Conference Communiqué: Nov 11, 2016 Crystal Mountain Marriage Retreat this weekendPlease keep Family Ministries in your prayers as many couples in Michigan seek to grow together, with God as their Center. Personal Ministries Leadership Training @ Au Sable this weekendPrayer for weekend of training for personal ministries leaders & others. Lake Union Departmental Meetings (Sun - Tues)Let's pray for wisdom & guidance during the meetings & for the various departments. New in Ministry next week (Tues - Thurs)Church's first nursing school in Bangladesh: Will minimize Sabbath conflict "Final Movements will be rapid ones. . .""Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones. . . . In the great cities there are multitudes living in poverty and wretchedness, well-nigh destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; while in the same cities are those who have more than heart could wish, who live luxuriously, spending their money on richly furnished houses, on personal adornment, or worse still, upon the gratification of sensual appetites. . . and other things that destroy the powers of the brain, unbalance the mind, and debase the soul. . . . There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God's word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them." (Great Controversy, Ellen G. White) |