8/11 Sunday Announcements

1. *PRAISE BE TO GOD – BACK in EZRA CHAPEL & keeping 10:40am START-TIME! – *Praise be to God! Thank you to the Bethany Korean leadership for all the repairs to the damages, as well as for all who helped move the equipment, chairs, and other items back into the Ezra Chapel, Preschool Room, and Office. Thank you for your patience and endurance throughout this time! *There is still some work being done outside in the playground area as well as the outer bricks, so please be careful as you go in-and-out of the facility. *There will also be continued repairs to the ceiling in the entrance and hallway area. *Also to take note – we are keeping our accustomed new start-time of 10:40am so that our new Sunday worship order can continue. Thank you!
2. *DISMISSAL (children (kinder to 5th grade) to Children’s Chapel with Minister Sunny! – Children from kindergarten to 5th grade, at this time you are dismissed to Pastor’s Sunny’s children’s ministry – please proceed to the children’s chapel. *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. *YESTERDAY, A BLESSED ALL-CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER GATHERING! – Thank you to all the prayer warriors who came out yesterday to cultivate a culture of corporate prayer together, calling out to the LORD together in one mind, one voice, one spirit!! Church, do not give up meeting together for intentional times of prayer, but all the more as we see the Day of our Lord’s return approaching!
4. ***CONTINUING TODAY, AFTER-WORSHIP BREAKOUT DISCUSSION GROUPS! – Praise be to God for the five blessed breakout discussion groups last week! It was an inspiring time. Let’s do it again! At the bottom of the sermon note page take note of your number and the breakout discussion question. Immediately after-service, we welcome you to gather with your same number and spend 15 to 30 minutes (or more, as able!) discussing the one applicational takeaway question (that will be projected on the screen as well as at the bottom of the message note page in the program) about the message preached today, and close in praying for one another. That’s it! We hope these intentional breakout discussion group gatherings will be a breakthrough help to internalize, digest, and live out the seed of God’s Word planted for that Lord’s Day. We pray that all will joyfully participate in this breakout discussion ministry and God will use it powerfully to build us up together in the Word!
5. *CONTINUING TODAY, LAST WEEK for SEARCH of 2024-2025 DEACON/ELDER CANDIDATES – This is the last week for the prayerful search for potential new candidates for Deacon and/or Elder offices will take place! *If you sense the holy Spirit’s calling to serve in these offices, please reach out to the Board of Elders. We welcome your prayerful interest! During the search process, let us pray for the Lord to send and appoint His choice servants! Refer to the QR code or handouts at the Welcoming table for information on the ordained offices. *Among many other needs and roles, in particular we are looking to fill the following needs for the Deacon role:
   • Deacon – Lead or Assistant Shepherd to life group ministries
   • Deacon – Coordinator for Men’s Ministry
   • Deacon – Coordinator for Women’s Ministry
   • Deacon – Coordinator for Welcoming/Hospitality Ministry
   • Deacon – Worship Space/Equipment Setup/Cleanup Ministry
   • Deacon – Event Coordinating Ministry
   • Deacon – Coordinator for Global Kingdom Expansion Prayer Guide Ministry
6. *TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT AUGUST, GYMNASIUM TABLE & CHAIRS SETTING & CLEANUP – It’s that time again for the entire month of August to setup and cleanup the gymnasium chairs and tables for Sunday breaking-bread ministry, seating for around 300 people. Yesterday, thank you to those who faithfully came to setup! Cleanup continues today after-lunch at approximately 1:00pm with wiping down the tables, folding back the chairs and tables. Thank you in advance for all the lifting, stacking, and setting! *We will continue the setup phase this Saturday (8/17) at 9:30am – please join us to serve this spiritual labor of love!
7. *TODAY, KITCHEN MINISTRY! – Yesterday, thank you to Elder Heather Lee and sister Deborah Ko for prepping food with the Bethany Korean Kitchen team. Today, we thank brothers Aiden Song and Sam Lee for the 12:40pm dishwashing ministry. Let us keep up the good work in preparing the Lord’s table as kitchen servants!
8. *TONIGHT, SR. HIGH GRADUATES & COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP, 6pm @ Elder Heather’s home! – As we commission the college students back to their studies on campus, Elder Heather has opened her home again for a dinner and fellowship for all our graduates and current college students (distance and local). The menu is Korean fried chicken! We invite all graduates and current college students for a blessed time of breaking bread and fellowship together, starting 6pm! *Please tell Elder Heather you will be in attendance.
9. *THIS FRIDAY (8/16) AGAPE life group, 6:30pm @ location TBA – We invite all young adults to this Friday’s gathering. RSVP to interim shepherd Elder Patrick Liu or in the group chat. Please pray for our AGAPE ministry of college, postgraduates, and newlyweds, gathering every Friday evening at 6:30pm at various homes or at church, and our interim shepherd, Elder Patrick Liu, as he guides this precious family.
10. *NEXT SUNDAY (8/18) BETHANY CHILDREN’S MINISTRY PTA (parent-teacher) MEETING, 1:00pm @ Children’s Chapel – Parents, there is an important PTA meeting with Children’s Minister Sunny at 1:00pm in the Children’s Chapel, with discussions for the Christian education plan for the remaining year and future direction of the children’s ministry.
11. *NEXT SUNDAY (8/18) STAFF GATHERING, 1:30pm @ Corner Conference Room – The Hosanna staff will gather for their first meeting together. *Please pray for our honored staff servants (Director Rachel, Director Trey, and Pastor Chester) as they seek godly unity, humility, and faithful servanthood to flourish the Lord’s people and His church!
12. *KINGDOM EXPANSION PRAYER – We will resume next week, praying for the country of Chad in central Africa.
13. *FREE GIFT for Hosanna! – RIGHTNOW MEDIA BIBLICAL RESOURCES – We are more than glad to gift each one of you an incredible library of biblical resources through the RightNow Media ministry. From Life Group discussions, to small group Bible studies, to personal devotion, to marriage/family life resources, to children’s Bible stories, this gift will surely be a treasure trove of spiritual food and training for us all. *You must have an email to receive this gift – if you have not received the invitation already, please give Pastor Chester your email. You can register and access RightNow Media through the app on your phone, desktop, and multiple devices. Scan the QR code or follow this link to register now and start your journey! Enjoy! https://app.rightnowmedia.org/join/hosannapc. You may also text "HOSANNAPC" to 49775 and RightNow Media will text you back with the link to register.
14. *Pastor Chester’s New Roles in ECO – ORDINATION ASSESSOR and SPIRITUAL FORMATION GROUP LEADER FOR ORDINATION CANDIDATES – Alongside his role as the Presbytery Ordination Mentor for future ordained ministers, the ECO Ordination Team has identified Pastor Chester as a competent spiritual leader who has demonstrated maturity in emotional health, biblical and theological integration, proficiency in ministry, and skilled leadership. Therefore, the ECO Ordination team has appointed Pastor Chester as Assessor and Spiritual Formation Leader for future pastoral candidates for the retreat and training intensives. All glory and praise be to God! Please continue to pray for these new roles.
15. *TODAY, COMMISSIONING of MATRICULATING & CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS (local & distance students)! – For most, today is the final Sunday that our distance and remote college students matriculating and current students returning to campus can be with us. We want to bless them with commission that Jesus left for us all, to go and be His disciple, and to be His disciplemaker of all peoples during your season of studies. Wherever you go, may the light of Christ be brighter because of your footsteps, and the peace and truth of His eternal Word guard your minds and hearts in Christ Jesus.