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*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! *ALL-CONGREGATION PRAYERS – As Scripture commands us, let us pray for one another, especially those who are sick/ill physically among us (JAMES 5:14-15; 3 JOHN 1:2) as well as special topics needing our attentive intercession.
 *TODAY: SUNDAY (11/16) –
*UPCOMING NEXT WEEK –
*TODAY’S PRAISE SONGS! – Practice them and be ready to sing this morning! Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) His Name is Jesus; (2) Be Thou My Vision & Undivided Heart; (3-response praise) Ruin Me  *TODAY’S BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUPS after-service in the gymnasium cafeteria – Today, spend some time in your group tables (group# found in the note page of your bulletin) and share the life of the preached Word. Pre-read, think through, and share this spiritual food in discussion with one another!
“Fall Facedown as the Blinding Heavenly Light Shines Around” (ACTS 9:1-9) (1.) [v.1-2] Saul was no ordinary Pharisee, but a radical extremist who sought to eliminate all those who claimed Jesus Christ as their resurrected Savior and Lord. Even after approving the execution of Deacon Stephen, what was Saul still doing that could be known even through his breathing (v.1)? To what great efforts did Saul make to imprison followers of the way of Jesus (v.2)? Like Saul, what are you still in the pattern of doing that is displeasing to the Lord? What great efforts do you make to carry them out? How are you following your way instead of belonging to and walking in Christ’s way? How are our heads lifting up in pride instead of falling face down in humility? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2.) [v.3-7] As Saul went on his way, how was he suddenly turned around to Christ’s way (v.3)? When the heavenly light shined around Saul, what did it make him do and hear (v.4)? How did Saul already know who was speaking to him out of the heavenly light (v.5)? After identifying himself, what did Jesus order Saul to do (v.6)? How were the soldiers with Saul also included in this dramatic appearance of Jesus (v.7)? Share your personal testimony of how the heavenly light of Jesus came shining into your life. Have you fallen facedown to the ground before the blinding light of heaven? How has Jesus blinded your eyes to the world, and opened your eyes to His light? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3.) [v.8-9] When Saul rose from the ground, what did he realize happened with his eyes, and how was he able to enter Damascus (v.8)? How long was Saul blind, and what did he do during that time (v.9)? How does the gospel blind us so that Jesus can lead us by His hand? How can fasting and prayer heal your spiritual blindness? [Korean translation] “하늘로부터 눈부신 빛이 둘러 비추는 가운데 얼굴을 땅에 엎드리라” (사도행전 9:1-9) (1.) [1-2절] 사울은 평범한 바리새인이 아니라 예수 그리스도를 부활하신 구주이자 주님으로 고백하는 모든 사람을 없애려 했던 급진적인 극단주의자였습니다. 스데반 집사의 처형을 승인한 후에도 사울은 숨결로도 알 수 있는 무슨 일을 계속하고 있었습니까(1절)? 사울은 예수님의 길을 따르는 사람들을 가두기 위해 얼마나 많은 노력을 기울였습니까(2절)? 사울처럼 당신도 여전히 주님을 불쾌하게 하는 어떤 행실을 하고 있습니까? 당신은 그것들을 실행하기 위해 얼마나 많은 노력을 기울이고 있습니까? 당신은 그리스도의 길에 속하고 그분의 길을 걷는 대신 어떻게 자신의 길을 따르고 있습니까? 우리는 어떻게 겸손하게 엎드리는 대신 교만하게 고개를 들고 있습니까? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2.) [3-7절] 사울이 길을 가다가 어떻게 갑자기 그리스도의 길로 돌아섰습니까(3절)? 하늘의 빛이 사울을 비추자 그는 무엇을 하고 무엇을 들었습니까(4절)? 사울은 하늘의 빛 가운데서 자신에게 말하는 분이 누구인지 어떻게 이미 알고 있었습니까(5절)? 예수님께서 자신을 밝히신 후, 사울에게 무엇을 하라고 명령하셨습니까(6절)? 사울과 함께 있던 군사들도 예수님의 이 극적인 출현에 어떻게 포함되었습니까(7절)? 예수님의 하늘의 빛이 당신의 삶에 어떻게 비춰졌는지에 대한 개인적인 간증을 나눠 보십시오. 당신은 하늘의 눈부신 빛 앞에서 얼굴을 땅에 대고 엎드린 적이 있습니까? 예수님께서 어떻게 당신의 눈을 세상으로부터 멀어지게 하시고, 당신의 눈을 그분의 빛으로 열어 주셨습니까? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3.) [8-9절] 사울이 땅에서 일어났을 때, 그는 자신의 눈에 무슨 일이 일어났는지 깨달았고, 어떻게 다메섹에 들어갈 수 있었습니까(8절)? 사울은 얼마 동안 눈이 멀었으며, 그 동안 무엇을 했습니까(9절)? 복음은 어떻게 우리를 눈멀게 하여 예수님께서 그분의 손으로 우리를 인도하실 수 있게 합니까? 금식과 기도는 어떻게 당신의 영적 눈멀음을 치유할 수 있습니까? *UPCOMING (*notice some dates may have changed) –
*UPCOMING HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY TO YOU FROM OUR HOSANNA FAMILY! We celebrate you and love you in Christ so much! (*Let us know if we missed your birthday! We sincerely apologize) –
*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.
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