4/6/2025 Sunday Announcements

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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. *DISMISSAL of children (kinder to 5th grade) to Children’s Ministry! – 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! *Preschool worship children should already be in the preschool worship room with Director Rachel and assistant Ashley, and will continue to begin simultaneously at 10:40am in the preschool worship room.
3. *2025 LENT CONTINUES! – The forty days leading-up to Easter, known as the Lenten season, has begun. *Today is Day 33 – break day – and tomorrow (Monday) is Day 34 (reading John 1-John 2) as we follow the Bible Reading Plan (https://www.biblegateway.com/reading-plans/lent). During this holy season leading up to Easter, spend time praying and fasting from a usual routine, leisure, entertainment etc. to spend time reading Scripture and renewing your heart with the sufferings and resurrection of Christ.
4. *TODAY (4/6) STAFF GATHERING, 1:15pm @ Corner Conference Room – Our honored staff will gather to prep for Passion week, Good Friday & Easter Sunday events. Pray for and support our honored staff!
5. *THIS FRIDAY (6/11) AGAPE young adults life group, 7:30pm @ Corner Conference Room – Our young adults AGAPE family will gather to continue their study on Psalm 119 with shepherd and Elder Patrick Liu. Join us!
6. *THIS SATURDAY to SUNDAY (4/12-13) KITCHEN MINISTRY – Saturday 9:30am food prep: JAMES families life group. Sunday 12:40pm dishwashing: JOHN families life group.
7. *THIS SATURDAY (4/12), JOHN + JAMES (JOSHUA families) life group & Infant Dedication, 4:30pm-7:30pm @ Ezra Chapel – This Saturday’s gathering will be a joint JOSHUA families (JOHN & JAMES group) life group. At this gathering, we will especially have the joy to dedicate little Aria to the Lord and welcome her officially into our covenant family. As we are continuing to do already, let us take our spiritual responsibility and accountability seriously to assist the Chao’s in the spiritual nurture and care of Aria’s life to grow in the knowledge of Christ Jesus as her Savior and Lord!
8. *NEXT SUNDAY (4/13) PALM SUNDAY & HONDURAS MISSION TRAINING – Next Sunday is already Palm Sunday, the Lord’s Day we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ as our King into Jerusalem and towards the cross. There will also be a Honduras Mission Team Training later in the afternoon.
9. *LET’S CELEBRATE! JOHN families life group NEW CO-SHEPHERDS: JONATHAN & NARA JENG! – After many weeks of praying, regathering, and more praying, we thank God for appointing two new lay servants to shepherd our JOHN families – Jonathan & Nara Jeng! *On Easter Sunday (4/20), we will officially consecrate them as appointed lay servants of Hosanna with our full blessing to discharge their blessed new roles as co-shepherds! Join us in this joy and answer from the Lord!
10. *LAUNCHING THIS MONTH – HOSANNA LORD’S DAY SUNDAY BREAKING BREAD DESSERT MINISTRY! – Every month, Hosanna will be serving desserts for our entire Hosanna & Bethany Church families as a gracious act of unity and love within the wider body of Christ. We also hope our delicious desserts of cookies, donuts, cakes, rice cakes, or fruit will help nurture more flourishing discipleship relationships in after-service breakout discussion groups with an extended time together, kindle deeper discussions around the Word of God, inspire genuine community time with one another, fuel a posture of praying for one another, and increase a love for new faces/visitors we may only see on Sunday’s as a missional body of Christ. Pray for our Deacons as they serve the Lord’s communion table!
11. *NO NEED TO STAND IN LINE – DEACONS WILL SERVE YOU FOOD ON SUNDAY! – Every Sunday, the Deacons will pre-set the lunch on the discussion group tables after-service, so there is no need to stand in line in the gymnasium cafeteria for lunch. We encourage all to go straight to your discussion group tables after-service and enjoy the meal with Spirit-filled discussions around the preached Word! In addition, please enjoy the desserts provided monthly by Hosanna to the entire Hosanna & Bethany Church families! May the living bread Jesus Christ continue to fill us as we commune at His table together.
12. *PERMANENT MOVE TO GYMNASIUM – SUNDAY BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUP MINISTRY – We have enjoyed having our Sunday after-service breakout discussion groups held in the gymnasium cafeteria for the past few weeks. The ordained officers have discerned making this move permanent will be a good change and direction for our church-at-large. Continue to support and join us after-service in the gymnasium cafeteria in your breakout discussion group tables, as the Deacons and Elders serve as the table facilitators and also pre-set the table with the designated lunch for you – just make your way to our tables and enjoy!
13. *SUNDAY LORD’S DAY WORSHIP SERVICE END-TIME: HARDSTOP AT 11:50AM & EXIT CHAPEL BY 12PM – Through a decision reached by the ordained officers of Hosanna, we are seeking to make a hard-stop to the end-time of our Sunday service at 11:50am and exit the chapel by 12pm. Further reasons for this will be revealed in the next few weeks. Since we will be on a time crunch, we encourage everyone to come early to Sunday worship service and on-time by 10:40am. Plan your arrival around 10:20am to give yourself plenty of time to get some coffee/tea, greet one another, look over the bulletin/pre-read the Scripture, and prepare your heart in prayer for worship and the Word.
14. *CANDIDATE FOR EASTER Confirmation of Faith: JOY SOHWON CHUNG – As Easter approaches, let us pray for sister Joy as we celebrate and confirm her faith resting in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ – His initiating grace that began at her baptism from infancy and entrance into His visible Church. May we all see the grace of Christ clearer and brighter through Joy’s affirmation and profession of what God began and will finish through her precious life!
15. *UPDATE: NEW BETHANY KOREAN CHURCH STAFF: Rev. Yong-Ok Hwang – Last Sunday was the final Sunday for Minister Isaac Baik, who faithfully served the Korean worship media ministry for the past five years. A few weeks ago, Rev. Yong-Ok Hwang was called to be the new Pastor of media and sound ministry. Say hello and bless him! A photo of Rev. Hwang is pictured at the bottom of “Our Team” page (https://www.hosannapc.org/our-team.html).
16. *KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will continue focusing on the 2025 season of lent/preparation leading up to Easter Sunday.

 
Scripture:
 
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 CORINTHIANS 1:18)
 
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (MARK 8:34)
 
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. (MATTHEW 10:38)
 
 
Prayer (by Pastor Chester):
Heavenly Father, we lift up to You this sacred time of preparation leading up to Easter. With prayer, fasting, and tears, help us reexamine our walk with Your Son, purge us away from a love for the world, and free us from the addictions for things on earth so that we might return to see and embrace Your preeminence, beauty, and pleasure in knowing Christ Jesus as our Savior and Lord again. The word of Your cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. May the power of the cross compel us to take up our own cross, deny yourselves, and follow wholly after You. For whoever does not take up the cross and follow You is not worthy of You. Lord Jesus, You are worthy of our cross, so help us, Holy Spirit, to take it up daily, dying to ourselves and living unto You. We thank You for Hosanna’s cross, and the way You are guiding us. Thank you for relocating our breakout discussion into the gymnasium, and the new dessert ministry of the Deacons that will bless our whole Bethany & Hosanna families. Thank you for our honored staff – bless their gathering today. Lord, may Your hand of blessing be with this Friday’s AGAPE ministry, this Saturday’s kitchen ministry with JAMES prepping food and JOHN life group washing dishes. Be with the infant dedication of Aria that evening. Bless next week’s Palm Sunday, celebrating Your triumphal entry as King, and give godly training to the Honduras Mission Team in the afternoon. Through our risen Lord Jesus Christ we pray, amen & amen.