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MINISTRIES
Mission Statment
The Pisgah Seventh-day Adventist Church
of Bryans Road, MD is the representation
of the Kingdom of God’s grace on earth to prepare a people
for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Our inreach/outreach
mission is the great gospel commission (Matthew
28) of training and equipping disciples of Christ to teach
and preach the everlasting gospel (Revelation
14) for the saving of lost souls. To this end, we commit
our lives to the body of Christ in unity of spirit, faith and
ministry until He comes.
Ministries and Programs Offered
 Adventist Youth Society (AYS)
The Adventist Youth Society (AYS) is designed to prepare ourselves for
the Spiritual Warfare that is upon us. The AYS Department uses games,
skits, discussions, films, activities, and vespers to bring to our
members the importance of girding ourselves against the attacks of
the devil. We use the whole Armor of God as we have a great time
training to be soldiers in Gods Army. Pisgah's AYS Program is geared
for the young and the young at heart. AYS is held each Sabbath one
hour before sunset.
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Adventurer Club
The Adventurer Club is a parent/church-centered program which provides
parents with a tool useable with their 6- through 9-year-old children
and is designed to stimulate the children's budding curiosity towards
the world about them. This program includes age-specific activities
that involve both parent and child in recreational activities,
simple crafts, appreciation of God's creation, and other activities
that are of interest to this age group. All is carried out with
a spiritual focus setting the stage for participation in the church
as a Pathfinder. The Adventurer Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays
of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Audio/Visual
Winning souls for Christ is the goal of the Audio/Visual team that provides
sound and video for the weekly Sabbath worship services. As a vital
part of the church, this ministry seeks to use the latest audio
and visual technology to reach out not only to our members and
community, but also to those around the world who don't know Christ.
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Community Services Department
The Community Services Department is an important feature of the outreach
(missionary) activities of the church. This society gathers and prepares
clothing, food, and other supplies for the poor, needy, and unfortunate.
Community Services, however, includes more than giving material aid
it encompasses also adult education, visiting, homemaking, home nursing,
counseling, and other services.
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Education Department
The Education Department recognizes that a comprehensive understanding
and clear vision of Christian education whose ultimate aims harmonizes
with those of redemption can be developed and fostered only where
the church is continually reminded of the preeminent mission of such
an education. The purpose of the Education Department is to work
towards the goal of enrolling every child of the church in the church
school. We also provide guidance for establishing in the home an
atmosphere of love and discipline in which Seventh-day Adventist
Christian values can be instilled in children through Bible study,
prayer, family worship, and the example of the parents. We will maintain
contact with students who are away in church schools by encouraging
them through writing, sending care packages to them representing
the love of the Pisgah family.
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Family Life Department
The Family Life Department of the Pisgah SDA Church promotes, coordinates,
implements, and evaluates programs that cultivate spiritual, social,
intellectual and economic development for all family groups in the
church. While nurturing the individual's capacity to relate skillfully,
we also strive to help in deepening one's commitment to relationships.
In conjunction with the Health and Temperance Department, the Family
Life Department promotes, coordinates, and implements programs to
encourage the practice of good health principles (physical and mental)
in the home, essential for positive family life.
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Fifty Plus Ministry
Our
Fifty Plus Ministry here at the Pisgah Seventh-Day Adventist Church
encourages self-worth in the senior citizens. This is a thriving
ministry here at Pisgah. We have monthly spiritual and educational
outings, a prayer breakfast at least once a year, and conduct various
seminars on financial education for retired seniors on fixed incomes.
We also encourage the younger members and youth of Pisgah to assist
our senior citizens in various capacities (i.e. home chores such
as raking the leaves, mowing the lawn, etc.)
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Health & Temperance Ministry
We
are called to be godly people who think, feel and act in harmony
with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in us the
character of our Lord, we involve ourselves in those things which
will produce Christ-like purity, health and joy in our lives. This
means that our amusement and entertainment should meet the highest
standards of Christian taste and beauty. It also means because our
bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, we are to care for them
intelligently. Along with adequate exercise and rest, we are to adopt
the most healthful diet possible and abstain from the unclean foods
identified in the Scriptures. Also, we are to engage in whatever
brings our thoughts and bodies into the discipline of Christ, who
desires our wholesomeness, joy and goodness. Pisgah's Health and
Temperance Department will offer Cooking and Exercise Classes throughout
the year.
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Hospitality
The
word "hospitality" is characterized by such words as caring,
receptiveness, concern, cordiality, charity and generosity. It is
the medium through which others come to know or comprehend the extent
to which they are accepted and/or appreciated within a group. The
hospitality ministry seeks to create an atmosphere in which people
will feel welcome and comfortable within the church and to work with
different departments in the coordination of projects and activities
where food services are involved.
