11125 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354 • (909) 558-4570 Cover photo by Dennis Park This is a weekly bulletin Church Office Hours: Mon.–Thur., 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.–noon. Offices are closed for staff worship on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. DVD copies of LLUC worship services are available for purchase online at www.llucstore.com LomaLinda niversityChurch of Seventh-day Adventists July 4, 2015 Questions or Comments: [email protected]• Online at: http://www.lluc.org SERMON INTRODUCTION CALENDAR Monday, July 6 8:00 a.m. – Church offices will be closed for the Independence Day holiday 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 6:30 p.m. Experiencing God Bible Study, Fellowship Hall Wednesday, July 8 6:00 p.m. Open Prayer Circle, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, Room 104 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Stuff We Don’t Need to Worry About — Where We’re Going, James Ponder, Room 111 Sabbath, July 11 Communion 9:00 a.m. & “How Long Is Until? When Is Then?” Dan Matthews, 11:45 a.m. Sanctuary 10:25 a.m. Re:Live Worship, Part 5—A Summer in the Psalms, Tyler Stewart, Sanctuary 10:30 a.m. LLUC Sabbath School, Abraham: The First Missionary, Siegfried Roeske,Randall Amphitheater 5:00 p.m. Vespers, Abraham Fabella and Marcela Pan, Sanctuary Sunset Today - 8:04 p.m. Sunset Next Week - 8:02 p.m. LLUC services are aired live on the church website at www.lluc.org and are also aired live and broadcast on Loma Linda Broadcasting Network (LLBN) via the Internet at www.llbn.tv, Time Warner Cable channel 17 in Loma Linda, Verizon FiOS Cable channel 31 in Loma Linda and Redlands, Roku (under BrightStarTV), and Glorystar satellite (which carries LLBN, 3ABN, Hope Channel, and other Christian networks). For more information, please visit www.llbn.tv, or call (866) 552-6881. Rebroadcast Schedule of University Church Programs on LLBN Sunday (SS) 8:00 p.m. Monday (V) 4:00 a.m., (W) 11:00 a.m. Tuesday (SS) 12:00 a.m. Wednesday (W) 3:00 a.m., (V) 8:00 p.m. Thursday (SS) 4:00 a.m. Friday (V) 12:00 a.m., (W) 7:00 p.m. (SS-Sabbath School; V-Vespers; W-Worship) growing disciples CHURCH AT STUDY RANDALL AMPHITHEATER 10:30 a.m. Congregational Singing Gery Friesen Opening Hymn Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory No. 647 Prayer, Welcome, and Introductions Jacqueline M. Channer Musical Selection Fear Not (For I Have Redeemed You) David Veglahn David Veglahn, vocal Special Feature Mission Spotlight Prayer for the Offering Jaqueline M. Channer Offering Sabbath School Expense (place mission offering in envelope) Offertory Jesus, Take My Hand/I Would Be True Marjorie Lewis Lloyd/ Judy Northrop, vocal and keyboard J. Y. Teek/H. A. Walter Lesson The Missionary Nature of God Gery Friesen Closing Prayer Gery Friesen Postlude When We All Get to Heaven Michelle Jauwena Superintendent: Jacqueline M. Channer Keyboard: Michelle Jauwena RE:LIVE MINISTRY _ Young Adult Ministry www.reliveministry.com Fellowship, 10:00 a.m., Room 101 Sabbath service, 10:25 a.m., LLUC Sanctuary “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” (Galatians 5:1a). As Americans, our freedom began with a Declaration of Independence. For slaves in America freedom came in an Emancipation Proclamation. The battle cry of the Protestant Reformation began with the writing of a commentary on the book of Galatians. This short letter is an Emancipation Declaration for all who take the name of Christ. It is a message of liberty. It is a message of freedom to a people who were seeking to protect the Law of God, but who had fallen into a deadly trap. The church is always in need of this message. It is human nature to lose sight of the true Gospel and fall into a system of merit, achievement or reward. Paul, a Jew and once a Pharisee of Pharisees, knew this problem better than anyone. So, he writes this letter with fire in his belly, for the subject matter was intensely personal. He knew just what was at stake. In fact, to emphasize the seriousness of it, he took the pen from his scribe and wrote the end of the letter himself in large letters (Galatians 6:11). Freedom was at stake. And Galatians is all about freedom. Unfortunately, the false teachings brought to the Galatian churches by protectors of God’s Law afflict us even today. We must walk a fine line. On one hand, we do not want to fall into the legalism with which the Galatians struggled. On the other, we cannot just live as if any- thing goes. Our commitment to Christ is based on the free gift of grace through faith. But as Paul articulated at the end of Galatians, it also results in a life of walking by the Spirit. Too often we lose ourselves at the edges of extreme, ending in an obsession with rules, or a “compulsion of selfishness” (Galatians 5:16–26 MSG) that results in rebellion. May we find in Paul’s words in Galatians encouragement to pursue a life rooted in a relationship, in the freedom of God’s empowering grace in our lives. Randy Speyer Pastor for Care and Counseling
