4/26/2026 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.
 
*SUNDAY WORSHIP HARD-STOP at 11:40AM, SO LET'S BE ON-TIME FOR 10:30AM START-TIME! - Because the Korean ministry is doing a seminar in the Chapel at approximately 1:30pm for the next couple of weeks, and the youth service is sandwiched in-between us, Youth Director Kris requested that we end as early as possible so that the youth students can come into service by 11:50am, so that the youth service will not end past 1:00pm-1:10pm and affect the Korean seminar. To honor their request, let's start by coming on-time to worship. *Coming on-time does not mean walking-in at 10:30am. *Please come between 10:00am to 10:15am, greeting one another, sharing in breakfast fellowship, helping any needs with the Welcoming Team, and preparing with earnest prayer in the Chapel prior to the worship countdown. Thank you for your understanding.
 
*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!

​*BLESSED UPCOMING BAPTISMS on MAY 17th - Jason Ventura (adult believer's baptism) & Elena Ventura (covenant child baptism) - Pray for the precious Ventura family in this double blessing of baptism for both father and daughter. *Please come prepared to give the congregational baptismal vow to the Ventura's, and to congratulate & bless them on this most sacred baptism Sunday.
 
*STARTING NEXT SUNDAY (5/3) KINGDOM EXPANSION SCRIPTURES & PRAYER LED BY OFFICERS & HOSANNA INTERCESSORY PRAYER (HIP) TEAM – We will cultivate a culture of earnest prayer among our congregants, beginning with our spiritual leaders. We hope everyone will have the opportunity to prepare a prayer, write-out a prayer, root their prayer in Scripture, and pray for the specific concerns on God’s heart for the expansion of His Kingdom on earth, as it is in heaven. Elder Patrick will lead this ministry. Pray for our Representative Prayer Leaders! *Schedule of Prayer Leaders:
*5/3: Elder Patrick Liu
*5/10: Deacon Jonathan Jeng
*5/17: Pastor – Baptism Sunday
*5/24: Elder Nara Im Jeng
*5/31: Pastor – Graduation Sunday
*6/7: Deacon Waywah Gee
*6/14: Pastor – Holy Communion Sunday
*6/21: Deacon Juhae Park
*6/28: Deacon Gloria Gee
*7/5: Deacon Chong Choe
*7/12: Elder Patrick Liu
*7/19: Deacon Jonathan Jeng
*7/26: Elder Nara Im Jeng
 
*REGISTER FOR 2026 CHILDREN’S VBS “Rainforest Falls” – Until 5/17 (early registration: $35 per child). After 5/17 ($45 per child). Children from PreK, 3 yrs. old to Elementary 5th grade are welcomed to register in the Foyer Lobby outside the gymnasium cafeteria. VBS will be held from 6/4 Thursday to 6/7 Sunday, ending with a watersplash activity on Sunday.
 
*REGISTER FOR 2026 GOLF MISSION FUNDRAISER TO BE HELD ON 5/16 (Sat), starting 2:00pm at Bear Creek Golf Club ($150 per player) – Register at the Foyer Lobby outside the gymnasium cafeteria. Collection will go to Nogales, Mexico, for supporting Missionary Rev. Yul Lee. See information on Missionary Lee’s ministry on our Foyer Wallboard.
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*TODAY – SUNDAY (4/26) - FAREWELL to LOS ANGELES, KOREAN MINISTRY MEDIA PASTOR - Rev. Yong Ok Hwang & Family - Many of you have seen and known Pastor Hwang, his beloved wife and two lovely children, from our Korean congregation. Pastor Hwang has received the Lord's pastoral calling to the Los Angeles area to a flagship Korean Church in our ECO Presbyterian denomination - Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church of Chino Hills. May the Lord flourish his ministry to this precious church. Please bless him this Sunday as you see him & family for a final today.
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (4/26) 1:05pm FINAL TIME TABLES WIPE-DOWN & TABLES/CHAIRS CLEANUP – Sincerest thank you to all the servants who served this ministry for the month of April! For the final time serving today: *Table Wipe-down Team: Deacon Chong Choe (Team Lead) is ill with the flu today. *Elder Patrick will his replacement as Team Lead. Kate Choe, Elder Andrew Lee, Elder Heather Lee, Miki Krief, Chester Chung; *Tables/Chairs Cleanup Crew: Everyone.
 
*TODAY - SUNDAY (4/26) end-of-month SESSION GATHERING - Pray for our Elders as they guard, guide, and govern the Lord's Church!
 
