5/17/2026 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!

​*TODAY – SUNDAY (5/17) DOUBLE BAPTISM LORD’S DAY - 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! *Those called and willing are encouraged to bless the family with flowers, gifts, etc. during the time in service when their baptism certificates are given.
 
*AFTER BAPTISM, 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.
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*LAST WEEK, SUNDAY – WHAT A TRIPLE BLESSING! – What a triple blessing of the Lord's revealing of His creations last Sunday! We wait in eager anticipation to welcome Baby Girl Park, Baby Girl Chao, and Baby Boy Jeng into this Hosanna covenant family of God! Thank you to all the servants and congregants who prepared and blessed our beloved sisters. Special thank you to sister Mya, who did so much of the setup and baked the delicious cakes.
 
*YESTERDAY – THANK YOU, GOLFERS! – Thank you to all the golfers who participated in fundraising for God’s mission in Nogales, Mexico, for supporting Missionary Rev. Yul Lee. See information on Missionary Lee’s ministry on our Foyer Wallboard, and keep praying for the Lord’s work through him! We hope all our golfers had a safe, fun, and joyful tournament!
 
*NOMINATED as ADMINISTRATOR of DFW KOREAN-AMERICAN ENGLISH PASTORS FELLOWSHIP! – Congratulations to Pastor Chester being nominated as the administrator of DFW Korean-American English Pastors gathering. May the Lord help him serve in this role faithfully and be a blessing to other Pastors of English services, ministries, congregations, and established churches in the Korean-American community.
 
*DUE TODAY – SUNDAY (5/17) - EARLY REGISTRATION FOR 2026 CHILDREN’S VBS “Rainforest Falls” – Early registration ends TODAY (5/17): $35 per child. After TODAY ($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.

​*DUE TODAY – SUNDAY (5/17) – START-OF-SUMMER BBQ SIGN-UP to be held next Sunday (5/24), 3PM-5PM at Gymnasium Cafeteria – The Park’s are graciously, generously, and sacrificially organizing a “Start-of-Summer BBQ” on Sunday during the Memorial Day weekend holiday. *Sign-up for attendance/headcount needs with Director Trey and Deacon Juhae to inform of your attendance. Fill-out RSVP forms: Hosanna Memorial Day BBQ and RSVP 5/24 BBQ (response) - Google Sheets
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (5/17) 1:15pm STAFF GATHERING – Pray for and continue to support our honored Staff!
 
*UPCOMING – THIS SATURDAY (5/23) - 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 – SERVING US NEXT SUNDAY (5/24) – Thank you, worship servants, for serving as Christ served us! Let Elder Patrick Liu know of any changes/adjustments needed.
*Welcomers: Deacon Chong Choe. *Refer to schedule here.
*Kingdom Expansion Prayer Representative: Elder Nara Jeng. *Refer to schedule here. 
*Presider: Director Trey Reynolds
*Praise & Adoration: Minister Dr. Samantha Chao & Worship Team
*Message: Rev. Chester Chung
*Preschool Worship: Acting Director Ashley Chung & Assistant Director Rachel Ko
*Start-of-Summer BBQ Host: Deacon Juhae Park & Hoon Park
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (5/24) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sister Aria Chao & Brother JJ Kim – We thank God for you! We celebrate you & bless you!
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (5/24) PENTECOST SUNDAY – 10 days after the ascension of Jesus Christ back to the right hand of the Father God in heaven, the Holy Spirit came upon the early Christians in a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire – the event known as the “Pentecost” or “fiftieth” day after Easter resurrection Sunday (40 days of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances + 10 days ascended and exalted to the right hand of the Father).
 
*UPCOMING – NEXT SUNDAY (5/24) 3pm to 5pm START-OF-SUMMER BBQ at Gymnasium Cafeteria – This fellowship will be held in the gymnasium cafeteria. Join us!
 
*LET’S BE ON-TIME FOR 10:30AM START-TIME! - *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!
 
