5/11/2025 Sunday Picnic Announcements for Presider

1. *WELCOME to HOSANNA SPRING PICNIC! – *Warmest welcome to all of you, especially if you are visiting or re-visiting! Thank you for making it out to our spring picnic worship today, as well as all those joining us virtually! If you are a newcomer watching virtually, make sure to fill-out the newcomer’s contact link in the description box below the livestream video. If you are a newcomer today, make sure to see Elder Heather see so that we can know who you are and keep you in our prayers! We welcome you into this family of Christ’s loving arms and remain here for you as His body to grow and flourish together!
2. ****IMPORTANT CHANGE STARTING TODAY**** NEW SUNDAY WORSHIP START-TIME 10:30AM FROM TODAY ONWARD – Bethany Korean Church leaders have requested that we move our Sunday worship start-time from 10:40am earlier to 10:30am. After weeks of prayer and deliberation, the ordained officers have agreed to this proposal for the purpose of sharing the Chapel with the youth ministry, whose service will now be changed from 10am in the Bethany Chapel to 12pm in the Ezra Chapel (*beginning today, starting with youth Bible study at 11am). Thank you for your understanding, grace, and support through this change!
3. *OUR SCHEDULE – 11:45AM LUNCH, 12:30PM FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES, 1:30PM PRIZES/RAFFLE DRAWINGS, 1:50PM CLEANUP & DEPART – Immediately after worship service, we will be having a delicious lunch of grilled burgers, hotdogs, sides, and desserts. Promptly grab your food and share discussions around today’s preached Word. Following lunch, we will have churchwide fellowship games & activities! *EVERYONE, PLEASE MAKE EFFORT TO PARTICIPATE so that we may draw closer to Christ’s love for one another. Following fellowship games, we will hand out prizes and have a raffle drawing. Lastly, we will cleanup and depart the pavilion area by 2pm. Let’s keep one another safe and have a blessed fellowship in Christ together!
4. *THIS SATURDAY (5/17), JAMES families life group, 4pm-7pm @ Ezra Chapel – The JAMES families life group will be gathering to finish their time in looking into Faith and God’s Timing.
5. *NEXT SUNDAY (5/18) HOSANNA PRESCHOOL GRADUATION – Jonah and Eliana will be graduating from Hosanna Preschool Worship into our blended children’s ministry with Bethany Korean Church, under the shepherdship of Minister Sewon Cho – Bethany Children’s Ministry (BCM). Let us congratulate them together!
6. *NEXT SUNDAY (5/18) YOUTH SERVICE PRESENTATION OF HOSANNA CHURCH – The Ordained Officers will be in the 12pm youth service to introduce Hosanna Church and our annual Evangelism Sunday event – Taste of Hosanna – in view of the upcoming promotion Sunday (6/1) when all grades matriculate into their next level. Let us pray for the high school senior graduates as they discern their next steps in the Lord!
7. *NEXT SUNDAY (5/18) STAFF GATHERING, 1:15pm @ Corner Conference Room – Our honored staff will be gathering for a monthly debriefing and prayer time. Continue supporting our honored staff!

 
*At this time, in view of Mother's Appreciation Sunday and our honored Hosanna mothers, Pastor will administer a time of prayerful blessing.


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