Youth Connection Youth Minister:

Caleb and Ashley Gervin Caleb: [email protected] (c) 760-898-9776 Ashley: [email protected] (c) 760-625-6935

Youth Connection:

*Wednesday Night Bible Study *Sunday Morning Bible School *Children’s Church (during Sermon): Ages 9 and under

Upcoming Youth and Family: - February 24th: CVRM Community Service (4pm-6pm) *Times and events are subject to change, so please check with Caleb or Ashley for more information.

College & Young Adult Connection

- February 24th: CVRM Community Service (TODAY 4pm-6pm)

Outreach and Family Ministry This team offers home bible studies, hospital and home visits, shut-ins visits, baptisms, and any encouragement needs. This team also offers general maintenance duties - such as minor home/yard work and heavy lifting.

SPANISH MINISTER: Raye Kramar (c)(760) 580-1954 FAMILY MINISTER: John Rice (h)(760) 347-3928 Ministry Team Members: Jim Sultzer Rafael Rodriguez Garry Sage Marco Aparicio

Bob Tripp Nick Macias Henry McNulty

Paul’s Ponders

Other Announcements

I’ve been on a diet for several months. It is one of those diets where you can’t eat anything sweet or good. It has high protein, but I get to eat things like cauliflower rice. I began pondering, with all the weird diets people eat, how do we stay alive? When the pioneers were crossing the nation, they had no refrigerators and few places to get any supplies. Their food had to be non-perishable. Food would be supplemented by anything shot on the journey. Nothing was wasted. Everything was eaten or used; tongue, heart, brain, intestines… Some of the world still eats these items that we may disdain, and they call it delicacies. Even the breads were heavier and thicker as any type of leaven was hard to find. Plants and roots were picked up as they became available including yucca root in the southwest. It is amazing how God has created out bodies to subsist on such a wide variety of food. God can take a brown cow and make white milk to put red hair on my granddaughter. We eat only meat or only vegetables and still do fine. We can eat grasshoppers and snails, ants and beetles and remain healthy. We are wonderfully made. We can choose to eat many different things to survive. We can decide to eat bread or not, but the one food we cannot ignore is the “bread of life.” Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35

On-Going Events

Just Pondering

SUNDAY MORNING: Bible Classes for all ages at 9:15a.m.. Donuts and coffee are provided in the kitchen before and after class. Worship Service at 10:15. Headsets for Spanish translation are provided during Worship Service.

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Aveces Pienso Mateo 11: 10-14 Leía un artículo de fútbol y encontré una frase que me gusto **porque juzgar un sentimiento que no conoces?** se refería a la pasión que sienten los niños por el fútbol, y quizás en qué forma afectaba su desarrollo el hecho de llegar a ser fanáticos. Pero mira la analogía que encontré en esta historia: en el campo de juego cuando el entrenador va a hacer un cambió, ya sea por una lesión o falta de rendimiento, siempre da instrucciones a su nuevo elemento, que comparte desesperado con el cuadro base del equipo en la cancha. La tierra es como un enrome campo de juego para Dios, donde él es el entrenador y nosotros los jugadores, le da instrucciones a Juan el Bautista que nos haga saber que nos va a mandar un delantero JESUCRISTO el señor. «En realidad, Juan era más que un profeta; 10 era el mensajero de quien Dios había hablado cuando dijo: “Yo envío a mi mensajero delante de ti, a preparar todo para tu llegada.” 11 »Les aseguro que todavía no ha nacido un hombre más importante que Juan el Bautista. Pero en el reino de Dios, la persona menos importante es superior a Juan. 12 »Desde que Juan el Bautista comenzó a predicar hasta ahora, el reino de Dios avanza a pesar de sus enemigos. Sólo la gente valiente y decidida logra formar parte de él. 13 Dios ya había anunciado en la Biblia todo lo que iba a pasar, hasta el momento en que viniera Juan el Bautista. 14 Y créanlo o no, cuando Dios dijo que enviaría al profeta Elías, se estaba refiriendo a Juan el Bautista. Si en verdad tienen oídos, ¡presten atención! »Ustedes, los que viven en esta época, son como los niños que se sientan a jugar en las plazas y les gritan a otros niños: “Tocamos la flauta, pero ustedes no bailaron. Cantamos canciones tristes, pero ustedes no lloraron.” Solo la gente valiente y decidida logra formar parte del equipo. Por qué juzgar un sentimiento que no conoces.

Yo soy tu hermano Gilberto......

CHILDRENS BIBLE HOUR: Bible Hour for young children is located in the large classroom next to the kitchen. An announcement will be made to dismiss the children to the classroom. SUNDAY EVENING SMALL GROUP STUDY: Please see the insert for our “In the Word” Sunday Evening/Afternoon Bible Study locations. Group leaders are available for more information. SKY VALLEY WORSHIP & BIBLE STUDY: 4pm starts the combined Worship Service/In The Word Bible Study for the DHS/Sky Valley areas. LADIES’ TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY: Please join us for an uplifting study and fellowship with other women of faith every Tuesday morning from 10-11:30am. The current study is the book “Wild and Free”. MEN’S WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER: Wednesdays at 7:30a.m., the men meet at the church building for prayer and then go out for breakfast. WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLASSES: Wednesday Bible Class at 6:00p.m. SUNDAY SERMONS: Sunday Sermons can be accessed on YouTube under “Nick Macias” account.

Sermon Notes

Causes and Community Events

February 24, 2019

Ralphs Rewards Program:

Pick up a NEW letter with a scan bar in the kitchen. When you present your Ralphs Rewards Card, our church will receive benefits. Thank you for your support.

Palm Desert Church of Christ

Loving God...Loving People...Changing the World ~~~~

Iglesia de Cristo Palm Desert

Amar a Dios ... Amar a la gente ... Cambiar el mundo

Last Week Attendance: 125 Contribution: $2,947

Kids for Kids: $146

February Birthdays Aleyda Macias Erin Meyer Bobby Finnell Brooke Finnell Calvin Worth

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Noelle Gentry Jeanne Thomas Judy Woodroof Hayley Hodulik Garry Sage Amanda Cardinal Doug Smith Nicky Robles Daniel Sanchez Janet Law Debbie Zwight Jack Brohamer Dru Craven Angela Morway

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February Anniversaries Humberto & Veronica Alvarez

Russ & Billie McKay

2/1 2/27

Gatherings:

Sunday: Bible Study: 9:15am ~ Worship Service: 10:15am Wednesday: Bible Study: 6:00pm *********************

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78-135 Avenue 42 * Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 14151 * Palm Desert, CA 92255 Phone 760.360.6595, Fax 760.360.6595 (please call first) Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.pdcoc.com Office Hours: M-F 9am-2pm