TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To Be God’s Children

Today September 18, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

I believe one of the hardest things to do as a Christian is to realize that the ‘hard work’ we are called to do is not trying to obtain Christian attributes we do not have, it is about trying to learn more deeply about what we already have.

We grow up like the brothers from the parable of the prodigal son - having competitive, merit based expectations - so naturally that influences our faith and how we believe we mature as Christians.

However the example of Christ is not a goal to work for or a burden to achieve. It is the example of what is possible. It is what Christ enables us to do.

This is what Apostle Paul prayed for the church of Colossi to have. He did not pray for what they did not have. He prayed that they would be filled with all wisdom and understanding of what they already had. To know more deeply about the gospel. To know more deeply about Jesus Christ and what he did for them.

And that is the key perspective switch in what it means to mature as a Christian. Meaning…

Instead of behaving better, it is about believing better.

Instead of trying more desperately, it is about trusting more deeply.

Instead of performing more perfectly, it is about understanding more fully.

Only when we realize that the good work we are called to do is rediscovering the gospel, seeing and learning about the new reality we have in Christ, will those Christian attributes that we and others want to see in us, come.

God’s blessing upon you as you meditate on the good work you are called to do in rediscovering the gospel, 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

• Education Ministry Open Houses Are Coming

  Please come to worship and stay for the open house afterward!

  • Sunday, September 15 –- Youth

  • Sunday, September 22 – Preschool

  • Sunday September 29 - Elementary

• TFPC ‘Grit Stream’ Retreat

  TFPC has created a retreat for Korean Missionary families, to give them a place to recover and recharge from missions. The retreat will be held September 30th – October 6th. Please pray for the families attending and the planning of this retreat. If you wish to give a designated offering, please put the word ‘Grit Stream’ in the notes section

• Short-Term Winter Mexico Missions

  KM is offering short-term missionary work in Mexico to Mexicali and Tijuana. The missions will be 3 days and 2 nights. Schedule: Tijuana (11/8-10), Mexicali (11/15-17). Please contact Elder Jeong Eun-hyeon at 213-820-5100 if interested.

• Culture Class Opening (Registration: 8/27~9/14)

  The fall semester culture class opens on Tuesday, September 17th with a 13-week schedule. We hope that church members and local residents will participate in the online cultural classes.

  Lectures: Line dance, neck yoga, aerobics, daily yoga, pencil drawing, cell phone, drum, nanta, calligraphy, flower arranging, sewing, acrylic painting, & writing.

  Registration: Parish lobby and church office.

• Sept 20 (Fri) – YMF Cell Group

• Sept 21 (Sat) - Men’s Bible Study

• Sept 25 (Wed) – YP Cell Group

• Sept 30-Oct 6 (Mon-Sun) – Grit Stream Retreat

• 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 - SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

To Trust in God’s Plan

Today September 11, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

On one hand, Isaiah’s 55:8 ‘my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord’ is a frustrating answer to the question of ‘why God.’ God’s sovereignty means what God has planned will happen. That, as he says in Isaiah 46:10, “…My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.” Meaning our understanding is not necessary in God fulfilling his plan.

And there lies the challenge of God’s sovereignty. If we cannot understand God’s plan, how can we trust in it? If we cannot know God, how can we trust him?

But this is why God sent Jesus to us. This is why Jesus is so important.

Knowing the thoughts and ways of God may be impossible, but it is possible to know Jesus.

This is why Apostle Paul said his entire focus was to know Jesus.

This is why suffering should be looked at as following in the footsteps of Christ.

I mean, Jesus was God’s beloved son and yet he was not spared the suffering of this world. On the contrary, God’s plan meant that Jesus had to suffer and die on a cross. And how did Jesus respond to that plan? With patience, humility, and trust.

And Jesus was able to trust in God the Father because Jesus knew him. And the more we know Jesus - the more we seek him with all our heart - the more we will know who God is. That he is loving and merciful and compassionate and faithful and, ultimately, good.

