Announcements for 1/11/2025
1/25 BAPTISMS
Praise God that four people have signed up for baptism. The baptism service is on 1/25 at 1:30 PM at the third floor sanctuary. Please keep them in prayer.
BIBLE READING CAMP
This year, our Bible Reading Camp will be the topic of Judges. It will be in the Fellowship Hall from 8:30 AM to 12 PM on Saturday morning, 1/24. Breakfast will be served from 8 AM to 8:30 AM. We encourage brothers and sisters to attend!
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 to support overseas missions, and the Uganda UVM Offering has reached $48,538.93, of which was spent on church building construction and education expenses for missionaries’ children.
UVM DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING CENTER CONSTRUCTION
The Board has approved the allocation of $50,000 from the church’s missionary fund to support the discipleship training center of United Vision Mission Center in Uganda.
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.