3/8/2026 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.
 
*YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) – THANK YOU FOR FELLOWSHIP AT CRAWFISH BOIL! – Special thanks to the gracious generosity of the Park’s for providing the crawfish, and all those who came, who generosity provided desserts, who offered their fellowship in Christ to one another at His communion table. Keep gathering – not just for the stomach, but for the nourishment of souls to see Jesus through you in this Hosanna covenant community, Amen? Amen.

*TODAY – SUNDAY (3/8) – “SPRING FORWARD” DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME - *2:00am will change to 3:00am. Clocks will move forward one hour. Make sure to prepare to operate an hour earlier this morning!

*CONTINUING THIS WEEK – LENTEN SEASON – WEEK 4 “Here I Am” A Lenten Journey of Obedience –  “Called Beyond Ourselves” – 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 WEDNESDAY (3/11) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sister Noa Krief – We thank God for you and the precious Krief family. We celebrate you & bless you!
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (3/14) KITCHEN FOOD PREP MINISTRY & NEXT SUNDAY (3/15) DISHWASHING MINISTRY – Let us support organizers Deacon Gloria and Deacon Chong to serve, and listen to their directions and assignments as they assign you to serve. Thank you to all the kitchen servants over this weekend!
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (3/14) - 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!
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (3/15) 1:15pm STAFF GATHERING – Pray for and continue to support our honored Staff - Minister Chao, Director Trey, and Director Rachel!
 
 
*TODAY: SUNDAY (3/8) –

• *“Spring Forward” DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS – 2:00am turns into 3:00am
• *Continuing LENTEN SEASON – Fasting & Prayer for 40 days prior to Easter. Lent guide: eco-pres.org/lent
• *12:00pm after-service BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUPS at Gymnasium Cafeteria
• *12:00pm FREE LUNCH: Menu: TBA at Gymnasium Cafeteria. Enjoy!

*UPCOMING NEXT WEEK –

• 3/11 (Wed) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Noa Krief
• 3/14 (Sat) 9:30am KITCHEN MINISTRY & 4:30pm AGAPE young adults & families life group gathering
• 3/15 (Sun) DISHWASHING MINISTRY & STAFF gathering
• 3/16-3/20 (Mon-Fri) SPRING BREAK
• 3/28 (Sat) 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) Love of God; (2) Heart of Worship; (Response Song) Holy Spirit Have Your Way & The Potter's Hand

*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 43)] 
"Who Was I That I Could Stand in God's Way?" (ACTS 11:1-18)
 
(1.) [v.1-3] When have you resorted to criticizing what God was doing standing blocking His ways, instead of surrendering to what the Word of God was changing around you and within you? How important does God value the condition of our fellowship with His body – the Church – of brothers and sisters in Christ who fear the Lord and do what is right in His sight? How are we acting like the “circumcision party” of Jews who intentionally deny, delay, ignore or withhold fellowship at the Lord’s table of communion with non-Jews [Gentiles], the “uncircumcised party”? How is God doing spiritual circumcision in your heart, cutting away the former self in sinful flesh?
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(2.) [v.4-10] How has God repeatedly revealed His Word and His way to you to obey, yet you have replied in return, “By no means, Lord”? How has the conviction of the Holy Spirit come a second time, and even a third time? With our initial and repeated disobedience and misunderstandings of God’s Word and God’s ways, how do we stand blocking what the Lord desires to do in our lives? Like God desired for Peter, how does He desire for you to love, forgive, fellowship with, and serve all of Christ’s cleansed body?
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(3.) [v.11-16] Are you recognizing the moments that the Holy Spirit is speaking and working in your midst, or are you blocking those moments with your words and your ways? Like the Holy Spirit did in sending three men to Peter, who has the Holy Spirit sent to you at the right moment with the right words from God? How has the Spirit fallen upon you, filling your ears and mouth with His words?
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(4.) [v.17-18] Are you being too loud? How is the noise of your life, your words, your priorities, your thoughts, and your actions blocking the chance to fall silent at the awe of God’s glory and genuine repentance? Where can you fall silent, be still and know He is God and you are not?
 
