2025 Theme: "Abide in Christ, Renewal in life." Theme verse: "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:5, NIV)
CM Sunday School will be held at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the side sanctuary. Today's topic is Articles 14 of the MB Confession of Faith, The Sanctity of Human Life. All are welcomed to enroll.
CM Prayer Meeting will be held on Feb 19 (Wednesday) from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. via Zoom to pray for the Chinese School. Congregants are welcome to attend and make Bethel a prayer driven church. Please contact church office for Zoom link information.
Finance Department Announcement: The 2024 tax receipts have been prepared and will be distributed in the basement after MM or CM worship on February 16 (today) and February 23. (Please prepare your personal "Offering Number" for a quicker tax receipt pickup.) If you are unable to collect your tax receipt at the church on these Sundays, 2024 tax receipts of $20 or more will be mailed to the congregation on February 24.
Membership Department Announcement: In order to improve the roll call process for CM Sunday worship and to cooperate with the computerization plan of the attendance record system, starting from March 9, 2025, the attendance record of CM Sunday worship will be changed to self-roll call by the congregation. The steps are very simple. After arriving at the roll call counter, the congregation only needs to find their own roll call row according to the first letter of their surname in English, and then find their own name in the corresponding roll call paper in order, and use a black marker to delete the word "ABS" for that Sunday, and the roll call step is completed. For example, "Chan Tai Man", the first letter of Chan is "C", so the row of the sign "A to G", and then find "Chan Tai Man 陳大文" in order on the roll call paper of that row, and delete the "ABS" of Chan Tai Man on that Sunday, and the roll call step is completed. If you have any questions, there are still brothers and sisters from the Membership Department at the front desk to provide assistance. EM will also take this procedure later on April.
The prayer and Bible reading journals have been printed and are available at the reception desk.
Obituary: Our member, Tin Lap Wong, passed away on Feburary 7, 2025 (Friday). The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. on February 20 (Thursday) in Glenhaven Memorial Chapel. May the Lord comfort the family.
Congratulations to our MM member Nancy’s daughter, Ukey. Praise God that Ukey gave birth to a baby girl, Amber (6 lbs) on February 6, 2025. They have prepared refreshment for everyone to share their joy. Refreshment will be served in the basement after Sunday services.
According to the church protocol, if there are bad weather conditions, the chairman of the Deacons' Board and the senior pastor will discuss whether the church needs to be closed. If the closure day is Sunday worship day, the worship will be changed to online live broadcast via Zoom. The Zoom link and all arrangements will be posted on our church website (www.bethelmb.org) before 6:30 a.m. on the same day. Please note that the church will notify the congregations through different communication media (email, phone call, Whatsapp, WeChat, etc.).
February 17 (Monday) is Family Day public holiday and the office will be closed.