(Church Float Day at Case Place / Photo Courtesy Carla Szczechowski)
Theological Hmm: I spend time with my closest friends not because of what they can do for me but for the pleasure of their company. How can I do that with God? - Philip Yancey
Bonus Theological Hmm: I used to write in my daily calendar "7-7:30am - Prayer." But many times I passed that up. It was one more thing to pass by that day. Now I write "7-7:30am - God." Somehow that's a little harder to neglect. - Dan Postema
Coming soon:
NEW CHURCH WEBSITE will be available soon. BIG thanks and WTG to Shawn for the conversion and update of over 28k pages of content! The new site address will remain the same tfsda.org and include all the same features including online giving
NEW TJA WEBSITE is up and running. BIG thanks and WTG to Natalie for that. Please send your interested K-8 grade interests to toledojunioracademy.org School began today!
NEW THREE PART SERMON SERIES begins this week (8/18 and continues 8/25 and 9/1) entitled PRS which stands for Pray, Read, and Share. It's how you become Christian and stay Christian. Anyone who says otherwise is selling you something! So let's go back to school and bring a friend with you to church!
THANK YOU to Dave and Sheila Case for hosting Church Float Day at their home in Delta. The Youth are invited back after church this week AUG 18 2:30pm - 5:30pm
DEACONS MEETING AUG 18 in the sanctuary right after worship. All deacons (or those willing to serve as deacons) are asked to be present
DANIEL The Bowling Green SDA Church invites you to “Exploring the Book of Daniel” with Tom Proudfoot this week 8/18 (and every third Sabbath) at 2pm throughout 2018. Meetings will be held at the church, 331 S. Enterprise St., Bowling Green
SINGERS Join the singers and encouragers going to Genesis HealthCare, 5757 Whiteford Rd, at 3pm this week
PHOTOS Mother’s Day Tea photos are on display on the bulletin board in the fellowship room. Anyone who is in a photo may take that photo (please save extra
photos for others)
EVANGELISTIC PICNICS IN THE PARK AUG 25 AND SEPT 22 Evangelistic Picnics in the Park are AUG 25 and SEPT 22 at the first shelter on the left after you enter Wildwood Metropark and wind your way around toward the back of the park. Plan to enjoy potluck there and bring your walking shoes, bikes and frisbees. We will be giving away fresh-squeezed lemonade. Download the "Geocaching" app on your phones if you want to go on the afternoon scavenger hunt. Kept right, Sabbath is a delight (cf. Isaiah 58:13-14)!
YOUTH CAMP OUT SEPT 7-9 See Jennifer Landeros for more info. Back up rain date is SEPT 14-16
SCRAPBOOKING / CRAFTING / CARD MAKING SEPT 9 from 10am - 8pm. Pick up a Registration form at the foyer table
SOUP FOR YOU RESUMES on WED SEPT 12 @ 6pm (and continues 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17). Discussion of the book, Searching for the God of Grace, by Stuart Tyner, begins at 6:30pm. Books are available in the church office for a donation of $5. Let us show you how to lead a small group. Then you can tell others how somewhere else. Would make a great Six Week Group book (11/7; 11/14; 11/28; 12/5; 12/12; 12/19)!
