Bulletin - Marietta Adventist Church

TODAY’S MESSAGE
Please feel free to use this space
to jot down notes from today’s
message.
You’re Invited Next Week as we celebrate
Communion and Pastor Bill speaks.
MariettaAdventistChurch.org
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Bill Levin
Senior Pastor
770-778-4017 • williamflevin@gmail.com
Jeff Wood
Associate Pastor • jeffwood@gccsda.com
Wilma Zalabak
Associate Pastor • zalabakmdiv@gmail.com
Ted Dubs
Associate Pastor • tdubs@gccsda.com
Calvin Cummings
Worship Leader • ccummings@southern.edu
Jackie Payne
Welcome & Prayer • Robert Escoe
Hymn #249 • Praise Him! Praise Him!
Call for Offering • Larry Lighthall
Offertory
Hymn #530 • It Is Well With My Soul
Prayer
Special Music • Wayne Salhany
Message • Go North
Ted Dubs
Benediction
Wilma Zalabak, organist
Wayne Salhany, hymn leader
NINE O’CLOCK
Administrative Assistant/Membership Clerk
MariettaAdventistChurch@gmail.com
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 8:00AM - 12:00PM
1330 Cobb Pkwy N • Marietta, GA 30062
MariettaAdventistChurch@gmail.com
Phone - 770-427-7668 • Fax - 770-428-6793
Shawna Wood
Children’s Corner Director • 770-427-0783
www.ChildrensCornerChildCare.com
Bev Amlaner
Carman Adventist School Principal • 770-424-0606
www.CarmanSchool.org
Matt Jones
Atlanta Adventist Academy Principal • 404-699-1400
www.AAA.edu
The joy and blessing of Sabbath concludes
tonight at 5:41PM and begins next Friday at 5:46PM.
ELEVEN FIFTEEN
Welcome & Announcements
Songs of Worship
Offering
Songs of Worship
Message • Go North
Benediction
Worship Host: Terry Leard
Speaker: Ted Dubs
December 27, 2014
WELCOME TO MARIETTA ADVENTIST CHURCH!
We’re glad you’re here, and if we don’t already, we’d
love to get to know you better. To help us do that,
please take a moment and fill out a Connection Card
found in the back of the pews. You can turn this into
the offering plate or to one of the pastors.
WHAT’S GOING ON
Communion will be next Sabbath, January 3. Join us
as we start this new year, recommitting our hearts to
Jesus.
Living Your Strengths Classes: There is still time to
sign up for Living Your Strengths Classes beginning in
January. Learn how God has created you and how best
to utilize your talents at work, home and church. Sign
up sheets are available on the Church News bulletin
board or you can contact Pastor Ted or Pastor Wilma.
YAMS: With the end of the year approaching and
everyone’s schedules being crazy, YAMs will be taking
the remainder of the year off. We will pick back up with
regular Friday evening Bible studies on January 9.
Christmas Cards: Please remember to check
the Christmas cards boxes in the lobby by
Sabbath, January 3 for any cards left for you
and your family.
The Church Office will be closed
December 31 to January 2.
2015 Big MAC Daddy Challenge:
Join us on Saturday night, January
17 in the Family Life Center as the
men of MAC compete in a series of
challenges to see who will win the title
of the Big MAC Daddy. Concessions will be
sold by Children’s Corner, and there will be
more prizes for spectators. If you’d like to sign
up to compete or be a judge, please email Brian Pruett at
dabengals@hotmail.com.
2015 Women’s Spring Tea: This year’s tea is scheduled for
Sunday, April 12. Planning will begin in January. If you’d like
to help with this, please contact the Women’s Ministry team
at macwomenministry@gmail.com.
Prayer Request:
• Sharon Garner’s mother passed away last Sabbath.
Year-End Giving: Please note that in order for your
donations to be included on your 2014 tithe receipts, they
need to be: • Received in the church office by Tuesday,
December 30 by 5:00PM • Postmarked by December 31or
• Given online by midnight on December 31
Any donations received after the deadline will be included
on your 2015 tithe receipt.
Giving: Today’s conference offerings will go to GeorgiaCumberland Conference Ministries. If you’d like your gift to
go to this, please mark your tithe envelope GCC Ministries.
All loose or unspecified gifts will go to our Local Church
Budget. You can turn in an envelope or give online at
MariettaAdventistChurch.org.
• Received in Church Budget last week: $12,945.15
• Received in Church Budget this month:$22,050.55
• Needed each month: $33,000.00
• Still needed in December $10,949.45
High School Retreat: All Adventist students
attending non-Adventist high schools are invited
February 6-8 to the annual High School Retreat
at Cohutta Springs. Register online at www.
registration.gccsda.com. Brochures are available on
the Youth Ministries bulletin board.
Attention Parents – If your little one becomes restless, we have
the following options available for your family:
Children’s Training Room: located behind the AV booth
Mothers’ Nursing Room: located inside the women’s restroom, this
room is for mothers and infants/small children only.
SPOTLIGHT
Go North
Deuteronomy 2: 1-3
I. “Circling the Mountain”
We refer to it as Wandering:
No ______________
No ______________
No ______________
• Cycles: continually moving
but never ___________
• We will mistake __________
for progress.
II. Compassing the Mountain:
1.) It’s the: __________ you
have never got victory over
2.) It’s responding the ______
way
3.) It’s never _____________
with the real issue
III. How do we get past this
life of circling the mountain,
or this life of carnal cycles?
There is only one way, Joshua 5
• We must allow the _________
_________ of the word of God
to have its way in our lives and
identify those attitudes and
characteristics that are of the
__________ and cut it away
(crucify it).
IV. You have 3 responses to
this sermon:
1.) ___________ _____.
Actively Disengaged
2.) Find it ________________.
Not Engaged
3.) __________ _____. Engaged