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Toledo First Headline News - August 23, 2018
(TJA First Day of School 8/16/18)
Theological Hmm: How do you get acquainted with Somebody you can't see? How do you have a daily devotional life, or quiet time with Jesus, that is meaningful and real? I'd like to offer you a "spiritual prescription" for developing a friendship that will last forever. I inherited it from my dad, and it goes like this: Time alone at the beginning of every day, in contemplation of the life of Jesus through His word and through prayer. - Lee Vendon
Coming soon:
- EVANGELISTIC PICNIC IN THE PARK AUG 25 The potluck this week is an Evangelistic Picnic at Wildwood Metropark, Central Ave., west of Corey Rd. (first shelter as you wind your way around). Come and enjoy God’s beautiful nature. Help give away lemonade to walkers, bikes and joggers in the park. Take a walk, enjoy the day. 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)!
- TWO WEEKS LEFT There are two Sabbaths remaining to turn in applications for Open Table at the Daughter Project. Applications are in the church office and should be turned in before Labor Day. If we collect 10 applications, we can have a group start at Toledo First by the end of SEPT
- SINGERS There are also singers and encouragers going to Elizabeth Scott Community after church this week at 3pm. You're welcome to join them too! 2720 Albon Rd, Maumee, OH 43537
- NEW THREE PART SERMON SERIES continues this week (8/25 and concludes 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!
- LEGO ROBOTICS WED SEPT Would you or maybe your teen be willing to assist Mrs.Hood teach Lego robotics to elementary students at TJA? They begin meeting on Wednesdays after school from 3:30-5pm starting in September but could use YOUR help. Who is avail and willing? You do not need to be an expert at robotics or lego to be helpful!
- NEW CHURCH WEBSITE is live. Check it out! 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
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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! - 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 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)!
- 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)
- 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
- CARDS FOR SOLDIERS TUE OCT 9 at 6:30 -8:30pm in the Fellowship Room. Everything to make these cards is pre-cut and will need to be assembled. These cards are blank on the inside, so the service person can write their own note and send it to someone back home. Everyone is invited to help. Please bring scissors and scrapbooking adhesive if you have them. All we are asking is to please let Brenda Szana know if you will be attending so she can know how many to plan for. Any questions, please contact Brenda Szana at 419-356-3719 or HappyScrapper64@bex.net
- 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. Cost is $300/person single occupancy hotel room or $150/person double occupancy. Price includes breakfast and supper on touring days. Bring or purchase your own food on travel days. Coolers will be available and hotel rooms have fridge and microwave. Deposit of 50% due before SEPT 12; balance due OCT 12
- 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
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NEW SERMONS Please see church website for sermon archives and more info at tfsda.org
- AUG 25 - PRS: Read (Pastor Mike) Scripture: John 5:39 *Also Lemonade in the park
- SEPT 1 - PRS: Share (Pastor Mike) Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9
- SEPT 8 - TBA (Tom Sandy)
- SEPT 15 - TBA (Gary Swackhamer)
- 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)!
Love ye,
