4/5/2026 Easter Sunday Presider Announcements

*HAPPY EASTER RESURRECTION SUNDAY & 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 (toddler to 5th grade) to Children’s Good Friday ministry activities! – At this time, children from toddler to 5th may go with Teachers Rachel & Ashley to continue their worship with Easter children’s craft activities and ministries. *They will rejoin us after the sermon to present their Easter crafts and activities.
 
*CONFIRMATION OF FAITH – EMILEE GEE – CONGRATULATIONS! – Our youth sister Emilee Gee is receiving confirmation of faith today with Bethany Korean Presbyterian Church pastors and elders. Congratulations! May the faith gifted to our sister by the Holy Spirit continue to grow with the good works that God has prepared for Emilee to walk in by faith. May the Lord strengthen and bless many with the gospel and expand Christ’s kingdom through the faith in sister Emilee! Amen.
 
*TAPPED-OFF FLOODING/WET AREAS ON RIGHTSIDE OF CHAPEL – DO NOT SIT! – Due to the rain, we have unfortunate flooding and wet areas in the chapel and classrooms. Avoid these areas as much as possible. Thank you for your understanding.
 
*WEEKLY SUNDAY PRE-SERVICE 9:30AM BREAKFAST FELLOWSHIP in the Office Café! – Come early and enjoy some croissants, coffee, and tea weekly on Sunday starting 9:30am on the Office Café table. Enjoy!

*TODAY – HOLY COMMUNION – All from infancy, children/youth to adults are welcomed at the Lord's Table near the end of our worship service. *With your family, prepare your heart and life with godly self-examination and repentance prior to partaking of Holy Communion. *You do not need to be a covenant member of this church or be baptized and confirmed in the faith to partake at the Lord's Table. Please come to our Lord Jesus at His table first, and then subsequently we pray either here or else, you will joyfully obey the Lord's command to be a full covenant member of a local church and be baptized and confirmed in the faith.
 
*TODAY – EASTER SUNDAY (4/5) – 12:00PM during lunch APRIL BIRTHDAY CAKE CELEBRATIONS – Enjoy during lunch! *Happy April birthday’s: Mya Krief (4/7); Daniel Roger Lee (4/18)
 
*TODAY – EASTER SUNDAY (4/5) – 1:05PM after lunch TABLES WIPE-DOWN & TABLE/CHAIRS CLEANUP – Serving today:
*Table Wipe-down Team: Deacon Juhae Park (Team Lead), Hoon Park, Samantha Chao, Justin Chao, Daniel Roger Lee, Eugene Lee. *Tables/Chairs Cleanup Crew: Everyone available. Thank you!
 
*TODAY – EASTER SUNDAY (4/5) – 1:00PM to 2:30PM “OH HAPPY DAY” FELLOWSHIP – *Everyone is welcomed to join the after-lunch Easter activities/festivities!

*TODAY, if able – STAY TO CLEANUP AFTER 2:30PM! – Servants are needed to help our Korean ministry leaders cleanup the “Oh Happy Day Fellowship” activities.
 
*TODAY – EASTER SUNDAY (4/5) – DEADLINE for DFW VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT SIGN-UP – There will be a DFW-wide Asian-American church fellowship volleyball tournament on Saturday (all-day from 10am) August 8th, 2026, with a mandatory Worship & Praise night on Friday, August 7th. *Sign-up BY TODAY with Deacon Chong Choe.
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (4/11) TABLES/CHAIRS SETUP & SUNDAY CLEANUP –
*Serving THIS SATURDAY (4/11) Setup, 3:30pm: 
Deacon Jonathan Jeng (Team Lead), Elder Nara Jeng; Mya Krief, Eric Sung, Timothy Sung, Joseph Ko, Rachel Ko
*Serving NEXT SUNDAY (4/12) Cleanup, 1:05pm:
*Table Wipe-down Team: Deacon Elder Patrick Liu (Team Lead), Trey Reynolds, Jason Ventura, Jihoon Ventura, Chester Chung, Ashley Chung; *Tables/Chairs Cleanup Crew: Everyone
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (4/11) - 4:30pm AGAPE young adults & families life group gathering - *Continuing lessons on the letter to the Ephesians, led by co-shepherds Elder Nara/Deacon Jonathan. Join us!
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (4/11) 9:30AM KITCHEN FOOD PREP MINISTRY & NEXT SUNDAY (4/12) DISHWASHING MINISTRY – Let us support 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!
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (4/12) DEADLINE for OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE: VBS – *2026 VBS "Rainforest Falls: Exploring the Nature of God" is almost here (6/4 Thursday - 6/7 Sunday)! *All children from 25 months old to 4 years old can participate with parental guardian assistance. Children from Kindergarten to 5th grade will be guided by volunteer leaders/teachers. There is a great need for servants to be crew leaders/facilitators/teachers to serve the harvest of children. *Consider helping and sign-up with the Deacons by NEXT SUNDAY (4/12).
 

*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on Easter Resurrection Sunday
 
Scripture:
 
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (JOHN 11:25-26)
 
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures (1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4)
 
And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. (LUKE 24:5-6)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up this holy day of Easter Resurrection, on the third day where You raised up Your only Son our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead into an immortal body, retaining His nail-scared hands and pierced side, yet now a glorified physical body devoid of deterioration, pain, illness, physical limits, and above all, mortal death. Likened to this body, You will gift to us at the last day, where we will be with Christ in glory. Thank You for the gospel of resurrection, to truly come back from the dead and never to die again. Although we shall all face death at the appointed time, Lord Jesus You are the resurrection and the life. whoever believes in You, though he die, he shall still live, and everyone who lives and believes in You will never die. Let this be of first importance to us, to receive it as the apostle Paul did, that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised on the third day all according to the Scriptures. Today, let us all come out of our tombs, and not seek the living Christ of glory among the dead on earth. He is not here in the grave, but has risen. So raise us up with Christ today out of our tombs, our former ways of life that are dead in our trespasses. Raise us up from our death into the new resurrected life in the ways of Your Holy Spirit, to be born again into this blessed living hope of Christ’s resurrection and our resurrection at the last day. On this joyous Easter day, Bless our precious Hosanna, our 9:30am breakfast fellowship with discipleship friendships. Bless the servants who labored in love at 10am to setup fellowship activities. Bless all our children and youth in joint worship today. Bless our sister Emilee Gee receiving your Confirmation of Faith gifted by Your Spirit in her today. Bless our holy communion, from infant to adult, to behold Christ at His Table today. Bless our breaking of bread with godly reflections on Easter today. Bless our sister Mya’s birthday this Tuesday. Bless the kitchen food prep ministry this Saturday, the tables/chairs setup team with Deacon Jonathan, the Agape & James life family gatherings. Provide all the servants needed for VBS and volleyball ministry. Bless all the precious life growing in the womb among us and Your creation sister Selene in nurture and spiritual growth. In the risen Name of the Resurrection and the life, Jesus Christ who is risen now and forever, Amen & amen.