Weekly Church Update
Week of November 17th, 2024
Operation Christmas Child – Only ONE MORE WEEK LEFT! Continue to bring your shoebox gifts to church along with $10 shipping cost each. Seize this exciting opportunity to share Christ with hurting children around the world! We need your prayers and participation! The last day of collection at church will be next Sunday, November 24, 2024. What a perfect gift to give in honor of Jesus’ birthday!
Volunteers Needed for Shoebox Ministry: Drivers needed to transport our shoeboxes to the Castro Valley Collection Center on Send Off Sunday. Sign-up sheet is available at the Shoebox Booth.
There will be a General Congregational Meeting (GCM) this Sunday, 11/17, beginning at 12:30pm in the Social Hall. Agenda items include: 2025 Council voting and 2025 Budget approval. Lunch will be provided at a nominal cost.
2025 CIBC Calendars will be available this Sunday, 11/10. It is $3.25/each, and we have limited supplies. We will be selling it during English IBF time, after the Cantonese Sunday service in Room 101 and after the Mandarin Sunday service in the Fellowship Hall.
On December 15, 2024, there will be a “Happy Baking” workshop in Social Hall from 2pm to 4pm. We will be making and decorating Gingerbread house and Christmas tree cookies with new friends while telling them the true meaning of Christmas and proclaiming God's love and grace. Please RSVP by 12/8 at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbtNyws64uKKcM-TroXInU4Iuf7jvkHmFoU-0phs240nsUvw/viewform
We are recruiting helpers such as ushers, kitchen staff to prepare refreshment and cleaning crew etc. Please sign up online to serve together: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfI9AhxidhEkbw7ICKuFdS04WBE70_qmJVIGWE_R2VDFokpqw/formResponse For more information, please contact Carol Leung at
The lost and found locker in the Social Hall will be cleaned up after Thanksgiving, so please claim your items before then.
2024 Expense Reimbursements: If you have church expenses to be reimbursed, please submit those reimbursement requests ASAP
November Love Offering for our Missionaries: During the month of November, we will be taking a special love offering for our supported missionaries. 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 – Missionaries”.
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.
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