For the members, family and friends of the Downey Adventist Church
Prayer
Peer Pressure by Cary Fisher
In the month of August schools will be opening and our children will be back in classes. While a new school year can be filled with anticipation, it also can be a time of anxiety. Children are challenged by trying to meets the demands such as homework and getting good grades, but for many students, their greatest struggle is just fitting in a school setting and just hoping they can make some friends. This pressure can be so overwhelming that it
can lead many into making terrible decisions trying to get their classmates to like them. We call this peer pressure. If you are a parent, you have a difficult job to teach your children not to compromise their Christian principles for others, but as adults, we know that we have our own pressures and temptations for us to resist. If we want our children to stand firm, we need to set the example for them by overcoming our own battles.
The Apostle Paul wrote, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2). The good news is that God desires us to have a transformational life that Paul calls a “renewing of our minds.” God wants us to live vibrantly and with full of purpose, but we are continuously being continued on page 2
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Parking Lot Party he party will begin on Aug. 29th at 5:30pm. This year we have a Fiesta theme. Come ready to enjoy the party Fiesta style. There will be food, worship and fun in our parking lot.
I don’t think prayer is merely a sociological phenomenon. I don’t think it’s something we do just to fit into a community or when we’ve exhausted all other options. I think it’s hardwired into our spiritual DNA. God is the inevitability of humanity’s search for true meaning.
ball or just hang out by the fire and enjoy the food and fellowship. Bring some picnic food to share, some lawn chairs to sit in, invite some friends and enjoy the evening with us. =
VBS pictures page 3 Taste & Inspiration on page 5 What’s happening? see pages 6 & 9 Our Church Family page 7 Teacher Appreciation on page 8 Kid’s Page on page 9
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August 22; Jesus the Rabbi. For this Sabbath, we are having a teacher’s dedication and we are reminded that Jesus is our ultimate teacher. In the feeding of the five thousand, we see Jesus’ motivation for teaching us as Mark writes, “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things” (Mark 6:34).
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August 29; Living Waters. Many Christian are living as if they are spiritually dehydrated, and our final sermon of the Drought Resistant Christian will follow the words of Jesus when he said, “whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14) See you when the church gathers. =
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distracted from the “patmon series, we will point August 8; God’s terns of this world.” Life out in the Bible how the Filtering System. Today’s is certainly a test, but with children of Israel had sermon will be how many the power given to us by faced droughts in their of us today have water the Holy Spirit, we can lives and how God had purification systems at overcome anything homes to clean our that is thrown against water but the Bible us. Whether we are uses water to symin school, working bolize how God we need to set the or retired, we need cleanses us. As the example for them by to be mindful that Word says, “I will overcoming our own we are surrounded sprinkle clean water by influences keepon you, and you battles ing us from staying will be clean; I will on the lighted path cleanse you from given to us by God, all your impurities and our focus needs to stay always intervened to save and from all your idols.” on Jesus. them. After all, Isaiah the (Ezekiel 36:25). prophet writes, “For I will August 15; Flooding pour water on the thirsty August Sermon with Joy. Do you rememland, and streams on the ber singing the song, I Calendar dry ground; I will pour got joy like a fountain? out my Spirit on your offAugust 1; Water Over God wants us to have spring, and my blessing on Thirsty Lands. For the 2nd that joy as John writes, your descendants.” (Isaiah sermon on the Drought “Whoever believes in me, 44:3). Resistant Christian seras Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” (John 7:38)
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LINDA AUMACK copy editor
ALEX AUMACK paper distribution
CARY FISHER pastor
address mail to: Downey Seventh-day Adventist Church 9820 Lakewood Blvd. Downey, CA 90240 office: 562.869.6013 fax: 562.622.1691
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August 2015 VBS Pictures
Worship Schedule Aug. 1 Cary Fisher
Water Over Thirsty Lands
Aug. 8 Cary Fisher
God’s Filtering System
Aug. 15 Cary Fisher
Flooding with Joy
Aug. 22 Cary Fisher
Jesus the Rabbi
Aug. 29 Cary Fisher Living Waters
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August 2015 Taste & Inspiration Oven Fried Zucchini Chips Ingredients
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3 medium zucchini
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1/4 cups egg substitute thawed
