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CHAIRMAN: ALEC CHENG
SPEAKER: PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES: EXODUS 2: 11-25

Sermon Notes:

News & Events:

• Photo shooting for PGC 20th Anniversary Photo Album will continue today 12:30—13:30 at the Big Gym. Would Bethel Cell members please stay behind for photo shooting.
• 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 Faith Foundation Course will be resuming from October, with Part 2 containing 5 more classes to complete the course. It will continue to take place every 1st & 3rd Sunday, 11:15—12:30 at PCA Cafetorium.  Mandatory for those currently serving or will serve in near future, but also welcome all Gr 6 to adults, Christians or non-Christian, to sit in if interested.  Please sign up before 9/30  for better preparation and arrangements: https://forms.gle/XofL9KBWyfvhz7ag8
• PGC Women’s Retreat with the theme of “Rooted in Wisdom, Radiant in Impact” will take place on 10/25, 9am-4pm at the Meadows of Aurora (440 William Graham Drive). Pastor Teresa Tong (in Cantonese) and Ms. Elizan Strauss (in English) will be the guest speakers.  Registration in person is available after Sunday Service in PCA Big Gym, with deadline on 10/12.  The cost of $30, payable in cash or by cheque, will include lunch and refreshments.  Please contact Doris (Carmel), Jessie Cmo or Annie Cmo for enquiries.
• Praise Lord Jesus that we have 4 pairs of teenage girls and moms participating in Launch into Teen Years Retreat on this weekend led by Pastor Connie. May God bless a closer and deeper daughter-mom relationship with joyful learning and sharing together that help inspire our youths to follow and grow spiritually in Christ.
• “CrossRoads” for highschoolers (G9-12) is getting a relaunch and a revamp. To match with PGC’s cell-based vision, they’ll establish a new fellowship known as “Kalos” (the word καλός is Greek for Good, or beautiful).  From 9/19 onward, they’ll meet at PCA every Friday night from 7:30-9:30pm, with more time of worship, in the word, and regular small group gatherings led by the youth planning committee members. "CrossRoads" will remain be used for junior high teens (G6-8) with gathering time unchanged.
• 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 East Asian cities and countries badly hit by the recent Super Typhoon Ragasa, causing flooding and destructions everywhere. May God save those injured, help all relief works to be carried out efficiently, and grant refuge and strength to affected victims and families.
• Pray for Vika’s grandma who has been under treatment for her stage 3 skin cancer. May God heal her & continue to provide for her treatment.
• Praise God for PGC’s 20th Anniversary. At this milestone, may brothers & sisters recall God’s faithfulness on His protection & provisions, and count His blessings.  Pray for God’s leading to PGC to thrive despite challenges.
• Pray for God’s guidance to our church pastors and leaders to overcome challenges with faithful and united heart to build a healthy church.
• Pray for missionaries supported by PGC, as well as other mission fields in various places.

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.

PGC welcomes 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.