June 8, 2013 Guest Speaker ~ Colby Maier

We gain such a blessing with each different speaker we hear at Orchard City SDA Church.

This Sabbath we enjoyed and learned from Colby Maier.

Thank you so much, Colby, for coming to talk to us about Jesus!

Colby joins us at OCC

So nice to see a speaker use great visuals for us all to remember his words by.

I asked Colby to give us a little summary of his sermon talk and he quickly sent this to me.

"Today, more than ever, it's so very easy to cast the blame on each other. If we take a glance at today's society, everything seems to be based upon performance and perfection, and anything less than that is frowned upon. Society tells us to be perfect, and thus we try to maintain the status quo by throwing the blame and responsibility on others, even when we ourselves are actually to blame. Our distorted view on human perfection has led us into a downward spiral. But what does the Bible have to say concerning this 'Blame Game'? Jesus Christ in one of the greatest sermons ever given, the sermon on the mount, addresses this issue! In Matthew 7:3-5, Jesus inquired of the people, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" He then insisted that his people first take the plank out of their own eye, and then they will see clearly to remove the speck of dust out of their brother's eye! If Jesus were speaking to us today, if He were speaking to us in the 21'st century, He might have said they we Christians need a 'Self-reflection Before Another Brother's Inspection.' We must first seek to examine our own lives before probing at the mistakes and faults of others. Seek diligent self-examination today! After all, didn't Jesus take the blame for you? Calvary - where our blame and our sin was cast upon Him, the Holy One of God."

He loved you this much

Alexander shows the children his turtle, Rocky, during the children's story

Rocky has been taken good care of by Alexander this last year

Collection time

Deb Jacobson sang "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" for our special music.
She was accompanied by her husband, Rich, on the drums, and Keith on the guitar. It was very nice to hear.

Rich's first time playing in front of an audience. Thank you for sharing, Rich.

Down by the pond to watch Rocky join other turtles in his new home.

In the afternoon, a few of our members went on a hike at Gallagher's Canyon.

The afternoon hikers to Gallagher's Canyon, led by Doug  L.

Pictures of the hike in the afternoon were taken by Don Quiring. Thank you for sharing the photos, Don.

Anyone having photos to share, please email glendq@gmail.com. Thanks.