12/22 Announcements

12/22 Announcements

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  1. We have received new members through baptism & membership vows. From EM service: Baptism: Claire Feng, Daren Feng, & Simon Feng. From CM service: Adult Baptism: Joey Tang (鄧燕婷), Ying Wu (吳影), & Gang Zhang (張剛); New Members: Sophia [Li] Zhang (李樹云), Ruth Li (李穎姝), Shelley Wu (周曉紅), Victor Wu (吳國明), & Rebekah [Cui] Zhang (崔英姿); Covenant Children Baptism: Andy Zhang (張柏楊) & Allen Zhang (張柏林). Please remember them in your prayers.
  2. There will be a combined CM & EM Christmas Eve Worship Service on Tuesday, 12/24 at 7:30pm. Please plan to attend. Also, we will collect a special offering for disabled and retired PCA pastors & their families who need financial support. Please write your check to “GCC” and note “PCA Ministerial Relief Fund”; the deadline of this offering collection is 12/29.
  3. If you’d like to be included in our church’s 2025 directory, or if your contact information (address, phone number, or email) has changed and/or if you want to update your photo, please send your new information to the church office <graceccpca@gmail.com>. You do not need to be a member to be included in the directory. Deadline of submission: 12/31/24.
  4. Praise the Lord that Solomon Zhang has accepted his nomination to be a future deacon of GCC. He will be going through training in the future months. Please keep him & his family in your prayers. 
  5. The 2025 GCC budget has been posted on the bulletin board as well as in the “Members” section at our church website (http://graceem.gccvapca.org/member-login/). If you have any questions, please contact Deacon Johnny Zhang or our Elders.
  6. GCC is forming a CM Assistant/Associate Pastoral Search Committee. The Session has nominated 7 members: Eric Yuan & Lixin Wang (2 elders); Jason Zhang & Tong Liu (2 deacons); Harriet Lin, 楊承民, & 張源泉(3 church members); 2 additional members may be nominated by the congregation at the Congregational Meeting on 1/12/2025. If you have any questions, please contact any Session members. 
  7. There will be a combined CM & EM worship service on 1/12/2025 at 9:30am. It will be followed by a Congregational Meeting at 11:15am. The meeting subjects are: 2025 Budget Report, Election of Two Auditors, & Election of CM Assistant/Associate Pastoral Search Committee.
  8. There will be no EM Bible Fellowship & Prayer this Wednesday. It will resume on Wednesday, 1/8/2025.  For more information, please contact Pastor Arthur <graphitude@gmail.com>.
  9. Our next EM potluck dinner is on Sunday, 1/5/2025, 5:30–8pm. Please mark your calendar.