CONNECTIONS

Worship Service:  Pastor Ken will continue our study from the gospel of John today and the title of the message is "Freely Receive, Freely Give."

Discipleship Conference: Pastors Edmund and Ann Chan, the founders of Intentional Disciple Making Churches (IDMC) Global Alliance movement, will be speaking at our church from March 9-10.  The theme is "Excited and Rooted in God's Word."  Date: March 9-10, cost is $40, lunch is included and no child care provided, sign up with Paul; Paul.c.chang@gmail.com

Spiritual Maturity Class:  Karen will be teaching this class in Grace Hall today and she will teaching from Bill Bright's book, "A Handbook for Christian Maturity." Meet in Grace Hall, 11:30 a.m.

Abiding and Advancing the Kingdom of God Class:  We will resume this class today at 11:30 a.m. in E-7.  We will be using "The Upside Down Kingdom" by Donald A. Kraybill.

ThrYve Vibrant Community:  Come fellowship with other young adults and study the gospel of Mark together! Contact Tiffany Lin at squeakypoof@gmail.com for more info.

Family Life Vibrant Community:  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 Vibrant Community:  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 Vibrant Community: 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 Vibrant Community:  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: Pastor Marcus Robinson is going to share God's Word TODAY.  Let's welcome him.  We will have a combined and communion service in chapel 2 on 2/24.  Prepare your hearts prior to partaking in the Holy Communion. 

Sunday School: All Sunday classes meet at 11:30 a.m. TODAY.  Junior High students will be with Pastor Ben in E9. Freshman and sophomore will be leading CM small group. Junior and senior will be with Dr. Glenn in youth center.

Friday Night Fellowship: Pastor Benjamin Chen is facilitating the dialogue on cross cultural communication gap among Asian families on 2/22 at 8:00 p.m. in youth center as part of our new youth talk. Don't miss out! We will continue our small group on 3/1.

Children's Hunger Fund: Another opportunity to serve the needy by volunteering to pack foods and toys at Children's Hunger Fund on Saturday, 3/2 from 8-10 a.m. Talk to Pastor Ben to join in. The address: 13931 Balboa Blvd, Slymar, CA 91342.

SENA: March SENA is available for you to pick up after service in Pastor Ben's office.

ALL CHURCH

Missions Festival:  We will hold our annual Missions Festival on March 3 to inspire and promote short term mission opportunities for everyone to participate this year.  Check out the different booths for opportunities.

Discipleship Conference: Pastors Edmund and Ann Chan will be speaking on "Excited and Rooted in God's Word". You can sign up with Paul, at paul.c.cheng@gmail.com or on the website: sgvconnections.com.  Date: March 9-10, cost is $40, lunch is included and no child care provided.  Here is the schedule:

Sat at 9:30 a.m.    Seeing the BIG Picture

         11:00 a.m.    Seeing the TRUE Picture

           1:30 p.m.    Man and Women Workshops

           3:00 p.m.    Seeing the GOD Picture

Sun at 9:30 a.m.  English Service

          11:15 a.m.  Mandarin Service

AGAPE CARING CENTER

Hunan Association Lantern Festival Celebration: As a part of the mission of Agape Caring Center, our church will support a Lantern Festival event on 2/24 (Sun) from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. for the Hunan Association.  We hope that many brothers and sisters will come to help serve and welcome the estimated 200 members of the Hunan Association. This is a great opportunity to be a witness to the local Hunan community. Please contact Jenny Su from the Mandarin Congregation: (626) 236-7698. 

Senior New Year Event:¡@ACC plans to host a church-wide Senior New Year event on March 2^nd (Sat) from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at our Main Sanctuary.¡@Please register with Karen 626-230-8823, Faith 626-688-8188, Jenny 626-236-7698.

Gifting to Seniors:¡@Please donate gifts to our seniors.  These gifts will be used for drawing. Please bring your gifts to the church office by February 24^th.  Thanks for your generosity to make this event possible.

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

FECA Theme for 2019: "Building Missional Church-Discipleship and Outreach"

2019 Short-Term Mission Team to St. Petersburg (9/23-10/7)

FECA Campus & Returnees Ministry (CRM) is organizing a short-term missions team to the St. Petersburg Church to support their missions ministry. We welcomed our member churches' pastors, brothers, and sisters to participate. Special requirements are as follows: baptized members of member churches with consents from congregation pastors and fellowship/small group leaders.  Will depart on 9/23 and return on 10/7.    Registration deadline: 3/31

Ministry activities: Dormitory visits, personal evangelism, worship, gospel    sermons, & etc.

If you are interested, please contact Rev. Paul Zhao at paul91770@gmail.com.

Discipleship Conference in March

Rev. Edmund Chan and Pastor Ann Chan will be the speakers in the conference Topic: Excited and Rooted in God's Word

Dates: 3/9 Sat. at 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, & 3:00 pm (lunch provided), 3/10 Sunday at 9:30 am (total 5 sessions).

Venue: FECSGV Main Sanctuary (3658 Walnut Grove Ave, Rosemead, CA 91770)

Language: English (no translation provided)    Fee: $40/person

Registration: paul.c.cheng@gmail.com or online www.sgvconnections.com *Childcare will not be provided

Kairos Course (in Cantonese)

FECA is co-sponsoring a Kairos Course on two weekends -  3/1, 3/2, 3/3
& 3/8, 3/9, 3/10. The Kairos Course is a nine-session, interactive course on world Christian mission, designed to educate, inspire and challenge Christians
 to active and meaningful participation. Kairos looks at the four main areas
of mission concern which are the Biblical, Historical, Strategic and Cultural dimensions of mission. For fee, information and application, please visit http://www.feca.org/.  Application Deadline: 2/18/2019. 

FECA Office Will Be Closed for Presidents' Day

The FECA office will be closed on 2/18, Monday for Presidents' Day. Thanks for your attention.

*ACC: Anchor Community Church (a new church planted by FECDB)

*GCDC: Grace Covenant Disciples Church (a new church planted by FEC Arcadia)