“Our King” ( 2024-03-24 )
講員 Speaker: Pastor Iain Davis, English Sermons 系列 series
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“Our King”
CHAIRMAN: JOHNATHAN TANG
SPEAKER: PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES: Philippians 2:5-11
Sermon Notes:
How can we put our trust in Jesus?
- He is God
- Because of the life he lived on earth
Follow him!!
News & Events:
- Praise the Lord! Our Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services this year will take place at PCA. Please invite family 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.
* Due to children ministry at Cafeteria and Rm309, PCA Entrance 4 will be opened mainly for families with kids joining PGCKIDS & Nursery. Would all other congregants please use Entrances 1, 2, 3 & 5 to avoid overcrowding near Entrance 4.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)
* All PGCKIDS who have been practising in Sunday school classes during March need to arrive and sign in 9:45am at Small Gym for the final rehearsal. After Sunday Service ends at 12:30, would parents please pick up your kids at Small Gym on Hallway 300 (PreS kids) and door near the Cross (Elem kids) like regular Sundays. - English Prayer Meeting will take place 11:15—12:30 after service today at Cafetorium. Please join and pray together for each other and for our church.
- English will hold a Baby Shower for Pastor Iain & Vika in upcoming Fellowship Lunch on 4/14 11:15—12:30 at PCA Cafetorium. Dessert will be arranged. Please reserve the date, feel free to bring your own food and join together.
- To encourage brothers and sisters spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to family and friends during Easter, PGC has some packs of “The Gospel in 5 color beads”. Feel free to get them before/after service at Gym Reception or at Cafetorium during refreshment.
- Pastor Connie will have her Parental Workshop via Zoom with TCCPA on “Biblical Sexual Purity Rooted in God’s Holiness” - Part 2 for parents with children 11-14yrs on 4/9 (Tue) 8-10pm and 4/10 (Wed) 10am-12pm (replay). For details & registration: https://tccpa.org/
- Father of IGC cell member Albert Lee passed away, and Albert has returned to HK. Please pray for Albert, his mom and family. May God comfort them and give them peace.
- Praise God for His blessings regarding our 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 camps are full except Sports & Bible camp for Gr.6-8. All forms are here at: https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/summercamp/ Please pray for God's protection and guidance in youth recruitment and hiring.
- As PGC’s Sunday service and ministries have become stable at PCA, a church-wide fire drill will be arranged when weather has become warmer. Brothers and sisters with experience and have interest in organizing one may contact Admin Mabel.
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 mercy on armed conflicts and natural disasters worldwide.
- Pray for Myanmar now under severe attack from the local military, and their youths now scared and feeling hopeless as they will be drawn into the army starting in April.
- 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 the soonest and full recovery of Vika’s grandma Olga after the surgery.
- Pray for Ethan’s heart and preparation to go for his mission trip to Ecuador in April.
- Pray for Missionary Cindy serving in Cambodia for visa extension and financial support.
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.