3/22/2026 Sunday 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. Suyoung 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.
 
*WEEKLY SUNDAY PRE-SERVICE 9:30AM BREAKFAST FELLOWSHIP in the Office Café! – Come early and enjoy some croissants, coffee, and tea weekly on Sunday starting 9:30am on the Office Café table. Enjoy!
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*CONTINUING THIS WEEK – LENTEN SEASON – WEEK 6 “Here I Am” A Lenten Journey of Obedience –  “Watching and Waiting” – Use the Lent guide from our denomination ECO: eco-pres.org/lent. These are the 40 days prior to Easter on April 4/5. Let us all learn to fast (from food, from addicted sins, from leisure, from entertainment, from daily routines, from spending/money, etc.) & pray... realigning our hungering desires upon Christ through fasting. Read this online article on the importance of fasting:  https://www.intouch.org/read/articles/how-to-start-fasting-and-actually-keep-it-up. Let us hunger for more of Jesus as Easter 2026 arrives, Amen? Amen.
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (3/28) - 4:30pm AGAPE young adults & families life group gathering - *Continuing lessons on the letter to the Ephesians, led by co-shepherds Elder Nara/Deacon Jonathan. Join us!
 
*OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE: SERVANTS NEEDED – On Easter Sunday 4/5, we are in need of servants to be present pre-worship starting 9:00am and post-worship at 11:45am to help our Korean ministry leaders setup the "Oh Happy Day" fellowship & festivities-activities. *Consider helping this labor of love and sign-up with the Deacons by next Sunday (3/29).

*OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE: SERVANTS NEEDED – *2026 VBS "Rainforest Falls: Exploring the Nature of God" is almost here (6/4 Thursday - 6/7 Sunday)! *All children from 25 months old to 4 years old can participate with parental guardian assistance. Children from Kindergarten to 5th grade will be guided by volunteer leaders/teachers. There is a great need for servants to be crew leaders/facilitators/teachers to serve the harvest of children. *Consider helping and sign-up with the Deacons by 4/12.

*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (3/29) is PALM SUNDAY – As we near the start of Passion Week of our Lord Jesus, continue your time of fasting and prayer with the Word through the lent guide: eco-pres.org/lent.
 
*4/3 GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP, 7:00pm at Ezra Chapel - Let us plan to gather on this very good night our Lord laid His life down for us!
 
*BEGINNING 4/4 (SATURDAY) TABLES/CHAIRS SETUP & SUNDAY CLEANUP – Our Korean ministry leaders have assigned us the month of April to setup and cleanup the breaking of bread ministry. A schedule will be created for all congregants to serve together in this great monthly task where all hands are needed! In this small way of service, let us show our appreciation to the Korean ministry leaders who serve us weekly on Sunday with the breaking of bread ministry.
 
*4/5 EASTER JOINT WORSHIP with children/youth & HOLY COMMUNION – On Easter Sunday, all children/youth will join us. Children will have an intermittent time of Easter crafts and rejoin us near the end of service, where we will all partake of our Lord's Communion Table together. *Spend time with your families prior to Easter to prepare your heart and life with godly self-examination and repentance prior to partaking of Holy Communion.
 
 
*TODAY: SUNDAY (3/22) –

• *Continuing LENTEN SEASON – Fasting & Prayer for 40 days prior to Easter. Lent guide: eco-pres.org/lent
• *9:30am weekly pre-service BREAKFAST FELLOWSHIP in Office Café (croissants, coffee & tea)
• *12:00pm after-service BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUPS at Gymnasium Cafeteria
• *12:00pm FREE LUNCH: Menu: TBA at Gymnasium Cafeteria. Enjoy!

*UPCOMING NEXT WEEK –

• 3/28 (Sat) 4:30pm AGAPE young adults & families life group gathering
• 3/29 (Sun) PALM SUNDAY & start of PASSION WEEK & 1:00pm OFFICERS GATHERING
• 4/3 (Fri) 7:00pm GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP
• 4/4 (Sat) TABLES/CHAIRS MONTHLY SETUP/CLEANUP BEGINS
• 4/5 (Sun) EASTER HOLY COMMUNION, DESSERTS MINISTRY, & “OH HAPPY DAY” FELLOWSHIP
• 4/7 (Tues) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Sister Mya Krief
• 4/11 (Sat) 9:30am KITCHEN MINISTRY & 4:30pm AGAPE young adults & families life group gathering

 
*TODAY’S PRAISE SONGS! – Practice them and be ready to sing this morning! Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) Lay Me Down; (2) How Deep the Father's Love for Us; (Response Song) More Like Jesus (One Voice)/ More Like Jesus (Passion)

*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!
[The Gospel According to the Acts of the Apostles – THE CHURCH IN ACTION (part 45)] 
"Every One According to His Ability Determined to Give" (ACTS 11:27-30)
 