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11125 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354 • (909) 558-4570
Cover photo by Dennis ParkThis is a weekly bulletin
Church Office Hours: Mon.–Thur., 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.–noon.Offices are closed for staff worship on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
DVD copies of LLUC worship services are availablefor purchase online at www.llucstore.com
LomaLindaniversityChurch
of Seventh-day AdventistsJuly 4, 2015
Questions or Comments: [email protected] • Online at: http://www.lluc.org
Sermon IntroductIon
calendar Monday, July 68:00 a.m. – Church offices will be closed for the Independence Day holiday 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 76:30 p.m. Experiencing God Bible Study, Fellowship HallWednesday, July 86:00 p.m. Open Prayer Circle, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, Room 1047:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Stuff We Don’t Need to Worry About — Where We’re Going, James Ponder, Room 111 Sabbath, July 11 Communion9:00 a.m. & “How Long Is Until? When Is Then?” Dan Matthews, 11:45 a.m. Sanctuary 10:25 a.m. Re:Live Worship, Part 5—A Summer in the Psalms, Tyler Stewart, Sanctuary10:30 a.m. LLUC Sabbath School, Abraham: The First Missionary, Siegfried Roeske,Randall Amphitheater5:00 p.m. Vespers, Abraham Fabella and Marcela Pan, Sanctuary
LLUC services are aired live on the church website at www.lluc.org and are also aired live and broadcast on Loma Linda Broadcasting Network (LLBN) via the Internet at www.llbn.tv, Time Warner Cable channel 17 in Loma Linda, Verizon FiOS Cable channel 31 in Loma Linda and Redlands, Roku (under BrightStarTV), and Glorystar satellite (which carries LLBN, 3ABN, Hope Channel, and other Christian networks). For more information, please visit www.llbn.tv, or call (866) 552-6881.
R e b r o a d c a s t S c h e d u l e o f U n i v e r s i t y C h u r c h
P r o g r a m s o n L L B N Sunday (SS) 8:00 p.m.Monday (V) 4:00 a.m., (W) 11:00 a.m.Tuesday (SS) 12:00 a.m.Wednesday (W) 3:00 a.m., (V) 8:00 p.m.Thursday (SS) 4:00 a.m.Friday (V) 12:00 a.m., (W) 7:00 p.m.
(SS-Sabbath School; V-Vespers; W-Worship)
growing disciples
church at Study RANDALL AMPHITHEATER 10:30 a.m.
Congregational Singing Gery Friesen Opening Hymn Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory No. 647
Prayer, Welcome, and Introductions Jacqueline M. Channer
Musical Selection Fear Not (For I Have Redeemed You) David Veglahn David Veglahn, vocal Special Feature Mission Spotlight Prayer for the Offering Jaqueline M. Channer Offering Sabbath School Expense (place mission offering in envelope)
Offertory Jesus, Take My Hand/I Would Be True Marjorie Lewis Lloyd/ Judy Northrop, vocal and keyboard J. Y. Teek/H. A. Walter Lesson The Missionary Nature of God Gery Friesen Closing Prayer Gery Friesen
Postlude When We All Get to Heaven Michelle Jauwena Superintendent: Jacqueline M. Channer Keyboard: Michelle Jauwena
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” (Galatians 5:1a). As Americans, our freedom began with a Declaration of Independence. For slaves in America freedom came in an Emancipation Proclamation. The battle cry of the Protestant Reformation began with the writing of a commentary on the book of Galatians. This short letter is an Emancipation Declaration for all who take the name of Christ. It is a message of liberty. It is a message of freedom to a people who were seeking to protect the Law of God, but who had fallen into a deadly trap.
The church is always in need of this message. It is human nature to lose sight of the true Gospel and fall into a system of merit, achievement or reward. Paul, a Jew and once a Pharisee of Pharisees, knew this problem better than anyone. So, he writes this letter with fire in his belly, for the subject matter was intensely personal. He knew just what was at stake. In fact, to emphasize the seriousness of it, he took the pen from his scribe and wrote the end of the letter himself in large letters (Galatians 6:11). Freedom was at stake. And Galatians is all about freedom.
Unfortunately, the false teachings brought to the Galatian churches by protectors of God’s Law afflict us even today. We must walk a fine line. On one hand, we do not want to fall into the legalism with which the Galatians struggled. On the other, we cannot just live as if any-thing goes. Our commitment to Christ is based on the free gift of grace through faith. But as Paul articulated at the end of Galatians, it also results in a life of walking by the Spirit. Too often we lose ourselves at the edges of extreme, ending in an obsession with rules, or a “compulsion of selfishness” (Galatians 5:16–26 MSG) that results in rebellion. May we find in Paul’s words in Galatians encouragement to pursue a life rooted in a relationship, in the freedom of God’s empowering grace in our lives.
