CONNECTIONS

Worship Service:  We are combined with the youth group to share communion together and they will stay in our service.   Pastor Ken will speak from the gospel of John today.

Spiritual Maturity Class:  Karen will be teaching this class in Grace Hall today 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.

Saturday Prayer Meeting:  Join us on May 4 at 9 a.m. in Grace Hall to pray for the church and the upcoming retreat in June.

 Summer Retreat:  Join us as we spend the weekend, June 28-30 at Pepperdine University with our speaker, Steve Gladen.  Steve is the pastor of small groups at Saddleback Church and oversees more than 3,500 adult small groups at his church.   He is the author of Leading Small Groups with PURPOSE, and  Building Healthy Small Groups in Your Church.  You can sign up with Pauline today.

YOUTH

Sunday Service: There will be a combined and communion in Chapel 2 with Pastor Ken Wong TODAY. Pastor Ben will continue the sermon series on gospel of Mark on 5/5.

Sunday School: All Sunday classes will meet at 11:30 a.m.  Junior High students will be with Uncle Benny Lee in E-9. Freshman and sophomore are with aunties Virg and Anni in E-10. Junior and senior are with Dr. Glenn in youth center. 

Friday Night Fellowship: We will be having our regular small group on 5/3 at 8:00 p.m. in youth center. Invite your friends to join us!

Summer Retreat: Come and join our Summer Retreat on 6/28-30 in 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!

Baptism class: Pastor Ben will start teaching baptism class on Sunday, 5/19 from 1-2 p.m.  Talk to your parents and pray for it before joining in. The baptism itself will be conducted during retreat at Pepperdine University on 6/29 in Malibu beach.  Talk to Pastor Ben for more details. 

SENA: Pick up your copy of May SENA after the Sunday service in Pastor Ben's office.

 ALL CHURCH

Happiness Groups: Praise the Lord, 14 Happiness Groups (Mandarin Congregation 5, HOA 9) have been sharing Gospel with Bests in the past 10 weeks, leading many people to Christ.  Glory be to God!  The Celebration Sunday will be held on May 12, with Amy Sand as special speaker.  Please invite families and friends to come to hear the Gospel to receive Christ as their personal Savior!

Register for the Chinese School Summer Program Today. 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 many fun activities. We welcome children K-6^th to join us. Volunteers are needed! Enroll by 5/16 and qualify for early registration discount. Please contact office at (626) 571-5537 Ext.116 for more information.

All Church Cleaning Day: We are holding a church-wide cleaning day on Saturday, 5/4, from 1:30 ¡V 4:30 p.m.  Bring your family and your small group to clean God's house, a glorious place where His beauty and glory can be visible in our city.  Please look at the all church announcement board for your small group cleaning assignments and bring your cleaning supplies, hands, and feet to get to work! Additionally, we are looking for volunteers who want to specifically help with landscaping around the church.  If you are interested, please contact Deacon Sam Fang (626) 716-4871 or sign up with our administration department.

Taiwan Haka STM: Dates are 7/4-7/12. Looking for people with a heart for missions to work with 40 Hakka youth in Taiwan this summer.  Language is not an issue as long as you have a willing heart to serve! Cost: $250 [not including airfare] Register with Power Hsu (626) 890-0456, deadline is 5/19.

2019 Taiwan Short-Term Mission: Dates are 7/20 to 8/2.  This year, we will serve 21 Junior High schools and Hui Ming blind school.  We encourage you to participate in what the Lord is doing in Taiwan this summer.  Register online at www.shine4taiwan.org Contact Cathy He at 626-297-2518.

­First Evangelical Church Association    4/28/2019

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

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

Prayer for Muslims during Ramadan, May 6 - June 4, 2019

Ramadan is the month in the Islamic calendar when Muslims fast, pray,
and are open for spiritual reflection. The 2019 30-Day Christian prayer
guide for the Muslim World booklets have been delivered to pastors and
missions leaders of FECA member churches. A simplified prayer calendar
can be downloaded from our website (www.feca.org) and Right Now
Media (www.rightnowmedia.org/Training/Post/View/341792), and will
be distributed with the bulletin next Sunday.  Please prepare to join these
prayers and bring Muslims to Christ during Ramadan. (Other online resources: www.30DaysPrayer.com)

Pre-Departure Training for The St. Petersburg STM Team

The STM team to St. Petersburg in September has been formed and will hold its first pre-departure training on 4/27. The team consists of Rev. Albert Wong, Lead Pastor of FECA; Shillane Chen, Vicky Zhu, Marie Phan, and Angela Yuan from FEC Diamond Bar; Chit-Sang Tsang and Jiuan-Min Tsang from FEC Arcadia. Please pray for the pre-departure training and the preparation of the short-term team.  Ask God to bless each team member to love each other and to be united as soldiers of Christ leading more young people to God.

Belize STM 

FEC Arcadia Cantonese Congregation and FECA will be launching out a STM trip (4/30 ¡V 5/6) to Belize in Central America to explore the needs of Cantonese ministry and possibility of future church planting effort.  The team is formed by six members from four churches in the Los Angeles area.  Trip activities and prayer items will be posted on https://tinyurl.com/2019-Belize-STM.  Please remember us in prayer.