“Our Hope Realized” ( 2024-07-14 )
講員 Speaker: Pastor Iain Davis, English Sermons 系列 series
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“Our Hope Realized”
CHAIRMAN: CECIL MAR
SPEAKER: PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES: ROMANS 8:31-39
Sermon outline:
- If God is for us, no-one can condemn us
- Jesus intercedes for us personally.
- If that is true then nothing can separate us from his love!
News & Events:
- All are welcome to join the English Fellowship Lunch with Baby Shower for Pastor Andy & Jenny today 11:15-12:30 after service at PCA Cafetorium. Dessert will be arranged. Feel free to bring your own food and join together. Worship Matters Sunday School will follow after until 2pm today at Cafetorium.
- Thank God for moving brothers and sisters with love. Through Compassion Canada, PGC supports more than 30 children in the Dominican Republic (DR). We have planned a “Compassion Experience Tour” from Oct/8-15, where participants can enjoy travelling and also learn about Compassion DR’s works and visit the children we sponsor. The cost, including airfare and accommodation, is approximately CAD$1,200/person. The registration deadline is Sep/1. Register by Jul/14 to receive a special resort discount. Interested participants can contact Rev. Ken Lee (416-919-0033, KenLee@rogers.com).
- There will be an English Young Adult Summer BBQ/Potluck held on Jul/28 (Sun) 1pm at Roymond & Sabrena’s place. Welcome post-secondary and young adults to join. Due to limited spots, please sign up with Tiffany asap.
- Praise the LORD for His great blessing to summer camp which will start next Monday. We thank all brothers and sisters who had amazingly volunteer in site support, interviewing the team, organizing lunches and snacks for youth team, donating supplies & food cost, plus lending various materials for us. Please prayerfully lift the 26 youth team and all the lovely children campers for the upcoming weeks. May the gospel take root and blossom in our next generation and may godly friendships be established for God's glory.
- Ambassador for Christ in Canada (AFC) Frosh Connexion will take place on Aug/13 (Tue) 5-9pm at North York Chinese Baptist Church. Gr12 graduates going to post-secondary are strongly recommended to join and meet their respective fellowships there. The event has dinner option and is free of charge for frosh (1st year students). Please register by Jul/31 with details here:
https://www.afccanada.org/fx - PGC invite you to join Serving Our Next Generation. If you’re interested to serve in children and/or youth ministries, or to receive their respective weekly email to know more about their activities to pray for them, please sign up for our follow up actions: https://forms.gle/6rnrY6ctjCoAgVJr6
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 in political instability.
- Pray for baptism this year that brothers and sisters yet to get baptised will take the chance to witness God’s change of their life and glorify His name.
- Pray for summer camp starting next week. May God bless great bonding and spiritual growth for all youths and a loving & joyful camp for all kids.
- Pray for Annie Cmo’s MCF mission trip with other 38 members to Kenya on 8/17-31. May God keep them safe, healthy, united, and the gospel be spread among local non-believers.
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.