And from knowing him, we will be able to not just accept his sovereignty but rest in it – trusting in his control even when we do not know all the answers. That is the peace that Apostle Paul writes about in Philippians 4:7 - The peace that transcends all understanding.

And that is the peace we all have in Christ Jesus.

God’s blessing as you wrestle with the sovereignty of God while seeking to know Jesus more, 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

• Education Ministry Open Houses Are Coming

  Please come to worship and stay for the open house afterward!

  • Sunday, September 15 –- Youth

  • Sunday, September 22 – Preschool

  • Sunday September 29 - Elementary

• TFPC ‘Grit Stream’ Retreat

  TFPC has created a retreat for Korean Missionary families, to give them a place to recover and recharge from missions. The retreat will be held September 30th – October 6th. Please pray for the families attending and the planning of this retreat. If you wish to give a designated offering, please put the word ‘Grit Stream’ in the notes section

• Short-Term Winter Mexico Missions

  KM is offering short-term missionary work in Mexico to Mexicali and Tijuana. The missions will be 3 days and 2 nights. Schedule: Tijuana (11/8-10), Mexicali (11/15-17). Please contact Elder Jeong Eun-hyeon at 213-820-5100 if interested.

• Culture Class Opening (Registration: 8/27~9/14)

  The fall semester culture class opens on Tuesday, September 17th with a 13-week schedule. We hope that church members and local residents will participate in the online cultural classes.

  Lectures: Line dance, neck yoga, aerobics, daily yoga, pencil drawing, cell phone, drum, nanta, calligraphy, flower arranging, sewing, acrylic painting, & writing.

  Registration: Parish lobby and church office.

• Sept 20 (Fri) – YMF Cell Group

• Sept 25 (Wed) – YP Cell Group

• Sept 30-Oct 6 (Mon-Sun) – Grit Stream Retreat

• 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.  

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Bending Toward People

Today September 4, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

Jesus could have completed all the tasks needed for redemption in one year, however Jesus spent three years doing ministry throughout Galilee. Why? Well…

Jesus spent a lot of time healing people.

Jesus spent a lot of time teaching and feeding people.

Jesus spent a lot of time going out of his way to meet with people.

And his willingness to invest in the individual lives of people shows us that Jesus was people centered. When it came to ‘task vs people’, Jesus bent toward people. And, as Christ followers, we must ask ourselves whether we bend toward that same way?

The call to love our neighbor is not always a call to do grand things.

Showing patience is an act of love.

Showing compassion is an act of love.

Showing mercy is an act of love. 

And every time we choose to do so at the moment we are triggered by a task not being completed the way we wanted, the more we are true image bearers of God.

That is what Jesus’ example challenges us to do. 

God’s blessing as you mediate on ‘task vs people’ and what it means to bend toward people, 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

• TFPC ‘Grit Stream’ Retreat

  TFPC has created a retreat for Korean Missionary families, to give them a place to recover and recharge from missions. The retreat will be held September 30th – October 6th. Please pray for the families attending and the planning of this retreat. If you wish to give a designated offering, please put the word ‘Grit Stream’ in the notes section

• Short-Term Winter Mexico Missions

  KM is offering short-term missionary work in Mexico to Mexicali and Tijuana. The missions will be 3 days and 2 nights. Schedule: Tijuana (11/8-10), Mexicali (11/15-17). Please contact Elder Jeong Eun-hyeon at 213-820-5100 if interested.

• Culture Class Opening (Registration: 8/27~9/14)

  The fall semester culture class opens on Tuesday, September 17th with a 13-week schedule. We hope that church members and local residents will participate in the online cultural classes.

  Lectures: Line dance, neck yoga, aerobics, daily yoga, pencil drawing, cell phone, drum, nanta, calligraphy, flower arranging, sewing, acrylic painting, & writing.

