Weekly Church Update
Week of October 13th, 2024
You can now listen online to any of the 2024 ACC sermons. You may access them through each congregation's home page on the CIBC website.
2024 Shoebox Ministry: Sunday, Oct. 27th, marks the official Kick-Off of our Shoebox Ministry! From October 1-31st, there will be a special love offering for the Shoebox ministry in preparation for this year's shoeboxes. For Online Giving, please select the Fund Designation “Benevolent Fund”. For all other donations, please indicate on the check or donation envelope, it is for “Love – Shoebox”. More details to follow in the next few weeks on packing and collecting shoeboxes. If you have any questions and suggestions, please contact Lannie Mok or Cynthia Lim at
Please note: All donations to the Benevolent Fund during the month of October will go towards our Shoebox Ministry.
Empty shoeboxes can be dropped off outside sanctuary underneath the stairway. If you would like to serve in this ministry, please contact Lannie Mok or Cynthia Lim or email A friendly reminder that in addition to candies and toothpaste, soap is also not allowed inside the shoeboxes. Shoebox Send-off will be November 24.
There will be a community health fair at the Alameda Hospital on October 12th from 9am to 12pm. They will be giving free COVID 19 vaccines, free flu shots, free bike helmets to children 12 and under as well as various health screenings. The health fair will take place in the Alameda Hospital parking lot located at 2070 Clinton Ave in Alameda.
On Saturday, October 12th, from 2pm to 4pm at Social Hall, there will be a "Happy Planting Workshop" to learn how to grow, propagate, and re-pot succulents together.
Order Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests at https://special.usps.com/testkits Residential households in the U.S. are now eligible for another order of #4 free at-home tests from USPS.com
- Limit of one order per residential address.
- Each order includes #4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests (COVIDTests.gov has more details about at-home tests, including extended shelf life and updated expiration dates)
- Orders will ship free, starting September 30, 2024
We are looking to recruit a pool of drivers to help drive some of the elderly Cantonese and Mandarin members to and from church. Please prayerfully consider this ministry that may shine light to those eager to come to worship God with the church body on Sundays. If you are interested in joining this ministry, please contact Lawrence Mue , Transportation Chair, at (925) 980-6713, or email at Thank you!
Here are some updates for English Children’s Church and Children’s Sunday School:
Children’s Church (1st - 5th grades) 9:15am - 11:00pm, Room 313
Note: The Children will participate with the Congregation in the Sanctuary from 9:15am to 9:35am. Between 10:45am and 11:00am, the children will be provided with snacks and have supervised free time. They can be picked up by their parents during this time, or they can remain in the room until their teachers escort them to their Sunday school classrooms at 11:00am.
Children’s Sunday School (1st - 5th grades) 11:00am - 12:15am
1st grade: Room 316
2nd grade: Room 315
3rd grade: Room 312
4th - 5th grades: Room 311
Parents: Please be sure to pick up your children promptly at 12:15 PM.
Stock-Up Time for Operation Christmas Child - Now is the time to prepare for "2024 Shoebox Ministry", especially with all the "back-to-school" bargains! We also need mid-sized empty shoeboxes and a few helpers to wrap! Empty shoeboxes can be dropped off outside sanctuary underneath the stairway. If you would like to serve in this ministry, please contact Lannie Mok or Cynthia Lim or email A friendly reminder that in addition to candies and toothpaste, soap is also not allowed inside the shoeboxes. Shoebox Send-off will be November 24.
Northcreek Counseling Training (NCT) Conference 2024 (in English only) will be held on 2 weekends: October 18-19. Registration is currently open. This is great training for all our members who want to be better equipped to counsel others from the Bible, and we encourage anyone interested to attend. We will reimburse the registration of anyone attending the conference for the first time. We will also reimburse the registration for all current sponsors and Sunday School teachers (first time or continuing). If you are interested, please register here: https://northcreek.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2211398 and email Pastor Mike Choy for reimbursement.
Praise the Lord, the Nepal Medical STM Team has been formed. The dates of the trip are November 4 to 21, 2024 and there are 6 members on the team: Bruce (dentist) and Shirley (physician) Lau, Arden Kwan (physician) and wife Mei Chow-Kwan (physician), Steve Tan, Jessica Yu (physician assistant). If you want to support them financially, please send checks to CIBC with a sticky note "Nepal Fund 2024". Direct questions to Team Leader, Shirley Lau at
The 2024 FLOWER CALENDAR is available for signup. It is posted on the Church Ministry and Church News bulletin board on the hallway. If you wish to sign up, please use the flower envelopes placed on the wall next to the flower calendar, and designate your date(s) to commemorate someone or something.
If you need to park in the parking lot right next to our church on 8th St and block other people's cars on Sundays, please remember to give your car key to the parking lot usher or people in charge in Room 101, and provide your name and contact number as well. In addition, please pick up your car key in the parking lot after the Sunday services as soon as possible. If you come late, please find your key in a black box on the wall of Room 101.
If anyone is in need of a ride to CIBC for Sunday Service, please contact Transportation Chairman Lawrence Mue at (925) 980-6713, or email him at