The Church Courier, July 2009

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Patriotic Cantata

Land of the Free,that is the title of

our first Patriotic

Cantata.

Come and celebrate

God and country

throughout this beauty-

ful and very tradi-

tional hymns like America the Beautiful, God of our Fathers,

The Star-Spangled Banner, and others.

All are welcome to attend this free event which includes a re-

ception afterwards. Invite a friend!!

Sabbath, July 4th @ 6:00 PM

July 2009

Volume 10, Issue 7

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Touch of PorcelainA Touch of PorcelainA Touch of PorcelainA Touch of Porcelain

In an event sponsored by the WomensMinistries Committee, the ladies of ourChurch had the opportunity to fellowship

while enjoying an afternoon of tea andpastries. Continue on page 12

In this Issue:

International Day 3Pixie Pin-Ups 5Church @ Work 10


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"Then Jesus came withthem to a place called Gethsemane and saidto the disciples: 'Sit here while I go and pray overthere.' And He took with Him Peter and two sonsof Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful anddeeply distressed. Then He said to them, 'My soulis exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay hereand watch with Me.' " (Matt. 26:36-38).

The Bible is the story of two gardens: Eden andGethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. Inthe second, Jesus took a stand. In the first, Godsought Adam. In the second, Jesus sought HisFather. In Eden Satan led Adam to a tree that ledto His death. From Gethsemane, Jesus went to atree that led to our life.

Satan was never invited to the Garden of Eden. Ifhe has "invaded" the garden of your life, then in-

vite Jesus to take it back. He will gladlyenter anddo what is necessary to win you back! But youmust ask first! He never enters without an invita-tion!

Yours for inviting Jesus to enter the "garden" of

our lives, Pastor and Sharon Webb


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Vol. 10, Issue 7 Page 3

On April 25th, several of us had the opportunity to visit theTampa 1st Seventh-day Adventist Church for a musical vespers

(some of our members participated) followed by an Interna-

tional Food Fest celebrating the diversity of nations making up

their congregation. It was fabulous - entertaining and delicious!

It planted a seed in our minds that we could do a similar activity

in New Port Richey. We also have a rich diversity of nationali-ties making up our membership of which we are very thankful

and proud. Just off the top of our heads, we could think of

members who come from India, Germany, Korea, the Philip-

pines, Brazil, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, Antigua,

Haiti, Cuba, Bermuda, and the United States. I am sure there

are more. Let me know, we don't want to leave anyone out.

A project like this takes much planning! What we would like to

do is have a Sabbath in Spring 2010 and have a full day as an

international theme with members bearing the flags of the na-

tions of their origin. In the evening, we would have a musical

vespers and at sunset in our Fellowship Hall, we would have the

food festival with samples of dishes from our home-

lands. These samples could be for sale to help offset the costsincurred in the program.

I would like to do this as a Small Group meeting once a month,

possibly at my home, unless it gets too big. Our final objective

would be to enjoy the International Sabbath Day together in

evidence of how God can bring peoples together from all lands

who love Him and have like minds and kindred spirits to serve

Him.

Stay on the look up for more information. Martha Getlinger,

Church Office


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Congratulations Justin Rivera for his

baptism. God bless you and guide you

always.

On March 19, 1938, a baby boy was born to Wilburand Grace Symmonds in Peoria, Illinois. His officialname was Charles but it soon became shortened toChuck. Chuck spent his childhood and youth in Peo-ria. He attended Woodruff High School where a class-mate, Janet Madison, caught his eye. After graduationhe enrolled in the engineering school of Bradley Uni-versity and worked at the Caterpillar Factory to pay his

tuition and other college expenses while his high school sweetheart, Janet,was studying to become an LPN. In 1960 when she had finished her nurs-ing course and Chuck was in his senior year of college, they decided thatSpring Break was a good time to get married. They had two children, sonDavid, was born in 1963 and Deanna followed in 1966.

Chuck had a hobby of taking photos of people and events. This becamesuch a fascination that he made it into a business, with his son David, whichbecame known as C & D Studios. C&D Studios was well-known for its quality

work and the business flourished.

