Welcome to Greeley Seventh-day Adventist Church

Adult and children’s Sabbath Schools meet at 9:30 a.m. There is an adult class in the sanctuary and all the children’s classes will meet downstairs. Everyone is welcome.

Church In-Person or On-Line

Everyone is welcome to attend the worship hour at 10:45 a.m.  

We broadcast Church live on youtube.com. Church will start at 10:45 AM.  Go to youtube.com and search for “greeley sda”.  Click on the circle with the church picture.  You may need to choose the “Live” tab.

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Wednesday – 1:30 p.m.  Midweek study 

Sabbath 4:00 – p.m.  End Time Events with Shawn Korgan

Growing Faith – Have you ever wished you had more faith – just enough to move an occasional mountain? If so, you can identify with the disciples when they said to Jesus, “Show us how to increase our faith.” (Luke 17:5-10). In response, Jesus tells two stories – two strange stories that seem to have little to nothing to do with increasing faith.

First, Jesus, using a bit of hyperbole, says, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!” Not a word about how to increase faith.

Next, He talks about a servant who comes in from working in his lord’s field to prepare and serve the lord dinner before the servant can eat. The focus is on the servant’s obligation to obey and serve the lord.  Not a word about faith.

Strange stories, and I wrestled with how they related to the disciple’s question.  First a little background. In Palestine at that time, it was generally believed that a rabbi or teacher possessed a special knowledge that was not available to the average person; thus, Jesus should know a secret about faith that He would share only with his privileged followers. Jesus attacks this notion. Faith is not some great secret but essentially simple. Everyone can grasp and use it to unlock the storehouse of heaven.

In the first illustration, Jesus seems to be saying don’t be concerned about the size of your faith but its authenticity. The “mulberry tree” (a deep‑rooted, long‑lived tree) symbolized something immovable. God can accomplish what appears humanly impossible when faith is genuine. This truth is reflected several times in the life of Jesus: the woman with the issue of blood (Matt. 9:22); blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:51); the centurion’s servant (Luke 7:9); the leper (Luke 17:19); Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8:50). It is not the size. The smallest faith will tap into God’s omnipotent power.  

In the servant story, Jesus doesn’t even mention faith – not once. He focuses on the servant’s duty and obedience to his lord. Jesus then encourages his followers to obey Him in the same way and not expect any special treatment or secret revelation.  In obeying him, they are simply doing their duty.  Faithfulness rather than faith is the emphasis. Faithfulness is the soil in which faith blossoms and grows.

Bruce McClay 10/15/2026

“Angels Unawares” – “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” Hebrews 1:14 NIV

We had finished reading a chapter in the Desire of Ages in our Wednesday study group and Tony Gowler had asked for prayer requests before closing with prayer. Several requests were mentioned and then Lois Watters said she had a “praise” to share. She had driven over to Best Buy. She parked, picked up her purse and things, then locked the car doors and went into the store. When she came back out, she suddenly realized she didn’t have her keys. They were locked in the car! She went back into Best Buy and told the salesman in the store what had happened. She said he was very kind, very helpful, and he offered to phone a locksmith for her.

Lois went back outside and sat on a bench by the store to wait for the locksmith. She waited for an hour and a half, but a locksmith did not come. After some time a black man came walking up to the store. When Lois looked at him, their eyes met and Lois thought, “That is someone I could trust.” When he came back out of the store he said to Lois, “You have been waiting for quite some time. Is everything O.K.?” Lois told him she had accidentally locked her keys in her car and she was just waiting for a locksmith to come. “Oh,” the man said, “I’m a locksmith. I can help you with that. Just let me get my things from my truck.” When he returned, they walked over to Lois’ car. Within a short time, the door was opened, and there were the keys on the seat where Lois had dropped them. Lois was able to get her keys and thank the man who had helped her. Then he drove away. Lois believes – and I believe – that Jesus sent an “angel locksmith” to help her.

We have stories in the Bible of angels helping people. Abraham entertained three “visitors” one day who stopped by and shared a meal. They also shared news – good news that Abraham and Sarah would have a son – and bad news about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The one Visitor – Jesus – stayed to talk with Abraham while the other two visitors – angels – went on to 

Sodom to warn Lot and family. The angels urged Lot to leave before the city was destroyed, but Lot hesitated. He had children in that city. Finally, the angels grasped the hands of Lot, his wife, and two daughters and led them out of the city. Soon fire rained down from heaven and destroyed the city. (Genesis 18 and 19)

Peter had been put in prison by King Herod who planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. The night before the trial Peter was sound asleep between two guards when suddenly an angel appeared and awakened Peter. He had him get up, get dressed, and then led him safely out of the prison. Peter thought he was seeing a vision until he was outside and the angel left him. The people who had been praying for his release were overjoyed to see Peter at their door! What an “angel story” he had to tell! (Acts 12)

Just imagine the fun in heaven when Jesus comes and Abraham, Lot, Peter, Lois, and all of us meet our angels and learn stories about how we were helped. We are told “Angels are God’s ministers. . . .speeding on rapid wing to execute His will.” (Patriarchs and Prophets p. 34) How thankful we can be for our angels!

Sharon Oster

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