Chinese Choir
Chinese Sermon
English Sermon
Sunday, February 22, 2015
English Ministry and Notes 2015-2-22
- Looking for Soup Makers for our S.O.U.P. (Sundays of Uniting Prayer) Sundays which begins today. We are still in need of 1 soup maker for March 8th and March 29th, and 2 soup makers for March 15th. Please sign up on the Hospitality Sign Up sheet in the Social Hall.
- Adventures in Faith is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25th! Connect with Pastor Brenda if you’re available to help!
- KIPP King Interact Club has postponed its benefit dinner, “The Love Continues.” The new date will be announced soon!
- Keeping Informed! Did you miss a sermon while you were on vacation? Do you want to hear and see the CM choir in action? Do you wonder when you’re next scheduled for worship service duties? Would you like to connect to our Facebook page and get updates about our ministries such at YCVM or Marilyn Chan? You can find it all here at http://chinesecommunityumc.blogspot.com !
- Schedule for Lent/ Holy week
- February 22 - March 22, Sundays: Lenten Worship followed by reflections shared over a simple meal of Soup and Bread
- March 29, Palm Sunday
- April 3, Ecumenical Good Friday Service, 2:00 pm, location: Chinese Presbyterian Church. Fellowship begins at 1:00 pm
- April 5, Sunday: Easter Early Morning Service, time TBA
- Easter Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.
Spiritual Renovation - Worship Series for Lent
The 40 days of Lent are not just a time of penitence – but a time of possibility.
During this season we let go of what that which makes us hide from
God and hide from each other. We are invited to open ourselves to communion
with God who gives us the gift of forgiveness and gives us new birth
and transformation. Lent is also a season of ritual and reality. Our rituals
such as prayer, communion, ashes, meditation, and surrender move us to real
transformation.
The theme for worship this Lenten season is, Spiritual Renovation. To renovate means: 1. to restore to good condition; to make new or as if new again; repair. 2. to reinvigorate; refresh; revive.
Consider what may need to be renovated in your soul. During this series we will make room for the Spirit to turn our apathy to passion, our envy to gratitude, our hunger to satisfaction, and our anger to courage.
Pastor Brenda
The theme for worship this Lenten season is, Spiritual Renovation. To renovate means: 1. to restore to good condition; to make new or as if new again; repair. 2. to reinvigorate; refresh; revive.
Consider what may need to be renovated in your soul. During this series we will make room for the Spirit to turn our apathy to passion, our envy to gratitude, our hunger to satisfaction, and our anger to courage.
Pastor Brenda
Bridges District Revival – February 7, 2015
* here is Jane’s reflection of the Revival which was inadvertently left out of last week’s
bulletin
Reflecting upon the scripture from Esther 4:14-16, Esther was a courageous
servant. She was the right person in the right place at the right time.
God was with her to give her strength for the day and hope for all of tomorrow.
Esther obeyed, fasted and prayed. She knows who she is and
whose she is and who goes with her. Are we ready to step forward in faith
to be who God made us to be and calls us to be? - Jane Yin
Monday, February 16, 2015
Worship Videos 2015-2-15
Chinese Choir
Chinese Sermon
(no English sermon video this week, to avoid copyright issues)
Sunday, February 15, 2015
English Ministry News and Notes 2015-2-15
- Thanks to all who took the time to help spruce up our church yesterday! Many hands make light work! Just in time for Lunar New Year!
- Lunar New Year Pot Luck & Parallel Worship will be today after services. Thank you to all who contributed food to share and for all helping hands!
- KIPP King Interact Club has postponed its benefit dinner, “The Love Continues”, due to unforeseen circumstances. The new date will be announced as soon as possible. Proceeds will be going towards getting resources for a village in Kenya. Please connect with Jeffrey Lu if you’d like to keep your seating reservation or if you’d like to see if there are donations or helping hands needed!
- Looking for Soup Makers for our S.O.U.P. (Sundays of Uniting Prayer) Sundays which begin on February 22. Please sign up to provide a big pot of soup on the Hospitality Sign Up sheet in the Social Hall. Peggy will be responsible for procuring the bread for these Sundays.
- Schedule for Lent/ Holy week
- February 18, Ash Wednesday Service, 7:00 p.m.
- February 22 - March 22, Sundays: Lenten Worship followed by reflections shared over a simple meal of Soup and Bread.
- March 29, Palm Sunday
- April 3, Ecumenical Good Friday Service, 2:00 pm, location: Chinese Presbyterian Church. Fellowship begins at 1:00 pm
- April 5, Sunday: Easter Early Morning Service, time TBA
- Easter Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.
Bridges District Revival - February 7, 2015
Bridges District Superintendent Rev. Schuyler Rhodes opened the Fires of Revival worship at Fairfield First UM Church with a rousing welcome to the over 300 attendees. The full day event drew laity and clergy from a small number of the 95 churches in Bridges District.
We hope that by sharing a small part of our experience of that day, it will “nurture and grow all of us in our walk as disciples of Jesus”.
