2/15/2026 Presider Announcements

*WELCOME to HOSANNA! – 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. Suyoung 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 – SUNDAY (2/15) LENTEN SEASON BEGINNING  this Wednesday – These are the 40 days prior to Easter on April 4/5. Please practice fasting routinely for the next 40 days (from food, from addicted sins, from leisure, from entertainment, from daily routines, from spending/money, etc.) & spend that time instead in prayer and Scripture reading. Read the online article about fasting that is linked in the QR code webpage of our Sunday announcements webpage in your bulletin: https://www.intouch.org/read/articles/how-to-start-fasting-and-actually-keep-it-up

*TODAY – SUNDAY (2/15) after-service BABY SHOWER BLESSING – The Hosanna sisterhood invites all of you after-service to celebrate new Baby Gee arriving in March in the foyer hallway and Corner Room. *Don't leave for lunch until you get a photo with our blessed Gee family, take a dessert, and also bless the Gee's in our group prayer together. Celebrate with us our life-giving Lord and His creation! Amen.
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (2/15) during-lunch DISHWASHING MINISTRY – See organizers Deacon Gloria and Deacon Chong to serve, or listen to their directions and assignments as they assign you to serve. Thank you to all the kitchen servants over the weekend!
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (2/15) 1:00pm STAFF GATHERING – Pray for and continue to support our honored Staff - Minister Chao, Director Trey, and Director Rachel!
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (2/15) 3:30pm VOLLEYBALL FELLOWSHIP with Bethany KPC – Bring your gear and game! See Elder Andrew Lee to partake in this sports ministry.

*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on thanksgiving for Missionary Cha & Great Commission Focus Weekend
 
Scripture:
 
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (MATTHEW 28:18-20)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You, Your missionaries Pastor James & Faith Cha. Thank You for sending them to Hosanna at just the right time. No one who was greeted by them, prayed over by them, taught and preached to by them came away without having encountered the overflowing love of Jesus Christ and heart to make true disciples all over the world. We thank You for the fruits of the Spirit – their kindness, gentleness, genuine interest in the lives of each of our congregants and youth students. They have shown us the glorious face of Jesus Christ. Help us remember their encouragements from You, their challenges in Your Word, and their numerous testimonies of the powerful workings of Your Spirit in central Asia. Lord, help us live like the Cha’s in Jesus who holds all authority in heaven and on earth. Let us go to make disciples in every stage of life from infancy to adulthood, baptizing them in Your Name, teaching them Your commandments. Lord Jesus, let us be found true disciples whose devotion to You far outweighs our own family relationships. May ambassadors of Christ’s reconciliation emerge out of Hosanna to shine Your light through our beautiful church. As Lenten season begins this Wednesday, help us fast and pray, realigning our hunger to hunger after Jesus more and more, starving the flesh but feeding the soul. Bless our baby shower blessing today with joy in Your presence. Bless our dishwashers and kitchen ministry today. Bless the staff as they gather today. Bless the volleyball fellowship with Bethany today with safety and compassionate sportsmanship. All for the glory of our risen Lord Jesus Christ, Amen & amen.