Prayer / Family News / Church Activities (November 14, 2021)

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PRAY

  1. Speakers next week: Pastor George (Joint Service), Pastor Will (Interpreter).
  2. Missions – Changed Life Center: Pat has started teaching English at a local school.  Pray for wisdom and energy.
  3. For the Church: (a) Pray for the Lord’s healing on Jerome & Amy after the car accident.  (b) Pray for Vinson’s rehab, and pray for the family as well.
  4. Building Project: The safety of the workers and the completion of the project in 10-12 months.
  5. Community: Pray for the protection against the COVID-19, and pray for the government leaders as well as essential workers.

FAMILY NEWS

  1. Welcome everyone to join our in-person/online worship.
  2. Pastoral Itinerary: Pastor Will is on vacation November 13th – 20th, inclusive.
  3. Next Sunday Joint Service will be held at 11 am, and there will be in-person Kid’s Worship and Sunday School.  To encourage friends and families to join us, we will have a joint service and in-person Kid’s Worship and Sunday School once a month.  Next joint service is on December 19th.
  4. Saturday Morning Online Prayer Meetings will be held every Saturday at 8:15am.  We encourage brothers and sisters to pray for the church building project and ministries together.  Brothers and sisters who join must be committed to join at least twice each month and be punctual.  Please contact Pastor William Liu for more details.

CHURCH ACTIVITIES

  1. EM Gatherings (Zoom and In-person):
    • EPIC Fellowship (Teens; Fridays at 7:30p) – (On Discord / in-person)
    • Thrive Fellowship (College to Age 24; Fridays at 7:30p) – 384 693 6909 / in-person
    • SFF (Young Career; Fridays at 7:30p) – 834 6473 7645 / in-person
    • EM Sunday Classes (Sundays at 9:00a) – In-person
    • Church Prayer Meeting (Sundays at 10:00a) – In-person
    • EM Worship (Sundays at 11:00 a) – In-person and Zoom 384 693 6909
  1. City of Richmond Adopt-A-Street Program: We have adopted Beckwith Road where our new church site is at.  Let us keep the area clean and safe through garbage picking and snow shovelling during snow seasons.  This activity will be ongoing every two weeks (on either Saturdays or Sundays).  The next event will be garbage picking on November 14th, 2:30pm.  Please sign up at the sign up at https://tinyurl.com/yyu4ctvt.  If you have any questions, please contact William KC Chan or Gabriel Lai.
  2. Prayer Walks: By encouraging support in the church building and care for our community, the church will hold prayer walks.  Brothers and sisters can participate individually or with fellowship and groups.  Next prayer week is on November 28th at 2:30pm.  Please contact William KC Chan or Gabriel Lai sign-up or any questions.

OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

  1. Kairos Course provides an overview of the biblical, historical, cultural and strategic aspect of God’s mission and encourages reflection on how these might relate to everyday life.  Youth Kairos (see https://smc.outreach.ca/courses/youthkairos)
  2. First Virtual Canada Chinese Christian Winter Conference will be held on December 31st, 2021 – January 2nd, 2022.  Theme: Refresh Recharge Renew.  The conference is free, but you need to register!  There will be 4 tracks: English Adult, Cantonese, Teens and Children.  The Children Track will be held on December 27th & 28th, 2021.  Details or registration: cccwc.ca (Poster)
  3. Stem Cell Donation: Julian Ho, a 15 year old boy from Calgary who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), needs to have a second stem cell transplant. If you are of Chinese descent and between age 17 to age 35, you could be the life saving match and the hope that Julian desperately needs!  Register/Details: https://www.hope4julian.com/.  Pray for Julian Ho and his family.