*UPCOMING – THIS TUESDAY (4/28) – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Brian Ahn & Brian Joo - *We celebrate you and miss your precious presence with us. May the Lord abundantly bless you to walk nearer to Jesus Christ, wherever He leads your path! Amen.
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (5/2) - 4:30pm JAMES families life group gathering - *Continuing lessons on godly family relationships in Scripture, led by shepherd & Deacon Chong Choe. Join us!
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (5/3) – DESSERT MINISTRY + MAY BIRTHDAYS CAKE CELEBRATIONS - *Enjoy during-lunch as we serve and bless both our Bethany & Hosanna families in Christ. Thank you to sister Mya Krief for serving our birthday cake ministry. *Happy May birthdays: Roi Lee (5/4); Sarah Kim (5/8); Aria Chao (5/24); JJ Kim (5/24)
 
 
*TODAY: SUNDAY (4/26) –

• *Continuing – VBS Registration & Golf Mission Fundraiser Sign-Up at Lobby next to Gymnasium
• *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!
• *1:05pm TABLES wipe-down & TABLES/CHAIRS CLEANUP (Team Lead: Deacon Chong Choe)
• *1:20pm SESSION gathering

 
*UPCOMING NEXT WEEK –

• 5/2 (Sat) 4:30pm JAMES families life group gathering
• 5/3 (Sun) MAY BIRTHDAYS CAKE CELEBRATION & DESSERT MINISTRY
• 5/4 (Mon) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Roi Lee (college)
• 5/8 (Fri) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Sarah Kim (college)
• 5/9 (Sat-Sun) 9:30am KITCHEN MINISTRY; 4:30pm AGAPE life group
• 5/10 (Sun) MOTHERS APPRECIATION
• 5/16 (Sat) 2pm GOLF MISSION FUNDRAISER & 4:30pm JAMES life group
• 5/17 (Sun) BAPTISM SUNDAY (Jason Ventura & Elena Ventura)
• 5/24 (Sun) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Aria Chao & JJ Kim
• 5/24 (Sun) START-OF-SUMMER BBQ at Park’s home (Waxahachie)
• 5/25 (Mon) MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
• 5/31 (Sun) GRADUATION SUNDAY & 1pm OFFICERS (Session+Diaconate) GATHERING

 
*TODAY’S PRAISE SONGS! – Practice them and be ready to sing this morning! Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) Battle Belongs; (2) Be Thou My Vision; (Response Song) What An Awesome God

​*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. Re-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 48)] 
"Out of Your Mind Answered Prayer" (ACTS 12:12-17)

(1.) [v.12-13] Miraculously delivered from prison by the Lord’s angel, Peter goes to the house of Mary, perhaps knowing that the Church was certainly gathered at her home and praying together for his deliverance from prison. Surprisingly, the door of Mary’s home was shut without any awaiting onlookers for Peter, and the person who eventually came to answer Peter’s knocking was not the host of the home (Mary) or the praying believers, but a servant girl of the home named Rhoda. *Do you really expect God’s answer to prayer? Are you faithfully waiting for it? When the answer is at the doorstep of your life, do you hear it and come towards it? Where in your life is the Lord Jesus knocking at the door that you have yet to come and respond to Him, finding His answer right before your eyes? How are you staying in the house instead of at the door?
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(2.) [v.14] The servant girl Rhoda recognizes Peter’s voice at the door, but she does not open the door due to her joy in the moment to go and report to the rest of the Church gathered inside the home that it was indeed Peter standing at the gate. *Do you recognize the Lord’s voice in prayer? Does it fill your life with joy? How have you heard the Lord knocking, and even recognized His voice with overflowing joy through Scriptural reflection, yet still have not opened the door into your gated life? How are you leaving God’s answer to prayer standing at the gate?
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(3.) [v.15] When the Church gathered inside the home hears of Rhoda’s report, they think she is out of her mind, crazy, and insane! As Rhoda kept insisting her report was true, they kept assuming alternative explanations like an angelic appearance. What would be a crazy, insane, out of your mind answer to prayer from God in your life? How has God already answered your prayer while you assume alternative explanations for it?
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(4.) [v.16-17] Peter continues knocking and is finally let in. He describes the Lord’s deliverance, motioning them to be silent due to continued present danger, and specifically instructing them to tell his miraculous account to James (the half-brother of Jesus) and the rest of the brothers, who would become the foremost leaders of the Jerusalem Church. Is your door staying open to invite Jesus inside? Are you listening and being amazed by His continuous answers? Who do you need to continuously tell about how the Lord has answered in prayer?
 
 
[Korean translation]
“미쳤다는 기도의 응답” (사도행전 12장 12-17절)
 
