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Toledo First Headline News | May 16, 2019

Theological Hmm: Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. - Helen Keller

 

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• CHURCH PAINTING concluded this week. The 8,000 lb lift could not go on the platform or reach the top of the arch. So when the Ringfest risers are assembled end of October, the painters will return to paint the interior of the arch
• SINGING BANDS Join the group going to Genesis Healthcare, 5757 Whiteford Rd., today at 3pm and give some cheer to the residents! 
• NEXT POTLUCK is the Vegan Challenge Potluck next week MAY 25. Plan to stay and enjoy fellowship and good food
• SUMMER CAMP BEGINS IN ONE MONTH! The Toledo First church is again offering their 50/50 deal for members who would like to go to camp this summer. All you have to do is register online at ohiosdayouth.org/camp-mohaven and pay your half while adding a message that Toledo First will be paying the balance. The church will be notified and pay the balance. Cub Camp (Ages 6-9) is JUN 9-16; Junior Camp (Ages 9-12) is JUN 16-23; Horse Camp 1 (Ages 8-12) is JUN 23-30; Tween Camp (Ages 12-15) is JUN 30 - JUL 7; Horse Camp 2 (Ages 13-17) is JUN 30-JUL 7; and Teen Camp (Ages 15-17) is JUL 7-14. Questions? Contact (937) 853-8456; youth@ohioadventist.org
• MEN'S RETREAT AT CAMP MOHAVEN MAY 17-19 All men ages 16 and older are invited to be part of the annual Ohio Conference Men’s Retreat at Camp Mohaven May 17-19. Ask at the church office for a brochure or visit www.ohioadventist.org for details
• CHERRY STREET could use volunteers to help serve meals on MON MAY 20 breakfast and lunch, WED MAY 22 dinner, THUR MAY 23 breakfast and lunch, FRI MAY 24 breakfast and lunch, SAT MAY 25 breakfast
• GRADUATIONS MAY 28 AND 30 The 2019 JMLC Graduation will be MAY 28 @ 7pm and the 2019 TJA Graduation will be MAY 30 (K @ 6pm; 8th Grade @ 7pm)
• CARD SHOWERS MAY 30 At TJA Graduation two staffing changes will be announced. The first is the retirement of long-time school treasurer Charlotte Herman. Nicole Rieger has been trained to take her place. The second is current principal and upper grades teacher Annette Martes who is also retiring. The school is still interviewing for her replacement. Feel free to bring cards of thanks and appreciation to put in the bowls on the tables in the foyer on MAY 30 and please keep this a surprise
• CAMP MEETING JUN 8 Boundless Love: Stories of Jesus’ Limitless Love is the theme for the Ohio Conference One-Day Camp Meeting, JUN 8, at Camp Mohaven. Guest speaker is Richie Halvorsen. Special music and afternoon sacred concert by Steve Darmody. Sabbath School begins at 10am.Visit www.ohioadventist.org or call 740-397-4665 for details or to register for your FREE Sabbath lunch
• COMMUNION JUN 15 Join us for this special service to recalibrate our lives to "loving and serving to the end" (John 13:1)
• GOOGLE HANGOUT BIBLE STUDIES begin again SAT JUN 15 @ 4pm (and continue JUN 22, 29; JUL 27, AUG 3, 17, 24, SEPT 14, 21, 28)
• VEGGIE FOOD ORDER DEADLINE JUN 18 Order lists are available on the foyer table. The order deadline is JUN 18 and delivery JUN 25. The specials list will be out by June 8th
• HONORING THE GRADUATES JUN 22 Are you graduating this year, or do you know a member here who is? We need to know who is graduating, where they are graduating from, future plans, and any special honors they will receive. Let Jen know by June 13th! office@toledofirstadventist.org
• CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING JUN 25 We're discussing a new Conference shared initiative entitled Growing Young, a 10 hour a week Bible Worker, fall evangelistic plans, and preliminary evangelistic plans for Spring 2020 with evangelist Rich Halvorsen. Join us @ 7pm. Meeting will conclude at 8:30pm or earlier
• FIFTH SERVICE SABBATH JUN 29 Make plans now to help a neighbor (you could actually ask them if they need help with anything around the house) or another non-profit organization on SAT JUN 29. The church WILL be open for Sabbath School and as a place to carpool to your area service projects but no organized worship service will occur. May our kids and grandkids see what the Pharisees missed: Sabbath is also a day for doing good #Luke 13:10-17; #Luke 20:45-47
• YOUNG ADULT BIBLE STUDY CONTINUES WEEKLY AFTER CHURCH @ 2pm Joel Camick loves God like crazy and wants to hang out with other young adults who want to serve God too. Join him every Sabbath @ 2pm in church
• REVIEWS The church has a Facebook page. If you use Facebook, please take time to officially "Like" our page! If you read our reviews, you may notice a lingering negative review that was addressed. It would be nice to have WAY more positive reviews than negative. So if you could also take some time to post a short but positive review about some aspect of our church it would be most helpful! The link at the bottom of this email re:"our story" may give you some ideas to emphasize
• BIBLE STUDY GUIDES are available in your app store (search for the blue and white "Sabbath School" logo in the category Education) and online
• BRAZIL MISSION TRIP JUL 13-22 Twelve TF members are sharing God’s love in the Amazon rainforest this summer. If you would like to participate by helping financially, you can donate money online through our church website: toledofirstadventist.org and click on ‘Online Giving,’or send a check to Toledo First Church (4909 W Sylvania Ave., Toledo, OH 43623), marked “Brazil Mission Trip.”
  • https://www.purecharity.com/ava-cases-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-brazil-1 - Ava Case
  • https://www.purecharity.com/aaron-cases-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-braz-1 - Aaron Case
  • https://www.purecharity.com/isaac-cases-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-braz-1 - Isaac Case
  • https://www.purecharity.com/joshua-fortunes-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-1 Joshua Fortune
  • https://www.purecharity.com/lydia-fortunes-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-b-1 - Lydia Fortune
