– May 3, 2025
TODAY: We welcome our guest speaker, Martessa Davis, invited by the Health and Family Life Ministries of our church.
POTLUCK TODAY: Following the service, join us in the Fellowship Hall for potluck. Regular potlucks are the first and third Sabbaths each month.
FIRESIDE BIBLE STUDY: The Sabbath afternoon Bible study & prayer time meets, today at 2:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room.
COOKING CLASS TOMORROW: Our Garden of Eating class meets tomorrow, Sunday, at 11:00 a.m. in our upstairs Fellowship Hall. The class will be led by Cesia Muñoz. Signup sheet is on the easel in the foyer.
SINCE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS STILL AT WORK, the Bellevue Women’s Ministries Council is inviting any women who would like to join them this coming church year. Please let us know of your interest by writing a note on the communication card in your bulletin, then give it to Ruth Lemus, Shelley Schurch, or the pastor after church today.
PBE UPDATE: The Sojourners Pathfinder Bible Experience team, Coals of Fire, earned a first place at the North America Division level last weekend in Battle Creek Michigan. Congratulations to Cayli, Jeremy, Joel, Joshua, Katelyn and Nathan for the hours spent learning Romans and 1 Corinthians.
JOIN THE PLAN! If you’d like to read the Bible chronologically in 2025, this coming week’s chapters are 1 Chronicles 13-16; Psalms 1-2, 15, 22-24, 47, 68, 89, 96, 100-101, 105, 132; 2 Samuel 6-7; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalms 25, 29, 33, 36, 39; 2 Samuel 8-9; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalms 50,53, 60, 75. To see the entire schedule, go to bellevueadventist.org, click Home, then Chronological Bible Reading Plan.
FREE SUMMER BASKETBALL CLINIC: Puget Sound Adventist Academy is hosting free basketball clinics in June and July for ages 13-17. If interested, more information is available on the bulletin board or pick up a flyer at the greeter’s desk in the foyer.
NEW PHOTO PARABLE BLOGGER! After many years as our church website’s Monday Daily Photo Parable blogger, Cheryl Boardman has hung up her camera (so to speak). Replacing her is Chuck Davis, whose bass-baritone is sometimes heard for special music, but who is also a wilderness-lover and superb photographer. (The beautiful scenery on our church website’s home page is his work.) Chuck’s first blog will show up this coming Monday in the “Daily Photo Parable” section at bellevueadventist.org.
SAGE WORK BEE AND SPIRITUAL RETREAT: Volunteers are needed, May 12-18, at Sunset Lake for the work bee and to enjoy guest speakers Dick Duerksen and Jay Coon. Contact Valerie Serns at: 253-740-9572 or valerie.serns@wc.npuc.org.
CAMP MEETING: Mark your calendars for Washington Conference Camp Meeting, June 16-21, on the campus of Auburn Adventist Academy. For information go to www.washingtonconference.org.
DO YOU LIKE FRESH SOURDOUGH BREAD? Do you like the crisp crust contrasting with the moist and tender center? If so, you are in luck. The Sojourner Pathfinder club is selling Sojourner Sourdough. Each loaf is hand-made with the highest quality ingredients and is on sale for $7 for a 30-ounce loaf. All proceeds support the Pathfinder International’s Camporee in Gillette, Wyoming in 2029. To place an order or if you have any questions, please contact Rich Wong via e-mail at richard.k.wong66@gmail.com or text at 425-268-1120.
WORSHIP SERVICE
Announcements: Maylan Schurch
Prelude: Yvanna Hammen-Álvarez
Introit/Call to Worship: Yvanna Hammen-Álvarez
Invocation: Maylan Schurch
Strength 4 the Week: Ritchie Hammen
Offering: Local Church Ministries – Bob Grady
Offertory: Yvanna Hammen-Álvarez
Praise Team: Sarah Roberto and Friends
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:23 – Bob Grady
Celebrations and Concerns/Prayer: Bob Grady
Introduction of Guest Speaker: Yvanna Hammen-Álvarez
Children’s Corner: Martha Hammen
Special Music: Israel Hilerio
Concert & Testimony: “Music and the Mind” – Martessa Davis
Closing Song: “As Water to the Thirsty” #460
Postlude: Yvanna Hammen-Álvarez