4/3/2022 Bulletin

April 3, 2022

1. Mission Month: April is Mission Month and we will have guest speakers come and encourage our congregation for Sunday School and messages. The guest speakers are So Young (4/3), Justine Torres (4/10), and Antonia Hwang (4/24). Please invite your friends and family to join us and know more about God’s missions all around the world.
2. Children’s Congregation:
   1) Children’s baptism class will start today, 3/13, 3/20 and 3/27 for 4 consecutive Sundays from 12:30-1:30pm in the classroom on the 2nd floor. 4/17 (Easter Sunday) is the day for baptism. Parents of children who are willing to be baptized, please sign up with CC Director Ruth(ext.16).
   2) Vacation Bible School (VBS) needs volunteers to prepare dinner for 80 people (6/13-17).
   3) Short-term Mission Teams for El Cajon (6/27-7/1) & Roma Ministry in Serbia (7/29-8/7) are also recruiting team members. Please contact CC Director Ruth for details. 
3. Student Ministries :
   1) In order to cast out visions of HarvestLA student ministry and have mutual understandings and shared expectations, we would like to invite par-ents to come and join us for a meaningful meeting on 5/15 (Sun) from 1:00-2:30pm at English Chapel. Please mark your calendar and attend the meeting.
   2) We are also planning a leadership conference for all our students on 6/11 (Sat) from 10am to 3pm with lunch provided. Our church is called to raise leaders and make disciples. We would love to see the younger generation getting more involved in various aspects of our church ministries. More details to come so please stay tuned.
4. Fundraising for Ukrainian Refugees: If one member suffers, all members suffer together (1 Corinthians 12:26), and the Church will raise funds to help millions of Ukrainian refugees through the Universal Abundance Center for Life (GLEC) Eastern European Humanitarian Aid Program with a goal of $10,000. Check payable to: EFCLA, Memo: Ukraine.
5. Church Meeting: 1) Council Meeting will be held on 3/13 (Sun) 1:30pm at English Chapel.  Pastors, ministers, elders, deacons are all invited to participate. 2) The Elder Board meeting will be right after the previous meeting.
6. Charity Road Run Fundraising Event: World Vision will host the Global 6K for Water charity road run fundraiser for countries that lack clean water sources. It will be held at Rosemead Park at 9:00 am on 5/21 (Sat). The church will participate under the name of the EFCLA team with team leader Pastor Benson Wang and the goal is to raise $2,000. Registration fee per person is $50 (including T-shirt) and direct sponsorship is also possible without running. Please register at global6k.worldvision.org/team/efcla or contact the church office if you have any questions.
7. Recruitment: The church has an urgent need to hire a facility manager to be responsible for our church campus. If you are interested, please contact Lydia Wang (Huiling@efcla.org). Brothers and sisters are welcome to recommend good candidates and keep this in your prayers. Thank you.
8. 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!
9. Easter Baptism: For those who would like to be baptized on Easter (4/17), please reach out to your advisors, fellowship leaders, or pastors for more in-formation. We will have a series of Baptism Class planned for you in upcoming months. If you have any questions about the schedule or Christian faith, feel free to contact us.

Upcoming: Holy Communion (3/6)