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CHAIRMAN: TIFFANY CHAN
SPEAKER: PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES: ROMANS 12:2

Sermon outline:

Paul’s instruction is to:

• Not be conformed to the world
• Instead to be transformed by the renewing of our mind
• God makes it possible, ask the Holy Spirit to Change you!

News & Events:

• PGC 2025 Calendar is now available. Please feel free to scan the QR code, or obtain a hard copy from Reception Desk for review.
• All are welcome to join the English Fellowship Lunch today 11:15-12:30 after service at PCA Cafetorium. Feel free to bring your own food and join together.
• Thanks God for increasing attendance in different congregations of our PGC Sunday Service, and parking spaces in PCA has been reaching its capacity. With permission from the Management Office of 180 Renfrew Drive, we can now park in their carpark even on regular Sunday.  We encourage young brothers and sisters to consider parking over there, or along Renfrew Drive, so that parking spaces in PCA could better serve families with children and the elderly.  We appreciate your attention and cooperation.
• English Faith Foundation Course has been launched and will take place on every 1st & 3rd Sunday, 11:15—12:30 at PCA Cafetorium, Part 1 containing 7 classes will last for about 3 months.  Mandatory for those currently serving or will serve in near future, welcome all Gr 6 to adults, Christians or non-Christian, to sit in if interested.  More details can be found here:  https://forms.gle/T3nHdYPKuukAL8MM8
• PGC Summer Camp 2025 are thankfully underway! Please pray for God's leading and blessing in recruiting youth team for summer mission together! There are some changes in camp youth size and recruitment, all the information and Q&A are posted online.   One new endeavor is that we will organize a youth fellowship camp week for youth who are currently in Gr. 5-8  for friendship, bonding and spiritual growth.  All applications and registration will open on Jan 29th.
  https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/summercamp/
• 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. Please choose any one below that suits you best:

  PAD Automatic Deposit	email completed form to offering@peoplesgospelchurch.org
  PGC Online Offering	https://pushpay.com/g/peoplesgospelchurch
  Cash/Cheque Offering	physical drop-off in donation box (at PCA Big Gym)
  For details: PGCmarkham.org/offering-en/

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 in 2025 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.
• Pray for PGC’s direction and ministry plans for 2025. Pray that God will lead us to carry out all ministries with a united heart and achieve a healthy development of our church with God’s presence.
• Pray for God’s provision for summer camp 2025: serving youth, camp venue and funding.
• Pray for missionaries afar from home serving faithfully for God’s kingdom. May God bless their health and local ministry.

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.