Announcements for 11/15/2026
NOVEMBER SETUP & CLEANUP DUTY
It’s EC’s turn in November (5 Sundays) to help with cooking rice, arranging tables, chairs, and patio cover in the 2nd-floor patio area between 8:30 AM and 8:55 AM, and wiping and putting away the tables and chairs in both the patio area and Fellowship Hall after lunch between 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM. Please join us in fulfilling this duty and keeping our space clean and organized. If anyone can volunteer to cook the rice, please let Jill know.
11/21 THANKSGIVING GATHERING
Please save the date for Saturday, November 21, for our Thanksgiving Potluck and Testimony Sharing! Friends are welcome to join us to share in the Lord’s grace and witness God’s work. Dinner will be at 5:30 pm and Testimony Sharing will start at 7 pm.
12/06 MEMBER’S MEETING
Please mark your calendars for December 6th, for our annual Member’s meeting. If you are a member, you are requested to attend.
EXPLANATORY MEETINGS
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 be held on the afternoons of the next two Sundays from 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM in Room 311. All members are welcome to attend.
CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS
Starting today, our church will begin receiving offering for two different collections. We have the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering which goes to overseas missionaries from the Southern Baptist Convention and an offering to Union Vision Mission to support rural church building ministry in Uganda. 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!
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 EMT 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.
2026 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.