CONNECTIONS

Worship Service:  We welcome Pastors Edmund and Ann Chan, the founders of Intentional Disciple Making Churches (IDMC) Global Alliance movement that mentors and equips the local church in leadership and discipleship. They have co-authored many books and their recent book "Faith & Fire: Living from the Inside Out" is now available.  Pastor Ann is a gifted leader and teacher.  She has pioneered many of Covenant EFC's ministries, including the Women-In-Covenant ministry.   Ann graduated with a Master of Arts in Christian Education (with honors) from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1994.  She will speak on "Faith that requires action."  May the Spirit of the Lord anoint her with power today.

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 meet today at 11:30 a.m. in E-7.  We will be using "The Upside Down Kingdom" by Donald A. Kraybill.

ThrYve 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 Community:  Family Life is currently focused on "Building Community."  We are having fun watching videos, playing games, and spending time to share, pray, and support one another.  Join us at 8 p.m. in E-10.  Contact John Shao at john_shao@yahoo.com for info.

Women's 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 Community: Sundays at 1:30 p.m. at the Cheng residence.  Contact Paul at paul.c.cheng@gmail.com for info.  We are discussing "Radical Discipleship" by Edmund Chan.

Light House 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: We have a combined service with Connections in youth center TODAY. Pastor Ann Chan is coming to share God's Word. Pastor Kenny Wong will be sharing God's Word on 3/17.

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 in E10 with auntie Anni and Virg. Junior and senior will be with Dr. Glenn in youth center.

Friday Night Fellowship: We will continue our small group discussion on the truth about authority. It is going to be on 3/15, at 8:00 p.m. in youth center.  Invite your friends to join us!

Work and Worship: Inviting all our youth to join together with FEC Glendale, Arcadia, and Diamond Bar youth group for work and worship on March 22-23, 2019 at 8 p.m. in youth center. KCCC Praise team will lead our praise and worship night on Friday, 3/22 with Pastor Andrew Min as the speaker. The sleepover will follow after praise night. We will do the work project on Saturday, 3/23 in Monrovia for raising support to She has a Name, a non-profit working to rescue girls from the sex trade. 

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

ALL CHURCH

We welcome Pastors Edmund and Ann Chan to our church.  Pastor Edmund is widely regarded as an insightful Bible expositor and a wise mentor for Christian leaders around the world.  In 1995, he and his wife launched the annual Intentional Disciple-Making Church Conference (IDMC), which have equipped over 1,000 pastors, leaders from more than 150 churches from over 18 countries.  He and his wife have two adult daughters and co-authored many books.  Pastor Edmund will be speaking in the Mandarin service and his wife will be speaking in the English service today. We are grateful to them for sharing their lives with us and may the Lord shower upon them with a double portion of anointing. 

Children Ministry: Alpine winter camp, Fri-Sun, March 8-10.

4 adults and 17 children. Pray for favorable weather, safe trip going there and coming back, open hearts to God's message and calling, and health.

Deacon Board Meeting: The Deacon Board meeting will be held on 3/11 (Mon.) 7:30 p.m. at Grace Hall. Please pray for God's guidance.

Elder Board Meeting: The Elder Board will meet on 3/19 (Tue.) 7:30 p.m. at Grace Hall.  Please pray for God's wisdom and guidance!

2019 Short-Term Mission Opportunities: Pray that the Holy Spirit will lead brothers and sisters to support missionaries, make pledges and participate in mission works for God's glory.  Let's make a commitment to declare God's name among the nations (See Insert).

2019 Taiwan Short-Term Mission: Dates are 7/20 to 8/2.  We encourage you to participate in what the Lord is doing in Taiwan this summer.  Register before 3/25 for the early bird discount of $100.  Please contact Cathy He at 626-297-2518.

­First Evangelical Church Association   3/10/2019

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

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

New Ministry in St. Petersburg

Galenin Institute of Technology (GIT), located at north St. Petersburgh, has the largest number of Chinese students (over 1,000) in St. Petersburg.  It is a potential field for evangelism. It may become the base for church planting in the northern district. Under God's guidance, the St. Petersburg Church set up the "GIT Team" and plans to start an independent fellowship meeting near the dormitory in 2019 to evangelize the students. Currently, the co-workers are actively praying for the venue and the necessary funding. The estimated amount of funding needed included rental, equipment, & ministry cost, is USD$10,000. Please pray for this new ministry: ask God to bless and use this ministry to win more young people! For contribution checks, please write: FECA, Memo: St. Petersburg GIT ministry. Checks can be placed in the donation bags on Sundays, or mailed to: FECA office, address: 2617 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.

Meeting Dates: Saturdays on 3/16 (9am-3pm), 3/30, 4/13, 4/27, 5/11 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)    Program fee: $40   Application deadline: 3/13 Languages: English and either Mandarin or Cantonese. (depending on the enrollment) Location: FECA Office (2617 W. Beverly Blvd, Montebello, CA 90640). Registration contact: sherry.chang@feca.org/323-727-7077*15.

Vision Iraq Team

The Vision Iraq team is asking for donation of 3 to 5 oz. hand cream and/or sunscreen to bring and give to the locals they plan to visit when they are there.  Smaller hotel size lotions can be bundled up to give to families.  Please give to any Vision Iraq team member or Habibi member on or before 3/17 so they can bring with them when they leave on 3/22.