Sep 15, 2024 Church News
- Welcome to our Sunday Service. Please pick up your Communion elements at the front desk. Wearing a mask inside the church is highly recommended. If you have any symptoms, please rest at home. The sermons will be uploaded to our YouTube channel at 2:30pm.
- English & Youth: 10:00am @ Gym; JAM @B7; Junior JAM 10:15 am @A9
- Cantonese: 8:30 & 11:30am @Sanctuary; Mandarin: 10:00 am @A8
- In-Person English Sunday School 11:30am ˉ 12:30pm
- Children’s Sunday School in B4-B7; Adult & Senior High School paused for English Family Chat; Junior High School in A13
- Junior High Sunday School in B11; Senior High School in A10
- The Deacon Board plans to approach the potential Departmental Chairpersons for 2025-2026. May our brothers and sisters heed the Lord’s call and serve as leaders.
- 10/12(Sat.9a-2p) Old & New Deacons and Departmental Chairperson Planning Meeting. May God lead the plan and budget for 2025.
- Staff news: N/A
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- English Ministries Family Chat – following today’s worship service, we would like to have an English Ministries Family Chat to discuss some concerns we have related to the results of the recent church survey. We would like to have an open conversation with everyone who is a part of the English congregation to help us discern and determine how best we can address those concerns. Please stay for this time and become part of charting a course for the future for our English Ministries.
- 10/13(Sun) Thanksgiving Baptismal & Membership Ceremony Applicants will have a lunch/interview with the Deacon Board at 1pm next Sunday in the gym.
- Keep our Mission ministries in your prayers. When contributing to our mission ministries, please remember to specify “Mission Fund“.
- 2024 LightHouse Harbour Ministries: Next visit date is 10/10(Thu) 7-9:30pm. Pastor Bill will lead English members and other members to serve.
- 10/18-20 「the 39th Mission Conference」, speaker Rev. Isaac Quan from CIM Canada. Please mark your calendar
- 11/4-6 Short Term Mission Trip to Vancouver Island. Pastor David will lead one brother and 3 sisters to serve, approximately $200/person with max 50% subsidy from Mission Dpt. Please talk to Pastor David Chan before 10/6 if you are interested in joining
- The deacon board has allocated an additional $2000 to the administrative department for subsidizing attendees of the upcoming Winter Conference. Forty applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, with further details to be provided in the future.
- 9/29(Sun. 3-5:30pm) English Plan to Protect Online Training ˉ Orientation. It is MANDATORY for all senior, children and youth workers to attend once a year. New volunteers are requested to join an orientation training. Register with Miranda Fong :
- Please refer to the Cantonese Bulletin for outreach programs to invite your Cantonese speaking family members and friends to join.
- Back to School BBQ: We will have our Back-to-School Celebration Lunch next Sunday after the service. A great way to kick off the new school year.
- Please pray for the sick and their families.