(1.) [v.27-28] The love of the Jerusalem Church leaders for their new Christian brothers and sisters at the Antioch Church is apparent. Not only did they send their best teachers to Antioch – Barnabas and Saul – but also their prophets to edify them with the spiritual gift of prophecy like Agabus, who foretold the natural disaster of a coming great famine over all the world. Historically, this famine, a series of poor harvests and subsequent scarcity, is recorded in the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius from A.D. 41 to 54. What an amazing verification and fulfillment of Agabus’ foretold prophetic word to the Antioch Christians! *Who is the Agabus that the Lord has sent to you through a teaching, admonishment, foretelling by the Spirit to warn you of spiritual danger and help you prepare for sanctifying action?
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(2.) [v.29] As the Jerusalem Church expressed compassionate generosity in sending their teachers and prophets to Antioch, now the Antioch Church reciprocates their loving concern by sending sacrificial relief funds to help their Jerusalem Christian brothers and sisters prepare for the great famine ahead. *How have you been a recipient of Christ’s compassionate generosity? How is Jesus Christ calling you to reciprocate that selfless and sacrificial generosity to one another, especially to His body, the local Church? How is your discipline in giving, particularly in the tithe and additional offerings, a visible portrait of your worship to God and compassion for His body? Like the Antioch givers, are you determined to give according to the ability God has entrusted to you? What is that ability? Are you being faithful with it?
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(3.) [v.30] Instead of individually and personally giving to whomever and through whatever means they desire, how do the Antioch Christians teach us how to collect our giving and where to send our giving? How are you entrusting your giving to the elders and spiritual leaders of the Church as a display of godly humility and faith?
 
 
[Korean translation]
“제자들이 각각 힘대로 부조를 보내기로 작정하였다” (사도행전 11장 27-30절)
 
(1.) [27-28절] 예루살렘 교회 지도자들이 안디옥 교회의 새 그리스도인 형제자매들을 향한 사랑은 분명하게 드러납니다. 그들은 최고의 교사들인 바나바와 사울뿐 아니라, 예언의 은사를 가진 예언자들도 안디옥에 보냈습니다. 아가보는 온 세상에 닥칠 대기근이라는 자연재해를 예언했습니다. 역사적으로 이 대기근, 즉 흉작과 그로 인한 식량 부족은 서기 41년부터 54년까지 로마 황제 클라우디우스 시대에 기록되어 있습니다. 아가보가 안디옥 그리스도인들에게 전한 예언이 얼마나 놀랍게 성취된 것입니까! *주님께서 성령의 가르침과 훈계와 예언을 통해 여러분에게 보내신 아가보는 누구입니까? 그분은 여러분에게 영적인 위험을 경고하고 거룩하게 되는 행동을 준비하도록 돕기 위해 보내신 분입니다.
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(2.) [29절] 예루살렘 교회가 안디옥에 교사와 선지자를 파송하여 자비로운 관대함을 보인 것처럼, 이제 안디옥 교회는 예루살렘의 그리스도인 형제자매들이 다가올 대기근에 대비할 수 있도록 희생적인 구호 기금을 보내어 그들의 사랑과 관심에 보답하고 있습니다. *여러분은 그리스도의 자비로운 관대함을 어떻게 경험했습니까? 예수 그리스도께서는 여러분이 서로에게, 특히 그분의 몸인 지역 교회에 어떻게 이타적이고 희생적인 관대함을 되돌려주도록 부르시고 계십니까? 십일조와 추가 헌금을 포함한 헌금에 있어서 여러분의 훈련은 하나님께 드리는 예배와 그분의 몸인 교회에 대한 자비로움을 어떻게 보여주는 가시적인 모습입니까? 안디옥 헌금자들처럼, 여러분은 하나님께서 여러분에게 맡기신 능력에 따라 헌금하기로 결심했습니까? 그 능력은 무엇입니까? 여러분은 그 능력에 충실하고 있습니까?
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(3.) [30절] 안디옥 그리스도인들은 우리가 원하는 사람에게 원하는 방법으로 개인적으로 헌금을 주는 대신에, 어떻게 헌금을 모아서 어디로 보내야 하는지 가르쳐 줍니까? 여러분은 경건한 겸손과 믿음을 나타내기 위해 어떻게 헌금을 교회의 장로들과 영적 지도자들에게 맡기고 있습니까?
 
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on week 5 of this Lenten season devotional theme, “Watching and Waiting”
 
Scripture:
 
And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (MATTHEW 26:40-41)
 
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (ISAIAH 40:31)
 
Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. (1 PETER 5:7-10)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, as we enter the 6th week of this holy Lenten season prior to the final Passion Week, show us what it means to be “Watching and Waiting” for Jesus Christ, on drawing nearer to the first coming and anticipating with blessed hope of the second coming of Your only Son. He has come to die and rise again, and He will come again with the clouds, with every eye seeing Him, as the First and the Last, who is, who was, and who is to come, our almighty Savior and Lord. Strengthen us to watch and pray instead of relax and sleep. May our prayerful dependence on Jesus keep us from entering independently into all temptation. Our spirit is indeed willing, but our flesh is so weak. By the power of prayer, keep our anxieties cast upon You and Your care for us. Sober our minds and keep our eyes watchful as the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking to devour. Strengthen us to resist the devil by being firm in faith, knowing the same kinds of sufferings are being experienced by our brotherhood and sisterhood at Hosanna and the global Church around the world. For after we suffer a little while on earth, You Yourself will restore us, confirm us, strengthen us, and establish us by Your grace and glory in Your only Son. So Lord, we wait upon You! As we wait, our strength is renewed upon You! Let us mount up with wings like eagles, run and not be weary, walk and not faint, for Your strength will arise within us! Bless our fasting and prayer this week and prepare us for Palm Sunday next week. Bless our breakfast fellowship with many to come earlier and on-time to service. Bless our breakout discussions during lunch with fruitful reflections on Your Word. Bless the Agape life gathering this Saturday with the holy truths of Ephesians. Fill all the needs for servants to serve You on Easter and VBS and the approaching April tables/chairs setup ministry. Bless all the students on spring break with renewed rest and strength. Bless all the precious life growing in the womb among us and Your creation sister Selene in nurture and growth. We watch and wait for You at all times, risen Lord Jesus Christ, Amen & Amen.