 
*TODAY: SUNDAY (5/17) –

• *BAPTISM SUNDAY: Jason Ventura (adult believer); Elena Ventura (covenant child). Congratulations!
• *DUE TODAY – Early Registration for VBS. Sign-Up at Lobby next to Gymnasium.
• *DUE TODAY – Start-of-Summer BBQ (5/24, 3pm-5pm) Sign-Up with Deacon Juhae Park
• *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!
• *1:15pm STAFF gathering at Corner Conference Room

 
*SERVING US NEXT SUNDAY (5/24) – 

• *WELCOMERS: Deacon Chong Choe
• *KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER: Elder Nara Jeng

 
*UPCOMING NEXT WEEK –

• 5/23 (Sat) 4:30pm AGAPE life group
• 5/24 (Sun) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Aria Chao & JJ Kim; 3pm START-OF-SUMMER BBQ
• 5/25 (Mon) MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
• 5/27 (Wed) 7:30pm BEAM (Bethany Education & Ministry) GRADUATION WORSHIP (Melanie Gee)
• 5/31 (Sun) GRADUATION SUNDAY & 1pm OFFICERS (Session+Diaconate) GATHERING
• 5/31 (Sun) GRADUATION SUNDAY & INDEPENDENCE DAY APPRECIATION; 1:00pm OFFICERS GATHERING (Session + Diaconate); 1:30pm VBS Décor Ministry
• 6/4 (Thurs) – 6/7 (Sun) RAINFOREST FALLS CHILDREN’S VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS)
• 6/6 (Sat) HOSANNA SERVING LUNCH + DESSERTS (watermelon) TO VBS VOLUNTEERS
• 6/7 (Sun) DESSERT MINISTRY & MATRICULATION SUNDAY/TASTE OF HOSANNA OPEN HOUSE
• 6/12 (Fri) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! – Deacon Jonathan Jeng

 
*TODAY’S PRAISE SONGS! – Practice them and be ready to sing this morning! Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) It Really is Amazing Grace; (2) He is Lord [verse 1]; (Response Song #1) Man of Sorrows; (Response Song #2) Nothing But the Blood

*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!
[Baptism Sunday] 
"Baptism: A Circumcision Made without Hands" (COLOSSIANS 2:8-15)
 
(1.) [v.8-10] As the apostle Paul unraveled the preeminence of Jesus Christ over all creation (chapter 1), he now moves into warning of the heresies against Jesus Christ within their congregation (chapter 2). The Colossian Church had received Jesus Christ as their Lord, walking in Him, and were being rooted and built up in the faith with thanksgiving. Yet they were being threatened by Colossian philosophy, empty deceit, and human tradition stemming from elemental spirits of the world. *What are you being taken captive by from deceptive ideas and false teachings of the world, especially concerning who Jesus Christ truly is? In Christ, what can you be assured about the full divinity and sinless humanity of Jesus? How does this assurance fill you to live a thankful and obedient life under His rule and authority? Why are the full deity and humanity of Christ the single most important declaration of the gospel/good news?
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(2.) [v.11-12] From the time of Abraham, God’s people were marked out to belong to Him with a painful covenant sign in the flesh (circumcision) given to all male infants on the 8th day of their birth and adult male converts to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Now in the time of Christ, we too are circumcised but not with human hands. Now in Christ, the mark of belonging to God is not done painfully with the spilling of blood, but painlessly through the waters of baptism that carry us from our burial to a raised life of faith in Christ. *Have you and your children been marked with the new covenant sign of baptism with water, identifying you and your household as belonging to Jesus Christ? Like spiritual circumcision, how is Jesus cutting away the flesh of your sins and carrying you into a raised life with Him?
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(3.) [v.13-15] In verse 12, the new covenant mark of water in baptism buries us with Christ and raises us with Christ “through faith.” The timing of faith to this raised life made alive with Christ is now described. It is not when conscious faith was professed, but while we were still dead in our trespasses and the uncircumcision of our flesh. At that time, God made us alive with Christ, gifting us faith, forgiving all our trespasses, nailing it to the cross, and disarming the evil rulers and authorities. *What does your baptism rest upon – your profession of faith in sinful-uncircumcised flesh, or Christ’s finished work of His faithfulness in His perfect-sinless flesh? How has God’s gift of “faith” in baptism started in you, even while dead in your sins, long before a conscious profession was made by you?
 
