TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - May 23, 2018

Reka-be

Today is May 23, 2018

Welcome to your mid-week!

The Rekabites were a family devoted to their forefather's commands for over 200 years. They were an example of faithfulness, obedience, and steadfastness that God used, in Jeremiah 35, to rebuke his people.

And, in a way, it is a rebuke toward us.

Why can we be so devoted and steadfast to secular things and not devoted to things of God? Why do we care so much about secular causes and hobbies and countries and people more so than Godly causes, hobbies, kingdom, and people?

These are pressing question that all of us should wrestle with considering our responsibility as Christians. I mean, who do we project, by our actions and investment, as our Lord? Is it the light of Christ? Or is it something else?

Because, if the Rekabites can be devoted and steadfast to someone dead for over 2 centuries, how much more should we be devoted to and steadfast with God, who is alive and speaking to us every day?

Something to think about...

God blessings upon you and I look forward to seeing you all this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

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Upcoming Events

• May 25 (Fri) - Skid Row Prep. 6pm in the Kitchen.
• May 26 (Sat) - Skid Row Mission. Van leaves 6:20am from church.
• May 27 (Sun) – All Church Picnic @ Wilson Park after 11am service
• June 3 (Sun) – Membership Class 3. 12:30pm-1pm
• June 3 (Sun) - VBS Training 2. 1:15pm-2:30pm @ EM Chapel
• June 6 (Weds) - All Generations Cell Group Apologetics Study. Topic: "Because It’s True: Lesson #2, Does God Exist?" 7pm at the Benedicts.

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​Important Summer Dates to Note

• June 25-28 (Mon-Thurs) – VBS
  • VBS Registration has begun!
    Early Bird registration by June 16. Cost: $40 per child with $10 sibling discount per additional sibling. (So 2nd sibling is $30, 3rd sibling is $20). 
    Late registration after June 16. Cost: $60 per child, no sibling discount
• July 14-21 (Sun-Sat) – Youth Summer Missions
• July 17-30 (Tues-Mon) – Thailand Summer Missions with SBT
• July 27-29 (Fri-Sun) – EM Family Retreat
• Aug 5 (Sun) – Graduation/Promotion Sunday
• Aug 10-12 (Fri-Sun) – Youth Summer Retreat

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1 Corinthians 15:58 - "Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - May 16, 2018

Don't Be Like Adam

Today is May 16, 2018

Welcome to your mid-week!

Before Eve was created, God made Adam and gave him very clear directions in Genesis 2:16-17:

“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

It was Adam's responsibility to both follow and convey this command to Eve. And yet, as they approached the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

Adam said nothing.

As Eve reached for and took the forbidden fruit in her hand, 

Adam said nothing.

As Eve brought the fruit to her lips and took a bite of the fruit,

Adam said nothing.

Adam's silence can only be described as extreme apathy toward Eve. Adam just did not care about her.

Now, you would think that this apathetic silence would be the worst of Adam's sin but, when confronted by God to the sin that he committed, Adam does not take responsibility for it but, instead, blames Eve. 

Genesis 3:12
"The man said, 'The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.'"

Adam, at first, stands silent as Eve hurts herself and then, when confronted, accuses her for his own negligence. Clearly, Adam did not honor his wife.

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This past Sunday we celebrated Parent's Day and we remembered the command to 'honor our parent's. From this command we focused on the principle of honor by looking at the mistakes of the first parents; by looking at the mistakes of Adam. And, boy, was his mistakes blatantly obvious.

So then, let us not be like Adam. Let us not be apathetic toward each other or blame each other but, instead, as it says in Romans 12:10, honor one another above ourselves. God blessings upon you this week and I look forward to seeing you all this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

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Upcoming Events

• May 17 (Thurs) – YMF Cell Group. 6:45pm in the Fellowship Hall
• May 20 (Sun) - Ministry Council Meeting. 12:30pm-1pm.
• May 20 (Sun) – Membership Class 2. 1pm-1:30pm @ EM Chapel
• May 20 (Sun) - VBS Training 1. 1:15pm-2:30pm @ Elementary Chapel
• May 25 (Fri) - Skid Row Prep. 6pm in the Kitchen.
• May 26 (Sat) - Skid Row Mission. Van leaves 6:20am from church.
• May 27 (Sun) – All Church Picnic @ Wilson Park after 11am service
• June 3 (Sun) - VBS Training 2. 1:15pm-2:30pm @ EM Chapel
• June 6 (Weds) - All Generations Cell Group Apologetics Study. Topic: "Because It’s True: Lesson #2, Does God Exist?" 7pm at the Benedicts.

