CONNECTIONS
Worship Service:
We welcome Dr. Stephen Tzeng to speak in our service today. May the Spirit of Jesus anoint him as he
opens the word of God to us. Pastor Ken
will be back this week.
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: Pastor Ben will continue the gospel
of Mark sermon series TODAY before Passion Week on 4/14.
Sunday School: All Sunday classes meet at 11:30 a.m. in the
Youth Center TODAY. Pastor Ben is preparing a special Easter lesson for all of
you. Come and join us.
Friday Night Fellowship: A
special Good Friday service will be conducted on 4/19 at
8:00 p.m. in the
Youth Center. Prepare your hearts to receive Holy Communion as well. Join us as
we remember the sacrifice Jesus has done for us!
Easter program for after school kids: Inviting
all youth to participate in serving our after school kids on Friday,
4/12. at
8:00 p.m.
Talk to Pastor Ben to join in. It's a good opportunity to share good news to
them.
Summer Retreat: Come and join our Summer Retreat on 6/28-30
at Pepperdine University. Pastor Andrew Min will be our speaker. An
early registration will begin soon for $150/person. Sign up together with your
family. Don't miss out!
SENA: Pick up your copy of April SENA after the Sunday
service in Pastor Ben's office.
ALL CHURCH
Baptism and Children Dedication
Sunday: Praise the Lord, 6 brothers and sisters from
Mandarin Congregation will receive baptism and 2 families (1 from Mandarin
Congregation, 1 from Cantonese Congregation) will dedicate their child
today! May God protect and richly bless
them!
Good Friday and Easter Sunday: Each congregation
will have a special program on 4/19 (Good Friday) at 8:00 p.m. and 4/21 (Easter
Sunday). Please prepare your hearts and invite family and friend to come and
remember the death and resurrection of Christ which bring us eternal life!
Register for the Chinese School Summer Program now!Time: 6/17-8/16, M.-F., 8:00
a.m.-6:10 p.m.. We provide Mandarin, English and Math classes. There are also
Arts, Science and lots of fun activities. We
welcome children K-6th to join us. Volunteers are needed!
Enroll by 5/16/19 to get the early
registration discount. Please contact office at (626) 571-5537
Ext.116 for more information.
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 online at www.shine4taiwan.org before 4/21. Contact
Cathy He at 626-297-2518.
Easter
"Eggs-perience":
Children's ministry invites everyone to attend an Easter celebration on Friday 4/12
from 6:00 – 9:45 p.m. which will include crafts, games, a short movie, and goodie-bags
for the kids. Pizza dinner will be provided at 6:30 p.m. Please sign up with En Poli if you plan to
attend so we can get a head count for food.
All Church Cleanup Day: Do you love our church? On Saturday, 5/4 from
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. we
are hosting a church-wide cleanup day to show our love to our facilities in a
practical way. Please mark the date in
your calendars and come help beautify and take care of our church!
Agape Caring Center
APHC Health Fair: UCLA's Asian
Pacific Health Corps (APHC) will host a free community health fair at church on
Saturday, April 27th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please mark your
calendars and invite your friends.
First
Evangelical Church Association 4/7/2019
A joint and integrative ministry of spirituality,
mission and social concern
FECA Theme
for 2019: "Building Missional Church-Discipleship and Outreach"
Celebration Dinner - Save The Date
Upward Bound Study
Center cordially invites you to the 29th Anniversary Celebration
Dinner. Time: Sunday, 4/21 @5:30 PM
Place: Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant. Address: 145 N.
Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754. If you have any questions please
contact your church representative or email office@ubsc.org.
Vision Parents and Supporters Potluck
Reserve your
calendar now to attend the Vision parents and supporters' potluck on Saturday,
4/20 from noon to 2 PM at FEC Glendale.
New GIT Fellowship was Started on 3/29
Thank God for HIS grace and your prayers. The
Galenin Institute of Technology (GIT) Fellowship found the ideal place and
started their first gathering on 3/29 with 26 brothers and sisters
participating. Everyone was grateful for this new ministry. Please continue to
pray for this new ministry, ask God to bless and use it to win more young
people! The operation budget in 2019 for the GIT Fellowship is $10,000 (rental,
equipment, ministry cost & etc.), $5000.00 has been received and brought to
St. Petersburg. Please continue to pray fervently for this need. 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.
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
|
Cerritos
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Fullerton
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Oakland
|
E. Lansing
|
DB
|
ACC
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Arcadia
|
GCDC
|
Mandarin
|
112
|
251
|
76
|
101 (am), 134
|
105
|
101
|
40
|
108
|
--
|
42
|
17
|
Cantonese
|
29
|
181
|
--
|
62
|
--
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--
|
--
|
128
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--
|
100
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--
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English
|
185
|
79
|
--
|
58
|
70
|
--
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--
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--
|
81
|
42
|
--
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Youth
|
17
|
40
|
10
|
w/Kairos
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--
|
31
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--
|
25
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--
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14
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--
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Conval. &
Ret. Homes: 64
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Kairos:
87
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Total: 2,390
|
|
Glendale
|
SGV
|
FECC
|
Diamond
Bar
|
Arcadia
|
General
Fund
|
14,007.00
|
21,731.71
|
20,777.30
|
10,872.00
|
6,382.70
|
Mission Fund
|
1,367.00
|
400.00
|
190.00
|
1,030.00
|
790.00
|
Others
|
2,375.00
|
683.00
|
2,286.65
|
740.00
|
353.33
|
2/19 Sur./Def.
|
(43,441)
|
(10,155)
|
(39,792)
|
(5,607)
|
(11,869)
|
01-02/19 Sur./Def.
|
(84,172)
|
(34,018)
|
(120,336)
|
(13,867)
|
(7,689)
|