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CORE GROUP MEETING
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FIRST SUNDAY
October 2, 2011 Please call Pastor Hansel (626) 487-1549) if you'd like to come up in front to give testimony, to sing, to play a musical instrument, to do a skit or whatever you want to offer our Lord in praise, worship and thanksgiving. There will be a Communion Service. |
Greetings!
What is your concept of worship? Are you a spectator or a participant? Is it the same as praise? Does it belong to the quiet or to the audibly expressive?
When we have our Praise and Worship service at The River on Sunday mornings what are we thinking? If you think logically about it, worship can be quiet, but praise almost always has to be something that one can hear, something vocal that comes from a person's mouth.
The important thing is participation. You can't praise or worship as a spectator, just watching. You have to be into it, and in it! And if you have never joined us at The River, you are definitely missing something. You must experience it!
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CORE GROUP MEETING
The banner headline of this Newsletter tells us about this meeting on Sunday. Core group members, please attend. When you hear about something being done, or a program of sorts being started, or a new project being undertaken and you ask why you don't know anything about it, chances are because you don't attend the Core Group meetings.
The Core Group is the church council. It is the highest authority at Gospel Life. What the Core Group decides, the church follows.
Its functions are to review and approve the church's mission and strategic plan, leadership structure, annual budget and financial reports, property purchase or sale, membership applications/discipline, lead elder and leadership board.
All elders, coordinators, managers and members actively involved in ministries including the small group fellowships are members of the Core Group. |
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AAPCA CONVOCATION
Carol Mary requested for this announcement to be published in the Newsletter as there may be a number of this group of alumni who are members of our congregation.
There is a convocation of the Alumni Association of Pasay City Academy at the Gospel Life church campus on Saturday,October 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. A "PCA Got Talent?" program will also be held.
Please pass this information along to your PCA alumni friends to renew friendships and to catch up on the years you have not kept up with each other.
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LOCK DOWN 3
October 28 and 29
Deviant Generation presents......the Youth Lock-in a month from now. Parents, please note these dates down for your children who will attend. This is an overnight stay at Gospel Life.
Features: NERF tournament, costume battle, awesome music videos, games, worship dance, etc. Dinner and breakfast will be provided. Starts 6:00 p.m. Friday till noon Saturday.
Cost: $10.00. Bring your sleeping bags.
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A REMINDER
In Consideration of Others
On Sundays, kindly refrain from parking along the driveway leading to and along the covered loading and unloading area in front of the church to allow access for vehicles who need to load or unload their passengers at the front steps.
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SMALL GROUP FELLOWSHIPS
Current Listing of Bible Study Groups
Monday Fellowship Hall, 7:30 p.m. - Ernie & Ruth Jordan (626)667-7345 Alano Residence, 7:30 p.m. - Mik & Joannie Alano (626)964-8464
Tuesday Linda Santos" Office, 12 noon - Linda Santos (626)622-5770
Thursday Alcaraz Residence, 7:30 p.m. - Medy & Irma Alcaraz (323)255-2112
Friday Linda Santos' Office, 9:30 a.m. - Linda Santos (626)622-5770 Fellowship Hall, 7:30 p.m. - Tony & Lelit Luciano (909)468-1406 Modular Classroom, 7:30 p.m. - Ruby & Ding Dijamco (626)919-1360 Pasco Residence, 7:30 p.m. - Ademir & Kay Pasco (818)243-2606 Cabrera Residence, 7:30 p.m. - Tito & Vanessa Cabrera (626)917-6422
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SEVERAL LISTS
Walnut Family Festival
Many of you have signed up for different things at the Festival. There is a list for those who ordered T-shirts with the Gospel Life logo. Please wear them at the parade and at the Festival grounds.
There's a list for those joining the parade. It is a relatively short distance from the corner of La Puente and Lemon to Suzanne Road. We will let you know where to preassemble at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 8.
Then, there's a list of those who signed up to help man the Gospel Life booths, the health care professionals who will help in the Blood Pressure and Diabetic testing clinic, and those who will help set up and take down the booths on that Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The following have signed up in at least one of the categories above.
For the booth set up and take down: Nestor Aguila, Mike Avena, Ding Dijamco, Tony Luciano, Conrad and Penny Miranda.
For the clinic: Myrna Aguila, Irma Alcaraz & Co., Conrad and Penny Miranda, Erlie Rivera, and Grace Veluz.
For the Gospel Life Booth: Joannie Alano, Nancy Alano, Lerma Aquino, Archie Cabrera, Nellie Chua, Ruby Dijamco, Tony & Lelit Luciano, Conrad & Penny Miranda, Rel & Reby Ravago, Erlie Rivera, Linda Santos, and Grace Veluz.
There's room for more, so don't hesitate to add your name to the sign-up sheets at the church foyer this coming Sunday.
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DEVOTIONAL
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I am the God who forgives your sins and I do this because of who I am and I will not hold your sins against you. (Isaiah 43:25)
When something starts going wrong in your life, do you automatically think, "God's getting even with me! I know it! I did that thing I'm ashamed of yesterday (or last year or twenty years ago), and now he's settling the score."?
Does God really treat his children that way? Absolutely not! Isaiah says God doesn't hold our sins against us. Once we've confessed our sins to him, it's all forgiven and forgotten, and he doesn't even bring up the past. (Accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our life erases all our sins, past, present and future.)
If you're a Christian, pay close attention to Ephesians 1:4-5: "Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be his through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before him. Because of his love God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children-this was his pleasure and purpose" (TEV).
Do you realize that when God looks at you, he sees you through Jesus Christ? When Jesus died on the cross, he paid for all of your sins, so you are forgiven and they are forgotten.
That's why becoming a Christian is such GOOD NEWS. I give Jesus my life, and then he takes it, forgives me and gives me a new chance. He says, "Now I see you without a single fault. You stand before me covered with my love." |
(From connect@newsletter.purposedriven.com by Rick Warren. Italics supplied.)
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CHURCH GREETERS' SCHEDULE
October 2 - Linda & Danny Santos
October 9 - Vonnie & Tito Cabrera October 16 - Penny & Conrad Miranda October 23 - Eunice Alinsod October 30 - Lelit & Tony Luciano November 6 - Ruby & Ding Dijamco
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MEN'S BREAKFAST
Saturday, October 15 is the date for the Men's Breakfast. There will be a sign-up sheet in the church foyer for those planning to attend. You will also make a choice as to what breakfast item(s) you will bring for the group. Please talk to Leo Williams for details.
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MAILING ADDRESS:
436 Crestwood Lane
Walnut, CA 91789
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"Dear Heavenly Father, I have put my trust in You. Thank You for showing me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground (Psalm 143:8-10).
"Lord, You know me and You know my special needs. I trust You to meet those needs in the way that is best. You know what is in my heart and mind today. Thank you for providing calmness and filling me with good thoughts and actions as I interact with the people around me. In the name of Jesus I pray and offer you praise. Amen." |
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