MARCH 1, 2015

Our Purpose...
To reach people with the love of Jesus Christ, provide a safe and
supportive environment, proclaim the standards of Gods truth,
duplicate the Christian life in others, and celebrate the majesty
and works of Our Great God.

New to Salem Heights?

Welcome! We are glad youre here! We invite
you to seek out the folks wearing the Ask Me
badge. Through them you will find information
about the ministries of Salem Heights Church
and how to become involved. Please fill out a
Visitor Card and drop it in one of the offering
boxes as you leave or scan this code to go directly to our website
and fill out a visitor card. We have an excellent nursery and
programs for children newborn through high school. Any of the
ushers will be happy to direct you to the proper classroom. If
you feel more comfortable having your infant with you during
the service, the last row in the Auditorium will be reserved for
parents with small children. There is a private room for nursing
mothers across the hall from the Auditorium with a rocking chair,
changing table and portable crib. For your convenience, it also
includes a monitor to enable you to still hear and view the
service.

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Info & News

Dont forget!
We Spring forward NEXT Sunday.
2015 Missions Trips
Our first preparation meeting for the 2015 Mission Trips is this
afternoon. If you are traveling with any of the trips scheduled for
this summer, plan to join us this afternoon at 4:00pm in the Chapel.
Spring/ Summer Church Softball
Sign-ups/registration continues today and next Sunday for this year's
church softball. Sign ups will be in the foyer after each
service. Space is extremely limited and there are waiting lists for
both men's and co-ed teams. ALL returning players must pay their
$50 fee either today or by next Sunday. If you have any questions
please contact Greg Nolz at the registration table,
at hillhouse04@msn.com or on Facebook.
Greenskeeper Ministry
The Greenskeeper Ministry will meet March 7 from 9-12. Please
contact Don Whitehurst at 503.391.4987 or Scott Hunter at
503.930.2606 if you have questions or would like to help with the
outside maintenance of the church grounds.
Simply Pray
Ladies, please join us on March 4. This time is open to any lady
who desires to set aside the hectic pace of life and Simply Pray.
We will gather from 11:45a.m. to 12:45p.m. Childcare is provided,
but please bring a snack or lunch for your child.
2015 Church Directories
The 2015 church directories are completed. The first print batch is
available in the racks and on the tables at the exit doors. Pick one
up today! There will be more directories printed in the weeks to
come.
Marriage Conference
Mark your calendars! As part of our 2015 Summer Series, Salem
Heights will be hosting our first ever marriage conference. Join us
for What Did You Expect? with Paul Tripp on July 10th & 11th.
Check the church website for more information or call the church
office with questions.
Easter Egg Hunt
Our annual Easter Egg Hunt is quickly approaching! Childrens
Ministries needs your help in several different ways. See todays
bulletin insert for more information on those needs. Simply drop
the bulletin insert in any of our offering boxes after you have filled
it out. Tubs will be available at each entrance to drop off donated,
wrapped candy and plastic eggs.

This Weeks Events

TODAY
7:00 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 & 11:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.

Mens Growth Groups

Prayer - Room 205
The Cross Road Sunday School
Worship Services
Mission Preparation Meeting
Small Groups

THIS WEEK
MONDAY
7:00 p.m.
TUESDAY
6:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
9:30 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY
6:00 a.m.
6:45 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY
9:30 a.m.
SATURDAY
9:00 a.m.

The Most Excellent Way

Club Rocksalt
Fundamentals of the Faith
Mens Growth Group
Small Groups
Womens Discipleship
MidHigh Cause
Womens Discipleship
Womens Simply Pray
Womens Noon Discipleship
Mens Noon Growth Groups
Cause Worship Team Practice
Worship Team Practice
High School Cause
Logos
Mens Growth Group
College Group
Careers Group
Moms and Tots
Greenskeeper Workday

Important Upcoming Events

Foster Parent Night Out, March 14, 4:00 p.m.

Lords Supper, March 15, 6:00 p.m.
Easter Egg Hunt, April 4, 10:00 a.m.
Easter Drama, April 4, 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Easter Drama, April 5, 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Giving Update
THE MINISTRY OF SALEM HEIGHTS CHURCH
The ministry of Salem Heights Church is funded entirely by the
generous giving of Gods people. You will notice that we do not
pass the offering plate; however, there are offering boxes in the
back of the auditorium. We have done this so no one gives out
of compulsion. We believe from the Word of God that the Spirit
of God will lead people towards giving back to God of their first
fruits. ...God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7) and we know
He blesses those who take His Word seriously in every regard.
Thank you for prayerfully supporting Salem Heights financially as
we desire to reach the lost and disciple the Saints.
February 2015

MONTHLY BUDGET NEEDED

TOTAL GIVING $92,307

$107,000

MONTHLY NEED WEEK = BUDGET

February Weekly Need

Actual Giving Received

Week 1 $26,750

$22,630

Week 2 $26,750

$27,174

Week 3 $26,750

$21,929

Week 4 $26,750

$20,574

Fiscal Year to Date +/-

-$67,726
BUILDING FUND

Current Balance $9,595

How Can I Serve?

Scan the coded icon below to view opportunities to serve the
body of Salem Heights Church.

Tuesday evening Club RockSalt groups are in

great need of volunteers! If this is an area in
which you would like to serve, please contact
Russ Libby at 503.588.0403.

