6/23 Sunday Announcements

1. *WELCOME TO HOSANNA! – *If you are a new or returning visitor, please stay after-service and let our Welcoming Team serve you a meal and a cup of water! Our church lunch is always free for all. It is our joy to serve you! *Today’s menu is delicious seaweed soup (미역국)! Stay with us after-service to break bread. 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. *TEMPORARY SUNDAY WORSHIP CHANGE OF LOCATION TO GYMNASIUM AND CHANGE OF START-TIME TO 10:40AM – As the Ezra Chapel and its surrounding area is being repaired from the water and mold damage, we sincerely thank you for your understanding and making it out to the gymnasium/cafeteria today for our Sunday resurrection worship service. As announced last week, DO NOT ENTER THE DAMAGED AREAS and do your best not to use our normal northeast entrance doors. Please enter through the south entrance doors near the Bethany Korean Chapel. Until all renovations/remediations to the water damage are resolved, we will no longer be worshipping in or using these facilities. *Continuing next Sunday is also our new worship start-time at 10:40am, altogether with our children and preschool ministry. Seek to arrive around 10:20am to 10:30am to give the Lord and yourself plenty of time to prepare for worship. Pickup a bulletin, pen, and giving envelope. Grab some tea or coffee in the office. Pre-read the Scripture text for the message. Greet someone with the peace of Christ. Move forward and leave the rear seats vacant. Silence your cell phones and other distractions. Ensure you have a Bible. Let us honor this Day of Rest created for us!
3. *DISMISSAL (children (kinder to 5th grade) to BCM and preschool worship to rear tables)! – Children, at this time, you are dismissed to Pastor’s Sunny’s children’s ministry – please proceed to the children’s chapel. Preschool worship students, follow Teacher Rachel to the rear tables for your worship to the Lord together.
4. *UPDATES from Bethany Korean Presbyterian Church –
   • *We are continuing our prayers for the youth ministry and the search for a new youth minister. While the search for the youth minister is in progress, any further questions about the youth ministry can be directed to Deaconess Kris Lee, Director of youth ministry.
5. *PRAY FOR NEW STAFF SEARCH PROCESS – We are continuing our prayers for the new staff search and encourage all, with God’s calling, to apply for one or multiple roles with the instructions on the homepage of our website (hosannapc.org). Or, if you know anyone who may be interested, please share the information with them. *Please make sure the instructions are followed and all application materials are submitted. No incomplete applications will be considered for the position. Until the staff roles are filled, there is no deadline for applications. Let us continue our prayers for the Lord’s good and faithful choice servants!
6. *PASTORAL BREAK – The Board of Elders has granted and mandated a two-Sunday’s off break for Pastor Chester and family. They will be back with us next Sunday.
7. *THIS FRIDAY (6/28) *BREAK WEEK* AGAPE life group – We thank all the young adults for gathering so faithfully in Christ for the past weeks. Please take a break with the Lord to rest your body, mind, and soul, as well as spend some time with your families and spouse. Gatherings will resume next Friday (7/5) and continue with the new structural schedule: 6:30pm dinner, 7:45pm breakout time between men’s and women’s ministries, 10pm latest end-time. Once a quarter, all men and women will combine. Last Friday of each month will be a break week.
8. *THIS SATURDAY (6/29) MEN OF HOSANNA FELLOWSHIP (Lake Murray, Oklahoma) – The men of Hosanna will be having a day-trip fellowship to Lake Murray Oklahoma. Please pray for their safety and time of bonding in the brotherhood of Christ. See Coordinator Jake Jeong for more details.
9. *POSTPONED NEXT SUNDAY (6/30) JOINT LIFE GROUP LUNCH & ACTIVITIES – The joint life group and activities will be postponed due to our needs to attend to the worship space and time changes. Thank you for your understanding!
10. *7/7 (Sun) MINISTRY TEAM LEADERS meeting, 1:30pm @ location TBA – The Deacons, Elders, and Advisors will gather earlier this month for a time to pray, encourage, and plan for the building of God’s Kingdom through Hosanna. Please pray for our spiritual leaders!
11. *KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – We are continuing to pray for a wider vision of God’s Kingdom to expand through the global prayer guide for the persecuted church and persecuted Christians worldwide from The Voice of the Martyrs organization. Today, we are praying for our persecuted Cameroon brothers and sisters in Christ in central Africa.

 

• Prayer Topic: Persecuted Christians in Cameroon (central Africa)
• Scripture – MATTHEW 5:44; ROMANS 5:10; JAMES 3:17

 
     Boko Haram raids on Christian-majority villages along the northwestern border with Nigeria have specifically targeted churches and Christian activity in Cameroon. In a typical attack, Christians are killed or displaced, churches are burned and homes are destroyed. Several Christian villages have been abandoned completely after recurring attacks, which have included killings, kidnappings, and the burning of houses, schools and churches.
     Bibles are generally available, but distributing them in the north is challenging because of security issues. Many people cannot afford a Bible and would prefer the Scriptures in a local language rather than French or English. Bible translation ministries have done significant work translating the Bible into local languages, such as the local Fulani dialect, in both Roman and Arabic script.
 
*The Scripture for today is:
 
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. (MATTHEW 5:44)
 
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. (ROMANS 5:10)
 
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. (JAMES 3:17)
 
Prayer by Pastor Chester:
Our Father, we lift up to You our Cameroon brothers and sisters in Christ in central Africa. Lord, our hearts weep at this senseless violence by the Boko Haram terrorist activity. Lord, we grieve with the holy Spirit over the targeted attacks on Christians, the killings, the kidnappings, the burning of homes, the destruction of churches. How far will Your patience and mercy go with this injustice? Lord, You are the victorious King who will put all Your enemies under Your feet, and we long for that day more as this suffering comes upon our Cameroon brothers and sisters in the faith. Father, restore unto them homes they lost. Let the kidnapped go free. In the powerful name of Jesus, build-back Your Cameroon church even stronger through this persecution. By Your Spirit, let them be aware that a community like Hosanna is interceding for them fervently in thought and prayer. May we never take for granted this grace and protection You’ve freely given for us to gather in worship today. Help us be Your house of prayer for all nations – especially for this distant land of Cameroon. In the saving and resurrected Lord Jesus of the Cameroon people we pray, amen & amen.
 
*Now, I invite Elder Joung to come forward to introduce our guest preacher.
 
*GUEST PREACHER INTRODUCTION: Today, we a very special guest preacher who certainly is no stranger to Hosanna – Pastor Walter Teter. Pastor Walter is the Director of Discipleship at Hackberry Creek Church in Irving, Texas. Before Hackberry, Pastor Teter served at Highland Park Presbyterian Church for twenty-three years. He has been married to his wife Amy for twenty-three years, having met together during his time serving at Highland Park. They have two kids – Ellie who is 20 years old, and Jack who is 17 years old. The Teter’s love doing life together and are thankful that God brought them together as a family.
*Please prepare your hearts to receive God’s Word through Pastor Walter on “Look and Be Saved” from Isaiah 45:22. As Pastor Walter comes forward, let us give an applause for God’s grace in bringing His servant to us!