Order of Service
January 9, 2022
| Call to Worship | Scripture, Prayer | Eddie Sun |
| Worship in Song | Music and Singing | Eddie Sun |
| Worship in Fellowship | Welcome and Announcements | Eddie Sun |
| Worship in Word | Reluctant Disciple | Scott Changchien |
| Worship in Giving and Response | Tithes and Offering | Eddie Sun |
Sermon Notes
Title: Reluctant Disciple
Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:16, Jonah 4:10-11
16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?”
Announcements
- Installation: Today new coworkers, deacons, and elders’ installation will take place in the worship service. Praise the Lord for their hearts to serve God’s church. Let us pray for our new church leadership.
- Finance Department: Church will have the offering receipts ready for pickup on the Sundays of 1/23 and 1/30. If you have changed your mailing address in the past year, please call 626-450-7676 or email to info@efcla.org to update the information.
- Meeting: Expanded council meeting has been postponed to 1/15 (Sat) from 10am to 1:30pm in the English Chapel. The agenda will communicate the vision, department annual plan, code of conduct, and so on. For all pastors, zone pas-tors, staff, elders, deacons, and advisors, please reserve your time for this meeting. The church board meeting will follow right after for pastors and el-ders to attend.
- Children’s Congregation: There will be a Lunar New Year Celebration on 2/6 (Sun) from 1:00 to 2:30pm in the courtyard. We will have Lunar New Year relat-ed desserts and activities such as kids games and calligraphy. Students and children younger than 12th grade will receive a red envelope. Please contact CC Director Ruth (ext.16) for more details.
- Hospitality: We now need more church families to join the welcome team to greet and serve new friends. Please contact Chi or Charlene if you can serve as ushers. Thank you!
- Precaution: Recently the Omicron variant has caused the surge of numbers in COVID confirmed cases. Please follow California’s CDC guidelines to wear the mask the whole time during our church gatherings. If you happened to be infected and tested positive, please follow the rules of quarantine and notify your fellowship advisor or zone pastor so that we can be your support. Thank you.
Upcoming: Coworker Installation (Today); Holy Communion (2/6)
Prayer Requests
Pray for Our Church (EFCLA)
- Pray for Equipping Ministries. Pray for Elder Joe Fan, Pastor Johnson Hsieh, and deacon Cindy Tang of Equipping Department. Pray also for Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English Sunday School teachers. Pray for the teacher of the Happiness Disciple Training program. Pray that the Lord would these leaders and teachers equip people for all kinds of good work.
- Pray for Health. After New Year’s Day, students go back to school, and adults go back to work. Pray that everyone would be healthy at schools and their workplaces.
- Pray for the Sick. Pray for those who are sick. Pray that the Lord would heal them and restore their health.
Pray for the world
- Pray for COVID. The Omicron are rapidly spreading in the US. The new daily recent cases in California also surges, but the mortality rate is still significantly lower than that of the Delta variant. Pray that all the hospitalized would recover, and the Omicron pandemic would be the last wave before the end of COVID-19.
- Pray for Morocco. Only 31,500 are Christians among the 37 million people Morocco. In an Islamic nation, life can get difficult on various levels for those convert to Christianity – they can lose custody of their children or their inheritance. Socially, communities and families will not allow Christian converts to live out their faith, forbidding baptism, marriage, or even Chris-tian funerals. Pray that God will protect and strengthen His people in the face of opposition from the government and their families.
Faithful Servants
| Today – Christmas Joint Service | Next Sunday | |
| Speaker | Scott Changchien | Jacky Yang |
| Presider | Eddie Sun | James Lee |
| Worship | Eddie Sun | Arthur Au |
| Ushers | Connie Shi | Li Chen |
| Prayer Meeting | Jacky Yang | Arthur Au |
Your Faithful Participation
| Your faithful participation | January 2, 2022 |
| Hybrid Worship Service | 77 |
| Hybrid Sunday School |
