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*WELCOME to HOSANNA & HAPPY 3rd 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.   *UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (12/20) – CHRISTMAS FELLOWSHIP & GIFT EXCHANGE, 5:30pm to 7:30pm – Dinner provided! Bring a gift of around $20 or less if you desire to participate in the gift exchange! *UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (12/21) – ALL-CONGREGATION CHRISTMAS WORSHIP, ADVENT CANDLELIGHTING SCRIPTURE READING & CHRISTMAS SONGS/HYMNS, 10:30am – Please bring your whole family together into worship. Children & Youth will be dismissed at 10:55am to their Christmas presentation with the Korean congregation. Director Rachel will oversee early childhood and preschool ministry. Minister Chao will lead us in the assignment of nativity Scripture reading/advent candle/lighting, and additional Christmas praise songs/hymns! Let us rejoice at again at the birth of our newborn King Jesus Christ! *CONTINUE ADVENT DEVOTIONS – 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 3rd week, following along the daily devotion from our good friends at Highland Park Presbyterian Church’s Advent Reflection Guide – Week 3 “The Highway Through the Wilderness” – https://hppres.org/updates/advent-reflection-guide-week-3/. May the Lord prepare us once again to celebrate the arrival of Jesus Christ as our newborn King! *UPCOMING IN FEBRUARY 2026 – SPECIAL VISIT & BLESSING OF PREACHING & TEACHING FROM MISSIONARIES: Rev. James Cha & Faith Cha – Rev. James Cha is an ordained Presbyterian minister who, alongside his wife Faith Cha, has been serving as missionaries to the Muslim world for the past 25 years - 10 of those years in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan as church planting missionaries with Pioneers, during which time over 120 Muslims came to Christ by God’s grace over the course of their ministry. Rev. James Cha was born in Pusan, Korea, and immigrated to the United States in the early 1970's with his family. While studying electrical engineering at Cornell University, he surrendered his life to the call of God to be His ambassador to the world, especially to the Muslim world. In 1991, he married his best friend, Faith, and after completing ministry training at Columbia Biblical Seminary in South Carolina and YWAM's Crossroads DTS Discipleship Training School in Kona, Hawaii, the Cha's took their three young children - Joniel, Josiah, and Karis - to Central Asia to serve the Lord as church planting missionaries. Since 2000, the Cha's have been back in the U.S. reaching out to the nations living in their community in Virginia. They are on staff with Crescent Project, a ministry that equips local churches to reach out to Muslims. James and Faith are also founders of i43, a ministry committed to fulfilling the Great Commission to the ends of the earth. Currently, they oversee the ESL (English as Second Language) ministry at Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia and are actively teaching and preaching at missions conferences across the country. James and Faith are respected and experienced experts on world missions, spiritual warfare, evangelism through ESL ministry, and outreach to Muslims. James is the author of, "Fear Not: Living a Life of No Regrets." *TODAY (12/14) – DISHWASHING ministry, 12:40pm – The weekend kitchen ministry will conclude with dishwashing today. Thank you to all the kitchen servants who served over the weekend! *TODAY (12/14) – BAPTISM orientation, 1:10pm at Corner Conference Room – All welcomed to join to learn! Pray for our baptism candidate Mya Krief. *UPCOMING – TOMORROW MONDAY (12/15) – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Kate Choe & Minister Dr. Samantha Chao. We love and celebrate you! *UPCOMING – THIS TUESDAY (12/16) – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Jason Ventura. We love and celebrate you! *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 (12/14) –
*TODAY’S PRAISE SONGS! – Practice them and be ready to sing this morning! Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) I Believe; (2) O Come O Come Emmanuel & Emmanuel; (3-response praise) He Shall Reign Forevermore   *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!
FEARLESS CHRISTMAS [part 1] “Do Not Fear, Mary: Nothing is Impossible with God” (LUKE 1:26-38) (1.) [v.26-31] After God provided an impossible conception for Elizabeth who was barren and her unbelieving husband Zechariah in their elderly years (v.5-25), an even more impossible conception is promised for Mary in the middle of her betrothal/engagement period as an unmarried, young, and virgin woman. As the angel Gabriel greeted her as the Lord’s favored one, how did Mary feel about this greeting and how did the angel Gabriel comfort her (v.26-30)? How specifically did the angel Gabriel describe God’s promise to occur in her womb (v.31)? Like Mary’s betrothal/engagement period, how has God’s timing come at the most inconvenient and undesirable seasons of your life that appeared, at first glance, to ruin all of your plans? When God’s favored grace comes upon our lives, how do we react with worldly fear instead of humble faith? As Mary was assured with specific details of her miraculous conception, how have all the details of the gospel of Christ assured you in the womb of your heart that Jesus is with you and has graced you as His favored one? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2.) [v.32-35] The name “Jesus” – which also is the equivalent of “Joshua/Yeshua/Yehoshua” in Hebrew, was a very common name during biblical times. Yet this child Jesus to be born in Mary’s womb would be unlike any common child born in human history. What does the angel Gabriel say that Jesus will be called and what Jesus will fulfill (v.32-33)? As Mary wondered how this impossible birth was to happen since she was still a virgin, how did the angel Gabriel describe how this will all happen (v.34-35)? Like Mary, how has Jesus Christ come into the womb of our lives, conceived in our hearts and minds? How has this not happened naturally, but spiritually by the power of the Holy Spirit? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3.) [v.36-38] In addition to prophesying the specific details of this promise of Jesus, what sign does the angel Gabriel give to Mary, assuring her that all these things would take place for certain although appearing impossible (v.36-37)? How does Mary humbly surrender her whole self with godly faith (v.38)? How can you do the same today, although all appears impossible ahead of you? [Korean translation] 무서움 없는 크리스마스 [1부] “마리아여, 무서워하지 말라: 대저 하나님의 모든 말씀은 능하지 못하심이 없느니라” (누가복음 1장 26-38절) (1.) [26-31절] 하나님께서는 불임이었던 엘리사벳과 그녀의 믿지 않는 남편 사가랴가 노년에 이르러 아이를 갖지 못하게 하신 기적을 통해 기적을 이루어 주셨을 뿐 아니라(5-25절), 약혼 기간 중 미혼의 젊은 처녀였던 마리아에게는 더욱 기적적인 잉태를 약속하셨습니다. 천사 가브리엘이 마리아를 주님의 은혜를 입은 자라고 부르며 인사했을 때, 마리아는 어떤 기분을 느꼈으며, 가브리엘은 어떻게 그녀를 위로했습니까(26-30절)? 가브리엘은 마리아의 태중에 일어날 하나님의 약속을 구체적으로 어떻게 설명했습니까(31절)? 마리아의 약혼 기간처럼, 당신의 삶에서도 가장 불편하고 원치 않는 시기에, 언뜻 보기에 모든 계획을 망쳐놓은 듯한 시기에 하나님의 섭리가 임한 경험이 있습니까? 하나님의 은혜가 우리 삶에 임할 때, 우리는 겸손한 믿음 대신 세상적인 두려움으로 반응하지 않습니까? 마리아가 기적적인 잉태에 대한 구체적인 세부 사항들을 확신했듯이, 그리스도 복음의 모든 세부 사항들이 당신의 마음속 깊은 곳에서 예수님이 당신과 함께 계시며 당신을 그분의 특별한 은총을 받은 자로 삼으셨다는 확신을 어떻게 심어주었습니까? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2.) [32-35절] “예수”라는 이름은 히브리어로 “여호수아/예슈아/예호슈아”와 같은 의미로, 성경 시대에 매우 흔한 이름이었습니다. 그러나 마리아의 태에서 태어날 이 아이 예수는 인류 역사상 태어난 어떤 평범한 아이와도 달랐습니다. 천사 가브리엘은 예수의 이름이 무엇이며, 예수께서 어떤 일을 성취하실 것이라고 말했습니까(32-33절)? 마리아는 자신이 처녀인데 어떻게 이런 불가능한 출산이 일어날 수 있는지 의아해했습니다. 이때 천사 가브리엘은 이 모든 일이 어떻게 일어날지 어떻게 설명했습니까(34-35절)? 마리아처럼, 예수 그리스도는 어떻게 우리 삶의 태에 들어오셨고, 우리 마음과 생각 속에 잉태되셨을까요? 어떻게 이것이 자연적인 것이 아니라 성령의 능력으로 영적으로 이루어졌을까요? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3.) [36-38절] 천사 가브리엘은 예수님의 이 약속의 구체적인 내용을 예언하는 것 외에도, 이 모든 일이 불가능해 보일지라도 반드시 이루어질 것이라는 확신을 마리아에게 어떤 표징으로 보여주었습니까(36-37절)? 마리아는 어떻게 겸손하게 온 마음을 다해 경건한 믿음으로 자신을 내어주었습니까(38절)? 오늘 당신도 모든 것이 불가능해 보일지라도 어떻게 그렇게 할 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 Christmas Advent season & December ministries Scripture: And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (LUKE 2:6-7) And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. (MATTHEW 2:9-11) And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (LUKE 2:10-11) Prayer (by Pastor Chester): Heavenly Father, we lift up to You this 3rd week of holy Advent on the eve of Christmas Lord’s Day next Sunday. We eagerly wait to celebrate Your eternal Son’s first arrival and hope in His second coming, with exceeding and great joy, just as the wise men of the east did when they saw the star rise and go before them to rest over the place where the child Jesus was. We fall down to worship Christ Jesus as Lord again, offering our treasures and our lives to our humble newborn King, who was conceived by the holy Spirit in the womb of virgin Mary, as her firstborn son and wrapped in swaddling cloths to be laid where no King should be laid – in a manger for animal food, because there was no place in the inn. Yet find us, O Lord, to give you the highest place, the central place, the dwelling place of our lives as we fall down before Your manger. We worship with the angelic hosts, who told us not to fear, who brought us the good news of great joy that is for all the people, that unto us is born in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ Jesus the Lord! May that great joy of our newborn Lord be with us today in breakout discussion groups after-service, to our humble dishwashers as they serve, to our baptism orientation with sister Mya, to the great joy of our birthdays tomorrow for Kate and Minster Chao, and Jason on Tuesday, to our Christmas fellowship and gift exchange on Saturday, to next Sunday’s blessed Christmas Worship, advent candlelighting, youth & children’s Christmas presentations – may the joy of Christ Jesus our newborn King and Lord rest among us and fill us to overflow for the only true reason for this season, in the resurrected name of our humble King Jesus from the manger, to the cross, to the tomb, and back to the right hand of the Father in heaven, and to come again in glory, Amen & Amen.
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