TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 11, 2024

If you plan to attend the December 14th EM Christmas Dinner, please RSVP HERE

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Losers

Today December 11, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

In his letter to Timothy, Apostle Paul is still talking about who he was before Christ. And to hear Apostle Paul talk about how he is ‘the worst of sinners’ - how ‘I am’ and not ‘I was’ - shows that Apostle Paul is keeping his past in the forefront of his mind.

But why?

Apostle Paul knows about the forgiveness we have in Christ Jesus. I mean, he would write to the church of Romans:

Romans 8:1

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

And so, why is Apostle Paul still talking about what happened 30 years ago?

Because, to fully apprehend God’s grace, one’s past sins needs to be present. One’s past is an essential companion, so to speak, in comprehending the fullness of God’s grace. This is why Apostle Paul is still talking about who he was 30 years before; why he is embracing his spiritual loser past.

Because, in doing so, not only is he experiencing the grace of God more presently, but his choice naturally leads to him worshipping to the Lord.

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

God’s blessing upon you as you mediate on what it means to be a spiritual loser because of sin, and what it means to be victorious in Christ, and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

- Rev. Frank Kim

Youtube link from last Sunday’s worship: HERE

Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Announcements

• Dec 14 (Sat) – EM Christmas Dinner – White Elephant

  Saturday, Dec 14. 5:30pm at the Fellowship Hall. Dinner and White Elephant gift exchange. $20 per family.

• Newcomers’ Welcome Event

  The final newcomers’ welcome event for 2024 will be held on Sunday, December 15, at 1:15 PM in the Rodem Chapel on the 2nd floor of the Education Building. All newcomers who registered between August 11 and December 15, 2024, are invited.

• TFPC Christmas Concert

  Celebrate the birth of baby Jesus with joyful praise at the TFPC Christmas Concert, featuring a united choir and performances by children from the Education Ministry. The concert will be held on Friday, December 20, at 7:30 PM in the main sanctuary. We encourage everyone to join in this festive event.

• Dec 18 (Wed) - YP Small Group

• Audio and Praise Team Volunteers Needed!

  Those interested please fill out an application found in the back and give it to Esther

• Education Volunteers Needed!

  The Ministry of Education is recruiting teachers and volunteers who are dedicated to faith education for the next generation. For more details, please contact the department pastors or the church office. (Pre-K, Elementary, Youth)

Finance Office Announcement

For Online Offering (found HERE) please make sure to select 'English Ministry' and to scroll down and type in where you would want your offering to go in the 'Note / memo' area.  

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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 4, 2024

If you plan to attend the December 14th EM Christmas Dinner, please RSVP HERE

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Winners

Today December 4, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

Satan is called our ‘enemy’ in the bible for a reason.

He will remind us of our past sins and failures and short comings, suggesting they disqualify us from God’s love.

He will say - because of our current difficulties - God has abandoned us or that His promises won’t come true.

He will sow doubt about our salvation, making us question if we’re truly forgiven.

Or, he will try to isolate us, making us feel abandoned or unloved, especially in times of hardship or silence from God. He will equate God’s love with our circumstances saying ‘If God really loved you, then this bad thing wouldn’t have happened.”

Satan is our enemy.

But this is why God gives us the word of God which is the sword of the Spirit

This is why God gives us prayer which will help us to resist the lies of the enemy.

This is why God gives us the church to encourage us and remind us of God’s truth when we are spiritually weak.

And what is God’s truth? The truth is

We are accepted

We are secure

We are loved

I mean, think about it.

To be made children of God. To be made co-heirs with Christ. To have our bodies redeemed, our prayers heard, and to have glory awaits? For Apostle Paul, these lavish gifts of God show God’s heart toward us. I mean, so great a love God has for us that Apostle Paul would write these words:

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

And, when we embrace this truth, then truly we can come to the same conclusion of Apostle Paul:

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

God’s blessing upon you as you mediate on what it means to be a winner in Christ Jesus, and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

- Rev. Frank Kim

Youtube link from last Sunday’s worship: HERE

Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Announcements

• Dec 14 (Sat) – EM Christmas Dinner – White Elephant

  Saturday, Dec 14. 5:30pm at the Fellowship Hall. Dinner and White Elephant gift exchange. $20 per family.

