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“Our Offering” Part 1

CHAIRMAN: CECIL MAR
SPEAKER: PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES: ROMANS 12:1-2

Sermon outline:

1. What is your response to the Grace of God in your life?

2. The Quality of the Sacrifice indicates the state of your heart

News & Events:

• English will have Spiritual Formation on this 5th Sunday of the month 11:15-12:30
  at PCA Cafetorium. Encourage congregants to join after service.
• English is launching a biblical foundations course in 2025. It contains 12 classes to be delivered in 2 parts. Part 1 will commence on 1/5 (next Sun) for around 3 months, taking place 11:15-12:30 on every 1st & 3rd Sunday.    Mandatory for those serving in English (Chair, AV, worship, etc.) but it also opens for everyone interested (G6 to adults).  Almost 70 sign-ups have been received, and registration is extended with details here:  https://forms.gle/T3nHdYPKuukAL8MM8
• English Post-service Program at 11:15-12:30 in 2025 will be updated as below. Encourage congregants to stay and join whichever applicable.

• PGC 2025 Calendar is now available. Please feel free to scan the QR code, or obtain a hard copy from Reception Desk for review.
• PGC appreciate each of the church leaders, as well as brothers and sisters, serving faithfully in the past year. For those yet to receive PGC appreciation gifts, please pick up at the Reception Desk.  PGCKIDS and Nursery team members, please pick up at PGCKIDS sign-in table by the Small Gym.
• Please note that there will be NO Sports Night on 1/1 due to New Year Holidays. Sports Night will resume on 1/8.
• There will be NO CrossRoads gathering this Friday due to New Year Holiday. Gathering will resume on 1/10.
• Youth Retreat will take place on 2/14-16, 2025 at Camp Shalom (1985 Beke Rd, Cambridge). All youths (G6-12)  are welcome to join either 2-night stay or a day visit on 2/15.  Earlybird registration with cheque payment should be made by 12/29.  For details & registration: https://forms.gle/XaKvWUW1smxYUWVz5.  We need more adult helpers to help in the retreat.  Please contact Pastor Iain / Pastor Andy if interested.
• English Caring Team would like to cordially invite helpers serving in 2024 in music, AV, chair and scripture reading, together with their families, for a lunch as a token of appreciation to their dedication and hard work. The lunch will take place 12:30-14:30 on 1/26 at PCA Cafetorium.  Please reply by 1/16 for preparation: https://forms.gle/yL17Y6NevwCNLMBs8, and contact Sabrena for enquiries.
• PGC English would like to invite your support in the following 2 areas. You do not need to be an expert to be able to help, just have a heart willing to serve:

  

• PGC needs faithful response from brothers and sisters to God by making offerings to provide for PGC’s financial needs. To achieve a better balanced budget for this financial year of 2024, please choose any one below that suits you best: (a) PAD Automatic Deposit (b) Online Offering (c) Cash/Cheque Offering.  More details about making offerings available on top of Offering Box.  Cut-off dates for 2024 tax receipt are 12/29 (by cash/cheque) and 12/31 (for credit) respectively.

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 the world to have peace and God will end the ongoing armed conflicts with granting of peace and hope.
• Pray for Vika’s grandmother who has been diagnosed with stage 3 skin Cancer. May God heal her, and provide for her treatment.
• Praise and count God’s blessings and continue to pray for God’s guidance to PGC at this year end of 2024:
  • Building of youths’ spiritual lives through summer camp
  • 16 brothers and sisters got baptized
  • Pray for God’s leading to have healthy development and spiritual growth at PGC with promotion of parents fellowship, as well as men and women’s ministries, to strengthen bonding and connection among congregants in Christ
  • Pray for individual PGC’s missionaries that God will keep each of them in peace and good health to continue expanding God’s kingdom

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 funds to provide for the needs of our different ministries.  Let’s respond to God’s love through our faithful and generous offering: PGCmarkham.org/offering-en/

Welcome your opinions and suggestions that help us improve further on Sunday Service, Sunday School and different ministries.  Drop them into our PGC Drop Box (for Offering & Opinions Collection) at PCA Big Gym.  Our pastoral staff and church leaders will review and follow up where appropriate.  Look forward to hearing from you.