Preview Issue [June 2013]

EPHESUS

9 Praise Reports 18 Member Feature 20 What’s Happening

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In This Issue

Singles’ Ministry Update

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Praise Reports

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Remembering, Rejoicing, Rededication:

Camp Meeting

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Member Feature: The Moore’s

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Healthy Congregations: Diet

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What’s Happening

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Pray4Togo

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This quarter’s Sabbath

School Lesson:

Revival & Reformation

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Singles’ Ministry Update

Softball Fun Day

and Cookout

On Sunday, June 2, the Sin-

gles’ Ministry hosted its third-annual

softball and cookout event. Though

weather called for rain, the skies

were clear enough for a day of fun.

Ephesus church members en-

joyed playing games, such as volley-

ball and softball, enjoyed fellowship-

ping with each other while eating

fish, veggie dogs and fries.

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Singles’ Ministry Update

Jessica Mayers (below) and Adrian Green

(right) are showing off their spots skills as

they play softball and volleyball

Those who came to the

event were asked to bring a dona-

tion of any amount to help further

the work of the Singles’ Ministry .

By Tiffiney Miles

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Left page: Daron Barfield runs to first plate during the softball game.

Above: Quaneta McDaniel (left) serves Calvin Green (right) and his niece, Jada (center), food from the cookout. Those who attended the

softball and cookout were asked to bring a donation of any amount for future Singles’ Ministry projects.

Singles’ Ministry Rap Session:

SOUL TIES!

Tuesday, August 20 at 7 p.m.

Ephesus SDA Church

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“Cleaning Out

Your Baggage” with Audrey Blake

Audrey Blake, guest speaker

for Singles’ Day in February, re-

turned to Ephesus to present a

workshop called “Cleaning our

Your Emotional Baggage” on June

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The interactive workshop

challenged church members to

think about the kinds of emotional

baggage, brought up from past re-

lationships, are hindering them

from moving forward.

Blake compared emotional

baggage to unnecessary items in a

closet, saying that they need to be

removed from our lives.

Audrey gave several tips to

get rid of the emotional baggage,

but she believes the biggest way to

get rid of the baggage is to forgive

those who have hurt us in the

past.

Click on the picture

below to visit Audrey

Blake’s website:

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Praise Reports! How is God working

in YOUR life? “I want the thank the

Lord for allowing me to

buy a house! It’s my

first house, and the clos-

ing and everything went

very smooth. It says to

me that if something is

for you, it is for you.

God’s going to make

sure that you have it. I

wasn’t even planning on

buying a house, but eve-

rything just fell into

place, and I know that

was only because of

the Lord.”

—Catherine Sylvester

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Remembering, Rejoicing,

Rededication:

2013 South Atlantic Conference

Camp Meeting

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Remembering, Rejoicing,

Rededication:

2013 South Atlantic Conference

Camp Meeting by Tiffiney Miles

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Camp meeting. It’s a time for

fellowship, potlucks, catching up

with old friends and power-packed

preaching. It is also a time to draw

closer to God through Bible study,

seminars and prayer.

Right: Pastors from the South Atlantic

Conference help a fellow pastor, Daniel

Kelly (not shown), load a tent for his evan-

gelistic series.

Below: Every year, many church members

camp out in tents for the ten days at camp

meeting.

Pictures by Pastor Raymond Johnson

Cont. on Page 16

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Right: Ephesus church members and

friends enjoy time together at camp

meeting: Front (l-r) Ganisha Gibson, Esther

Munoz, TeNesha Wells, Marsha Fields,

Deborah Sulton, Zarihana Clark-Allen; Back

(l-r) Kinotci Hill, Terrell Beasley, Spencer

Wade, Patrick O’Neal; Far Back Ishmael

Wade. Picture by DaRon Barfield

Below: Camp meeting provided many op-

portunities for youth to draw closer to

God. Pastor Quine Cousins speaks to the

Pathfinders during a devotion entitled “I

Want Winners.” Picture by Pastor Ray-

mond Johnson

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Pastor José Rojas speaks for the final Sabbath, June 15, at camp

meeting in front of hundreds of South Atlantic Conference church

members.

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The South Atlantic Confer-

ence of the Seventh-day Adventist

Church held its annual camp meeting

from June 6 -15. The conference al-

so celebrated 150 years of the Sev-

enth-day Adventist Church.

