This week at Southpoint I Thursday, February 1, 2024
Just a few days left before our Southpoint Ministry Fair. This event provides the opportunity to find your "perfect fit" for volunteer ministry here at Southpoint. First Corinthians 12 outlines 19 spiritual gifts that God endows upon His people. Please prayerfully meditate on the gifts God has given you. If you have not already identified your God-given gifts and the other inventories were too long, here's a shorter one you may want to consider. And keep this in mind: as a follower of Jesus, exploring and exercising your spiritual gifting is a vital and exciting part of your spiritual journey. So, take the test, and join us this Sabbath and find your "perfect fit"!
Ministry leaders, you may set your tables up either Friday evening after 8pm or Sabbath morning, before 11am.
Sabbath School begins at 10:30am on Sabbath and divine worship service begins at 11:30am. If you cannot join us in person, you can join us online at www.southpointsda.org. Either way, we look forward to worshipping with you soon.
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COVID UPDATE: Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have lifted the mask-wearing requirement in public places, wearing a mask or face covering at Southpoint SDA Church is optional. However, we do ask that if you have coronavirus or any flu-like symptoms that you remain at home and join us for worship online at www.southpointsda.org.
UPCOMING SERMON SCHEDULE
February 3 - Pastor Lopez / Ministry Fair
February 10 - Pastor Lopez
February 17 - Pastor Lopez
February 24 - Pastor Lopez
SUNSET THIS WEEKEND
Friday, February 2 - 6:03pm
Sabbath, February 3 - 6:04pm
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Sasha Anne Harris -February 2 Shellene Thompson -February 2 Gabriel Campla -February 3 Florene Bartley -February 6 Sharla Halverson -February 6 Chercma Hodge -February 6 Andrene Spence -February 6 Natacha Vilbrun -February 7 Edgar Whitby III -February 7 Shirley Wolfe -February 7 Linda Abshur -February 8 Fran Hathaway -February 8
We want to celebrate YOURbirthday! Feel free to email your name and birthday to PR@southpointsda.org so that we can acknowledge your special day!
ADULT SABBATH SCHOOL
Psalms
We continue our study of Psalms this quarter with Lesson 5: "Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land." You can review it in your Sabbath School Study Guide or study online at www.ssnet.org. Also, if you haven't already, be sure to pick up a Sabbath School Study Guide for the first quarter of 2024 at the Personal Ministries booth or during Sabbath School. Join us at 10:30 this Sabbath morning as we continue this encouraging Bible study.
Would you like to be a panel participant? If so, please email Elder Shelley Lewis at shelleylewis@southpointsda.org or text her at 904.504.7205. Include your name, phone contact and email address.
SICK & SHUT IN
If you know of a member who is shut-in and needs some cheering up, please send us their name and phone number and with their permission, we will list their name and contact information so that we all can reach out to them. Let's shower them with love this upcoming week and let them know just how much we miss them, them and pray for God's healing hand.
MEMBERS REQUESTING PRAYER AND/OR CALLS: Joan Parker | (904) 802-8534 Mark and Virginia Burgess | 904-714-5020 John and Marilyn Gardner | 904-705-5174
Rose Castle Deerwood Assisted Living
8929 RG Skinner Pkwy., Room 109, Jacksonville, FL 32256 Richard Boteler | 904-674-4057 Regents Park Medical Clinic
8700 AC Skinner Pkwy., Room 222, Jacksonville, FL 32256
SHUT IN: Richard Boteler
Beverly Faison
Morella Morancie
PRAYER LIST:
Debbie Bridges, Charmaine Cattnell, Chris Drechsler, Carol Fenstermacher, Reggie Fequiere, Aida Lucia Quesada Gomez, Jim Hambright, Cynthia Hill, Adria Hugger, Edith McGuire (Anthony Jenkins' mother), Rita McGruder, Kevin Melliphant, Jean Palmer, Reinaldo Robinson, Julio and Iris Rosa (Carmen Brooks' parents), Gloria Ruiz (Esther Royes' mother), Christine Sewbaluck's family, Lenore Staszek (Jacob Pederson's mother), Elise Toombs, Nazareth Vilbrun
PRAYER MINISTRY
"Rest"
Only a few weeks into the year, and you are already tired. Somehow, you weren't able to shake the problems from last year. And those resolutions you made on day one have already been forgotten. Rest sounds very good right about now, doesn't it?
But the rest that Jesus promises is not a retreat from the world. His rest requires work and education so we can live in the world. We will have to put effort into learning the lessons He has for us. But it will be a shared effort. That's what a yoke is for. It's meant not meant for just one person to carry on her own. Jesus wants us to be partners with Him in the work. And partners with Him in the rest.
Perhaps that is why God reveals hidden things to little children (see Matthew 11:25). Children tend to carry burdens lightly and drop them easily. They have not yet developed prideful hearts that wish to take on more than they can carry so they can show the world how strong they are. They share their loads as easily as they share secrets, or cupcakes.
Are you weary? Are you carrying more than you can support on your own? Come to Jesus. Take on a burden that is only light.
Join the Southpoint Prayer Team on Thursdays at 7:30pm and on Sabbath at 3:00pm and 6:00pm to share you burden and rest.
Tithe Receipts: Your 2023 year-end receipts are ready and will be placed on the personnel ministry desk this Sabbath.
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Total budget needed to operate the church monthly:
$9,000.00
Total church expenses collected through January 27:
$7,724.14
We praise God for your faithfulness in returning your tithe AND offering. Our tithe supports the worldwide church, while our offering supports Southpoint SDA Church. By giving to the Local Church Budget (on the tithe envelope), you are helping to meet the various expenses needed to operate our local ministries and church building.
OUR CONDOLENCES
We were saddened to learn that Brother Ernesto Alonzo, a former church family member, passed away on January 26. Please understand, the family is currently grieving and although you may mean well and want to express your condolences, please refrain from calling at this time as the family processes the loss of their loved one. As more information becomes available, we will pass it on.
NAMETAGS
Thank you to everyone who has been wearing your nametags! We're learning each other's names! If you accidentally took yours home with you, please bring it back this Sabbath. At the end of service, please return your nametag to the table for the next several weeks. We're a growing family, and we want to call each family member by name!
PRAYER MEETING
The next prayer meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 7, from 11:00am to 12:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. All are invited!
IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT place items on the
ground to save your spot in line and leave.
You must wait here in person.
Holiday hours may vary. Check the front doors or
call (904) 448-4030 for updates.
As a church family, we are praying for you and
your families during these difficult economic times.
FLORIDA CONFERENCE DISASTER RESPONSE TRAINING
FLORIDA CONFERENCE MEN'S MINISTRY WEEKEND
ROOM NEEDED
A single Christian female is looking for a room or basement apartment to rent here in Jacksonville. If anyone has or knows of someone who has one available, please call or text 904-803-9213.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We are living in the time of the end.
The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare
that the coming of Christ is near at hand. Testimonies to the Church, vol. 9, p. 11
ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you are a ministry leader and you wish to send out an announcement in this newsletter, please send no less than two weeks before your event to PR@southpointsda.org. Any member can also send their updated contact information, whether cell phone, email or address to this address, as well.
