 Okay. So now let's teach the rest of the church what we've been saying. So, VBS 2023, Jasper Canyon. Okay, this treasured by God. That's very good. Thank you so much. Happy Sabbath. So we'd like to start our program and we want us to stand up so we can pray and then we'll do a few songs. We're praying. Our Father who art in heaven. We thank you so much for this Sabbath day. We thank you for the Jasper Canyon where every kid is treasured by God. We thank you for the week of VBS that we've been having. Lord, I pray that as we praise and worship you this day, your presence may be with us, may we be blessed, may we be drawn closer to you for spread all this in Jesus' name. Amen. So I'd like us to remain standing, remain standing. We're going to do a few songs that are common in our Sabbath schools. We're going to start with Jesus in the vessel I can smile at the storm. With Jesus in the vessel I can do what I can smile in the storm. So with Jesus in the vessel I can smile at the storm, smile at the storm, smile at the storm, please Jesus. Good morning. Check, check. Happy VBS Sabbath. Happy VBS Sabbath. Okay, we are going to have the mission reading. But before that, let's humbly bow our heads for a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we come before you, dear Lord, this beautiful Sabbath morning. Thanking you for your masses and grace guiding us through the week as we commence this mission Sabbath Lord reading. We ask you to go ahead of us and bless us as we go through this. All this we pray, trusting and believing in Jesus' holy name. Amen. So our mission reading today is entitled surprise but finder add. The story comes from the country called Spain. Spain is in Europe. It revolves around a lady called Loida. Well, Loida is a young girl, was a young girl and she had started going to church because most of parents, all her parents, her grandfather together with her siblings were all fellowshiping together in the Adventist church. When she was 12, something unfortunate happened and Loida's parents happened to separate. When the parents separated, Loida's father was disfellowshipped from the church. This really upset her very much. As she was upset by this, Loida decided to also not go to church. She also absconded from being baptized and also stopped going to church altogether. So nobody reached out to her, nor the pastor, nor the church members, but later on in life, 30 years later, she came across a pathfinder ad for a cabaret. That is through social media. When she wondered, how come she went and got this ad in her feed because she didn't have any Adventist friends, nor did she have anything with relation to the Adventist church? Well, that's how God works miracles. Through the ad, she was able to peruse through and mine more information about a pathfinder company that was being held around her area where she used to reside. She went through the feed, got some Bible studies, some related Bible studies, week of prayer resources. She went through them, also invited her daughter, Valeria, who they went through with, and the daughter showed interest and attended the pathfinder company that was being advertised. Through that ad, she managed to get baptized two years later and Valeria is also studying the Bible and is hoping to be baptized one day. All this was happening in the town near a place called Sagunto that is in Spain. What now Loida is dreaming of is moving to Sagunto where there's a larger Adventist presence whereby she and her daughter can also get more involved in the Adventist church and the daughter can also enroll to study in an Adventist school. What does this story illustrate? It illustrates the objectives of the SDA church I will go. That is to disciple individuals and families into spirit field lives to increase ascension, retention, reclamation and participation of children, youth and young adults. To help youth and young adults place God first and exemplify a biblical worldview. That's the end of our mission reading. We shall close with a word of prayer. Thank you Jesus Lord for giving us this beautiful mission story. Bless us as we proceed with other programs in Jesus name we pray and believe. Amen. Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. I'm here to invite all to welcome all of you for the Sabbath school lesson. I just want to find out if there is any visitor in the congregation. Do we have anybody who's not worshipped with us or who's never attended the lesson discussion before and is coming here for the first time? Please raise your hands. Anyone? Oh welcome. Please stand. We are so glad to have you around. Visitors please stand. Thank you so much for coming so early. Any other person? I'm sure you're going to get. Thank you for welcoming him. Thank you so much. There's another one here also. Thank you so much. Today is the last day that you're going to have the Golden Age Ministry and we want to thank them so much for partnering with us this Sabbath the whole of this month and again we have a team a very vibrant team that is going to take us through the Sabbath school. So before we do that teachers please stand so that we can pray. Teachers lesson teachers then just one announcement after I've prayed the children will move back to their classes and then after the lesson discussion you're going to occupy your your spaces then your normal spaces teachers okay children are going to the old century sorry children you're moving to the old century immediately after I've prayed then teachers you're going to occupy your normal spaces but after the lesson discussion you will again move back behind the green label so let's pray. Heavenly Father we thank you so much for another beautiful Sabbath that you've allowed us to see. We ask you to bless us may your Holy Spirit guide us through the lesson discussion in Jesus name I pray. Good morning Sabbath school members children of God we have the fifth lesson today the good news of the judgment three of us are sitting here to moderate this study and we welcome all of you from wherever you are watching and studying and we hope that you have your quarter leads with you the three of us I start with on my right is and on my left is Meshak Odira I'm happy to have you listening and watching as we study the lesson welcome and Karibu Nisana and I am yours I'll watch you the good news of the judgment may I start with the picture which you're seeing there you see Jesus standing is one pictured here and his shadow and on the shadow is standing someone just depicting and showing us that we all need to walk in the shadow of Jesus in particular with regard to judgment he is both our judge and also our advocate at the same time what a beautiful thought the memory text is from Revelation chapter 14 verse 7 the angel is saying with a loud voice fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made heaven and earth the sea and the spring of waters judgment we are now seeing from this memory text is linked to fear and the fear that we are talking about here is not like the way the wild beast in Masaimara or any other national park would fear the lion it is a talk about the respect following Jesus following God that is the fear that this angel is bringing forth in the Bible was ever clear about if the Bible was ever clear about anything is clear that God is the God of judgment and that sooner or later in one way or another judgment the judgment so lacking here and now is going to come and be administered by God himself the judge of all the earth or as Paul himself has put it in Romans chapter 14 verse 12 so then everyone of us shall give account to himself to God we all the three of us sitting here all of you joining in the class virtually and any other in this sanctuary will give account to ourselves and the right of this lesson says it's a scary thought but to you and me it should be blessed thought having to give an account of ourselves before God the God who knows the deepest thing the God who will bring every work into judgment including every secret thing whether good or evil and this is what we read from Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 14 and yet ultimately the judgment reveals the goodness and the grace of God and we will be talking about this goodness and the grace and mercy of God as we study this lesson that is what this week we will explore the deeper themes of the judgment in relation to the great controversy raging in the universe and we will look especially at what happens when God's faithful people themselves face the inevitable judgment to come this judgment will include everybody is inevitable also for all of us and the question is where will the position of you and I be why is this judgment important what is the significance of it the significance of the judgment hour if you have your quarterly done to the section on Sunday and the question which is put here by the rider is why is this significant that right after we are told about the everlasting gospel the first angels message mentions God's judgment what does the everlasting gospel have to do with God's judgment the two are kind of running parallel but coexistent the bible's last book revelation focuses on the culmination of the age-long controversy between good and evil Lucifer a rebel angel challenged the justice fairness and wisdom of God he claimed that God was unfair and unjust in the way that he administered the universe revelation's final judgment is at the very center of this conflict over the character of God and revelation read fear God and give glory to him for the hour of judgment is come and worship him who made heaven and earth the sea and springs of water so worship and fear and respect and honor and glory is at the center of what we are studying today so why the judgment are significant it is to vindicate the justice the righteousness the mercy the holiness of our heaven father during this judgment the unfallen words you will see that God has done everything he can to save every human being these judgments reveals God's justice and mercy it says something about his love and law love and law are linked together it speaks of his grace to save and his power to deliver heaven's infinite minute exact detailed records will be opened in Daniel 7 verse 10 a beautiful text also to see we are so precious to God that the entire universe forces to consider the choices we have made in light of the wooing of the Holy Spirit and the redemption so freely provided by Christ on the cross of Calvary and as we continue we look into God's mercy and judgment thank you thank you elder for the introduction of this lesson and bringing it to bringing us to the part of the significance of the judgment hour it has we have realized here that the judgment here we are talking about is inevitable it is inevitable it will come to each one of us each and every one of us but we need not to fear because there is good news for us there is good news for us in this judgment as has been said by our elder and one of the good news that we have or we find in this judgment is the fact that God has mercy upon his children in as much as God will judge the world he is merciful because the cross reveals God's love God is love and God does not change God is eternal so through his judgment and in his judgment he will exercise love that he exhibited very much at the cross the lesson lesson writer tells us that the broken law demands the death of the sinner we have all seen and fallen short of God's glory that is found in the book of revelations 3 23 we have all seen but then the gift of God the mercy of God again comes to us from the book of Romans 6 23 which says that the gift all have seen and fallen short of the glory of God but the gift of God is found in his mercy mercy that he exhibits and gives very much through the death of his son Jesus Christ on the cross the gift of God is eternal life in Christ in Christ Jesus our Lord now if God's law could be changed or abolished it would be totally unnecessary for Jesus to have died but since God's law exhibit exists and is eternal it was mandatory that death should occur but it is through his mercy that he allowed his only son to come and take the sin our sins upon him so that he could if he could redeem us through his death on the cross through the shedding of the blood on the cross so in as much as judgment this judgment is inevitable inevitable we find that God is merciful and to us when we read the book of a revelation chapter 20 verse 12 and I would like to read that one the book of revelation chapter 20 verse 12 the bible tells us that verse 12 the bible says and I saw the dead small and great start before God and the books were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were died out of those things which were written in the books according to their works now John is very clear here that we have to be died according to our works and the books will be opened we shall be died but even if we shall be died by our