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Chairman: Timothy Kaan
Speaker: Pastor Iain Davis
Interpreter: Pastor Connie Liu

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * PROGRAM * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

• Welcome, Opening Prayer & Announcement
• Praise & Worship
• Child Dedication Ceremony
  • Akeilah and Akasha (Keith Fong)
  • Emma & Gavin Tam (Flora and Ivan Tam)
  • Evan and Taylen Wang (Leakey & Jasper Wang)
  • Zoe Tse (Jenny and Pastor Andy)
  • Edwin Ng (Emily and Ka Ho Ng)
• Sermon (Title: The God who answers prayer, Bible passage: 1 Samuel  1: 1-20
• Response Song
• Doxology, Benediction & Closing Prayer

News & Events:

• Today is the first Sunday of Advent. May PGC congregation remember the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ, and may believers be alert and await with hope for the Second Coming of Christ.
• We thank the Lord that Sister Bertha Lam from the Bethel Zone will join us as Church Administrator on December 1. May the Lord bless her as she serves Him in the PGC ministries. Bertha will be gradually transitioning into her new role. Over the next few weeks in December, she and Mabel will work together to ensure a smooth and efficient handover. In the meantime, please feel free to continue contacting Mabel, or you may also reach out to Bertha by email at admin@pgcmail.org.
• Please note that in December, PCA gyms are only available on Dec 17 for our Wed Sports.
• As of end of Oct this year, PGC has a deficit of $200K. PGC needs sufficient working capital every year to support the growth and development of different ministries. May brothers and sisters respond to God’s love by making offering with a thankful heart

Methods of offering: https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/donate

1. 1. PAD: offering@peoplesgospelchurch.org
   2. PGC Online Offering: https://pushpay.com/g/peoplesgospelchurch
   3. Cheque/Cash Offering: PGC Drop Box

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 people of Hong Kong following the devastating fire in Tai Po district, which has claimed lives and left many injured. Pray for God’s provision for material assistance and God’s mercy surround all who are grieving and suffering, strengthen and uphold those who serve. Amen!
• Praise God for the 5 families who thankfully dedicating their children to God today. Congregation to keep them in prayers and support the families as body of Christ together!

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.