There is a great need for faithful, available and

teachable servants to minister to our CAUSE students. Our
desire is for students to be discipled in their love of God, love
for others and heart to reach the world for Christ. If this is a
passion of yours, contact Tim Saffeels at 503.588.0403 for
more information on being involved.

Pastors/Elders
Justin Greene
Senior Pastor/Elder

Carl Chica

Lay Elders

Pastor of Family Life/Elder

Chuck Moore
Ted Ferry

Matt MacCollin
Pastor of Mens/College/Elder

Administration and Staff

Ron Groves

Jason Brownell

Julie Bernard

Administrator

High School Ministries

Womens Ministry

Russ Libby

Ed Reister

Gina Weigand

Director of Ministries

Community Connection

Office Staff

Scott Hunter

Rick Smith

Christa Kahili

Facilities Manager

Community Care

Office Staff

AJ Acker

Jay Duffus

Connie Libby

Music Ministry

Mens Biblical
Counseling

Office Staff

Tim Saffeels

Laura Chica

Jenn Elliott

Director of Student
Ministries

Womens Biblical
Counseling

Office Staff

Missions
Please see our Mission Boards in the foyer for
current active missionaries.
Salem Heights Church
375 Madrona Ave. S.
Salem, OR 97302
503-588-0403
fax: 503-588-5338
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sunday Worship Services:

9 & 11 a.m.
Message CDs are available in

the Registration Area for $4.

Please visit the desk in the
southwest corner to order
and pick-up your CDs.
You can also check the
website for our podcast.
info@salemheightschurch.org
www.salemheightschurch.org

LUKE
Part 17
Luke 4:1-13

Temptation!
Presented by
Pastor Justin Greene
March 1, 2015

According to tradition, the scene of our Lords

temptation was a mountain to the south of Jericho. It
was a long, tiring ascent up the mountain, and with
every step upward, the Jordan Valley looked more and
more terrible. Even at the top, the climber is still two
hundred feet below sea level. The mountain is naked
and arid like a mountain of malediction, rising
precipitously from a scorched and desert plain, and
looking over the sluggish, bituminous waters of the
Sodomite sea.1 The whole scene was a wilderness, a
fitting state upon which to enact this great drama. The
waste and desolate places of the earth are the legacy
of fallen man. The wastes and wilderness of the world
simply echo the desolation that sin has wrought in the
human heart.

So the stage was set. Two men, in the history of the

world, have been exposed to a fierce, face-to-face
encounter with the Prince of Darkness.
The
circumstances, however, were poles apart. Adam met
his temptation in paradise, a garden planted by God,
a place of pristine beauty and one subservient to his
will. Jesus Christ, the Last Adam, met his temptation on
the desolate hillside.
In each case, there was a perfect man. In the first
instance, a man created by God; in the second, a man
conceived by God. The first Adam surveyed a scene
where all was beauty and bliss; the Last Adam looked
upon a scene of barrenness and blight, where hunger
and danger stalked.
Mark tells us that Jesus was with the wild beasts, for
the lion and the jackal lurked there. They came to pay
homage to their Maker, to acknowledge the second
man, in all His perfection, and to lie at His feet as tame
as lambs.
Alone, except from these wild companions, with no
food to eat, with no agenda to fulfill except to be
where God wanted Him to be, the Lord and Creator of
the Universe, tabernacling now in human flesh, felt the
progressive pains and pangs of starvation. He was
alone with a ruined world, with wild animals, with His
memorized Bible, and with God. Such was the setting
for the temptation of the man, Christ Jesus.2

A NOTE ON THE GENEALOGY

This is probably the genealogy of Mary.

Great names keep us grounded.
Jesus is the second Adam (Romans 5:12, 18).

TRIED AND TEMPTED

Temptation meets us in a Particular Place.

Physical State:

Deprived and Dirty

Personal State:

Lost and Lonely

Mental State:

In Anguish and Abandoned

 Temptation Makes a Presentation.

Desire of Flesh

Desire of Eyes

Boastful Pride of Life

Temptation has an Antidote Potion.

It is Written.
The Word,
will lead you to worship
and enable you to wait!

WRAP

1Frederick

Farrar, The Life of Christ (n.p., 1890).

Phillips, Jesus Our Lord: 24 Portraits of Christ Throughout Scripture, Copyright
2007 by John Phillips, Kregel Publications.
2John

Easter Donations/Easter Volunteers Needed!

We are beginning to prepare for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Would
you consider donating individually wrapped, smaller pieces of candy
to be stuffed in plastic Easter eggs? You can drop your donations
off in the labeled buckets by the main entry doors.
We will also need volunteers to stuff Easter eggs and to help the
day of the hunt. If you are interested in helping this year, please
check one or both of the boxes below and place this form in one of
our offering boxes.
Name____________________ Phone Number___________
Email ___________________________________________
Under age 18

Over age 18

03/31/2015 Stuff Eggs 6-9PM

04/04/2015 Easter Egg Hunt 10am-12pm

Easter Donations/Easter Volunteers Needed!

We are beginning to prepare for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Would
you consider donating individually wrapped, smaller pieces of candy
to be stuffed in plastic Easter eggs? You can drop your donations
off in the labeled buckets by the main entry doors.
We will also need volunteers to stuff Easter eggs and to help the
day of the hunt. If you are interested in helping this year, please
check one or both of the boxes below and place this form in one of
our offering boxes.
Name____________________ Phone Number___________
Email ___________________________________________
Under age 18

Over age 18

03/31/2015 Stuff Eggs 6-9PM

04/04/2015 Easter Egg Hunt 10am-12pm