13 January 2023 | Rose Marie Otis, age 82, passed in her sleep early on Saturday morning, January 7, 2023. She was living in Frederick, Maryland, with her husband of 64 years, Harold “Bud” Otis Jr. She was known as an author, speaker, and prominent leader within the Seventh-day Adventist church. In 1977, Rose left […] Source: https://atoday.org/first-director-for-gc-womens-ministries-rose-marie-otis-passes-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-director-for-gc-womens-ministries-rose-marie-otis-passes-away
Le beatitudini: le prime due benedizioni
Un messaggio speciale a cura del Pastore Ted Wilson, presidente della Chiesa avventista a livello mondiale, sulle beatitudini: 1 e 2. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_NuILCyLE
Sabbath: The Tithing Contract
Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 14:18-20; Malachi 3:10; Deuteronomy 12:5-14; Leviticus 27:30; 1 Kings 17:9-16; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2.
Memory Text: “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10, NKJV).
In Genesis 14:1-24, Abram had returned from a successful hostage rescue mission in which he had saved his nephew Lot, Lot’s family, and the other people taken from Sodom. The king of Sodom was so grateful for the rescue that he offered Abram all the spoils of the battle. Abram not only refused the offer but gave a tithe of all that he possessed to Melchizedek.
Immediately after Abram’s tithing experience, the Lord said, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward” (Genesis 15:1, NKJV). In effect, the Lord was telling Abram, “Don’t worry. I will be your protector and provider.” Then, much later, Moses told Israel as they were about to enter Canaan, “You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year … that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always” (Deuteronomy 14:22-23, , NKJV).
Ellen G. White wrote: “Men were required to offer to God gifts for religious purposes before the definite system was given to Moses, even as far back as the days of Adam.” — Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 393.
What does all this mean for us today?
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, January 21.
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ITV News Features Tottenham Lighthouse Church on its humanitarian work
“Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” Hebrews 13:16
An ITV News broadcast on Sunday, 8 January 2023, featured the exceptional community outreach of the Tottenham Lighthouse Adventist church in their response to the cost-of-living crisis. Interviewed also was the church pastor – Dr Jude Jeanville, who shared the ethos for reaching out with tangible resources to those in need through their church Food Hub.
The outreach
Realising the…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-01-13/itv-news-features-tottenham-lighthouse-church-on-its-humanitarian-work/
ASTR [What is the Role of the Archives Section?]; and Other Important Information
The Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research brings together the Adventist Church’s past and present in order to inspire the future.
This week in Adventist history, we’ll learn about the first Seventh-day Adventist baptism in Germany, which occurred on January 8, 1876, and some other events that happened around the same time.
This episode will also give a brief overview, and sneak peek into what the Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research does with records, in addition to providing information on the current state of the Seventh-day Adventist Church through data and statistics.
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