11/30/2025 Presider Announcements

*WELCOME to HOSANNA & HAPPY 1st WEEK OF ADVENT! – *Warmest welcome to all of you, especially if you are visiting or re-visiting! Please let our Welcoming Team give you our welcoming gift! Fill-out a yellow newcomer’s contact card so that we can keep in touch! We welcome you into this family of Christ’s loving arms and remain here for you as His body to grow and flourish together!
 
*DISMISSAL of children (kinder to 5th grade) to Children’s Ministry and Youth Group to Bible study + Lunch! – At this time, children from kindergarten to 5th grade can head over to Minister Sewon Cho’s children’s ministry – please proceed to the children’s chapel down the hallway to the left! And youth group can head to your Bible study and lunch hour with Rev. Sooyoung Song. *Preschool worship children should already be in the preschool worship room with Director Rachel, and will continue to begin simultaneously at 10:30am in the preschool worship room.
 
*TODAY BEGINS ADVENT SEASON! – Advent means “arrival, coming, beginning” from the Latin “adventus.” The early forefathers of the church recognized these four weeks leading up to Christmas to be a holy season of preparing for Christ’s arrival. For this first week, following along the daily devotion from our good friends at Highland Park Presbyterian Church’s Advent Reflection Guide – Week 1 “The Mountain of the Lord” – https://hppres.org/updates/advent-reflection-guide-week-1/. *This link will be in the online QR code in your bulletins for the full Sunday Announcements. 

*TODAY – FINAL TIME! TABLES-CHAIRS CLEANUP! – Thank you for serving this labor of love for Christ throughout November. May your reward be great in heaven because we have taken part in becoming the hands and feet preparing our Lord’s table of communion and breaking of bread!
 
*TODAY – ORDAINED OFFICERS GATHERING, 1:30PM at Corner Conference Room – Pray for our Elders and Deacons as they dream of the next ministry year!

*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (12/6) JAMES families life group, 4:30pm – 7:30pm – Continuing studies on Family Relationships with Shepherd Deacon Chong. Join us!

*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on Christmas Advent season, Ventura family & December ministries
 
Scripture:
 
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (ISAIAH 7:14)
 
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (JOHN 1:14)
 
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (ISAIAH 9:6)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You this advent season of the arrival of Your Son, our newborn King Jesus Christ, inviting Him as Lord over all of our lives. We stand in awe and amazement at Your sign of this through the prophet Isaiah 700 years prior to the birth of Christ. You are a promise-keeping God, to be hold the virgin conceive by the holy Spirit, to bear the Immanuel newborn King. Because Christ and the Spirit has come into the world, we know You as the God with us, the God who became flesh and dwelt among us. We have seen Your glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Although all earthly governmental authorities were against Him, You gave Him the Name above every name, that at the name of Jesus we can know You, through the Spirit, as our Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of peace. Refresh us this Christmas to keep Christ in Christmas, not becoming a holiday but a holy day. Through the Holy One and His healing hands, thank You, Lord Jesus, for healing our sister Jihoon’s legs from her fall. Bring the Ventura’s back safely to us from Korea in December. Be with our Deacons and Elders today as they plan and dream for the next ministry year. Bring overflowing joy in the Lord to sister Winnie on her birthday this Friday. Flourish our James life group gathering this Saturday. Bless the serving hands of our dessert ministry next Sunday. Strengthen our honored staff in their gathering next Sunday. Establish the work of our hands to be in step with Your heart and Kingdom and righteousness, through Christ Jesus our King whom we seek first as our first love and long for His second advent, Amen & amen.