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Vol. 9, Issue 11 November 2008

In this Issue:

Thanks-giving for.....3

Youth News..4

I want you.9

Church @ Work..10

A Simple Prayer of ThanksgivingBy: Helen Steiner Rice

I come not to ask, to plead or implore You,

I just come to tell You how much I adore You,

For the kneel in Your Presence makes me feel blestFor I know that Your know all my needs best

And it fills me with joy just to linger with You

As my soul You replenish and my heart You renew,For prayer is much more than just asking for things-

Its the peace and contentment that quietness brings

So than You again for Your mercy and loveAnd for making me heir to YOUR KINGDOM ABOVE!

More informationon page 9


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Page 2 The Church

One of our fondest dreams came true back inAugust when we traveled to Ecuador and Ga-lapagos Islands. You will remember thatCharles Darwin went to the Galapagos to

study the wildlife there and accepted the theory of evolution. Of coursethat's not the reason we went----we wanted to see if it was true that allthe animals are not afraid of humans. We were excited to not only seethe animals that live there, but to get up close enough to touch them. Buttouching is forbidden! Getting off the trails is forbidden! Taking food ofany kind onto the islands is forbidden! Everything is well monitored bythe guides that escort you everyday on and off the islands. Even though

we knew the rules were specific and enforced, we still wanted to go.

And what an unusual place it is! There are about 14 islands that makeup the group, and we got to visit 6 of them. There are many types ofbirds that inhabit the islands, as well as iguanas, sea lions, giant tor-toises, some non-poisonous snakes (which we are thankful we never saw),and at least two types of small lizards. But the one animal that intriguedus was the Blue-footed Booby----a bird about the size of a duck, but with

a very pointed beak, and yes, very blue feet ! We had read aboutthem, seen a few pictures of them, but had never seen one anywhere. Itwas nesting time on the islands, and they build their nests right on theground, or sand. Some were incubating their eggs, while other's chickshad already hatched and waiting for their parents to bring fish back fora meal. When the babies hatch they're covered with stark white down,and no, their feet are not blue yet---they're white. We were told theirfeet turn blue as they mature. What a sight to see! Nests all over

the place with very noisy chicks calling for their parents! We'd never seenanything like it, nor will we......Or, will we?

We were reminded that someday, in the earth made new, "the wolf shalldwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the goat, the calf andthe young lion and the fatling together...the cow and the bear shallgraze...they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the

earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord."(Isa. 11:6-9). Seeing theanimals on the Galapagos Islands makes us long for the day describedby Isaiah centuries ago! Looking forward to that glorious day, Pastor

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Vol. 9, Issue 11 Page 3

Some of you know already the

miracle of healing that the Lord provided for my sister, Elaine,

but I think it is important for the

strengthening of my own faith

as well as others to share when

we have had an experience that

can lead to growth in our faith.

In August, I received a call frommy sister stating that she had

been to her doctor and they had

done an EKG and found block-

age that may cause damage to

the back of her heart. She was

scheduled for a stress test and

another EKG. Afterwards, shecalled again to say that she had

failed the stress test and the

EKG again showed blockage

and the doctor had scheduled

her for a heart catherization. Her

doctor had shown the results to

a cardiologist and they both felt

this was the next step and thatshe would probably need a stent,

but more likely by-pass surgery.

So she agreed. She was afraid,

as anyone would be, and con-

cerned for her son Dylan, a 14-

year old, if something would

happen to her. I assured her,saying I would come and be

with her and that I would be

praying for her and ask my

church family to pray for her.

On September 18th, the day of

the catherization, we went to the

hospital at 6 am for preliminary

blood work and chest x-ray and

another EKG. The technician

mentioned that this EKG looked

pretty good. When it wasshown to the doctor, he agreed,

but felt they needed to continue

with the catherization based on

the previous tests.

She was taken for the catheriza-

tion at 3:30 PM and brought back in exactly 25 minutes.

Nothing was donethe catheri-

zation showed no blockage! My

immediate thought was, Praise

the Lord for answered prayer!

and I said to her, Elaine, the

Lord did a miracle

for you!

Thanks-giving for a Miracleby Martha Getlinger


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By David Hecht

Youth Events

November 8, School Vespers and

Game Night

November 15, Pathfinder

Bake-Potato

Supper Fundraiser

November 22, Youth 13 and

Up fun evening at Celebration

Station

Do you know this Youth?

This is Ashley Howard. She is 13

years old. She goes to AdventistChristian School and is in 7th

grade. She likes to draw, read ,

and play softball and soccer. She

is very talented and can play a lot

of instruments like the guitar,

piano, flute, base, and the ma-rimba.

When Ashley gets older she wants to become a Doc-

tor. Ashley was born in Springfield, Missouri. Now

she lives in Land-o-Lakes with her Dad and Mom

(Terry and Seon-young Howard) and with her youngersister (Brittany Howard) and their dog (Jack).


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If you think you know this church member,

submit your guess to us, either by phone or

email.

First 3 correct responses will receive a prize!

You can submit your baby pix by email or di-

rectly to us. Photos can be black and white or

color and will be promptly returned. For more

information please contact us.

PIXIE PIN-UPSDO YOU KNOW ME?