works it is clear here that our works reveal our choices and loyalty to God our works do not save us we cannot boast and say that we have done good works and now we merit we merit salvation no salvation is only through Jesus Christ and so if we believe in him and have faith in him as the book of Ephesians 2 verse 8 and 9 tells us that by grace you have been saved through faith not of works lest anyone should boast so let us realize that we have all sinned we shall all be died but there is grace for us grace is there for us that has been extended to humanity by God through his love in the death and the death of Jesus Christ on the cross also puts the Lucifer the angel the who lied upon God who said that God is unfair he puts him out as God wins through that death of Christ on the cross and so the fact that the acknowledged people of God are represented as standing before the Lord in filthy rugs filthy garments should lead us to humility if we have therefore known that God has given us so much through his only son Jesus Christ therefore we should be humble before him we should look at him with all humility and regard ourselves as worthless and rely on his grace receive and accept his grace let us avoid let us now be selfless in our works the good works that are given to us through the power of the Holy Spirit upon us and so as we read this lesson brethren let us realize that judgment is there but God has extended his mercy God is so gracious that he has extended his mercy and to us and through this mercy we stand to overcome if we have faith in Jesus Christ and so I believe that this is done unless there is any question or any comments yes what is the role of good works how how does good works come along right you know that it does not save us but how does it come along why is it mentioned our good works we do not save us is there they have a place okay in our faith yes they do yes sorry our good works empowered by the Holy Spirit do not save us but they do testify that our faith is what is genuine in Christ so our works testify that our faith in Christ is genuine and so as we do them we know we are going according to the works of the Lord but you can add my elder the book of James as Paul writes or as the Apostle James writes he says show me your works your good works and I show you my faith amen because faith without good works is dead so if we have a separate Christ Apostle Savior and and we emulate or we copy the character of Christ which was manifested in good works so our faith must be in fair you know reflected in good works and this can only be done through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so it is important that good works that's why we are going to be joined by the works which we have done whether good or bad and if indeed we have put our faith in Christ then our faith must be demonstrated by the fact that we can display works faith amen amen so the judgment is significant and the judgment is related and tied to God's mercy but what is this magnificent scene with Daniel so thank you elder in the book of Daniel chapter seven we find a very significant record of how God revealed to Daniel that heaven was open to him to see the judgment seat where God is sitting to look at what Christ has done and what effect that has had that has had on the believers and what decision they have taken that's why books are open and records are being read and this this this was supposed to give hope this gives us hope as the believers in Christ that at the end of all this struggle with sin at the end of all this struggle with sin finally finally we see also here the the saints thousand and thousands of those who are believed are witnessing the judgment so that God is here dealing conclusively with the issue of sin so we have been promised homes and and you know that's when Christ was before he left the the earth he talks to his disciples that's not your husband Trump I'm going to prepare a place for you and this scene that is shown to Daniel demonstrates that the presence of the saints in heaven and their witnesses you know to the judgment that God is delivering and this scene is is so magnificent because it it reveals to us what finally will happen when God brings all issues of sin to an end and that the promise which was given by Christ that I go to prepare place then I'll come again and welcome you so we see the saints thousand and thousands surrounding God as witnesses at witnesses of what Christ has done in their lives and what God is doing to deal with the problem of sin this is the magnificent scene we see here and this was given long way before Christ came and in this in this in this scene also Christ now is depicted you know asked the one who administer judgment well before Christ came and we shall see in another section of the of the of the study today the scene again repeated to John yeah when Christ has come has conquered the devil yeah and we shall see this later on I don't know if they assembled with a comment over this I want to look at the comments that we received from our viewers yeah thank you our viewers valine valentin and dal says the objective of the judgment is to make sure that at the end of the judgment number one God and the saints must be vindicated satan must be isolated and alienated and every being is to acknowledge God's judgment that's why we see in this scene in Daniel thousand upon thousands witnessing the judgment right any addition not really in that magnificent scene which you brought forward shown to Daniel even before Christ came is again shown to John the revelator who had worked with Christ himself as a disciple and we see it here as a glimpse of heaven yes thank you elder um this one is now the second vision that John sees after he saw the first one in the revelations a revelation chapter one where he was given a message to write for the churches of asia and here the bible tells us that um John receives a call he receives an invitation to come to heaven and it says and I would like to read this one I would like to request one of us to to read for me the book of revelation chapter four verse one okay yes revelation for yes revelation for one where we find that John has received an invitation to come up here and and and the up here here refers to heaven to see a glimpse you know if you if you can read it I'm reading revelation chapter four yeah chapter four verse one two two yeah and it says no just chapter verse one verse one yes after these things I looked and behold a door standing open in heaven and the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me same come up here and I will show you things which must take place after this amen you see elder thank you for reading it so well after these things which means after John had seen the first vision and was told what to do and to write those things down now he's given a this second vision and is called up in heaven and the door is open so that he could have a glimpse of heaven and when he looks inside the the heaven the courtroom he sees a throne and he describes how the throne which he has seen looks like which I would also request our elder to read for us in verse four verse four in the same revelation yes yes in the same version and he is invited there through an open door an open door so that he could view the eternal things the eternal sins that will come to happen after what he has been shown in the first vision so he sees something and the and he says in the verse one where you read that what is hard the voice he had was similar to that which he had in the first vision indicating that he was now familiar with this in with this voice and this was the voice of Jesus Christ sure calling him up there so an open door was there and the voice of Christ is calling and John is going and now he's being shown what is in the in the courtroom what is there and what is in what we are reading in verse four yes around the throne where 24 thrones and on thrones on the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting closer in white robes and they had crowns of gold on their heads amen thank you so so we find that obviously this is now a throne room so in the throne room God the father is seated as the judge and around him are 24 elders that are also given seats 24 seats and each of them is seated there now these 24 elders we may not know exactly whom they represent or what they represent but we have been guided by the lesson writer that they they may represent the priests or the redemptive I mean the the people of God who have been redeemed they are seated there and the lesson is telling us that they are helping the the father in his work they are there and they are helping the father in his work the Bible the lesson writer asks who are these elders and he says in ancient Israel there were 24 divisions in the Levitical priesthood now these priests represented the people before God and so we are told that in first Peter I mean we are told in 1 Peter 2 verse 9 that the the apostle declares the new testament believers as a chosen generation as royal priesthood so these could be the elders who represent the chosen generation who will be with the with the Lord when the time when in the second during the second coming of Jesus Christ and so we see here that God is gracious and in his judgment he gives us a view of how the courtroom looks like and how the judgment is done and who represents us in that judgment we find that Jesus Christ himself is representing us in this judgment and therefore we are told that we should not fear in the last judgment when it comes we should not fear because already the Lord himself is on our side is there any any comment elder on that thank you for any addition actually if you if we look at this verse again carefully we see that the total number of thrones talked about here 25 all right 25 throne because the throne of God and these 20 each of these 24 elders yes has also what one seat one seat a throne a throne a difference with the kind of thrones we know on earth yes you go to the king of the of the united king now the king charles the third yes there's only one throne here each of these 24 elders also have has been elevated yeah share the throne the share the throne yes so uh i don't know if there is any comment from Matthew 27 and verse 52 yes indicates to us that Jesus resurrection yeah yes we can go there quickly and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised yeah and coming out of the graves after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared so some of the selected people went to the city with Christ but some were taken up so this was the fast fruits of the resurrection those who were redeemed that the fast fruits that that are experiencing heaven and these 24 elders could be representing yeah those fast fruits that were redeemed and and perhaps maybe Moses and Enoch and Elijah and among the 24 because there are people who lived here yes conquered amen and are now sharing the glory of God amen and at the end of it all the worthiness of Jesus the savior who has made all this possible that these beautiful scenes can also be seen so the good news here yes the good news we find here in this glimpse of heaven that is been shown to to john here i find that god is so god is love and he opens the door for us to view the things of heaven so that when we live we should much more believe in Jesus and live for him work for him so that in our lives should be transformed the way the holy spirit has you know done it amen yes yes the worthiness of the lord now in revolution chapter five was one to three again we see a scene in heaven whereby a scroll is seen this scroll is sealed with you know divine seals and and and and and and an angel calls who is worthy to open the scroll and the same thing is that heaven is silent heaven is silent and apparently no one is able to open this scroll until you know john who is being shown this scene weeps that surely there's nobody in heaven or underneath who can open this scroll and this scroll what does it contain why is it so important why must it be opened by somebody who is worthy to open it this scroll contains the destiny the final destiny of humanity actually it contains the judgment of god and and and fortunately john is told don't weep don't weep for there is one who is worthy to open the scroll and we see the lion of juda you know Jesus himself and how does he qualify to be worthy to open this scroll he's the one who has died and conquered you know the enemy and he's the one who is the savior of those who are believed in christ and so he's the only one who can be able to open this scroll to demonstrate to the whole world this is what i have done and by you know the judgment of god has been just yeah the redeemed whom you see surrounding the throne of god are worthy to be here you know and and and and this is this is when this when this scroll is opened and the seals broken we see a celebration raptures you know applause