March 5, 2023 Church News
- Welcome to our Holy Communion Sunday Service. Please pick up your Communion elements at the front desk. Wearing a mask is strongly encouraged inside the church and while singing. Speakers may choose not to wear a mask if they speak behind the Plexiglass.
- English & Youth & JAM: 10am @ Gym
- Cantonese: 8:30 & 11:30am Sanctuary; Mandarin: 10am A8
- In-Person English Sunday School 11:30am-12:30pm
- Children’s Sunday School in B4-B7; Adult Sunday School in Gym
- Junior High Sunday School & Senior High School:paused
- Monthly Café Today at 11:45am
- After English morning service, please join us in the gym for some snacks and hot drinks. We hope that Monthly Cafe’s will help cultivate more community within the church. No sign up necessary!
- There is a chance for us to interact with Pastor and Mrs. Don Dyck, before they meet for lunch with the deacons, staff, and the English Pastoral Search Committee
- Church Decluttering: We are decluttering the church. Please complete the decluttering activities of all rooms and areas in the church by March 31. Discarded items will either be donated or thrown away.
- Thank you to those who helped out with moving our Library books and shelves. The painting in the gym is under process. The Chinese books are now in the hallway outside the room B11; English books in B7; DVD/CD & the remainder of the Chinese books are in A11. Please feel free to check them out.
- Daylight Saving Time begins 3/12 (Next Sun). Remember to turn your clocks forward 1 hour!
- Staff News: Charles Yu, Special Pastor, has joined our pastoral team on 3/1. He will work not less than 10 hours per week. Email
- 3/11(Sat. 10:30am) the ordination ceremony of our former Mandarin Pastor Adam Xiao will be held in East Richmond Community Hall officiated by Rev. John Sun, the founder of ECBC.
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- NEW SERMON SERIES: What would you expect of a person of deep faith experiencing extreme crisis? This person knows God is good and yet experiences unbelievable loss, the loss of property, the loss of family, the loss of health, the loss of everything in life. That person is Job and we will examine Job’s life through our sermon series on the Book of Job.
- English Prayer Meeting 8-9pm @ Zoom ID: 816 8896 1006 Passcode: 162746. Join us, so we can pray together as a church family.
- 4/9 Easter Baptismal & Membership Ceremony Sunday: If you have converted and want to be baptized or Christians have attended PG for at least 3 months and want to be a Church Member of PG (can hold an overseas church membership), please contact Pastor Bill. Applicants need to take Baptismal/Membership Classes and will have an interview with the Deacon Board on 3/19.
- Cedars at Hopehill (former Beulah) Senior Home Monday Service (1:30-2:30pm) has resumed. If you would like to serve, please contact Miranda Fong
- 4/1(Sat. 4:45-6:15pm) Cantonese Outreach Seminar about depression. Jeanny Lam will share. Details please see the poster. You and your friends/family members are welcome
- 4/14(Fri. 8pm) Cantonese Music Gospel Night hosted by SOBEM & PG 「ReCONNECT」led by The Channels , details see the poster. Please pray for non-believing family members and friends and invite them to join.
- Outreach program 「Meet on Friday相聚星期五」, 10:30am-12pm Exercises & Praise Dance; 1-3 pm Ping Pong. For enquiry or registration, please contact Sallen Chan, Joseph Wong or admin,
- To help the victims of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, we encourage our members to donate to MCC or Multiply.
- 2/22-4/9 MB Biblical Seminary Easter Devotional 「Remain in Me」. A daily reflection delivered to your inbox during the season of Lent. Register online.
- 3/12(Sun)4:30-6:30pm Cantonese Plan to Protect Training – Orientation @the sanctuary. An English Refresher Training will be in Aug. It is MANDATORY for all senior, children and youth workers to attend once a year. New volunteers are recommended to join this orientation training. Register with Miranda Fong & Angel Lee :
- 3/26(Sun. 1pm) Community Lunch to welcome newcomers who joined us from January to March. Please register with Tom Tsang before 3/19
- Please pray for the sick and the families.