TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - APRIL 15, 2020

Rejoicing Like Mary

Today is April 15, 2020

Welcome to your mid-week!

Mary Magdalene - the follower of Jesus who was there at his trial via Pontius Pilate; the follower of Jesus who was there when he died on the cross; the follower of Jesus who saw where he was buried - that Mary went to Jesus' tomb early Sunday morning and was the first to see him risen. And what did she experience?

Joy.

Mary saw the risen Lord and she felt

Joy.

On Good Friday I showed a video of a spoken word found HERE that, in the middle, talks about the various things we can say goodbye to thanks to the risen Lord. That, because Jesus is alive, we can say goodbye to fear, sorrow, rejection, shame, guilt, condemnation, regret, addiction, chains, hopelessness, captivity, loneliness, defeat, the curse, the enemy, darkness, dread, sin, and death.

The reason we can say goodbye to all that is because the resurrection of Jesus opens the way to eternity; to heaven. The place that God describes as a place of no sin and no tears and no pain or sorrow - that place becomes a reality because God fulfilled his promise in Christ Jesus.  

This is why our joy is found complete in Jesus (John 15:11) because, as God showed himself faithful by raising Jesus from the dead, so he will be faithful with his promises to us.

This is why Easter is so important to remember and celebrate.  Easter is all about remembering the hope that we have in Jesus Christ, resting in the peace of God knowing that he who calls you is faithful, and experiencing his

Joy.

God's blessing upon you and I look forward to worshiping with you online this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

Youtube Link to last Good Friday Worship: HERE
Youtube Link to last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Family Devotional Material given the day of: HERE
Cell Group Discussion for your mid-week: HERE

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Announcements

• TFPC has created a '5 Loaves & 2 Fish' Ministry. If you are able, please donate dry goods, cleaning supplies, and paper products to the main lobby. If you are in need, please stop by the church lobby and take whatever is available for you and your family.
• All offering through April 19 will be donated to help local KM, 1.5, and 2nd gen churches in the Southbay who are currently struggling financially.
• Women's Cell Group is meeting each Friday via Zoom. 7:30pm. Please contact Anna Benedict for more information.
• College Cell Group will be meeting each Friday via Google Hangout. Please contact Pastor Diana for more information.
• PV Cell Group will be meeting each Sunday via Zoom. 3pm. Please contact Pastor Frank for more information.
• YMF Cell Group is meeting this Thursday, April 16 via Zoom. 7pm. Please contact Ben and Eunice for more information.
• Sunday Worship will only be offered online until further notice.
• For those wanting to do family worship instead of watching the live stream/online worship service, you can find the family worship devotional on the teministry.com website. Click on the 'Live Stream' tab on Sunday and check the announcements for a link. Previous ones can be found HERE along with previous sermons and praise sets.
• Offering can be done via online HERE or via mail: P.O. Box 622, Torrance, CA 90508
• If you need your members ID# please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com
• 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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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - APRIL 8, 2020

Palm Sunday Resolutions

Today is April 8, 2020

Welcome to April and your mid-week!

With the start of Passion week, it is good to reflect and challenge ourselves with the people of God who celebrated Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem.

On one hand, despite being under Roman rule, they showed an amazing amount of courage. They were unafraid as they declared Jesus King.

On the other hand, having lived under that rule for so long, they showed an amazing amount of selfishness. They were only thinking of themselves as they declared Jesus King of Israel.

With everything that we are facing currently, it is good to remind ourselves of God's rescue of us as well as his holistic plan for the world. There's a reason the bible mentions over 300 times to not be afraid. There's a reason why Jesus came and died for us.

As we enter into this holy week, I pray that we would all take some time to draw near to our Lord; to reflect and mediate not just on his actions but on what it means for us; and, in doing so, receive peace.

God's blessing upon you all and I look forward to worshiping with you online this Good Friday and Easter.

- Frank Kim

Youtube Link to last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Family Devotional Material given the day of: HERE
Cell Group Discussion for your mid-week: HERE

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Announcements

• We will be having communion for Good Friday. Please prepare both elements as best as you can prior to the worship. We will be live streaming our EM Family Good Friday Service at 7:20pm. You will find the link at http://teministry.com/live-stream/
• TFPC has created a '5 Loaves & 2 Fish' Ministry. If you are able, please donate dry goods, cleaning supplies, and paper products to the main lobby. If you are in need, please stop by the church lobby and take whatever is available for you and your family.
• Women's Cell Group is meeting each Friday via Zoom. 7:30pm. Please contact Anna Benedict for more information.
• College Cell Group will be meeting weekly each Friday via Google Hangout. Please contact Pastor Diana for more information.
• YMF Cell Group is meeting Thursday, April 16 via Zoom. 7pm. Please contact Ben and Eunice for more information.
• Sunday Worship will only be offered online until further notice.
• For those wanting to do family worship instead of watching the live stream/online worship service, you can find the family worship devotional on the teministry.com website. Click on the 'Live Stream' tab on Sunday and check the announcements for a link. Previous ones can be found HERE along with previous sermons and praise sets.
• Offering can be done via online HERE or via mail: P.O. Box 622, Torrance, CA 90508
• If you need your members ID# please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com
• 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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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - APRIL 1, 2020

Walk the Aisle

Today is April 1, 2020

Welcome to your mid-week!

When it comes to doing the same wisdom over and over again, especially when it comes to preventative wisdom, there is a danger to forget the importance of doing it. We might take it for granted. We may not see the benefits of it. We may view it as too much of an inconvenience. 

