4/12/2026 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!
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (4/12) DISHWASHING MINISTRY – Let us support our Deacons to serve, or listen to their directions and assignments as they assign you to serve. Thank you to all the kitchen servants over the weekend!
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (4/12) 1:05pm TABLES WIPE-DOWN & TABLES/CHAIRS CLEANUP – *Table Wipe-down Team: Deacon Elder Patrick Liu (Team Lead), Trey Reynolds, Chester Chung, Ashley Chung; *Tables/Chairs Cleanup Crew: Everyone
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (4/12) DEADLINE for OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE: VBS – *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 TODAY (4/12).
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (4/12) 1:20pm SESSION gathering – Pray for our Elders as they gather to guide and govern the Lord’s church.
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (4/18) TABLES/CHAIRS SETUP & SUNDAY CLEANUP – *The schedule is posted on our wallboard outside the Chapel. Find your name (it should be listed 2x) and commit to serve that date. Your Team Lead should be contacting you for spiritual accountability to this ministry on your assigned date. If you are unable to serve on your assigned date, contact your Team Lead and seek to switch dates with other servants at your available time. *Before serving together, please open in prayer. After finishing your service, please close by praying for the breaking of bread ministry.
*Serving THIS SATURDAY (4/18) Setup, 3:30pm: 
Elder Patrick Liu (Team Lead), Trey Reynolds, Jason Ventura, Jihoon Ventura, Chester Chung, Ashley Chung
*Serving NEXT SUNDAY (4/19) Cleanup, 1:05pm:
*Table Wipe-down Team: Deacon Jonathan Jeng (Team Lead), Elder Nara Jeng, Mya Krief, Eric Sung, Timothy Sung, Joseph Ko, Rachel Ko; *Tables/Chairs Cleanup Crew: Everyone
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (4/18) – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Brother Daniel Roger Lee - *We celebrate you and your precious presence with us. May the Lord abundantly bless your next year of walking nearer to Jesus Christ! Amen.
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (4/18) - 4:30pm JAMES families life group gathering - *Continuing lessons on godly family relationships in Scripture, led by shepherd & Deacon Chong Choe. Join us!
 
 
*TODAY: SUNDAY (4/12) –

• *DEADLINE TODAY – SIGNUP for VBS Volunteering with the Deacons
• *9:30am weekly pre-service BREAKFAST FELLOWSHIP in Office Café (croissants, coffee & tea)
• *10:30am LORD’S DAY WORSHIP (altogether, children & youth dismissed 10:55am) at Ezra Chapel
• *12:00pm after-service BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUPS at Gymnasium Cafeteria
• *12:00pm FREE LUNCH: Menu: TBA at Gymnasium Cafeteria. Enjoy!
• *KITCHEN DISHWASHING MINISTRY
• *1:05pm TABLES wipe-down & TABLES/CHAIRS CLEANUP (Team Lead: Elder Patrick Liu)
• *1:20pm SESSION gathering

*UPCOMING NEXT WEEK –

• 4/18 (Sat) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! - Daniel Roger Lee
• 4/18 (Sat) 3:30pm TABLES/CHAIRS SETUP (Team Lead: Elder Patrick Liu's Team - Trey Reynolds, Jason Ventura, Jihoon Ventura, Chester Chung, Ashley Chung); 4:30pm JAMES life group
• 4/19 (Sun) 1:15pm STAFF GATHERING, 1:05pm TABLES CHAIRS CLEANUP (Table Wipe-Down Lead: Deacon Jonathan Jeng's Team - Elder Nara Jeng, Mya Krief, Eric Sung, Timothy Sung, Joseph Ko, Rachel Ko)

 
*TODAY’S PRAISE SONGS! – Practice them and be ready to sing this morning! Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) Battle Belongs; (2) Bless God; (Response Song #1) What a Friend We Have in Jesus; (Response Song #2) The Lord is My Salvation

*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 46)] 
Kept in Prison, Yet Never Kept from Earnest Prayer (ACTS 12:1-5)
 
(1.) [v.1-2] Whether being a common Deacon like Stephen, or a prominent apostle like James, both were martyred and not exempt from the dangers of claiming Jesus Christ as their Lord. *How has prayer increased danger, hardships, and suffering instead of eliminating them all? How have you prayed solely about relief and rescue from your circumstances instead of submission and obedience to Christ, even at great cost to you, your family, your career, and even your safety?
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(2.) [v.3-4] Herod sought to earnestly please the Jews with political favors by arresting and killing the apostles. It’s strange how the Christian-hating Jews were pleased with this violence yet were offended if it occurred on their holy days of Unleavened Bread and Passover, thus Herod avoided these times. After killing James, Herod knew it would please the Jews even more to do the same to the most prominent leader among the apostles – Peter. Knowing Peter had escaped previously by the Lord’s miraculous intervention (Acts 5:19-24), Herod put four squads – 16 total soldiers – to guard Peter. *Are your earnest prayers pleasing people/yourself, or truly pleasing God? What pleases you about prayer? At the same time, what offends you about prayer? Do you pray earnestly for your spiritual leaders, whom the devil targets foremost?
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(3.) [v.5] Peter is in prison again for the third time now (Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18). Two soldiers are chained to him, and the other two are guarding his cell door. Although Peter was kept in prison, the Church kept praying earnestly for him. *With every path forward blocked, shut tight and locked away, why pray? What should you be praying for? What earnest prayer does God want out of you?
 
