Announcements for 12/1/2024

 

MEMBERS’ MEETING

We will be having our Members’ Meeting today (12/1) around 12:30 PM in the 3rd floor Sanctuary! Members are all highly encouraged to attend.

Please have your personalized check-in code ready to speed up our admission process! (Check-in code and voting link has been sent to your CBCWLA email already.)

 

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!

 

ENSENADA TOY DRIVE

Our church is participating in the church planting project in Ensenada, Mexico, by providing Christmas gifts. This initiative aims to attract local families to church events and support the development of ongoing missionary work in the area. Due to the cross-border nature of this Toy Drive between the U.S. and Mexico, donations are limited to toys only. The children range in age from 6 to 17. Gift collection will take place from November 17 to December 15, with a goal of collecting 50 brand-new gifts. During this period, a table and collection box will be set up near the TV on the second floor for donations. Donation guidelines will be posted on the table. Thank you for your kindness and support!

 

CHRISTMAS EVE JOINT SERVICE

We have our annual Christmas Eve Joint Service coming up on Tuesday, 12/24. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to invite friends and family to join us as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus, together!

 

BAPTISMS

Our next baptisms will take place on 1/26! If you are interested in getting baptized, please speak to Pastor Jon; the deadline to apply for baptisms is 1/5.

 

HEAVENLY GARDEN

Issue 51 of our church publication, Heavenly Garden, is now available for pickup from our ushers by the entrances. You can also read the digital version on the church website here. The editorial team looks forward to your feedback!

 

ACCOUNTING OFFICE UPDATES

The accounting office will be sending out electronic receipts for the 2024 church offerings in January of next year. Members already have their email information on file, but if you are not a member and would like to receive your electronic receipt, please notify the accounting office at [email protected].

Offering is recorded based on the bank deposit date. To ensure inclusion of your offering in this year’s statistics, stock offering must be received by 12/20, checks must be mailed before 12/27, and Zelle transfers and in-person offering should be received by 12/29. For more information, please contact our Treasurer, Sister Shen Qing.

 

2025 CHURCH CALENDAR

Our 2025 church calendar has been published on the church website here.

 

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.