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Desmond T. Doss Junior Academy holds annual social studies fair

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“When a first grader can do the customary ‘Dragon Dance’ from Taiwan and share facts about the country that even the principal didn’t know, that’s when its obvious,” said Steven Doss, principal of Desmond T.

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06CN: Loma Linda Eye Specialist Shares Knowledge via YouTube

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06CN: Adventist Fund-raising Book to Guide Building Projects

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08: Creation Care – Thought Starters

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:35:25 +0000

“Can you believe this? They’ve put a week’s lesson on the environment into our church’s lesson study guides.” 1 “They have?” Brenda reached the coffee table and found her copy of the guidebook her husband Matt was talking about. She rustled through the pages until she found the one labeled February 18-24.

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08: Creation Care – Teaching Plan

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Key Thought : Because God has created this world to be our home and given us dominion as His stewards, we have a responsibility to care for our environment. [Teaching plan for " Creation Care " February 22, 2012] 1. Have a volunteer read Genesis 1:25-28 .

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Thursday: Humankind’s Dominion

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“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. . . .

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God Prunes Us to Make Us More Fruitful

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God Prunes Us to Make Us More Fruitful

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:2.

Those who will walk closely in the footsteps of their self-sacrificing, self-denying Redeemer will have the mind of Christ reflected in their minds. Purity and the love of Christ will shine forth in their daily lives and characters, while meekness and truth will guide their way. Every fruitful branch is pruned, that it may bring forth more fruit. Even fruitful branches may display too much foliage and appear what they really are not. The followers of Christ may be doing some work for the Master and yet not be doing half what they might do. He then prunes them, because worldliness, self-indulgence, and pride are cropping out in their lives. Husbandmen clip off the surplus tendrils of the vines . . . , thus making them more fruitful. These hindering causes must be removed and the defective outgrowth cut away, to give room for the healing beams of the Sun of Righteousness. . . .

Many misunderstand the object for which they were created. It was to bless humanity and glorify God, rather than to enjoy and glorify self. God is constantly pruning His people, cutting off profuse, spreading branches, that they may bear fruit to His glory and not produce leaves only. God prunes us with sorrow, with disappointment and affliction, that the outgrowth of strong, perverse traits of character may be weakened and that the better traits may have a chance to develop. Idols must be given up, the conscience must become more tender, the meditations of the heart must be spiritual, and the entire character must become symmetrical.

By abiding in Christ, we may have His sweetness, His fragrance, His light. . . . He shines in our hearts. His light in our hearts shines forth from our faces. By beholding the beauty and the glory of Christ, we become changed into the same image.

Sons and Daughters of God p. 289
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Prayer requests:

-— Please pray for my family. Yesterday morning we let our dogs out to go potty. Oscar never came back. We searched all day for him, finally finding a trail of small drops of blood and then it stopped. We are pretty sure that something got him and we are heartbroken. Normally our dogs are out when we are but yesterday morning we let them out by themselves for 2 minutes. We aren’t sure what got him but most likely a coyote or a falcon. Please pray for us because we are feeling very sad and wishing we could have him still be here. Ray

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Dear Friends

One day a few years after I started working at the courthouse, I decided to wear a pair of Esther Marie’s sandals that she no longer wanted and I had been wearing around the house. They were in such a convenient spot to slip into and since they were comfortable I decided to wear them to work.

As soon as I arrived at work, however, I became painfully aware of them. As soon as I stepped onto the tile floor, loud clickety-clacks resounded through the foyer. I sounded like a tap-dancer. Esther’s sandals are the type with only a wide strap across the top of the foot, but none in back to hold it firm. So there was not only the click, click, click of the heels, but also a slap, slap, slap as my heel and the shoe met with every step. Try as I might, I just could not walk quietly.

