8/31/2025 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. 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 – FAREWELL TO BETHANY KOREAN PASTOR ISAIAH & MINISTER SUNNY AHN & FAMILY – Today is the last Sunday for our Bethany Korean Pastor Isaiah Lee, who served our elderly and directed the Korean choir, as well as his wife Minister Sunny Ahn, who served the children’s ministry & Korean toddlers ministry. They will be moving to Seattle’s Hyungjae Church (Korean Community Church of Seattle) in Washington, as the new Pastor for Korean young adults and choir. Let us congratulate them and bless them on their way!

*NOTICE: NEXT SUNDAY (9/7) after-service CONGREGATIONAL MEETING FOR ELECTION! – The Congregational Meeting will be held immediately after-service at the Choir Room, 11:40am to 12:00pm. We ask all covenant partners to take this covenant responsibility seriously and prayerfully, and make every effort to be present on 9/7 (Sunday) to courageously cast your vote for the nominated candidates.

*2025-’26 OFFICER PROFILES – Get to know our 2025-’26 candidates for ordained office, as well as those renewing their covenant terms – hosannapc.org/officer-profiles. *They are also on the wallboard in the foyer outside the Chapel. Pray for these precious candidates and officers of the Lord’s Church!
 
*EARLY ONLINE VOTING FOR ABSENTEES STARTS TODAY (8/31)! – Your vote means so much to us! This is why the Session wants to make a way for those who are unable to attend the Congregational Election on 9/7 to vote online. *Online voting is only for those absentees who are unable to make it in-person on 9/7. Absentee online voting must be done EARLY between these dates: 8/31 (Sunday) to 9/5 (Friday) at the following secure webpage – hosannapc.org/vote-online. All ballots of online voters will remain strictly in confidentiality and anonymity. *After submission, a verification email will be sent to the online voter that their ballot was submitted correctly and received well, and will be part of the total vote count with the in-person ballots. We pray all our online voters can join in this historic vote as Hosanna turns the page into its 3rd year and chapter!
 
*2025 “LIFT UP YOUR EYES” (John 4:35) HOSANNA FALL RETREAT, 10/10-12 (Fri-Sun)! – *Retreat will take place from Friday evening to Saturday evening at an Airbnb in McKinney, and conclude at our church facility in Ezra Chapel on Sunday morning at 10:30am Sunday morning worship. Attendees are welcomed to stay at the Airbnb (Ranch-style home at 8786 County Road 167 McKinney, TX 75071) Friday evening until Sunday morning, or come-and-go as needed. *Special Guest Preacher: Rev. Brian Hsieh, Associate Pastor, English Ministry of Collin County Chinese Fellowship Church, Plano, Texas. *See the Deacons for more details and to register for the retreat! Let’s keep these dates free for devoted retreat time and not give up gathering together, all the more as the day of the Lord approaches!

*TODAY: SUNDAY (8/31) SESSION/ELDER BOARD gathering – Pray for our Elders as they plan and guide Hosanna into the future with the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

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*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on the 2025-’26 Candidates for Ordained Office of Elder and Deacon.
 
Scripture:
 
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. (ACTS 14:23)
 
For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. (TITUS 1:7-9)
 
As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. (ACTS 16:4)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You the 2025-’26 candidates for your ordained offices of Deacon and Elder in Your beloved Church. We thank You, Holy Spirit, for guiding us through the season of nominations, putting forth the names of those whom You have called to Your precious harvest. We thank You for candidates Patrick Liu, Nara Jeng, Juhae Park, Jonathan Jeng, and the covenant term renewals of Deacons Chong Choe, Gloria Gee, and Waywah Gee, as well as the legacy of faithful office and service that Elder Heather leaves before us all. Father God, as we pray over the candidate profiles and prepare for the election next Sunday, help us to obey Your holy Spirit. As in the days of the New Testament Church, we appoint elders and deacons with prayer and fasting, committing them to You, Lord, in whom they have believed. For our future Session and Elders, we ask they continue to hold the biblical standard as Your steward, be above reproach, not arrogant or quick-tempered, nor a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain. But rather, but all our officers be hospitable, lovers of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. May they hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that they might be able to give instruction in sound doctrine to the congregation, as well as rebuke those who contradict it. We pray for the congregation to respect and observe the decisions of our Elders especially, and esteem them highly in love, so that Your Church might be put into godly order to grow in grace and peace, through our chief Elder and Overseer of our souls, Jesus Christ our Master we pray, Amen & amen.