The Symmonds got baptized in 1986 by Pastor Gordon Rhoades.

In 1999, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease although he had beensuffering from the symptoms for some time before that. As the disease wors-ened and he lost much of his mobility, nurse Jan provided the special carehe needed. He passed to his rest on May 19, 2009. He is survived by his wife

Jan, son David of New York City and daughter Deanna Kestory and her hus-band, Dale of Richmond, Texas, two granddaughters, Katrina and Alexa. Amemorial is planned in the near future to celebrate his life. The family plansto scatter his ashes from a boat on the Anclote River where the family spentmany happy hours swimming, snorkeling and picnicking. He will be greatlymissed by his immediate family and his church family.

19382009

Charles Symmonds

Chuck


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PIXIE PIN-UPSDO YOU KNOW ME?

If you think you know this church mem-

ber, submit your guess to us, either byphone or email.

You can submit your baby pix by email

or directly to us. Photos can be black

and white or color and will be promptly

returned. For more information please

contact us.

June baby was: Bob Powell

(Clue: Remember Alfalfa?)

Our winners were: Nobody guessed.

Clue: A deaconess.

Think about it

Freedom fails when peo-

ple decide that it is their right

to take and not to give.-Stanley Maxwell

The fruit of silence isprayer. The fruit of prayer is

faith. The fruit of faith is love.

The fruit of love is service.The fruit of service is peace.

-Mother Teresa

The faces of children areproof enough of God.


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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO . . . .By Gary D. Grimes

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America andto the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, with lib-

erty and justice for all. I am proud to be an American. I am proud

to put my hand over my heart when I pledge my allegiance to theAmerican flag. I still get excited when I sing our National Anthem

at a football game. My people fled the Communists in Russia to

find freedom here in the good old United States of America. Espe-

cially religious freedom is dear to my heart, but all the other free-doms are just as important.

The Bible teaches us to defend the separation of church and state.Matthew 22:15-22. Thomas Jefferson said we must erect a great

wall separating religion and political government. Governments

only duty toward religion is to stay out of religion. This means nostate run church. No established church is to be permitted. Our

religion lives or dies by our devotion to it and witness for it.

Forced religion has no place in America. Big churches like the Ro-

man Catholic, the Baptist and Methodist are free to prosper. Littlechurches like the Mormon, Jehovahs Witnesses and Seventh-day

Adventists are free to prosper without state interference. Oh, yes

and atheists and non-believers are free not to believe.

The Bible teaches us to be subject to governments that are estab-

lished by God. Romans 13:1-7. It even says we should pay ourtaxes to Uncle Sam.

Seventh-day Adventists, believe in being loyal to the nation they

hold citizenship in. Here it is the United States of America. In Ger-many it is Germany. In Brazil it is Brazil. And so on in every na-

tion. THERE IS ONE GIGANTIC EXCEPTION! That exception

is when the laws of a particular nation go contrary to God and Hissupreme law. Then the higher Authority, God, always takes first

place. This is taught in the above Scripture Matthew 22:l5-22.


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This lovely lady has transferred to our churchfrom Wesley Chapel SDA Church.

Q: How did you knew about the 7th Day Ad-ventist Church:

A: I am a Seventh Day Adventist from birth and was baptized at the age of

15.

Q: Tell us about your talents.A: I sang in choirs in several churches. (She also brings some of the most

beautiful dishes to our activities)

Q: Do you have pets?A: I had a small dog, hope to get another soon.

Q: What is your favorite color, hymn, food, and hobbies?A: My favorite color is green, my favorite hymn is Because He lives, I love

fruit and vegetables, and my hobbies are listening to good music, visit-

ing the sick, cooking and baking, I love gardening and making flower

arrangements.

Q: What is your favorite Bible story? A: Every bible story is precious to me. The crucifixion keeps me closer to

Jesus.

Q: Tell us something about you that you want your church family to know. A: I am a registered nurse. Was married and divorced. Have two grown

children (boy and girl) they live in Houston Texas and we are in con-

stant contact daily.