Although those sandals make my feet feel very comfortable, I was very uncomfortable in my mind. Throughout the day, everyone could hear me no matter where I went. I got a few comments about their being able to know where I was at all times. Many people turned and looked my direction. It seemed to me that they were suppressing their giggles at my discomfort. Going up and down the stairs to the office where I work, amplified the clickety-clack of those offending shoes.   I felt so self conscious. I would rather not be noticed, and everyone was noticing me no matter what I did, no matter where I went.
Thus it is in life. How seldom we are aware of our “footsteps”; yet no matter where we go, they “speak” to those around us. Jesus declares, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matt 5:14-16   Those with whom we come in contact are waiting to see if our “walk” matches our profession as Christians. “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 2:6;1:6,7 Paul adds, “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”    Col    2:6,7
There is a danger that we will become like the Pharisees were when Jesus walked upon this earth. Jesus warns us, “do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.” Matt 23:3 Because their profession did not match their “walk” with Him, Jesus pronounced many woes upon them. “But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear ! by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto ! you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.” 13-28
May we continually walk in truth upon the path of life never turning to the left or to the right. May we do faithfully whatsoever it is our duty to do. (3 John 3-5 ) May we, though our walk, bring others to our Dear Saviour is my prayer.

Rose

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Rose’s Devotionals are prepared by Rose Hartwell, one of the Intercer founders. Since 1999, Rose sends out a daily devotional newsletter that includes a commentary on a Bible passage, a list of prayer requests for the current week and an illustration from daily life that applies to the Bible passage in study.

Microsoft Excel 2010 Course: Beginners/ Intermediate Training 10% off until Mar.1,…

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In this Microsoft Excel 2010 tutorial video, veteran Infinite Skills trainer Guy Vaccaro introduces you to the latest version of Microsoft’s standard spreadsheet application.

In this Excel Training Video, you will learn by watching the author actually perform the operations he is instructing on, as he explains step by step to how to perform these functions. Guy explains Microsoft Excel 2010 starting with the absolute basics of creating your very first worksheet. He slowly works you up through learning the various capabilities of this very powerful program, and even covers topics such as basic to advanced formula and functions. He has even included a chapter on connecting to the new Microsoft Web Apps, and how to use your own SkyDrive to store and share your Microsoft Excel projects. Included with this training video are full practical working files, to allow you to work along side of Guy as he teaches you how to use Microsoft Excel 2010.

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Born in England in 1966 just 3 days after England last won the World Cup means that whilst Guy has been building his training experience across the Retail and Business world he has also been waiting for the impossible- another win for England. Luckily Guy having an Italian father, not only gave him Latin good looks, but more importantly another team to follow and Italy proved a stronger bet having won the World Cup twice during his time on the planet (and twice before 1966!)
After his degree in Italian and IT, the perfect combination, Guy ended up in the Retail sector and worked up through management until, making use of his ability to communicate with others, he switched to training.

Over the years these training skills have been honed in a variety of environments from shop floor to classroom to manuals to online moving from a purely Retail base to a wider IT skillset.

Guy refers to his own IT education as being from the outside in, rather than the inside out, that is he has learnt to use computers through their interface with humans and not from the binary code that creates the wonders of modern software. This outside in approach has meant that he has the ability to empathise with learners in whatever environment he teaches (classroom or online). An empathy that helps Guy to be patient and explain concepts and activities in a variety of modes to ensure that learning has taken place.

Over the past few years Guy has authored a number Infinite Skills titles ranging from the market leader in Business Reporting Crystal Reports through all the applications contained in the Microsoft Office Suite.

Outside of the working environment you will find Guy with his two children and their ponies being dragged around the length and breadth of the country to various Pony Club competitions.
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So how do you get started? If you want to learn something useful, JavaScript is the way to go. In these days when the browser is becoming more and more central to all computer use, knowing “the language of the browser” is the most important step!
Now, a few years ago, you’d be marked out as a weirdo for saying something like that. There’d probably be some kind of witch-burning ceremony or something, because JavaScript was this stupid language which had stupid syntax and stupid scope and was used to do stupid things by stupid people and just led to awful spaghetti code and killed kittens.

These days competent programmers have started to identify its real potential and uses, and it’s gone from an incompetent toy to the main language of the browser. It’s become cool. And I don’t mean cool as in “look at this cool bouncing text”; I mean cool as in “hey, check out that cool guy over there writing JavaScript, look how cool he is!”.

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Courthouse Church Delivers $33,000 of Baked Goods

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:02:38 +0000

Last year, the Courthouse Road Seventh-day Adventist Church distributed over $33,000 of baked goods from Panera Bread.

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