October baby was baby was: Jim Schryer

Clue: He loves Florida and the outdoors.

Our winners were: Nobody guessed.

Thanks for participating!

You would neverknow his hair wasonce so dark...

Think about itIf the only prayer you saidin your entire life wasthank you, that wouldsuffice. Meister Eckhardt

I have a great need forChrist; I have a great Christf o r m y n e e d .Count Zinzendorf

Bread for myself is a mate-rial question, but bread for

my neighbor is a spiritualone.

A man grows in grace as he

grows in gratitude.

Blessing

and glory

and wisdom,

Thanksgiv-

ing and

honor andpower and

might, Be to

our God for-

ever and

ever.

Amen.

Revelation 7:12


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Cont. from page 3

By Martha Getlinger

Then something strange hap-

pened and it is importantthat I share this part.In my mind, a thought

came to me, all in amatter of seconds.

(Was this a mira-

cle? What if the first two tests were

a fluke, the stresstest was a mistake,the doctor and the

cardiologist weremistaken. Lets be

logical about this!)Why would that thought

have even come into my mind?The body of evidence to indi-

cate there was blockage was

great and I feel the doctor wasprudent and right to continue. I

felt sad to think I would doubt

God so quickly after just prais-

ing Him so sincerely.

After reflecting on it, I dont

think it was truly my thought,but Satans. I think this happens

to us many times when we

cant fully comprehenda situation. I be-

lieve this was Satantrying to steal the

glory from God

regarding thismiracle or at

least to make mehave doubts.

Many t imes

wonderful things

happen and wethink to credit God

and then so quickly

we think or someone

else will say, That was just acoincidence! Dont believe it this is how God works, how the

Holy Spirit impresses us with

thoughts or actions to do. Just believe and pray for stronger

faith to believe more!

Five purposes of prayer

1. Praise and adoration: responding to the glory and grandeur

of God.

2. Thanksgiving: acknowledging the Giver of all good gifts.3. Confession: admitting our failures and asking for pardon.

4. Petition: asking God to take care of us.

5. Intercession: asking God to help others.


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My granddaughter received a watch and per-

fume for her birthday. Melissa was so excited she pes-tered everyone all day to look at her watch and smell herperfume. At dinner her mother said, "Honey, I knowyou're proud of your gifts, but please don't mention them

while we eat."

All through dinner Melissa sat silently although she sniffedaudibly at times and often raised her wrist to listen to her

watch. As the meal came to an end, she blurted out, "I'm notsupposed to mention it, but if anyone hears anything or smells

anything, it's me."

Gifts of Hearing and Smelling

Cranberry-Sweet Potato Quick Bread

This makes a lovely gift wrapped in colorful cellophane and decorated with rib-bon. Yield 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350. Combine first 7 ingredients in a large bowl; make a wellin the center of the mixture. Combine sweet potato, egg substitute, orange

juice, and margarine in a bowl; add to dry ingredients. Stir just until moist.Fold in cranberries.

Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle al-monds over batter. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool in pan for10 minutes on a wire rack, remove from pan. Let cool completely.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Cooking spray

3/4 cup no-sugar-added canned

mashed sweet potato

3/4 cup egg substitute

1/3 cup orange juice

1/4 cup margarine, melted1 cup chopped cranberries

2 tablespoons sliced almonds


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Adventist Christian School

Pre K Art Exhibition

People everywhere are looking for

turkeys this time of a year. But

our Pre Ks are on a mission, the

mission to save the turkeys this

Fall!

Parents and students working together have puta wonderful and very creative Fall Exhibition,

we named Turkey in Disguise.

Come and visit your Church School

during the week of November 18-21,

and vote for your favorite.

Your church website, www.nprsda.org,

needs your help! We are in need of pic-tures. If you have pictures of church

activities then we want to talk to you!

We also need to keep our website up-dated so if any of the pages: youth, path-

finder, adventurer, ministries, etc., need

to be updated, please contact us at [email protected].

I WANT YOU!!!By Juan Rivera

REMEMBER TO SET YOUR

CLOCKS BACK!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
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have any comments to make about the newsletter, wish to make a

donation, or wish to submit an article, please send it to the church

or to us.

Contact Us

Alexander Ortiz727-365-2892

Omayra Rivera727-372-0052

[email protected]

NPR Seventh-day Adventist Church6424 Trouble Creek Road

New Port Richey, FL 34653727-848-4567

Visit us on the web: www.nprsda.org/newsletter

I read the other day in thenewspaper about a storm namedOmar, that was moving through the Caribbean.

The "special" thing about that storm was that it was the firsttime that a storm moves north east towards the Caribbean Is-lands. They weren't waiting for a storm to hit them from thatdirection. Though Omar was a category 3 storm it didn't do alot of damages. People had time to get ready.

Sometimes we know exactly what is going to happen when weget into a situation, we have a plan, we prepare ourselves forit, we get ready. The problem is that sometimes we are notexpecting the consequences of that situation to come from an-other direction. We are not expecting the "storm" to hit us fromthe opposite way. So what is there for us to do? We better BEready, everyday, all the time. One thing is to loose our car,house, or money, even when we are not expecting that to hap-

pen, than to loose our souls even when we were thinking wewere ready. Are you ready yet? Alex Ortiz


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