Santa Maria Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Teaching Truth, Serving God,
Loving People
The Santa Maria Seventh day-Adventist Church is a community of Christians with a rich diversity in culture, age, talents, and gifts. We are constantly looking for ways to reach out to our community to share our love, the love of Christ and the wonderful message of hope in Christ.
Our prayer is that, whether you visit us here on our website or attend our Sabbath services or join us for one of our social events, that you will feel loved and compelled to walk closer with Jesus.
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Sincerely,
Pastor Carlos Garcia
OUR VISION
To transform our community one family at a time by Teaching Truth, Serving God and Loving People.
OUR COMMITMENT
We serve God in every possible way to help our community grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
OUR COMMUNITY
Our community is our family. We exist to serve our community making efforts to reach their needs in many ways.
OUR BELIEFS
Seventh-day Adventist beliefs are meant to permeate your whole life. Growing out of scriptures that paint a compelling portrait of God, you are invited to explore, experience and know the One who desires to make us whole.
Pastor's Corner
Paul’s Thanksgiving for His Friends​
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For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might. Ephesians 1:15-19 ESV.
It is good to express our thankfulness to others. The Bible instructs us to encourage one another often. Paul, in his multiple letters to the churches he was leading, always reminds his friends how thankful he is for them. Usually, following his words of thanks are words of encouragement to help build them up. Thanks and giving go hand in hand. Use this passage to encourage your child to use words of thanksgiving and encouragement with their friends and loved ones. God can use us to share his love with others by simply sharing words of gratitude and support.
Related verse: Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
