3/17/2024 Bulletin

March 17, 2024

• Child Dedication: Today, with joyful hearts we will observe the dedication of two precious children to the Lord: (1) Caleb Yi-Hung Chen, son of Eliott and Ariel Chen, and (2) Olive Lai, daughter of Anthony Lai and Jennifer Dang. We rejoice in the commitment of these parents to raise their children in the ways of the Lord, surrounded by His love and guidance. May God’s grace and wisdom be upon them as they embark on this beautiful journey of parenthood. Let us also pledge to walk alongside them, offering encouragement and love as they nurture these little ones in the faith.
• Children Congregation:
  1)The Easter baptism ceremony will be held on 3/31 from 1-2pm in Children’s Worship Room 201.
  2) Upcoming 7th graders will start the transitioning process by joining HarvestLA services every 3rd Sunday of the month starting today. It would be a great way to welcome and connect with the upcoming youth.
  3) VBS training this Sunday 12:45-2:30 pm, at the CC worship room, salad and child care will be provided. Please come on time.
  4) On Palm Sunday, the Children choir will present at the Taiwanese service around 10:30 am and the Mandarin service around 11:30 am.   Please bring the kids to the Choir room at 10 am for rehearsal.
• EFC Memorial Service (3/23): Southern California EFC Memorial Service will be held at Hua Yuan Center at Rose Hills Memorial Park on 3/23. We welcome all Brothers and Sisters to join this event together. Please contact EFC Foundation to reserve seats: Jennifer at (909) 671-6572.
• Passion Week:
  1) 3/25-30 (Mon-Sat) we invite brothers and sisters to participate fast and prayer to remember the Passion of Christ. There will be online prayer meetings from 12:00-12:30pm on 3/26-28 (Tue-Thu) with Zoom ID: 8579569341, PW: 537101.
  2) On 3/29(Fri), the church will host a joint Good Friday service at 8:00pm in the main sanctuary. All fellowships please take a break and join the service with Holy Communion.
• Easter Baptism (3/31): We would like to invite brothers and sisters that are considering baptism to go through baptism classes in March to prepare for this occasion. Feel free to reach out to your advisors, Pastor Leona, or Pastor Jacky for more details.
• Church Meeting(4/7) :
  1) The Council Meeting will be hold on 4/7 1:30pm at English Chapel. Pastors, ministers, elders, deacons are all invited to participate.
  2) The Elder Board meeting will be postponed to 4/13. 
• One Church Day(4/20): It will be held at Live Oak Park from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm on 4/20 (Saturday). Please go to the church’s official website www.efcla.org to fill out the registration form.
• Main sanctuary LED screen project: The church is upgrading the main sanctuary’s projector to an LED screen for a brighter & better quality display. The project cost approximately $70,000. Please pray for the provision for this project. If you would like to donate to this project, you can mark your offering as– LED SCREENS..
• Church Lunch Offering: The church lunch is estimated to be $200/ person annually. 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.
  
• Student Ministry Announcement: Student Ministry launches a weekly Sunday School for middle and high school students at 10 AM in Room 109D/E. For inquiries, contact Pastors Leona or Jacky.
• Upcoming: Holy Communion (4/7)