CENTRAL HAPPENINGS & NEWS
This Week (November 30 to December 5):
• Tuesday @ 10:00 AM – Women’s Bible Study
• Tuesday @ 7:00 PM – Prayer Meeting with Pastor Chris Buttery – The Key to Life (John 3)
• Wednesday @ 7:00 PM - Spanish Group Prayer Meeting (Chapel)
• Various L.I.F.E. groups (in-home small group Bible studies) take place across Sacramento. To locate one near you contact our small groups’ coordinator, Richard Anger @ (916) 681-3990
• Sabbath @ 9:00 AM - Morning Manna – Aaron Earnest
• Sabbath @ 9:30 AM - Central Study Hour with Pastor Chris Buttery + Children/Youth/Adult Sabbath School Classes
• Sabbath @ 10:50 AM - Worship Service with Pastor Chris Buttery – “Limitless”
• Sabbath @ 1:00 PM – Small Groups Ministry Luncheon
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Upcoming Events
Christmas Grace: Revealing the Mystery of God is this years Christmas concert being held right here at Sacramento Central Church. All are welcome to attend this free sacred concert which is being held on Sabbath, December 5 @ 4 PM. Doors will open at 3:30 PM. Pick up flyers and posters to share with family and friends at the hostess desk in the church lobby.
Join Us for the Day: Bring a dish to share and stay for our fellowship potluck. Plan to attend Discipleship University with Pastor Fred Dana at 1:30 PM (starts early). Then at 4 PM, join us for Sacramento Central’s Christmas Concert!
Sacramento Adventist Academy (SAA) Christmas Concerts: Please join the Sacramento Adventist Academy Music Dept. in the gym December 11 and 12 for SAA’s annual Christmas concerts. The older students (7 to 12th grade) will perform on Friday, December 11 at 7 PM and the younger students (pre-K to 6th) will perform on Sabbath, December 12 at 4 PM. Together, let us remember the Nativity through music.
Healthy Plate is having a special cooking class on Sunday, December, 13, from 11 AM to 2 PM. Amy Maldonado will demonstrate Vegan Tamales. Space is limited to 25 at $15 per person. You will be able to make your own tamales and take them home. Lunch will be served. Please call Karen @ (916) 961-0289 to reserve a place. This class will be presented again in the spring of 2016 for those not able to attend this time.
Women’s Ministry Holiday Luncheon: We will not be having their usual fellowship meal in the Camellia Room next month. Instead, please join them for a Holiday Luncheon at The Old Spaghetti Factory (1910 J Street) at 11:30 AM on December 13. If you want to enjoy the fellowship, please call Jan Nichols at 916.729.4322 to RSVP.
Fountainview Academy Orchestra & Singers will be presenting “What Kind of King?” Sabbath, December 19 @ 4 PM, here at the Sacramento Central Church. Admission is free. More details to follow.
Ministry Opportunities
Gardening Ministry. If you consider yourself a green thumb or just like tinkering in the garden, Central church gardens could use your time and talents. Contact the church office to get details.
Family Matters
Giving Trees: In the spirit of the following words, “God would be well pleased if on Christmas each church would have a Christmas tree on which shall be hung offerings, great and small…” (Adventist Home, 482), we will be placing two fragrant evergreens in our church foyer to provide our church the opportunity to help those in need within our congregation and Sacramento. Starting Sabbath, December 5, you’re invited to choose a decorative snow flake from off the trees that will contain a specific need that you can support. Those needs will be local families as well as Mary’s House Family Christmas Project here in Sacramento, which provides winter and other accessories for homeless families. You are invited to bring your gifts (with snowflake attached) to be placed in the baskets/bins provided starting Sabbath, December 12. All items will need to be returned to the church office no later than Wednesday, December 23. Thank you for giving during the holiday season.
Sign Interpreter: Robin Franzk will return to Sacramento Central on December 5. Please invite those you know who are hard of hearing or deaf to join us for the worship service on Sabbath, December 5.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a Center of Influence in Beirut, Lebanon (Bourj Hammoud Adventist Learning Center) that serves Syrian refugee children. They need Christian (Adventist preferably) storybooks for their young readers. If you have children’s books that you would like to donate, please bring them to Central’s front desk in the church foyer so we can send them. There is a person from our area that is traveling to Beirut in a couple of weeks. Thank you.
Adventists in the Spotlight: With the Seventh-day Adventist Church currently in the spotlight many people are asking questions about our faith that may have never asked before. An easy way to share more about Adventist’s is to share the CD or DVD of Pastor Chris’ message “Who & What are the Seventh-day Adventists?” Pick up your copies to share at the CD/DVD Ministry room here at the church. Another great new resource is www.WhoAreAdventist.org.
Watch Us on Television! Enjoy viewing Central’s flagship programs, Central Study Hour, every Friday night at 8 PM and Sabbath morning at 6 AM (PST) on 3ABN Proclaim! Also enjoy our Receiving the Word, 30-minute programs weekly on Sunday morning at 11 AM and Wednesday night at 8:30 PM on Sacramento Faith TV. These can also be viewed on our website (www.saccentral.org) and our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/thecentralconnection). Let everyone know where they can receive timely Bible messages!
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