 
[Korean translation]
“내가 누구이기에 하나님을 능히 막겠느냐?” (사도행전 11장 1-18절)
 
(1.) [1-3절] 당신은 언제 하나님의 행하심을 비판하고 그의 길을 막았습니까? 하나님의 말씀이 당신 주변과 당신 안에서 변화시키는 것에 순종하지 않았던 적이 있습니까? 하나님은 그리스도 안에서 형제자매인, 주님을 경외하고 그 앞에서 옳은 일을 행하는 우리 형제자매들과의 교제를 얼마나 중요하게 여기십니까? 우리는 유대인의 “할례받은 자들”처럼 의도적으로 이방인, 즉 “할례받지 않은 자들”과 함께 주님의 성찬식에 참여하는 것을 거부하고, 미루고, 무시하고, 거부하는 행동을 하고 있지는 않습니까? 하나님은 당신의 마음속에서 어떻게 영적인 할례를 행하시고, 죄악된 육신의 이전 자아를 잘라내고 계십니까?
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(2.) [4-10절] 하나님께서는 당신이 순종해야 할 그의 말씀과 길을 거듭해서 계시해 주셨는데도 당신은 “주님, 절대 안 됩니다”라고 대답한 적이 있습니까? 성령의 책망이 두 번째, 심지어 세 번째로 당신에게 임한 적은 없습니까? 우리가 처음과 반복해서 불순종하고 하나님의 말씀과 그의 길을 오해함으로써, 주님께서 우리 삶에서 이루시고자 하는 일을 어떻게 막고 있습니까? 하나님께서 베드로에게 바라셨던 것처럼, 당신은 그리스도의 정결하게 된 몸된 모든 성도들과 어떻게 사랑하고, 용서하고, 교제하고, 섬기기를 원하십니까?
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(3.) [11-16절] 성령께서 당신 가운데 말씀하시고 역사하시는 순간들을 알아차리고 있습니까? 아니면 당신의 말과 행동으로 그러한 순간들을 막고 있습니까? 성령께서 베드로에게 세 사람을 보내신 것처럼, 성령께서는 적절한 때에 하나님의 말씀을 전할 사람을 당신에게 보내셨습니까? 성령께서 어떻게 당신에게 임하셔서 당신의 귀와 입을 그의 말씀으로 채우셨습니까?
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(4.) [17-18절] 당신은 너무 시끄럽게 굴고 있습니까? 당신의 삶의 소음, 당신의 말, 당신의 우선순위, 당신의 생각, 그리고 당신의 행동이 하나님의 영광에 대한 경외심과 진정한 회개 앞에서 잠잠해질 기회를 어떻게 막고 있습니까? 어디에서 잠잠해지고, 고요히 그는 하나님이시며 당신은 하나님이 아님을 알 수 있습니까?
 
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on week 4 of this Lenten season.
 
Scripture:
 
And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. (LUKE 22:41-43)
 
And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (LUKE 22:44)
 
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (GALATIANS 2:20)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You our entrance into the 4th week of this holy Lenten season. Show us this week what it means to be “Called Beyond Ourselves.” Just as Your only Son, our Savior and Lord Jesus knelt down and prayed that night in the garden of Gethsemane before the cross, “Not my will, bot Yours be done.” Call us to say this with Jesus. Call us beyond ourselves, just as the Lord Jesus came not to seek His own will, but only the plans that aligned with You, Father and Spirit. Strengthen us as we battle with our flesh. Like Jesus did, help us to fast and pray more earnestly, even until great drops of blood fall down to the ground in the agony of submitting to Your will instead of our own. Keep us in awe of Your will that was to crush and forsake Your only Son on the cross, so that we might be forgiven and never forsaken, but called children of God! As Jesus took our place on the cross, may His death on the cross also be our death to our former self, for we have been crucified with Christ. We can no longer live, but now Christ alone lives in us. The life we now live in this flesh is no longer self-driven, but faith-driven in the Son of God who loved us and gave Himself for us. May Christ alone be the reason we have life in our flesh, and life everlasting in eternity in His Kingdom. Bless today’s “Spring Forward” daylight savings. Help us know the times and seasons and live alert and wakeful for the hour of Your return. Bless this 4th week of fasting and prayer through our Lent guide. Bless the breakout discussions during-lunch today with Spirit-filled reflections. Bless this Wednesday our sister Noa Krief and the Krief family as they celebrate her birth and nurture her new birth in You. Bless this Saturday’s Agape life gathering. Thank You for blessing yesterday’s Crawfish Boil fellowship. Thank You for the many lives you are growing in the womb and safely delivering to us by Your righteous hand. You are our faithful life-giving God. Fall on us today through Your Spirit and Your only Son, our Lord and Christ Jesus, Amen & Amen.

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