Order of Service
August 4, 2024
| 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 | The Household of God | David Robison |
| Worship in Giving and Response | Tithes and Offering | Eddie Sun |
Sermon Notes
Title: The Household of God: A picture of missions in the Early Church
Passage: Ephesians 2:17-22
Announcements
- Devotional Material: August 2024’s “Living Life” is available at the church office for pickup.
- Co-worker’s Retreat 2024: On 8/17 (Sat) be held at fellowship hall, registration at 9:30AM and meeting from 10AM-6PM with lunch and dinner provided. All pastors, deacons, elders, fellowship leaders and co-workers are kindly invited, please set aside time to attend.
- Children’s Congregation Announcements: 1) Children Choir back to normal practice on 8/18 (Sun) 12:30-1:30pm. Please sign up with a new registration form of 2024-25 at the CC check in & out area. 2) Back to the new school year is on 9/8 (Sun), start today to register kids for new Sunday school, please check the church website and sign in: https://efcla.org/CCReg .
- Church Cleaning Day: Please reserve your time for this year’s church cleaning day on 9/22 1:30PM after Sunday service. Cleaning area will be allocated to fellowship groups.
- Church Lunch Offering: The estimated annual cost for church lunches is $200 per person, approximately $20 per month. Label your offering “Lunch” in the donation memo.
- Missions Announcement: Praise the Lord we have received enough donations for this year’s short-term missions. You are welcome to use your donations to continually support church’s missions. Please indicate your donation: Missions.
- Youth Sunday School Announcement: The Youth Sunday School has a brand new style of Sunday School time— The Table Talk Time!! Every Sunday morning before Service in the courtyard from 9:30-11 am, we will open up the space for hangouts, conversations, and even games. This is open to all ages and stages to join in and fellowship if you are still here over the summer.
- Winter Retreat 2024: This year’s winter retreat’s theme is “Identity”, welcome all youth, college, and young adult brother and sisters to attend. Registration is now live! Please visit the Google form with link below for more detailed information: https://forms.gle/m2ung8CM5iCCPLeN7
- Agape Montessori School: Looking for payed teacher assistant positions. Ideally one with 2-6 Yrs. Old teaching experience. Please contact 626-450-7686 for more information.
- Church Member Day: It will be held on Saturday, 10/19. Members please reserve your time to attend.
- Upcoming: Holy Communion (8/4)
Prayer Requests
PRAY FOR OUR CHURCH (EFCLA)
- Pray for the nomination of the elders and deacons of the church. The church will nominate a new batch of elders and deacons at the congregational meeting in October. Pray that the Holy Spirit can inspire and guide new elders and deacons to participate in the service of the church. According to the description in Chapter 6 of Acts: “Have great faith and be filled with the Holy Spirit”. The elders and deacons’ team can work well with the staff in the pastor’s office.
- Pray for our church. We pray that God will inspire brothers and sisters to have a longing and seeking heart for God, to know the Lord more deeply through spiritual reading of the Bible and prayer. May they have more fellowship with one another, watch over and pray for each other, become helpers and blessings to one another.
- for August family month Sunday school. We pray that the Lord will guide brothers and sisters to learn how to communicate with love, establish harmony in families, parent-child, interpersonal relationships, and strive to pursue being the light and salt in words and actions, being a testimony for the Lord.
- Pray for the Sick. Pray for the brothers and sisters you know who are in poor health. Ask God to heal them and restore their physical health.
PRAY FOR THE WORLD
- Pray for Turkey and Syria. In the earthquake that occurred in Turkey and Syria in 2023, it caused over 59,000 deaths and 7.2 million children were affected. After the earthquake, many children are still unable to return home to reunite with their families and cannot attend school smoothly, facing the risk of dropping out. We pray that the Lord will provide all the necessary support for these children, have mercy and help those who have experienced disasters, and grant them heavenly peace.
Faithful Servants
| This Week’s Service | Next Week | |
| Speaker | David Robison | Leona Chen |
| Presider | Jacky Yang | Emily Doo |
| Worship | Eddie Sun | Joel Lee |
| Ushers | Jeffrey Chen | Jeffrey Chen |
| Midweek Prayer Meeting | Leona Chen | Jacky Yang |
Your Faithful Participation
| Your faithful participation | July 28, 2024 |
| Hybrid Worship Service | 131 |
| Table talk (Sunday School) | 11 |