• Dec 18 (Wed) - YP Small Group

• Audio and Praise Team Volunteers Needed!

  Those interested please fill out an application found in the back and give it to Esther

• Education Volunteers Needed!

  The Ministry of Education is recruiting teachers and volunteers who are dedicated to faith education for the next generation. For more details, please contact the department pastors or the church office. (Pre-K, Elementary, Youth)

Finance Office Announcement

For Online Offering (found HERE) please make sure to select 'English Ministry' and to scroll down and type in where you would want your offering to go in the 'Note / memo' area.  

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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Directing Thanksgiving

Today November 27, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

The picture of eternal life that the bible gives us is one that is similar to our own but different.

Jesus’ life after his resurrection shows us that there is some continuity between this life and the next. Jesus’ example suggests our skills and memories and relationships and passions will carry over.

However, major things will be redeemed and perfected from what we know.

Our bodies will be redeemed and perfected. The earth will be redeemed and perfected. The heavens will be redeemed and perfected. From this, it can be argued that our relationships with people in heaven will be redeemed and perfected.

But it is what we will be doing for eternity that the bible gives us this interesting picture.

Revelation 22:3 says we will be serving the Lord in eternity. And how did we serve the Lord before the fall? Well, we served the Lord by being made stewards of his creation – naming and taking care of the animals. This required us to work and explore and be creative.

This means eternity will be a place of

meaningful work,

meaningful exploration, and

meaningful creativity,

where we will have endless opportunities to learn and discover and grow.

This picture of eternity is what God gives us through faith in Jesus Christ. He is the way, the gate, and the shepherd that leads us to these green pastures.

And this amazing gift should stir within us and produce an overwhelming, heartfelt thank you to the Lord. In fact, all the gifts that God gives us - physically, personally, relationally, & spiritually - should lead to that one act.

So, this Thanksgiving, let us remember all the good and perfect things that God gives us, and let us

give thanks to the Lord.

- Rev. Frank Kim

Youtube link from last Sunday’s worship: HERE

Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Announcements

• Dec 1 (Sun) – EM Christmas Tree Decoration, right after the 11:30am service

• Dec 1 (Sun) – Training of Newly Elected Officers

  Training for elected officers (serving elders and deacons) will be held over three weeks according to the schedule below. All electees are required to attend. (There will be a test on the final day of training.) Dates: 12/1 (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.), 12/6 and12/13 (Fridays, 7 p.m.)

• Dec 14 (Sat) – EM Christmas Dinner – White Elephant

  Saturday, Dec 14. 5:30pm at the Fellowship Hall. Dinner and White Elephant gift exchange. $20 per family.

• Audio and Praise Team Volunteers Needed!

  Those interested please fill out an application found in the back and give it to Esther

• Education Volunteers Needed!

  The Ministry of Education is recruiting teachers and volunteers who are dedicated to faith education for the next generation. For more details, please contact the department pastors or the church office. (Pre-K, Elementary, Youth)

Finance Office Announcement

For Online Offering (found HERE) please make sure to select 'English Ministry' and to scroll down and type in where you would want your offering to go in the 'Note / memo' area.  

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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Connecting Thanksgiving

Today November 20, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

Apostle Paul’s example in Romans 1:8 reminds us to give thanks to God for the people in our lives. And who are the people we should thank God for? Well…

Who has strengthen us and made us more resilient? Who has been like Jonathan to David, Aaron and Hur to Moses, Ruth to Naomi, or Elizabeth to Mary?

Who has carried our burdens? Who has been like the 4 friends who carried the paralyzed man, the good Samaritan who took care of the man who was left for dead, Simon of Cyrene who took up the cross of Jesus, the early church who sold their possessions to meet the needs of everyone, or Job’s friends who sat with Job for seven days?

Who has forgiven us and shown us grace? Who has been like Jesus to Peter, Joseph to his brothers, the father to the prodigal son, Esau to Jacob, Hosea to Gomer, or Stephen to his persecutors?

Who has loved us and cared for us? Who was like Barnabas vouching for Paul, Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, or Apostle Paul to the church?

