Chinese for Christ Church of San Jose
English Worship Service
Worship Service: 10:00 –11:10 am followed by snacks in the Fellowship Hall.
Call To Worship* – Albert Liu
Praise & Worship*- Praise Team and Congregation
Welcome & Announcements – Joey Wang
Sermon “Ways to Know You Have Eternal Life” 1 John (page 1021) – Leo Novakovskiy
Song(s) of Response* – Praise Team
Doxology (Words of Praise)*- Congregation
Prayer & Benediction (Lord’s Blessing)* – Joey Wang
*Please stand, if physically able. Also, please set your cell phones to “silent.”
Please exit through the ‘front’ of the sanctuary at the end of service. Thank you.
We are glad that you have joined us this morning as we begin the new year worshipping Jesus together and being reminded of who He is!
If this is your first time here, please fill out one of the cards in the pew and give the card on to any of our ushers if you would like us to contact you with more information about our church.
Announcements
- Winter Youth Retreat (2/17-20): Regular registration ends today! Late registration ($175) ends next Sunday. For more information, please contact Daniel Chen.
- Adult Fellowship Gathering: We’ll be joining Saratoga Federated Church (20390 Park Place, Saratoga 95070) this afternoon from 2-3pm to learn more about as well as seeing how we can prevent sex trafficking in the Bay Area. Please contact Pastor Joey for more information or questions.
- Prayer Meeting: We’ll be gathering to pray for our church for revival and renewal this Wednesday from 8:00-9:15 pm at Jeff & Ruth’s house.
- Saltshakers: We will be starting Growth Groups this Saturday (2/5) from 7-9pm in the Church Sanctuary. For more information, please contact Daniel Chen (dantchen83@gmail.com)
- Super Bowl Outreach: Invite a friend or coworker next Sunday to watch the Super Bowl (3:30 pm) at either Joey & Margaret’s house (6826 Lazy River Way, San Jose 95120) or Paul & Jamie’s house (1484 Greene Drive, San Jose 95129).
- Children’s Ministry: We are seeking volunteers (6th grade-adults) to help with our VBS summer program. If you are interested in helping out or would like to learn more, please contact George Sya (gsya@hotmail.com).
Prayer Requests & Praises
- Pray for Garden City Church (San Jose) and Pastor Justin Buzzard. Pray that they would grow in serving marginalized children, that they would look into creating ways for more and more people to be discipled by others, and that as a church would get on board with these new ways of becoming a better church for God’s glory.
- Pray for President Donald Trump for wisdom and humility as he leads our nation for the next four years.
Recommended Resources on the Book of Daniel
The following are some of the commentaries that are consulted in preaching through the book of Daniel:
Daniel (Reformed Expository Commentary) by Iain M. Duiguid
- This commentary strikes a good balance between interpreting the text (exegesis) and applying the text (application). If you can only refer to one commentary on Daniel, use this one!
Daniel (NIV Application Commentary) by Tremper Longman
- Similar to Duiguid’s Daniel, this is also a good balanced commentary for general readers.
Daniel (Word Biblical Commentary) by Jay Goldingay
- Probably the best technical (in-depth) scholarly commentary on Daniel which not only gets into the original languages (Hebrew & Aramaic) of Daniel but also interacts with other scholarly works and interpretations of Daniel.
Preaching Christ from Daniel by Sidney Greidanus
- Less a commentary but more a guide for pastor/teachers to see and teach Christ in the book of Daniel.
Daniel (Geneva Series of Commentaries) by E.J. Young
- An older but just as useful more technical commentary on Daniel. This is a good companion commentary to Goldingay’s.
New City Catechism (from www.newcitycatechism.com/intro.php)
We hope that this will be a tool for us to use in disciplining our children, one another and ourselves as a church community. The New City Catechism is also available online & for your smart phones.
Question 16: What is sin?
Answer: Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law.
Passage(s): 1 John 3:4