Order of Service

July 30, 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 The Grading Rubric on Faith Leona Chen
Worship in Giving and Response Tithes and Offering Eddie Sun

Sermon Notes

Title: The Grading Rubric on Faith

Passage: Matthew 8:5-13

5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.
6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.

Announcements

  • Daily Devotional: Daily devotional materials (Living Life, Sena, I Love Jesus) for the month of August are available for pickup at the church office.
  • Care Department: There will be a welcome lunch today after Sunday worship from 12:45-2:00pm at fellowship Hall.  Please invite new friends to come fellowship together! 
  • Church Lunch Service: Thank the Lord, we have received $40,924.55 for 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.
  • Children’s Congregation:
    1) New school year 2023 – 24 registration starts on 7/23, Please check with the church website EFCLA.org.
    2) 8/10-11, the 5th graders transition camp at CM building 2nd floor. The details please check with Ruth.
    3) 8/13, Fall Quarter Sunday School teachers and helpers training at CM building 2nd floor worship room from 12:45 – 2:30pm.
    4) 8/20 CC Annual field trip to CA Science Center, please contact Ruth for the details.
    5) The 5th graders transition to EM on 8/27. The parents transition meeting will be held on 8/27 from1-2pm.
    Please contact Children’s Director Ruth (ext.16) for details.
  • World Vision “Chosen” child sponsorship (8/13): Many children in third-world countries are in need of clean water, food, education, child protection, spiritual nurturing and more.  HarvestLA is partnering with World Vision through the “Chosen” child sponsorship to support children and families in Ausangate, Peru. The “Chosen” sign-up event will take place on 8/13.  Please prepare your heart to pray about your sponsorship participation of $39 per month to share God’s love to these under privileged children.
  • 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 (8/6)

Prayer Requests

PRAY FOR OUR CHURCH (EFCLA)

  • Pray for the short-term mission team. Pray for the brothers and sisters who participated in the El Cajon STM from 7/30-8/4, and ask God to keep them healthy, and ask God’s spirit of unity to fill them, and to witness the Lord Jesus to the local Muslim community with one heart.
  • Pray for family month at church in August. In August there is a joint Sun-day school on family themes, Sunday worship and parent workshop (8/20). Pray that God will use the speakers to teach how to build a family with the principles of the Bible, so that families of brothers and sisters can demon-strate the glory of God and testify for the Lord through a loving relation-ship.
  • Pray for the Sick. Pray that the Lord would heal those who are sick and restore their heath and strength.

PRAY FOR THE WORLD

  • Pray for France. France is full of relativism, many people are indifferent to the gospel, and resist the truth. However, under the influence of postmodernism, the national sense of emptiness and existential anxiety is also increasing, so the number of evangelical Christians and churches is gradually increasing. May the Lord use the truth to awaken the souls of France, so that they can find the meaning of life and true peace.

Faithful Servants

This Week’s Service Next Week
Speaker Leona Chen Jacky Yang
Presider Jacky Yang Jacky Yang
Worship Eddie Sun Tiffany Sun
Ushers Chi Liang Alan Qi
Midweek Prayer Meeting Jacky Yang Jacky Yang

Your Faithful Participation

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