9/13/2026 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.
 
*STEWARDSHIP: LAST WEEK’S GIVING TOTAL – {$printed on backside of this week’s bulletin}. Thank you for partnering with Hosanna Presbyterian Church in giving faithfully, joyfully and abundantly from the firstfruits of your tithe and sacrificial offerings like the LORD who first gave His one and only Son, so that we might believe in Him and not perish, but have eternal life. May God be the Owner of all you possess, the Giver of all you receive, the Provider for all you need. May the LORD supply you even more abundantly, to give even more lavishly, to multiply this gospel, to raise His ministers, to fund His ministries, to advance His mission for the expansion of His Kingdom on earth through His Church, as it is in heaven. Amen.
 
*NEW COVENANT PARTNERS!!! – DANIEL SMITH & KAYLA MCDOUGAL – May the Lord abundantly bless your covenant partnership with many good works in Christ and much eternal investments for Christ, as active servants of Christ who are expanding His Kingdom here through His Church at Hosanna, as it is in heaven! Amen. Welcome and bless them into our spiritual family!!
 
*TODAY – SPECIAL GUEST PRAISE LEADER – Deacon Steven Lim, Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church – We thank Deacon Steven for coming to bless and lead us into worship and praise. Please express your thanks for his service to Hosanna.
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (9/13) – SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS CAKE CELEBRATION during-lunch – *Enjoy our monthly birthday celebrations with some cake! Happy September birthdays – we bless you and love you in our Lord Jesus Christ! {Timothy Sung (9/6); Noah Cha (9/7); Angel Lee (9/9); Tyler Lee (9/18); Kayla McDougal (9/21); Hannah Lee (9/25); James Han (9/25); Hannah Kim (9/28)}. Special thanks to sister Mya Krief for joyfully baking cakes for this ministry.
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (9/13) – DISHWASHING MINISTRY – Those assigned for this ministry today are - Deacon Chong Choe (Team Lead) and Reserve Elder Andrew Lee. We ask the congregation to assist if more help is needed. Thank you!
 
*TODAY – SUNDAY (9/13) – 1:10pm TABLES/CHAIRS CLEANUP after-lunch – *September has been our assigned month to setup as well as cleanup the tables/chairs for our Sunday breaking of bread ministry, for the entire Hosanna-Bethany church families. Considering staying to help with the cleanup today, beginning with wiping down the tables. Thank you to all the servants of this ministry!
 
*SIGN-UP BY TODAY!!! FOR BLOOD DRIVE HAPPENING NEXT SUNDAY (9/20), 9:00am to 1:00pm – With our Korean Church partners Bethany KPC, there will be a blood donation drive next Sunday (9/20) from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Signup BY TODAY in the Bethany foyer lobby to donate blood for those in need!
 
*THIS FRIDAY EVENING (9/18) to SATURDAY AFTERNOON (9/19) – TEXAS PRESBYTERY AT WINDWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HOUSTON – Pastor Chester will be flying to Houston to attend the Texas Presbytery gathering of Pastors and Elders. Please pray for his safe travels, with a brief one-night stay in the north Houston area, and return to Dallas.
 
*THIS SATURDAY (9/19) – 3:30pm TABLES/CHAIRS SETUP at gymnasium cafeteria – As able, we are rotating all our congregants for the Saturday setup so that no one person(s) carry the entire weight for this ministry. *Take note of your team, and contact your Team Lead if you are unable to serve so that we can reassign you to another Saturday. Thank you! Serving us this Saturday for setup: Elder Patrick Liu (Team Lead); Eric Sung; Timothy Sung; Mya Krief; Eugene Hong; Trey Reynolds; Daniel Smith; Kayla McDougal
 
*NEXT SUNDAY (9/20) – 3rd ANNIVERSARY & INSTALLATION, GIFTS, SPECIAL GUEST & GUEST PREACHER – PASTOR PETER PARK, CHASE OAKS CHURCH LEGACY CAMPUS LEAD PASTOR – Hosanna is turning 3 years old! Congratulations on God’s faithfulness to Hosanna over these years! Special guest, Pastor Chester’s mother – Deaconess Sun Hae Chung – will be visiting to bless Hosanna with her prayers and financial support. We will have rice cakes for the whole Hosanna & Bethany church families, as well as an anniversary memorial gift – a tumbler water bottle – for us to keep in prayer this blessed church that our Lord Jesus has founded, as well as drink more water!. *Also, a special guest preacher is graciously coming to give us God’s words of encouragements, Pastor Peter Park of Chase Oaks Church of Plano. *Also, special guest praise leaders Vincent Li and Nathaniel Adams will lead us in worship and praise. All glory and praise be to our faithful God who founded His Church!
 
*At this time, our Pastor will introduce our 2026 elected Church Officers to give their Covenant Statement to Office.
 
*TODAY: COVENANT STATEMENT TO OFFICE FROM ORDINANDS – We give great praise to God for the 2026 results of the election for church officers. All three candidates have passed the 2/3rd “confidence” vote threshold to be elected to their respective offices:
*Elder-Elect Waywah Gee (1st term, 2026-2028)
*Elder-Elect Minister Dr. Samantha Chao (1st term, 2026-2028)
*Deacon-Elect Justin Chao (1st term, 2026-2027)
Today, may we honor their covenant statements to office as they rest in the Lord’s faithfulness, the Lord’s appointment, and the Lord’s promises to help them fulfill their spiritual responsibilities as Elders and Deacons of the Lord’s church.