Prelude “Adagio for Strings” Samuel Barber

Call to Worship Todd Leonard“I am the resurrection and the life,” says the Lord.

“Whoever believes in me, though dead, shall have eternal life.”We are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, both here and in the heavens.

We look towards Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.Praise be to God.

Hymn of Praise “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” No. 21The children are invited to go downstairs to Godly Play today

Prayers of the Congregation Rudy Torres

Prayer Response (No. 100)Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;All I have needed Thy hand hath provided,

Great is thy faithfulness! Lord unto me!

Anthem “Geistliches Lied” Johannes Brahms(See Bulletin text)

Day of Remembrance Arleene Chow, Leif LindYou are invited to come forward to light a candle in memory of a loved one

Anthem “The Ground” from The Sunrise Mass Ola Gjeilo(See Bulletin text)

Scripture 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 Trayfena Zambre

Sermon “The Redwood Legacy” Todd Leonard Call for Offering Todd Leonard

Offertory “Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone” arr. Howard HelveyJennifer Miller, soprano; Shannon Gray, flute

(Unless otherwise marked, loose offering goes to local church expense)

Closing Hymn “For All the Saints” No. 421

Benediction Todd Leonard

Musical Response

Postlude “Suite on the First Tone–Grand Jeu” Pierre Dumage

Whether you’re a regular member or a visitor,we encourage you to continue to fellowship with our Church family after the worship service!

Please also feel free to contact any of our pastoral staff if you have a question or need help.

Order of Worship10:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

(Please turn off all cell phones & pagers for the worship service)

Glendale City Seventh-day Adventist Church

November 1, 2014

“Revealing Christ, affirming all.”

Day of Remembrance

Pastoral StaffTodd Leonard, Senior Pastor (818-441-3364) • Arleene Chow, Youth and Young Adult Director (818-472-5287) • Leif Lind, Church Administrator & Online Campus Director (909-557-5230) • Rudy Torres, Pastor Emeritus (714-318-1975) • Hovik Sarrafian, Armenian Senior Pastor (909-796-9536) • Vartkes Azadian, Armenian Associate Pastor (626-335-6507) • Dorin Lataeanu, Romanian Pastor (909-528-2545)

Church OfficersHead Elder John Nielsen (818-605-0057)Head Deacon Ronald Matusea (818-730-0350)Head Deaconess Eleanor Posner (818-281-5822)Church Board Chair Rudy Torres (714-318-1975)Sanctuary Choir Director Sébastien Vallée (831-420-7584)Interim Youth Choir Director Lisa FendersonOrganist Kemp Smeal (714-658-4885)

Assistant: Taylor Ruhl (909-557-5229)Secretary Victoria Lucero (818-244-7241 office)Treasurer Dean Vendouris (818-244-7241 office)Church Clerk Mindi Rüb (mindilus@mac.com)Children’s Ministry Asst./PR Coordinator Anji Arm (818-632-7374)Audio Visual Michael Bandy (702-577-8005)

Assistant: Charome Kaocharoen (818-749-5423)A+ School Board Chair Glen Christensen (plbboss@aol.com)A+ School Director Malisa Smith (818-241-9353 school)Facilities Administrator Wayne Libby (760-409-6719)

Church Office HoursMonday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Friday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

610 E. California • Glendale, CA 91206 • 818-244-7241 • Fax: 818-240-9485Email: glendalesda@gmail.com • Website: www.glendalecitychurch.org

Church Directory

Option Location Sequence Sanctuary Service Main Sanctuary Every SabbathRomanian Service Fellowship Hall 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sabbaths, 11 a.m.Armenian Service Chapel Every Sabbath, 11 a.m.

Event Location Sequence Choir Rehearsal Choir Room Sabbath at 9:15 a.m.Marathon Clinic Verdugo Park Sunday at 7:00 a.m.

Worship Options

Sabbath School Options (9:30-10:30 a.m.)Class Age Location Symbols/Leaders Children’s Meet & All Multipurpose Room Sanctuary Basement Greet Beginners 0-3 yrs Room 3 ElephantKinder/1st Grade 4 -7 years Room 2 GiraffeJunior 2nd to 6th grade Room 1 Lion Earliteen 7th & 8th grade Room 4 EagleTeen 14-17 yrs Youth Room, 10 Chapel BasementArmenian General Room 11 Romanian General Room 13 SS Quarterly General Chapel Grace Center General Fellowship Hall (N.) Leif LindLiving Project General Fellowship Hall (S.)

Activities

Youth ActivitiesEvent Location Sequence Godly Play Room 2 (Giraffe) 1st & 3rd Sabbath, 11:20 a.m.Youth Movie Night (grades 9–12) Youth Room 4th Sabbath, 6:30 p.m.Youth Church weekend See Bulletin details 4th Friday & SabbathYouth Café Youth Café 4th Fridays, 7:00 p.m.Children’s Choir Room 10b Sabbath at NoonYoung Adult Lunch Youth Café Every Sabbath after Church

