Connections Bulletin 6-2-2019


33rd ANNIVERSARY COMBINED WORSHIP SERVICE

June 2, 2019

10 A.M. – 11:30 P.M.

Speaker:Pastor Joshua ChengCombined Worship Team

Translator:Stephen TzengCombined Choir

WorshipCombined Worship Team

PrayerPastor Joshua Cheng

Anthem"Psalm 98"Combined Choir

Conductor: Joyce Chen

Missions PrayerPastorJoshua Cheng

§Pray for Muslims

 

§Pray for 2019 Short Term Missions

 

Scripture Reading

Ephesians 6:10-20

Pastor Tracia Wong Pastor Dalen Men

Message"The Call To Battle" Pastor Joshua Cheng

Translator: Stephen Tzeng

Offering

Pastor Ken Wong

Announcement

Pastor Ken Wong

Doxology/Benediction

Pastor Ken Wong

~Lunch immediately follows~

CONNECTIONS

Funeral Service for Ken Cheung's Father:Mr. Tak Ngow Cheung passed away and the memorial service will be held on June 8, 10 a.m. in Memorial Chapel at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.Let's uphold his family in our prayers.

Summer Retreat: "Creating Vibrant Communities" is our theme for the retreat, June 28-30 at Pepperdine University and our speaker is 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.

Promotion Sunday: We will honor all the graduating high school seniors next Sunday in our worship service.

YOUTH

Sunday Service:Let's celebrate our church anniversary together in Main Sanctuary at 10:00 a.m. TODAY. A special lunch will be served in youth center after. Don't miss out! Pastor Ben will speak on 6/9.

Friday Night Fellowship:Big group gathering will be on 6/7 at 8:00 p.m. in youth center. Invite your friends to join us!

Promotion Sunday:Get ready to welcome our new 6th grade on Sunday, 6/9 at 9:30 a.m. in youth center. Parents will join them at 10:45 a.m. All Sunday school teachers and small groups' leaders will be introduced and appreciated as well. A special lunch will be served after. Please come!

Summer Retreat:Come and join our Summer Retreat on 6/28-30 in Pepperdine University. Pastor Andrew Min will be our speaker. An early bird registration fee is $150/person. Sign up together with your family TODAY.

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


 

ALL CHURCH

33rd Anniversary Combined Service: We thank God for His goodness upon our church for the last 33 years. Please stay and enjoy a delicious lunch after the service.Joint Board, Pastoral Staff and spousal please go to Chapel 2 after service for cake cutting & photo taking.

Locations for Lunch:

§Seniors (Grace Hall)

§MC & HOA (Cafeteria)

§CC (Chapel 2, 3 )

§CN (Courtyard)

§CIA (Youth Center)

§CM (E3, E4)

§Pre-schooler (E1). Parents pick up children and kid's meal.

Personnel Announcement: Our dear sister Penny Chu (Church Assistant Administrator), who needs to concentrate on taking care of the 92-year-old mother, after consideration and prayer, and after consulting with her family, decided to resign. The effective date is June 30th this year. The Personnel Committee has accepted the request. We are grateful for Penny's faithful service to the church over the past eleven years. May God remember what Penny has done for the church and continue to give great blessings to Penny and her family.

FECA Annual Pastors' Retreat:The pastoral team will be joining with other FEC pastors for a retreat from June 2-5.Please pray that they will be renewed and enlightened by the Spirit.

2019 Taiwan Short Term Missions: Dates are 7/20 to 8/2.

We will be serving at 21 middle schools and conducting a summer camp at the HuiMing School for the Blind. Please save the date for the F4 Night Market, a Family Friendly Formosan Fundraiser, on 6/22 (Sat) from 4:30 – 9p.m. If interested, signup TODAY with Tracy in the courtyard. [For Mandarin, please contact PeiLi Hsu, and Cantonese please contact Winny Zeng] More info at: www.shine4taiwan.org

Special Conference:Pastor Peter Yang, Senior Pastor of Taipei Truth Lutheran Church is speaking on "Seeing Church Revival and National Transformation When the Church Faces Crisis", on 6/22 (Sat) at 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in our church.Co-organized by: FECSGV and EFCLA.Lunch: free donation.Online registration: www.fecsgv.org.


­First Evangelical Church Association 6/2/2019

 

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

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

Pray for the FECA Annual Pastoral Retreat

The FECA Pastoral Retreat will be holding a retreat at the Serra Retreat in Malibu, from 6/2 (today) to 6/5. This is a time for sharing and discussion amongst the pastors, for dealing with issues, and for strengthening the life of a leader. Please uphold your pastors in prayer so that they can build up both their inner and outer lives.

The FECA Social Concern Committee Meeting

The meeting will be held on 6/8 (Saturday) in the afternoon at the FECA office; all 2019 ASCC members please attending accordingly. Please pray for God's presence in the meeting.

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

107

277

90

80 (am), 130

119

105

46

95

--

40

22

Cantonese

18

167

--

60

--

--

--

126

--

104

--

English

138

57

--

59

19

--

--

--

68

46

--

Youth

26

40

11

w/Kairos

--

33

--

22

--

19

--

Conval. & Ret. Homes : 57

Kairos : 55

Total:2,233

Glendale

SGV

FECC

Diamond Bar

Arcadia

General Fund

14,326.12

20,637.41

20,727.73

7,952.26

8,258.00

Mission Fund

1,224.00

260.00

1,090.00

350.00

1,275.00

Others

515.00

5,270.95

1,113.00

220.00

320.00

4/19 Sur./Def.

(35,323)

(12,678)

(35,378)

(8,141)

(14,765)

01-04/19 Sur./Def.

(145,155)

(66,181)

(164,398)

(15,243)

(30,958)