Broomball Saturday Night

Now i know that some of you may not be familiar with Broomball. All I can say that you have to try it. It's so much fun. Check out this bloopers reel I found on YouTube to give you an idea.



See you there!!

Kick off December YA style

This Sabbath we have a full day for you. Join us as we live together.

3:30 PM: Aidswalk

7 PM: Christmas Party at Isaac and Grace's House

10 PM: Broomball at Ontario Ice Skating Center $5 includes refreshments. This is something you do NOT want to miss.

Thanksgiving Traditions

Trips up to San Jose will always include a stop at Panera. It has become habit that Grace gets her "fix" in the mornings. I sit here writing this morning reminiscing about last night grand feast. It was probably very similar to your dinner yesterday as well. Then if your family is like ours then people were debating about participation in black friday nonsense.

Traditions...things that happen from season to season, occasion to occasion to symbolize something important. Like families, churches also have traditions. Like baptism, footwashing, worship services, etc. But why do we have some traditions? Are they any less important in value if one generation doesn't grasp it's meaning?

Share your families traditions and learn from others this Sabbath at 10AM.

Christmas White Elephant Gift Exchange

December 1 @ 7 PM
White Elephant Gift Exchange / Christmas Party
Bring a white elephant "gift" ($10 max) to share. Use your imagination. It should be a fun time as we will have snacks, hot drinks, and exchange gifts. We may even bust out the Wii.

We will leave from the party to go to Ontario Ice Center for Broomball which is at 10pm.

If you need directions post a comment or email me at: ikim@calimesasda.com

Aidswalk 2007 & World Aids Day

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It is also World Aids Day on December 1. Come get some exercise, meet some new people in the community, and raise money for a great cause.
Share your thoughts and let us know if you're coming. Remember we are having our Christmas Party and Broomball later that night.

Very Special Sabbath School Discussion with Pastor Chris

We are very excited because this weekend we will have Pastor Chris joining us in Young Adult Sabbath School. She will be presenting on women in ministry. Although she is not the exclusive voice of women in ministry...she is my hero in this area.
She will be sharing about her personal journey, some history of women in pastoral ministry, and also some current politics around women in ministry.
If you have a question you would like to ask her this Sabbath; post a comment and we'll pass them along to her.
This is a special opportunity so don't miss it!

Volunteers needed for Photo Directory

Here's a great opportunity to do something meaningful at church. We need some volunteers to be host and hostess for our photo sessions as members come and sign in for their pictures. The tasks are very important but not technical. Mrs. Barbara Beglau would ideally like two people at each of the above times. If you can help leave comment or send me an email and I'll get you her contact info.

Tuesday Nov. 27th from 5:30 - 9:30
Tuesday Dec. 11th from 6:30 to 9:30
Wednesday, Dec. 12th from 5:30 to 9:30
Thursday, Dec. 13th from 5:30 to 9:30

Here's the Gang to Serve You

Nathan Blue: Is new to our team this year and has been serving us by helping to plan and design Sabbath School. He is also one of our worship leaders with his wife Cheri. He is a first year medical student at Loma Linda.





Sara Burkett: Sara has been with us for a couple of years now and she has been working hard with in putting together many of the social and outreach activities that we have on an ongoing basis such as broomball. Sara is a speech pathologist at Loma Linda.





Cody Chastain: is in his 4th year of serving our community. He is involved in our Sabbath School as much as time allows. He is in his 4th year of medical school where he is actively involved in student leadership as well. He is married to Jamie.






Jamie Chastain: Many of the pictures you see online come from Jamie. If you are a myspacer then you have interacted with Jamie as she maintains our site. www.myspace.com/calimesachurch She also serves us by organizing our social and outreach activities. Jamie is a nurse in the NICU.




Scott Jones: Mr. Jones has been serving our ministry for several years now. He lends his deliberate, sageful counsel to many of us who are a little anxious at times. Scott is one of our leaders serving in our Sabbath School. He is a graduate student in History at UCR.





Lauryn Wild: is a long time member of Calimesa and in her first year of serving our Young adults. She is the artistic one in our group and provides thought options for us that we desperately need with her creative personality. She serves our Sabbath School while dabbling in community needs as well. Lauryn is a teacher in SB county.



Jessica Williams: recently became our second elder for Young adults (Cheri Wild is our other elder) Jessica also leads our Sabbath School by helping to plan and coordinate curriculum. Jessica's life is a professional ministry as she serves as a Bible teacher at Loma Linda Academy

Upcoming Events

A time for everything

With the change of time. What's the point of adding another few weeks to daylights savings time anyways. I really wish that our elected leaders in Washington would spend their time on worthwhile meaningful things rather than making legislation on extending daylight savings time. Anyways...did you notice that some of your electronic equipment changed time automatically at the old daylight change date? I even heard of some stories where people were late to work because their clocks changed when it wasn't supposed to.

With the change of time comes a new look for our blog. What do you think. Let me know and if you want I can change it back. Also send me some of your halloween pics and maybe I'll pick one to put on the blog.

Living Conversations

some of you are aware of living conversations. It is a monthly gathering of adventist young adults in Loma Linda. It is organized by my friend Julius Nam (professor of religion at LLU). He tries to provide opportunities for conversation and growth among ourselves as Adventists as well as ALL of our neighbors, inclusive of their faith traditions or lack there of.

Friday night is the next one at his house in Loma Linda. Dr. Rick Rice and Dr. David Larson from LLU Religion will be exploring the ideas of open theism and the idea that God might not know everything before it happens (very simplified explaination).

Anyways, you're invited. I know several of you have attended already. If you are interested in going just comment on the blog and i'll get you directions.

Are you curious who you are?

So as I am preparing for Adventist Cafe at Loma Linda for Thursday here are some interesting numbers I found about our church. These facts and figures are as of the end of 2006.

Adventist Cafe is a ministry of the LLU chaplains office. This is a weekly study that happens Thursdays at noon with a free lunch in Randalls Visitors Center next to the library. Come check it out!

Congregations:
We have 15,800 ordained pastors + many more non-ordained (especially women)
We have 61,000 churches
We are in 203 countries of the 229 recognized by U.N. in 885 languages.

Education
7,284 elementary, secondary, & higher education institutions
Total Enrollment
1.4 Million Students
Loma Linda University
3,000 aprox.

Humanitarian
ADRA (outside North America)
112 countries
Monies Given $36 Million
Value of Total Aid $286 Million

Total Tithes & Offerings of the World Church
$2.38 Billion
Total Tithes & Offerings of North America
$1.4 Billion

Membership in World Church
15 Million +
North American Division
1 Million +

*source www.adventist.org and www.nadadventist.org

Stewardship of the Environment

This past Sabbath we looked at the potential we have to do great good in caring for this world. Stewardship is a word that Christians love to use when they discuss financial giving in the church but stewardship is much more than that. It is how we tend to and care for what we have been entrusted. This includes, money, time, our intellect, relationships, children, and even our world.

One key idea that came out of the conversation on Sabbath was a deistic thought that suggests that God has made Himself less and less available in this world through time. In turn asking us to step in and take a more primary role in the happenings of this world and our lives.

What do you think about that? Please share.