Snow School Gardening Project

Praise God for the very successful completion of our garden renovation project at Snow Elementary.  The teachers were very happy with the work that we did.  Please pray that we will be able to continue building this relationship with the school.  We are thinking about more service projects.  But we are also looking into asking the school if we can start a Kid's Club -- which is an after-school Bible-based character development class.

PRAY FOR OUR CONGREGATION

As Christmas approaches, we are encouraging everyone to join the Advent Conspiracy, recovering the subversive but life-giving celebration of Christ's birth.  Please pray that we will WORSHIP Christ more fully, SPEND less on gifts, GIVE more relational/meaningful gifts, LOVE all by giving to those in need.

Please pray for all those who are applying for college and those who are dealing with job or financial uncertainty.

 

Thanks to the Lord that the Christmas Game Fair on 12/12 was held successfully. There were over 65 kids and a lot of them from the neighborhood.

For the Church's general funds, there is deficit of 24,302.83 $ for the first three quarters, let's put our faith on our Lord that we will be able to close the gap.

Pray for the church wide cross-year prayer meeting on 12/31 evening, pray that there will lots of brothers and sisters show up.

PRAY FOR THE REST OF OUR CHURCH

Mandarin Congregation:  Continue pray for our worship team, which needs new members and piano player, pray to the Lord that we will establish a strong Worship team to lead our Sunday morning singing inspiration.

Cantonese Congregation:  We will have a special Christmas celebration on December 19 from 3 to 7 pm. Pray for the co-workers who are making the preparation and the non-believers who are coming to this event

Pray for the new teachers for the kids Sunday school for the next three month from 12/09 to 02/10, give thanks to the teachers for their faithful teaching from 09 to 11/2009.

PRAY ABOUT HOW GOD IS LEADING YOU ON HIS MISSION

PRAY FOR THREE(3) OFF YOUR UN-CHURCHED FRIENDS/FAMILY

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen

Snow School Gardening Project-12/05/09

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Snow School-12-05-09

"Think Snow"

"And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right." - 2 Thessalonains 3:13

With the Snow Elementary School Project coming up, the need for prayer as well as the kinds of prayer needed should be clear.  It is a big, intimidating project, but we trust the Lord will help us to bring it to a successful conclusion.  May the Lord also allow us to develop some new, long term relationships. 

PRAY FOR OUR CONGREGATION
 
We're in the midst of preparing a plan with Morning Star Church to help Snow Elementary renovate their school garden.  We will help them build an arbor, fix their planter boxes, do some weeding, among many other things.  Please pray that we will have a well-planned/coordinated project, that we will bring glory to God's name, and this will open up further doors for God's love in the neighborhood.

Please pray that amid all the ways we are serving the community, that people will come to Christ someway, somehow.

Please pray for all those who are applying for college.

Pray for the Christmas Shoe-Box movements and that our kids will have active involvements.  Pray for the planning meeting of the Christmas Game fair for the kids.

PRAY FOR THE REST OF OUR CHURCH

Pray for this year's new deacons candidates, Ricky Chen, Billy Chang, Thomas Yu, Daniel Lee, for re-elect, Richard Lee for new elect. Pray that they will have the heart and committment to serve the Lord by attending the HOC6 Deacon board.

We are offering kids programs during the time when Mandarin adult Sunday School is going on from about 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Esther Lai is the main teacher now. Pray that we will have other coworkers to help this new task.

The kids of the Sunday Class for the 5th to 6th graders are enjoying the wonderful teachings by teacher Sidney Yen, Give thanks to the Lord for Sidney's skillful teaching,  the time he put on teaching this class, and his love for our kids!

Pray for Cherrie Hall, a non-believer who wants to know Christ but suffers from mental distress. May God have mercy on her. She went back to China yesterday to seek for medical help.

PRAY ABOUT HOW GOD IS LEADING YOU ON HIS MISSION

PRAY FOR THREE(3) OFF YOUR UN-CHURCHED FRIENDS/FAMILY

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen

Thoughtful Farmers

"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.  So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.  The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor." - 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

And so it is that all of us have the opportunity to play a part in the Kingdom of God by doing one bit or another of the myriad things which are needed to bring people to Christ.  What is clear is that if we don't labor, there won't be any reward.  May God show us ways that we can be productively involved.  This prayer letter highligts the gardening project at Snow Elementary which we will be doing in conjunction with Morningstar Church.  It is a big project that we are taking on to try to build some bridges to the community so that we may have more opportunities to do the work that God has before us.  May we be diligent in planning and organizing.  Of course we are interested in a spiritual garden and a spiritual harvest, but the physical one should be a good reminder.  A view of the Snow Elementary School garden is below.

HIGHLIGHTED PRAYER

Praise God for answering our prayers regarding getting more connected with our neighborhood.  Snow Elementary has asked us to help them beautify their school garden -- and Morning Star Church (Newark) just happened to be interested in doing something in the neighborhood as well.  Please pray that we will have a well-planned/coordinated project, that we will bring glory to God's name, and this will open up further doors for God's love in the neighborhood.

PRAY FOR OUR CONGREGATION

Praise God that we have new people joining our Mustard Seed Prayer Network.  We're bringing in the new members very soon.  Please pray that we will help undergird the outreach efforts of the church effectively through prayer.

We are doing many things to outreach this holiday season.  In addition to the school garden, we are providing Thanksgiving groceries with the rest of the church, helping a local food pantry, helping with the Children's Christmas carnival.  Please pray that Christ's name will be lifted up in the midst of all the activity!

Pray for the Christmas Shoe-Box movements and that our kids will have active involvements.  Pray for the planning meeting of the Christmas Game fair for the kids.

There is now a Sunday School program going at the earlier time of 9:45 to 10:45 being taught by Esther Lai and Sidney Yen.  Give thanks for this.

PRAY FOR THE REST OF OUR CHURCH

Pray for this year's new deacons candidates, Ricky Chen, Billy Chang, Thomas Yu, Daniel Lee, for re-elect, Richard Lee for new elect. Pray that they will have the heart and committment to serve the Lord by attending the HOC6 Deacon board.

Continue pray for the Mandarin group worship team, which needs new members and piano player, pray to the Lord that we will establish a strong Worship team to lead our Sunday morning singing inspiration.

Praise the Lord that the CSS teacher's training session, totally 8 lessons, offered by Sharon Yen, started on October 17th. there are over 14 students. Give thanks to the Lord for teacher Sharon for her wonderful teaching.  Pray that all the students will be able to finish the training and get a certificate at the end.

PRAY ABOUT HOW GOD IS LEADING YOU ON HIS MISSION

PRAY FOR THREE(3) OFF YOUR UN-CHURCHED FRIENDS/FAMILY

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen