YOUTH
Sunday Service:
Pastor Larry is speaking at 9:45 am TODAY and on 12.28 for a combined communion service. Let’s prepare our hearts!
Sunday school:
No more Sunday School this year. Enjoy your Christmas break. All Sunday school classes will resume on 01.11.26.
Friday Night Fellowship:
No more FNF this year. Enjoy your Christmas break. Our FNF will resume on 01.09.26.
ALL CHURCH
12/28/2025
2026 New Year Joint Service & Commissioning: A Joint New Year Sunday Service with leaders and congregants commissioning for Mandarin Congregation, Cantonese Congregation, Connections, Youth and HOA Campus will be held on 1/4 (Sun) at 10AM in Main Sanctuary. Theme: “DECLARE, DISPLAY, ACCELERATE, Let the Church Declare and Display Christ Together”. Please stay for lunch after service to enjoy fellowship in Christ! The church office will be closed on 1/1 (Thursday) in observance of New Year holiday.
2025 Special Thanksgiving Offering (11/23-12/31): Each year, apart from regular tithing and giving, our church will collect a Special Thanksgiving Offering from Thanksgiving to year-end to support urgent needs in the global mission field. This year, 25% of the donation will be given to support Habibi International’s N. Iraq Refugee Relief and the other 75% will support Taiwan West Coast Mission ministries, which include the summer short-term missions serving 18 Junior High Schools and long-term missions supporting the 9 community centers sharing the Gospel to marginalized families and youth. Please write “2025 Special Thanksgiving Offering” in the memo line of your donation check or on the offering envelope. The deductible tax receipt will be issued by the church.
Donation for Church’s Cafeteria, Kitchen, Restrooms, Elevator Renovation Project: For donation checks, please make them payable to "FECSGV" with the memo: "APA Project". For credit card donations, please visit our church website and select the "APA Project". [APA=A Place for All].
2025 Donation Receipt Deadline: The deadline for 2025 donation receipts is as follows:
Check Offering: Ends 1/11/2026 (Check issued date MUST be on or before: 12/31/2025). On your check memo, please specify "2025 offering".
Cash Offering: Ends 1/11/2026. Please mark "2025 offering" on the envelope.
Credit card and Online Offering: Ends 12/31/2025 at midnight Pacific Time.
By mail: Posted on or before 01/11/2026.
2025 Payment Requisition Form Deadline: 1/11/2026 will be the last day to submit any 2025 ministry expense reimbursement requests. Any requests after 1/11/2026 will be considered 2026 expenses.
First Evangelical Church Association 12/21/25
A joint & integrative ministry of spirituality, mission, social concern and Church Planting
FECA Theme for 2025: “ Let the Church Declare and Display Christ Together”
2025 FECA Delegates Convention Voting Result
Many thanks to the delegates who attended the FECA Delegates Convention. Special thanks to the FEC SGV’s team members for their assistance. The delegates approved the minutes from the 2024 Delegates Convention and the 2026 general fund budget of $498,078. New 2026 Governing Board members were also elected: one clergy member – Pastor Timothy Xu (FECG) and one lay member — William (Timothy) Lin (FECG).
FEC Glendale 60th Anniversary Celebration
Praise God for the wonderful celebration as FECG marked its 60th anniversary last Saturday. Indeed, our God is awesome! Approximately 300 people attended, including many former members who are now worshiping at other churches. Please continue to share your memories and send in any photos to 60thanniversary@fecg.org.
The entire program can be viewed at https://youtube.com/live/-05eFXIHzNE?feature=share
WILL Music Ministry’s Taiwan Short-Term Mission Trip
WILL Music Ministry will be going to Taiwan for a short-term mission trip from December 20 to January 3. During this trip, the team will hold evangelistic concerts in eight prisons/detention centers and three rehabilitation facilities. Please pray for:
• The team’s safety and health,
• The Holy Spirit’s filling, guidance, and unity
• God’s presence and gospel impact in every meeting
• Many hearts to be softened to know and follow Jesus
All glory be to God!
2025 FECA Missions Budget Update
Contributions to the FECA Missions Fund have decreased in recent months. While FECA continues to support our missionaries and global ministries fully, we now face a shortfall of $123,864 as of the end of October, which could increase by year-end. As we approach the end of 2025, we prayerfully invite your generous support to help close this gap and enable FECA to begin 2026 debt-free. Thank you for your kindness and sacrificial giving.
Last Sunday's Worship In-Person Attendance and Offering |
| Glendale | SGV | Diamond Bar | ACC | Arcadia |
SGV | HOA | Arcadia | GCDC |
Mandarin | 100 | 283 | 75 | 110 | -- | 39 | 13 |
Cantonese | 19 | 123 | -- | 85 | -- | 130 | -- |
English | 152 | 105 | -- | -- | 92 | 52 | -- |
Youth | w/Eng | w/Eng | 9 | 11 | -- | 18 | -- |
Total: 1, 416 |
| Glendale | SGV | Diamond Bar | ACC | Arcadia |
General Fund | 137,900.36 | 26,969.30 | 12,396.91 | 2,995.40 | 5,915.00 |
FECA Mission Fund | 3,195.00 | 240.00 | 100.00 | -- | 250.00 |
Thanksgiving Fund | -- | 2,442.00 | -- | -- | 500.00 |
Others | 1,243.00 | 9,254.00 | 14,922.28 | 30.10 | 106,010.00 |
11/25 Sur./Def. | 17,006 | (23,629) | (8,905) | (5,868) | (286) |
01-11/25 Sur./Def. | 101,031 | (182,324) | (193,069) | 63,522 | 34,245 |
Connections Bulletin 12/20/2025
