2018 New Year Combined Sunday Service
January
7, 2018, 10:00 a.m.
Speaker: Pastor Joshua Cheng Interpreter: Stephen
Tzeng
Worship Combined Worship Team
Prayer Pastor Joshua
Cheng
Anthem "Soli Deo Gloria" Combined Choir
Scriptures reading 1
Peter 4:7-11 Pastor Tracia Wong
Pastor Dalen Men
Message
"Live for Growth" Pastor
Joshua Cheng
Interpreter: Stephen Tzeng
Covenant & Commissioning Congregation
Stephen Ministry Director
and Ministers
Agape Caring Center
co-workers
Youth and Children
Ministry workers
Chinese School
& After School Program Principal & Co-workers
House of Abundance
Leadership Council/Small group leaders/Sunday School teachers
Administrative
Staff
All congregants
Offering Pastor Ken Wong
Announcement Pastor
Ken Wong
Doxology Congregation
Benediction Pastor
Ken Wong
~ New Year Lunch Follows ~
WELCOME TO
CONNECTIONS
Spiritual
Maturity Class: There will be no class until Jan. 14.
Friday Night Small Group: Fridays at 8 p.m.
at church. Contact Tiffany Lin at squeakypoof@gmail.com for
more info. We will begin our study from
the Book of Mark this week.
Family
Life: We are continuing our
study from the Book of Daniel this Friday at 8 p.m. in E-10. Contact John Shao at john_shao@yahoo.com for
info.
Women's Group: We meet on the second and fourth Saturday of
the month at Anni's home, 8:30 a.m. Contact Anni for more info: wonganniy@yahoo.com.
Sunday
Small Group: Sundays at 1:30 p.m. at the Cheng
residence. Contact Paul at paul.c.cheng@gmail.com for
info. The group is studying Psalm 23
this quarter.
YOUTH
Sunday Service: New Year''s worship service is in the Main Sanctuary
@ 10:00 a.m. TODAY. A special lunch
will be served after the service at Youth Center. Pastor Ben will start the
sermon series on the book of Proverbs on 1/14.
Youth Friday Night: Join our small group with a brand new lesson on 1/12 @ 8:00 p.m.,Youth Center. Junior High boys with
uncle Roland Liou, uncle Scott Chen, Jr. High girls with auntie Angela Liang and auntie Esther Cheung, Freshman with
Pastor Ben, Sophomore with Josh Chu and Jason Lui, and Junior and Senior with
uncle Paul Liang.
Sunday school: All Sunday school classes will resume on 1/14.
Youth Baptism Service: We plan to have Kevin Zhao and Samuel Liang to be baptized
on Sunday, 1/21 @ 1:30 p.m., at Main Sanctuary. Come to
support and hear their testimonies.
SENA: Pick up your copy of January 2018 SENA at Pastor Ben''s office after the
service.
ALL
CHURCH
Blessed New Year! Let us consecrate the first Sunday
of the year to worship God with your heart, mind and strength. May the Lord richly bless you and your family
this year. Please stay for lunch.
Facility arrangement: Cafeteria: MC
and HOA; Grace
Hall: MC Senior; Chapel 2 & 3: CC;
Youth Center and Patio: Connections and CIA; E3 & E4: Children.
2018 Elders: Joshua Cheng (Senior Pastor/Elder
Board Chair), Ken Wong (Pastoral Elder), Dalen Men (Pastoral Elder), Tracia
Wong (Pastoral Elder), Yvonne Tung (Secretary), Vincent Cheung (Treasurer),
Allan Han (Personnel Committee Chair), Kally Wong (Spiritual Formation), Peter
Chan (Missions), Alan Liang (Church Planting), Mindy Ying (Social Concern).
2018 Deacons: Sarah Chen (Deacon Board Chair),
Richard Chang (DB Vice Chair/Finance), Pauline Kao (DB Vice Chair/Education
& Admin.), Gang Chen (IT), Judy Peng (Missions), Nichole Tan (Education),
Jenny Su (Social Concern), Sam Fang (IT), Edison Shu(Facility/Risk Management).
Joint Board & Pastoral Team Vision
Sharing Meeting Next Sunday: 1/14, 1:00-4:00p.m., at Youth Center.
Please pray for guidance.
2017 Special Thanksgiving
Offering: We have collected $25,225.50. Half of the donation will go to N. Iraq
Refugee Relief and the other half will support JiaAmerica Community Center in
Da-Jia in Taichung, Taiwan.
2017 Donation
Receipt Deadline:
The expiration
dates for 2017 donation
receipts are as follows:
All offerings for the year 2017 need to be specified on the memo as "2017 offering".
Check
Offering: Ends 1/7/2018 (Check issued date MUST be on or before: 12/31/2017).
Cash
Offering: Ends 1/7/2018. Please mark "2017 offering" on the
envelope.
2017 Payment Requisition Form Deadline: 1/7/2018 will be the last day to apply for
2017 ministry expense reimbursement requests. Any requests after 1/8 will be
considered as 2018 expenses.
First
Evangelical Church Association 1/7/2018
A joint and integrative ministry of spirituality, mission and social
concern
FECA Theme
for 2018: "Following Jesus with Daring Faith"
2018 Short-Term Mission Team to St. Petersburg
(4/28 - 5/1)
Campus & Returnees Ministry (CRM) is
organizing a short-term missions team
to come to the St. Petersburg Church and serve in the Gospel Camp (4/28-5/1).
Team members may lead small groups, offer spiritual counseling, speak in
seminars, do personal evangelism, and more. The team will arrive on 4/23 and
return after 5/2. The cost is approximately $2,000.00 (visa, flight tickets,
& lodging).
Qualifications/requirements for team members: baptized Christian;
spiritually mature; passionate in spreading the Gospel; burdened for missions;
it will be a plus if a participant is a team player and is equipped with
spiritual gifts of preaching, teaching and personal evangelism. Each
participant must have consent from his or her pastor. Please email Frank Jao
(jaofrank@msn.com) for details.
Assistant Pastor Needed for the Chinese Church
of St. Petersburg
The Chinese Church of St. Petersburg is
looking for an assistant pastor to shepherd its congregation. Applicants should
have the following:
Strong burden for
campus ministry.
Solid Mainland
Chinese background preferred.
M.A. or M.Div. degree
from an overseas theological seminary.
Good physical and
mental health (adaptable to life and ministry in Russia).
Willing to serve in
St. Petersburg for at least 9 months each year.
Willing to commit to
the ministry for 3 to 5 years.
Contact: Rev. Paul
Zhao - paul91770@gmail.com.
The First 2018 FECA Governing Board Meeting
The meeting will be held on 1/23 (Tuesday) in
the evening, in the FECA office; all 2018 Board members please attending
accordingly. Please pray for God''s presence in the meeting.
*ACC:
Anchor Community Church (a new church planted by FECDB)
*GCDC:
Grace Covenant Disciples Church (a new church planted by FEC Arcadia)
Connections Bulletin 1-7-2018
