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Connections Bulletin 7-8-2017
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CONNECTIONS
Worship Service: Vision choir will be sharing a song with us this morning, and brother Glenn will speak from Psalm 23 today.
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 by Colin and his team in Grace Hall at 11:30 a.m.
College and Young Adults Class: Yiki will be starting this class.
Friday Night Young Adult Group: We are studying the Gospel of Mark this Friday 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.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.
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.
YOUTH
Sunday Service: Pastor Ben will begin a new sermon series TODAY. Let''s prepare our hearts to receive His Word.
Sunday School: There will be no Sunday school until July 15.
Friday Night Fellowship: Join our VBS on 7/9-13. We will not have a regular fellowship on 7/13. We plan to have our big group hangout for laser tag on 7/27.
SENA: The July devotional edition is available for you to pick up at Pastor Ben''s office after the service.
ALL CHURCH
2018 Short Term Missions: Pray for the following teams
VBS (7/9-7/13) Taiwan West Coast (7/21-8/3), serving 19 Junior High Schools, about 4,000 students Operation Dawn (San Jose, 7/20-22, 8/10-12) Myanmar (7/21-31) Taiwan Hakka (8/23-31)
VBS – Save the Date! Monday-Friday, 7/9-13, 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Three parenting workshops on 7/13, 7:30 p.m. available in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Please invite parents to participate.
English Workshop: Be Prepared: Overcoming Teenage Rebellion. Speaker: Pastor Benjamin Chen (Chapel 2). Mandarin Workshop: 3 Secrets in Communicating with E-Generation Kids. Speaker: Jacky Chen (Main Sanctuary). Cantonese Workshop: Establish Good Parenting Relationship, "How to Handle Smart Phone & Computer Problem?" Speaker: Sam Ng (Chapel 3).
Deacon Board Meeting: The Deacon Board meeting will be held on 7/9 (Mon.) 7:30 p.m. at Grace Hall. Please pray.
Baptism will be held on 7/15 (Sunday). Please contact congregational pastor.
Meal Card: We gave out 40 gifts for the meal card raffle drawing, and we will hold our next drawing at the end of the year. Please drop off your used meal cards to the lunch collection box. Meal cards can be purchased from the court yard scrip booth. We encourage all to purchase green meal cards (buy 10 and get 2 free with self-prepared containers and utensils).
AGAPE CARING CENTER
Agape Caring Center Committee Meeting will be held on 7/12(Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in Grace Hall. Please pray.
First Evangelical Church Association 7/8/2018
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 for Winter/Spring Admission: 9/15.
*ACC: Anchor Community Church (a new church planted by FECDB)
*GCDC: Grace Covenant Disciples Church (a new church planted by FEC Arcadia)
Last Sunday's Worship
Attendance and Offering
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Glendale
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SGV
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FECC
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Diamond Bar
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Arcadia
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SGV
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HOA
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Cerritos
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Fullerton
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Oakland
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E. Lansing
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DB
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*ACC
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Arcadia
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*GCDC
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Mandarin
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124
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Retreat 185 /church 110
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81 (am), 161
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124
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96
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45
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100
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51
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20
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Cantonese
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26
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198
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72
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--
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146
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89
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English
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179
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58
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60
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32
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--
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--
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61
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46
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Youth
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18
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Retreat 58
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w/Kairos
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41
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25
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21
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Conval. & Ret. Homes: 68
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Kairos: 111
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Total: 2,406
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Glendale
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SGV
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FECC
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Diamond Bar
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Arcadia
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General Fund
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16,366.00
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19,344.06
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29,055.44
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16,956.89
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10,262.50
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FECA Mission Fund
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1,430.00
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680.00
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1,350.00
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1,050.00
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2,275.00
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Others
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14,478.00
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1,958.00
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1,362.00
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580.00
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590.00
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05/18 Sur./Def.
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(25,932)
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(11,825)
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(35,431)
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(774)
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4,363
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01-05/18 Sur./Def.
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(87,529)
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(17,184)
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(129,684)
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(3,516)
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(17,980)
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