Announcements for 1/4/2025

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 TODAY, 1/4.
 

BIBLE READING CAMP

This year, our Bible Reading Camp will be led by Brother Ci’en Shang on the topic of “New Insights from Rereading Genesis”. It will be in the 3rd floor Sanctuary from 8:30 AM to 12 PM on Saturday morning, 1/24. We encourage brothers and sisters to attend!
 

2026 CHURCH BOARD

The church board for next year will be composed of nine brothers and sisters, with the following responsibilities: Chairperson, Brother Alight Tsai; Worship, Brother Hsing-Hao Chen; Education, Brother Cien Shang; Evangelism, Sister Flora Jiang; Fellowship, Brother Eric Wu; Treasurer, Sister Joy (Wenyu) Guan; Inventory/Assets, Sister Lisa Pan; General Affairs, Brother Yang Wang; and Secretary, Sister Angela (Xiaoyun) Liao. May the Lord bless their service.
 

2026 THEME: “RENEWED IN MIND”

From the earth being formless and void, to humanity falling into sin, and then to Christ’s coming to accomplish salvation, God has continually been doing new things among His chosen people—until the day the new heaven and new earth arrive. May, in the new year, the Lord who works wonders lead us to a renewal of our minds, usher us into a new season, and make us no longer the same.
 

CHRISTMAS MISSION OFFERING

Thanks be to the Lord. As of last week, the Lottie Moon Offering has reached $52,478, and the Uganda UVM Offering has reached $48,538.93.
 

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

The Board has approved hiring Sister Vanessa Zhang as the church’s half-time administrative secretary, effective January 1, 2026, and we ask the Lord to guide and use her. We also sincerely thank Brother Joseph Huang for the dedication and effort he has given in serving as administrative secretary over the past six and a half years.
 

General Announcements

SUNDAY SERVICES AND WEEKLY EVENTS

Please navigate to Sunday Service and Fellowships to learn more about our weekly events. For more information, please email Pastor Jon at [email protected].

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.

2026 CHURCH THEME

Our church theme for next year is “Renewed in Mind” from Romans 12:2. From the earth being formless and void, to humanity falling into sin, and then to Christ’s coming to accomplish salvation, God has continually been doing new things among His chosen people—until the day the new heaven and new earth arrive. May, in the new year, the Lord who works wonders lead us to a renewal of our minds, usher us into a new season, and make us no longer the same.

2025 CHURCH CALENDAR

Our 2026 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!

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.