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Thought For the Week
“3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
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Guest Speaker This Sabbath
We Are Happy to Have Alister Hunt speaking for us this Sabbath. Alister and Angela originally moved to Seattle in 1991 for Alister’s doctoral studies in business economics at the University of Washington. Alister taught for many years in graduate business programs, and now has a small financial economic consulting practice. Prior to that, Alister was an accountant and also served the church in Rwanda. Alister and Angela have three adult daughters, Grace, Olympia, and Liberty. Over recent years, Alister has devoted time to strengthening fellowship and church institutions, including chairing the Sunset Lake Board for the last five years.
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Sermon Topic: What do you think was the most difficult experience of Jesus’ life on Earth? We know that Jesus is human, … touched by the same things as we are. We know that He was deathly sorrowful at Gethsemane, which leads us to rightly focus on His crucifixion. However, we know experientially that our own violent death is a less-troubling thought to us than the violent death of a loved-one. As we examine again the life of Jesus, we do so from the perspective that Jesus lived every aspect of His pacifist message, including in the hardest case – violence directed at a loved-one. Join me as we revisit, from this perspective, the story of John the Baptist. My desire is that we come away with a deeper understanding of the heart of God, as revealed in the life of Jesus.
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Our Sincere Condolences
We Are Deeply Saddened to announce the passing of Adam Bordianu, son of Hilda & Sorin Bordianu and brother to Theresa, Friday, March 19th. Please keep this dear family in your prayers during this very difficult time. May God cover them with his comforting arms.
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Re-Opening Safety Guidelines
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King County is now in Phase 3, however, until the distancing is reduced from 6 feet, we are unable to seat anymore people than 25% capacity and still distance safely. We have a committee that will be evaluating a plan for returning to normal as we are allowed. Until then, we will continue to have up to 110 people in the sanctuary with overflow in the Fellowship Hall. Our service begins at 11am and we are not holding any Sabbath School classes or meals at this time.
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If you are planning to attend, please be aware of the following precautions:
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• Masks must be worn throughout the service while in the building (unless you have medical reasons not to). We will provide a mask if you don’t have one.
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• Maintain social distancing of 6 feet inside and outside of the building.
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• Restrooms should have no more than 2 people in them at a time.
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• Those who are at-risk for health conditions are encouraged to stay home.
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• If you are sick, please stay home and join us on livestream until you are well.
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• Please socialize outside in the breezeways or in the parking lot, not inside the buildings.
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Thank you for taking steps to ensure the health of our congregation!
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What's Happening
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Sabbath, March 27:
No Breakfast
No Sabbath School
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11:00am Guest Speaker: Alister Hunt
No luncheon
Friday Sunset:7:30pm; Saturday Sunset: 7:31pm
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Prayer Requests:
Please write a note of encouragement to any of the people on our prayer list:
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• Bordianu Family - Loss of son, Adam
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• Charles Church - Health
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• Greg Kuo - Health, continued prayer is much appreciated
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• Tim States - Lisa Stuart's father-Stroke recovery
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• Vivian Weatherby - Stroke
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• Clare & Lenard Zapara - Health
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• Our search for new Senior and Associate Pastors
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Clare Boles-Zapara wants to express hers and Lenard's appreciation for the continued prayers, flowers and kind words during their health challenges. They love our church family and are looking forward to seeing everyone again soon.
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Congratulations to our Sojourners Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) teams who placed first in the Union level events with other teams across our North Pacific Union. We have 13 Pathfinders in PBE this year. Teams: Living Stones: Jacob Koh, Monique Pintos, Kai Goffar, Marcus Kim, Misael Medina, Moises Medina, Aiden Radke; First Fruits: Mischa Goffar, Erick Anes, Avery Lee, Ethan Phillips, Nathan Pintos, Ethan Prince.
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2021-2022 Church Officers: Due to the COVID-19 restrictions this year and inability to be involved, we are asking everyone to keep their offices for the next term. If anyone cannot continue after March 31, please let the office know via email or write a note on a pew card. The Nominating Committee will only fill positions as needed. Also, if you would like to be involved, please also do the same and we will gladly consider your request.
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Women's Ministries: Ladies, you are welcome to join our virtual study Sabbath mornings at 9am. We have begun a new study looking at the book “HOPE for Troubled Times – How to thrive in a shattered world” by Pastor Mark Finley. ‘Fear, worry, and stress can overwhelm and consume us, but fear must give way to faith as we adjust our focus. Fear is an emotion, Faith is an attitude, and focus is a choice.’ If you are interested in joining our study group or have questions, please contact Anita Dorland or the church office.
