Temple City Seventh-day Adventist Church — Attraction in Temple City

Overall ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5): If you're looking for a traditional Seventh-day Adventist church with diverse nationalities and ages represented in the congregation, you might want to check this church out! The choir singing with the hymns helped create the traditional feeling of an SDA church. The attendance is higher than the SDA churches around it.

Welcomeness: When I entered, I was greeted with a welcoming smile and given a bulletin.

Environment/ The Building: The building of this Seventh-day Adventist church has brick walls with large windows that allow natural light to enter the sanctuary. Additional windows are placed high into the pointed wooden ceiling of the sanctuary. It is set up as a traditional SDA church and the pews on this Sabbath were 40% filled with the congregation. The church incorporates great use of audio and visual for multimedia to enhance the service.

Atmosphere in church / The Feel: The natural light helped create a comfortable space and the window stains behind the stage added to the aesthetics. The sanctuary is longer than wide which if you sit in the back can feel far from the front.

Time of Service - 11:00-12:45

Worship Music

category: hymns

instrumentation type: piano and string instruments with choir

quality: good

crowd engagement: high

duration: 3 songs

Sermon: SDA Head Pastor Ben preached a sermon based on salvation and Christ Centered Love. His presentation delivery has a gentle tone throughout his sermon. At times, it can feel very "preachy" in the sense of correcting wrongful behavior.

duration: 12:10-12:45

Service: It began with singing which was great to enter in, however the joyous singing was followed by announcements which disrupted the energy that was created, making the service feel abrupt and compartmentalized. The service emphasized on saving souls which, for someone familiar with this position, might feel encouraging, however, for someone not affiliated with the church, might feel slightly of a superior complex tone.

Order of service: see bulletin program attached

Demographics

ages: elementary aged kids with family - 70 yr old

family-oriented: yes

attendance: 250

diversity: majority Filipino / Asian, with Caucasian, Latino, African-American

dress / attire: business dress /...

A Chinese man volunteer work there at the entrance was extremely rude discriminatory to gave ppl shitting face and loud out don‘t you ever come here. Two stars bc i really appreciated other stuffs strive to serve the community and the food god sent to us，the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I can‘t believe discrimination happened at the church. The chaos parking should be improved as well. I want to tell the man if you don‘t know to show respect please do...

Best church ever. You will not regret it. Friendly people, good environment. Loving church. Once you go, you will not stop going. Make sure to ask for Karlo and He will direct you. Pastor Ackien is excellent. And potluck is...