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​Important Summer Dates to Note

• June 25-28 (Mon-Thurs) – VBS
  • VBS Registration has begun!
    Early Bird registration by June 16. Cost: $40 per child with $10 sibling discount per additional sibling. (So 2nd sibling is $30, 3rd sibling is $20). 
    Late registration after June 16. Cost: $60 per child, no sibling discount
• July 14-21 (Sun-Sat) – Youth Summer Missions
• July 17-30 (Tues-Mon) – Thailand Summer Missions with SBT
• July 27-29 (Fri-Sun) – EM Family Retreat
• Aug 5 (Sun) – Graduation/Promotion Sunday
• Aug 10-12 (Fri-Sun) – Youth Summer Retreat

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Romans 12:10 - "Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves."

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - May 9, 2018

Choose to Do Right

Today is May 9, 2018

Welcome to your mid-week!

In Genesis 4, before Cain killed his brother Abel, there was a moment when God spoke to Cain. This was right after Cain's emotions were triggered and right before Cain's act of murder.

And, in this moment when God spoke to Cain, God did two things. He made Cain aware of the danger before him and He showed him that he had a choice to do what was right. God showed Cain that sin was like a lion ready to pounce; ready to devour him, and the choice was to either open that door to that lion or to leave that door closed.

Cain chose to open the door.

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For us, every single time we are triggered emotionally in a negative way, that scenario should plays out in our minds.

Do I 'a.)' choose to sin against my brother or sister in Christ? or do I 'b.)' choose to do what is right?
Do I 'a.)' let my emotions dictate my actions? or do I 'b.)' let my emotions gauge where my hope and trust is?

Because that's what emotions are. They show us what are heart loves and trusts and fears. And the more we are aware of the consequences of our emotions and the power of the choice we have, the more we have the ability to choose right and to grow; to be more mature and to bear the fruit of the Spirit. 

So, that is our challenge. To not be like Cain. To hear when the Holy Spirit speaks to us, to not be enslaved by our emotions, and to choose to do what is right.

God blessing upon you this week and I look forward to seeing you all this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

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Upcoming Events

• May 12 (Sat) – CPG Cell Group Bible Study. This Saturday @ 5:30pm in the EM Chapel. 
  • Book of Study: Song of Songs 2:8-5:1. Topics: Courtship, Wedding, & Honeymoon
• May 13 (Sun) – Parent's Day. EM will be serving dessert
• May 13 (Sun) - KM Golf Tournament Fundraiser for Honduras Mission - Last Day to Sign-Up
  • The Tournament will be on June 2 (Sat) at Los Amigos Golf Course (7295 Quill Drive, Downey 90242). Questions? Please contact Elder Lee at 213-820-7381
• May 17 (Thurs) – YMF Cell Group [Date Updated]
• May 20 (Sun) – Membership Class 2. 1pm-2pm @ EM Chapel
• May 27 (Sun) – All Church Picnic @ Wilson Park after 11am service

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​Important Summer Dates to Note

• June 25-28 (Mon-Thurs) – VBS
• July 14-21 (Sun-Sat) – Youth Summer Missions
• July 17-30 (Tues-Mon) – Thailand Summer Missions with SBT
• July 27-29 (Fri-Sun) – EM Family Retreat
• Aug 5 (Sun) – Graduation/Promotion Sunday
• Aug 10-12 (Fri-Sun) – Youth Summer Retreat

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Volunteers Needed!

• Parent's Day Dessert Prep and Service Volunteers Needed!
• For Parent's Day (May 13), the men of EM will cut and serve cake for all 3 services. For those that signed up, please come at your appropriate time! If you did not sign-up, just show up, we need all the help we can get. Again, men only!

