4/20/2025 Easter Sunday Announcements

1. *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 of a t-shirt and beige multi-purpose bag! 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!
2. *TODAY – AFTER-SERVICE SPECIAL LUNCH & “OH HAPPY DAY” FESTIVITIES WITH BETHANY KOREAN CHURCH – There is no formal breakout discussion groups after-service, but a take-home discussion to do with your family. Enjoy the special lunch and Easter festivities with Bethany Korean Church! Happy Easter, Hosanna!
3. *THIS SATURDAY (4/26) LAUNCH: NEW LIFE GROUP: JOHN families + AGAPE young adults, 4:30pm – 7:30pm @ Ezra Chapel (led by co-shepherds Jonathan & Nara Jeng – It is a joy to begin a new season of life group with the merger of the JOHN and AGAPE families. Pray for this new group to be filled with the love of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit to make and mature disciples of Jesus.
4. *NEXT SUNDAY (4/27) SPECIAL GUEST PREACHER: Minister Dr. Will Zhao, Highland Park Chinese Church & Solid Rock Fellowship – Pastor Chester & family will be taking a pastoral break on Sunday (4/27). The Session has invited Dr. Zhao to deliver God’s Word for us. Dr. Zhao is church-planting resident of Highland Park Chinese Church in Dallas and currently an ECO Presbyterian pastoral ordination candidate being mentored by Pastor Chester. Born and raised in China, Dr. Zhao graduated from Peking University in Beijing with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. He came to Southern Methodist University to complete his Ph.D. in this field, when Christians on campus shared with him the gospel and he came to radically trust Christ and sense a calling for pastoral ministry. Dr. Zhao gave up his doctoral work, and enrolled in Criswell College, earning the Master of Divinity degree, and subsequently Dallas Theological Seminary, where he graduated with the Ph.D. degree in Old Testament studies on the book of Job and wisdom literature of the Old Testament. Please welcome Dr. Zhao and pray for the message from the Word of God through him on 4/27 (Sunday)!