TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Harvesting Righteousness
Today is November 17, 2021
Welcome to your mid-week!
Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:33 that if we seek God's kingdom and his righteousness, it will help us with our anxieties and worries. That, for peace, we need God's righteousness in our lives.
So, how do we obtain God's righteousness? Well, the bible makes it clear that it is only found in Jesus Christ.
True righteousness is not obtained by good deeds. It is not obtained by fulfilling a list of items. True righteousness is only found when we seek Jesus Christ with all our hearts and souls in minds.
In essence, true righteousness is a fruit of that relationship. True righteousness is harvested.
Now, seeking Jesus should compel us to do what he did - to be peace makers. This is why James tells us in James 3:18 that peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. But it starts with seeking Jesus first, in striving to know who he is and what he did.
God's blessing as you seek Jesus Christ this week, 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
- Nov 21 (Sun) - Thanksgiving Parking Lot Games
- To promote fellowship amongst all members, on Sunday Nov 21, between the services, there will be several parking lot games based on Korean Traditional games. Prizes will be given!
- Nov 21 (Sun) - EM Urban Thanksgiving
- 1:15pm [UPDATED TIME] in the back of the Education Building, next to the basketball nets.
- Potluck style. Sign-up for side dishes at church.
- Dec 22 (Wed) - All Church Music Concert
- Dec 25 (Sat) - KM Christmas Service, 10:30am
- 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.