OPEN TABLE APPS are due Labor Day. If we collect 10 applications, we will be able to have one group meet at Toledo First beginning at the end of SEPT
PANERA BREAD available tomorrow (and every Friday) 8:00 - 9:00am. Come through east canopy doors
NEXT CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING TUE SEPT 25. At our last meeting, we voted a new Fridays fellowship room policy making its use and the church kitchen unavailable until 6pm. Should a similar policy be in effect week days? Join us! In 2019, quarterly church business meetings will also be moving to Sunday mornings preceded by pancake breakfast
WOMEN'S RETREAT SEPT 29 Join women from across the state for this one-day event featuring author of the newly released book Teach Us to Pray. Click here to register and pay. Financial assistance is available from church
BIBLE MUSEUM FIELD TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC OCT 12-15 The Bible Museum trip to Washington, DC will be OCT 12-15. Leave noon Friday, OCT 12, tour the Bible Museum on Sabbath and on Sunday visit historical sights like the Lincoln Memorial, White House and Jefferson Memorial. Return Monday, OCT 15. More information is on the bulletin board and in the June/July Focal Point
JESUS MOVIES We like to watch and discuss a Jesus movie on Sabbath. Here's some of our faves. Have you seen them? Steve McQueen: American Icon; The Resurrection of Gavin Stone; Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed; Is Genesis History?; God's Not Dead; Fireproof; War Room; The Case for Christ; The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry; Amazing Grace; Once I Was a Beehive; I Can Only Imagine. Got any others to add to the list?
PERFECT GRACE! NOV 16-18 Tom Hughes will be here NOV 16-18 to talk about his new book Perfect Grace! – It’s All About Jesus. So make plans now to spend a rewarding Friday evening vespers NOV 16 @ 7:30pm, SAT NOV 17 @ 11am and 7:30pm, and SUN NOV 18 @ 10am. Free pancake breakfast precedes the final presentation at 9am. $5 copies of his book will be available in the church office or you can pay way more here : )
ISRAEL TRIP FEB 9-17, 2019 Nine days where Jesus walked! Round-trip airfare from Chicago to Tel Aviv. All taxes included. Buffet style breakfast and dinner daily at hotels. Double occupancy rooms. Fish lunch by the Sea of Galilee. Touring via luxury motor coach with fluent English speaking tour guide. All entrance fees to park and visiting sites. Price: $2,280. Financial assistance is available from church. Not included: Travel insurance highly recommended. Tips for guide and driver
ONLINE BIBLE STUDIES The Discover Bible Study series is online. Anyone can enroll and complete them in the privacy and comfort of their own home minus all the USPS mailings. Good for friends and family interested in becoming acquainted with the Bible and finding answers for facing the issues and challenges you deal with every day. Remember and refer others to this website: biblestudies.com
PRAYERS AND PRAISES Because we need to be praising God with our lips (Psalm 63:3), here's another alternative...email CathieH directly at heathcs@sbcglobal.net with your praise. Yes, it can be anonymous, if you prefer. Just specify in your email you don't want your name mentioned. You can still write your prayers & praises and put them in the box at the foot of the cross in the foyer at the courtyard exit doors. Cards and pencils are provided
SEVEN BLESSINGS OF REVELATION Begin 9/22 (and continue 9/29, 10/6, 10/20, and 11/3). Join us as we take a closer look at the seven blessings found in the book of Revelation
BEST COMMENTARIES ON DANIEL AND REVELATION Want a chapter-by-chapter, verse-by-verse practical but thorough commentary on the book of Daniel or Revelation from an Adventist viewpoint? Here's what I use and recommend Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise and Revelation of Jesus Christ
OUR WELCOME We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, y no habla ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying newborns, skinny as a rail, or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you sing like Andrea Bocelli or can’t carry a note in a bucket. You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woke up, or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you’re more Catholic than the Pope, or haven’t been in church since little Joey’s baptism. We welcome service dogs and their handlers. We welcome Muslims, Jews, politicians, and sinners like us. We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk- food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, or you’re down in the dumps, or you don’t like “organized religion;” we’ve been there too. If you blew all your offering money at the casino, you’re welcome here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, who work hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or come because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced, or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid, or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers, doubters, bleeding hearts...and you.
OUR STORY Our church website at the very bottom of the home page has an excellent downloadable resource featuring our story and explanation of our unique Christian Adventist emphasis. It's called the Toledo First Assimilation Manual and if you've never read it, I would encourage you to do so. And don't forget, God loves you like crazy. And so do we (2 Corinthians 5:13-14 NLT)!