Randy SpeyerPastor for Care and Counseling
church at WorShIp SANCTUARY 9:00 and 11:45 a.m
Video Announcements
Prelude Pastorale Richard Purvis
Pastoral Welcome Tyler Stewart
Call to Worship Beneath the Cross Frederick C. Maker Sanctuary Brass Quintet arr. Jason Wyse Byron Moe, Dennis Anderson, trumpets; Ben Eby, French horn; Kimber Schneider, baritone; Terry Douglas, tuba
Hymn of Praise Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven No. 4 Prayer Marvin Ponder Prayer Response
Tithes and Offerings Church Budget
Offertory Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound G. F. Handel Sanctuary Brass Quintet trans. Mark MacKinnon Children’s Feature Doug Mace
Musical Praise America the Beautiful Samuel Ward Sanctuary Brass Quintet arr. Jari A. Villanueva
Sermon The Great Escape: Randy Speyer Marks of Your Freedom in Christ
Hymn of Response Praise Him! Praise Him! No. 249
Closing Prayer Randy Speyer
Postlude He Has Sounded Forth the Trumpet David A. Wehr Grand Choeur Richard Purvis3
(Please maintain reverence during the Postlude)
Virgil Nielsen, organistBryan Hartnell, producer Ken Rudolf, fi rst service postlude
Out of respect to worshipers around you, please silence all electronic devices
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTSAndrea Fanica is a nutrition dietetics student, School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University
1First Service 3Third Service
church lIfe There is no hospitality dinner today. Offering Today: Church Budget. Next Week: LLUC Generational Ministries. All loose and undesignated offerings are applied to church budget. You may give online by visiting http://www.lluc.org. Center floral arrangement is given in honor of Evie Roach’s 70th birthday by her sister, Shirley Purucker. General Conference Session: If you will be attending the GC session this week, be sure to stop by the LLUC booth in the exhibit hall. Look for GC Expo Booth #A284 and the BigUmbrella.tv sign. Quilters will meet July 12 and 13, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall West. Join in making items for SACHS Clinic and NICU. Share in a potluck both days. For information, call Jody Rogers at (909) 799-6941.
Ernie Haase and Signature Sound will be presenting a gospel concert in the sanctuary at 7:00 p.m. on August 1, the first weekend of Camp Meeting. Tickets are now available at www.itickets.com or by calling (800) 965-9324. Volunteer Orientation: If you were invited by the Nominating Committee and agreed to serve in a ministry during the next three years, you are required to attend an orientation meeting. Visit www.lluc.org to complete the date request form. For more information, call Simone Dennis, volunteer coordinator, at (909) 558-4570. Bible Study Opportunity: If you, or someone you know, speaks Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, or other languages of southern India, you are invited each Sabbath to Room 111, 6:00 p.m. For information, call Mehbub Khan at (909) 556-8424 or e-mail [email protected]. Trusts and Wills: If you don’t already have a will, put it at the top of your to-do-list. If you have one in place, make sure it still reflects your current wishes. For information, contact Betsy Matthews, (909) 558-4570, ext. 47091.
Summer Science Camp is back for students grades 7–12! The Ultimate Science day camp will be July 27–31, or the Marine Excursion overnight camp on August 2–4. For information, visit www.lasierra.edu/sciencecamp or e-mail Amy at [email protected]. Little White House: The professional schools of Loma Linda University are beginning instruction. There is an urgent need for dishes, pots and pans, twin, double, and queen beds and sheets to fit. Drop off on Mondays, 9:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. For information, call (909) 747-7620 or (909) 558-8704.
Experience the Holy Land in the beauty and coolness of spring with Randy Speyer and Larry Geraty, archeologist, La Sierra University, February 11–21, 2016. Walk where Jesus walked. You will never be the same again. Call Cheryl at University Travel, (909) 796-8344.
communIty lIfe
chIld dedIcatIonS
veSperS SANCTUARY 5:00 p.m.
Welcome Our Father Anna AbeledaPeople of God, Rejoice Don BesigCommentsWe Will Glorify Twila Paris/David ClydesdaleI Surrender All Winfield Weeden/Mark HayesThy Will Be Done Craig CourtneyCommentsLet There Be Praise Dick and Melody Tunney/Chris BorelaDidn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? Moses HoganOffering Gentle Voice Lee DenglerSomebody’s Prayin’ John Elliot/Mark HayesCommentsSend Me Arnel De PanoI Offer My Life Don Moen, Claire Cloninger/ Steven TaylorPrayer of St. Francis Ryan CayabyabCommentsInto All the World Ryan Vander, Jay RouseA Psalm of Praise J. Paul Williams, Joseph M. MartinBenediction Light in the Lord Noel Miranda/Philippe Anthony Bautista
Manila Adventist Medical CenterChurch Choir
SABBATHSAUG 1-29, 2015
9 & 11:45am Simple Life Randy Roberts
10:25amSimple Texts Miguel Mendez
3:30pmSeminars Various Speakers
7:00pm Concerts/Events
His parents, Scotty and Wendy, bring Asher Zion Ray to be dedicated at second service today. Scotty works in marketing for the School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda University. Wendy is a freelance massage therapist.
