CBCGL English Ministry Family News and Prayer Requests WELCOME TO CBCGL English Ministry Seeking to Transform Lives and Communities - Opportunities and Actions, John 9:4 Praise the Lord! We have collected a pledge of $ 550.00 from last Sunday and reached a total pledge of $1,970,520.00 in which we have already received an actual total amount of $1,918,790.00. Please continue to pray for and participate to pledge for the equipment expenditure. Ask God to bless that we can move on to Phase II quickly after completion of Phase I. Please issue the check to "CBCGL" and write "Building Project" in the memo section of the check for your donation. Praise the Lord that Gideon Lee accepted the calling of being English Minister of CBCGL. His service will start on June 5th. The church council has approved the sabbatical leave of Pastor Nathan Willems from June 15th to September 5th, 2016. May the Lord bless him and family in the sabbatical leave. Youth ministry is still looking for several Friday night counselors for the coming fall semester. If you have burden to serve youth ministry, please talk to pastor Willems or brother Tony Ge. The greatest kindness you can do for our students is to pray for them. Pray for 3 months during summer. See God change lives forever. Sign up at main cafeteria during lunch in next a couple of weeks to pray for students and coworkers. Our beloved brother Jack Zhu passed away on May 4th. Please remember his wife, Wen Chen, and sons, Anthony and Kevin, and other relatives in your prayers. May the peace and strength from our Lord Jesus Christ be with the family during this difficult time. Children VBS will be hosted on 8/8-12 this summer. Campers registration and volunteers application is available on CBCGL.org and Facebook: CBCGL VBS / LYF, or with Deaconess Lili Pan and Minister Chow. Awana's end of the year outreach event Grand Prix will be on 6/24. To participate in the car race requires ticket, purchase today online or with Awana Leader Rick He or Minister Chow. No lunch this Sunday, 5/29/16 due to Memorial weekend May 29th, 2016 Call to Worship Scripture Reading & Opening Prayer Songs of Worship Message "You Are Not Alone" Romans 12:1-8 Elder Sean Lee Response & Offering Announcements Benediction and Doxology Sunday School starts @ 11:30AM Focus on Missions Update from Rev Henry Lu Mission field: COCM, England Dear mission partners, On the first Sunday of May this year, I had the privilege to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Manchester Chinese Christian Church (MCCC) with brothers and sisters from different parts of the world. My heart was filled with thanksgiving to our Lord as I witnessed more than six hundred people from seven congregations coming together to worship at Manchester Cathedral. It was an unspeakable joy to see so many of our kinsmen saved in Christ and serve God in the UK. It was heart warming to recount the humble beginning of MCCC in 1966 as a small fellowship when COCM’s founder Pastor Stephen Wang visited Manchester. Over the years, God has sent many different servants to serve the church and help its congregation to grow. I was particularly touched by the stories of former British missionaries who gave years of service to support the church in the past. Three of them, Margaret, Betty, and Rosie, were invited as representatives to cut the anniversary cake. Many others also helped the church in various capacities over the years. We shall remember that we are actually standing on their shoulders as we continue to serve God and His people of this generation. At the Global Connections conference earlier this month, we heard about various opportunities that came along with "Europe's Big Problem". We are all very concerned about how to deal with the current refugee and migrant crises. It is evident that our God is moving the nations to Europe. What is our role living in such historic times? Let us continue to seek God for a more clear vision for the Chinese churches in the UK and Europe. Serving together in Christ Rev Henry Lu, General Director Donate to COCM by bank transfer or cheques (or alipay in Mainland China) Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell Pastor Peter Wu, Senior Pastor | Pastor Nathan Willems, Youth Pastor James Chung, Mandarin | Pastor Chen, Cantonese 197 Littleton Road | Chelmsford, MA 01824 978.256.3889 | english@cbcgl.org | www.cbcgl.org