you know praise to the redeemer for a victory which he has brought in the salvation of humanity and so this gives us hope also yeah yeah that jesus is the only one who in whom we can depend for our salvation because they are who is worthy yeah to be our advocate that's why he's also the one who is able to open the scroll yeah and and and look into it because he has done everything that is possible for our redemption and this is this this is sort of victory for believers a victory for believers because now they they acknowledge that indeed their salvation has been brought by jesus himself so we read here that jesus the the lamb of god who has sacrificed his life for the salvation of all humanity takes the scroll of judgment and opens it and all heaven bars forth in rapturous praise his victory over certain temptation his death on calvary's cross his resurrection his high priestly ministry provides salvation for all who choose by faith who respond to his grace the judgment is incredibly good news for the people of god it speaks of the end of the reign of sin and the deliverance of god's people amen because finally victory is won and we also we see here god giving the kingdom the one who has conquered that's why when christ said i'll come again you know and take you with me and you shall be you should reign with me for eternity the kingdom is finally given to christ and those who have believed in christ and lastly we see here that purpose of god of the judgment is not to find out how bad we are and this is this is something i think which has troubled many people people think i've been so bad how is it possible when i appear before god and that's why it was a scary jesus came today yes that's right that's why it is a scary experience you know what will happen i've been so bad and yet this tells us that god is not going to see how bad we have been no he's going to see we look at jesus god how he is how good he has been because he has gone out of his way for those who have been bad you know like you and me by accepting christ as personal savior and repenting on our sins as we find a first june 1 9 god is faithful to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from old and righteous so that we can be worthy yeah through christ to be witnesses of these glorious things that are happening amen so if you just hold on their elder and we go back to the very first page where which i mentioned before jesus standing before god we are behind him in his shadow god in his holiness sees only the holiness of jesus and that is the one we cover us yes yes proceed yes his righteousness his righteousness yes the righteousness of christ he covers us with that righteousness correct and and and as the elder was elaborating on that part you know the angel comes and comforts june and not the angel that one of the elders yes when june when june is weeping well don't weep yeah don't weep we have a solution we have a solution there's one here worthy to open the scroll yes and do the judgment you know it says do not weep behold the lion of the tribe of juda is there the root of david has prevailed to open the word the scroll amen and so he says we need not fear jesus stands for us in the judgment and the powers of evil will be defeated or are defeated to or already yeah and we had we find a message here from david mangera yeah he says we were condemned to die by the law yes but instead christ through his mercy and love died for us amen behold what manner of love amen yeah man that we can be called the children of god amen amen so the many of our viewers are wishing us happy Sabbath okay we also wish them happy Sabbath we're also wishing them happy Sabbath as we continue yes and and they are acknowledging the love of god yes god is the only judge who provides grace amen for sinna that's why it is only through the grace that we are we are saved right so thank you viewers for for for sending your messages and thank you elder dealer thank you elder chola for covering we have covered these section and i will just again mention them in summary the significance of the judgment hour god's mercy and judgment a magnificent scene seen by both daniel and later john a glimpse of heaven and the worthiness of our lord and savior jesus christ which superimposes on everything regarding our faith our travel as we wait for his second coming and as we conclude in the book testimonies for the church the servant of the lord tells us there are only hope that is the only hope of you and me of us also is in the mercy of god there are only defense will be prayer that is the defense for you and me also as joshua was pleading before the angel so the remnant church with brokenness of heart and honest faith will plead for pardon and deliverance through jesus their advocate they are fully conscious of the sinfulness of their lives they see their weakness and unworthiness and as they look upon themselves they are ready to despair the tempter turns by to accuse them as he stood by to resist joshua he points to their filthy garment their defective characters he presents their weakness and fully their sins of ingratitude their unlikeness to christ which has dishonored their redeemer the people of god have been in many respects very faulty satan has an accurate knowledge of the sins which he has tempted them to commit and he present these in the most exaggerated light declaring will god banish me and my angels from his presence and yet reward those who have been guilty of the same sins thou cannot not do this oh lord injustice thy throne will not stand in righteousness and judgment justice demands that sentence be pronounced against them but while the followers of christ have sinned they have not given themselves to the control of evil they have put away their sins and have sought the lord in humility and contrition and the divine advocate pleads in their behalf he who has been most abused by their ingratitude who knows their sin and also their repentant declares the lord rebuked the old satan i gave my life for these souls they are graven in upon the palms of my hands and the question brothers and sisters we conclude are we graven in the hands of our lord and savior jesus christ who gave his life for us on the cross of calvary we need not fear god is the god of mercy and as we have seen during this study the throne of heaven is willing is ready to receive those who come behind Jesus that god be praised amen my parting short is that in the same the same angel that pronounces judgment also announces the good news amen amen the everlasting news the everlasting gospel which means with judgment god also provides a way out that when we accept christ we have nothing to fear amen and therefore judgment to those who are believed or trusted christ as their personal savior and victors they have nothing to fear they are rejoicing that's why when god looks at his son he sees the rations of his son and not our filthiness this should give us comfort and courage as believers as christians that finally the problem of sin will be dealt with finally and conclusively and we shall be priests and kings reigning with jesus forever amen amen my parting short is god has been vindicated because the truth has been known the accusation of satan has been disapproved so now ours is now to listen to the voice of christ hear his voice and follow in his instructions so that we can through his righteousness we can stand we can stand forgiven before god in this judgment and this judgment will have to come but let us not fear anything god has done everything that he would do there is not anything left that he would have done his love he did it at the cross and that is my parting short amen let us pray unless there is a parting short from our viewers for our brethren who have been studying with us held odera you can do that for us that suraj napali is actually saying here actually a good deed is not only for oneself but good deeds that can be done to others also these are the deeds that are inspired by the holy spirit so he's just saying talking about our good works which cannot save us but inspired by the holy spirit they must be demonstrated by our faith amen amen i think i think let's us pray as we close thank our father and our god in heaven we thank you and press you for your goodness and love and care for each one of us lord you have done everything you can possibly do so that we are saved accept our praying faith increase our faith lord help us to hold onto your hands even as we go through the storms of life so that when the judgment seat is in place we shall be found surrounding the throne of god as witnesses for the vindication of our god and and and savior jesus christ thank you for the lesson this this week which has given us encouragement that we do not need to fear it's good news in judgment because sin finally will be eradicated from the face of the earth lord your children have many needs some are doubting the forgiveness of their sins increase their faith some are in various difficulties lord in this present world of sickness lord give us healing not only of the body but also of the spirit prepare us for a soon coming that we may be able to witness the judgment seat of god and reign with christ for eternity for this our desire and humble prayer in jesus name amen happy sabbath happy sabbath okay teachers we are praying and we conclude those who have not concluded we want to pray so that we can go to the next program and just one announcement before i pray immediately after i have prayed kindly those who are seated in front of the green ribbon you step behind the green ribbon and sit behind it so after i've prayed the deacons will be there to guide you so that you can be able to move behind the ribbon so let's pray heavenly father thank you so much for taking us through the lesson discussion this morning thank you for the opportunity that you gave us to be in your sanctuary this morning you want to thank you even for those who follow virtually lord i pray that you may bless each and everyone who was able to attend this sabbath school this morning may your holy spirit continue to guide us through the remaining parts of the program in jesus name i pray again i just want to remind those who are seated kindly stand so that you can move behind the red ribbon good morning church and happy sabbath we wish to highlight a few announcements and just before we begin i'm requesting the children if you just hold on as we pray children just hold on as we pray our lord our kind loving father who art in heaven we thank you for this sabbath day and for bringing us here to worship you today we thank you for the beautiful beautiful programs the lord that we have been running from when you started until this hour as we remind ourselves of the activities that we have planned for today and even for the remainder part of this week and month lord we invite your presence to be with us in jesus name i pray this is this is just to highlight a few announcements the things that the church wishes the members to take note of plus the plans that we have for you on this sabbath day we are reminding ourselves today is the climates of the vacation bible school where which is themed jasper canyon where every kid is treasured by god and our speaker today is pastor steven t-robe let us remember him in prayers as he will be speaking to us in the course of the morning and then the church members you're being reminded about the medial prayer meetings that you need to attend them many members were asking when do we start the medial prayer meetings they are very bit started and you're being invited to come we have them every wednesday and they start at 5 30 p.m so please you're all encouraged to attend and you come physical to church our sister church loving tone wishes to ask our participation they have a run which is happening tomorrow the 30th of april starting at 7 30 the details for the registration at the at the decon's desk please pick a form and then please and join them in this important exercise where they wish to establish a church at chile leisure community so please join them in that exercise is around which is starting which is tomorrow and it's starting at 7 30 the forms are available at the decon's desk then the other announcements we have come meeting which will be highlighted during the offerings and at this juncture wish to invite sister modesta for highlighting some key announcements which we need to take note of so she'll be doing some four announcements please happy sabbat happy day i know there's a lot of commotion movement for blessed children but let's just pay attention now tomorrow we have an amalgamation of services which are going to be rendered by four departments and the success of these activities will be determined by your presence or your coming so we are kindly inviting all of you to attend to these activities which i'm mentioning now the first activity is from the children's department