Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Pocket SOP Books Now Available

The primary objective of the Publishing Ministry is to share God to the world through the written word.

So far, we have been able to produce our local quarterly Sabbath School lesson, the morning devotional, and several batches of flyers and tracts.

We have also been able to give away numerous Bibles and SOP Books.

In the past year, we have been eyeing a set of pocket SOP Books that comes with a free History of Redemption Study Chart/Timeline, and praying that God will open a way for us to acquire these books.

Finally, in mid-2009, God did open the way. With the help of friends, brothers, and sisters in the faith, we were able to acquire 120 sets of these books.

The set is composed eight books that include Prophets and Kings, Patriarchs and Kings, The Desire of Ages, The Acts of the Apostles, The Great Controversy, Christian Service and Counsels on Stewardship (in one book), Counsels for the Church, and Ministry of Healing and Steps to Christ (in one book).

They come in a beautiful and convenient bookcase and box that makes the set perfect for gifting.

Some of these books have already been given away to different individuals who have expressed sincere desire to learn more about God.

More of the books will be made available through brethren who are interested in literature evangelism.

We continue to pray that God will open the way for more Adventist books to be made available in the near future.

For information on how to obtain copies of these books, please email us at royalvalleysda@gmail.com

Monday, August 24, 2009

Church Services






Everyone is welcome to attend our weekly church services:

Midweek Prayer Meeting - Wednesdays, 7:00 pm
Vesper Meeting - Fridays, 7:30 pm
Sabbath School - Saturdays, 8:30 am
Divine Service - Saturdays, 10:30 am
Testimonies - Saturdays, 2:00 pm
Medical Missionary Training - Saturdays, 3:00 pm
Adventist Youth Program - Saturdays, 4:00 pm (this is the last program for the Sabbath and usually ends at 6:00 pm)


Our church is located within the Royal Valley Academy (high school) campus, Km 7 MacArthur Highway, Bangkal, Davao City.

If you need further directions, please contact us through email: royalvalleysda@gmail.com or sharivele@yahoo.com

We'd love to have you worship God with us. :)



Pictures: Church during Sabbath School Lesson Review




Jail Ministry











Our jail ministry has now expanded to three branches, ministering to two groups of male inmates and to one group of female inmates.

Last August 21, 2009, we visited the larger of the two male groups to bring vegetarian food and herbal medicine.

While our brethren inside jail are happy enough to hear God's Word during each of our weekly visits, they became even more thankful with the addition of our humble material gifts.

The simple meal we brought was to them a great feast, given the scant conditions of prisons in the country.

They were most thankful for the garlic and turmeric capsules that were distributed and for the homemade herbal liniment that were also given away.

Conditions in the jail are so difficult that a large fraction of the inmates sleep on cold, bare cement floors.

In our meager wealth, we try to share our blessings with these brothers whenever possible.

Our thanks go to the Aguda family who generously support our various lines of ministry, to the brethren of Royal Valley SDA Church who untiringly spent time and energy in the preparation of the food and medicine, and, of course, to our Heavenly Father who unceasingly watches over His people.