Flight Report, 2.23.2012
Amor (Feb.2012). Thanks for praying for the February Amor Team! The four-day trip was a success, and given the challenging work conditions, the team did quite well and went very far in the building stages. The 14 of us arrived to an empty backyard but we left after two days of work with the four walls of the house in place and the roof assembled. (Other teams following us will complete the house.) God answered prayers with safety in travels and throughout our work. God also answered prayers in supplying great fellowship and unity. Though some did not know others, by the end of the trip new friendships had been forged.
In a place where poverty is evident and living conditions are extremely difficult, it's refreshing to be part of God's work in bringing beauty. We hope that our small contribution to this neighborhood lent to the greater things God is doing in Mexico. May God's provision of this house be used to draw the family into a deeper relationship with him. May God also use this experience to shape and elevate the lives of each team member.
Check out the photos to the right >>>>
Check out the photos to the right >>>>
...and spring into action!
Amor Ministries + Chinatownland
Amor (Mar.2012)
The second house-building trip is just a few weeks away. Registration is open but spaces are limited. Note also that the deadline for registration is now March 4. Register here Amor(Mar 24-27) A trip description can be found at House-building FAQs.
Chinatownland
In conjunction with FCBCs 60th anniversary theme, "Shine On," FCBC is hosting a Chinatown "urban plunge". Participants will catch a glimpse of what it is to live and work in Chinatown. There will be opportunities to partner with organizations and FCBC ministries that presently serve the community.
Friday, Mar 30, 10:00am to Sunday, April 1, 5:00pm.
Cost: $25 for collegians, $40 for non-collegians; costs is to cover lodging but NOT FOOD expenses.
Meeting; Sundays, 3/11 and 3/25, 1-2:30pm.
For more information, please contact Robert Ngai at 626-230-3796 or RobertNgai1985@gmail.com. Please provide your contact information so further updates can be provided to you.
Register here: Chinatownland
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Baptism this Sunday, Feb 26.
Celebrate with Carolina Chau, Andrea Eng, Esther Yue and many others as they make this public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ. [Worship Center, 4:00pm]
Mission.Thailand.
Get an update on the formation of this trip. Join for prayer as we seek the Lord's direction and confirmation. 12:45pm, sanctuary, in or near the Infant/Cry Room.
Passage: The Study of Romans
Week 3 | Romans 1:18-32. The apostle Paul continues to elevate the need for the gospel of Jesus Christ by describing the depraved life one has absent of God. The suppression and denial of God creates a pseudo world in which many people live in, and sadly, relish in. It is a world where sin is its culture, and its citizens do, and will, consequently receive God's righteous and holy justice against them. God's wrath indicates his righteous anger against sin. God's wrath is the just response to sin.
God's eternal power and divine nature can be clearly seen on earth and in the heavens above. All of creation points to his existence. Those who worship God the Creator reside in the world of truth and what is real.
Those who deny his existence or dismiss his reality proceed on a downward spiral of ungodliness and unrighteousness.They won't acknowledge God in any way, and instead will form personal philosophies and theories, and create concepts or images of who they think is a god. They go from denial to ignorance to foolish. God does not tolerate idols and their intentional abandonment of truth. If these have this desirous pursuit, this conviction for the pseudo-world, then God must remove them ("gave them over") from his holiness and righteousness, for this false world is not compatible with God's reality. Being isolated from God and victim to their own depraved minds, they live in a culture of sin, and exhibit the qualities of godlessness. Lastly, not only do they know what inevitably will bring them "death", but they approve of others who pursue this same world.
Where are you? Do you live in the reality that the righteous man lives by faith in God? Or do you reside where you are creator?
This Sunday: read Romans 2:1-16 in preparation. Bring your notebook, pen, and printed Bibles.
God's eternal power and divine nature can be clearly seen on earth and in the heavens above. All of creation points to his existence. Those who worship God the Creator reside in the world of truth and what is real.
Those who deny his existence or dismiss his reality proceed on a downward spiral of ungodliness and unrighteousness.They won't acknowledge God in any way, and instead will form personal philosophies and theories, and create concepts or images of who they think is a god. They go from denial to ignorance to foolish. God does not tolerate idols and their intentional abandonment of truth. If these have this desirous pursuit, this conviction for the pseudo-world, then God must remove them ("gave them over") from his holiness and righteousness, for this false world is not compatible with God's reality. Being isolated from God and victim to their own depraved minds, they live in a culture of sin, and exhibit the qualities of godlessness. Lastly, not only do they know what inevitably will bring them "death", but they approve of others who pursue this same world.
Where are you? Do you live in the reality that the righteous man lives by faith in God? Or do you reside where you are creator?
This Sunday: read Romans 2:1-16 in preparation. Bring your notebook, pen, and printed Bibles.
Recaps of previous lessons can be found here: Study of Romans Recaps
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