The tentative date of our Summer Yard Sale is August 11. 
We encourage everybody to join!

Pastor Roger will bring the message to the church this weekend, July 29.  We initiated the participation of our daughter churches’ pastors this year to build stronger relationships with them.  Welcome him with warmth.

This weekend, our Pstr. Ding and Sis Tess will be in Virginia, leading in two subjects in the LEAD Training Program offered by two churches planted by Pastor Charlie Chilton. Pastor Ding will speak in one of those churches this Sunday, which leads to his absence in SJBCI.

July 22: 3rd Council meeting: the Council Meeting shall be conducted this Sunday after Agape meal.  All Council Members are hereby reminded to attend.

For your listening pleasure, we can now listen to the SJBCI Family Retreat 2007 messages online. Here are the links to the messages that have been recorded during the retreat. We pray that you will again be blessed as you listen to it again.

Devotions:

• 1st Devotion - Rev. Jose Bulaon
• 2nd Devotion - Rev. Eleazar Yanson

Messages:

• 1st Message - Rev. Charlie Chilton
• 2nd Message - Rev. Charlie Chilton
• 3rd Message - Rev. Charlie Chilton

We are still discussing on how we can have this available to you via CD Audio Tapes or mp3 Audio for a minimal fee in order to cover the costs of the production. Please e-mail us at info@sjbci.org if you are interested in getting a CD of these messages or you can also inquire with Bro. Dolly Bation, Bro. Perze Ababa and Sis. Marchesa Ababa.

Thank you and God Bless.

We ask our members for any submissions for our devotions section. Criteria includes:

• God centered, Word centered devotions
• Experiences/thoughts surrounding God’s Word concentrating on one topic
• At least two paragraphs
• Uplifting and encouraging, informing, or teaching

All entries submitted will go through the editors for proofreading before being published on the devotions page. Changes are under the editor’s discretion. We would greatly appreciate the sharing of what God is doing in the lives of the members, so be encouraged to write!

Please send all submissions to: Marchesa.Ababa@SJBCI.org or Marchesa.Ababa@gmail.com

Praise God for the blessings and fun from the retreat this year.

Pictures are up on the SJBCI.org Photo Gallery. click on the SJBCI Family Retreat Album. (Go to Resources on the Navigation Bar above and scroll down to Photo Gallery).

Thank you to those who submitted pictures, and we will accept any additional digital pictures to add to the album. Also, please feel free to leave comments about your favorite pictures, captions that can better explain them to viewers. No registration is needed. The multimedia page, as well as a Retreat 2007 page, will be constructed that will better hold direct links to this retreat’s album, info, recap, and audio sermons. So please continue to check back to SJBCI.org’s announcements.

SJBCI Annual Family Retreat is this coming weekend! Please prepare for our annual camp family retreat. For lodge users, pls. bring some bedding. All rooms are air conditioned.

For more information regarding our retreat this year, please visit and click on : www.sjbci.org/work/retreat.php

By visiting our retreat page, you can get the following information:

• a link of the website for this year’s venue, Skycroft Retreat Center, to get detailed info of their facilities
• a link to the album of last year’s Family Retreat
• info regarding date, time, place, speaker, theme
• a Skycroft Preview through photos
• the weather for the upcoming weekend
• links to previous retreat centers in the tri-state area
• group colors for the families this year (joke lang; good try)

To our members who won’t be attending the retreat this year:

We won’t have our regular worship Service gathering in Pitman. For those who have opted not to join this year, we’ll miss you, but we’ll remember your throughout our stay in Skycroft, and we’ll see you the following weekend.

Photo’s are up!!!

Here are the newest uploaded photos that were recently added to the SJBCI.org gallery:

1. WMU Tea Party 2: June 23
2. DVBS 2007: Game Day: June 25-29

click on the text of the desired album above, or use the navigation bar on the site to RESOURCES. Then click on Photo Gallery and browse for the desired album. Don’t forget to leave comments!

Thank you to Bro. Tirso and Sis. Rachel for submitting the pictures for these events!

We thank the Lord for enabling our students (highschool and college) to have attained a portion of their dreams. We thank the Lord for their parents who unselfishly lend their support and guidance to see them through their difficult studies. They are the silent factor behind these achievements.

Two weeks from now, our church will present a simple recognition time for these students and parents. Once more, CONGRATULATIONS!

Thank God for all teachers, volunteers, and church families who worked together to make this year’s DVBS a success.  Glory be to God for having 33 students enrolled.  Reports are not all in as of writing, but we’ll keep you posted as soon as the report gets in.