2019 New Year Combined Sunday Service
January
6, 2019, 10:00 a.m.
Speaker: Pastor Joshua Cheng Interpreter: Stephen
Tzeng
Worship Combined Worship Team
Prayer Pastor Joshua
Cheng
Anthem "I
Am No Longer My Own" Combined Choir
Scriptures
reading Matthew 25:31-46 Pastor Tracia Wong
Pastor Dalen Men
Message
"The Judgment of the Nations" Pastor
Joshua Cheng
Interpreter: Stephen Tzeng
Covenant & Commissioning Congregation
§ Pastoral Staff
§ Elders &
Deacons
§ Congregational
co-workers/
Fellowship & small group leaders/Sunday
School teachers
§ 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 ~
CONNECTIONS
Abiding and Advancing the Kingdom of God Class: We will start this class on Jan. 13 in E-7.
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. The group is discussing "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren.
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. They are studying "The Purpose
Driven Life" by Rick Warren.
YOUTH
Sunday Service: Let''s join our combined New Year''s
service in Main Sanctuary TODAY. A special lunch will be served in youth
center. Pastor Ben will start a new sermon on 1/13.
Sunday School: All Sunday classes will resume on 1/13 at
11:30 a.m.
Junior High students will be with Pastor Ben in E-9. Freshman and
sophomore will be with auntie Virg and auntie Anni in E-10. Junior and senior
will be with Dr. Glenn in youth center.
Friday Night Fellowship: Our
new year FNF small group will begin on 1/11 at 8:00 p.m. in youth center. Come and join us!
January 2019 SENA: Pick up your own copy 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.
Commissioning
Ceremony:
Today (01/06/19) is the New Year's Combined Service, and we will have a
ceremony for the commissioning of our 2019 Elders, Deacons, and various ministry
leaders. Please pray God gives them spiritual wisdom and grace.
2019
Elders: Joshua
Cheng (Senior Pastor/Elder Board Chair), Ken Wong (Pastoral Elder), Dalen Men
(Pastoral Elder), Tracia Wong (Pastoral Elder), Yvonne Tung (Secretary),
Richard Chang (Treasurer), Vincent Cheung (Personnel Committee Chair), Kally
Wong (Spiritual Formation), Alan Liang (Missions/Church Planting), Mindy Ying
(Social Concern).
2019
Deacons: Sarah
Chen (Deacon Board Chair), Peter Chan (DB Vice Chair/Finance), Pauline Kao (DB
Vice Chair/ Admin. & Risk Management), Gang Chen (IT), Sam Fang (IT), Judy Peng (Missions), Edison Shu (Facility),
Chris Su (Education), Lydia Wada (Education), Jenny Su (Social Concern), Lixin
Yang (Social Concern) .
2019
Joint Board & Pastoral Team Vision Sharing: 1/13(Sun)
1-3:30 p.m. in Youth Center. Please
pray,
2018 Donation Receipt
Deadline: The expiration dates for 2018 donation receipts are as follows: All offerings for the year 2018 need to be specified on the memo
as "2018 offering".
§ Check Offering: Ends 1/6/2019 (Check issued date MUST be on or
before: 12/31/2018).
§ Cash Offering: Ends 1/6/2019. Please write "2018 offering" on the
envelope.
2018
Payment Requisition Form Deadline: 1/6/2019 will be the last day to submit any
2018 ministry expense reimbursement requests. Any requests after 1/7 will be considered
2019 expenses.
First
Evangelical Church Association 1/6/2019
A joint and integrative ministry of spirituality,
mission and social concern
FECA Theme
for 2018: "Following Jesus with Daring Faith"
The Staff of the FECA office wishes all of you
a blessed New Year!
"But
the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of
mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the
eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year
to its end." ~ Deuteronomy
11:11-12
Vision Choir Retreat
Vision is looking
for a host for their retreat to be held on February 1-2
(Friday night Saturday afternoon). If you
can host 16 people with sleeping bags and have a piano and room to rehearse,
please contact Marshall Huang at Marshall.huang@feca.org.
The FECA Governing Board Meeting
The meeting will be
held at 7:30 pm (dinner at 6:30 pm) on January 8 (Tuesday) in the evening at
the FECA office; all 2019 Board members please attending accordingly. Please
pray for God''s presence in the meeting.
FECA 2018 Annual Report Is Now Available
Please be sure to
obtain a copy from your church. If you have any suggestions for the improvement
of the report, please contact office@feca.org.
*ACC:
Anchor Community Church (a new church planted by FECDB)
*GCDC: Grace Covenant Disciples
Church (a new church planted by FEC
Arcadia)
Connections Bulletin 1-6-2019