• VBS Volunteers Needed!
• Training Sessions are held after lunch, Sundays on May 20, June 3, 10, 17, & 24 and Saturday June 23. VBS is from June 25-28. Registration forms are in the back. Questions or concerns please contact Pastor Judie at yuilkimlee@yahoo.com

• TFPC Lease Committee Volunteer Needed!
• TFPC has been getting inquiries for renting availability and the KM would like to organize a committee to deal with these inquires made up of KM and EM members. They plan to meet once a month and are looking for either a CPA, lawyer, or property manager to join from our side. If interested please contact Elder Joy Chung at jc@towerescrowtorrance.com

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Service Opportunities

• Praise Team 
• The EM Praise team is looking for members to join the team. They practice every Saturday from 10am-12pm and play for both Sunday services coming in at 9am on Sunday to sound check. Questions about responsibilities and commitment, please contact Praise Leader Charles Roh at chuckyroh@gmail.com 

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1 Peter 5:8 - "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - May 2, 2018

Shalom Makers

Today is May 2, 2018

Welcome to May and your mid-week!

Jesus is known as the 'Prince of Peace' and, when we say 'peace', we don't mean an absence of war. We mean wholeness, harmony, and mutual prosperity between all parties.

The Jewish word for this is 'shalom.'

When we were separated from God via sin, Jesus gives us 'shalom' by dying for our sins on the cross thus reuniting us with our maker.

Jesus is our example of 'shalom' and, as Christians, the challenge is to show that kind of 'shalom' with each other.

How do we do that?

Well, Apostle Paul writes about it in Ephesians 4. In the face of two vastly different groups of people coming together to form a church, Apostle Paul urges everyone to "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." 

For Paul, all of us have the same unity through the Spirit of God. We all share the same testimony of being saved through Jesus Christ. Thus, we should focus on what unites us. We shouldn't avoid or ignore each other but to make every effort to be united through the bond of 'shalom.' 

In essence Paul is saying to do what we believe in. That, if we believe that Jesus died for all and that, once saved, all are now children of God; then, we need to act like a family. We need to be humble and gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love and, most importantly, keeping the unity through shalom.

And that is our challenge as a church. To be, what Jesus labeled as blessed; as children of God - the peace makers.

God blessing upon you this week and I look forward to seeing you all this Sunday. 

- Frank Kim

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Upcoming Events

• May 2 (Wed) – All Generations Apologetics Cell Group. 7pm @ The Benedicts. Topic: “The Nature of Truth and the Road Runner Tactic”
• May 6 (Sun) _ Children's Day
• May 6 (Sun) – Membership Class 1. 1pm-2pm @ EM Chapel
• May 12 (Sat) – CPG Cell Group
• May 13 (Sun) – Parent's Day. EM will be serving dessert
• May 13 (Sun) - KM Golf Tournament Fundraiser for Honduras Mission - Last Day to Sign-Up
  • The Tournament will be on June 2 (Sat) at Los Amigos Golf Course (7295 Quill Drive, Downey 90242). Questions? Please contact Elder Lee at 213-820-7381
• May 17 (Thurs) – YMF Cell Group [Date Updated]
• May 20 (Sun) – Membership Class 2. 1pm-2pm @ EM Chapel
• May 27 (Sun) – All Church Picnic @ Wilson Park after 11am service

 

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​Important Summer Dates to Note

• June 25-28 (Mon-Thurs) – VBS
• July 14-21 (Sun-Sat) – Youth Summer Missions
• July 17-30 (Tues-Mon) – Thailand Summer Missions with SBT
• July 27-29 (Fri-Sun) – EM Family Retreat
• Aug 5 (Sun) – Graduation/Promotion Sunday
• Aug 10-12 (Fri-Sun) – Youth Summer Retreat

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Volunteers Needed!

• Children's Day Volunteers Needed!
• For Children’s Day (May 6), PTA will be cooking burgers and hotdogs for kids. Parents are to setup cook and cleanup for the event in front of Elim Cafe. There won’t be outdoor activity of games like last year. It will be cooked lunch and a small present. We need volunteers especially for set up. Sign-up HERE

• Parent's Day Dessert Prep and Service Volunteers Needed!
• For Parent's Day (May 13), the men of EM will cut and serve cake for all 3 services. Please sign-up for each service this coming Sunday. Since May 13 is also 'Mother's Day,' we are asking for only Men to sign up. 