Hundreds of Adventist church

members from North Carolina, South

Carolina and Georgia came to the

River Oaks campground in Orange-

burg, S.C.

As a tradition of camp

meeting, some people camped in

tents while others stayed in the

housing units on the campground.

The ten-day camp meeting

included a packed schedule for

adults and youth.

Each day there was a morn-

ing, afternoon and evening devotion

to constantly remind church mem-

bers to dedicate their lives to the

Lord.

There were also different

workshops that church members

could attend. For the adults, there

were topics such as parenting, reli-

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Left Page: Every year, the South Atlantic

Conference holds an ordination service at

camp meeting. Elder (left) and Mrs.

Mendinghall (second to left) stands with

newly ordained pastor Divine Ayivor (right)

and his wife Mercy (second to right). Pic-

ture by Pastor Raymond Johnson

gious liberty and prayer.

Youth activities included a

music workshop led by Lamar Camp-

bell, Bible Bowl and basketball tour-

naments.

Both Sabbaths were just as

powerful as the workshops. Pastor

MyRon Edmonds spoke on June 6

about the Holy Spirit’s role in our

personal lives and within the church.

On Sabbath, June 15, Pastor

José Rojas encouraged the church to

pass the torch of the Gospel mes-

sage to the world.

The South Atlantic Confer-

ence also held an ordination service

for Pastor Divine Ayivor on Sabbath

afternoon, June 15.

The camp meeting ended

with a concert by recording artist

Lamar Campbell, a vesper service by

Alphonso McCarthy and a Pathfinder

drum and drill.

DVDs of this year’s camp

meeting are available for purchase

by calling the South Atlantic Confer-

ence office at 404-792-0535. For

more information about the South

Atlantic Conference, visit their web-

site at sacsda.org

Above: Singer Lamar Campbell invites church members to sing his hit song “More than Anything” during the Sabbath evening program.

Picture by DaRon Barfield

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Member Feature The Moore’s

Meet Alfred Moore and

Marlene Johnson-Moore. Marlene

is from Washington, D.C. and Alfred

is from Greenville, S.C. They found

each other online and married in

Charleston, S.C. on Nov. 18, 2011.

Alfred works for the Univer-

sity of South Carolina College of

Pharmacy and helps to recruit pre-

pharmacy high school and college

students across the state to the

school.

Marlene is a law student at

the University of South Carolina and

the emergency manager of the

South Carolina Air National Guard.

One interesting fact between

the both of them deals with a cer-

tain name. Alfred is named after his

father, Alfred II, who was named

after his grandfather, Alfred. Mar-

lene’s brother is named Alfred. He

is named after his father, Alfred II,

who was name after his father, Al-

fred.

The Moore’s have

this marriage philosophy, “Talk it

out, work it out!”

The Moore’s also have some

advice for singles. “Pray to God for

exactly what you’re looking for in a

mate,” says Marlene. “And pray

that He’ll continually prepare you

for that mate so that when you all

meet you are ready to take it to

that next level.”

“Keep your heart open,”

says Alfred. “Whatever bad rela-

tionships, or negativity, (that)

comes from the past, give that to

God because when the right person

comes along, he wants to see the

goodness in you, not anger or

bitterness. So let that go, give it to

the Lord so you can give love to

that person, and you’ll be able to

receive it in return.”

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Reposted from the South Atlantic Conference

Healthy Congregations: August Health Emphasis

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What’s Happening

July 20-Aug. 24

We are taking a refreshing look at core

Biblical beliefs.

August 24

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What’s Happening

We are taking a refreshing look at core

Biblical beliefs.

July 24-Oct. 2013

7 p.m. Wednesdays

Do you need a heart renovation? Pastor John Pooler leads this

series that will show you how God can make over your life.

Prayer & Bible Connection

Series

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What’s Happening

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What’s Happening

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“The event raises awareness about the imprisonment of Pastor

Antonio dos Anjos Monteiro and church member Bruno Amah,

imprisoned on false charges since March 2012.”

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO LEARN MORE

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Come Worship With Us!

Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church

7709 Wilson Boulevard

Columbia, SC 29203

803.786.2800

Pastor John Pooler, III

Service Times Sabbath Morning Praise and Worship 8:00am

Sabbath School 9:15am

Divine Worship Service 11:00am

AYS One hour before sunset

Wednesday Night Prayer and Bible Connection 7:00pm

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www.EphesusSDA.org

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