Bulletin: 2025-11-23

Bulletin: 2025-11-23

Thanksgiving Joint Sunday Service (10:30am-12:15pm)

10:25 am – 10:30 am, 5 minCountdown
10:30 am – 10:31 am, 1 minCall to WorshipP. Sung
10:31 am – 10:46 am, 15 minWorship: Bless Assurance, Jesus is Mine, Christ Victor, Great is Thy FaithfulnessSis. Xing Lu
10:46 am – 10:51 am, 5 minChoir: Thanksgiving and Praise
10:51 am – 10:56 am, 5 minWelcome and AnnouncementsP. Larry & P. Wang
10:56 am – 10:59 am, 3 minCongregational PrayerP. Nip
10:59 am – 11:49 am, 50 minMessage: Give thanks to the Lord (Ps. 100)P. Wang and translator
11:49 am – 12:14 pm, 25 minBaptismP. Lee, P. Sung, P. Nip & P. Wang
12:14pm – 12:15pm, 1 minBenediction12:14pm-12:15pm

Announcements

  1. Today’s Baptism name list: (English) Ruixi He, Yixuan He, Timothy Jin, Daniel Jin, Claire Zhang, Rachel Zou and Renee Zou. (Chinese) Canhui Cao, East Li, Fuguan Lin, Kehui Liu, Aberdeen Qin, Jia Sun, Xiulan Wang, Li Xing, Xin Yin, Zhi Jun Yang, Taian Jiang, and Li Rong Zheng.
  2. The Elders and Deacons Board has approved the submission of the following items for General Assembly approval.
    1. 2026 general budget ($1,489,923)
    2. 2026 Elder candidate (new)
      • Po-Chou Lin
    3. 2026 Deacon/Deaconess candidates (new)
      • Joe Bakas (Tech Ministry)
      • Joyce Chang (Mandarin Caring Ministry)
      • Shinhwa Li (Local Outreach)
      • Haakon Liknes (Youth Ministry)
      • Yi Feng Liu (Mission Support)
      • Chong Jin Ong (English Ministry)
      • Esther Wong (Administrative Coordinator)
      • Enlai Zhang (Treasurer)
      • Heqing Zhu (Children Ministry).
    4. 2026 Elder candidate (renewal)
      • Hsi An Kwong
    5. 2026 Deacon/Deaconess candidates (renewal)
      • Glen Brittain (Facilities)
      • Weimin Gao (Mandarin Discipleship/Education)
  3. Members can vote the items above electronically from 11/23 (Sun.) 12:00AM ~ 12/7 (Sun.) 12:00AM. E-ballot is delivered via:
  4. If you have any questions concerning the proposed 2026 financial budget, please attend a Q&A session today in CO-202 from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm.
  5. Missions Pledge: Our goal is that every member would make a pledge and reach our 2026 mission budget of $315,000. So far, we have 80 pledges totaling $156,040. The pledge deadline is November 30.
  6. English Christmas Picnic Sat., Dec. 13, 4-6pm at the Fellowship Hall Courtyard. Contact P. Larry ([email protected]) for info.
  7. Youth Winter Retreat is Jan. 2-4, 2026 in Payson, AZ. Cost is $180/student. Register by Dec. 14. Contact P. Chris ([email protected]) for more info.