Take, for example, something as simple as social distancing and washing our hands. This pandemic has suddenly brought into focus the wisdom in doing those things. The challenge is, as these weeks stretch on to months, can we still commit to it every day?

That's why Solomon ends the book of Proverbs the way he does.

The book of Proverbs ends with an 'Epilogue of the Wife of Noble Character' and, more then just saying we need to marry wisely, I believe Solomon is telling his son to commit to wisdom; to commit to wisdom as much as you would a marriage.

Back in chapters 8 and 9 Solomon personifies wisdom as a woman, challenging us to love her. I believe, by ending the book with this epilogue, Solomon is challenging us to take love to its final conclusion. When it comes to wisdom, we need to commit to it that seriously.

Home schooling. Cabin fever. Quarantine 15. There are a lot of inconveniences that we are experiencing. But, ultimately, we know the importance of doing what we are doing because, in the end of the day, it saves lives. That is how important that wisdom is. 

How much more so then, when we think about our eternity, is committing to the wisdom of the Lord?

God's blessing and protection on you this week and I look forward to worshiping with you online this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

Youtube Link to last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Family Devotional Material given the day of: HERE
Cell Group Discussion for your mid-week: HERE

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Announcements

• Sunday Worship will only be offered online until further notice.
• For those wanting to do family worship instead of watching the live stream/online worship service, you can find the family worship devotional on the teministry.com website. Click on the 'Live Stream' tab on Sunday and check the announcements for a link. Previous ones can be found HERE along with previous sermons and praise sets.
• Offering can be done via online HERE or via mail: P.O. Box 622, Torrance, CA 90508
• If you need your members ID# please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com
• Women's Cell Group will be meeting virtually online THIS Friday, 7:30pm via Zoom. Please contact Anna for the Zoom ID#.
• YMF Cell Group will be meeting virtually online April 16. Please contact Ben or Eunice for the Zoom ID#.
• 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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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - MARCH 25, 2020

Of Fields and Sluggards

Today is March 25, 2020

Welcome to your mid-week!

Inserted near the end of Solomon's wisdom in the book of Proverbs are the 'Sayings of the Wise.' The last 'Sayings of the Wise' talks about a sluggard who has a field and yet does nothing with it, leading to his poverty. It is a lesson on the dangers of laziness. 

In the challenging situation that we are all faced with, I think there is a huge temptation to be lazy. No gym, no office, no school, no church. Laziness is a huge temptation.

But the bible mentions over and over again how we were made to do good work (Ephesians 2:10). In fact, that's what Apostle Paul challenges the church of Galatia in the mist of persecution:

Galatians 6:9-10 
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

And the reason that it is mentioned so prominently is that is because, good work is what we were made to do. Adam and Eve worked. Jesus worked. The church worked. God worked.

Yes, things might be different, but God gives us ingenuity and creativity and a massive field of resources to not just invest in ourselves but to invest in those around us. So, let us not be like the sluggard in the 'Sayings of the Wise.' Let us do the good work we know we ought to do.

God's blessing and protection upon you and I look forward to worshiping with you all online this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

Youtube Link to last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Family Devotional Material given the day of: HERE
Cell Group Discussion for your mid-week: HERE

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Announcements

• Sunday Worship will only be offered online until further notice.
• For those wanting to do family worship instead of watching the live stream/online worship service, you can find the family worship devotional on the teministry.com website. Click on the 'Live Stream' tab on Sunday and check the announcements for a link. Previous ones can be found HERE along with previous sermons and praise sets.
• Offering can be done via online HERE or via mail: P.O. Box 622, Torrance, CA 90508
• If you need your members ID# please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com
• All events are suspended until further notice
• 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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TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - MARCH 18, 2020

The Fools vs The Wise

Today is March 18, 2020

Welcome to your mid-week!

In the wake of the coronavirus, we've seen a lot of different foolish people. We've seen fools who do not believe the experts. We've seen fools who think they know better than the experts. We've seen fools who know what to do and yet don't do it.

Fools.

And, biblically, that's what a spiritual fool is. A spiritual fool does not believe God is righteous; that God is the objective moral line in which all things are measured by and in which we all fall short of. A spiritual fools believes he is righteous and good and definitely not wicked. A spiritual fool knows what to do and yet still doesn't do it. All who do this are spiritual

Fools.

When we recognize that we are sinners, we become humble. When we acknowledge God as righteous and Holy, we become teachable. When we realize that what God tells us is the best for us, we draw closer to God and show others the God who loves them. When we do all three we become

Wise.

And that is our challenge. God's blessing and protection over you and your families as you draw nearer to God and I look forward to digitally connecting with you on Sunday.

- Frank Kim 

Recording of the Sermon: HERE
Sermon PPS: HERE
Opening Praise: HERE
Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Upcoming Events

• Mar 26 (Thu) – YMF Cell Group *Due to the Coronavirus
• Mar 27 (Fri) – Skid Row Prep *Due to the Coronavirus
• Mar 28 (Sat) – Skid Row Mission *Due to the Coronavirus
• Mar 29 (Sun) – Ministry Council Meeting *Due to the Coronavirus
• April 10 (Fri) – Good Friday EM Family Service. 7:30pm at EM Chapel *TBD
• April 12 (Sun) – Joint Easter Service with KM in the Main Sanctuary. NO 9:45am service. *TBD
• Jul 11-18 (Sat-Sat) – EM/Youth Joint Summer Mission to Guadalajara, Mexico. $500 per person. Registration begins NOW, ends March 29. *TBD

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