ALL CHURCH

Congratulations to Sunny Cui and Serena Yang for Graduating from Seminary: Praise God, Sunny Cui, Pastor William’s wife, has completed her internship with Mandarin Congregation, and is graduating from China Evangelical Seminary North America’s Master of Counselling Study (MCS) this Summer.  Graduation Ceremony will be held on 10/3 (Sat).  Serena Yang, who is our House of Abundance’s intern for the past two years, is graduating from Logos Evangelical Seminary with a Master of Divinity Degree this Summer.  Graduation Ceremony will be held this fall. We warmly congratulate the two sisters and ask God to lead and bless them in their future services!

Praise God for Blessing our Zoom VBS 2020: VBS Theme: "BOLT towards Faith in Jesus" has been successfully held from July 26th to 30th. 16 leaders had served 97 children from 64 families. Thanks to En Poli, Director of Children’s Ministry, and every leader for their dedicated hard work. May God reward them and bless the gospel seed to sprout and grow in every child’s life and bear fruit to glorify God.

Church Improvement Projects: The church is currently undergoing various Improvement projects.  Pray that God blesses these renovation projects and uses our church to glorify His name!

When Will We Reopen Our In-Person Sunday Services? Our Elder Board has decided, for many important reasons, that our church, including HOA, will be patient and wait for better conditions before resuming our in-person Sunday services. Details please read our Senior Pastor’s letter to our Church Family on May 28, which is on our church’s website.

Church Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: The church will implement the following measures effective immediately (subject to change depending on future notice): 1.Sunday Service: Online; 2. Sunday School/Equipping Classes, Small Group Gatherings, Prayer Meetings: Online ;  3. Youth and Children Ministries: Online; 4. Church Staff: Work Remotely; 5  Sunday Bulletin & Insert:  Available on the church's or Congregation’s website;  6.Giving: You can give online or through mail with checks marked “Payable to FECSGV” and specify on the memo the type of donation, then mail it to the church; 7 Church campus: The church door is temporary closed due to the pandemic; 8.Walk with God: If you or your family are facing difficulties because of the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact small group leaders or congregational pastors.

First Evangelical Church Association     8/2/20

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

FECA Theme for 2020: “Church Renewal: Growing Young”

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1.      Report of COVID-19 Relief in Northern Iraq

Thank you for your support of the Northern Iraq COVID-19 relief fundraising effort. With the support of the FECA General Missions Fund of $10,000, we are able to donate $18,000. We are in the process of purchasing surgical and reusable cloth masks and ship to the refugee camps.

2.      Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (September 2020 to June 2021)

Spiritual Exercises include daily one-hour devotion, weekly one-hour spiritual direction, and monthly group meeting on Saturday, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.  Contact: sherry.chang@feca.org

Please pray for the possibility of joining the program.

3.      Application for Financial Aid to Seminarians (for 2020-2021 school year)

This Financial Aid to Seminarians program was established to provide financial assistance to FECA church members, on the basis of real financial need, as they receive basic theological training to become Christian ministers or missionaries. The Financial Aid to Seminarians Policy and Procedure, and application form may be downloaded from FECA website (www.feca.org, click "Document Download" at the upper right corner for a list of documents available for download). All applicants should read through the Policy and Procedure before filling out the application form. Application deadlines: Fall admission and returning seminarians: 7/17/2020; Winter/Spring admission: 9/15/2020.