Prayer / Family News / Church Activities (July 3, 2022)

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PRAY

  1. Speakers next week: Pastor Denis Federau (Joint Service), Clara Chew (Interpreter).
  2. For the Church: (a) Juliana and Pastor Will: Their calling to serve as long-term missionaries with OMF in Japan.  Pray for the acceptance from the Japan OMF office, medical check, psychological assessment, and prayer and vision sharing.
  3. Pastoral Search: Please pray for the process.
  4. Building Project: The safety of the workers and the completion of the project in 10-12 months. Take a look of the progress here:

https://rpgmbc.org/building/

  1. Community: For COVID-19, pray for the government leaders as well as the essential workers.
  2. World: Pray for the war, people and churches in Ukraine. Also, pray for the MB Missionaries Maxym and Anya there.

 

FAMILY NEWS

  1. Welcome everyone to join our in-person/online worship.
  2. Pastoral Itinerary: Pastor George will be on vacation July 10th to August 7th, inclusive.
  3. Next Sunday Joint Service at 11am.  Next joint service is on August 14th.
  4. Safety Guideline: Even Dr. Bonnie Henry mentioned the mask requirement is lifted, for the safety of our church congregation, we will continue to require masks for indoor gatherings.  Thank you for your cooperation.
  5. Deacon Nominating Committee (DNC) has been set up: two current deacons – Alice Tsung and Hilda Wong, two members – Mee Leng Kee and Paul Tang, and appointed pastor – Pastor Will.  According to the bylaws, each term of a deacon is two years.  After the first term, a deacon can be re-elected for a second term, after which, a one-year break is required.  Among the four existing deacons, Hilda is continuing into her second year of the first term, while Alice Tsung, May Ng and Pearl Lin will finish their first term of two years.  For 2023, we will need to elect a total of four deacons to the Board of Deacons.  Pray for the DNC, and pray to the Lord for committed leaders to respond to the calling as deacons to serve alongside with the pastors.  Deacon nomination has now started.  Instructions for nomination: By the end of today, email to Pastor Will (william.hui@rpgmbc.org) with the name of the nominee and the names of the two nominators.  Once the email has been received, the DNC will confirm the nominators.

 

CHURCH ACTIVITIES

  1. EM Gatherings (Zoom):
    • EPIC Fellowship (Teens; Fridays at 7:30p) – 384 693 6909 / in-person
    • Thrive Fellowship (College to Age 24; Fridays at 7:30p) – 644 4273 1187 / 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 10a) – in-person
    • EM Worship (Sundays at 11:00a) – In-person and Zoom 384 693 6909
  1. City of Richmond Adopt-A-Street Program / Prayer Walk: 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 season.  The upcoming events will be garbage picking and prayer walk and will held on July 15th at 1930 & August 19th at 1900 respectively.  Please sign up at the sign-up sheet below https://tinyurl.com/yyu4ctvt or contact William KC Chan through WhatsApp, cell, or email.

 

OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

  1. The 60th annual CCWC Winter Conference will be held this year from December 27-31, 2022 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel located in Richmond.  The theme will be United: All For Jesus (John 17:20-23).  Registration will begin in the summer.  More info to follow, please contact Hilda Wong for any inquiries.