1	Welcome to Monterey Park Chinese Baptist Church of Alhambra
2	Church Location Monterey Park Chinese Baptist Church 302 West Commonwealth Avenue Alhambra, California 91801 Telephone: 626-289-1284 Fax: 626-289-0772 www.mpcbc.org
3	Church Mission
4	Church Staff 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
5	Deacons & Ordained Deacons
6	Church Theme
7	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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.)
8	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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.
9	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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.
10	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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 .
11	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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.
12	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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.
13	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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
14	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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).
15	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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”
16	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10) 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 .
17	English Prayer Guide (1/27/10)
18	Fellowship
19	Order of Worship 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
20	Sunday School
21	During the Month
22	During the Month
23	Announcements 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.
24	Announcements 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.
25	Announcements 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).
26	Announcements 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.
27	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.)
28	Prayers & Praises Next week’s speakers: English Service – Rev. James McCollough Cantonese Service – Rev. Paul Chow Mandarin Service – Rev. Douglas Vavrosky
29	Your Purpose on Earth 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.
30	About MPCBC 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.