the children's department and first of all these these four activities are all dubbed under one subtitle service to humanity which was jesus way so this service is going to be rendered through the healing ministry through charity and through upholding justice so the first department is the children's department they are going to have a special children's health day where parents with children under 18 years are encouraged to bring their children where in normal circumstances you'd have to pay for this but it's going to be given free of charge the weight and all forms of examinations will be taken on the children and the necessary advice given and the activity will start at 8 30 in the morning then we have the scs the Adventist service the Adventist service Adventist care service whereby we are going to experience the joy of giving members have brought in their donations of what they feel they should give those who need so kindly come in so that you bring what you have at the same time you be able to receive what will be given through works of charity this will also start and it will the children's ministry will be running the activity in the old sanctuary then for the care or the Adventist care services it will be done at the basketball pitch where they'll be attend and donations will be there for people to receive then third we have the public affairs and religious liberty where we have a legal AIDS day free of charge which in normal circumstances you would need to pay and Jesus being our main judge our chief judge and upholding of justice which he advocated for tomorrow these services are being rendered free of charge and we'll have two beats there'll be a program which will start at nine where we'll have a common introduction to areas of law it will be done at the union grounds a tent is already pitched there and that's where we'll start from after which depending on your need there'll be rooms set aside in the classrooms the maps classrooms where you will be welcome on a one-on-one activity as all this is going on the youth the adults the young adults there'll be a car washing activity which will be at least for a small fee to support and promote the young ones which will be at 300 shillings so kindly we beseech all of you to come and for the legal affairs for you to get an overview we'll start at exactly nine be there to get the information even just for general information even if you don't have a main concern and then for those who have concerns will be attended to god bless you as we all look forward to seeing you tomorrow thank you we continue with some of the concerns that you take I need to take note of we are wedding bands there'll be a wedding between brother Lamec Nyariki Masore of SDH charge Nairobi Central and sister Lydia Kemunto Nyakwara of SDH charge Zimaman the wedding will take place on 7th of May at SDH charge Nairobi Central and the officiating minister is pastor Gerald Mochoge this is the second reading and then at this time also wish to bring to attention concerns we have death has occurred of elder Walter Gumbo brother to pastor Festers Gumbo Janet Coray and Samson Gumbo he was brother in law to sister Moline Gumbo and uncle to Nancy and Thomas Husukua Swan Gumbo Riza Gumbo and Javan Gumbo burial will take place on 8th May at West Karachonio Ngau village then also death has occurred of retired pastor Ruben Yeri Kombe in Califi County he was father to Dr Yeri Kombe and father in law to the conness Zambia Yeri burial will take place on 1st May 2023 please remember these families in prayers and as much as possible please visit and pray with them at this juncture wish to convert the meeting into a business meeting may I invite the church clerk so that we can transact the transfers in and out of our church thank you so much elder I have transfers in and transfers out we are voting today so I'll start with the transfers into our church Bethan Maria Tieno from Seventh-day Adventist Church Kizingo Chris Moturi from Seventh-day Adventist Church Kiamuni East Nakuru Elin Aniso Otieno from Seventh-day Adventist Church Better Living Kisumu Eunice Koech from Seventh-day Adventist Church New Life Kennedy Otieno from Seventh-day Adventist Church Better Living Kisumu Lea Jelimo from Seventh-day Adventist Church New Life Lilian Atieno Bunga from Seventh-day Adventist Church Adingo Loa Kanyamfua Lucy Atieno Otuga from Seventh-day Adventist Church Kisumu Central Kristine Ambia from Seventh-day Adventist Church Breath of Life Memphis Tennessee I so move that we accept these members to be members of our church Nairobi Central the motion to have the members transferred in has been moved do we have a seconder please raise your right hand it has been seconded all those who in favor that we can have these members transferred to our church please also raise your right hand anybody who has any reason why we should not transfer these members into our church please also raise your right hand we don't have anybody opposing the transfers in so we have the motion accepted the transfers out we have a queen or Gonda Helen going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Dandora Terminus we have other Felix O'Mondi going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Mission Family Kendube we have Berry Latino Ajoang going to Seventh-day Adventist Church La Kisama we have Caleb Monene Fundi Seventh-day Adventist Church Embu Town Cynthia Nyan Choka Obiero going to Seventh-day Adventist Church New Life Joash Onsare Nyakariga going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Nyali Kemmuto Ogutu going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Josca Great Hope Mandela Kenyangeri Mogaka going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Karengata Nyamoya Bosibori Elizabeth going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Langata we have Ocari Michelle Mecha going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Mount Olives Ngong we have Ondieki Tabitha Bonarere going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Edoville we have Onsongo Raphael Nyamisoa going to Seventh-day Adventist Church New Life Rose A. Olo going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Katani Main Same Keitin Dolo going to Seventh-day Adventist Church current community of Sara Teddy going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Mission Family Kenube of Sinklin Nyabuto going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Kahawa Wendani we have Tom Boya Onyango going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Ngong East and Vane Kerubo Kareiri going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Embakasi we have Diana Gesare Ombui going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Austin Stone Hill, Texas we have Elizabeth Apio going to Seventh-day Adventist Church Kariako I saw move that we accept the transfers out of these 20 members Dear members the motion to have these members transferred transferred out of our church has been moved do we have a seconder thank you it has been so seconded do we have all all those who in favor of the motion to have the transfers affected please also raise your hand by the same token those who have any motion against us transfer transferring the members out please also raise your hand there is no position to the motion so we shall have the members transferred out thank you all for listening to us be blessed VBS 2013 2023 sorry just per canyon where every kid is treasured by God good our parents shall we all rise for the doxology let's go praise God from whom all blessings flow praise him all creatures here below praise him shall we bow as we pray precious lord in heaven we want to thank you father for such a wonderful Sabbath that you've given us we give you all the glory and honor thank you lord for the opportunity of worshiping and we want to thank you father for the many blessings that you've given us many of which we do not even know of lord in heaven we seek that you you be with us may we abide in thee bless us all bless the children bless even those who are watching us from different destinations of the world we praise you and we worship you once again we pray all this trusting and believing in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our lord and savior amen and amen thank you it's been very warm here with all these children happy Sabbath once again we are grateful that we have over 600 children on the VBS program what do we say hey what a joy children thank you so much thank you very very much we want to trust that you are going to enjoy your vocational bible study and it's going to be a good Sabbath thank you thank you as they live quietly I want to take this opportunity to welcome all our viewers wherever you are watching us from in different destinations of this world we want to thank you for tuning in those of you who are watching us from Facebook those of you who are watching us on YouTube and on the KBC we want to really thank you we want to thank the KBC crew for being on board we want to welcome all the members wherever you are yes because it's very easy to forget my own members here happy Sabbath our members here hallelujah let us wave back a Santeni all of you even those in the balcony God bless you thank you thank you thank you for attending our Sabbath worship today at Nairobi Center SDH church my name is Jeff Margetto Mambia one of the serving elders and I wish to take cognizance of those who have tuned in today and also those guests who've come from different churches and I wish to begin with those who recorded their names we have Francis Munoz from Ruiru Child Reign Home Francis Munoz are you around by Shobhan Francis if it's somewhere Deacons can you help me identify ah right at the back welcome welcome just be upstanding we have a gift for you Deacons please reach out and our members please reach out please be upstanding you've sat against I request Munoz to be upstanding thank you you shall be given a form also to fill because we have a gift for you and then we have Yucabeth O'Kello yeah and Tabby Elizabeth Cynthia Gate Yucabeth O'Kello are you here Yucabeth maybe at the balcony ah right there yeah thank you Yucabeth be upstanding praise God nice to see you then we have elder Naftali yeah Nyangera from SDA Egerton Castle yeah I've been to that church right at the farm yes elder how are you welcome can I get another elder going to say hi to that elder I need one elder from right there one of my elders please we have an elder to welcome elder Mutai I beseech you to welcome that elder from Egerton he is right at the back please give him a hand of fellowship thank you we have we have Lucy Wanieki from Balmokot Lucy Wanieki Lucy somebody who can see Lucy or sitting next to Lucy Lucy okay Lucy feel well oh somewhere there yeah right at the back thank you so much Lucy welcome and then we have Judy Shiraku Statehouse Avenue Judy where are you Judy Shiraku from Statehouse Avenue all right ah yes Judy ah good I can see you right there yeah oh please be upstanding be upstanding thank you and then do we have other guests other guests who didn't record visitors among us you may even be non-adventists and we really want to appreciate you in a special way if you're there please be upstanding kindly do you see any next to you yeah any guests any visitors at the balcony do we have visitors oh yes I see a strong gentleman there thank you so much most welcome and please feel welcome and thanks for worshiping with us Karibu Sana asante Sana thank you very much we are very honored to have all of you and then I also I can see a few who have tuned in all the way from the US and we're saying happy Sabbath and feel most welcome I see greetings here also coming all the way from this is Mireri yeah in Minnesota and Steve Ochanda thank you very much and to the very very very many guests and other worshipers who are tuned in from the different parts of the country we are grateful to even have those who are watching us from Rwanda some are watching us from South Africa we are just so overjoyed even those from Germany and even those from Spain we're just saying Hola and thank you so much even those who are watching us from France we just say bonjour and welcome to Nairobi Central SDH church ladies and gentlemen it's wonderful having you all children of VBS once again all of you in very colorful give me a high five you're all looking good and all the elders wherever you are please can you wave back all the deacons wherever you are ah nice job the deaconesses where you yeah thank you thank you and to all of us who are serving here including the crew I just want to welcome you in a special way God bless you enjoy your Sabbath and we are honored to have you as much as possible our request is to find a place to kneel as we pray as much as possible let's find a place to kneel as we pray we pray oh God our help in ages past our hope for years to come we kneel before your presence this morning Lord to thank you