Weekly Announcements

Announcements for 10/27/2024

 

BAPTISMS

Join us as we celebrate baptisms today at 1:30 PM in the 3rd floor Sanctuary! Praise God for how he has saved and worked in the lives of these brothers and sisters. We also welcome you to join us for our baptism celebration dinner this evening!
 

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

Membership renewal will take place throughout the month of October and ends this Thursday on 10/31!! Latecomers will not be accommodated! This year, membership renewal will require members to use their own email addresses provided by the church. You should have received an email account set-up and registration invitation email with more details already. This renewal is for current, active members only; if you are not yet a member, but would like to register, that is a separate process. Please talk to Pastor Jon if you are interested!
 

END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour next week to join us for service on time on Sunday! Daylight Saving Time will end at 2 AM next Sunday (11/3).
 

CHURCH BUDGET UPDATE

The church has begun to budget for 2025! If there are any expenses that have not been accounted for, please report it to the Finance Office as soon as possible so that our coworkers can have a better estimate of what to budget! You can report expenses at cbcwla.org/home/reimbursement/. Thank you so much!
 

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.

Subscribe to [email protected] to get up-to-date announcements by sending an email to [email protected]!

 

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.

 

ATTENDANCE & CONTACT FORM

Got a prayer request to share? Want to give some encouragement to those who are serving? We have a new online feedback form here. Please also take a minute to fill out the form each week that you worship in the company of others, to help us get a more accurate sense of who we’re reaching through the live stream worship service. Thank you!

 

CHURCH PANDEMIC GUIDELINE UPDATE

If you test positive after attending our in-person services, please notify Brother Zhongcai Ma (our Fellowship Dept. Council) at [email protected]. The church will anonymously contact those who sat close to you so others can take precautions as well. Thank you for your cooperation!