TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 6, 2021

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 9:36AM

Gateway to Freedom

Today is October 6, 2021

Welcome to your mid-week!

Last week I bought a mini watermelon from Ralphs and starting putting rubber bands around it. At 100 rubber bands I could see the shape changing. At 150 rubber bands, it started to sweat water. At 180 rubber bands, it exploded.

And, in one way, that is what the world does to us. This world makes our bodies weak and frail. It dishonors us and distorts us and swallows us up in death.

But what does God do?

In love, God gives us a place where we will never have to experience sickness or decay or deterioration or death. A place where we will no longer have to be subject to the flaws and fragility that pervade our life today. A place with no rubber bands. A place of no stresses. Where we live in glory and power and where, as it says in 1 Corinthians 15:54:

1 Corinthians 15:54b
…“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

That's what God does for us in love. And the only way we get there is through the work of Jesus on the cross.

This past Sunday we celebrated World Communion Sunday and, together with many churches around the globe, we participated in the sacrament of communion. And, one of the reasons we remember Jesus' suffering and death is because it was through that act that we obtained access to heaven.

Jesus was the gateway to our freedom. And, for Apostle Paul, that meant that we had a responsibility:

Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

God's blessing as you meditate on heaven, Jesus as the gateway, and what it means to stand firm in this world, and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

- Rev. Frank Kim

Youtube link from last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Cell Group Discussion PDF: HERE

Announcements

Ministry Council, we are meeting this Sunday (Oct 10) at 1pm

Education Department is looking for teachers!
- Advertisement Video HERE
  - If interested, please contact the following leader:
    - 6th-12th Grade – Pastor Edward: shin.e.kim88@gmail.com
    - 1st-5th Grade – Pastor Haein: tfpc.children@gmail.com
    - Pre-k – Director Anna: kongbenedict@yahoo.com

Friday Night Youth Apologetics Seminar
- Starting July 09 (Fri) @ 7:00pm, TFPC Youth Ministry will be starting Apologetics Seminar, led by Tom Benedict. The 11+ weeks course will help our youth to defend their Christian faith. It will ask these three questions. 1) Does God Exist? 2) Are Miracles Possible and 3) Is the New Testament Reliable. A flyer with the calendar dates can be found in the back. If you have any questions or would like more information, please email tfpc.youthgroup@gmail.com.
- Schedule:
  - Lesson 1 (July 9) – In the Beginning (How the Big Bang Evidence Aligns w/ a Biblical Worldview) [45 mins]
  - Lesson 2 (July 16) – Divine Design Part 1 (Fine Tuning in the Universe) [45 mins]
  - Lesson 3 (Aug. 6) – Divine Design Part 2 (Fine Tuning in Biology) [40 mins]
  - Lesson 4 (Sept. 10) – What About Evolution? (Micro vs. Macro) [40 mins]
  - Lesson 5 (Sept. 17) – Moral Law (Absolute Universal Laws Point to a Law Giver) [45 mins]
  - Lesson 5 (Sept. 24) – Moral Law (Absolute Universal Laws Point to a Law Giver) [45 mins] (Redone because of the earthquake on the 17th)
  - Lesson 6 (Oct. 8) - Signs of God or Gullibility? (Naturalism vs. Supernaturalism) [45 mins]
  - Lesson 7 (Oct. 22) - Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (J. Warner Wallace) [45 mins]
  - Lesson 8 (Nov. 5)) - Do We Have an Accurate Copy of the New Testament? [45 mins]
  - Lesson 9 (Nov. 12) - Did the New Testament Writers Tell the Truth? [50 mins]
  - Lesson 10 (Dec 3) - Analyzing Jesus: His Claims & Old Testament Prophecy [45 mins]
  - Lesson 11 (Dec 10) - The Evidence for the Resurrection [50 mins]

Mask Requirement for Worship
- For the sake of all members, the session of our church has asked that all attendees wear masks during the worship service until further notice.
Due to COVID, please do not eat in the Fellowship Hall
- The leadership at church has asked that all eating be done outside in the tents.

Offering can still be done via online HERE or via mail: P.O. Box 622, Torrance, CA 90508
- For online offering, please select English Ministry (EM), write your EM Member number in the Member ID section, & place details in the memo section. Example: whether the offering is for tithe, thanksgiving, Sunday offering, designated offering, mission offering, etc.
- If you need your members ID# please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com
Our EM Elder designated to us from the KM for 2021 will be our Head Pastor, Daniel Ko.
NEW starting this year, we will have an EM Representative to the Session. For 2021 our EM Representative will be Mike Lyu.
Please continue to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus, especially those on the frontline of the disease who are putting themselves at risk in the service of us all.

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