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Scotland Mission Trip: Please visit the web site for any updates on this mission trip: https://goodnewsforscotland.wixsite.com/mission. Contact us for more information! Anyone interested in joining, please contact Jeff or Holly Leggott.
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Announcement Info: If you ever have an announcement to add to the bulletin, bulletin board or from the pulpit, please get approval from the office by noon Thurs or speak directly to a pastor. Thank you!
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Shut-Ins: In an effort to provide better care for our members, we are asking your help in locating members of the Kirkland church who are not able to come to Sabbath services. We do not always know when someone is ill or disabled. Our pastors and elders would love to visit with these valuable members.
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Room/House for Rent? We receive many requests from various Adventist members needing temporary housing/rooms to rent in this area. If you have anything available, please contact the church office, 425-822-7922.
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Information Changes: If your address and/or phone ever change, please make that indication on your tithe envelope or a pew card so the information also gets to the Treasurer, they will not know by your check alone. Thank you.
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School News
Hot Lunch Helpers – We are excited to be able to restart our hot lunch program in April, but to do that, we need more volunteers to help cook and serve. You must be an approved volunteer and have a current Food Handlers Permit. If you are interested or need more information, please contact the school office 425.822.7554. If you need to renew or apply for a food handler’s license, please visit King County’s Health Services website to complete the online requirements.
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PSAA 2023 Mask Fundraiser—Adult & children’s sized masks are being made by students to raise funds for the 2023 class. Masks are available at the church office or you may order via Venmo at https://sites.google.com/view/psaa-2023-mask-fundraiser/home and pick-up at PSAA.
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GYC Northwest Convention March 24-28, 2021 - Our goal is to encourage, empower, and equip young people to fully grasp the message and mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church by living and proclaiming the Three Angels’ Messages in the North Pacific Union and beyond. The 2021 GYC-NW Convention will depict gospel-centered sermons which will bring to light why we have been in this world so long and what God wants to do in us to prepare us for the glorious courts of Heaven.
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Where: The College Place Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in College Place, WA. For details and how to register, visit https://www.gycnorthwest.org/
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"Just Us," a new podcast from Washington Conference, launched this year to model healthy and respectful conversation about race, justice and Christianity. “Second Corinthians 7:2 gives counsel to ‘make room in your heart,’ and that is what we desire to do through this podcast,” says Bill Roberts, podcast host. “We may not always agree with each other, but we want to respect each other and move forward with understanding to bring glory to God and to help this world be a better place."The podcast originated after a pastor’s meeting in January 2019 where ministers learned how to have crucial conversations. “I asked the panel: ‘What can we do to keep growing?’” Roberts recalls. “The younger pastors said: ‘Do a podcast.’” Roberts is joined in the podcast with co-hosts Hanz Jouissance, John Brunt, and Mimi Weithers-Bruce. Each 45-60-minute episode blends history, personal experience and scripture. The pilot episode shares how the panel became involved in racial reconciliation.“It’s a difficult conversation in the church because we are all believers who are supposed to have a common ground,” admits Jouissance.“There are so many people who don’t want to change their heart. They want to keep things the way they are,” acknowledges Weithers-Bruce. “We are asking people to listen and learn.”
LISTEN on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast or Anchor
WATCH on YouTube
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Sabbath Duties
Sermon: Alister Hunt
Elder: TBD
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Greeters: Melba Bentley (L), Jeff & Gazelle Hudspeth (L), Art & Winnie Ward (L)
Children's Story: Esther Duffy
Special Music: Rachel Rigsby
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PPT: Jonathan Wirtz
Flowers: Desiree Fletcher
No Meals being served at this time
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Our Mission
The mission of the Kirkland Seventh-day Adventist Church is to lovingly invite everyone in our area to clearly understand, accept, and experience with us the truly wonderful good news of Jesus Christ in order to improve our lives today and be ready for the soon return of Jesus, the only real hope for this world.
To read the full details of our Mission and Vision, Click Here*
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Contact Information
6400 108th Ave. NE, Kirkland, WA 98033
425.822.7922
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Office Hours:
Mon-Th 8:00am-3:00pm
Fri 8:00am-1:00pm
Library Hours:
If you would like to check something out from the library, please contact
Karin Valliere, karin.valleire@gmail.com
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