November - 2010

NORTH VALLEY ADVENTIST NEWSLETTER

Dear Church Family,

Malachi 3:8, 10 says, “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.9. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”

The word tithe means “tenth.” When we receive our paycheck, or some other form of financial increase, God says that the first 10 percent of that money belongs to Him. But the verse doesn’t just read “tithes” but rather “tithes and offerings.” God does not specify the amount we are to give for an offering. He instead leaves that up to us to decide. If we are faithful in returning His tithe and giving an offering according to the way we have been blessed God promises to throw open the windows of heaven and shower us with more blessing than we can handle.

When someone returns their tithe on Sabbath morning 100% of that money is sent away to the conference. Tithe money covers the salary of pastors and teachers, and missionaries around the world. The money that covers expenses in our local church is the offering money. Offering money pays the mortgage on our building, the power bill which keeps our church cool in the summer, the gas bill which keeps our church warm in the winter, the water bill, sewer, and phone. We count on the offering money to pay all of our local expenses. If you have noticed the monthly giv-ing on the back of your church bulletin you will see that our giving has been running behind lately. It is great when we give to other causes in the church like community services or personal ministries but tithe and offerings must come first.

Enough said about money, how about our time? Do we give God an appropriate amount of our time apart from just attending Sabbath School and Church? Contributing money is important but we also need people who are committed to serving in the church. One way to determine if we are spending enough time serving God is to ask ourselves a question. The question is this: “If everyone in our church spent the same amount of time that I spend serving God would the church be suc-cessful or a failure?” Romans 12:1, says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Does that describe you and me? Remember that when we return money (tithes), give money (offerings), or sacrifice our time (personal time) for the church we are doing so for the Lord Jesus Christ. These are all marks of being a healthy disciple.

A Fellow Disciple,

Pastor Mike

Pastor’s Corner

P A G E 2 N O R T H V A L L E Y S D A

FROM HERE AND THERE North Valley held a bridal shower for Ron and Annabelle Peck on October 2nd. Congratulations to the both of you, may you be

blessed all of your days together.

40 Days Of Prayer class has been a wonderful blessing to all whom have attended. Class will continue until November the 10th. Leslie Ewald has done a wonderful job leading the class.

North Valley’s fall festival was held on October 5th. The event was to raise money for the Thanksgiving Boxes. Joe acted as Auctioneer and everyone tried to out-bid each other. SO MUCH FUN!!!! Wonderful door prizes was given out as well. Approxi-mately $600 was raised to purchase items for the Thanksgiving Boxes. REMINDER - Get your food items purchased quickly Thanksgiving is around the corner. Many thanks from the Thanksgiving Box Committee to all who came out and took part in a great night of fun.

MIQ (Most Important Question) program on Satellite with Doug Batchelor, was a wonderful way to reach out to our teens.

A Bowling Day was held on October 24th. This was sponsored by the Social Committee.

Advent Youth had a hike from Roaring Run Furnace/State Park on October 23rd.

Our Sympathy to Judy Marshall. Her sister, Marquerite Charles died on October 10th in Salem. Judy would like to thank every-one for the cards and flowers.

Please pray for Russell Johnson. Russell had surgery at Duke Medical Center earlier this month. He has returned for a check up.

Pastor Michael Hewitt attended a seminar at the SDA Theological Seminary at Berrien Springs in Michigan. He was there the second week of October.

Dr. Cannon and his family take care of our church sign. Thank you for giving us encouraging words.

We had a good communion service the past Sabbath.

DOLLARS AND SENSE We are living in difficult times. Hard financial times are sweeping across our nation and a number of nations in the world. As church members we are living through these difficult times. We have a church that has bills to pay as well. We need to keep the church budget in our personal or family budget. Let us remember the Church Budget and God will take care of us.

November Calendar of Events 3rd 7:00PM, Prayer Mtg.

6th Sabbath Speaker Janice Goad

6th 6:00PM, Sabbath Vespers

7th Daylight Savings Time Ends

10th 7:00PM, Prayer Mtg.

11th Veteran’s Day (Thank-you Veteran’s)

13th Sabbath Speaker Phil Howell

13th 12:15PM, Outreach Team Mtg.

13th 5:00PM, Sabbath Vespers

14th 7:00PM, Church Board Meeting

14th 5:00PM, Small Group Meeting (Church)

15th 1:00PM, Worship Committee Mtg.

17th 7:00PM, Prayer Mtg.

20th Sabbath Speaker Pastor Hewitt

21st 5:00PM, Small Group Meeting (Church)

24th 7:00PM, Prayer Mtg.

25th Happy Thanksgiving

27th Sabbath Speaker Leslie Ewald

27th 5:00PM, Sabbath Vespers

28th 5:00PM, Small Group Meeting (Location TBA)

Heath Nugget: Female infants in China who have been fed formula have been growing breasts, another disaster from hormones in milk production. According to the official Chinese Daily newspaper, medical tests performed on the babies found levels of estrogens circulating in their bloodstreams that are as high as those found in most adult women. These babies are between four and 15 months old. And the evidence is overwhelming that the milk formula they have been fed is responsible. Synutra, the com-pany that makes the baby formula consumed by these babies, says it's not their fault. They insist that "no man-made hormones or any illegal substances were added during the production of the milk powder." Then what is the source of the hormones? A Chinese dairy association says the hormones could have entered the food chain when farmers reared the cows. "Since a regulation forbidding the use of hormones to cultivate livestock has yet to be drawn up in China," says Wang Dingmian, the former chairman of the dairy association in the southern province of Guangdo, "it would be lying to say nobody uses it." Bovine growth hormones are used in China, as they are in the U.S., to promote greater milk production. An extraordinary number of food products sold in the U.S. today come from China. Could some of this tainted formula be making its way to the U.S.? There is currently no way for consumers to know whether infant formula they might purchase has been made with milk products from China.

Cooking Corner: Great Breakfast Idea -

1 package of Gimme Lean Sausage (no animal was harmed in the making of this product)

1 cup orange juice

1/3 cup maple syrup

Pat out the sausage and place in a pan, pour in the orange juice and maple syrup

cook about 10 minutes and enjoy. Recipe displayed on 3ABN

Exercise: Did you know that walking is the best exercise - it targets fat, PLUS it kick starts the digestive system.

Try taking a short walk after each meal.

Have you heard the great news????

After a long 4 or so months Renee and Christina Ford has returned home. LET’S PRAISE THE LORD for the healing process in Renee. Let’s also keep praying for her and her family and remember to continue to donate to her COTA fund.

Christina and Renee we have missed you very much, welcome back home!!!

November Birthdays Mikie Lester 2

Stacey E. Wills 3

Ivan Hash

Tommy Price

4

5

Joyce Brown

Hope Huffman

7

7

Daniel Hartless 10

Joyce Forbes

Daniel Hartless

Cindy Kurmu

10

10

10

Laura Antanovich 12

Patrick Hash

Katrina Johnson

14

14

Marsha Fagg 14

India Novia 16

Ginger Turner 17

Marc Buch 18

Iva Liptrap 19

Jeffery Colley 25

Walter Nanez (Garcia) 26

Kenny Elkins 27

Eddie Howerton 29