Who has shared our mission and purpose? Who has been like the 12 disciples spreading the gospel, God’s people on the way to the promised land, or Apostle Paul and Barnabas going on their first missionary journey?

For whoever came in your mind, those are the people we should thank God for.

People who helped us in our fears and doubts and battles and tragedies and unexpected situations.

People who physically and emotionally and spiritually carried us.

People who forgave us and showed grace to us despite our own sins.

People who loved us and cared for us as true family.

People who partnered with us, helping to do the good work God called us to do.

Thank God for them.

Thank you God for them.

Thank you God.

God’s blessing upon you as you mediate on all the people God has brought into your life who blessed you and helped you to be more and more like Christ, and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

- Rev. Frank Kim

Youtube link from last Sunday’s worship: HERE

Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Announcements

• Nov 20 (Wed) – Thanksgiving Brining

• Nov 23 (Sat) – Thanksgiving Prep, 8am

• Nov 23 (Sat) – Men’s Bible Study, 1pm @ Fellowship Hall

• Nov 23 (Sat) - Joint YP/YMF Friendsgiving @ Mango Room, 2nd Floor, TFPC

• Nov 24 (Sun) – Thanksgiving Lunch, EM Serves

• Dec 1 (Sun) – Training of Newly Elected Officers

• Dec 14 (Sat) – EM Christmas Dinner – White Elephant

• Audio and Praise Team Volunteers Needed!

  Those interested please fill out an application found in the back and give it to Esther

• Education Volunteers Needed!

  The Ministry of Education is recruiting teachers and volunteers who are dedicated to faith education for the next generation. For more details, please contact the department pastors or the church office. (Pre-K, Elementary, Youth)

Finance Office Announcement

For Online Offering (found HERE) please make sure to select 'English Ministry' and to scroll down and type in where you would want your offering to go in the 'Note / memo' area.  

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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Feeling Thanksgiving

Today November 13, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

God freely gives us his word which is more than just a book of wisdom. God’s word is life. It helps us from dangers, encourages us, brings joy and delight, and leads to freedom.

Add to that the sending of the Holy Spirit to us. The Holy Spirit is always with us, calls to attention the wisdom of the word of God in many ways, and guides us, if we are willing, on the righteous path.

Yet, even when we fail to listen to the Holy Spirit and follow the word of God, God is still there. His strength can always be found even in our lowest moments and deepest weaknesses. God’s love for us does not break. He never leaves us nor forsakes us.

All this shows us just how faithful God is to us. God is faithful to be with us, faithful to hear us and answer us, faithful to help us to grow in faith and character, and faithful to give us peace.

And, what should I response be to all of this?

Thanksgiving.

God’s blessing upon you as you mediate on how God blesses you in the day to day, and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

- Rev. Frank Kim

Youtube link from last Sunday’s worship: HERE

Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Announcements

• Short-Term Winter Missions Prayers

  Our short-term missionary team to Mexicali will be leaving this Friday (November 15) and will be coming back November 17 (Sun). 1 EM member is part of that team. Please pray for their safety and the work they will be doing.

• Nov 20 (Wed) – Thanksgiving Brining

• Nov 23 (Sat) – Thanksgiving Prep, 8am

• Nov 23 (Sat) – Men’s Bible Study, 1pm @ Fellowship Hall

• Nov 23 (Sat) - Joint YP/YMF Friendsgiving @ the Juns

• Nov 24 (Sun) – Thanksgiving Lunch, EM Serves

• Dec 1 (Sun) – Training of Newly Elected Officers

• Dec 14 (Sat) – EM Christmas Dinner – White Elephant

• Audio and Praise Team Volunteers Needed!

  Those interested please fill out an application found in the back and give it to Esther

• Education Volunteers Needed!

  The Ministry of Education is recruiting teachers and volunteers who are dedicated to faith education for the next generation. For more details, please contact the department pastors or the church office. (Pre-K, Elementary, Youth)

Finance Office Announcement

For Online Offering (found HERE) please make sure to select 'English Ministry' and to scroll down and type in where you would want your offering to go in the 'Note / memo' area.  

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