Order of Service
December 17, 2023
| Call to Worship | Scripture, Prayer | Tiffany Sun |
| Worship in Song | Music and Singing | Tiffany Sun |
| Worship in Fellowship | Welcome and Announcements | James Lee |
| Worship in Word | The Great Joy For All People | Leona Chen |
| Worship in Giving and Response | Tithes and Offering | Tiffany Sun |
Sermon Notes
Title: The Great Joy For All People
Passage: Luke 2:10-11
Announcements
- Staff Headshot Photoshoot (Today): A photo booth will be set up at the church courtyard after the Sunday Services today. Pastors, ministers, elders, deacons, and office staff please reserve time to take the photos.
- Free Calendar (Today): The care department has printed the year 2024 calendars as a gift to our church family. Please pick up one per household after the Sunday worship service today.
- Children’s Congregation:
1) This Sunday at 1:00 PM in the church courtyard, there will be baptisms for Charles Wang, Jayden Chen, Charlotte Prado, Mar-cus Ho, and Theodore Aragon.
2) The children’s choir will resume regular practice on 1/14/2024 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. Parents of interested children are encouraged to contact Director Ruth for details and registration.”
- 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 10:30 am is a joint Christmas Sunday in the main sanctuary.
- New Year Worship Night (12/31): We are going to celebrate the end of 2023 with worship, prayer, reflection, and sharing on the last day of the year. Refreshments and light snacks will be prepared from 6:30 pm and the event will start from 8:00 pm till 12:30 am. 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).
- In-person Wednesday Prayer Meeting: Starting from 1/31/2024, 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: Praise God, we currently received $77,122.55 for our lunch fund. If you would like to make a special donation for lunch through a check or cash offering, please use the church offering envelope and indicate “lunch” in the memo.
- Installation (1/7): New coworkers, deacons, and elders’ installation will occur in the worship service on Sunday 1/7/2024. Praise the Lord for their hearts to serve God’s church. Let us pray for our new church leadership.
- Expanded Council Meeting (1/7): EFCLA’s expanded council meeting will be held on 1/7/2024 at 1:30 pm at the English chapel. For all pastors, zone pastors, staff, elders, deacons, advisors, chairmen, and small group leaders, please re-serve your time for this meeting.
- 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 (1/7/2024)
Prayer Requests
PRAY FOR OUR CHURCH (EFCLA)
- Pray for who will be baptized. There are brothers, sisters and children have decided to follow Jesus will be baptized in December. May God help them grow in truth and love, gradually mature in spiritual lives. Pray that they will be filled with Holy Spirit and have the ability to testify for the Lord.
- Pray for the Christmas gatherings on 12/22 and 12/24. There will be candlelight worship on the night of 12/22, and there will be a joint church Christmas Sunday service on 12/24. Pray that brothers and sisters can invite family and friends in the community to participate, put the focus of the gathering on Jesus Christ, thank Jesus Christ for His incarnation, His crucifixion for us and His resurrection, and give thanks and glory to Jesus Christ.
- Pray for Newcomers. Pray for those who come to our church recently, some are already Christians looking for a suitable church, and some are unbelievers. Pray for them to be willing to seek God’s word and like to stay and make church their home. Pray also that they would join any groups besides Sunday service for a normal Christian life.
- Pray for the Sick. Pray that the Lord would heal those who are ill and re-store their health and strength
PRAY FOR THE WORLD
- Pray for Turkey. For a thousand years after the early church, Turkey was a place where the gospel was preached, but they are has now become an Islamic country under Turkey. The proportion of Christians is only about 0.6%. Local converts to Christianity are often under threat. The president is in power again and is implementing nationalist policies. It is expected that the persecution of Christians will become more and more serious in the future. Let us pray together and ask the Lord to use the power of the gospel to reach people in Turkey.
Faithful Servants
| This Week’s Service | Next Week | |
| Speaker | Leona Chen | Benson Wang |
| Presider | James Lee | Jacky Yang |
| Worship | Tiffany Sun | Choir |
| Ushers | Jeffrey Chen | Yilin Aragon |
| Midweek Prayer Meeting | Jacky Yang | Jacky Yang |
Your Faithful Participation
| Your faithful participation | December 10, 2023 |
| Hybrid Worship Service | 112 |
