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
October 23, 2026 – October 30, 2026
Friday 23rd Sunset 6:33 pm
Sabbath 24th Church Worship Leader, Wilmer Hechanova 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Sermon, Pastor Grant Taute
Please join us for our special Fellowship Luncheon 12:30 pm
Sunset 6:32 pm
Tuesday Bible Study – “Sanctuary” 6:00 – 7:00 pm Church
Wednesday Community Services 1:00 – 3:00 pm Dorcas
Prayer Group 5:00 – 6:00 pm Church
Pathfinders 600 – 7:30 pm Gym
Thursday LLL Ladies’ Group 4:00 pm
Friday 30th Sunset 6:23 pm
CALENDAR:
October 31, 2026 – Worship Leader, Ginger Finley; Speaker, Kelly Kinsley
November 7, 2026 – Worship Leader, Wilmer Hechanova; Speaker, Brian Glass
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We welcome Elder Jon Cicle from the Northern California Conference (NCC). He will be
leading in the Pastoral Installation for Pastor Grant Taute. There will be a special Fellowship
Luncheon following the service.
There will be a Fun Night with Bible Stories each Saturday from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM until
further notice. All are welcome to join in the Fellowship Hall because your faith should be fun!
Tithes and offerings are being collected during the 11:00 AM Worship service each Sabbath.
Other options include the locked offering box on the rear wall of the Sanctuary, the link to
Adventist Giving on our church website:
and offerings 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!
The Shepherd Who Never Left
October 23, 2026
Dear friends,
This Sabbath (Saturday, October 24), our congregation will gather to welcome and pray for our
new pastor. In many churches, this is called an installation. It is a special service in which a
congregation welcomes a pastor into his ministry among them, and both pastor and people
commit themselves to serving God together. For some of you, this may be unfamiliar. For others,
it is a familiar and happy occasion. Either way, I want to share a thought about what it means.
Peter, who spent years following Jesus, wrote a letter to those who care for others in the church.
He said: “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers, not because
you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be. . . . And when the Chief
Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away” (1 Peter 5:2, 4).
Notice two words there. God’s flock. Peter did not say “your flock.” And Chief Shepherd. Peter
knew that every person who cares for others is a shepherd under someone greater.
That is good news, and it is the heart of what we celebrate this Sabbath.
For the past two years, our congregation has been without a pastor. But the flock was never
without a Shepherd. Jesus was here on every Sabbath, in every hospital room, at every kitchen
table where someone prayed alone. He did not wait for a position to be filled before He cared for
His people. Often, He worked through the loving hands and willing hearts of those who served.
“I am the good shepherd,” He said. “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John
10:11).
Now He is giving us a new pastor. We receive him as a gift. But we do not receive him as a
replacement for the Shepherd, or as the hero of the story. He is a fellow servant, called to walk
beside people who already belong to Jesus. He will carry some of what needs carrying, but he
will point to the One who carries all of it.
This is a freeing thought, and not only for pastors. Each of us has been handed someone to look
after at some point: a child, a neighbor, a classmate, a parent growing frail. We may feel the
weight of it and wonder whether we are enough. We are not. We were never meant to be. We are
under-shepherds, and the Chief Shepherd has not left His post.
Responsibilities pass from hand to hand. Seasons change. People arrive and people depart.
Through all of it, one thing stays where it has always been: the Shepherd who knows His sheep
by name.
Wherever you are this Sabbath, whether sitting with us or reading this quietly at home, I hope
you will remember that you are not left to face life alone. Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and He
has never stopped caring for you.
With gratitude and hope,
— Verlyn
— Verlyn
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A Worldwide Church Family
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a mainstream Protestant church with approximately 19 million members worldwide, including more than one million members in North America. The Adventist Church operates 173 hospitals and sanitariums and more than 7,500 schools around the world. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) works within communities in more than 130 countries to provide community development and disaster relief.
SPECIAL WELCOME!
Pastor Grant Taute and his family are transitioning to Crescent City. Grant’s desire is that he and his family will be settled in Crescent City by November 1, 2026.
