Dear Friends at 5C:
Happy Chinese New Year to all church families! May the Lord show His mercy in the Year of Ox, so that people on earth may bring this malicious virus under control in the coming months. Praise the Lord that we had a beautiful Chinese New Year celebration last Sunday. During the pandemic, this celebration may be less ideal than those of previous years, but our leaders have been creative to bring as much joy as possible to our congregation, especially for those lovely kids in our midst. This is the first time for our church to hold a CNY event online, and it is our hope that this will be the last one as well.
The case number of COVID-19 continues to fall across the country as vaccination wraps up quickly to reach out to more people in different groups. It is expected that three more vaccines may become available in the next two months. Therefore, the shortage of vaccines will be greatly relieved. By the time of this summer, people may have the choice to pick up which vaccine they would like to take. As more of our church members got their vaccines, it is possible that we may return to the church earlier than what we previously anticipated. For now we can surely dream of summer BBQ with the whole church family to enjoy in-person fellowship once again.
Praise the Lord that Loan’s mother and sister have fully recovered from COVID-19. Please continue to pray for Brother Beng Lim who is still hospitalized.
Ministry Update:
- Church prayer meeting (in Chinese) is scheduled at 7:30pm every Thursday
- Pastor Chen’s virtual office hours is scheduled at 10:00am-12:00pm every Friday
- On Tuesday 2/16, church needs some help to move staff out of the storage room in Student Union
- Small group “Peace” will meet at 7:30pm Friday 2/19 through Zoom
- Chinese Sunday school (Raymond Wu) and English Sunday school (Steve)
- Pastor Ray will continue his Genesis series this Sunday 2/21
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for the Coronavirus outbreak in the US and around the world
- Pray for physical and spiritual well-being of our church members
- Pray for new small groups formed recently in our church
- Pray for those who contracted COVID-19, Beng Lim
- Pray for Lydia Anderson’s resurgent brain tumor
- Pray for Annie’s sister and Anderson’s brother for Parkinson’s disease, Ed Sherman’s son Lane for brain tumor
Look forward to seeing you virtually on Sunday.
Blessings!
Jinchang
親愛的中岸教會朋友們:
祝教會所有的家庭春節快樂!祈求主在牛年憐憫世人,使這惡毒的病毒在未來幾個月內被控制住。感謝主,上週日我們有一個愉快的春節慶祝活動。在疫情期間,這次慶祝活動可能不如往年那麼理想,但我們的領袖們多有創意,為會眾帶來盡可能多的歡樂,尤其是那些天真可愛的孩子們。這是教會第一次在網上舉辦春節慶祝活動,希望這也是最後一次。
隨著疫苗的迅速普及至到更多的人群當中,新冠病毒的確診病例在全國范圍內持續下降。預計在接下來的兩個月中,將有另外三種疫苗陸續獲得批准。因此,疫苗的短缺將會大大地緩解。到今年夏天的時候,估計人們可以選擇他們想接種的疫苗。隨著越來越多的教會成員接種了疫苗,我們有可能比預期要早一些重返教會。現在,我們可以夢想一下與整個教會大家庭一起舉行夏天燒烤,享受面對面團契的美好時光。
感謝主,謝嬌鸞姐妹的母親和妹妹已完全康復。請繼續為仍在住院的林明源弟兄祈禱。
事工更新:
- 中文禱告會將於每週四晚間 7 點半舉行
- 陳牧師辦公時間為每週五上午 10 點至 12 點
- 2 月 16 日周二下午 5:00,教會需要人手,幫助搬運學生中心儲藏室的東西。
- 『和平』小組 2 月 19 日週五晚間 7 點半線上聚會
- 本週中文主日學將由胡其健弟兄帶領,英文主日學由 Steve 弟兄帶領
- 2 月 21 日裴牧師將繼續他的『創世紀』講道系列
禱告事項
- 為美國及世界各地的新冠肺炎的爆發
- 為我們教會所有成員的身體及屬靈健康
- 為教會新組建的各個小組
- 為確診了新冠肺炎的林明源弟兄祈禱
- 為馮慶芳姐妹復發性腦瘤及後續的治療祈禱
- 為裴師母姐姐和林恩深弟兄的哥哥祈禱,他們正在遭受帕金森的困擾;為 Ed Sherman 的兒子 Lane 祈禱,他正在接受腦瘤治療
期待週日線上見
主僕陳金昌