 
[Korean translation]
“감옥에 갇혔으나 간절한 기도는 결코 멈추지 않았다” (사도행전 12장 1-5절)
 
(1.) [1-2절] 스데반과 같은 평범한 집사였든, 야고보와 같은 저명한 사도였든, 모두 예수 그리스도를 주님으로 고백하는 데 따르는 위험에서 벗어날 수 없었습니다. *기도가 위험, 고난, 고통을 없애기는커녕 오히려 증가시킨 적은 없습니까? 당신은 자신과 가족, 직업, 심지어 안전까지 큰 희생을 감수하면서까지 그리스도께 순종하고 복종하기보다는, 단지 상황에서 벗어나고 구원받기만을 위해 기도했습니까?
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(2.) [3-4절] 헤롯은 사도들을 체포하고 죽임으로써 유대인들에게 정치적인 호의를 베풀어 그들을 기쁘게 하려고 애썼습니다. 기독교를 증오하는 유대인들이 이러한 폭력에는 기뻐하면서도 무교절이나 유월절과 같은 거룩한 절기에 이런 일이 일어나면 분개하는 것은 이상하게 여긴다는 점입니다. 그래서 헤롯은 이 시기를 피했습니다. 야고보를 죽인 후, 헤롯은 사도들 중 가장 저명한 지도자인 베드로를 죽이면 유대인들이 더 기뻐할 것이라는 것을 알았습니다. 베드로가 이전에 주님의 기적적인 개입으로 목숨을 건졌다는 사실(사도행전 5:19-24)을 알고 있던 헤롯은 베드로를 지키기 위해 네 개의 소대, 총 16명의 병사를 배치했습니다. *당신의 간절한 기도는 다른 사람이나 자신을 기쁘게 하는 것입니까, 아니면 진정으로 하나님을 기쁘게 하는 것입니까? 기도에서 무엇이 당신을 기쁘게 합니까? 동시에 기도에서 무엇이 당신을 불쾌하게 합니까? 마귀가 가장 먼저 노리는 영적 지도자들을 위해 간절히 기도하고 있습니까?
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(3.) [5절] 베드로는 이제 세 번째로 감옥에 갇혔습니다(사도행전 4:3; 5:18). 두 명의 군인이 그에게 쇠사슬로 묶여 있었고, 다른 두 명은 감방 문을 지키고 있었습니다. 베드로가 감옥에 갇혀 있는 동안에도 교회는 그를 위해 간절히 기도했습니다. *모든 길이 막히고, 굳게 닫히고, 잠겨 버렸는데 왜 기도해야 할까요? 무엇을 위해 기도해야 할까요? 하나님께서는 당신에게 어떤 간절한 기도를 원하실까요?
 
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on the Breaking of Bread Ministry
 
Scripture:
 
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (ACTS 2:42)
 
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. (ACTS 2:46-47)
 
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. (MALACHI 3:10)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, Easter may have passed, but remind us every Sunday is the Third Day to memorialize the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and causes us to walk in the newness of life in His Name. A mark of that risen life You have gifted to us is in the breaking of bread together. We are not here together just to fill our stomachs with the bread that perishes, but to feed and serve Your people with the living Bread of eternal life. Father God, bless Hosanna’s breaking of bread together. Give us a vision of Your people around Your Table of communion. May all who are thirsty come to drink of Christ’s fountain to never thirst again. May all who are hunger, hunger for righteousness and eat the Bread of life Jesus Christ. May no soul be left hungry at Your Table as we devote to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Day by day, week by day, let us attend Your temple together and break bread together, receiving the food of Your Word and fellowship with glad and generous hearts, praising You and having favor with all people. Then add to this number of Hosanna day by day those who are being saved. Bring all the full tithe of Your people into Your House, that there may be food in Your house. Let us put You to the test with our sacred giving of tithes, and see if You will not open the windows of heaven for us and pour down a blessing until there is no more need. Feed this precious Church, Father God, with Your faithful servants. Today, provide an overflow of servants signing-up to bless the VBS children. Continue to flourish our 9:30am breakfast fellowship. Give inspiring reflections on Your living Bread, the Word of God, in our breakout discussion groups. Bless the hands of all our table/chairs setup and cleanup servants. Bless brother Daniel’s birthday with Your joy this Saturday. Bless the servants laboring on setting up tables/chairs this Saturday and cleaning up next Sunday. Bless the James families life group this Saturday. Thank You for the first visit of our little sister Selene last week – continue to grow to full health, strength, wisdom, stature, and favor with You. Continue growing all the precious life being knit together in the womb. Provide for those who have lost their jobs with new and flourishing work opportunities. Heal those sick and ill among us to be with us again. Bless all the marriages in greater intimate love in Jesus Christ. Bless our singles with undivided devotion to You and a godly spouse in purity, as You call them. Bless our sister Emilee Gee and all the confirmands & baptized members with new seasons of desiring You, serving You, and knowing You. Through the Bread of Life, the Head of the body of His Church, our risen Lord Jesus Christ we pray, Amen & Amen.