• VBS Volunteers Needed!
• Training Sessions are held after lunch, Sundays on May 20, June 3, 10, 17, & 24 and Saturday June 23. VBS is from June 25-28. Registration forms are in the back. Questions or concerns please contact Pastor Judie at yuilkimlee@yahoo.com

• TFPC Lease Committee Volunteer Needed!
• TFPC has been getting inquiries for renting availability and the KM would like to organize a committee to deal with these inquires made up of KM and EM members. They plan to meet once a month and are looking for either a CPA, lawyer, or property manager to join from our side. If interested please contact Elder Joy Chung at jc@towerescrowtorrance.com

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Service Opportunities

• Praise Team 
• The EM Praise team is looking for members to join the team. They practice every Saturday from 10am-12pm and play for both Sunday services coming in at 9am on Sunday to sound check. Questions about responsibilities and commitment, please contact Praise Leader Charles Roh at chuckyroh@gmail.com 

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Matthew 5:9 - "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."

TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - April 25, 2018

Sabbath Rest

Today is April 25, 2018

Welcome to your mid-week.

When we think of the word 'sabbath' we usually think of a day; we usually think of the 4th commandment. And often we think of it as something we are suppose to do. We are suppose to have a 'sabbath' to worship God and to remember God and to do something for God and, for some of us, it is a burden.

We would rather spend that time making more money or doing more errands or enjoying more of this life.

But, since it is a command, we do it. Whether out of duty or out of our cultural/family expectation or guilt, we do it.

But that is not the 'sabbath.'

As Jesus teaches us in Mark 2:27 - “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

The Sabbath was made for our benefit; not for our burden. 

In Mark 4:35, Jesus and his disciples are out on the sea when a storm comes. And, for a moment, we see the disciples in stress and anxiety and we see Jesus at rest. When Jesus calms the storm he asks them - “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

Here we see the beauty and benefit of the 'Sabbath.' 

When we choose to have our 'sabbath' - when we stop and trust in the Lord - we are reminded that this is not our world. That this broken and sinful and fallen world is not our home. The Sabbath is a reminder of where we put our trust and where our hope lies. This way, when the storms come - and they will come - you can still find rest.

And, what's more, Jesus tells us in Matthew 12:8 that he is 'Lord of the Sabbath.' Meaning that, as Christians who have declared Jesus Lord over our lives, we can find this rest any time; any place; any day.

So then, let us take advantage of what God has given us and have our 'Sabbath rest.' God's blessing upon you and I look forward to seeing you all this Sunday.

- Frank Kim

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Upcoming Events

• April 27 (Fr) – Skid Row Prep. 6pm
• April 28 (Sat) – Skid Row Mission. 6:20am
• April 29 (Sun) Thailand Summer Missions with SBT Training Begins!
  • Dates of Mission: July 17-30 (Tentative)
    Cost: $1000 + Flight
    Registration Fee: $50. Checks made out to ‘South Bay Mission Church’
    Mission Training will be weekly 4pm-7pm. Starting on 4/29,4pm @ SBMC - 19208 S Vermont Ave #100,
    Gardena, CA 90248
• May 2 (Wed) – All Generations Apologetics Cell Group. 7pm @ The Benedicts. Topic: “The Nature of Truth and the Road Runner Tactic”
• May 6 (Sun) – Membership Class 1. 1pm-2pm @ EM Chapel
• May 12 (Sat) – CPG Cell Group
• May 13 (Sun) – Mother’s Day. EM will be serving dessert
• May 17 (Thurs) – YMF Cell Group [Date Updated]
• May 20 (Sun) – Membership Class 2. 1pm-2pm @ EM Chapel
• May 27 (Sun) – All Church Picnic @ Wilson Park after 11am service

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​Important Summer Dates to Note

• June 25-28 (Mon-Thurs) – VBS
• July 14-21 (Sun-Sat) – Youth Summer Missions
• July 17-30 (Tues-Mon) – Thailand Summer Missions with SBT
• July 27-29 (Fri-Sun) – EM Family Retreat
• Aug 5 (Sun) – Graduation/Promotion Sunday
• Aug 10-12 (Fri-Sun) – Youth Summer Retreat

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Service Opportunities

• Praise Team Members Needed!
• The EM Praise team is looking for members to join the team. They practice every Saturday from 10am-12pm and play for both Sunday services coming in at 9am on Sunday to sound check. Questions about responsibilities and commitment, please contact Praise Leader Charles Roh at chuckyroh@gmail.com 

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 Matthew 11:28 - “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."