Announcements for 11/17/2024

 

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

After going through the membership application process, three new sisters in Christ have joined our membership this month. Welcome Shengle Jiang, Jinzhu, and Wenting Zhu!

 

11/23 THANKSGIVING POTLUCK AND TESTIMONY SHARING NIGHT

Please mark your calendars for our annual Thanksgiving Potluck and Testimony Sharing Night which will take place in the evening of Saturday, 11/23. Please join us, and invite friends, family, and newcomers to join us, as we listen to brothers and sisters share their testimonies about God’s work in their life!

 

12/1 MEMBERS’ MEETING

If you are a member of our church, please mark your calendar for our Members’ Meeting happening on 12/1 after Sunday School in the 3rd floor Sanctuary! Members are all highly encouraged to attend.

In preparation for a smooth and efficient meeting, we will hold two explanatory meetings to provide details about the motions that members will vote on during the Member’s Meeting. These meetings will take place from 1 – 2 PM today and next Sunday in room 311. This week’s meeting is on the church budget and next week’s topic will be on the admission and voting procedures for the members’ meeting; we welcome all members to attend these explanatory meetings!

 

12/8 CHRISTMAS OFFERING

This year, our church will begin receiving offering for two different collections on 12/8. 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!

 

HEAVENLY GARDEN

The theme for the upcoming issue of Heavenly Garden is “Harvest.” We’d love to hear brothers’ and sisters’ testimonies about the growth and harvest of spiritual life you’ve experienced this year! If you would like to share your testimony, please visit cbcwla.org/hg-submit!

 

PLEASE USE REUSABLE LUNCH BOXES

In order to be more environmentally-conscious and follow regulations for composting and food waste allocation, we kindly ask you to not dispose of your food waste at church! Please bring your food trash home. One way to make this easier is by bringing a reusable lunch box for lunch! We are encouraging everyone to minimize waste and use a reusable lunch box (it also saves you money!). Thank you so much for your cooperation!

 

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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2024 CHURCH THEME

The theme of 2024 is “Missional Church. Missional Disciple”. This reminds brothers and sisters to think more about what we, as a church, should do regarding missions and how disciples who care about missions should get involved.

 

2024 CHURCH CALENDAR

Our 2024 church calendar can be found 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.