Worship Through Service

MESSAGE.

Jesus glorified the Father by doing His work (John 17:4). He came to serve. If we want to glorify God in our worship we need to learn how to serve. Today God is still asking, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” I pray that my answer will be the same as the prophet’s, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8)

MINISTRY. 

The Ooltewah Seventh Day Adventist Church is part of the sisterhood of over 150 churches of the Georgia Cumberland Conference. For the last fifteen years we were blessed to have pastor Ed Wright as the Conference president. His leadership was creative, his approach was innovative, and his personal life was a great testimony to his genuine spirituality. Effective September 1st Ed started his retirement. The Conference executive committee along with the Nominating committee asked pastor Gary Rustad to accept this immense responsibility. I invite you to pray daily for Gary and his wife Denise.

Last Sabbath our church was energized and inspired by an army of young people from Southern Adventist University who agreed to work with us in planning the Fall Evangelistic meetings. Are we ready to stand next to them and get engaged in sharing the Gospel with the community around our church?

On Tuesday afternoon over thirty of these young people came back to our church for a weekly training session. Later that afternoon they all went to the neighborhoods around our church. They knocked on people’s doors with an offer to pray for them.

New Directory. Our church needs you! If you are a member or call Ooltewah your church family, we need you to make an appointment by the end of this Sabbath to have your portrait in our 50th anniversary directory. Directories will only be available, at no cost, to the families who have their portrait in the directory. You will also receive a complimentary 8×10 of the pose that will be in the directory. Photo dates are September 15 – 23. If you need to make or move your appointment after this Sabbath please contact Member Church Directories Appointment line at 866-724-3907, M-F 9am to 4pm.

PRAYERS.

Please pray for the people in the Bahamas who suffered from hurricane Dorian.

Opal Vega lost her son Eric, who battled with cancer. Prayers for Opal and her family, please.

Bill Chilson was admitted to the hospital this week for heart tests and observation. He is back home, but Sondra and Bill still need our daily prayers.

FROM MY HEART.

Hurricane Dorian’s winds brought grandkids to our home; two from Florida and one from Georgia. If you didn’t have a tornado in Ooltewah, we definitely had one on our mountain.  🙂

LOOKING FORWARD:

September 21 all church elders and ministry leaders are invited to join Hope for Ooltewah Prayer Conference. The Conference will take place in the sanctuary from 5 to 7 pm. Dr Tryon, Dr Hartman, Pastor Na’a and your pastor Peter will be the speakers.

October 12 – Light of Hope Slavic night at Ooltewah featuring a top SDA singer from Ukraine and lots of Slavic food. Everyone if invited.

October 19 – Ooltewah 50th Anniversary Celebration. This will be the all day event with a celebration dinner at 6:30 pm.