(1.) [12-13절] 주님의 천사에 의해 기적적으로 감옥에서 풀려난 베드로는 마리아의 집으로 갔습니다. 아마도 교회 성도들이 마리아의 집에 모여 베드로의 석방을 위해 함께 기도하고 있을 것을 알고 있었을 것입니다. 놀랍게도 마리아의 집 문은 닫혀 있었고, 베드로를 기다리는 사람은 아무도 없었습니다. 결국 베드로의 노크에 문을 열어준 사람은 집주인 마리아나 기도하던 성도들이 아니라, 로데라는 이름의 여종이었습니다. *여러분은 진정으로 하나님의 기도 응답을 기대하고 있습니까? 여러분은 그 응답을 간절히 기대하고 기다리고 있습니까? 응답이 여러분의 삶의 문 앞에 있을 때, 여러분은 그 소리를 듣고 그쪽으로 나아가고 있습니까? 주 예수님께서 여러분의 삶의 어느 곳에서 문을 두드리고 계시는데, 여러분은 아직 그에게 나아가 응답하지 않고 있습니까? 여러분은 왜 문 앞에 서지 않고 집 안에 머물고 있습니까?
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(2.) [14절] 여종 로데는 문 앞에서 베드로의 음성을 알아듣지만, 집 안에 모인 다른 성도들에게 문 앞에 서 있는 사람이 베드로라는 사실을 알리고 싶은 기쁨에 사로잡혀 문을 열지 않습니다. *기도 중에 주님의 음성을 알아듣습니까? 그 음성이 당신의 삶을 기쁨으로 가득 채웁니까? 성경 묵상을 통해 주님의 노크 소리를 듣고, 넘치는 기쁨으로 그의 음성을 알아듣고도, 닫힌 삶의 문을 열지 못한 적이 있습니까? 기도에 대한 하나님의 응답을 문 앞에 그대로 두고 있습니까?
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(3.) [15절] 집에 모인 교회 사람들이 로데의 말을 듣고는 그녀가 미쳤다고, 제정신이 아니라고 생각했습니다! 로데가 계속해서 자기 말이 사실이라고 주장하자, 그들은 천사의 나타남과 같은 다른 해석을 계속해서 생각해 냈습니다. 당신의 삶에서 하나님께서 기도에 응답하실 때, 그 응답이 미쳤거나 제정신이 아니라고 생각하는 경우는 어떤 것일까요? 당신이 다른 해석을 생각하는 동안에도 하나님께서는 이미 어떻게 당신의 기도에 응답하셨을까요?
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(4.) [16-17절] 베드로는 계속해서 문을 두드렸고 마침내 안으로 들어갔습니다. 그는 주님의 구원을 이야기하며, 여전히 위험이 도사리고 있으니 조용히 하라고 손짓했습니다. 그리고 특히 이 기적적인 이야기를 야고보(예수의 이복형제)와 훗날 예루살렘 교회의 주요 지도자가 될 다른 형제들에게 전하라고 지시했습니다. 당신의 문은 예수님을 안으로 모시기 위해 열려 있습니까? 당신은 그의 끊임없는 응답에 귀 기울이고 놀라워하고 있습니까? 당신은 주님께서 어떻게 기도에 응답하셨는지 누구에게 계속해서 이야기해야 합니까?
 
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on Hosanna Life Group ministry & Ministry Teams
 
Scripture:
 
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (ACTS 2:42)
 
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (HEBREWS 10:24-25)
 
Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. (1 THESSALONIANS 2:7-8)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You our covenant life group ministry. We intercede for our AGAPE life ministry, for our JAMES life ministry, for their shepherds the Jeng’s & Deacon Chong. As we devote ourselves to the teaching of Your Scriptures in these smaller groups of the Church, sharing fellowship, the breaking of bread and praying for one another, draw us to stir one another up to Christ’s love for us and the good works prepared to do for Him. Let us not neglect meeting together, as is the habit of some, but encourage one another all the more as the Day of Your Son’s return draws near. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, grow in us a deep affection and care for one another as those whom Jesus Christ went to the cross for, died for, and rose again for. Because we love each other so much, may our delight be not only to share the gospel but also to share our lives, in covenant life with one another, walking together the narrow road of following Jesus all of our days. Let us grieve with those who are grieving. Let us rejoice with those who are rejoicing, for we are Your body, Your hands and feet connected to each other by the blood of Jesus Christ. Show us what it means to be Your body, Your bride, Your Church, Your children whom You have adopted to be Your family for one another. We pause to give thanks to You for the upcoming baptisms of Jason & Elena. We give thanks for the fervency in prayer You will produce through new prayer leaders for Kingdom Expansion Scripture & Prayer time. Be with them as they dwell upon topics on Your heart, search Your Scriptures, and write-out their prayers. Bless Rev. Hwang & family to Your new call in Los Angeles at Good Shepherd Church. Bless all the hands and feet that have labored in Christ’s love this month in tables/chairs cleanup ministry. Bless the Elders at their end-of-month gathering today. Bless Brian Ahn & Brian Joo on their birthdays this Tuesday, remind them of Your love through Hosanna. Bless the JAMES life group gathering this Saturday. Heal Deacon Chong’s flu so that he can rise again to serve and to shepherd Your flock. Continue growing our newborn sister Selene in strength, wisdom, and stature, alongside the precious life being knit together in the womb – Baby Park, Baby Jeng, Baby Chao. Provide for those who have lost jobs with new flourishing work. Strength our marriages with deeper affections and intimacy in Christ. Provide for our singles with a godly spouse in purity and undivided devotion in singleness, as You call them. Provide for our continued search for our 3rd Elder to complete the Session. May the food in Your house never be lacking, but always overflowing with unceasing giving of sacred tithes and offerings. Multiply our few loaves and fish to feed the multitudes life in Your Word, through the Way, the Truth, and the Life given to us, shared among us, and returning again for us, the risen Life of Jesus Christ name we pray, Amen & Amen.