for you have been good to us throughout the week Lord we have had a program geared towards bringing the children father in this house called by your name and for those of us Lord who have found time to come Lord we've had of the same testimony is back in our homes telling us of your goodness God and you want to thank you for this program father that has brought so many children together beyond that Lord we also want to thank you father for the blessings that you have extended to each and every one of us there are those of us Lord who as we pray right now are watching us Lord from hospital beds and we pray Father that your hand of mercy may be with them as we pray this morning there are those of us Lord who are watching us so every corner of this globe we pray Lord that you may be able to bless them we ask Lord that this program that we have today may be directed by you and that father as we worship you this day father let us worship in truth and in spirit guide our footsteps father that we may be able to know when Lord to be able to get closer to thee we pray for our children Lord that you may bring them in the fear of your name be with us to this end for we pray in Jesus name happy Sabbath happy Sabbath once more it's a time we are going into our worship through tithes and offering and in front of you there are envelopes which you can use because those of us who are paying through cash and then those using the mobile for that happy Sabbath once more it's a time we are going into our worship through tithes and offering and in front of you there are envelopes which we request that you use for those who are paying cash and for those who are returning tithes and offering through electronic there are display boards on the screens which will guide you and at this point I'll request the deconts to stand at the various service points to guide us as we move into the collection deconts please mind the doors and stand in the various service stations as we do that I just want also to bring your attention that after we pray for the collections we'll have two highlights from the camp meeting leader and also the stewardship leader they'll give us some highlights regarding the program that the chat program that we have ahead of us can see the doors are not yet manned please please man the doors so that we proceed the deconts and deconcesses please take your position so that we pray and we move on the front doors are not yet manned please I can see the front door is one of the front door is not yet addressed thank you thank you okay let us believe and pray please let's reserve reverence as we pray our god lord the creator of the universe they give of all we confess our sins for whatever sins we have done calling short of the stewardship work that you have given us may you teach us to know what you expect of us we thank you for allowing us to come to you this morning to worship you and before we give our tithes and offering Jehovah we want to pray that you accept us and may our hearts be returned to you even before we begin so that even as we give it's an expression of our heart that has already returned back to you we also pray for the for the announcement that will be highlighted by the stewardship and the camp meeting regarding the programs that are ahead of us we pray that you give us a holy spirit clear mind to understand what is being expressed and also ability to accomplish what is expected we ask believing and trusting in that holy name of Christ god lord we believe and pray amen but happy Sabbath children happy Sabbath excellent that's why Jesus says you must become like a child to enter the kingdom of god and it's so beautiful to see the children my role is to remind us all that we are supposed to be good stewards can I see if you are a good steward please raise your hand I can see the children's hands if you're a good steward please raise your hand I can see if some people are not sure okay I just want to remind us again the next slide please Jesus said to his disciples I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master's business a servant does not know his master's business instead I have called you friends for everything that I learned from my father I have made known to you next slide please I want to talk about the local church budget I want to remind us all I know many of you came today today we realize that the church there's a difference when children are in the church those of us who come early and are able to choose our parking spots were not able to do that today I want to remind all church members that today when you came you found a clean church let's let's just go to the next slide local church budget the first thing I want to remind you is that you came and found a church ready for you to enjoy and because of that that can only happen if we cater for administrative expenses of the church we have workers that make sure that the church is clean we have we have to buy stationery to make sure that the church is functioning please we need you to support the church beyond all limits then we need to maintain the facility we need to maintain the facility as you can imagine today there is so much going on imagine if there was no power you wouldn't be able to hear me imagine if the church was not maintained and repaired you would not be sitting on your pew imagine if the church was not cleaned imagine if there were no flowers or these beautiful balloons that you see or there was no carpet over here you would be wondering what is going on what is going on is that we need you to support the church to be able to make these things happen and I also want to remind you that sometimes you see baptism going on you see as having holy communion honestly these are things that reminds us that Jesus is coming soon how do you think it happens somebody has to pay for it it is you and I and I want to speak also to the people who watch online our online members it's it's salvation is free but we have to pay for online service in terms of we have to pay for the internet for it to come through to you so please please please the pay bill number is 320 100 send something to make sure that you can enjoy church at home okay and then finally we have programs we have programs for the children we have programs for the youth this wonderful children one day want to inherit a church and the church can only go on if you give so please we have visitation for members who are not able to attend and then we have care for the needy Jesus said where when did you do all this and to the least of these please please please please please as you give your tithe please give towards the church budget the the the the pay bill number 320 100 easy to remember the Lord has given you the power to decide what you want it to go for tithe care vbs you know special ministry whatever ministry that the Lord has put in your heart but please please today I'm I'm encouraging you not to enjoy the church facilities without supporting them I think it is only churches that allow us to do that most of you if you go to a club you pay high price so we are not asking you to pay a high price but just to just to go a little beyond the limit and give to Jesus may the Lord bless you as you give let us pray together our gracious father we thank you for the blessings that you gave us some that we know some that we don't know thank you for the beautiful church that you have given us thank you that it runs beautifully every day help me and all of us to be a part of this help us to give that which you have given us that your kingdom will continue and come that the children we have seen before us one day will inherit a church that is beautiful and continuing because we pray believing and trusting in your holy name amen God bless you happy sabbath happy day vbs 2023 children vbs 2023 just for canyon where every kid is trusted by God amen amen we thank God for this blessed day that we have in the same spirit as my sister has promoted stewardship I just come in front of you with announcement and promotion for the camp meeting 2023 which is scheduled to start on august 12th to 19th this is just three months away and my appeal to you is that please diarise this in your in your calendar so that you do not miss that holy convocation for that one week and in that in that same spirit of giving and supporting the camp meeting we are we having expenses that we're incurring right now even as you are planning for the camp meeting so mine is just to appeal to the church that we can support the expenses that we're already incurring in support in planning for the camp meeting in the same pay bill that our sister has mentioned 320 100 you can support it and write camp expenses and thereby it will enable the camp to be as fulfilling and as blessed as possible our guest speaker for that camp meeting is our pastor from the Grand Canyon is called Pasta Sion O'Connor he's ready to come he's praying for us even as we are preparing so let us continue to pray for the camp meeting and please have it in our hearts that as much as we give we are honoring God and God will always bless us there's also the camp meeting offering that is a voluntary to all of us please let us also start planning towards it and the earlier we start giving the more blessed we become so please have those dates for the camp meeting in our in our minds and may God bless you even as we continue with this service VBS 2023 Jasper Canyon where every kid is treasured by God amen God bless you and we enjoy the Sabbath thank you hi doctor soil what are you doing oh i'm trying to examine these rocks i'm trying to examine these rocks and there are a lot of things that you can learn about them really what kinds of things can we learn from these rocks and fossils okay you see you see these rocks and minerals hey aren't they lovely they have actually these rocks and minerals they're very special and it teaches one thing that god is a lover of beauty and second is that his his glory is even reflected on how these things look so nice wow that's so cool but what does that have to do with us okay okay let me tell you one thing you see that's a very wonderful question Jordan you see rocks and minerals rocks and minerals are actually are actually unique and special the same way even us we are special and unique god treasures are so much it plays so much value on us than any other person can ever do to our life let me tell you there's a verse that i really like the verse and this verse is from the book of john chapter 15 verse 15 it says that for now i no longer call you friend i don't know i don't know i call you servants but i call you my friends imagine jesus wants to be our friends forever hey do you know this song that you sing jesus is my best friend do you know the song yes you know it okay i want us to sing that song right now okay are you ready yeah let's go jesus is my best friend my best friend my best friend jesus is my best friend is always there for me jesus is my best friend my best friend my best friend jesus is my best friend is always there for me on sunday monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday Jesus is my best friend is always there for me is always there for me hey jumbo i didn't see you there what are you doing hold up jumbo why are you with us all this time yes how come i didn't see you he was here this whole time if memory serves me it has been you me doctor soil and the kids not him ah okay you see jumbo has actually been coming here but only for a few minutes normally come to pick an equipment then he goes to his site it still doesn't ring a bell where was this other site when he was here you will be the eating the side of the water wow my love of food is so great that when i see it's all i see my bad is that your food doctor soil yes that's that's my food ah you you mean you actually mean this one yeah yeah this is my food why are you looking at me i didn't say i want to eat it ah let's continue nice and what about being smart can you learn anything about about that from rocks and faultings actually before we get to being smart let me what you were saying is that you see these rocks these rocks are actually strong they can be able to withstand any pressure that is put on them even us we can actually be strong and overcome any challenge as long as god is on our side now now you've also talked about being smart right okay now you see you see uh various uh various rocks and minerals are very different features some of features that can actually make them to be able to withstand the pressure of being it with a rock or a hammer to be being being it with a hammer others actually can be able to resist the influence of an acid an acid can actually dissolve cannot actually dissolve them how does actually can be able to resist the effect of water erosion and that's actually tells us one thing that we as god's children we are smart in different ways and in those that are smart in god planning that should