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“Is God's Law good?”

CHAIRMAN:  ALEC CHENG
SPEAKER:  PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES:  Romans 7:7-13

Sermon Notes:

1. While used by Sin, the Law itself is not Sinful.

2. Paul describes the Mosaic Law’s effect on Israel

3. The Law reveals what Sin truly is: willful disobedience of God

News & Events:

• Praise to the Lord!  PGC’s Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services this year will take place at PCA.  Welcome to invite families and friends to join and commemorate our Lord Jesus Christ together:

  Good Friday Service - 3/29 (Fri) 4:00-5:30pm
  Cantonese, English & Children will have individual services to commemorate Jesus Christ’s death on the cross for us.  Holy Communion will be served.

  Joint Easter Sunday Service - 3/31 (Sun) 10:30am-12:30pm
  *10:00—10:25  Light Refreshment
  *10:30—12:30  Easter Sunday Service (11:30—12:30 Children program avail. for 2.5 yrs—Gr 5)

• Discussion Group, HS girls gathering and Gr 6-8 Sunday School will take place today 11:15-12:30 at Cafetorium, Rm307 & 308 respectively. Please join where appropriate.
• Welcome all to join English Fellowship Lunch on 3/10 (next Sunday), 11:15-12:30 at PCA Cafetorium. Please feel free to bring your own food and join together.
• Daylight saving time begins on 3/10 (next Sunday). Please remember to set your clock ahead one hour on Saturday night before sleep.
• 2023 Donation Receipts, yet to be picked up last Sunday, have been mailed out in
  the past week. For enquiry, please email to offering@peoplesgospelchurch.org.
• Pastor Andy and his family will be on vacation during the period of 3/3-9. Please contact Pastor Iain or EMC members for enquiries about Bridge English ministry.
• Beginning March, Wed Sports Night will resume the schedule with 6-8pm badminton, and 8.15-10.15pm basketball. Please Pastor Iain or Calvin for further enquiries.
• Teens Conference (TC) will be held on 3/11-12 (for Gr7-9) and 3/13-14 (for Gr9-12) at RHCCC (9670 Bayview Ave. Richmond Hill). A Parents Workshop will be hosted in person and online on 3/12 (Tues) 7:30-9:30pm (Mandarin) and 3/14 (Thurs) 7:30-9:30pm (in English).  Rev. Sophia Chan will share on “Becoming An Emotionally Health Parent”.  Pre-registration needed.  https://www.afccanada.org/tc2024-parent-workshop
• Praise God His blessing for summer camp! Youth volunteers and staff team application IS NOW OPEN!  It's a first come first serve basis for eligible applicants upon successful interview.  All forms are here at: https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/summercamp/
  All camps are full except Sports & Bible camp for Gr.6-8.   Please pray for God's protection and guidance in youth recruitment and hiring.
• PGC is now hiring an Children Pastoral intern to strengthen and family and children's ministry. Please pray and share with interested brothers and sisters.
  https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/job-openings/

Prayer & Praise Items:

** Encourage use of PGC’s Prayer Card and be quiet, humble, turn back, seek and wait for God together (https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/files/2023prayercard.pdf) **

• Pray for God’s sovereignty and mercy over the world now with global political instability, and many places suffering from armed conflicts and natural disasters.
• During this season of Lent, may we prepare our hearts and commemorate the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross for us through prayers, fasting, and almsgiving.
• Pray for summer camp: government funding, venue rental & youth team recruitment.
• Pray for Vika’s grandma Olga to have surgery soon with full recovery.
• Pray for God’s strength and protection on Missionary Aaron Mok and his family now serving at Myanmar.

Offering:

^“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

- Malachi 3:10 (NIV)

PGC needs sufficient capital every year for development of church ministries. Encourage b/s to make financial offering based on bible's teaching  & God's provision.