  • https://www.purecharity.com/emma-landeross-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-b-1 - Emma Landeros
  • https://www.purecharity.com/cassandra-leibengoods-fundraiser-for-adra-connec-1 - Cassandra Leibengood
  • https://www.purecharity.com/esmeralda-leons-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-1 - Esmeralda Leon
  • https://www.purecharity.com/netania-riegers-fundraiser-for-adra-connections-1 - Netania Rieger 
• ADDICTED? GET HELP HERE Martin W. Hall, Executive Director of the Adult & Teen Challenge of NW Ohio, welcomes anyone struggling with addictions to join his "Overcomers" group that currently meets at Compelled Church (8970 Jackman Rd, Temperance, MI 48182) on Mondays at 6:30pm in Room B-17
• ADDITIONAL HELP FOR ADDICTION On Fridays from 6-9pm at South Toledo Cedar Creek Church (2150 S Byrne Rd, Toledo, OH 43614) for the "Celebrate Recovery" group. Contact Jenny Eichelberger (567.408.6727; jeneich366@gmail.com) from Toledo First for more info
• SIGN UP SHEET AND UPDATED TIMES: IN GOD'S WORD WE TRUST JUL 6 AND JUL 7 There's a sign up sheet for 30-minute readers on the bulletin board. Please note the updated times from 9am - 7pm both SAT and SUN. Special community guests are needed (who can you invite?) to take their 30 minute turn reading God's Word out loud back-to-back-to-back until we finish Matthew - Revelation. To accomplish this monumental task, we need your help! One invitation has already been sent to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner who lives locally but we need more. Are you willing to read? Do you know a community leader available that holiday weekend we could invite? They wouldn't need to be there all day. But would love to have a politician, police officer, EMS, fire, educator, non-profit leader, anyone really using their influence for good in Toledo present. There will be water and snacks available in the foyer throughout the day and you're welcome to bring your own food or cooler if you wish. The sanctuary Sabbath School class will not be meeting that day though other classes might be so check with your teachers. In God's Word We Trust!
• BATTLE PLAN CHURCH CHAT CONTINUES Encouraging texts and prayers are being solicited three times a day via group text. If you're willing to help, drop your mobile number on the card from the bulletin in the offering plate when it comes around. Or text Brandi Myers at (765) 716-2190 with your preferred time (7a, noon, or 7p). Please note: if you do not have unlimited data, messaging and data rates may apply. See your carrier for more info
• ¡VIVA VENEZUELA OUTREACH! In Venezuela, churches offer resources when they are hard to secure with the country in crisis. So if you want to help, you can donate non perishable food, over the counter medicine, and toiletries items in the black box on the table in the foyer
• FREE PANERA BREAD available FRI 9-10am. Come to side door under canopy. To reach the most people outside our church (which is the point of all our ordinary outreach efforts), left over bread will now be donated on Fridays after 10am and no longer available after. Sorry for any inconvenience 
• CAN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE BE PREVENTED AND EVEN REVERSED? Dr. David's presentation is archived online and available to be viewed here
• OPEN TABLE CONTINUES Mondays. Please pray for our volunteer's ministry to Lorie as she re-acclimates to life after being rescued from human traffickers
• SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY GROUP 10am-12noon for Bible Study with Regina Davis—at church and continues Sundays same time. Everyone is invited
• JESUS MADE INVITATIONS SO WILL WE Save the dates NOV 13-20 for our fall "If it's important to God..." evangelistic series preached by me where I hope all our small groups will gather
• LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE is a half hour television talk show focused on living a full, healthy and balanced life. It features panel discussions, interview and demonstration segments focused on whole life health, including fitness, nutrition, relationships. outlook and more. You can find the programs each week on Sky Angel Faith and Family TV, Uplift TV, DirecTV channel 368 or 378, Hope Channel, NRB Network, faithfortoday.tv, lifestyle.org, Roku, AppleTV, and AmazonFire TV. Please check these networks’ websites for air times or call Faith for Today at 805.955.7681
• LEADERSHIP TRAINING ARCHIVE is avail online. So if you missed it 12/1, you can now watch and send me your TF Takeaways 
• JESUS MOVIES What's your fave? Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey, Faith, Hope & Love, Christmas Grace; The Nativity Story; The Star; The Conscientious Objector (2004); The Ultimate Gift; Shadowlands; The Shack; Cutback; Soul Surfer; Grace UnPlugged; End of the Spear; The Mission; Beautifully Broken; Running for Grace; 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
• GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE If you've never heard of the Geoscience Research Institute, here's their website https://www.grisda.org Established in 1958, this organization is sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with a mission to discover and share an understanding of nature and its relationship with the Biblical revelation of the Creator God. It has all kinds of resources and articles related to intelligent design and evolution and dinosaurs and many other interesting subjects. I enjoy reading their quarterly email update. You can subscribe by clicking here and filling out the form asking to be included in their quarterly e-newsletter
• 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. 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
• 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
• NEW SERMONS Please see church website for sermon archives and more info at tfsda.org
  • MAY 18 - Walking: Part 1 (Pastor Mike preaching from Luke 24:13-24)
  • MAY 25 - TBA (Adam Case preaching)
  • JUN 1 - Walking: Part 2 (Pastor Mike preaching from Luke 24:25-34)
  • JUN 8 - TBA (Deborah Bening preaching) *Also Ohio Conference Camp Meeting
• 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,