[Korean translation]
“세례: 손으로 하지 아니한 할례” (골로새서 2:8-15)
 
(1.) [8-10절] 사도 바울은 1장에서 예수 그리스도가 모든 피조물 위에 뛰어나심을 밝힌 데 이어, 이제 골로새 교회 안에 있는 예수 그리스도를 대적하는 이단 사상에 대해 경고합니다(2장). 골로새 교회는 예수 그리스도를 주님으로 영접하고 그분 안에서 행하며 감사함으로 믿음 안에서 뿌리내리고 세워지고 있었습니다. 그러나 그들은 골로새 철학, 헛된 속임수, 그리고 세상의 초자연적인 영에서 나온 인간적인 전통에 의해 위협받고 있었습니다. *당신은 세상의 기만적인 생각과 거짓 가르침, 특히 예수 그리스도가 누구신지에 대한 어떤 것에 사로잡혀 있습니까? 그리스도 안에서 예수님의 완전한 신성과 죄 없는 인성에 대해 무엇을 확신할 수 있습니까? 이 확신은 어떻게 당신이 그분의 통치와 권위 아래 감사하고 순종하는 삶을 살도록 채워 줍니까? 그리스도의 완전한 신성과 인성이 복음/기쁜 소식의 가장 중요한 선언인 이유는 무엇입니까?
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(2.) [11-12절] 아브라함 시대부터 하나님의 백성은 육체의 고통스러운 언약의 표징(할례)을 통해 그분께 속함을 표시받았습니다. 이 표징은 모든 남자 유아에게 생후 8일째 되는 날에, 그리고 아브라함과 이삭과 야곱의 하나님께로 회심한 성인 남자들에게 주어졌습니다. 이제 그리스도 시대에 우리도 할례를 받지만, 사람의 손으로 받는 것이 아닙니다. 그리스도 안에서 하나님께 속함을 나타내는 표징은 피를 흘리는 고통스러운 행위가 아니라, 우리를 장사에서 그리스도 안에서의 믿음의 부활의 삶으로 인도하는 세례의 물을 통해 고통 없이 이루어집니다. *당신과 당신의 자녀들은 예수 그리스도께 속함을 나타내는 새 언약의 표징인 물세례를 받았습니까? 영적인 할례처럼, 예수님께서는 어떻게 당신의 죄의 육체를 잘라내시고 당신을 그분과 함께 부활의 삶으로 인도하십니까?
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(3.) [13-15절] 12절에서 세례의 새 언약 표징인 물은 우리를 그리스도와 함께 장사 지내게 하고 “믿음으로” 그리스도와 함께 부활하게 합니다. 그리스도와 함께 살아난 이 부활의 생명에 이르는 믿음의 시기가 이제 설명됩니다. 의식적으로 믿음을 고백했을 때가 아니라, 우리가 죄와 육체의 할례받지 않음 가운데 죽어 있을 때였습니다. 그때 하나님께서는 우리를 그리스도와 함께 살리시고, 우리에게 믿음을 선물로 주시고, 우리의 모든 죄를 용서하시고, 그 믿음을 십자가에 못 박으시고, 악한 통치자들과 권세들을 무장 해제시키셨습니다. *당신의 세례는 무엇에 근거합니까? 죄 많고 할례받지 않은 육체로 고백한 믿음입니까, 아니면 완전하고 죄 없는 육체로 완성하신 그리스도의 신실하신 사역입니까? 당신이 의식적으로 믿음을 고백하기 훨씬 전, 죄 가운데 죽어 있을 때에도 하나님께서 세례를 통해 주신 “믿음”의 선물은 어떻게 시작되었습니까?
 
*KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – This week’s Kingdom expansion prayers will focus on blessing the baptisms of Jason Ventura and Elena Ventura.