Dr. Roy Adams - Toronto West Seventh Day Adventist Church

ANNOUNCEMENTS_________________CHURCH CALENDAR FOR TODAYElder(s) on Duty: Laflyn Anderson / Everald JappHealth Care Personnel: Dawn Marzouca / Marilyn Ambrose10/10 Men in Prayer: Men’s Ministry invites all men toRoom 23 for 10 minutes of prayer immediately afterDivine Service.50th Anniversary : We are in the process of creating a 50th AnniversaryVideo, showcasing our church over the years. Please forwardyour pictures –weddings, baby dedications, pathfinders, funerals,DVDs etc. to Karen Leacock. Kindly ensure your name is clearlywritten on your items if you would like them returned to you.50th Anniversary DVDs: Starting (Jan 19) are now available. Pleaseplace your order with Georgette Powell - 647-344-3376.OAKWOOD ALUMNI -- Did you attend Oakwood University? Thenimmediately contact Royson James or Chermiann Lewis Balfour to designa proper welcome, hospitality, and celebration of The Aeolians --World Championship Choir, when they visit Toronto, May 4. Call 416-301-2204 or email rjames@thestar.caAY Program@ 5:15 p.m.See page 74Power HourWednesday, Feb 20, 2013@ 7:00 p.m.End-Time Hope: A Journey toEternity- Mark FinleyPresenters: Elders BerniceMcDonald & Kai KongPASTORAL CARE___________________Office Hours: Mon-Thurs: 8:00 a.m.-4pm • Fri: 8:00 a.m.-12noonPastor Allan ChichesterThurs. 9:30 a.m.—3:00 p.m.Pastor Wayne WilliamsMon. 9:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.9Pastor Marvin ClarkeTues. 9:30—3:00 p.m.Off on Mondays Off on Tuesday Off on ThursdayElder Bernice McDonald Tues. 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.Off ThursdayIf you are aware of someone who is ill, please notify a member of thepastoral staff. Kindly remember our sick and shut-in members withyour prayers, calls, cards, visits, and other acts of kindness. “For I wassick… I was alone and you visited me… when you did these things…you were doing them to me.” (Matthew 25:36, 40)PASTORAL BLOG____________________________The Spirit is Important by Pastor Marvin ClarkeHave you ever watched a pinwheel move round and round? Most of us know that pinwheelsdon’t just spin around on their own volition. There has to be a wind source ofsome kind. You have to blow on it with your own breath or take it outside and allowthe wind to move it. It won’t spin around on its own strength. That’s just like us asChristians. We can’t spin around on our own either . We need God’s strength andpower.Of course, some of us try to spin around in our own strength anyway but we are notgetting very far. Some of us have things stuck in our blades that are blocking our wind.Our power source is the Holy Spirit, and that is a powerful wind. So much can beaccomplished for Christ when we allow the leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Justthink about the disciples, they turned the world upside down.We’ve all got things stuck in our blades that slow us down, and even make our effectivenessfor Christ come to a complete standstill. Here are a few that came to mymind:Power Blockers: Bitterness Whew! Toronto West this one can really be a clog in yourwheels. Bitterness can rob you of your joy and eat away at you until you’re not usefulto anyone, let alone God. If you have bitterness in your life , you have to deal with it inorder to have the power you need to keep spinning. Let all bitterness...be put awayfrom you (Eph. 4:31). Unforgiveness: If there is a rift between you and someone andyou don’t deal with it, it’s like running a rod right through your blades. You are not goingto keep spinning. You will find yourself not doing anything for Christ. And be yekind one to another...forgiving one another…. (Ep. 4:32). Our Own Will: Trying tospin around by ourselves, and in all directions isn’t going to work. We have to giveourselves over to what God wants for us . I beseech you therefore that ye present yourbodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service…that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable ...will of God (Rom. 12:1,2).