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.

2017Donation
Receipt Deadline:
The expiration
dates for 2017donation
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 Association1/7/2018

  
  
  
  

  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:

  
  
  
  

  1. Strong burden for
     campus ministry.

  2. Solid Mainland
     Chinese background preferred.

  3. M.A. or M.Div. degree
     from an overseas theological seminary.

  4. Good physical and
     mental health (adaptable to life and ministry in Russia).

  5. Willing to serve in
     St. Petersburg for at least 9 months each year.

  6. 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)