Announcements – January 5, 2025
Next Sunday (January 12, 2025) Worship Services
● 10:45 am Combined Cantonese and Mandarin, Rev. Charles Koo [Mandarin Zoom Link]
● 11:00 am English – Rev. Joshua Cho [English Zoom Link]
Praise the Lord for healing for Mandarin Pastor Joanna Xu as she continues with a lighter chemotherapy regimen. She will be returning to work this month.
Cantonese Congregation Meeting will be held on January 12, 2025 for congregational input on pastoral needs as the Official Board begins the Search process for a new pastor before Pastor Charles retires in 2026.
Attention College and Young Adults (18-25) – Mission Conference Opportunity The first Ethnos Conference will be held next weekend, January 10-11, 2025. Please contact Pastor Josh or check the flyer on the bulletin board for more details.Winter Youth Retreat: January 31 – February 2nd, 2025 at SkycroftConference Center in Middletown, MD. Please contact Pastor Josh if you have questions.
Missions Update Religious Education Committee supported seven missions in 2024. Donations received: November $14,730.00 and December $5,330 ;YTD – $64,925. For more information, please contact Dong Woo Jung or Jeremy Fan.
Church Activity Closures or Delays due to inclement weather or emergencies will be announced on the church website, on the email listserv, or on WTOP news https://wtop.com/closings-and-delays/. Make decisions for travel based on what is safest for your area. Office closures follow federal government lead.
Shoes for the Homeless Drive has been extended through January 26. Bring new or gently used shoes to provide protection, dignity and improved quality of life for homeless individuals whose shoes may be held together by duct tape or missing altogether. See flyer and the collection box at the church entrance.
Please Keep Our Church Neat! Many items have been found throughout the church that are not needed for ministry – water bottles, clothing, bags of stuff, toys, books, etc. We will be placing these items in a Lost and Found box in Room 101 of the Fellowship Hall. After two weeks the items will be discarded. This also applies to food in the refrigerator – please mark items with name and date or they will be tossed!
Wi-Fi Password has been changed and is limited to those who need it for church ministries per Trustees so that we can keep the worship services running smoothly. Those who need the wi-fi should request the new password from info@cccdc.com with name and ministry use. You are asked not to share the password, and when not needed for a ministry program, please disconnect.
Pre-Dated Offering Boxes for 2025 are available for distribution. Please contact Helen Wong, Rita Wong or treasurer@cccdc.com if you would like a box.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the official workplace-giving campaign for the federal community. Our church’s Chinatown Service Center is one of the charities on their list. Use code #34868 to designate. Non-federal workers may send checks directly to Chinatown Service Center to support this outreach.
Grace Chen, Wai Chen, Jeremy Fan, Dong Woo Jung, Josephine Kammer, Judy Kee, Everett Lee, Eric Lum, Linda Lum, Austen Ouyang, Monica Wong. Shiny Yang
Need Prayer? Send your request through the homepage of the church website. http://tinyurl.com/CCC-Prayers or join a Prayer Meeting. Request Zoom link from info@cccdc.com.
● Monthly Church-wide Prayer Meeting. January 7, 2025 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Participants may pray in any language, offering only words meant for God.
● Mandarin Prayer Meeting and Bible Study, Tuesdays, 7 pm on zoom.
● Cantonese Prayer Meeting, Wednesdays, 7:45 pm on zoom.
Offerings and Donations will be received during worship services. Check the website for other ways to give.
下週（2024年1月12日，2025）聯合主日崇拜
● 國粵語堂聯合崇拜:早上10點45分,禎桂堂大堂，辜漢然牧師。 [請用國語zoom鏈接]
● 英語堂：早上11點，大禮堂，曺富鉉牧師。[請用英語zoom鏈接]
感謝主醫治國語堂徐麗娟牧師，讓她繼續接受較輕的化療方案，並將於本月重返工作崗位。
粵語會眾會議 將於2025年1月12日舉行，邀請會眾對牧師需求提供建議，因執行董事會將在辜牧師2026年退休前展開新牧師的甄選過程。
宣教最新動態 宗教教育委員會已承諾支持2024年的七項宣教事工。
捐款收入：11月 $14,730.00和12月$5,330；全年累計 64,925 美元。如需了解被支持的事工或建議其他事工，請聯繫Dong Woo Jung或Jeremy Fan（範曦傑）。
教會活動因惡劣天氣或緊急情況關閉或延遲 相關通知將發布於教會網站、電子郵件列表，或WTOP新聞網站：https://wtop.com/closings-and-delays/。請根據您所在地區的安全情況決定是否出行。教會辦公室的關閉通常會遵循聯邦政府的建議。
為無家可歸者提供鞋子捐贈活動 此活動已延長至2025年1月26日。請捐贈全新或輕微使用過的鞋子，為無家可歸者提供保護、尊嚴和更好的生活品質。他們的鞋子可能已經破損不堪甚至缺失。詳情請參閱教堂入口處的宣傳單和收集箱。
保持教會整潔 教會內發現許多與事工無關的物品——如水瓶、衣物、袋子、玩具、書籍等。我們將把這些物品放在團契廳101室的「失物招領箱」內。若兩週後未被領取，這些物品將被丟棄。此外，冰箱中的食物請標註姓名和日期，否則將被清理丟棄。
Wi-Fi密碼更改通知 根據執事會的決定，Wi-Fi密碼已更改，僅限用於教會事工所需的人士，以確保崇拜順利進行。如需要使用Wi-Fi來操作教會事工，請通過 info@cccdc.com 發送電子郵件申請新的密碼，並提供姓名和事工用途。請不要分享密碼，並在不需要時斷開連接。
2025年奉獻信封 預印的奉獻信封現已可領取。如需一盒，請聯繫Helen Wong、Rita Wong，或發送郵件至treasurer@cccdc.com。
聯合聯邦運動 (CFC) 是聯邦社區的官方工作場所捐贈運動。本教會的中國城華埠服務中心是其名單上的慈善機構之一。使用代碼 #34868 進行指定。非聯邦工作人員仍可通過教會向中國城華埠服務中心捐款來支持服務中心。
2025年理事會員：
伍美珊,韓善珠,胥令賢,林秉民,Austen Ouyang,陳恩惠，容麗貞,李瑞霖,陳偉忠、範曦傑、Dong Woo Jung,楊光。
禱告需求：請通過教會網站主頁上傳您的禱告需求http://tinyurl.com/CCC-Prayers或參加每月全教會禱告會。請注意日期從星期一改到星期二。下一次禱告會在2025年1月7日晚上7點至8點。我們作教會家庭的成員一起禱告。參與者可以用任何語言祈禱，只提供對上帝而言的話語。不需要任何解釋或自我介紹。您可以按照牧師的指示禱告，也可以為您當時想到的事情禱告。您可以在這一小時內的任何時間參與。請點擊此處獲取禱告會鏈接。
• 普通話禱告會和查經班，星期二，Zoom晚上7點。
• 粵語禱告會，星期三，Zoom晚上7:45。