Order of Service

July 27, 2025

Call to Worship Scripture, Prayer James
Worship in Song Music and Singing James
Worship in Fellowship Welcome and Announcements Leona
Worship in Word The Extravagance of God Eric Wu
Worship in Giving and Response Tithes and Offering James

Sermon Notes

Title: The Extravagance of God

Passage: John 2:1-11

Announcements

  • Devotional Material: August 2025’s Living Life is now available for pickup at the church office.
  • EFCLA Celebrates 55th Anniversary: 
    1) Thank you brothers and sisters for par-ticipating in the anniversary tile wall production. The production team has prepared a set of design and painting instructions, which will be sent to the broth-ers and sisters who have registered. Please submit your design to the produc-tion team before 8/2.
    2) We will be painting tiles in the fellowship hall at 1:30 pm on Sunday, August 17. Please design your pattern in advance and wear clothes that won’t get dirty.  
  • Children’s Ministry: 
    1) 2025-26 new school year and the Children choir ($60.00) will be back on 9/7. All parents please sign up for a registration form on the church website https://efcla.org/CCReg. 
    2) 8/17 Sun, 1-2:30pm Fall quar-ter Sunday school teachers and helpers training at CC worship room. 
    3) 8/22-23 Fri-Sat, the 6th graders transition overnight camp at Santa Fe Dam. Please sign up with Lisa Wang 626-450-7676 x 10. 
    4) 8/24 Sun, the 6th graders transition parents meeting at 1-2pm, EM room #115A, all parents and EM youth advisers meet together for the transition. 
    5) 8/30 Sat, CC annual field trip to CA Science Center from 9am – 1pm. Please sign up with Ruth.
  • Co-worker’s Training 2025: On 8/16 (Sat) be held at fellowship hall, meeting from 9:30AM -3PM with lunch provided. All pastors, deacons, elders, fellow-ship leaders and co-workers are kindly invited. Please register through the church office (626-450-7676 or huiling@efcla.org) or your zone pastor, so that we can prepare lunch and materials.
  • Church Announcement: Sunday lunch box is $5 each (Annual: $240). Please consider supporting the lunch ministry through prayer and offering through Zelle, check, or cash (using the church offering envelope); note “lunch” on your donation.
  • Upcoming Event: Holy Communion (August 3)

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. Let them 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.
  • Prayer 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 that the Lord would heal those who are sick and restore their health and strength.

PRAY FOR THE WORLD

  • Prayer for Children in War and Famine. According to the latest data from the United Nations (UNICEF), one in every five children worldwide lives in areas affected by conflict. Approximately 437 million children are living under the threat of violence. In particular, hundreds of thousands of children in places like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan are suffering deeply from the horrors of war and severe hunger. May the Lord swiftly rescue all children whose lives are in danger and who are trapped in hopeless situations.

Faithful Servants

This Week’s Service Next Week Service
Speaker Eric Wu Leona
Presider Leona Leona/ Andrew
Worship James Jeffrey
Ushers Jennifer Yean Alan Qi
Midweek Prayer Meeting Jacky Yang Jacky Yang

Your Faithful Participation

Your faithful participation July 20, 2025
Hybrid Worship Service 123
Table talk (Sunday School) & Halo Zone 0