CONNECTIONS

Worship Service:Pastor Ken will continue to speak from Psalm 23 on the theme of "Redirecting Your Soul."

Christian Foundation: This class will teach you how to study the Bible, how to pray and discover God's will, how to be filled with the Spirit, and how to share your faith. The class is led byColin and his team in Grace Hall at 11:30 a.m.

Friday Night Young Adult Group:We are studying the Gospel of Mark this Fridays at 8 p.m. at church in E-9. Contact Tiffany Lin at squeakypoof@gmail.com for more info.

Family Life: We are continuing our study from the Gospel of John this Friday at 8 p.m. in E-10.Contact John Shao at john_shao@yahoo.comfor 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.

Light House Group:Meet at Andrew and Liz's home on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Temple City. Contact Andrew at Andrewlamcpa@yahoo.com.

Saturday Prayer Meeting:Church father Chrysostom once said, "Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings."Join us we seek to build this fountain and blessings on July 7, 9 a.m. in Grace Hall.

YOUTH

Sunday Service:Please join the Connections service today if you are not going to youth retreat at Pepperdine University. Pastor Ben will begin a new sermon series next Sunday on 07.08.18

Sunday School:There will be no Sunday school until July 15.

Friday Night Fellowship:Join our VBS preparation night on 07.06.18 at 8 pm in Youth Center.

SENA:The July devotional edition is available for you to pick up at Pastor Ben''s office after the service.

ALL CHURCH

Mandarin/House of Abundance/Youth Retreat: 6/29 (Fri) -7/1(Sun), at Pepperdine University.Theme: "Live for Growth", Speakers: Dr. Daisy Tsai for the Mandarin and Pastor Abraham Park for the youth, 278 people have registered (201 from SGV, 34 from HOA, 43 from Youth).6 youth have been receive baptism in the retreat.They are: Joseph An, Parents: Jenny & Ning An(MC), Andrew Tsai, Parent: Bonnie Tsai (MC), Jason Peng, Parent: Hongmei Lou & Xijin Lai (MC), Maggie Zhao, Parent : Ke Hao Zhao (MC), Irene Xu, Parent : Nancy Xu (CC), Vanessa Ng, Parents: Alex and Christene Ng (CC), Please pray!

2018 Short Term Missions:Pray for the following teams

ØN. Iraq Medical Service and VBS (6/8-7/2)

ØTaiwan STM (7/21-8/3), serving 19 Junior High Schools, about 4,000 students

ØOperation Dawn (San Jose, 7/20-22, 8/10-12)

ØTaiwan Hakka (8/23-31)

VBS ¡V Safe the Date! Monday-Friday, 7/9-13, 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. $20/child, when space available. Threeparenting workshops on 7/13, 7:00 p.m. Available in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.The last day to register is 7/1.

Baptism will be held on 7/15 please contact your pastor.

2018 Urbana Missions Conference will be held 12/27-31 in St. Louis, Mo. We encourage our high school and college students to attend this conference. The super early bird registration deadline is on 6/30. LMC will provide scholarship for those who apply for the early bird rate. You can register at this website: https://urbana.org or you may contact the following people: Peter Chan from the Cantonese congregation, Ken Cheung from Connections, and Judy Peng from the Mandarin congregation.

First Evangelical Church Association7/01/2018

A joint and integrative ministry of spirituality, mission and social concern

FECA Theme for 2018: "Following Jesus with Daring Faith"

Vision''s Concert

Vision''s Concert this year is going to be on Sunday, 8/31 in FEC Arcadia.Please reserve the date on your calendar now.

Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (September 2018 to June 2019)

Spiritual Exercises include daily one hour spiritual exercises; weekly one-hour individual spiritual direction; monthly group meeting, 10 Saturday meetings from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. Contact: sherry.chang@feca.org

Please pray for the possibility of joining the program. Further details will be announced.

Application for Financial Aid to Seminarians

This program was established to provide financial assistance to FECA church members, on the basis of real financial need, as they received basic theological training to become Christian ministers or missionaries. The Financial Aid to Seminarians Policy and Procedure, and application form may be downloaded from FECA website (www.feca.org, click "Document Download" at upper right corner for list of documents). New applicants should read through the Policy and Procedure before filling out the application form. Application deadlines forWinter/Spring Admission: 9/15.