House worship for Chinese/Vietnamese New Year Sunday, 2/17, was attended by Daniel/Sue-Ann/Tiffany/James, Raymond/Andrea, Qi/Su/Jeremy, Eric/Angie/Benjamin/Lianne, Attica, Chen, May, Loan/Julie/Allen & Bob. They were later joined by Mai & Peter, TJ, Audrey, Vivien, and Christine/Kevin/Christopher. Allen gave a lesson about how unique/rare are our various names (Andrea Lee had the most common name), and that no matter how common we may think we are, or how unimportant we may feel, Jesus loved us so much that He can be likened to the shepherd who was willing to leave 99 sheeps behind to go and rescue that 1 sheep that went astray and got lost. Isn't it wonderful that we have such a loving, caring God? Wearing the name "Christian" gives new meaning and purpose to our life, just like becoming the new ambassador for a country means we have to represent that country by what we say and do. In like fashion, wearing the name "Christian" means a new set of responsibilities to live a life that's good, moral, and holy in dedicated service to Him and to others. Our prayer is that we each can do just that. There were lots of Chinese & VN food provided for the New Year celebration afterwards!
House worship next Sunday, 2/24, will be at the house of Daniel & Sue-Ann. A BBQ will follow the worship which will begin at 10:30 a.m.
On Sunday, 3/11, the Coastline Church of Christ in Torrance has invited Allen to give a sermon on reasons for faith and outlining our new ACOCF work! Come and support him and meet our brothers and sisters in Christ at Coastline!
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I enjoyed the house worship on Sunday! It was wonderful seeing everyone and hearing an interesting talk from Allen. Happy Chinese New Year! :)
May
Yes, your name does mean "beautiful" in Chinese...much better than "Bitter" in Hebrew! God bless,
Allen
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