CONNECTIONS
Worship Service: Pastor Ken will begin a new series from the Book of Ruth today. The title of the message is "Arise from Your Ashes."
Christian Foundation: The new topic for this quarter is the Book of Ephesians, and Colin will be teaching this class in Grace Hall at 11:30 a.m.
Mentoring Class: "The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life" is the title of this class and we meet in E-8 at 11:30 a.m. You will learn the seven mentoring types, discover what is upward, peer and downward mentoring, and will have an opportunity to be a part of mentoring relationship.
Friday Night Young Adult Group: We will resume the study of the Gospel of Mark in Sept. 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. We will discuss "Radical Discipleship" by Edmund Chan.
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. We are studying "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren.
Missions Conference; Oct 5-7: Come and be inspired by Operation Mobilization missionaries, Martin and Petro de Lange, who planted churches among the Turkish people in France. The theme is "Crossing Your Jordan: Dare to Explore."
Boundary Seminar: Dr. Donald Chai will be speaking on establishing healthy boundaries in relationships. He will be addressing questions such as: Can we set limits and still be loving persons? Why do we feel bad or afraid when we consider setting boundaries? Using Cloud and Townsend's book on " Boundaries", he will provide biblically based answers to these and other questions. The first seminar is on Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. in E-10.
YOUTH
Sunday Service: Pastor Marcus Robinson will share God's Word with us TODAY. Let's welcome him. Pastor Ben will continue the sermon series on the book of Judges on 9.16.18
Sunday School: All Sunday school classes resume TODAY. Jr. High classes meet at E-9 with Pastor Ben. Freshman & sophomore will be in E-10, and junior and senior meet at Pastor Ben's office upstairs with Dr. Glenn.
Baptism Class: Baptism class will continue on Sunday, 9.16.18 from 1-2 P.M. in Youth Center. Talk to pastor Ben after the service if you plan to join in.
Praise Night: As part of our kick off night this year, we invite you to join Praise Night on Friday, 09.14 @ 8 P.M. Youth Center. Peter Lee and Korean Campus Crusade Worship Team will lead us. Come and be blessed!
Children's Hunger Fund: Let's join our family project to serve together in CHF by packing up foods and toys for the needy families on Saturday, 09.15 @ 8-10 A.M. The address: 13931 Balboa Blvd, Sylmar, CA 91342 . Sign up with Pastor Ben.
Pastor Ben's vacation: Pastor Ben will be away from 9/5 -12 for vacation. During his absence uncle Roland Liou will be overseeing youth ministry.
September SENA: Pick up your own copy at pastor Ben's office after the service.
ALL CHURCH
2019 Elder and Deacon Nomination, Ministry Planning and Budgeting will begin on 9/2 :Please pray for God's guidanceand blessings!
Deacon Board Meeting : The Deacon Board meeting will be held on 9/10 (Mon.) 7:30 p.m. at Grace Hall. Please pray for God's guidance.
Elder Board Meeting : The Elder Board will meet on 9/18 (Tue.) 7:30 p.m. at Grace Hall. Please pray for God's wisdom and guidance!
Training in Taiwan : Senior Pastor Joshua, together with elder Alan Liang and his wife Esther will attend the Happiness Small Group Discipleship Course in Taiwan from 9/10-9/13. Please pray for the training and safe travels.
Joint Board and Pastoral Team 2019 Ministry and Budget Planning Meeting will be held on 9/23 (Sun) from 1-4pm in the Youth Center. Please pray for God's guidance.
First Evangelical Church Association 9/9/2018
A joint and integrative ministry of spirituality, mission and social concern
FECA Theme for 2018: "Following Jesus with Daring Faith"
Pray for the St. Petersburg Short-Term Mission Team
Rev. Eric Lo, Pastor of FECC-Cerritos' Mandarin Congregation, will lead some choir members on a short-term mission trip to St. Petersburg from 9/25 – 10/9, to support the welcoming ministry of the St. Petersburg Church. Currently the short-term team is actively preparing for it. The short-term team members are: Rev. Eric Lo, David Mou, Danna Mou, Stanley Kao, ShuShu Liu, Jun Li, Sue Chen, Eudora Chen, Timothy Lin, Grace Lin, Jonathan Mou (David & Danna's son). Please pray for the short-term team, asking God to grant them health, fruitful service, and a smooth journey!
Vision Audition
Join Vision's 2018-2019 team! Try-outs during September.
Contact Marshall.huang@feca.org or click on www.visionsings.org and follow the links on "join us" for eligibility requirements and application forms.
*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 |
| Glendale | SGV | FECC | Diamond Bar | Arcadia |
SGV | HOA | Cerritos | Fullerton | Oakland | E. Lansing | DB | *ACC | Arcadia | *GCDC |
Mandarin | 124 | 251 | 70 | All Church Retreat 420 | 64 | 35 | 93 | -- | 51 | 31 |
Cantonese | 21 | 180 | -- | -- | -- | 118 | -- | 94 | -- |
English | 130 | 81 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 65 | 59 | -- |
Youth | Combined | 53 | 7 | 11 | -- | 23 | -- | w/Eng | -- |
Conval. & Ret. Homes : 51 |
| Kairos : 113 | Total:2,032
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| Glendale | SGV | FECC | Diamond Bar | Arcadia |
General Fund | 11,137.00 | 23,413.70 | 7,084.47 | 11,314.22 | 12,645.76 |
FECA Mission Fund | 670.00 | 190.00 | 920.00 | 970.00 | 1,375.00 |
Others | 1,488.00 | 988.00 | 15,767.00 | 7,058.00 | 1,320.00 |
8/18 Sur./Def. | (15,909) | | | | |
01-08/18 Sur./Def. | (155,342) | | | | |