Posts from January 2022
2022-0130 Bulletin
WHO WE ARE We are a multicultural, intergenerational congregation made up of house churches. We exist to create a church unchurched people love to belong. PASTOR’S BLOG SUNDAY SERVICE Unison Prayer – Paul Yoo Scripture Reading (Pastor Anthony) – James 3:13-18 Sermon (Pastor Caleb) Series Title: Practical faith that is not shallow Message Title: Wisdom ANNOUNCEMENTS Service Update: Given the current COVID situation, extending online-only service for two more weeks, until 2/6. Join our live streaming here. January GPS: Claire Shin (received). Congratulations on becoming…
257. Better Joint Services
Many of our members seem to be ambivalent about joint services with KSC (Korean Speaking congregation). It is a rare opportunity for the whole church to gather in one place, and yet it must feel like eating with a stranger for some. Attendance is usually lower when we have joint service. We want to change that starting from this year. The main reason for the lower participation/excitement level is more on me than others. Because our congregation started from a…
2022-0123 Bulletin
WHO WE ARE We are a multicultural, intergenerational congregation made up of house churches. We exist to create a church unchurched people love to belong. PASTOR’S BLOG SUNDAY SERVICE Unison Prayer – Esther Sung Scripture Reading (Pastor Anthony) – James 3:1-12 Sermon (Pastor Caleb) Series Title: Practical faith that is not shallow Message Title: Tongue ANNOUNCEMENTS Service Update: Given the current COVID situation, extending online-only service until 1/23. Join our live streaming here. Gospel Presentation Session (GPS): This Sunday, 3pm @Zoom. Register here. New Family Class (NFC):…
256. How Our Finance Is Running
We had our congregation meeting last Sunday. As it is for active (attendance in the previous three months) registered (finished New Family Class) baptized members, not every member gets to hear the detailed report of how our annual budget is allocated for this year. So I would like to briefly touch on some areas of our finance to inform all our members and stay transparent. Our annual budget goes through multiple fresh eyes before it gets adopted by the congregation.…
2022-0116 Bulletin
WHO WE ARE We are a multicultural, intergenerational congregation made up of house churches. We exist to create a church unchurched people love to belong. PASTOR’S BLOG SUNDAY SERVICE Unison Prayer – Esther Sung Scripture Reading (Pastor Anthony) – James 2:14-26 Sermon (Pastor Caleb) Series Title: Practical faith that is not shallow Message Title: Works ANNOUNCEMENTS Service Update: Given the current COVID situation, we are extending online-only service for another 2 weeks. (1/6 and 1/23) Join our live streaming here. Congregation Meeting (2022 Budget adoption): This Sunday (1/16),…
255. Thumbnail and Review
A few years ago, my first daughter got into games on iPad. She wanted me to choose which game to download, so we scrolled through the games together. But I noticed a big difference in evaluating apps: I looked at the reviews, but she looked at the thumbnail. She wanted me to download games that looked great but had a poor review. I wanted her to choose games that had great reviews. It got me thinking about the difference between…
2022-0109 Bulletin
WHO WE ARE We are a multicultural, intergenerational congregation made up of house churches. We exist to create a church unchurched people love to belong. PASTOR’S BLOG SUNDAY SERVICE Unison Prayer – Emily Eun Scripture Reading (Pastor Anthony) – James 1:26-2:13 Sermon (Pastor Caleb) Series Title: Practical faith that is not shallow Message Title: Favoritism ANNOUNCEMENTS Service Update: Due to rising number of COVID cases, we are temporarily transitioning to online-only service for 2 weeks. Join our live streaming here. 10 Days Early Morning Prayer (EMP):…
254. Life with Pet
Many of you might know already, but our family got two kittens. Our kids had been nagging for years to get a cat, and we told them that they were not ready to take care of it yet. But as our first daughter got older and as the time we spent at home increased due to the pandemic, we decided that it was time to get one. Jen had the experience of having a cat, so she did most of…
2022-0102 Bulletin
WHO WE ARE We are a multicultural, intergenerational congregation made up of house churches. We exist to create a church unchurched people love to belong. PASTOR’S BLOG SUNDAY SERVICE Unison Prayer – Edward Eun Scripture Reading (Pastor Anthony) – James 1:22-25 Sermon (Pastor Caleb) Series Title: Practical faith that is not shallow Message Title: Doer ANNOUNCEMENTS Service Update: Due to rising number of COVID cases, we are temporarily transitioning to online-only service for 2 weeks. Join our live streaming here. Gospel Presentation Session (December): Jun Yi…