MATTERS FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE
Prayer & Praise email address: AltaBapPrayer@aol.com

Prayer, Praise, and Privacy: This page is focused on members of our congregation. We want to assure guests to our website that if you ask for prayer, it will not show up here. We've also started a new policy that, even for the congregation prayers, we will only put the initial of the last name.

Prayer Quote of the Week:
“Come, O house of Jacob, [Altadena Baptist Church] let us walk in the light of the Lord.” Isaiah 2:5 (NIV)

Matters For Prayer And Praise
❖ Our prayer focus for this week is on Steve and Amie P (Mission to Unreached Peoples).
❖ Pat L began chemotherapy last week, which will continue over the next 18 weeks.
❖ Sheryl R’s chemo begins this week and goes for 12 weeks.
❖ Anita LaM will undergo spinal surgery next month. Please remember her in prayer.
❖ Audrey P’s niece, Kendra, age 12, had a ski accident two weeks ago and suffered a concussion. She’s still having symptoms.
❖ Jason K and his girlfriend are slowly recovering from injuries they suffered in a recent car accident.
❖ Pray for the R family, as they prepare for the birth of Anna Sophia’s new baby brother.
❖ Pray for our new ABCers, who were voted into membership at our January 29, 2012 Quarterly Business Meeting: Jacqueline A, Mia B, Zariah L, Randy S
❖ Dale McC has been diagnosed with 3rd stage kidney failure.
❖ Several ABCers are still searching for jobs. Pray for God’s guidance in finding the right job.

Pray for our Leaders
Sunday February 5, 2012
Lay Leader: Bill Z
Deacon Greeter: Tim E-McK
Childcare Attendants: Claudia R & Carla C
ABC Kids Church (K-5th): TBA
Sound Engineer: Leon W
Visual Media Operator: Lauren DeV
Communion Deacons: Elton B, Phyllis B H, Anne L, Don W

The individual donation lists for 2011 were mailed on January 30, 2012. If you have not received yours, or you have questions, please contact the bookkeeper, Joe V joe_accc@hotmail.com

A concert to celebrate the birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be presented on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7:30 pm here at Altadena Baptist Church. ABC members Allisonne C and Robert DeV will perform excerpts from two Mozart operas, and members of the Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena will play chamber music for clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Suggested donation: $10.00.For more information: Barbara E he91001@aol.com

Save the Date ❤ Sunday, February 12 - Baby Shower for Jeremy, Claudia and Ana Sophia R, at the home of Mike & Cat O’N-P. Ana Sophia will soon have a baby brother.

28th Annual Black History Celebration! “United We Stand”
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Fun! Food! Fellowship! Guest Speaker: Beverly White, Veteran Reporter, KNBC Channel 4 News

Artifacts for the ABC Library! We are asking members of the congregation, who come from different countries, have or will be traveling abroad, to bring a small artifact (vases, tea pots/cups, dolls, figurines, cars, etc.) that is representative of your country (or the country visited) to be displayed on the bookshelves. We also need more fascinating books. Please bring your item/s to the Church office. For more information, please contact Mary R.

Special Interest Groups:
Three new small groups are forming. These are groups that meet around a common interest, for a specified amount of time, in order to pursue that interest with the support of others in the congregation. You are invited to check out the one that interests you. Or, if you want to start your own special interest group, or for more information, please contact Pastor Connie.
1) Single Women - contact person is Carla C
2) Health and Fitness - contact person is Karla H
3) Creative Arts and Ministry - contact person is Roland W

Clothes for the Homeless - Laura Van A says that she and other Bad Weather Shelter staff are frustrated when they see people living on the streets without warm clothing, even children. If you bring jackets, sweaters, warm pants and shirts, children's clothing to the church, she will see that they get to the neediest people. Thanks.

Cook a Turkey for the Shelter! Are you available and willing to cook a turkey for the Bad Weather Shelter? If yes, please contact Pastor Connie at 626-797-8970. Thank you for helping with this ministry.

Who the Holy Spirit is and How God Speaks to Us
The Fireside class will be starting a new lesson series beginning January 8, 2012 focused on the identity of the Holy Spirit and how God speaks to us through the Spirit. We will begin with scriptural foundations before moving into the development of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and its role within the trinity. Finally we will focus on practices and disciplines that many throughout the history of the church have found helpful in making themselves receptive to communication with God and his Spirit.

Throughout this series I will be inviting guests (some from within the Church and some from outside it) to share their experiences of the Holy Spirit and how God "speaks" to them, taking seriously the notion that the experiences of the Spirit are as varied as those who experience them.

If you've never joined a Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study (aka "Sunday School") or the Fireside class, we would love for you to join our always lively conversation. We meet for an hour, Sunday Mornings at 9:45 in the Fireside Room, downstairs all the way to the back of the building. —Matt L

The Altadena Community Food Bank needs plastic shopping bags. If you are able to help with this request, please bring your bags to the ABC church office. Thank you!

Altadena Baptist Church supports the Bad Weather Shelter and the Altadena Community Food Bank - separate page for details.