Welcome to the Crescent City Seventh-day Adventist Church

Our Sabbath School and the Worship services are live and viewable via Zoom. Two Adult
Sabbath School classes are presented each week. One of them is viewable via Zoom. The
Junior/Earliteen Sabbath School class meets in the Pathfinder Room. Cradle Roll and
Kindergarten classes are available for younger children. If you are unsure where the rooms
or classes are being held, please don’t hesitate to ask one of the greeters for directions.
The Worship service is in the Sanctuary and via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting ID# and Password
are listed below.
Zoom access for Crescent City SDA Church meetings:
Meeting ID #: 993 5770 413
Password: 4642738
You can join by going to Zoom.us, click on join a meeting, and then enter the Meeting ID #
and password; or by dialing 1 669 900 9128, entering the meeting ID# and password as
prompted; or accessing through the Zoom app.

August 28, 2026 – September 4, 2026
Friday 28th Sunset 7:56 pm
Sabbath 29th Church Worship Leader, Courtney Bliss 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Sermon, Brian Glass

Bible Lab – Episode 2 – …Unpardonable 12:30 pm
*Fun Night with Bible Games 6:00 pm
Sunset 7:54 pm
Tuesday Bible Study (Exodus) 6:00 – 7:00 pm Church
Wednesday Community Services 1:00 – 3:00 pm Dorcas
Prayer Group 5:00 – 6:00 pm Church
Pathfinders Will resume in September
Thursday LLL Ladies’ Group will resume in September 4:00 pm
Friday 4th Sunset 7:43 pm
CALENDAR:
September 5, 2026 – Worship Leader, Ginger Finley; Speaker Eddie Heinrich
Fellowship Luncheon
September 12, 2026 – Worship Leader, Wilmer Hechanova; Speaker Carole Bliss
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We are excited to welcome Pastor Grant and his family to our church family and our
community. Please keep them in your prayers as they prepare for this important
transition during the month of October.
*You’re invited to Fun Night with Bible Games on Sabbath evenings at 6 pm here at
the church gym. So far the dates are August 22 to September 12. Come and enjoy
some fun social time!

Tithes and oƯerings are being collected during the 11:00 AM Worship service each
Sabbath. Other options include the locked oƯering box on the rear wall of the Sanctuary,
the link to Adventist Giving on our church website:
https://crescentcityca.adventistchurch.org or you can download the Adventist Giving
app. Tithes and oƯerings may also be mailed to Crescent City SDA Church, P.O. Box
1905, Crescent City, CA 95531. Please designate where the funds are to be deposited:
tithe, church budget, Little Red School House (School), special projects, etc.
Thank you for taking the time to be part of our church family, in person or via media. Please
reply to this email (or ccadventistchurch@gmail.com) if you have specific prayer requests.
The Prayer Ministry team is active and cares about your needs—let us know!

When a Familiar Psalm Becomes New

August 28, 2026
Dear friend,
As a child, I had the privilege of attending a Christian elementary school. During those years, I
memorized Psalm 91. I heard it many times, recited it many times, and knew its words well.
But as the years passed, some of that memorization faded.
Recently, some members of my family and I decided to memorize Psalm 91 together. I expected
the experience to be much like it had been when I was a child—simply reviewing a familiar
psalm until I could recite it again with confidence.
But something unexpected happened.
As I began going through those familiar verses, I discovered something I had never noticed
before.
Psalm 91 is filled with promises intended to encourage us and build our confidence in God. But
this time, I began to hear the psalm almost as though a loving father were speaking to his son.
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty.”
Then comes the psalmist’s own testimony:
“He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”
The Bible does not tell us who wrote Psalm 91, nor does it tell us that it was written by a father
to his son. But as I read it this time, I found myself imagining a father who had learned through
experience that God could be trusted, sharing that confidence with his son.
The psalm continues by describing the care of God through the dangers of both day and night.
Then, in verse 9, the focus seems to become personal—the son declaring that the LORD, his
refuge, has become his own dwelling place as well.
It is as though the son has made the same choice his father made. He, too, has chosen God as his
refuge.
Then I came to verses 14–16—and there I discovered something that thrilled me.
The voice changes.
It is no longer the psalmist speaking about God. Now God Himself speaks:
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him…”
And then comes this wonderful promise:

“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him,
and honour him.”
I had read those words before. I had recited them before. But suddenly, they seemed to be
speaking directly to me.
Perhaps that is one of the wonderful things about Scripture. We can know the words for years
and still discover something new when we read them again.
I don’t have to imagine myself as someone else in the story. I can simply receive the promise for
myself.
I can hear the assurance of a loving God saying, “You have chosen Me. You have set your love
upon Me. Call upon Me, and I will answer you. I will be with you in trouble.”
What a promise!
Psalm 91 doesn’t tell me that I will never have trouble. It tells me something better: I will never
have to face trouble alone.
The God who was worthy of trust when I was a child is still worthy of trust today.
And perhaps the next time I recite Psalm 91, I won’t simply be remembering words I learned
long ago.
I will be remembering Someone I have learned to trust.
Your friend in Christ,
— Verlyn