Where:  Church of the Brethren, Windsor, Colorado

When:   Every Sabbath (Saturday)

Sabbath School  9:30 A.M.  Worship Service  11:00 A.M.

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Spring 2012
"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope."  Job 7:6

One may think about the way time passes as he looks back toward, say, the year 2000.  "It seems like it was just yesterday", the man may say.  Remember the hoopla about "2K"?  "What will happen to the computers?", Tulips March 31 at The Church of the Brethrenthey asked.  "Will the world come to a crashing halt?"  "Where did all those years go between then and now?"  Yet the boy says, " It will take forever before I'm able to drive."  The passing of time is such a relative feeling. Have you wondered why Job thought time passed quickly when he had such pain and misery?  Perhaps he was thinking about past happier times and wondering, "Where did all those years go?"  Or perhaps, he felt like his days and nights all blurred together because of his constant miserable state during his suffering.  One thing the Bible does tell us about Job. Although his present condition seemed hopeless, by faith he looked forward to the time when God would restore his body to a perfect state. And he would see God with his own eyes and flesh when his Redeermer would come, resurrect, and restore him.  So we too, still await the time of our Redeemer's return.  But we have the advantage of hindsight, knowing the Savior has already made certain our salvation, by His life and death and resurrection.  We but need to accept it and follow Him. Prophecy has, and is being, fulfilled. We are all the closer to being reunited with Jesus at his 2nd coming in the clouds of heaven.

Spring, 2012!  Who would have believed it?  Let us live joyfully for Christ, with the sure knowledge that He has our future soundly in His hands.  And, His coming must be closer than when we first believed!  Even if we too are laid in the dust like Job, we can be sure that Jesus will bring us to life in a glorious state when He returns, as He promised.

Our Elm Haven Fellowship church routinely celebrates Communion (Foot washing and Lord's Supper), every quarter, generally at the end of the quarter.  So we found ourselves participating in this quarterly service on March 31. Before dismissing for the foot washing ceremony and later returning for the Lord's Supper (unleavened bread and grape juice), Pastor Martin had the children's story and a small talk. Pastor Martin talked to the children about the symbolic meaning of the bread and wine and that it was not "just a snack".  And he made clear that it was the parents' or caregivers' responsibility whether the individual children were mature enough to understand what they were doing and partake or not.  We celebrate "Open Communion", which means one does not need to be a member of our church to join in, but he should be a believer and follower of  Jesus.		 Pastor Martin explains symbols of The Lord's Supper
Sherwin in the baptistry at the Greeley SDA Church
April 7 a number of the Elm Haven Fellowship family, and friends, met together at the Greeley Seventh-day Adventist  Church to sing songs and witness the baptism of one of their regular attendees, Sherwin Orallo. Pastor John Martin gave them a very interesting trip through Sherwin's life and showed how God had been drawing Sherwin to him for a long time. That included the part his friend Elias had played. After the baptism, Billie, the Pastor's wife, presented Sherwin a red rose as a token of the church family's love for him.
Billie presents the red rose symbol of love Baptismal Certificate, Adventist Review, and Red Rose
Pictured Center:
Adventist Review, baptismal certificate, and red rose presented to Sherwin after his baptism.

After the baptism friends and church family greeted Sherwin with handshakes, congratulations, and hugs.
   Elias grins during Pastor John's talk re. his part        Friends meet with Sherwin after the baptism

Pictured above: Left:  Elias grins as Pastor Martin relates a humorous detail about his part in Sherwin's story.
                           Right: Friends greet Sherwin and converse together following his baptism.
Crab Apple Blossoms