Lubbock Adventist News

That was the theme for the weekend at the Pathfinder camporee in Palo Duro Canyon last weekend! The weekend began for us on Thursday night loading all the supplies and gear at the conference office. We chose to load at 9pm since it had been in the triple digits the...

In the last few years, I have adopted a mantra that I live my life by. You possibly have heard me say it from time to time. The mantra is simple, "it's a good day to be alive." I must be honest with you, there have been times in my life in which a phrase like this...

In Luke 10:25-37 is found a well-known parable given by Jesus. This is the story of the Good Samaritan. I’m certain that you have probably heard sermons over the years from this passage. And no doubt, you have been blessed in tremendous ways by this story. For some,...

“BY MY SPIRIT” After the Babylonian exile, Cyrus allowed the Jews back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple under Zerubbabel. The construction had been stopped by opposition but resumed under Zechariah and Haggai. Haggai encouraged the returned exiles to rebuild, and...

CHRISTIAN RELATIONAL FUNDAMENTALS We Seventh-day Adventist traditionally place a great deal of emphasis on “our beliefs,” and rightly so. Our “Fundamental Beliefs” are important in that they form a common platform on which we can unite as a denomination and as a...

LUBBOCK CHURCH 2023 SUMMER VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL When Our Lubbock Church 2023 Vacation Bible School (VBS) is coming up this week, starting this Wednesday July 26 at 5:00 PM, every evening Thursday, Friday at 5:00. A special Children Worship in the main sanctuary...

The Seventh-day Adventist Educational System Existing since the 1870’s, the Seventh-day Adventist educational system is one of the largest Christian educational systems in the world. In all Adventist educational institutions, its aim is to promote holistic education -...

“OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN” I remember moments from my earliest age when I wanted to one day become an American: watching Neil Armstrong taking his first step on the moon, hearing the words “Boeing” and “Japan Airline” on the news, when meeting visitors from PUC in...

Dear Church Family: Here are a few words on the Communion service taken from the Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual, pp. 123-127: “The communion service … should be a most sacred and joyous occasion to the congregation…. [The] ordinance of foot-washing…was to be...

Dear Church Family: This weekend is a time of year when we remember and celebrate our fathers, and when men reflect on their influence as fathers and men in the world. I am grateful for my father and for each the three children God gave me to be a father to. And this...