Good morning and Happy first official Sabbath of the school year. If you are new this year let me help you know what’s happening:
Sabbath School at Union is called “The Well.” This week we'll be in Woods Auditorium. Next week we'll be telling you of more options and move to our permanent location in the church. Hope to see you in Woods this morning @ 10:40 with a special presentation by our new young adult pastor Guadelupe.
Worship services at CVC start at 9:15 and Noon. Today our lead pastor Harold Alomia will be speaking. Most of the students choose to go to CVC, partially out of convenience and partially because it’s a great church family. If its size challenges you then watch for announcements in coming weeks of the other seven Adventist churches in the Lincoln area. It’s not important
WHERE you go; it’s important THAT you go so you can maintain that solid and supportive foundation for your life.
SOS Normally every Sabbath afternoon there will be some kind of activity for you. This week we’re going to Waubonsie Park in Iowa for hiking, relaxing, a picnic supper and V2 (our sundown vespers.) “if you choose to drive yourself and all your seats are filled with students then I’m willing to help you out with gas money ; if you don’t have a car we’ll have the bus and vans available which will be leaving at 4pm sharp! Join us for a fun and relaxing Sabbath afternoon.
So have a great first Sabbath. Enjoy rest, fellowship, and most importantly the blessings God has in store for you as you give His day back to Him.
Pastor Rich
Quote for the day: “Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.”
Each Sabbath I share something I found on the internet during the week that was a blessing to me. I trust it will be for you too. This week I found this, consistent with the theme Nathanel presented last night.
This generation was born in a hurry. One of the enemy's strategies I sense, since down-time, reflection, meditation are so powerful, is to keep us on the edge of frantic. The schedule crowds us, the crowd schedules us, the to-do list gets longer rather than shorter. I can't remember ever going to bed and saying to myself, "Well, I got everything done I needed to do today." If I'm not careful, even when I'm praying my day's schedule keeps scrolling across the screen of my mind attempting to seduce me to abbreviate the time I need with Him.
Then every once in a while He draws me up short. Yesterday I was reading in Ecclesiastes (of all places) and the Spirit called my attention to this strong statement: "Do not be in a hurry to leave the king's presence. " (8:3NIV)
Now Solomon wrote that, and I know he was dealing with a different issue, but I sensed that God was using the words to cause me to readjust my personal cruise control. I am convicted that sometimes I am ready to rush off to my next assignment before God is ready. I want to become more sensitive to moving on His clock rather than mine.
In my reflective moments I know that if I do it right, what's left goes farther than the whole. It's like tithe, isn't it? His 90% goes farther than my 100%. My time in His presence does not steal from my day, it augments it. One of the paraphrases of Proverbs 10:27 says, "Reverence for God adds hours to each day." I've seen that happen.
More than once I've looked back over the day and realized that if, instead of chopping harder, I had spent more time sharpening my axe the tree likely would have fallen sooner. More than once I've embarked on a journey because I knew the way, only to discover that had I invested in a map it would have saved me both time and distance. Google the address or try and make it on my own?
I should have learned from Martin Luther. He said something like, "I pray a minimum of two hours each day. Unless I am especially pressed with duties; then I pray three." The amount of time is personal; the principle is universal.
By Don Jacobsen
PS Remember, College View Health fair. Our school and church are joining the rest of the College View community (that’s what this part of Lincoln is called!) Come on down to Henry Park (3 blocks west of campus) from 2-4 tomorrow afternoon and learn more about your community while at college and discover ways that you can serve and make a difference.