Q: What do you like the most about our New Port Richey Church?A: The Church is beautiful and well kept. I like the friendliness, and order

of services.

Thank you so much Ms. Eden for letting us get to know youa little better, we are so happy to have you here.


Eden Noel


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S O F T B A L L

Softball season started, this year with newcolors: yellow, orange and plum.

Come and enjoy the games and great fel-lowship under the shady trees. Also, bring some money so you can

buy goodies from the Pathfinders. Proceeds will be use for theirCamporee to Oshkosh.

Support your Church activities!

Games are every Sunday @ 6:30 PM at the School.

A Touch of PorcelainCont. from page 1

In the event, the ladies also had the op-

portunity to wear their hats and gloves

and donate a non perishable food item tothe benefit of our Community Services.

Testimonies, games, and stories were

also shared that evening.

Special thanks

to the Leader of

Womens Min-istries in our Church, Liz Montanez and

all the members of the committee for

bringing to us this great event.

A similar activ-

ity is going to

be planned for

this fall, so be on the look out!

For more pictures go to our webpage:

www.nprsda.org/TeaParty

Members of the WMCLiz, Martha & Tess with their

hats and gloves.

Natalie Sharpe (on right) dida wonderful job decorating.


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Did you know that you can

get our Church sermons and

music online? Its true.

Go to the Church webpage

and download sermons or

the Sabbath music to yourMP3 player. Too cool!

www.nprsda.org/

SermonMusicLibrary

Our church is to be sold

Our church is to be sold! Yes, our church is to be sold!

No, we are not about to lose our building through

foreclosure or repudiated debt. However, our church

must be sold to the city and county. It has been

planted to wield an influence beyond its membership and walls.

Thus, we are presented with an enormous challenge.

Our church must be sold to the un churched! There are scores of

people in our community who would attend our church and join usin the Lords service if we would bother to sell our church to them.

How much is our church worth to you? How much do you value its

ministry? How much do you value the Christ it proclaims? As a mem-

ber of this church, you are selling your church to others every day.

Are you selling it short? Has it helped you to the extent that youre

willing to sell it to others? Will you be enthusiastic in talking about

your church? Will you share your

church with others who have no

idea what theyre missing?

Take our church seriously and

talk to people about what our

church has to offer them.


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Please keep in

your prayers

the group

that is going

to the Mission

trip to Mexico.

If you have any

Church Family

news (praises,

prayer petitions,

achievements, or

want to congratu-

late someone),

please contact the

church office or

us so we can get

it into the

newsletter.

Our Choir will

be on a break

until Septem-

ber. Thank youso much to all our

Choir members and

Stan Getlinger for their

commitment, and also

to our Directors John

and Caroline Altmann

for a great season!

Our School is having 9th &

10th grades starting in August.

Due to the new grades we are

adding to our school, we are

changing our name to Adventist Chris-tian Academy. We will offering VPK to

10th grade. We are growing, Praise God!

Remember School registration is:

Sunday, July 12 from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM

School begins August 10


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Contact Us

Alexander Ortiz727-365-2892

Omayra Rivera727-372-0052

[email protected]

NPR Seventh-day Adventist Church6424 Trouble Creek Road

New Port Richey, FL 34653727-848-4567 www.nprsda.org/newsletter


From the Editors

One of the happi-

est days of my lifewas the day that I

saw my son getting

baptized. What a

joy to see loved

ones accepting

Christ as their Sav-

ior and what a big

responsibility I

have in helping him

in his spiritual life.

Are you aware

that we have a lot

of Christian ba-

bies in our con-

gregation? We

have an obligation

to look out for

them, and help

them in their

spiritual growth.

An encouraging

word, a friendlycall, or a helping

hand.

Contact those

brothers and

sisters that you

havent see inChurch. You

will never know

how much a

simple call, card

or email can do.

Omayra

This newsletter

is published

monthly by the

NPR SDA Church.

If you have anycomments to

make about the

newsletter, wish

to make a dona-

tion, or wish to

submit an arti-

cle, please sendit to the church

or to us.


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