July 24 News

CHURCH NEWS

Deacon Board Meeting: TODAY at 2:30pm at A9.

Special Family Chat: There will be a special meeting at B11 this afternoon at 1:30pm regarding to the resignation of Rev. Isaac Chang. All church members interested in this matter are welcome.

Joint English Youth Camp (9/2-5) It is the first time that we partner with 3 other sister churches in organizing this summer camp. You won’t want to miss! Please register online ASAP: http://pgmbc-reg.vcmbc.org/

When? September 2-5, 2011 (Friday – Monday)
Where? Camp Sunrise (on Sunshine Coast)
Fee: $225 (by cash or cheque – payable to PGMBC; fundraising: TBA)
Theme: “Call & Respond!”

Contact our church-representative (Leighanne Chan & Timmi Yu) for details.

Joint Family Worship Children’s Worship kids (pre-school to Grade 6) and families will join the Singspiration with English congregation on 7/31.

Staff News: Rev. Grace Kim will switch her regular day off to Thursday, and take a complimentary day off on Friday. Rev. Isaac Chang will take his annual leave from 7/20-31 before his resignation. On 7/31, there will be a presentation during the Cantonese Noon Service to show our appreciation to Rev. Chang for his faithful service in the past eight years. The presentation includes our Appreciation Letter, Group Photo of the 30^th Anniversary of PGMBC, eight years service plaque and severance pay. Please come and join us.

PRAYER & PRAISE

7/23-30 AWANA Scholarship Camp 18 clubbers (Grades 5-12) from our AWANA Club are attending the AWANA Scholarship camp at Tulahead Camp, Princeton. Please pray for their safety and spiritual growth in the camp.

Tim Li (of Truth Fellowship) & Miss Heidi Liao are getting married! The wedding ceremony will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church (7100 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC) on 7/30 (Saturday) at 2pm. May God bless the new couple always!

GOSPEL & MINISTRY

7/30 Mandarin Pot-Luck & Movie Night Please invite your non-Christian Mandarin speaking friends to come. Awana Children’s program runs from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

8/12-19 Kids’ Soccer Camp (age 6-12) The 5-day-camp’s regular price is $90. Please return completed forms with full payment to Heather Tieu or Rachel Vong ASAP due to limited space (less than 10 spaces left).

MISSIONS & EVANGELISM

STM Mission Sharing: Hazel Wong will share her short-term mission experience in Thailand in the coming Tuesday (7/26) evening. Please come and join us at 7:30pm for the prayer meeting.

BIBLE & TEACHING

English Sunday School 11:30am-12:30pm

Adult Class: The Blessing – Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance – How to build positive loving relationships with others and with a loving God?

CARING & COMMUNITY

7/31 “Newcomers” Welcome Lunch will be held at the Gym by Caring Dept. at 1:00pm to welcome the new comers attended our church since April. Free to the new comers and $5.00 each for other participants. Purchase tickets in the foyer latest TODAY!

“Caring for Critical Disease” Held by CCM and our Caring Dept., the course will be starting from 9/10-10/29 (every Saturday from 10am to 4pm) in our church. This course is in Cantonese with notes in English. Please contact Mrs. Terries Chow for details: tchow@ccmcanada.org or 604-877-8606. Deadline for registration: 8/15.