*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.

*WELCOME to HOSANNA & HAPPY THANKSGIVING RESURRECTION SUNDAY LORD’S DAY WORSHIP! – *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 Thanksgiving Crafts and Bible Lessons with Director Rachel and Teacher Ashley – At this time, children from kindergarten to 5th grade can follow Director Rachel to the Children’s Worship Room across the Chapel. *The children will rejoin us near the end of service to present their Thanksgiving crafts, give testimonies of thanks to the Lord, and fully partake in holy Communion of the Lord’s table with the bread and cup together. **YOUTH, you are welcomed to remain and worship with us! *THERE WILL BE NO BETHANY YOUTH MINISTRY PROGRAM TODAY with Rev. Sooyoung Song, as the Korean congregation is having a joint worship.
 
**UPCOMING WEEK – THIS THURSDAY (11/27) THANKSGIVING DAY, GEE FAMILY LUNCH INVITATION 12:00pm to 4:00pm at their Argyle home in Denton – The Gee family extends the gracious hospitality of Jesus to everyone in-town for Thanksgiving day or those whose family is out-of-town on Thanksgiving Day this Thursday. Inform the Gee's you will be there!
 
**UPCOMING WEEK – THIS SATURDAY (11/29) OUR ANNUAL HOSANNA FRIENDSGIVING-THANKSGIVING POTLUCK FELLOWSHIP (Saturday, 11/29), 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Ezra Chapel – It’s time to be friends and brings friends to our Friendsgiving! Come for just a loose time of breaking bread and fellowship together as friends in Christ! *We will also meet earlier at 4:30pm to setup the tables/chairs for Sunday's breaking bread ministry. ***Sign-up for your potluck item at the link so we know who may be bringing what dish, and we can fill whichever dishes/sides/desserts we may lack. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CkR03NVm83Ela28FP9PhSXfsUUhyJrMW09eT_RsKAGc/edit?usp=sharing

*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on Thanksgiving season & Pastoral Journey (Minister Dr. Samantha Chao)
 
Scripture:
 
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! (PSALM 107:1)
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we give thanks to You, for Your ways alone are good, for Your steadfast love endures forever for us in Your only Son our Lord Jesus Christ. By the power of the holy Spirit, we understand this, feel this, and live this out this Thanksgiving season. Make this Thanksgiving so much more than turkeys or family gatherings, nor worldly reasons to count what to be thankful for. Instead, lift our eyes upon You, whom all blessings flow and thanks should be given. You alone are the reason to be thankful in all circumstances, for this is Your will for us in Christ Jesus. With this, You are the ultimate reason for this season. You gave us this gift of giving thanks as the power to turn any circumstance on its head, and to find the delight of yet praising You, worshipping Christ no matter what enters our lives, teaching us the power to rejoice in You that becomes our strength. Strengthen us by the transformational joy You will show us in Philippians 1:1-11 today through Your servant Minister Chao. We thank You for calling her to Yourself, bringing her family to Hosanna, and equipping her with all the gifts to bring glory to You. Holy Spirit, preach Your Word through her to us. Inspire our hearts to love and obey Christ Jesus more in choosing Your joy, becoming sacrificial offerings for Your Church, and pursuing a holy sanctified life of spiritual fruits. We thank You for the partnership in the gospel with Minister Chao and all the holy servants of Hosanna, and trust You will bring it to completion at the day of Your Son’s return. In Jesus Christ’s resurrected name in whom our love for each other abounds more and more, through Christ we pray, Amen & amen. 

*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 – SUNDAY (11/16) SESSION GATHERING, 1:00pm at Corner Conference Room – The Session will gather for a pastoral ordination endorsement evaluation.
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (11/16) TABLES/CHAIRS CLEANUP, 1:15pm at Gymnasium Cafeteria – Hosanna will serve the tables/chairs ministry for the entire month of November. *Don’t forget to wipe down the tables prior to folding away the tables! See the Korean kitchen servants for the table-wiping clothes.
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (11/22), 3:00PM OVER 110 LBS. MASHED POTATOES PREP! – On Thanksgiving Sunday, Hosanna will help contribute to the special Turkey lunch by taking care of prepping the mashed potato side for over 400 people with over 110 lbs. of potatoes. That’s a lot of potatoes to peel, boil, and mash! In this labor of Christ’s love, we need all hands-in to serve! Free your Saturday this upcoming week on 11/22, starting 3:00pm, as we meet in the kitchen to prep this side dish to complement the beautiful Turkey lunch! It’s potato-mashing time! We will finish our service by setting up the tables/chairs afterwards.
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (11/23) ALL-CONGREGATION THANKSGIVING WORSHIP & COMMUNION! – Come altogether with the whole family into worship, from our infants, children and youth, to our blessed Thanksgiving Lord’s Day Worship! Minister Dr. Samantha Chao will preach for us for the very first time with a special Thanksgiving message: “Transformational Joy” from Philippians 1:1-11. Director Rachel and Assistant Ashley have prepared a special thanksgiving craft and craft presentation for the children. There will be an open-mic time for a testimony of thanks to the Lord from our life groups/congregants. Pastor and Elders will administer a time of communion with the bread and cup. And of course, our Deacons and servants will lead us in serving our mashed potatoes alongside the special turkey lunch! On top of that, our Bethany Korean congregants are preparing some festivities/games/snacks/family photo booths for both children and adults alike! Let us prepare our hearts to give a great thanks to our God for all He has done and will continue to do in our lives, our precious church, and beyond!
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on Mashed Potatoes Prep Ministry, Thanksgiving Worship & Communion, Planning of 2026-’27 Ministry Year
 