not be smart in everything correct you see when you believe in jesus as your saviour you become part of god's family and you then get close to his heart and that means we get to live with him forever right correct jordan that is very right you see when we have to put our faith in jesus when he comes back the second time we'll go with to live with him in heaven forever and ever living happy wow now that's now the beauty about science and god's one the philly teller what has happened in the past and what god is doing in our world uh actually how are you oh okay it actually is ready to live actually you can uh you can go with him right now but we learned that jesus makes us strong just like minerals and fossils hey but it is something i forgot to tell you people hey let me make it plain right now you see different rocks have different strength even us we have various strength some of us are strong in doing particular kinds of things than the others some you know when you look at rocks very well there are some that are strong when it comes to being resting the force of a hammer others are strong when it comes to resisting the erosion of an acid or even water even us we are strong in our various talents and abilities and both talents and abilities god planned that all of them all of us should not have all the talents and abilities happy sabbat church happy day so for today's bible reading it comes from the book of mathew chapter 13 verse 44 to 46 if you're there say amen if you're there please say amen so it says from 44 again the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field which a man found in heat and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field 45 says again the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls 46 who when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it i repeat 44 again the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field which a man found in heat and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field again the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls who when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it amen praise the lord pbs 2023 just per canyon where every kid is treasured by god we thank the lord indeed for this week and the blessings that we have enjoyed to see that we as parents really do care that our children know and establish a friendship with jesus christ and so this week we have all who participated enjoyed the moments of the volunteers and as you have seen here we have had over 600 children praise the lord and we had 90 plus volunteers who made sure that this great army of the lord really enjoy every bit of the programs that were planned for the phibias may the lord bless the volunteers and so i want to take this moment to just recognize the volunteers please all the facilitators all the teachers all of you wherever you are may you stand and wave to us please stand and we've let's wave back to them what do we say to them indeed it's beautiful it's so beautiful i've been tearing as i was sitting and seeing the teens singing that wonderful song nishikili in yonggose and the young people singing the that god gives good gifts and indeed the lord gives us good gifts i'm i'm happy to also let you know that we have uh we are full house as pastors last week i was away but in a good place so all the pastors please may you rise wherever you are pastor nyaga and the family pastor mayo and all the tribe my wife my wife is there also with my sisters in law they all year to enjoy the family life praise the lord hallelujah it's a moment we are are to enjoy and rejoice that god indeed created us in his image so that just as we enjoy and love seeing our children growing up using their gifts in a very special way and enjoying each other's friendship indeed god has given us wonderful gifts in the children i want to also before i am back in preaching to thank the lord for the moment we have had this week when we began visitation into people's or members homes those who have never been visited for years they don't remember in this church and we had wonderful time praying and fellowshiping in homes our brethren please fill up the schedule take your slot we are coming we want to pray and fellowship with you and we want as it has been promoted for you to know that to travel visit and do all this it is a cost and by your offering by your faithfulness and being a faithful steward we are able to do all this tomorrow don't forget we have scs and they are requesting us to bring whatever you are not using whatever you don't need at the moment be it furniture be it clothes be it whatever you can spare in terms of money and food stuff let's have it let's build a big loving family of the lord we have the the the the para legal team offering special programs tomorrow come and get advice on how you can handle certain matters which has bothered you for some time we have also something special for young children a medical thing bring your children to be tested to be advised on various other events and i'm just highlighting this so that you don't miss it and our youth they are ready to make our cars sparkle they will clean it they will make it shy please don't keep your car far bring it so that they get a means let's support them hallelujah this is just to remind you and so friends we are here and i can see the house is full to the brim up there and i know people are listening outside and uh this is so beautiful to see it and may god bless us i have entitled today's someone which is a summary of the lessons that the team here or of the doctor and the miners and these young people were reminding us i've entitled my summon a real bargain the merchant king jewels and the miners a real bargain the merchant king jewels and the miners i've put down the message which i want us to take from that that we are miners in search of the real treasure shall we pray eternal gracious father as we have gathered this day as the high Sabbath when our teams our youth the teachers and all the children of various ages gathered in this compound and worshiped you in this sanctuary for a whole week and now lord as we celebrate this Sabbath as i conclude the lessons that we have learned this week help me to be your mouthpiece and may each and every child may each and every worshipper who has come whom you say you are seeking for those who are like little children to be in your kingdom may we all learn these lessons and understand that we are treasured by you bless us and speak to our hearts in Jesus name we pray amen amen thank you so much the text which i chose for the theme that has been running throughout this week that we are in just per canyon where we are digging it digging the treasures that comes from the word of god i found my thoughts being drawn to this parable that jesus gave in matthew 13 verse 44 to 46 and as it was read ably by the bible reader one of the pbs our participant jesus told about the kingdom and he said the kingdom is like someone discovering in a farm he had hired as he was digging as he was plowing he discovered something precious he discovered that there was something hidden and as maybe the plow was jacked by this object that was underground he dug and he dug clearly and he discovered that it was something important he took time he shifted the sand he shifted the stone that were over it he shifted all this dirt that was there until he noticed that there was a metallic box a hard thing he made sure that he found things to open it up and when he opened it he did not want to be a thief and so he covered it and returned everything as if it was normal but he had discovered something very important and so he went and he decided that what he had seen in this hidden treasure was far much important than everything he had owned before and so he went and asked the owner of the field if he could please sell the piece of land for him and when this man who had after all hired this piece of land and he was rich with so much in the story Jesus tells shows us that this is a generous man who wanted to enrich maybe his neighbors and so he told him yes i'm going to sell it to you and so they bargain and so a real bargain a real bargain you know in bargaining you say so how much are you going to sell it to me and somebody says maybe i'm going to sell maybe these 10 acres of of my piece of land for 10 million and the man said but you see i don't have much i cannot raise that much please i would like to own something you see you have so much and you are a good friend you know even i have assisted you before this way and that way can can you make it five and then the other person says since you are a good man i'll make it seven and there there is a bargain because this is valuable when the price was agreed this man went back and he sold all that he had so that he could own this precious field friends this story and the memory text that we have been going through my friends pbs participant what was the memory verse what was the memory verse for i am certain that certain that can separate us from the love of god it says not even death not even angels or heavenly powers or principalities can separate us from the love of god just per canyon where every kid is treasured by god i dig it let's dig it let's dig it indeed you know friends as a church this program was placed so that during holidays children have something in august we'll have the camp meetings and then in the long holiday of december we will have other wonderful programs for both senior youth and also we this group pbs is a special special program which the church has maintained and it is showing the highest team so that we the children know that they are precious and they are treasured hallelujah special treasures occupy special spaces it occupies time resources and wonder people place it in saves or a place that not anybody can access it if therefore as a church we value our children if our church we value every soul we put in place programs such as this one and therefore we are saying that children are special to us as a church and special to the law pbs 2023 just per canyon where everything is treasured by god i dig it it and so as we dig this we realize that we have to be ready we have to be ready to dig god's one we have to be ready as we read the scripture to know that in spite of the situations that we go through which others have gone through before yet god favored them we too can be favored just like those whom god held in a special special place in our world today in various countries as we see man's minds are occupied with greed and self-critification many rush to engage in easy fast gains grabbing and corrupt deals in total disregard of the common good self-preservation is what manipulates policies there may be good constitutions like we have in our country but selfish selfish interest override and people use policies to enrich themselves to make sure that their own are the ones who benefit in broken families and in broken national systems virtues and true honor are forsaken the weak and the voiceless suffer in the hands of the strong and the corrupt mighty you see it's unfortunate that some of the nations where human rights where where justice and fairness has been trampled upon with tyrants and dictators coming into power they seem to be doing well they seem to be rich and controlling certain level of economic power in this world and so we see in this world that somehow we have mainstreamed and made it common or normal that whatever means you use it doesn't matter so long as you achieve an end friends in bringing our children in the way of the Lord we are teaching them that means matter how you get to where you want to be matters because you don't have to trample on others you don't have to take advantage you don't have to be greedy and no wonder you find that we have deserts we have very poor policies and because of greed we are witnessing what we are witnessing in Chicago where children are not treasured not by their parents not by their the preachers who are greedy starving little innocent children to death what a pity in the name of God what a shame when many churches are open but because of the same greed of the parents and people who are ignorant and they don't read they don't dig the bible they are ready to be swayed and they follow and they are brainwashed to an extent that we do not know not know how many are still lying in the graves in Chicago is a pity unacceptable and so with this shame we are saying as a church we need to stand and we need to have proper society although the society is breaking up let us those who are ready to pay the price for everything that we need in life stand up for the right and let us as a church call as many call your friends and tell them here is a church here is a group who are preaching the gospel and calling men and women and treasuring children phibias 2023 just per canyon where every kid is treasured by god we dig the bible we read