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Day of RemembranceYou are invited to come forward as part of the Day of Remembrance to light a candle in honor of someone close to your heart (you may also add a name or let a pastoral staff member know if you want an additional name read).Barry Pegel–Doug Schultz’s brother-in-law January 2014Alexandria Burney–longtime Church member; Marin’s wife January 2014Aunt Marie–Jesse Martin’s aunt February 2014Joyce Jones Hall–Wayne Jone’s sister February 2014Yvonne Bolduc Gaither–Jerry Bolduc’s mother March 2014Dr. Frank Jobe–Meredith Jobe’s father March 2014Nancy Feldkamp Ruhl–Taylor & Leif ’s sister-in-law March 2014Trudy Farr -longtime Church member May 2014Nilda Mueckay–Glenda Mendizabal’s mother May 2014Sascha Allen–longtime Church member June 2014Walter Rabello–Dawn Rabello’s father-in-law July 2014Lorene Qualley Libby–Wayne Libby’s mother August 2014 Robert Lee Marsh–longtime Church member; August 2014 Marguerite’s husbandJohn Boyd Craven–Dawn Rabello’s father August 2014Marc Sundin–Stephen Sundin’s son October 2014Phil Weisbard–Paula’s husbandHugh DeaconDaysi FlamencoVictoria Meuckay–Glenda Mendizabal’s auntMaricela RamosOfelia Recalde–Glenda Mendizabal’s friend

But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” —1 Corinthians 13:8, 13

All are welcome — whoever you are, whatever your journey or background. God excludes no one, and neither do we.

City Church Announcements

Daylight Saving ends this weekend! Turn your clocks back one hour tonight.

Young Adult lunch, normally held every Sabbath, will be canceled for today.

Elder Larry Caviness, Southern California Conference President, has announced his retirement, effective May 17, 2015, during the Constituency Meetings. Let us keep Larry and Linda in our prayers, as well as the future of our own local Conference.

Church Evaluation Reports Available. In June, City Church requested a survey of representative sampling of our congregation to see how church members felt about our church, its ministries and its leadership. You can pick up a summary statistical report on this survey at the media center in the Narthex.

Log on to City Church’s Online Campus with 14 rebroadcasts a week (Sun–Fri 8 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.). Share this info with those who may be unable to personally attend our service!

Vallejo Drive Church Homecoming 50th Anniversary, November 15, 2014. For more information call 818-246-2476.

Free Emergency Dental Treatment Event, Wednesday, November 12, 9–12:00 p.m., California Dental Group, 609 S. Glendale Avenue. Fillings, emergency root canals, extractions, and cleanings. First come, first serve; one emergency per patient. For more information visit www.CADentalGroup.com.

Free Orthopedics Educational Seminar, Thursday, November 13, 6–8:00 p.m., Oakmont Country Club, Glendale. This seminar, given by physicians of the Orthopedic Institute at GAMC, will discuss the issues of knee, hip, and shoulder pain and provide the latest treatment options available here in Glendale. Space is limited; RSVP–818-409-8100. Free dinner is provided; dress code required.

5th Annual Glendale Health Festival, Saturday, November 15, 10–3:00 a.m., Glendale Civic Auditorium. Free flu shots, blood work, cancer screenings, CPR training, medical consultations, dental and eye exams, food and entertainment. Visit www.aamsc.com.

It has come to our attention that AOL is refusing to deliver broadcast emails (GCC News, 2nd Saturday Series) to our subscribers with AOL email addresses. If you do not receive your GCC News or 2nd Saturday newsletter any given week or month, you may read the latest issues online at glendalecitychurch.org. Scroll down to the Newsletters box on the left-side menu. We apologize for this inconvenience.

GAA Annual Fall Festival, Saturday, November 8, 6–9:00 p.m. Food trucks, fun, and fundraisers for our teachers! Free entrance and parking.

2 Kings 2:1, 6–14When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.”

And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on.

Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”

“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

“You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not.”

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.

Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

Responsive Reading

Upcoming Sermons & EventsElder of the Day Colette WittDeacon of the Day Harold FanselauNovember 8 Todd Leonard November 15 Todd LeonardNovember 22 Thanksgiving Leif LindNovember 29 Dorin Lataeanu

Sunset tonight – 6:01 p.m. • Sunset next Friday – 4:54 p.m.

“Geistliches Lied” ( Johannes Brahms):German text: Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauren mit Trauren, sei stille, wie Gott es fügt, so sei vergnügt mein Wille! Was willst du heute sorgen auf morgen? Der Eine steht allem für, der gibt auch dir das Deine. Sei nur in allem Handel ohn Wandel, steh feste, was Gott beschleußt, das ist und heißt das Beste. Amen.English translation: Do not be sorrowful or regretful; Be calm, as God has ordained, and thus my will shall be content. What do you want to worry about from day to day? There is One who stands above all who gives you, too, what is yours. Only be steadfast in all you do, stand firm; what God has decided, that is and must be the best. Amen.

Q“The Ground” from “The Sunrise Mass”* by Ola Gjeilo:Latin text:Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Osanna, Osanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem. Amen.English translation:Heaven and earth are filled with your glory, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the word, grant us peace. Amen.*Premiered in Oslo, Norway, 2008

Texts for Today's Two Anthems

Caesura Youth Orchestra (CYO) Benefit Concert, November 9 Help launch this great new community organization for at-risk kids! 100% of the ticket price goes to CYO!

Tickets are available at the following rates:Student–$ 15.00General–$ 20.00

Reserved Seating– 75.00VIP Passes–$ 250.00

Get your tickets at several different locations:The Narthex after Worship Service—reserve or donate today;The Alex Theater Box Office, Friday–Sunday, 12–5:00 p.m.;

The Americana at Brand’s Concierge Desk, 11 a.m.–7:00 p.m., seven days a week;Glendale Community College’s Box Office, Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–4:00 p.m.;

On-line at: http://www.glendalearts.org/event/cyo-benefit;or call 818-243-2611, ext 11.