1. Cut zucchini into 1/4 inch thick slices; set aside.
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2 tablespoons reducedcalorie Italian dressing
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1/2 cups fine dry breadcrumbs
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2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
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1/8 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
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to taste vegetable oil cooking spray
2. Combine egg substitute and Italian dressing in a small bowl, stir well. 3. Combine bread crumbs, 4. Parmesan cheese and pepper in a small bowl; stir well. 5. Dip zucchini in egg mixture, dredge in bread crumb mixture.
Pilar & Phillip 7. Bake at 475 degrees for 5 minutes, turn and bake an additional 5 minutes or until golden. 8. Serve immediately. Enjoy! =
6. Place zucchini on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
We are in need of some help in the tech department on Sabbath mornings. If you would be interested helping the church worship God, then you are who we are looking for. We could use some help in running the sound board or the visuals on the screen. If you are interested, please talk to Bill.
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Upcoming Events August Birthdays Zelina Archila – 1 Gabriela Miranda – 5 Gabriel Miranda – 8 Frank Duran Jr. – 8 Byron Molina, Sr. – 15 Orlando Archila – 15 Sarah Guerrero – 15 Marylene Morris – 25 Stella Martinez – 25 Kirk Bathgate – 27 Samantha Ramirez - 27 Celene Aispuro – 31
Wednesday - 7 p.m. Wed. Fellowship Friday - 7:00 p.m. Band Practice Saturday - 4:00 p.m. Bible Study Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
If your birthday is left out in the monthly newsletter, please contact the church office so we can put it in.
1 - Hawaiian Shirt Day 20 - Church Board 7pm 22 - Teacher Dedication 29 - Parking Lot Party 5:30pm
The Latest Word deadline is the 5th of the month.
Coming Soon Be sure to keep up with the latest news by signing up for the Wednesday email. You can sign up here www.downeychurch.org/Signups.html or send us an email at DowneyChurch at gmail dot com and we’ll add you.
Sept. 11-13 - Pathfinder Camporee Sept. 19 - International Day / Fellowship Luncheon Oct. 10 - Small Groups begin
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Our Church Family Minerva Racho’s mother passed away on July 4th. She was 100 years old. Rembmer the family during this time of mourning.
Jefferson Poleon’s grandmother passed away recently. Ask them about their trip to St. Lucia to visit with family.
Mario Delgado’s mom passed away on July 14th. Please remember them in your prayers.
If you have any Church Family news, please contact the church office so we can get it into the newsletter. =
Thank you to everyone who has been saving Box Tops for Education. That is greatly appreciated. For the Box Tops for Education, please save the Box Tops coupon. Please give your labels to Linda Aumack. Thank you for your support! =
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hat is a teacher, if not a mirror in which we perceive the divine image hidden in the soul? What is a teacher, if not a sower of seed and a cultivator of young gardens? What is a teacher, if not a shaper of souls and a guide who gently shows the right path for the journey? What is a teacher, if not the most hopeful of dreamers, who plants and nurtures and sees the bright destiny and harvest of the work even when the student cannot? What is a teacher, if not a shepherd
watching over the flock and leading it to abundant pastures? Dreamers and sharers of dreams, sowers of seed and guides who chart the way, mirrors of goodness and shepherds of grace — it is for these teachers and this ministry that we give abundant thanks to God. =
Hawaiian Shirt Sabbath August 1st is Hawaiian Shirt/Dress day. Invite your friends to join us for a relaxed worship service. =
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Ponder This... = “If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees! Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is the proper use of knowledge.” —Vance Havner = “I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something. Then I realized I am somebody.” —Lily Tomlin = “Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” —Langston Hughes
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