it we want to understand the bible so that no one may sway us and fool us they are getting rich they are building and driving beautiful big cars drinking water while others are stuffing to death what a pity and so you as a believer you are in charge of your mind you are in charge of your faith you are in charge of your relationship and blessings with god doesn't have to come because some man is praying for you you can pray to god because you are a treasured child of god friends I must speak briefly because we have old songs that these children have practiced and so I want to say that the nations that have impressed biblical virtues including even the far east asian nations show us that their systems are working because they think through solutions and where education systems still matter and maintain we have good policies and our leaders are not helping us at all because instead of going to parliament instead of setting up those committees instead of having professionalism being mainstream in every area merit and virtue what we see is rewards and rewards here and there for a few who may have supported in one way or another and this is corruption it is unacceptable and therefore what happened in siakahola is a picture of what is happening in the society let us stand up as parents let us stand up and raise the children so that they can grow up knowing that when they work hard hard work is paid for when they they struggle to perform they are recognized hallelujah and so I want to say that well thought out solutions are called for not simple quick fixes let leaders sit and talk in a genuine and constructive manner otherwise the green monster will put all of us as leaders and our country into shame let us uphold professionalism merit and goodwill friends minerals are not found on the top we have to dig it we have to pay the price for everything that needs needs to be done as members of the church you've got to know that nothing comes easy don't go anywhere and you think that by fasting and not working hard and doing your best in whatever area miracles will happen miracles happen when your mind works together and cooperates with god good morals and values like miracles are hidden when they are forgotten sometimes and when we run and when we rep our environments by harvesting for rest without caring by grabbing the most beautiful parts of the land and not improving those that are fertile but we can have food from those areas the result is what we see that even those who have been given permits to import food we hear they're selling it out and people have to go to the streets quick fixes never solve anything we have to be people who think through matters and so friends functional states invest in research and technology and this is not just accidental they are products of good education education even in the church education on systems that nations who are functional and want to be there in the future think through our leaders have to be people who really think and not want to only use masses for their selfish ends and so as we dig in this moment as we dig the treasures that we have in the bible it is important my friend to know that even environments that have been wasted and maybe at times god through his own ways allows for floods and canyons are formed in those canyons we may discover that yes we ran away we left it with no take care of these environments but god had something hidden deep and so even in the word of god which we may have left it even in the bible study which we have forgotten even in choosing to spend time in church and seek the guidance of the lord there is real treasure there praise the lord and so this week our young people gathered here and they were reminded of the stories of the bible stories that even when the world was destroying itself and people becoming pleasure seeking and as paul reminded timothy as he wrote to him and told him in the last day timothy i'm telling you people will be seekers and lovers of themselves people who are headstrong not respecting not thankful our church we are calling new parents and new young people to be respecters of parents to respect and love the church to worship the true living god and form a forever friendship with alleluia and so in this corrupt world there are some of us who we will not sell our virtues our values for anything we will stand for the truth and shine as the stars of the firmament and so children were reminded in the first day that they are made in a special way just like no even if there was a flood but no found favor in the lord we are made in a special way we are special before the lord alleluia in day two they were reminded of the story of abigal in first in first Samuel chapter 25 and in read this story and you see here david having taken care of the livestock of this family nabal could not thank him in an unthankful world we have to have strong women strong women who can dissuade king strong women who can preserve families abigal was strong and so god has made each and everyone strong not to perpetrate hatred or revenge in day three jesus made me smart when Solomon said when Solomon was approached by god and he had taken the lead of this nation he was asked what can i give you what are you asking from me Solomon did not ask for wealth he did not ask for anything other than that god would give him wisdom and with wisdom and the fear of the lord Solomon grew rich alleluia jesus made me smart yes and then in day four jesus made me in his family we have the story of Ruth we do not know whether she was an orphan we do not know whether she had how many brothers but we know when she came into this family although the husband died and she was left with only this old old mourning mother-in-law she chose and said don't tell me to go back for i will not where you go i will go your people will be my people and above all your god will be my god god made me into his family alleluia and we have the story of Elijah jesus made me to live with him forever alleluia and so for real we are made special we are made to live forever in a forever friendship with the lord and so finally friends i concluded by saying jesus made me to be his jewel his diamond and a minor i alleluia why because in matthew it says that there was a merchant who was looking for precious precious pearl and when he found it he sold everything and bought it heaven left nothing he gave us the best he gave us god gave us everything he gave us himself because our salvation cannot be bought by everything and so when we discover the love of god when we are made in his image we become precious and we become treasure we become the diamonds which can chisel and get every other precious jewel for heaven alleluia and so my friend in malachi god says in those days when the world is running haywire i will make those who don't talk about my name those who meet like in vbs to be my jewels and i will spare them like a father who spares his child who works for him we are his minors we are his jewels we are his diamonds we are the jasper in the canyon the lord treasures us let us count our self precious are you in a crisis or a fearful crisis like noah please know that you are favored in case you are entangled in a circle of mean people like abigar break that chain and set free and stand up to be counted when confronted with difficult choices pray and may you be made smart like Solomon young people when you feel lonely and estranged like Ruth make the different and choose to live with god and in case you are fighting and you seem to be losing it understand that there is a better world like Elijah was promised and so just in case you are forgotten the lord has made you precious you are his jewel you are his diamond and may god bless you shall we rise as we sing the last song when he cometh to choose and take home his jewels may i be in that group of the jewels please song number 218 when you come Heavenly father we thank you for this moment thank you lord and worship you in truth and in spirit and indeed when we train up our children in the way they should go they will stand and they will shine even in a dark world and so lord you make us your jewels that we may adorn your crown and that we may make heaven beautiful and even this world that has been marred by evil we know that you will cleanse it one day and make it your headquarters so that your tend your presence your temple your very own glory may be with us in this world after the thousand years in heaven lord we pray that you may give us the strength to know that you made us special the lord you made us smart that of any father you have made us strong and that the whole lord you want us to live with you in heaven forever as we read the pages of scripture as we dig the treasure lord may your spirit lead us so that we can be the agent of good and be the light and the soul of this world bless us and bless your church bless your people bless these young people and the children that have been trained so that they can love you deeply and be respectful and be special people in this world in Jesus name the lord is good the lord is good the lord is good and all the time vbs 2023 just for a canyon and where every kid is treasured by god thank you thank you so much now that congregation up there i want to see whether they were actively in worship or actively spectating now this goes to you vbs 2023 now don't don't help them don't help them i want those guys up there those guys up there don't help them don't help them up there vbs 2023 okay let's go one more time vbs 2023 let me see let me see these guys down here they this looks like they were very active the people sitting down here look they were very active vbs 2023 just for canyon and where every kid is treasured but what will you go and say my men i muskili okna imen trofauti leo you're gonna scare that back you men i hear here dig it you've got to learn the children's language so when the point is home they say what dig it because we are special fearfully and wonderfully made we are a treasure of god amen we want to invite our vbs director sister zipora who has done a very good job preparing for this mobilizing available team of 90 plus volunteers every day in this campus waiting for our children it has been amazing organization and execution of this program and we've got very special guests today that she invited through our children and parents and we don't want to recognize them in a very special way i want to invite her to speak on that and then we recognize our special guest sister zipora um just per canyon 60 percent just vbs 2023 just per canyon where every kid is treasured by god i'm gd where every kid is treasured by god amen children thank you so much um and happy sub bath please wave and put a smile on your face the lord is good um this is this is to inform us that um we had a total of 602 that is 602 children who attended the vbs in the five day program what do you say church 602 children then we have um i think they should be the largest to be afraid in recent times so yes yes yes 602 is a good number with our god and uh what happened past is that uh we this is the first time we had uh a session in the vbs kit for children with special needs wow and therefore i will talk about it pastor so that's yeah thank you thank you and that is 602 children um out of this we had 78 non-adventists who are again visitors in our church so what do you say amen um we want to welcome um we out of the 78 a total of 25 are coming from Rui Rui rehabilitation center can you say that again amen so we want to specifically um um have the Rui Rui children center please come Rui Rui children my boys and girls and the others all the children the 78 of you please come here we want to invite their parents reverend are you in the are you in church reverend filamon and the parents for our visitors where are you these are very special guests to us today parents who are not so Rui Rui team please come adventist Rui Rui children they trusted us with their children for the whole week they even came today to worship with us the children we want to recognize them and offer special gift for the church to them we love you so much we feel touched by your fellowship with us with the Lord bless you so much we will invite you to come as we appreciate you parents please come and Gedeons though pastor some of them say they won't be here today but uh let's up all the children all the children our guest children the Rui Rui children please come just come help us have the children please make a line here so we need to give them they can go down that the don't all the visitors Rui Rui and all the visitors please come dance we were 78 some teens church can we appreciate our teens thank you thank you thank you thank you some of them are teens thank you thank you thank you um teacher please march forward with your teens the visitors you know the teenagers please come please come we agreed we will be here today if if if volunteers are