don’t change. San Diego is marriage that will never change. So just accept Producer: Elsie Chan still one of the most pleasant cities in the world. them. Stop fighting to change them, and learn to The Inland Empire is still blazing hot in August. live with them.’” Cookies are still my favorite dessert! West Texas is still flat. The New England Patriots are back in Well, whatever we think of such wisdom—whether the Super Bowl. And each one of us still faces we like it or not—there is truth in it. And it’s truth trials in life. There are some things that will never that most of us would rather avoid, because we High School & Adult Sabbath School Classes change. want to believe that the trials we’re facing today will go away, be overcome, disappear tomorrow. High School ReGen / 10:00 a.m., Wong Kerlee Notice that last one again: each one of us still But as we wake up on the tomorrow’s of our lives, faces trials in life. Most of us don’t like the sound of we often find those trials still there. that. But there’s more to it. Furthermore, some of Young Adult those trials don’t ever go away or change. Which About that moment in time, I can imagine Praxis / 10:00 a.m., Wong Kerlee Advent Hope / 9:00 a.m., Centennial Complex/ means that someone reading these words has someone asking, “Is something wrong spiritually Damazo Amphitheater struggled with something, some trial, that has not with me if I continue to face trials, especially the Rooted / 10:00 a.m., Griggs Hall rm 138 changed. Maybe it’s chronic pain—they’ve been same trials? Is God punishing me? Trying to teach in pain for many years—and not all the doctor me something? How do I relate to such things?” visits they have made or the prayers they have Adults prayed has changed it. They woke up just this To such questions we turn our thoughts today. So Adult Sabbath School / 10:30 a.m., Sanctuary Ken Hart / 10:30 a.m., West Hall (School of morning still in pain. join us as we consider Paul and his “thorn in the Nursing), rm 1105 flesh.” Maybe Paul can help us experiencegrace The Bible Lab / 10:30 a.m., Randall Amphitheater Recently I heard someone say, “The most in the midst of our ongoing trials. Sabbath Seminar / 10:30 a.m., Centennial liberating thing I’ve come across in my marriage Branson Legacy Sabbath School / 10:30 a.m., Complex, rm 3208 has been a statement someone made. The Randy Roberts, Senior Pastor Centennial Complex, rm 3111 person said, ‘There are some challenges in

The Connecting Place / 10:30 a.m., LLUC rm 103 Language Based Spanish Sabbath School / 10:15 a.m., Together in Prayer Faith & Science / 10:25 a.m., Mortensen Hall Centennial Complex, rm 3232 Prayer is accepting the invitation to come into God’s presence. Join in prayers for LLUC’s worship services, for God’s will for Gathering Place / 10:20 a.m., Prince Hall break rm Hungarian Worship Group / 4 p.m., LLUC rm 103 our local and worldwide church, for the sick, for children, and any other requests Sabbath mornings, room 104, 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Weekly prayer teleconference, Fridays, 6 - 6:45 a.m. Call (909)361-6220, then enter the conference ID number 11125#. 1st and 3rd Saturdays

Gary Chartier / 9:45 a.m., Griggs Hall, rm 2A Questions or Comments: www.lluc.org Southern Asia Fellowship Worship Group / IN Light / 10:30 a.m., rm 102 6 p.m. rm 108 Church Office Hours: M.–Th., 8am – 5pm ; F., 8am–noon. Closed Tu., 8:30–9:30am 11125 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354 | (909) 558-4570 Church at Worship February 2 Vespers Church Life

SANCTUARY 9:00 & 11:45 A.M. SANCTUARY 4:30 P.M. Offering today: local church budget. Next Loma Linda Church Campers will enjoy Out of respect for worshipers around you, please silence all electronic devices. week: local church budget. All loose and Lake Perris on February 8 to 10. LLU undesignated offerings are applied to church church service will be live via satellite at 9 Prelude Andante con moto Ludwig van Beethoven budget. You may give online by visiting a.m. Sabbath followed by a program and La Sierra University Orchestra lluc.org. potluck. Drive-ins are welcome. For camping information, call Roger Heinrich at (909)824- Video Announcements The center floral arrangementis given in honor 6357 or (909)838-1102 (cell). of the LLU School of Nursing 113th Nursing Pastoral Welcome Filip Milosavljevic Dedication, today at 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Young Adult Snow Day: If you’re a young adult on campus, join other young adults Hymn of Praise This Is My Father’s World No. 92 With deep sadness we announce the death from around the conference for a fun day of of Arlene Hoppe on December 29. She skiing or snowboarding February 10 at Snow Call to Prayer Create in Me a Clean Heart Keith Green is survived by her sister Nona Whitman, Summit/Big Bear! Sign up today at lluc.org daughters Pamela Garvin and Adrienne and click on the banner to register. Prayer Joey Oh Henderson, step-daughters Patty Zucker, Carolyn Sands, and Diana Hoppe, son, The Charles Elliott Weniger Society for Children’s Feature Doug Mace Howard Morse III, and step-son, Sebastian Excellence 2019 annual meeting is February Hoppe. Her memorial service will be April 14, 16 at 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Honorees are: Tithes and Offerings Local Church Budget at noon in the LLUC Sanctuary. Please RSVP Rebekah Wang Cheng, T. Grace Emori-Elder, (Loose offerings go to church budget.) for the reception meal to [email protected]. Harvey A. Elder, Charles W. Scriven. The Clinton Emmerson address will be given by Dr. Scriven, Offertory All Glory Laud and Honor arr. David Winkler The Alzheimer’s Solution Seminar for whose topic is: How to Disagree about the Bible. La Sierra University Orchestra Seniors is a program to prevent and reverse All are welcome. For further information, call the symptoms of cognitive decline. This free Bernard Taylor at (909)796-3075. Special Music The Cross arr. Lloyd Larson, lecture will be Thursday, February 21, at Linda La Sierra University Orchestra Brant Adams Valley Villa at 2 p.m. You may park in the Helping Hands Pantry: UReach is at LLU lot across the street. The seminar will be Helping Hands Pantry the first Sabbath Baptism Erin Stone Linda Tambunan2 presented by Drs. Dean & Ayesha Sherzai, of every month, packaging food items for Aiden Stone Doug Mace2 co directors of LLUMC Brain Health and families in need from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Alzheimer’s Prevention Program and authors 2205 S. Artesia St., San Bernardino. For Scripture Reading 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, TNIV Charlize Halim of a book by the same title. This program is more information, contact Patrick Johnson at (Pew Bible, pp. 1729-1730) Larra Lacificar co-sponsored by Linda Valley Villa and LLUC [email protected]. Senior ministries. Snapshot of Grace Roy Ice

Sermon Grace for Your Trials Randy Roberts How Sweet the Sound (Part 4 of 8)

Song of Response It Is Well With My Soul No. 530 Community Life Closing Prayer Randy Roberts Postlude Allegro Beethoven Bee-Luther-Hatchee, Thomas Gibbon’s beautiful yet compelling drama will take you on a La Sierra University Orchestra thought-provoking journey in a story wrestling with issues of discrimination, good intentions, (Please maintain reverence during the postlude.) and questions on identity. This play will be staged on Saturdays, February 2 and 9 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, February 10 at 2 p.m. in Damazo Amphitheater at Centennial Complex (LLU). Kristian Leukert, chorister Kimo Smith, organist This presentation is a collaboration between LLU Humanities Program and La Sierra University Dean Anderson, conductor, La Sierra University Orchestra David S. Penner, producer Drama. For more information, contact [email protected]. or (909)558-7478. 1First Service 2Second Service Baptisms

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