Announcements for 12/07/2025

 

MEMBERS MEETING

Our annual Members Meeting will take place after Sunday School today! All members are required to attend.
 

CHRISTMAS MISSION OFFERINGS

This year, our church will begin receiving offerings for two different collections starting on 12/14. We have the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, which goes to overseas missionaries from the Southern Baptist Convention, and an offering to United Vision Mission to support rural church building ministry in Uganda. Both offering goals are $30,000 each. The offering will be collected online via Zelle using the email address, accounting@cbcwla.org, as the recipient. Please indicate “Lottie Moon” or “UVM” in the notes so that we know which offering to allocate it to!
 

ENSENADA TOY DRIVE

Our church is participating in the church planting project in Ensenada, Mexico, by providing Christmas gifts. This initiative aims to attract local families to church events and support the development of ongoing missionary work in the area. Due to the cross-border nature of this Toy Drive between the U.S. and Mexico, donations are limited to toys only. The children range in age from under 6 to 17.

Gift collection will take place from November 16 to December 14, with a goal of collecting 100 brand-new gifts. This year, E.C. is in charge of giving gifts to boys under the age of 6. During this period, on December 7th and 14th, a table and collection box will be set up near the TV on the second floor for donations. Donation guidelines will be posted on the table. Thank you for your kindness and support!
 

CHRISTMAS EVE JOINT SERVICE

Join us on Christmas Eve, 12/24, for our annual Christmas Eve Joint Service as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus. Please feel free to invite any friends and family to join us as well!
 

1/25 BAPTISMS

Baptisms will take place on 1/25. For those interested in getting baptized, please speak to Pastor Jonathan. The deadline to sign up is 1/4.
 

2026 CHURCH CALENDAR

Our 2026 church calendar of events has been published and can be found at cbcwla.org/calendar. As we approach the new year, please keep these church-wide events in mind; we’d love for you to join us!
 

ANNUAL ELECTRONIC OFFERING STATEMENTS

The Finance Office will email the 2025 offering statements in January of next year. Registered members already have an email address on file. If you are not a registered member, please provide your email and mailing address to the Finance Office before the end of the year.
 

FINANCE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Offering is recorded based on the bank deposit date. To ensure inclusion of your offering in this year’s statistics, stock offering must be received by 12/20, checks must be mailed before 12/26, and Zelle transfers and in-person offering should be received by 12/28. For more information, please contact our Treasurer, Sister Shen Qing.
 

HEAVENLY GARDEN

Our latest issue of our church publication, Heavenly Garden, has been published! It is our 53rd issue, called “Small Family, Big Family, One Family”, sharing the practice of “living in harmony” in families, fellowships, and the church. Each household can pick one up from the ushers by the door after service. You can also read it online at Heavenly Garden 53.
 

General Announcements

 

HYBRID SUNDAY SERVICES

Praise God that after over a year of online services, our church has now reopened for a hybrid of online and in-person Sunday service and Sunday School! If it is your first time visiting in-person, please submit your contact information here so the church can contact you if anyone around you tests positive for COVID-19.

To attend our services live online, please tune-in to our 9 AM Sunday Worship Service live-stream at english.cbcwla.org/live.

Sunday School is at 11 AM in-person and on english.cbcwla.org/gather.

Wednesday Prayer Meetings are online at cbcwla.org/pray at 8 PM and in-person in Room 311.

Adult and youth fellowships are on Friday nights at 7:45 PM via Zoom at english.cbcwla.org/gather and also in-person in the Fellowship Hall.

College fellowship takes place at USC on Tuesday nights at 7 PM. Please talk to a member of EMT for more information.

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2025 CHURCH THEME

Our church theme for next year is “Living Together in Unity” from Psalm 133:1. We hope that brothers and sisters will pursue this in their lives and ministry, seeing the goodness of being unified in Christ.

 

2025 CHURCH CALENDAR

Our 2025 church calendar has been published on the church website here!

 

CHURCH PARKING

As more people return for in-person services, we kindly ask for brothers and sisters to take advantage of the free parking on the street. This way, we can save the church parking lot for guests, elderly, families with young children, or others who need easier access to the building.

 

DISPOSAL OF LUNCH BOXES

To follow government regulations for composting food waste, the church is implementing a waste reduction and classification system. In order to correctly classify waste, the church trash cans will no longer be for food waste (including beverage cups and cans). We kindly ask that you use reusable lunch boxes which you can take home to clean or, if you use disposable lunch boxes, to take those home and dispose of it yourself. Keeping the church clean requires everyone’s participation; please also kindly remind each other from time to time. Thank you so much for your cooperation!

 

OFFERING

Offering is collected online via Zelle, using the email address accounting@cbcwla.org as the recipient. More information can be found here. Please add “English Congregation or (“EC”) ” on your electronic or check offerings’ memo section. Donations via Zelle are tax-deductible, and the Accounting Office will include these gifts in a year-end receipt to the name registered on your Zelle-linked bank account.

 

LUNCH TICKETS

The church has decided to resume the lunch ticket sales system. Lunch tickets will be available for purchase at the entrance of the Fellowship Hall. Green tickets ($3) are for those who bring their own lunch boxes, red tickets ($4) are for those who need disposable lunch boxes, and yellow tickets ($1) are for children. For more details, please visit the church website.