Prayer / Family News / Church Activities (August 14, 2022)


PRAY

  1. Speakers next week: Pastor Keith Reed (English), Pastor George (Chinese).
  2. 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) Juliana and Pastor Will: Their calling to serve as long-term missionaries with OMF in Japan.
  3. Deacon Election: Pray for the Deacon Nominating Committee that God-fearing people will be nominated.
  4. Pastoral Search: Please pray for the process.
  5. EM Retreat: Pray for the camp, more people will join, and the speaker, Pastor Brandon Crain.
  6. 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. The Pastoral Search Committee is in touch with two applicants who are interested in the Senior Pastor position.  Please pray that PSC has the wisdom and heart in seeking the Lord’s guidance.  Once there is further information, PSC will make known to the congregations.  In the meantime, let’s give thanks to God’s provision and trust as He knows our needs.  Continue to pray that the Lord will send a God-fearing shepherd to pastor His flock.
  3. Next Sunday Prayer Meeting (August 21st, 10am): We will have Pastor Keith Reed to share about the ministries of MB Seminary.
  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. EM Retreat Coming Up! September 2nd – 5th, 2022 @ Loon Lake Lodge & Retreat Centre.  Registration form can be found here.  There will be no EM Worship on September 4th at Matthew McNair Secondary.  You are encouraged to join the worship at Loon Lake Lodge.
  6. 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 (https://www.cccwc.ca/) will be held this year from December 27-31, 2022 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel located in Richmond. Details can be found here.  Please contact Hilda Wong for any inquiries.