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* – Hannah Lee
Praise & Worship*- Praise Team and Congregation
Welcome & Announcements – Ruth Chu
Sermon “The Covenant Love of God” Daniel 9:1-19 (page 746) – Raymond Hung
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.
Sermon Notes
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
- Prayer Meeting (5/3): We’ll be gathering to pray for our church for revival and renewal this Wednesday from 8:00-9:15pm at Jeff & Ruth’s house.
- Red Cross Blood Drive (5/6): Our church will be hosting the semi-annual Blood Drive next Saturday! Please sign-up to donate in the hallway after service or online http://rdcrss.org/2n59heH. We are also looking for volunteers to help out with the event itself. Please contact Steven Wang (jyhwen@yahoo.com) for further information.
- Saltshakers (5/6): We will be gathering for Growth Groups this Saturday (5/6) from 7-9pm in the Church Sanctuary. For more info, please contact Daniel Chen (dantchen83@gmail.com).
- Summer Retreat (6/16-6/18): Registration starts today for our first ever joint English-Chinese Summer Retreat from 6/16 (Friday evening) – 6/18 (Sunday afternoon). The theme is “All For One” (Psalm 70:13) – come join us as we worship God together through playing together, praying together, singing together, and hearing how God has been at work in the different ministries and lives of our church – from young to old!
- Taiwan Missions (7/22-7/29): Our church is hosting a brand new short term mission trip to PingTung County in Taiwan. We will be hosting a Village Gospel Mission Bilingual Camp for children. If interested, please turn in your registration form by today (4/30). For more information, please contact Edward Lee (aihualee@yahoo.com).
Prayer Requests & Praises
- Pray for our missionaries John & Maureen Becker (African Inland Mission). Praise God for the strategic meeting in London last week where 30 global leaders from various churches, agencies and organizations gathered together to answer the question “How can we work together to see every unreached people group engaged with a church planting movement strategy that can result in multiplying disciples and churches?” Pray that many would come to know Jesus through the fruits of this meeting.
- Praise God for last Friday’s Coffee House night with MVCCC and CTCC. Pray that those who have attended got a glimpse of church fellowship and God’s love.
- Pray for our current high school seniors (Micah Lee, Joshua Ho, Zachary Chan, Vincent Xu, Murial Wang, Tiffany Chang, and Alice Shih) as they are in the process of deciding on colleges. Pray they will continue to seek the Lord for peace and discernment.
- Pray for our summer retreat committee (Grace Huang, Jonathan Yang, Ruth Chu, Minister Lianhai Fu and Elder Jonathan Sue) as they continue to plan, coordinate and prepare for our first ever joint Summer Retreat.
- Pray for our Pastor-Elder Board (PEB) as they continue the process of searching for either a youth minister or associate pastor for our English Ministry. Pray for God’s provision and for wisdom in the process.
Recommended Resources on the Book of Daniel
The following are some of the commentaries 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 discipling our children, one another and ourselves as a church community. The New City Catechism is also available online & for your smart phones.
Question 28: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?
Answer: At the day of judgement they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They will be cast out from the favorable presence of God, into hell, to be justly and grievously punished, forever.
Passage(s): John 3:16-18, 36