Prayer / Family News / Church Activities (July 31, 2022)


PRAY

  1. Speakers next week: Pastor Will (English), Rev. Antony Law (Chinese).
  2. Missionaries S & S (Bible Translators): traveling to Asia for a few weeks to meet with the T believers on a Bible translation project.  Thank God for these T believers faithfully working for years getting the Bible translated into their own language.  Pray that many more will hear and read the Bible in their own language.  Pray for wisdom in understanding the source text.  Pray for this to be a time of not only checking the translation, but also one of encouraging one another.
  3. For the Church: (a) Pray for Derek Chan, his dad just passed away in HK.  He will need to fly back to HK.  Pray for his mother and the quarantine arrangement.  (b) Pray for the people infected with COVID – Grace Siu, Christina Lau, Francis Lau, Debby Yeung, and Jake Yeung.  (c) Juliana and Pastor Will: Their calling to serve as long-term missionaries with OMF in Japan.
  4. Pastoral Search: Please pray for the process.
  5. 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. Communion Next Week: Let us prepare our hearts and souls and minds for the Lord.
  3. Pastoral Itinerary: Pastor George is on vacation July 10th to August 7th, inclusive.
  4. Baptism & Membership: If you would like to advance your faith to the next milestone, contact Pastor Will.  Here you can find the Baptismal form and the Membership form.  Note: Teens under 16 year-old need parental consent.  Baptismal Class starts on August 7th and Membership Class on August 28th.
  5. Joint Service will be held on August 14th at 11am.  Next joint service is on September 18th.
  6. EM Retreat Coming Up! September 2nd – 5th, 2022 @ Loon Lake Lodge & Retreat Centre.  Mark your calendar!
  7. Safety Guideline: For the safety of our church congregation, we will continue to require masks for indoor gatherings.  Thank you for your cooperation.

 

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 August 19th at 1900.  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.