not on this can I have elders welcome just usher them in here the teens these guests parents you know it's not easy for you to walk into a congregation which is not used and you feel comfortable they are they gave us their children for the whole week they have come to worship with us really we want to say thank you to them let's show them the way when we see them working just walk with them just bring them here so that we appreciate them church what you say we thank the Lord when you have such a treasure you don't want to dig alone you don't want to share alone you want to call your neighbors and tell them guys there's something nice here come let's celebrate together that is what the Children's Ministry has done in inviting so many of their friends who are not members of the SDA Church and we formed a big family and I want to assure you parents and the children who came to join with us this week you've got a family in a lobby central church you can count on us you can come to fellowship with us anytime this is your church God bless you so much and um this young man here just give him a mic what's your name my name is Ambrose Baraka who Ambrose Baraka Ambrose Baraka yes Ambrose Baraka is one of our guests in teens class and he is also special um is a pastor's kid yeah that's what we call them here the pastor's kid from Sunday congregation and he is right here with us today we thank you so much for bringing it and being with us here for the whole week and you want to say something before we end our program okay praise god church praise god again my name is Ambrose Prince Baraka son of Rev. Philharmono Dembu I was invited to the VBS by Chayounis she's right here beside me she had invited me and she also offered me transport and also paid for my registration fee can you clap for her so first of all I'm grateful to the god almighty for this yet another opportunity to be here it's all because of his grace I come from Kitengela ACC Antioch Coventry Chapel and throughout the week throughout the VBS week I've really learned a lot it's my first time being in a seventh day Adventist church I've never been here and my experience is I can say it's great really because throughout the VBS I learned some valuable lessons in our teens class on day one we also we learned that god made us special god made us smart god made us strong Jesus wants us to be his family and he wants us to live with him forever so I thank all the teachers who are participating with us they actually helped us and me to cope I came here really scared because the congregation was quite huge but I thank them Chazifi because he has helped us yes and if there's another VBS I'll be sure to attend thank you very much what do you say to this young man beautiful beautiful love you so much love you so much we appreciate your parents for giving you time to be here thank you ma'am for taking care of these young men may god bless you god bless you so much you represent many other young people who are attending this program are total of 78 of them who are not of our faith but they have found a family in our congregation may the lord bless I want to give to this book god bless you just go read it dig it dig more and more there are beautiful treasures inside there may god bless you young man thank you thank you thank you I want to pray I want to pray for this team let's pray together our gracious father in heaven we thank you so much this beautiful sabbat morning indeed great is thy faithfulness morning by morning new masses we see from you who knew that today would be a beautiful sabbat worship experience when we are all reminded through the children program that we are special jewells that you are willing to make sure that you are purified we are treasure of your kingdom thank you lord for impacting our children throughout this week they are going through a lot of challenges in this life and we thank you for reminding them one more time they've got an identity in you they were created in your own image they are fearfully and wonderfully existing in the universe and nothing shall separate them from your love lord I pray that they may this message for the whole week transform them equip them renew their thinking incline their interests the heavens interest and prepare them for eternity every single child who came every morning waiting upon the teachers lord I pray that you may touch them the unique touch make them to be truly special children in this world prepare them and equip them learn to be great men and women that is to come that they will be the servers of life they'll be preserver's morality they will be a remnant that is going to show the world what it means to belong to Jesus we bless them in your name we pray for each one of them Lord those who are sick we are praying for healing in Jesus name those could be coming from struggling families lord I pray for breakthroughs in their families I pray for peace that no man can understand Lord may you bless these children bless their parents bless their extended families Lord I pray that everyone who is associated with him and who is in charge of bringing up these children they will all cooperate with heaven to mold them in the character after Jesus that they will be all citizens of heaven bless this worship experience Lord meet each one of us our very point of needs we pray in Jesus name amen amen God bless you a vbs 2023 vbs 2023 just parking here on where every kid is treasured by God where every kid is treasured by God thank you so much pastor I needed to mention about children with spatial needs we got a total of four two with cerebral palsy into who are autistic so most parents who are reached promise that they will create time in the next vbs to be here so we only managed to have four okay out of the 78 we had four spatial needs you know children with spatial needs amen pastor amen okay um we are presenting a few songs here please do not leave then or thereafter parents please do not leave we will take you to the seven stations so that you get to see what your children the boys and girls learned in the five days so please do not sit in your cars do not leave after the song service here a few songs we gonna sing then we will we will live out the vbs style so I'm sure by now you know the name of the crew your child or your children are in okay so we will follow through after this pastor will live in the vbs style back cruise then we will go to specific places so we will be taking parents round so that when we come back in the afternoon at two o'clock sharp we please release your children from 130 because we will have them seated in church and ready to present the songs and the afternoon program so we are not leaving church pastor um the earliest we live is is 6 30 so parents please bear with us we are not ready to release your children early because we've already started missing them so parents just give us your children a little more and do not be in a hurry to leave just per canyon sound box get take your position let's have all the teachers at the front thank you now before we get into that program so that we don't interrupt it again allow me to invite my church clerk we dispense with one matter so that we leave these children to bless us with songs and then we work together with them without being interrupted to the different stations sister carol we have an item of about four or so minutes of voting some names or members who've been added into the leadership that's just to that then we leave the stage for these special jewels of god sister carol happy sabbath please bear with us we are a big church and so we are adding a few names to serve in our church Adventist possible ministries we have uh kindly you can stand this is the first reading Adventist possibility ministries Henry Kamau Joyce Kwanboka Irene Boyani Mose Amos Kibet Anna Muenesi Millicent Achien Oguari and Johan Kwanboka and then for vocational bible school we have Evans Otieno Oguma John Odindo Anyango and for voice of prophecy we have Jonah Magana Elvis Quaker Onsongo Irene Boyani Mose social committee Rogers Abura Kathiani Irene Anyango Owiti Investment Committee Joseph Nahashon Congoro and finally for young adults we have Grace Nyanchama Bosire Samuel Ouma Gunga and Stephanie Anyona Mutuli this is the first reading thank you so much we will be doing the second reading and next sabbath and we are going to vote but just for our interest to note with the young adults uh uh department we've been having sister Edna who has led us very very well Alice my honor this afternoon this afternoon still morning to inform you that uh our able leader was is not able to be with us she got opportunities also in the country she's located into UK and so we tend to do replacement of her and that's why we are bringing in sister Grace uh who was her first assistant to a seat in their office so once you don't see her and you see another leader don't ask what happened it's good for the church to know and as a church board we when we had our last meeting church board we prayed for her and we actually also gave her a letter of introduction wherever she was going so she can give her that letter she reached out to me last sabbath she it was a fast worship there and she told me pastor I reached well I've been received well in a church here but guess what there is not a single youth then I told her thank god for the fault now that church is having youth ministry once you're there you're the youth department you are the leader here lead yourself and look for other young people let's pray for her gold bezas um sound box take your position all the teachers distribute yourselves you know where your position is all the teachers teacher George echo happy sabbath happy day how many of you believe that it has been a special day for us thank you so much before we say the grace I want to thank those who have participated thank you children for the day you um children just per canyon where every kid is treasured by god amen so uh I just want to remind you that um the young professionals are invited for an adam and eve session today don't forget at 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the old sanctuary the hedge in the human resources rights and obligations don't miss young professionals and then the family ministries department is reminding us about the retreat and those who are planning to attend please come and sit here because the health minister I mean the family ministry's leader will want to talk to you about the retreat which is upcoming at element tighter and then tomorrow just want to remind everybody tomorrow there'll be a lot of activity here in church service to humanity Jesus way the health ministry's department is having a children's health day tomorrow um the young adults will be washing our cars so bring your cars to be washed here in church and then the SES will be expecting your donations so lightly used clothes bring them here they'll be distributed to the needy and then um the free legal aid by the public affairs and religious liberty department may we stand so that we say the grace children please keep quiet please please please please maintain silence may the grace of our lord Jesus christ and the love of god and the fellowship of the holy spirit be with us now and forever amen thank you thank you elder um vbs 2023 just per canyon where every kid is treasured by god where every kid is treasured by god thank you parents please allow the vbs team to live in the vbs style then i'm sure you have noticed where your child is then you will follow them crew leaders where are you crew leaders where are you i have the gannets gannets where are you parents please do not leave i see the balcony some are living uh please hold on we are still with your children in the next um one hour then we give them to you for 40 minutes you bring them back here at 145 so vbs please let's be reverent let's be reverent children um crew leaders please raise your placard let's follow okay six and seven years where are you i get i get moved this side um let's start with the preschoolers where are you okay so parents make sure that you identify your child and follow the crew leader and you'll be moving around all the stations we have the preschoolers right behind here in the preparation room we have the excavation there is a um bible in the music room we have the health snack picnic snack in the basement we have the gemstone that took care of bible maps class one on ground floor we have the teens our teenagers teacher steve teacher steve please go to the the old sanctuary parents your teenagers are in the are going to the old sanctuary um the games um the testing pit testing pit please go there so parents please invite check out where your children are then you don't miss out thank you an announcement please to all the legal professional kindly let's meet at the youth desk the people in the legal profession kindly right away let's meet there are the youth desk thank you