TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 1, 2021
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 11:17AM Worshiping the Perfect Hope
Today is December 1, 2021
Welcome to December and your mid-week!
This past Sunday Pastor Diana kicked off the Advent Season with the lighting of the Advent Wreath.
Candle light is something both simple yet wonderful, something ordinary yet available to all. And that is the hope of Advent - the hope of Jesus Christ.
And in her message of the perfect hope that we have in Jesus, Pastor Diana concluded with the poem by Howard Thurman called "I Will Light Candles This Christmas" which says:
I will light Candles this Christmas,
Candles of joy despite all the sadness,
Candles of hope where despair keeps watch,
Candles of courage for fears ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,
Candles of love to inspire all my living,
Candles that will burn all year long.
In Jesus we have the perfect everlasting hope. A hope that burns, not just all year long, but our entire lives.
God's blessing upon you as you center yourself and prepare yourself to once again remember the coming of Jesus Christ, and I look forward to worshiping with you this Sunday.
- Rev. Frank Kim
Youtube link from last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Cell Group Discussion PDF: HERE
Announcements
- Dec 5 (Sun) – YMF & PV Cell Group Mixer
- Dec 9 (Thurs) – S&P Pre-Christmas Gathering
- Dec 22 (Wed) - All Church Music Concert
- Dec 25 (Sat) - KM Christmas Service, 10:30am
- EM College Retreat
- December 28-30. Registration forms are available on the Welcoming Table. Please contact Pastor Diana if you have any questions.
- 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
- If interested, please contact the following leader:
- Advertisement Video HERE
- 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 6 (Sept. 24) – Moral Law (Absolute Universal Laws Point to a Law Giver) [45 mins] (Redone because of the earthquake on the 17th)
- Lesson 7 (Oct. 8) - Signs of God or Gullibility? (Naturalism vs. Supernaturalism) [45 mins]
- Lesson 8 (Oct. 22) - Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (J. Warner Wallace) [45 mins]
- Lesson 9 (Nov. 5)) - The Reliability of the New Testament: Textual Criticism [45 mins]
- Lesson 10 (Nov. 12) - The Reliability of the New Testament: Is the NT True [50 mins]
- Lesson 11 (Dec 3) - Analyzing Jesus: His Claims & Old Testament Prophecy [45 mins]
- Lesson 12 (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.
