April 22 Bulletin

8:30 am*
11:00 am**

Prelude: Organ
Welcome and Announcements: Elder John Irlam
Introit+: Organ
Invocation+:  Pastor John Anderson
Songs of Praise: #460 As Water to the Thirsty, #551 Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
Opening Hymn: #44 Morning Has Broken  
Worship in Giving (SECC K-12 Scholarship Fund): John Irlam
Offertory:  Does Jesus Care? by Steve Horner 
Children’s Story:  Anique Augustus
Scripture Reading (Ezekiel 9:3, 4):  Zachary Porter* Ian Catolico**
Prayer Song  (Our Dear Father Hear Our Prayer): Congregation
Worship in Prayer+:  Kaitlyn Porter* Ian Catolico**
Worship in Song: Ten Thousand Angels by Steve Horner 
Sermon:  Seeking the Seal, part 2 by Pastor John Anderson                            
Closing Hymn: #184 Jesus Paid It All
Benediction:  Pastor John Anderson
Postlude: Organ
+ Please Kneel

10:00 am

Children's Classes
Cradle Roll (Ages 0-3)
Kindergarten (Ages 4-6)
Primary (Ages 7-9)
Juniors (Ages 10-12)
Earliteens (Ages 13-15)

Youth Class
Youth (Ages 15+)

Young Adult Class (Meets in classroom above the multi-purpose room)
Young Adults (18-35)

Adult Classes
Adult Sabbath School Class  (Sanctuary)
Adult Lesson Study (Room behind the piano)
Discipleship Class (Room behind the organ)
Spirit of Prophecy class now studying The Story of Redemption (Pathfinder Room)
Revelation of Hope class (Fellowship Hall and Zoom)

We are glad that you have chosen to worship with us today. If we can help you in any way, please let us know by contacting one of our elders, deacons, deaconesses or by our church app/website.
Welcome to our new youth pastor!  Today we welcome our new youth pastor Nathanael Cincala and his wife Esterady.
We will have fellowship meals the next two Sabbaths. Today, April 22 is our regularly scheduled meal, and the theme is Vegan Asian. On April 29 we will have several baptisms and the theme for the meal will also be Vegan Asian.
Membership Transfers (First Reading) to Mentone:
   Jeremy and Debrah Brown from Lodi Fairmont SDA in Lodi, CA and  
   Lockford, SDA in Lockford, CA respectively.
Membership Transfers (First Reading) from Mentone:
   Chris and Denise Noble to Los Alamitos SDA Church in Los Alamitos, CA
Church Directory: Please review your information in our online church directory. If need to update any of the information, please edit it yourself or send them to office@mentonechurch.org.  
Please check our current Mealtrains on our church website and see when you can help our members in need of this ministry. Here is the link, https://www.mentonechurch.org/mealtrains
Therapeutic Lifestyle Change by Faith: The health ministries team is beginning a repeating 5-week “Basic Training” class (limited to 8-12 people per 5-week class) for those interested in making a significant lifestyle change.  An informational session will be held at 1:30 pm today, with the first class starting on April 29. Classes will be in the youth room. For more information contact the course facilitator Jon Opsahl, MD, MPH, CPT.
Gentlemen! It’s time! We now have a scheduled time set aside for the men’s group to meet once a month (4th Sabbath in the multipurpose room). The topic this month is “God Restoring the Individual” (from the Dwayne Lemon Mentone series in December.  Time: We will meet this Sabbath, 4/22 at 1 pm during the fellowship meal to break bread together and start the meeting.  Any questions, reach out to John Irlam or Rick Craven. 
GLOW at Mentone: Titles that share truths about Jesus and the coming Economic Crisis. To share your GLOW testimony on the third Sabbath of each month contact Nathalia Rasman at 951-796-4948 or by email.
Mentone Graduation: Our Mentone Adventist School and Homeschool co-op will be organizing a graduation ceremony and any church member that is graduating from 8th grade, high school, or college is welcome to join. If you are interested in participating please contact Natalia Soochkoff, our Mentone Adventist School teacher, or Daniela Sprenkle by April 22nd, 2023.
Discipleship Handbook: We are now focusing on Chapter 3, “The Testimony of Jesus” and encourage everyone to review how important the Bible and writings of Ellen White are to God’s remnant church. See the Discipleship blog on our website for more information
Radio Station: We are making progress to improve the programming and reach of the KWRS-LP radio station. You can listen to it online on our website (under the ministries tab) or locally on 107.3 FM.