News & Announcements

April 11, 2026

Worship Services:

Physical Sabbath School (Adult & Children’s) & Worship Service:

• Sabbath School Song Service at 9:15 AM
• Sabbath School Program from 9:30 – 9:50 AM
• Lesson Study from 9:50 AM to 10:40 AM
• Worship Song Service at 10:45 AM
• Worship Service from 11:00 AM to Noon
• Prayer Requests & Praises are after Live Stream is ended.

Online Sabbath School, Worship Service, & Children’s Story are still available at the Alvarado SDA Church Facebook Page.  Children’s Story is pre-recorded.  Adult Sabbath School may be pre-recorded or live Sabbath morning.   (See the Facebook page for details.)   Worship Service will be limited to the Sermon, so may have a a flexible start time.   However, all services are archived in the Video section of the Facebook page for viewing at your convenience.  Closed Captioning is auto-generated.  If we have time, we also edit it.

Prayer Meeting

Prayer Meeting is held in the Sabbath School Complex,  Wednesdays at 6:30 pm.

Fellowship Dinners

Our Fellowship Dinners are currently 1st & 3rd Sabbaths.

NO Potluck or Study Group on April 18 due to Celebration of Life Service:  Study Group After Fellowship Dinner on 3rd Sabbath

Join us for Fellowship Dinner in the gym following our services today. Afterwards, on the 3rd Sabbath of the month, there will be a Steps to Christ Bible Study for those who are interested.

Food Ministry

The Alvarado SDA Food Ministry is held every Thursday, except Holidays or times when TAFB closes.   Please check the Alvarado SDA Food Ministry Facebook  for the current weekly status.

Anyone willing to help with gym clean up after Food Ministry on Thursday evenings in preparation for our Spanish family to worship on Sabbath, please see Terry Spradlin or Terrie Bayless.

Food Ministry Training

Food Ministry Annual Training is for anyone wanting to be a volunteer. We hope to see many from our congregation

attend and volunteer when possible.

Literature to Share

Literature! If you have literature and materials in the back area, or want to hand out literature, please see Bonnie Mattheus.

SPECIAL:  We have received books with large print from Christian Record for those with diminished vision. If you are interested, see Bonnie Mattheus.

Church Notifications

Anyone wishing to receive text messages (instead of or as well as emails) of church notifications, please text your name and number to T. Bayless.

Celebration of Life Service for Anthony Vargas

The Celebration of Life service for Anthony Vargas is Sabbath, April 18 at 4:00 PM. We will NOT have fellowship dinner that Sabbath in order to have the facility set up and ready for the event. Everyone is family and all are invited. Continue to remember the Vargas family in your prayers during this time of great loss.

Budget Update

Our Budget is $8030. The New Building Monthly Goal is $4000. Thank you for your generous support!

Online Giving

Online Giving is now enabled via Adventist Giving.    You may continue to use Online Giving or you may return your tithes/offerings at the physical service.  Thank you for your continued support.

Weekly Offering Designations (Please Mark Your Tithe Envelope):

April 4 Local Church Budget

April 11 Hope Channel International

April 18 Local Church Budget

April 25 Texas Vision

Adventist Women’s Group

Women’s Lunches are canceled until further notice.

Prayer List

The following people have requested prayer from the church.  First names have been omitted for privacy.

• D. Aponte
• J. Barajas
• K. Blue
• A. Brock
• H. Feese
• S. Gardener
• M. Hall
• C.J. Hill Family
• R. Hornback
•  Morauski Family
• Morauske Faimly
• D. Puicon
• Slough Family
• A. Taylor
• E. Trusyuk
• Vargas Family
• Prison Ministry Members & Chaplin West
• Jeremy’s Father
• Silent Prayer Requests

Special Prayer focus: Morauske Family

 Calendar

Wednesdays Prayer Meeting (6:30 PM)

Thursdays Food Ministry (9:00 – 11:00 AM)

Sabbath, April 18 NO Fellowship Dinner

Sabbath, April 18 Anthony Vargas Celebration of Life Service (4:00 PM)

Sunday, April 26 Food Ministry Training (1:00 PM in the Gym)

June 28 – July 2 VBS (5:30-7:00 PM in the Gym)