Sabbath, August 17, 2013 ~ Baby Dedication Day

We enjoyed Sabbath School by Roland. He shared about his latest mission trip to Paraguay.
Sounded like he was glad to come home to warm up here.
Thanks, Roland.

Roland sharing stories and pictures of his last mission trip.

Jerrie Lou led  a very good and quick lesson discussion with the upstairs group.

Welcome little new baby girl!!
Congrats to your mummy and daddy.
Congrats to Gramma and Grampa W, too.

Ali and Don had Praise Time
Here Ali is leading the children's song - He's Able

Looking at the mother killdeer on her nest and the eggs on his ipad.

Roland handing out the baskets for the children's offering.

Shannon and Vicki had the special music and it was so beautiful. It is a treat to hear them play flute and piano together.

Scripture text read by Doug

Pastor Wilfley starting his excellent sermon.

Welcoming this sweet new baby to our church family.

Grampa holds her during prayer.

Each grandparent had a short dedication prayer for little T.

The young girls found it very interesting to watch the baby during the dedication. I am sure they will be wonderful to her each time they are in church together.

"Family" closing song with hands held.

Pastor Wilfley's sermon was titled " Family Matters". 

 The three points of the sermon were after Know Jesus were:
1) Be converted
2) Be giving/ be a giving person
3) Be a person of prayer

Some of the texts he used were Ephesians 2:8 and 9, Revelation 3:20 and Luke 6:38.
He said, "Be a giver - don't think what will this child do for me, but what can I do for this child."
" Prayer changes things."
" To give something away is being the heart of Jesus."
Pastor W. told a few stories about his own children and they were good illustrations. Then he told one about a young man who did not want to be like his dad, a janitor. At the end of medical school he found out his dad had financed a scholarship for him to be able to be in medical school and the dean told the son that maybe he needed to have the character of his father as he was a kind and giving man who loved his son deeply.

Pastor W. told us the secret prayer he has now that his own children are too big and live else where, is, "Tuck my children and grandchildren into bed tonight."

Thank you for sharing this with us, Pastor.

Leading the "Family"song.