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We realized that the strength of the church is based in the spiritual life of its members and families. We know that God expects families to have mutually satisfying relationships. God desires that husbands and wives experience unity; that parents do not exasperate your children. They should rear their children in the training and instruction of our Lord. We teach the guiding principles of the Bible to direct that Christians nurture the spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs of the individuals, couples and families who constitute the fabric of fellowship in our church. Family Life Ministries follow Christ in ministering to the needs of families so they maybe restored to wholeness.
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The main entry into our church fellowship is our Sabbath School program. Our church's Sabbath School morning activities is the ministry of the laity most vital in knowing the Bible teachings. In these classes there are an interchange of ideas that is non-threatening, a sharing of faith, and some Biblical instructions. Friendships are often made in our circle of fellowship; A sense of community is built up. Questions are asked and answered in an informal setting. For most of the Sabbath services the visitors or members listens--to the prayer, special music, and the sermon. Our Sabbath School class leader know their sacred responsibilities in sharing their personal experience, as well as knowledge of each week's lesson.
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God also asked our church to be a community of people sharing a common purpose in fellowship continually growing in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God. Our church takes on the role of a servant. The Pathfinders club was created for service. It serves the Lord in praise, serves one another in love and serves the world in humility. "For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them." God calls our young members into ministry. Cambridge Church is a kingdom of priests set free to minister for Christ. Our priesthood is to each other within the church and to the world.
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Our Adventist schools have been established under the direction of the Lord. It has always been God's purpose to educate his children in a climate consistent with His will. Our church supports the SDA school system to provide children and youth with a balanced physical, mental, spiritual, social, and vocational education, with God as the source of all moral value and truth. Our Education department is interesting in the restoration of the image of people's great Maker, in the optimum development of the whole person for both this life and the life to come. We follow the Creator instructions from the Bible to improve lives for healthful living, civic order, social justice, purposeful work, and the deeper meaning of Christ divine character and laws.
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Health Ministries are an integral part of the mission of the Adventist Church. Health ministry is the gospel of Christ illustrated, the message of God practiced. Without our Health Ministries, we find that gospel witnessing is muted; it is merely a theory, an idea. "Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God". The most important objective of our Health ministry is to help men and women reach their full potential, mentally, spiritually and physically. To reach full potential, health ministries teaches health education principles to be practiced. The more closely these principles are followed, the better health a person enjoys. Learn more.
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Pastoral Leadership
God calls us into His body for the purpose of establishing a saving relationship with Him and commune with one another. The Holy Spirit convicts our minds, leads us to repentance, and plants us within the church. Thus, we know that the church is a creation of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the vital life force of the church. We came to Christ and are prepared by the Holy Spirit also for service. Our elders serve the world n order to expression the love of Christ Jesus to the world. Elders are then the body of Jesus Christ serving the worlds' needs and being used by the Spirit as an agency of salvation.
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Children's Department
Jesus gave us clear instruction as to the importance of our young people when He said, "And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me . . . Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven." When His disciples would have sent the young people away, thinking that they were interrupting the important work of the Master, Christ said "Let them come . . . for such is the kingdom of heaven." Teenagers form a precious, most important part of God's church. They are not only the "church of the future," but also the church of the present. Christ created the church to be a fellowship where people share in a common purpose and help one another grow in faith. Learn more.
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Christian women are called to use her life in terms of the great potential for the development and use of her abilities. Biblical women were entrepreneurs, judges, homemakers, and Bible teachers. They choose to act: to be voices proclaiming a better way; to be hands making a tangible difference: to work toward spiritually strengthening people already in the membership, as well as the non-members in the community. Adventist women are committed to changing the world through prayer and sharing their faith in the Lord. "They can do a work that men cannot do. The labor is needed." "Women need to understand their own powers, and realizing that these powers are given of God, strive to make use of them to the fullest extent in doing good to others, in advancing the work of reformation, of truth, and of real goodness in the world." Learn more.
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Men's Ministry
Providing resources in supporting young men into becoming priest of their homes and being responsible citizens Learn more.
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Providing services for our neighbors whether homeless or incarcerated, elderly, or lonely
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Personal Ministries
Personal Ministry dates to the time when Jesus sent out the seventy to minister in areas that He and the disciples would be unable to reach during His brief ministry. Just as these lay evangelists went out preaching the gospel of Jesus at His first coming, Personal Ministries are called to go and preach the gospel of His second coming. In the modern setting the volunteer Personal Ministries team reaches areas where the pastor or conference evangelist may never have the opportunity or budget to set foot. Jesus, in His last words before ascending to Heaven, gave the commission to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations . . ." For the Jesus, in His last words before ascending to Heaven, gave the commission to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations . . ." For the Personal Ministries team, the target audience is the world, beginning at our doorstep of of our homes and dear to challenge the world to walk in a newness of life. Learn more.
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Religious Liberty
To worship God according to conscience and to share Christ's love are cherished freedoms not universally enjoyed. The government of God is based on freedom of choice. God chose to create humanity also with the power of choice. God said, "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil . . . blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live." Free exercise of religion is like a fragile flower; it must receive the most vigorous protection possible and the most gentle care to be found. Within it, freedom of conscience thrives or is throttled. Revelation 13 points to a political power that will arise in the last days causing people to "worship" another religio-political power. Religion and politics are symbolized in Revelation 17 by an apostate church being sustained by the government. The persecuting power of this union of church and state is illustrated by the woman who becomes drunk with the blood of the saints. Learn more.
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Ministries
