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- Monterey Park
- Chinese Baptist Church
- 302 West Commonwealth Avenue
- Alhambra, California 91801
- Telephone: 626-289-1284
- Fax: 626-289-0772
- www.mpcbc.org
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- Mandarin
- Pastor
- Rev. John Chang
- johnchang@mpcbc.org
- Cantonese
- Pastor
- Rev. Caleb Cheung
- calebcheung@mpcbc.org
- Children Director
- Vivian Cheung
- vivian@mpcbc.org
- Mandarin
- Youth Minister
- Timothy Chen
- tim8melody@mpcbc.org
- Cantonese
- Youth Minister
- Gordon Ng
- joyfulhon0528@gmail.com
- English Youth
- Gilbert Sim
- gilbert7207@gmail.com
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- MONTHLY PRAYER THEME FOR JANUARY: FAMILY
- Family members who are not believers
- Making the Lord the head of our family
- How to train up our children God’s way
- Family relationships (grandparents, parents & kids, husband &
wife, etc.)
- Elderly family members’ health
- Stable jobs & finances for each family
- Challenges to American marriage system (divorce, same-sex marriage,
etc.)
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- SPIRITUAL HEALING
- Sharon Cha’s family members: Kelly & Matthew.
- Phyllis Leung’s sister-in-law: Winnie Lee.
- Alice Kim’s father, her husband Jamal and her sister Libby.
- Sue Wu (Sharon’s grandmother)
- Shelley Tam’s father, brothers & friends in HK.
- Lawrence Tam’s parents, brother & sisters.
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- EVANGELISM
- Pray for our president, Barack Obama & our country’s government.
- Pray for America’s leaders, soldiers and the Iraqi people during the
rebuilding of Iraq. Also pray for the Middle East crisis.
- Recovery in natural disaster areas: Taiwan (typhoon); Italy
(earthquake); Samoa & Tonga (tsunami).
- Pray for Haiti earthquake disaster relief. Pray that the rescue and the
victims can quickly receive needed relief in the form of food, shelter,
health care; and the rebuilding of the disaster area..
- Pray for Brent & Rosie’s missionary work, seven doors that need
knocking on (Luke 11:10):
- #1 Institutions: disabled children's home and home for adult mental
patients. Knock for their hearts open for good news.
- #2 Healing: Rosie's inflammation.
- #3 Translation: Knock for the soon completion of the Bible translation.
- #4 Language and culture coaching: Brent is helping to encourage colleagues
in language acquisition. Knock for learners to stay encouraged and for
good assessment of progress.
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- EVANGELISM
- #5 Neighbors: one neighbor has been practicing English with Brent.
Knock for seeing his need for a savior. Continue knocking for other
neighbors for deeper relationships.
- #6 Kids: knock for continued good health for Justine, Kristi, Nathan
and little Elianna.
- #7 Praise to the Lord for so many doors to go through and diligence
to enter.
- Pray for Patrick Ko’s missionary work.
- a. Pray that the company’s registration will go through smoothly.
- b. Pray for his father’s prostate cancer treatment.
- c. Pray for their financial needs. Pray that additional
support will come in.
d. Pray for his Chinese lessons, that he will learn quickly &
speak w/confidence and fluency .
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- EVANGELISM
- Mission in Mexicali:
a. Pray for the outreach of young adults. They plan for another
basketball event on 2/5 so that more young people will come. Pray that
the message of gospel will be delivered across visitors
and their hearts will be ready for the good news.
b. Pray for the new Adult English Class. They have the class
every Tuesday. Pray that more people will be reached through the class.
c. MPCBC Cantonese mission team’s next Mexicali trip will be on
2/20 (Sat). Pray for their preparation & volunteers recruitment.
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- LIFE CHANGES
- Alice & Jamal are expecting their 2nd baby in early Spring. Pray for
good health for mom & baby.
- Glena & Ivan Wu are expecting their 2nd baby in June. Pray for
good
health for mom & baby.
- Pray for Alan Quan’s family’s (Jennie, Aaron & Andrew) adjustment to
life after his passing.
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- ENGLISH CONGREGATION
- Strategic Leadership Team – Pray for God’s vision and direction.
- Revival – Pray that God would do something God-sized in our congregation
and mold us into a people He can use to change the world.
- Outreach – Pray that we would be more faithful in reaching out to those
around us. Pray that God would
call out workers into the harvest.
- English pastor search
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- PHYSICAL HEALING
- Kwong Lau Tsang, Wai Lok, Xi Jun Wang, Esther Don (heart problem)
- Joseph Cheng’s cousin (breast cancer)
- King Chun Chung (a spur in her coccyx)
- Xiu E. Xu (cancer)
- Elaine Fung’s mother (tinnitus-left ear)
- Joy Lee & Lun Yun Yu (fracture in her hip)
- Wai Kuen Lok (depression)
- Yu Yin Yui ’s health
- Elena de Leon’s daughter (colon cancer)
- Elena de Leon’s health & faith (worry about her daughter’s health)
- Frederick Cheng’s (Betty’s husband) (recover from knee surgery)
- William Fong is still waiting for a kidney transplant. Pray for his
health, that he will be ready for the operation.
- Colleen Lo (left hallux fractured).
- Sharon Cha (back pain)
- Shau Lai Li’s recovery (tumor removed).
