Order of Service

December 3, 2023

Call to Worship Scripture, Prayer Eddie Sun
Worship in Song Music and Singing Eddie Sun
Worship in Fellowship Welcome and Announcements Jacky Yang
Worship in Word Anticipating Christ: A Journey through Advent Jacky Yang
Worship in Giving and Response Tithes and Offering Eddie Sun

Sermon Notes

Title: Anticipating Christ: A Journey through Advent

Passage: Colossians 1:15-20

Announcements

  • Devotional Material: December 2023’s “Living Life” is available at the church office for pickup.
  • Children’s Congregation:
    1) Christmas baptism ceremony: 12/17, 1-2pm. 
    2) Baptism class: 12/3 & 12/10, 12:30-1:30pm, CM building classroom.
  • Staff Headshot Photoshoot: A photo booth will be set up in the main lobby after the Sunday Services on 12/10 and 12/17. Pastors, ministers, elders, deacons, office staff please reserve time to take the photos.
  • Christmas Celebration:
    1) There will be a Candlelight service on 12/22 (Fri) 7:30pm in the main sanctuary. Please invite your family and friends to come and celebrate Jesus’ birth.
    2) 12/24 is a joint Christmas Sunday at 10:30am in the main sanctuary.
  • New Year Worship Night (12/31): We We are going to celebrate the end of 2023 with worship, prayer, reflection, and sharing on the last day of the year. Refreshment and light food will be prepared from 6:30pm and the event will start from 8:00pm till 12:30am. Please invite your friends and family to join us for this wonderful occasion to welcome 2024 altogether with our church family! Here is the RSVP form (https://bit.ly/hla-ny-eve-23).
  • Glocal Department: Due to the schedule conflict, the meeting of “Reflecting, Reviewing and Re-Vision, Becoming a missional disciple” postponed to 2/10/2024. 
  • In-person Wednesday Prayer Meeting: Starting from 2024, the Wednesday prayer meeting will be held in person on the last week of each month at 7:30pm in English Hall. All are invited to worship, praise, and pray together.
  • Church Lunch Service: Thank the Lord, we have received $55,262.55for our lunch fund so far.  If you would like to make a lunch special donation through check or cash offering, please use the church offering envelope, and please indicate lunch in the memo.
  • Agape Education Center: The Montessori School is starting to recruit students aged 2-6 years old. If you want more information or to visit the school, please contact 626-450-7686 to leave a message.

Upcoming: Holy Communion (12/3)

Prayer Requests

PRAY FOR OUR CHURCH (EFCLA)

  • Pray for newly baptized sisters and brother. Praised the Lord that we wit-nessed many individuals experiencing the joy of baptism. Currently, bap-tism classes are ongoing for those who are yet to be baptized. We pray for these newly baptized brothers and sisters, asking the Lord for His mercy, that the focus of the church goes beyond just leading people to baptism. May the church’s emphasis be on how these new believers, after baptism, can continue to grow as disciples following Jesus. We pray that the church, under the Lord’s guidance, doesn’t only count the number of Christians but is dedicated to training and nurturing a community of disciples who live their lives for the Lord and follow Jesus faithfully throughout their lives.
  • Pray for the programs and ministries of the church in 2024. Pray for a united and clear vision for the church, and dedicated wholeheartedly to spreading the gospel and discipleship training, and that we will be united in our efforts to promote the gospel through various means! We pray that the Lord will give us the wisdom to lead more brothers and sisters to Christ through creativity, and that the church will bless the needy in the commu-nity through charity work! We pray that the Lord of Grace will give us wis-dom and strategies to revitalize the church, to proclaim Jesus Christ in the community and the city, and to make an impact to shake the power of darkness and save more souls.
  • Pray for New Elders and Deacons. We have selected the team of Elders and Deacons in October. Pray the Lord to grant wisdom, grace and ability that executive team can learn to help, coordinate each other with differ-ent gifts, grow in service, and have an untied heart
  • Pray for the Sick. Pray that the Lord would heal those who are ill and restore their health and strength.

PRAY FOR THE WORLD

  • Pray for America.  Watching the partisan conflicts, societal divisions, moral decline, and deteriorating law and order in the United States, let us pray together for America. Let us pray for those in power, for the President, for the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, for governors and mayors. Let us pray for the revival of churches in America, that they may experience renewal and prosperity, spreading the gospel to bring about positive change in the United States.

Faithful Servants

This Week’s Service Next Week
Speaker  Jacky Yang Scott Changchien
Presider  Jacky Yang Eddie Sun
Worship Eddie Sun Tiffany Sun
Ushers Alan Qi Jennifer Yean
Midweek Prayer Meeting Jacky Yang Jacky Yang

Your Faithful Participation

Your faithful participation November 26, 2023
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