The morning and afternoon worships were filled with The Word and songs, in Cantonese, English, Fijian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, and Zulu. We even sang Kanisa Litajengua, “O, who will build the church now?” There was passionate preaching punctuated by a lot of Amen’s and handclapping. During the morning communion service, worshippers were invited to complete and leave a prayer card, “For such a time as this, I pray _ _ _ _ _ _ _”
I came away with thoughts from being in the Revival Leadership of Growing Disciples session, Three F’s. A disciple must have Fire, Faith and Fruits. I most certainly observed Fire, Faith and Fruits as many inspiring leaders, both lay and clergy showed their love and commitment for our church, our District and our Annual Conference. – Burt Yin
Monday, February 9, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
English Ministry News and Notes 2015-2-8
- Lunar New Year Pot Luck & Parallel Worship will be on February 15th. Worship begins for EM and CM at 10:30AM. Last Names from A-L bring main dish; M-Z bring fruits, veggies, or salad. No dessert items please!
- KIPP King Interact Club will be hosting a benefit dinner: “The Love Continues”, on February 21st at CCUMC. Proceeds are going towards getting resources for a village in Kenya. Please connect with Jeffrey Lu to see if there are donations or helping hands needed!
- Looking for Soup Makers for our S.O.U.P. (Sundays of Uniting Prayer) Sundays which begin on February 22. Please sign up to provide a big pot of soup on the Hospitality Sign Up sheet in the Social Hall. Peggy will be responsible for procuring the bread for these Sundays.
- Schedule for Lent/ Holy week
- February 15, Sunday: Parallel worship at 10:30 a.m.
- February 18, Ash Wednesday Service, 7:00 p.m.
- February 22 - March 22, Sundays: Lenten Worship followed by reflections shared over a simple meal of Soup and Bread.
- March 29, Palm Sunday
- April 3, Ecumenical Good Friday Service, 2:00 pm, location TBA
- April 5, Sunday: Easter Early Morning Service, time TBA
- Easter Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.
Kaleidoscope Bible/Text Study Process
Definition: “Mutual Invitation” is used to ensure that everyone who wants
to share has the opportunity to speak. The leader or designated person
shares first. After that person has spoken, he/she invites another to share.
After the next person has spoken, that person is given the privilege to invite
another to share. If you are not ready to share, you may “pass for
now” and we will invite you to share later. If you do not want to say anything
at all, you may “pass” and proceed to invite another to share. At the
end of the sharing, time is set aside to respond or ask clarifying questions.
Process:
1. First Reading - Invite someone to read the passage. Take a moment of silence to capture a word, a phrase or image that stands out from the passage for you. Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to share briefly his/her word, phrase, or image.
2. Second Reading - Invite someone to read the passage a second time. Take a moment of silence to answer a pre-defined reflection question (e.g., What does this story say to you about …). Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to share briefly his/her answer.
3. Third Reading – Invite someone to read the passage. Take a moment of silence to answer the question, “What does God invite you to do, be, or change through this passage?” Using Mutual invitation, invite each person to share briefly his/her answer.
4. End the session by inviting participants to join hands in a prayer circle. Invite participants to complete the following sentences: “I thank God today …” and “I ask God today …” When a participant is done, he/ she signals to the next person by squeezing the hand of the person on the right. If a participant chooses not to share, he/she can simply pass by squeezing the hand of the person on the right. When the pulse comes back to the leader, the leader invites everyone to join in the saying the Lord’s Prayer.
Shared by Pastor Derek Lang
Process:
1. First Reading - Invite someone to read the passage. Take a moment of silence to capture a word, a phrase or image that stands out from the passage for you. Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to share briefly his/her word, phrase, or image.
2. Second Reading - Invite someone to read the passage a second time. Take a moment of silence to answer a pre-defined reflection question (e.g., What does this story say to you about …). Using Mutual Invitation, invite each person to share briefly his/her answer.
3. Third Reading – Invite someone to read the passage. Take a moment of silence to answer the question, “What does God invite you to do, be, or change through this passage?” Using Mutual invitation, invite each person to share briefly his/her answer.
4. End the session by inviting participants to join hands in a prayer circle. Invite participants to complete the following sentences: “I thank God today …” and “I ask God today …” When a participant is done, he/ she signals to the next person by squeezing the hand of the person on the right. If a participant chooses not to share, he/she can simply pass by squeezing the hand of the person on the right. When the pulse comes back to the leader, the leader invites everyone to join in the saying the Lord’s Prayer.
Shared by Pastor Derek Lang
Monday, February 2, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
English Ministry News and Notes 2015-2-1
- KIPP King Interact Club will be hosting a benefit dinner. "́The Love Continues", on February 21st at CCUMC. Please see the RSVP for this event on the opposite page. Proceeds are going towards getting resources for a village in Kenya. Please connect with Jeffrey Lu to see if there are donations or helping hands needed!
- Lunar New Year Pot Luck & Parallel Worship will be on February 15th. Worship begins for EM and CM at 10:30AM. Please bring a favorite dish to share, but no desserts! If you would like to help, please pitch in wherever you're needed!
- Looking for Soup Makers for our S.O.U.P. (Sundays of Uniting Prayer) Sundays which begin on February 22. Please sign up to provide a big pot of soup on the Hospitality Sign Up sheet in the Social Hall. Peggy will be responsible for procuring the bread for these Sundays.
- Schedule for Lent/ Holy week
- February 15, Sunday: Parallel worship at 10:30 a.m.
- February 18, Ash Wednesday Service, 7:00 p.m.
- February 22 - March 22, Sundays: Lenten Worship followed by reflections shared over a simple meal of Soup and Bread.
- March 29, Palm Sunday
- April 3, Ecumenical Good Friday Service, 2:00 pm, location TBA
- April 5, Sunday: Easter Early Morning Service, time TBA
- Easter Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.
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