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- SUNDAY WORSHIP
- Next Sunday Speakers:
- English service –
- Rev. James McCollough
- Cantonese service –
- Rev. Paul Chow
- Mandarin service –
- Rev. Douglas Vavrosky
- 2009-2010 Church Theme:
“Devote
Yourself to Constant Prayer & Sharing the Gospel
for the
Glory of God”
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- CHURCH MINISTRY
- Pray for our pastors – Rev. John Chang, Rev. Caleb Cheung
- Pray for our children’s director: Vivian Cheung
- Pray for our Mandarin youth minister: Timothy Chen
- Pray for our Cantonese youth minister: Gordon Ng
- Pray for our English intern: Gilbert Sim
- 2009-2010 Council Members
- The unity of our church
- English conversation class (every Sat., 9:30am-11:30am). Pray for the
teachers, students & helpers, and ask God to open the
non-Christian’s hearts & grant us the opportunity to share the
gospel with them. And also pray for the recruitment of new teachers
& translators.
- Our next Women’s Ministry meeting will be Sat 2/6 for lunch &
fellowship.
- Cantonese “T Time for Moms” will resume on 3/6 (Sat.) from 2pm to 5pm in
FH. Speaker: Janet Fang. Please pray for the speaker, parent support
group & meeting preparation .
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- Call to Worship
- Welcome
- Worship in Praise
- Worship in the Word Rev. Mark Ingram
- “A Yoke is NO Joke”
- Matthew 11:28-30
- Worship in Praise and Meditation
- Worship in Tithes and Offerings
- Announcements
- Prayer & Dismissal
- Worship in Life
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- Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief:
- MPCBC will be sending financial aid through California
Southern Baptist Convention to help the areas affected by this
disaster. Please make checks payable to “MPCBC”, and note “Haiti
Earthquake” on the memo line & on your offering envelope.
Please pray for the victims, that they will recover from the damage
& place their faith in God.
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- Upcoming Baptism:
- Our next baptism will be held on Easter Sunday (4/4) during our
combined worship service. For those who would like to be
baptized or have recently decided to become a member of our
church, please contact Deacons for details. Membership applications
are due to Deacons by next
Sun (1/31). The membership application forms & procedures
are located in the foyer.
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- English Conversation Class:
- Our church offers a free English Conversation Class on Saturday
mornings
as an outreach ministry to our community.
If you are interested in serving as a class teacher or
interpreter (Mandarin/English), please contact Evelyn Hsu (eviehsu@charter.net)
or Sharon Lee (sharon@mpcbc.org).
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- Got Cow?:
- Don’t forget to sign up for the Got Cow Bake Sale. The first Bake Sale is on 2/21 (Sun).
Please help by donating cookies, cakes, brownies.
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- Family members who are not believers
- Making the Lord the head of our family
- How to train up our children God’s way.
- Family relationships (Grandparents, parents & kids, husband &
wife, etc.)
- Elderly family members’ health.
- Stable jobs & finances for each family.
- Challenges to American marriage system (divorce, same-sex marriage,
etc.)
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- Next week’s speakers:
- English Service –
- Rev. James McCollough
- Cantonese Service –
- Rev. Paul Chow
- Mandarin Service –
- Rev. Douglas Vavrosky
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- Have you ever wondered what the purpose of your life is? Or how the stars in the sky came to
be? Have you ever felt alone in
the world? Unloved? The answers to all these questions lie
with God. He created you and the
world around us. And He loves you
very much.
- How much does He love us? He gave
us Jesus.
- The Bible says: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life." (John 3:16)
- Nobody is perfect. People sin all
the time. Only God is
perfect. How then, can we reach
Him? Through Jesus. Jesus died on the cross for our sins.
- "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no
one comes to the Father but through Me.'" (John 14:6)
- How can you experience God in your life?
By accepting, through faith, that Jesus Christ is our Lord and
Savior. How can you do this? You can do this by praying to God,
right now, and accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
- Are you interested in knowing more about God's love and His plans for
your life? Please come visit us
at Monterey Park Chinese Baptist Church.
We would be happy to answer any questions you might have, and
share with you the promise of God's love.
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- Our church began in the mid 1970’s as a mission from Crenshaw Baptist
Church to serve the needs of the growing Chinese communities West of the
San Gabriel Valley which includes Monterey Park, South San
Gabriel/Rosemead, and Alhambra. In December, 1975, Monterey Park First
Southern Baptist Church (MPFSBC) and Pastor Rev. B.J. Keller opened
their facilities so that we can start our first evening Worship Service.
- As the growth of ethnic groups continued to soar in the area, the need
to have a full functioning Chinese Baptist ministry was more than
necessary. The mission decided to form into a church to meet the demands
of the communities. With the help of mission-minded pastor, Dr. John
Watts, and the wisdom of the congregation, MPFSBC decided to accommodate
us by moving their own Sunday services one hour earlier so that we could
also use the sanctuary on Sunday mornings.
- On July 3, 1977 at 11:30am, the Chinese mission was officially
constituted and became the Monterey Park Chinese Baptist Church (MPCBC)
with 13 chartered members.
- We had our first Mandarin Worship Service on Jan. 3rd, 1988. Our church
had attempted to grow the Mandarin Congregation into a Mission. But
eventually, this Congregation elected to stay as a unit with the church.
- We had our first English Worship Service on Feb. 10th, 1991. Since our
Cantonese Congregation is made up of families, these families started to
have children. The children were raised with English as their first
language. As the English speaking children grew up, they started to
invite both Asian as well as non-Asian friends to attend the church. The
need for a separate English Service became obvious.
- Our church eventually searched for a property of our own to worship. On
Dec. 18th, 1994, we had our first Worship Services in the present
premises in the city of Alhambra. We have a sanctuary that seats over
200 where the Mandarin & Cantonese Congregations hold Worship
Services. Attached to the
Sanctuary, we have a Fellowship Hall that seats over 100 where the
English Congregation hold Worship Services. We also have a separate 2 story
Education/Nursery building where child care and Sunday School classes
are held.
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