“The Call of Yahweh” ( 2025-10-05 )

News & Events:

• English Faith Foundation Course (Part 2 containing 5 more classes) will be resuming from TODAY, and every 1st & 3rd Sunday, 11:15—12:30 at PCA Cafetorium. Mandatory for those currently serving or will serve in near future, but welcome all Gr 6 to adults, Christians or non-Christian, to sit in if interested. More details here:
  https://forms.gle/XofL9KBWyfvhz7ag8
• With the approval of PGC Executive Board, Rev. Jim Tam will be taking his Sabbatical Leave for 2 months (October & November) after serving PGC for more than 7 years. In the meantime, Rev. Tam will be offering assistance voluntarily to SOBEM and Love Foundation in Hong Kong in developing their ministries, preaching at schools and churches, and leading gospel events.  Appreciate the Board’s support to Rev Tam’s ministries.  Please keep Rev. Tam in prayers.
• Pastor Iain and his family will be taking family vacation to Poland from Oct/7-26 and visiting Viktoriia’s family there. Please keep their family in prayers to have a safe trip and enjoy warm reunion with family.  Kindly contact Pastor Andy or EMC members for ministry needs.
• English congregation is calling all Young Adults to serve with Toronto Alliance Church by making sandwiches and gathering donations for those in our community needing our help. It will happen on 10/18 (Sat) 11am - 1pm with preparation of 200 double decker sandwiches and driving these sandwiches plus other donated items (welcome new socks and underwear) downtown right after.  Please contact team leader Merlin for details if you are interested to be a part of this ministry.
• To encourage intergenerational worship, children in English committees will start a soft launch on 10/12 Sunday to welcome all children to join English worship singing time together from 9:30-9:50 AM. We strongly encourage all parents to sign in children at PGCKIDS table starting from 9:15am, and then accompany your children to proceed into the NEST and worship together.  Children staff will be present to sit with children whose parents may not be able to join English worship.  For details please contact Lucia and Pastor Connie.
• Parents Fellowship is coming again on 10/31 (Fri) night 7:15-9:30 PM at MGC. We welcome all parents to come join us for a fellowship with small group support and prayers.   Thankful to have Annie CMO to share with us “What to look forward as our children grow in different stages.”  There will be children and youth programs from 2 1/2 years old to Gr 12. Registration has started now.
• 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 (coming Sunday).  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.
• PGC needs faithful response from brothers and sisters to God by making
  offerings to provide for PGC’s financial needs. Please visit our offering webpage for the means that suits you best: 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 Pastor Iain’s family vacation to Poland (10/7-26) that God will keep them safe and they will enjoy warm reunion with Vika’s family there.
• 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 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.