  Registration: Parish lobby and church office.

• Korean School Begins this Saturday!

  For more information or to register please check HERE

• 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)

• Kitchen Ministry Volunteers Needed

  KM is looking for 1 person to help with the kitchen each Sunday from 1pm-2:30pm. If you are available during that time, please stop by the kitchen and ask for the Kitchen Elder.

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.   

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 28, 2024

The Call To Make a Difference

Today August 28, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

This past Sunday I was on vacation moving, and Pastor Woogie Kim preached in my stead. In his message, he talked about the power we have as Christians. How, as God’s chosen people, we have, through the power of the Holy Spirit, the ability to bring about positive changes to ourselves, to our relationships, and to the world. He closed with a call for us to remember that power. He said

“Remember that the Spirit of God is upon you. And if you lean into that; if you can remember that; if you can muster the strength that God has given you, you can make a difference.”

And that call to make a difference is the call for every one who chooses to follow Jesus.

God’s blessing as you mediate on the power you have via the Holy Spirit and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

Youtube link from last Sunday’s worship: HERE

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Announcements

• Church Sports Facilities Donation Drive

  “Along with relocating and remodeling the chapel for the next generation, an exercise facility will be built behind the education center. You can donate or make a designated contribution for basketball hoops, court floors, volleyball facilities (nets), etc. for your children to use. When making a designated donation, please write “Next Generation Sports Facility” or “Faith-Forward Playground.” Questions? Contact Elder Gye Byeong-cheol at 213-272-5831

• Aug 28 (Wed) – YP Cell 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)

• Kitchen Ministry Volunteers Needed

  KM is looking for 1 person to help with the kitchen each Sunday from 1pm-2:30pm. If you are available during that time, please stop by the kitchen and ask for the Kitchen Elder.

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.   

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 14, 2024

Walking in the Light and in Love

Today August 14, 2024

Welcome to your mid-week!

As Christians we need to be walking in the light of Christ. As plants bend toward the sun, so we need to be bending toward

virtue,

purity,

modesty,

devotion,

faith,

friendship,

peace,

generosity,

patience,

partnership,

agreement,

harmony,

kindness,

moderation,

self-restraint,

and, most importantly,

love.

And the reason we need to, according to Apostle John, is not for all the positive ways such actions impact people. It is because, if we do not walk in the light, we become

false teachers.

In fact, Apostle John, in his 2nd letter, calls those who claim to be Christian and do not walk in love ‘the deceiver’ and ‘the anti-Christ.’ That such people do ‘wicked work.’

This is not who we are supposed to be.

So, let us walk in the light and love of Christ, bending toward his light each day. For the light we reflect is making an impact.

God’s blessing upon you as meditate on your walk, what you are reflecting, and the people you are impacting, 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

• Thank you to all who helped with the Education Building Clean up this past Sunday. All items in the back lot (furniture, chairs, white boards, etc) will be open to take by the congregation after Early Morning Prayer this Saturday.

• Back to School Prayer Service, this Friday, 7pm in the Youth Chapel

• EM Men’s Bible Study, this Saturday, 5pm @ the Hongs

• Church Sports Facilities Donation Drive

  “Along with relocating and remodeling the chapel for the next generation, an exercise facility will be built behind the education center. You can donate or make a designated contribution for basketball hoops, court floors, volleyball facilities (nets), etc. for your children to use. When making a designated donation, please write “Next Generation Sports Facility” or “Faith-Forward Playground.” Questions? Contact Elder Gye Byeong-cheol at 213-272-5831

• Aug 20-25 (Tue-Sun) - Pastor Frank’s Vacation

• Aug 28 (Wed) – YP Cell 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)

• Kitchen Ministry Volunteers Needed

  KM is looking for 1 person to help with the kitchen each Sunday from 1pm-2:30pm. If you are available during that time, please stop by the kitchen and ask for the Kitchen Elder.

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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