CONNECTIONS
Worship Service:
We welcome Pastor Joshua to speak in our service today. May the Spirit of Jesus inspire and anoint
him as he opens the word of God to us.
Spiritual Maturity Class: Karen will be teaching this class today from
Bill Bright's book, "A Handbook for Christian Maturity." We will meet in Grace
Hall at 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 and 4/7 before Passion Week on 4/14-20.
Sunday School: All Sunday classes meet at 11:30 a.m. in the
Youth Center TODAY and on 4/7. Pastor Ben is preparing a special Easter
lesson for all of you. Come and join us.
Friday Night Fellowship: Join
us on Friday, 4/5 at 8:00 p.m. in the Youth Center to help prepare for a special
Easter program called 'Easter Eggsperience' for the afterschool kids the
following week. Don't miss out!
Easter program for after school kids: Inviting
all youth to participate in serving our afterschool kids on Friday, 4/12 at
8:00 p.m.
Talk to Pastor Ben to get involved. It's a great opportunity to share the good
news with them.
SENA: Pick up your copy of April SENA after the Sunday
service in Pastor Ben's office.
ALL CHURCH
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.
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 3/25 for the early bird
discount of $100. Please contact Cathy He at 626-297-2518.
Church Meal Cards: Church meal cards are $30 for 10 meals. If you opt for a
‘green' meal card you will receive an additional two meals free for bringing
your own reusable utensils and Tupperware.
Please don't forget to put
your expired meal cards into the box downstairs for your chance at winning our
end-of-the-year raffle.
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 3/31/2019
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.
Social Concern Forum on Supporting DACA
The FECA Social Concern Committee will be hosting a
forum to promote support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA),
featuring first-hand testimonies from DACA recipients and a panel discussion to
explore how Christian communities may show love and care. Please sign up with church representatives
(FEC Glendale: Daric Lee; FEC SGV: Mindy Ying, Jenny Su; HOA: Lixin Yang; FECC:
Thomas Gan; FEC DB: Sarah Li, Zean Ding; FEC Arcadia: Andrew Kwong, Jonathan Fung,
Lynn Dutran) or email Waichu Luk (waichu.luk@feca.org).
Date and Time: 4/6 (Saturday), 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue: FEC of San Gabriel Valley, Youth Center (3658
Walnut Grove Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770)
New Ministry in St. Petersburg
Galenin Institute of
Technology (GIT) has the largest number of Chinese students (over 1,000) in St.
Petersburg. It is a potential field in
the northern district for evangelism.
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.
Last
Sunday's Worship Attendance and Offering
|
|
Glendale
|
SGV
|
FECC
|
Diamond Bar
|
Arcadia
|
SGV
|
HOA
|
Cerritos
|
Fullerton
|
Oakland
|
E. Lansing
|
DB
|
ACC
|
Arcadia
|
GCDC
|
Mandarin
|
113
|
275
|
70
|
102 (am), 130
|
104
|
121
|
32
|
96
|
--
|
42
|
14
|
Cantonese
|
25
|
198
|
--
|
75
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
142
|
--
|
100
|
--
|
English
|
190
|
66
|
--
|
53
|
33
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
69
|
83
|
--
|
Youth
|
18
|
37
|
11
|
w/Kairos
|
--
|
37
|
--
|
19
|
--
|
w/Eng.
|
--
|
Conval. & Ret. Homes: 59
|
|
Kairos:
91
|
Total: 2,405
|
|
Glendale
|
SGV
|
FECC
|
Diamond
Bar
|
Arcadia
|
General
Fund
|
16,156.00
|
20,936.70
|
24,682.44
|
9,415.00
|
8,809.93
|
Mission Fund
|
2,520.00
|
690.00
|
50.00
|
400.00
|
865.00
|
Others
|
1,110.00
|
1,106.00
|
657.70
|
240.00
|
370.00
|
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)
|