Scripture:
 
For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves. (LUKE 22:27)
 
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18)
 
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” (JAMES 4:13-15)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You these final months of 2025. Fill our hearts again and again this November with the power of giving thanks to You alone, not resting on reasons for thankfulness rooted in this world, but the gift of Christ that makes us thankful in all circumstances, no matter what has happened or how our hearts feel. Be the sole reason for this season to be thanks, for it is good for our soul that can transform our sorrows into Your joys, our pains into Your healing, our trials into Your deliverance, our needs into Your provisions. We remember again the words of our Lord Jesus, how we are not called to be served, but to serve. For who is greater, the one who reclines at table or one who serves? From the world’s perspective, is it not the one who reclines at table who calls for the table-servers that is greater? Yet You, Lord Jesus, are among us as the one who serves tables, not reclines at them. Help us get up off our reclining chairs, and serve Your people with a thankful heart this Saturday in our mashed potatoes prep ministry. Help our congregants bring sacrificial hands to bless our Bethany kitchen leaders for the beautiful Thanksgiving Sunday meal. Bless next Sunday’s all-congregation Thanksgiving Worship and Communion with the preaching of Your Word from Minister Chao, our children’s crafts and presentations, our testimonies of thanks to You, and our sacred time of communion in the presence of Jesus’ body and cup of the new covenant. And as we look to the 2026-2027 ministry year, let us not say, “we will go to do this and spend that and make that” – for we do not know what tomorrow will bring. We are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead, help us to plan by saying, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this and do that.” Through the one who keeps us rejoicing always, praying unceasingly, and giving thanks in all circumstances, for His goodness alone and love endures forever in our resurrected Lord Jesus Christ’s name we pray and give heartfelt thanks, Amen & amen.

*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.
 
*OVER 110 LBS. MASHED POTATOES PREP ON 11/22 (Sat), 3:00PM! – On Thanksgiving Sunday, Hosanna will help contribute to the special Turkey lunch by taking care of prepping the mashed potato side for over 400 people with over 110 lbs. of potatoes. In this labor of Christ’s love, we need all hands-in to serve! Plan to free your Saturday afternoon on 11/22, starting 3:00pm, as we meet in the kitchen to prep this side dish to complement the beautiful Turkey lunch. More details will be given by our Deacons in the following weeks.
 
*DUE TODAY – CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX PROJECT! – Collection of boxes will close today. Bring your boxes to the Bethany foyer.
 
*TODAY during/after lunch – 12:30pm dishwashing ministry and 1:15pm tables/chairs cleanup.
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (11/9) STAFF GATHERING, 1:15pm at Corner Conference Room – Our honored staff will be gathering for their monthly encouragement and preparation for ministry. Keep our honored staff in prayer!
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (11/15) TABLES/CHAIRS SETUP, 3:30pm at Gymnasium Cafeteria – Join us at 3:30pm for setup this Saturday! We will also cleanup again on Sunday at 1:15pm.
 
*UPCOMING – ALL-CONGREGATION THANKSGIVING WORSHIP & COMMUNION (11/23) – Special thanksgiving crafts for children, open-mic time for giving thanks in corporate worship, communion together, special turkey lunch, and outdoor festivities with our Bethany Korean congregants is being prepared! Let’s prepare our hearts to give a great thanks to our God for all He is done in and through our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ!
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on Christmas Shoebox Collection, Hosanna Staff, Upcoming birthdays (Hanna Park, Joseph Ko, Emma Jeng), Kitchen Ministry, Tables/Chairs Ministry, JAMES life group.
 
Scripture:
 
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” (MATTHEW 19:14)
 
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. (HEBREWS 13:7)
 
A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves. (LUKE 22:24-27)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You all the children across the world who will be touched by the gift of Your only Son through the gift of a shoebox we have filled with Your love and provisions. For Your desire has always been to draw to Yourself the little children – to let the little children come and not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of God. Through these gifts, remind the children of the Giver of these gifts, to come to Jesus in however which way they may know and understand in the mystery of how Your grace is revealed unto them and their level of conscious receptivity, that Your grace may go forth and touch them through this provision. We lift up our honored Staff – Director Rachel, Director Trey, Minister Chao, Pastor Chester – keep them in good health and we remember them as they speak the word of God to us, considering the outcome of their way of life. Let our staff be those whose faith can be imitated because they possess the heart of Christ. Bless our upcoming birthdays, beloved Mrs. Hanna Park, Joseph Ko, and little Emma Jeng – for another year to grow in advancing Your Kingdom wherever You send them. And let the greatest among us become the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For according to Your eyes, the greatest is not the one who reclines at table, but the one who serves tables. So we serve this month of November the tables/chairs ministry. With our small sacrifice, receive this labor of Your love in us. Likewise, raise up our James life group families as servants of God who are among us as those who serve, as they continue to follow their suffering servant Jesus Christ. In His resurrected name, Christ Jesus our Lord and Chief Shepherd of Hosanna we pray, amen & amen.