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*MISSED LAST SUNDAY? – We took a pause on our time in the book of Acts to observe Palm Sunday celebrating the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ, with a message on – The Strange Triumph of Jesus from a Lowly Colt to the Highest Christ, our Savior Hosanna in the highest (MARK 11:1-10). Re-watch here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6IabhNvJ8k&t=4716s). **You can always join us virtually livestream wherever you are in the world! All the past messages and main points are on our public facebook page (click here) - *please like & follow our page! – so re-meditate, recall, re-teach these life-giving biblical principles! *TOMORROW – GOOD FRIDAY (4/18) – GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP, 7:30pm – 8:30pm @ Ezra Chapel – It is a truly good day when Jesus laid down His life for us! Let us gather with the whole family in the goodness of Christ for Good Friday Worship Service, beginning 7:30pm. *Children will be dismissed after the opening praise at 7:45pm for Good Friday children’s activities with Director Rachel Ko in the Preschool Worship Room. *Worship will also be livestreamed for those who can only join us virtually. Hope to see you and enjoy the goodness of Christ!  *PRAISE SONGS for tomorrow’s GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP! – Practice them and be ready to sing them. Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) Lamb of God; (2) How Deep the Father’s Love for Us; (3) Give Me Jesus *THIS SUNDAY (4/20) – EASTER FAMILY WORSHIP, 10:40am @ Ezra Chapel – All of our youth and children will be joining us! Children will be dismissed after opening praise with Director Rachel Ko for their Easter ministry activities, and then rejoin us to take Holy Communion together. Joy Chung will receive confirmation of faith. Jonathan & Nara Jeng will be officially appointed as Hosanna’s newest co-shepherds. Pray for all these sacred and joyful events!  *PRAISE SONGS for this EASTER SUNDAY! – Practice them and be ready to sing them on Sunday morning. Praise on, brothers and sisters! (1) Glorious Day; (2) Sunday is Coming; (3) Raised to Life *THIS EASTER SUNDAY – AFTER-SERVICE SPECIAL LUNCH & “OH HAPPY DAY” FESTIVITIES WITH BETHANY KOREAN CHURCH – There is no formal breakout discussion groups after-service, but a take-home discussion to do with your family. Enjoy the special lunch and Easter festivities with Bethany Korean Church! Happy Easter, Hosanna! *NEXT WEEK – SATURDAY (4/26) LAUNCH: NEW LIFE GROUP: JOHN families + AGAPE young adults, 4:30pm – 7:30pm @ Ezra Chapel (led by co-shepherds Jonathan & Nara Jeng – It is a joy to begin a new season of life group with the merger of the JOHN and AGAPE families. Pray for this new group to be filled with the love of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit to make and mature disciples of Jesus. *NEXT WEEK – SUNDAY (4/27) SPECIAL GUEST PREACHER: Minister Dr. Will Zhihui Zhao, Solid Rock Fellowship & Highland Park Chinese Church – Our Pastor and family will be taking a pastoral break after the Easter season on 4/27 (Sun). The Session has invited Pastor Chester’s ECO pastoral ordination mentee, Minister Dr. Will Zhao, to deliver the Word of God to us. Dr. Zhao currently serves as a resident church-planter at our sister-ECO Presbyterian congregation in the Dallas area, Highland Park Presbyterian Church and in their family of churches, one of which is the Highland Park Chinese-Mandarin Church, led by Rev. Ben Wang. Dr. Zhao has been with HPCC since 2015, and the congregation has grown to plant a new Chinese fellowship in Richardson, TX called the Solid Rock Fellowship, where Dr. Zhao also serves as its primary church-planter. Dr. Zhao was born and raised in China, where he studied and graduated with the Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Peking University in Beijing. He came to the Dallas area to pursue the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he was radically moved to trust in Jesus Christ and came to a saving knowledge of God’s love through Christians on the SMU campus who offered their fellowship and shared the gospel with him. Through this radical transformation of faith and encounter with Jesus, Dr. Zhao immediately gave up his doctoral studies in engineering and enrolled in seminary at Criswell College, where his calling to pastoral ministry began to grow. He graduated with the Master of Divinity degree in 2016, and then went on to Dallas Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 2023 with the Ph.D. degree in Old Testament studies, majoring in the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible (especially the books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, and Song of Songs). Currently, Dr. Zhao is a candidate for pastoral ordination in our ECO Presbyterian denomination for Ordained Minister/Reverend, with Pastor Chester as his assigned pastoral ordination mentor. Please welcome Dr. Zhao and pray for the message from the Word of God through him on 4/27 (Sunday)!  *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!
*SUNDAY LORD’S DAY WORSHIP SERVICE END-TIME: HARDSTOP AT 11:55AM & 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 11:55am 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. *THIS SUNDAY’S TAKE-HOME DISCUSSION – This Easter Sunday, take these discussion questions home with you. Pre-read, think through, and share this spiritual food in discussion with one another! “He Is Not Here, But Has Risen” (LUKE 24:1-12) – Easter Sunday. **When the women went to the tomb of Jesus at early dawn with the spices they had previously prepared to anoint and honor the deceased body of Jesus, they were not expecting to go inside as they knew the tomb was already sealed with a stone. Yet upon their arrival, what did they find and how did they feel (v.1-4a)? What stone in my heart needs to be rolled away today, so that I might go inside into its emptiness, where it speaks of Christ’s fullness and presence alive for me? How can His absence even speak of His presence? **As they were perplexed at this scene of an empty tomb, who appeared, standing by them and what did they say (v.4b-7)? Likewise, who stands by me in my confusion and fears? How am I seeking the living Christ among the dead things of life? What do I need to remember about my promise-keeping Christ Jesus? **How differently did the women remember the words of Jesus compared to the apostles, and what did Peter do to verify their testimony (v.8-12)? How is an empty tomb – which still can be verified today (no body of Jesus has ever been found) – helping me remember how Jesus removed my tomb, emptying me out of my sins and death to be with Him forever? *UPCOMING HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY TO YOU FROM OUR HOSANNA FAMILY! We celebrate you and love you in Christ so much! (*Let us know if we missed your birthday! We sincerely apologize) –
*UPCOMING (*notice some dates may have changed) –
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