There are many interesting things happening at our church!
Our JANUARY All-church Potluck brought in the new year for us. We also had our Annual Church Family Retreat at the Leoni Meadows Conference Center. Fun was had by all, and we were blessed with snow on Saturday!
Besides welcoming the new year, we celebrated January birthdays at our January All-church Potluck.
We were blessed to use the new meeting room for our activities at our Annual Church Family Retreat at Leoni Meadows. (Too bad it was too cold out to enjoy the outdoor fireplace!) Besides our services, we enjoyed a group game and putting together a puzzle. also a group effort (the pieces had been used during Pastor Tyler's talks).
Church family members enjoyed the beautiful outdoors both in the dry weather (great for walks) and in the the snow!
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We were blessed in DECEMBER with several Christmas activities: the Weimar Academy Concert, the Bayside School Christmas Program, and our December All-church Christmas Potluck.
The Weimar Academy Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Choir, and Handbell Choir sang and played praises to our Lord in their Christmas Concert at the Hayward Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The students of our Bayside Christian School in their Christmas Program.
Our church family members enjoyed delicious vegetarian dishes at our December Christmas potluck, celebrated December birthdays, and said farewell to our brother-in-Christ Sir Jay, who is moving out of state.
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NOVEMBER 's All-church Potluck brought us birthday celebrations, a baby dedication, and a big welcome to two new church members who joined us through baptism. Our Thanksgiving Program followed and brought us music and testimonies of appreciation.
Attendees of our November all-church potluck not only enjoyed delicious vegetarian food but celebrated several November birthdays (including Pastor Tyler's), welcomed baby Nayanca at her dedication, and also welcomed newly baptized members Tina and Rigo, who have attended and been active with our church family for awhile! A big thanks goes to Tammy and Tasi for their organization skills!!
Our Thanksgiving Program was sponsored by our Family Ministry team
and included music, prayers, and testimonies of appreciation of both blood and church family members.
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OCTOBER was a very exiting month at the Hayward Adventist Church as we hosted the evangelism team from the SOULS West School of Evangelism the whole month. Family Ministry organized our Annual Seniors Lunch, and we celebrated October birthdays and Pastor Appreciation Month at our monthly All-church Potluck.
The SOULS West team members participated in our worship services, joined us on a Saturday afternoon walk, and were our guests at our monthly potluck where several team members had birthdays. They visited 100,000 homes in the area, sold 6,000 books, and generated 60 Bible study interests!
Our annual Seniors Lunch, hosted by Family Ministries,
brought those 60+ together for a delicious, hot pot lunch.
We celebrated Pastor Appreciation month and October birthdays
as well as welcomed our SOULS West guests at our monthly All-church Potluck.
