Eagle Rock Seventh Day Adventist Church

SCC Statement on Anti-Asian Violence Friends in Faith, As President of the Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, I write to communicate profound concern at the shocking and intolerable 149% rise in the frequency of reported domestic acts of terror, violence, hate crimes, harassment and discrimination against Asian-Americans and persons of Asian descent. The March 16, 2021, murder of eight people in Atlanta, including six Asian women, has focused national a...ttention on this pressing issue. Such violence is an affront to human dignity and the kingdom of God as we know it and ought to be of serious concern to any follower of Jesus Christ. Just over nine months ago, I was writing to denounce and condemn systemic violence against African Americans. My statement was unequivocal: Black lives matter! Today, my statement is equally unequivocal: We must not tolerate the rhetoric of racism, nor actions arising from racism, misogyny and xenophobia. We stand against anti-Asian sentiment and the violence it produces. The leadership of the Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is committed to the biblical account declaring all human beings to be image-bearers of their Creator and therefore precious to God. We are further grounded in the belief that all have been reconciled to God in Christ. We’re to love the God who creates and redeems entirely and others as ourselves. The Great Commission task is to share that wonderful news and, more importantly, live it. We stand with all victims of gender, ethnic, religious and racially motivated violence. I’m calling on our members to: 1. Educate themselves regarding the vast contributions of Asian cultures and faiths to our contemporary global context and to the U.S. in particular. 2. Speak up and voice truth in the face of racist, sexist and xenophobic statements. 3. Cultivate deeper dialogue on the meaning of our incredible diversity here in Southern California. We stand firm in our commitment to our ever-growing global Church and the diversity of peoples, languages and cultures represented. More importantly, we recognize that diversity itself is not meaningful in the absence of love and justice. I would also like to invite Adventists to take time to personally reflect, examining their own feelings, thoughts and actions with regard to issues of race and hate. As believers, we’re not immune. Racism exists within our Church. Like the sin problem, only Christ can ultimately resolve this. In the meantime, it’s our task to open our souls before God, listen to the Spirit, confess and turn away from that which creates fear and division. May God grant comfort to the families of those murdered on the 16th in Atlanta. Velino A. Salazar President Southern California Conference

Happy Sabbath (3/27/21) 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849... Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/AMol1cKPe0o 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Laxmi): https://youtu.be/Iz1xtfjoiAc

Happy Sabbath (3/20/21) 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849... Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/ifIZ73GP3lI 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/eM5cfehsO5s

Happy Sabbath (4/10/21) April Kindergarten Program: https://youtu.be/qIXZGl2N0tM 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School:... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849 Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/W_w6Mc6taw8 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Kayla Joissaint): https://youtu.be/UMZ-uSUedRM

The same power that raised Christ from the dead will raise His church, and glorify it with Him, above all principalities, above all powers, above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in the world to come. The Desire of Ages, p. 787.2

Happy Sabbath (3/13/21) 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849... Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/OP_TnbV6jGY 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Laxmi): https://youtu.be/lWVUfVzVVXQ

Happy Sabbath (4/3/21) 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849... Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/rlIiUXIaouA 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/T8HPKgXjqTY

Happy Sabbath (3/6/21) Kindergarten March Program: https://youtu.be/41GnS_wbP9c 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School:... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849 Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/l8z4b9JksAw 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/EDzgnedF8G0

Happy Sabbath (2/27/21) 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849... Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 Meeting ID: 81530381551 Passcode: 270642 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/CY4ofK99jGo 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Laxmi): https://youtu.be/hXW23ydhJkg

Happy Sabbath (2/20/21) 9:30a Zoom Children’s Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7104207849 Meeting ID: 710 420 7849... Password: sabbath 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81530381551 9:30a Adult Sabbath School (Thom & Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/NKY83-AsJcc 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info. 11:00a Worship (Elder Bradford Newton): https://youtu.be/cVJiHaYMrXw

Joan Graham’s Memorial Service https://youtu.be/K37DmEyv2CI

Happy Sabbath (11/7/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Danny Ranchez) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Thom and Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/MHNM-YNzhCY 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/q0Pun6Ce5hA

Happy Sabbath (10/31/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Danny Ranchez) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Thom and Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/P1_g8V1F5bI 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School (Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info) 11:00a Worship (Pastor Laxmi): https://youtu.be/_bJXiP4lO6E

We had a fun filled evening with the drive thru harvest party this past Saturday evening. Thank you to Teacher Kay and her team for making it possible. : Steve Clement

Happy Sabbath (10/24/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Danny Ranchez) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Thom and Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/C8FSx7rAYDs 10:00a Zoom Youth Sabbath School (Contact Pastor Laxmi for login info) 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/-xwncqRAamA

Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Psalms 63:3

Happy Sabbath (10/17/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Danny Ranchez) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/Rjfn8yz2UY4 11:00a Worship (Pastor Laxmi): https://youtu.be/C4AmjOzSO-k

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Luke 11:13

Happy Sabbath (10/10/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Danny Ranchez) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Thom and Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/JW12Q6en_HA Kindergarten Sabbath School: https://youtu.be/EsBK62VK0iA 10:00a Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for Zoom info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/vV0JeuLZXZQ

But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble. Psalms 59:16

Happy Sabbath (10/3/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Danny Ranchez) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Thom and Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/1fG41L3dawQ 10:00a Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for Zoom info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Laxmi): https://youtu.be/dfFejNuUoMM

O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah 25:1 NKJV

Happy Sabbath (9/26/2020) 9:30a Zoom Adult Sabbath School (Angel Nair) meeting ID: 894 5026 0460 Password: 707655... 9:45a Adult Sabbath School (Thom and Tracy Harder): https://youtu.be/N5WO84_okOU 10:00a Youth Sabbath School: Contact Pastor Laxmi for Zoom info. 11:00a Worship (Pastor Cherise): https://youtu.be/lYIPBgeX2no