Apr 6, 2025 Church News

  1. Welcome to our Holy Communion Sunday Please pick up your Communion elements at the front desk. The sermons will be uploaded to our YouTube channel at 2:30pm.
  • English & Youth Service: 10:00am @ Gym; JAM @B7; Junior JAM 10:15 am @A9
  • Cantonese: 8:30 & 11:30am @Sanctuary; Mandarin: 10:00 am @Sanctuary
  1. In-Person English Sunday School 11:30am – 12:30pm
  • Children’s Sunday School in B4-B7;
  • Adult class in the Gym; Senior High School in A10; Junior High Sunday School in A13
  1. 6/13-15 Family Chat
    • Friday (Cantonese 730 – 9pm hybrid)
    • Saturday (Cantonese 5 – 630pm, in person)
    • Sunday In person (English & Mandarin 1130am – 1245; Cantonese 10 – 1115am)
  2. Staff News: N/A

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  1. In-Person English Ministries Prayer Time on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., please come in through the gym entrance.
  2. We are so grateful to our Grade 5/6 Sunday School class for putting together 30 care backpacks for those in the Downtown Eastside. May this become an annual event dedicated to serving our community. Praise the Lord! Thank you to you all!
  1. 5/3(Sat. 9:30-10:30am) Joint Prayer Meeting. Please mark your record to pray together as a family.
  2. 4/18 (Fri. 10-11:30am) MBCCA Joint Good Friday Service in person @Fraserview MB Church (11295 Mellis Drive, Richmond). Please mark your calendar to join.
  3. 4/20(Sun) Easter Sunday Service 10am in the gym. Joint Baptismal & Membership Ceremony Service at 2:30pm in the sanctuary. All are welcome to celebrate together.
  4. Lent Devotional. Please grab a copy of the 2025 UGM Lent Devotional from this link or from the reception table as a gift for you to use this Lent season
  5. 5/1-4(Thu-Sun. 7:30pm) the 53nd Chinese Bible Conference in ECBC. Speaker Joshua Ting. Please mark your calendar
  6. The English Evangelism department is hosting a clothing drive to support our community! From March 9 to April 13, we are collecting new or gently used clothing to help those in need.

Donation period: March 9 – April 13, 2025

Drop off location: Outside of Pastor Don and Pastor Bill’s office

Items Accepted: New or gently used clothing for all ages

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Vivian.

  1. 8/11-15 (Mon-Fri. 9a-3p) Soccer Day Camp for ages 6-12. Please see the poster for details. Use the postcards to encourage children from non-believer families to join in. Online Registration has started. First come, first serve.

We are recruiting coaches, first aiders, video and photographer, sign-in and welcome table, camp cook/snack team and miscellaneous helpers. To sign up as a volunteer, please contact Pastor Bill. Enquiry or 604-416-3261

  1. New Sermon Series in English Service

We have started a new sermon series following the season of Lent in preparation for celebrating Easter. The series is called Faith Odyssey and will take us on a journey of faith following Jesus to the cross and beyond to the new life that is ours because of the resurrection.

  1. 8 brothers and sisters will serve in a cross-cultural refugee dinner serving ministry experience in the evening of Thursday, April 3, in Surrey.
  2. Casa de Luz Missions Trip Update

A planning meeting for our missions trip to Casa de Luz is planned for Saturday, April 12th at 1:00 p.m. It will be held at the church in Room B7. We will be looking through a catalogue of possible ministry opportunities that Casa de Luz has sent us and making some initial decisions about what we will be able to do there. All team members are encouraged to attend. For those who cannot be there Pastor Don would be open to talking and/or meeting with you.

  1. Please refer to the Cantonese Bulletin for outreach programs to invite your Cantonese speaking family members and friends to join.
  2. Please pray for the sick and the family.