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Men's Ministries
Men
doing ministry with and for men and the community...that's what Men's
Ministries is all about. We are about more than the traditional service
club, "knife and fork" kinds of meetings. Not that those
don't have a place, they do, but Men's Ministries is just what it
says, it's about ministry. We welcome you to become and be part of
this outreach and inreach. Keep in touch with us and share your hopes,
ideas, needs, programs and materials. All of us together are smarter
and more capable than any one of us individually. Let's build broader
and deeper ministry by working together.
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Music Ministries
The Music Ministry Department seeks to utilize the power of worship music
by bringing an offering of praise, fighting discouragement, teaching
truth, strengthening worshipers, and nourishing the membership in
preparation for Christ's soon return. Each Sabbath, our choirs (Children's
Choir and Sanctuary Choir) prepare the hearts of the waiting congregation
to receive the word from the Lord.
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Pathfinder Club
Pathfinders offer a wide range of activities including, but not limited to:
camping & survival skills, grade appropriate leadership training,
activities promoting community pride, and involvement through outreach
activities. This
program also offers interactive training in a variety of recreational, artistic,
nature, conservation, vocational, and outreach areas, with awards (honors)
given for successful completion of the interactive training modules. We offer
personal care and encouragement by our caring staff members. The age group
for participating in the Pathfinders Club range from 10- through 16. The Pathfinders
Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Personal Ministries
The Personal Ministries Department provides resources and trains church
members to unite their efforts in ministry along with church officers
in the final proclamation of the gospel of salvation through Jesus
Christ our Lord. The aim of the department is to enlist every member
in active soul-winning service for God; to awaken people that are
spiritually asleep; and to make known, in word and in action, the
imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ in this generation.
- Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time
to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than
when we believed.
- Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on
the armor of light.
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Religious Liberty
Religious liberty provides the individual the freedom to follow one’s
conscience-dictated religious convictions without outside interference
as long as the conviction does not limit the rights and lifestyles
of others and does not adversely impact the well-being of society.
Religious Liberty Ministries seeks to inform the Church of events
affecting religious freedom through news alerts, seminars, articles,
and the promotion of the Liberty magazine. We also serve as a referral
resource for individuals with Sabbath issues at their workplace.
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Sabbath School
The
Sabbath School is the primary religious education system of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church and has four purposes: study of the scripture, fellowship,
community outreach, and world mission emphasis. The Sabbath School
is an important branch of the missionary work, not only because it
gives to young and old a knowledge of God's word, but because it
awakens in them a love for its sacred truths, and a desire to study
for themselves. Above all, it teaches them to regulate their lives
by its holy teachings. Sabbath School begins at 9:15 each Sabbath
morning.
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Social Recreation
The Social Recreation Department is responsible for aiding the departments
and coordinating social recreation activities. The Department conducts
youth social recreation excursions, social recreation activities
for all church members but especially for the youth every Saturday
night.
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Stewardship Department
The
Stewardship Department's role is to: emphasize God's ownership of
all that we are, have and possess by defining our role as stewards;
encourage faithful stewardship through the study of God's word, and
the integration of what we learn from our daily lives; and to lead
the church in embracing the full concept of stewardship in every
phase of our live. Stewardship is the lifestyle of one who accepts
Christ's lordship and walks in partnership with God, acting as His
agent in managing His affairs on earth.
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Ushers
Ushers
are responsible for maintaining orderly seating in and exiting from
the church. This is one of the most visible ministries in our church.
Each member, newcomer, or returning visitor comes to the church with
the hope that he or she will experience renewal and celebration.
The skillful usher helps make this a reality.
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Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School is a major soul-winning service
fostered by the Sabbath School Department
of the Pisgah Seventh-day Adventist Church.
It is offered in an effort to care for
the spiritual needs of children in the
community, nurture the children into being
tomorrow's leaders in the community and
in the church. Our Vacation Bible School
will take place during the Summer of 2009.
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Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Prayer
Meeting is held every Wednesday Night
from 7:30 to 8:30. Please come out and
receive a mid-week blessing filed songs,
testimonies, and prayer.
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Women's Ministries
Our
spiritual vision is to lift up Jesus Christ and by enabling women
to discover and realize their leadership and ministry within the
home, the church, and the community. By the transforming power of
the gospel, His strength will be their strength. The Women's Ministries
Department will endeavor to enrich and empower women to realize their
value as human beings in Christ and their role within church and
society. The Women's Ministries Department will meet every 3rd Sunday
of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
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