Dec 3, 2023 Church News
- Welcome to our Holy Communion Sunday Service. Please pick up your Communion elements at the front desk. Due to an increase in COVID cases, wearing a mask inside the church is highly recommended. If you have any symptoms, please rest at home. You can find free testing kits at the welcome table
- English & Youth & JAM: 10 am @ Gym
- Cantonese: 8:30 & 11:30am @Sanctuary; Mandarin: 10 am @A8
- In-Person English Sunday School 11:30am ˉ 12:30pm
- Children’s Sunday School in B4-B7; Adult Sunday School in Gym
- Junior High Sunday School in B11; Senior High School in A9
- Thank you to the 115 people who took part in the Family Chat discussions over the past 3 days. The suggestions will be followed up by the DB
- Today ˉ PGMBC AGM. Interpretation will be provided. Online AGM handbook and hard copies are available. Agenda:
- Opening Prayer by Pastor Chan
- Adoption of agenda
- Election of Member Representatives of the 2024 Nominating Committee
- Acceptance of the Annual Ministry Report of 2023
- Adoption of the 2024 Mission Budget
- Adoption of the 2024 PGMBC Ministry Plans and Budget
- Any other business
- Closing prayer by Pastor Bill Chan
- Nominating Church Member Representatives to 2024 Deacon’s Nomination Committee, PG members can submit nominations to Pastor David in writing or by e-mail: Please do not contact the nominee(s) as Pastor David will confirm with them regarding their nomination. The names will be included for the election during the AGM on 12/3(Next Sun).
- 12/10(next Sun) Deacons and Chairperson Appreciation Day. May God bless them and their family.
- Christmas Celebrations:
- 12/10(Sun.6:30p) English Christmas Potluck
- 12/16(Sat) Temperance Christmas celebration @Gym and Love @B7
- 12/17(Sun.10a) Mandarin Gospel Sunday Service and lunch @Gym
- 12/24(Sun. 10am) Christmas Joint English / Children / Cantonese / Mandarin Sunday Service @ the sanctuary, A8 & Gym. Sunday Schools are paused
- Guidelines for Cancellation of in-person Sunday gatherings: due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, the lead pastor, in consultation with the Executive Committee, will decide by 6:00 am on Sunday on whether the church will suspend in person Sunday activities and transition to online activities. A message will be sent to all WhatsApp groups, posted on the church’s website & Facebook. Leaders, please notify your members to join the gatherings on Zoom instead. The sermons will be uploaded to our YouTube channel on 2:30pm
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- English Prayer Meeting 8-9pm @ Zoom ID: 816 8896 1006 Passcode: 162746. Let’s get together and pray for each other.
- Pastor Don’s Advent Sermon Series
Advent ˉ meaning “coming” ˉ is a season of preparation for the celebration of Christmas. To help in our preparation for Christmas as a church and in our individual lives, during the first three Sundays of December we will be following the themes of Advent in our English Worship Service. We will then follow that up with a sermon discussion time during our adult English Sunday School. The theme we will be following in this series is that of “Regifting Christmas.” Christmas is the celebration of the giving of God’s greatest gift to us ˉ Jesus Christ. In this series we will be discovering how we can not only fully receive God’s gift for ourselves but be part of giving that gift to others as well. We hope you plan to attend all the services and stay for the discussion during Sunday School to learn practical ways how you can make your celebration of Christmas more meaningful for yourself, your family, as well as others. This would also be a good time to invite others to come to church with you.
Sermons and Studies in this Series:
December 3 Regifting Hope
December 10 Regifting Faith
December 17 Regifting Peace
- The current offering for the mission as of Nov. 30 is $82,350.60, while the mission budget for 2023 is $91,950
- 2024 Mission Fest 「THE LORD WORKING WITH THEM」is coming to the heart of Vancouver on 2/15-17, hosted by Westside Church. Please see the website for the details
