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Sunday, February 22, 2025
1st Sunday of Lent

Scriptures: Isaiah 42:1-9
Message: “Servant Song I: A Light to the Gentiles”
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of February 22nd ***

  • SERVANTS PRAYER
    The Servants Prayer Small Group will meet in the 12F chapel from 9am to 10am next Sunday (3/1). Please come, share, and pray together before service.
  • SPIRITUAL REVIVAL CONFERENCE
    To commemorate SLPC’s 113th Anniversary, there will be a Spiritual Revival Conference (培靈會) in the 10F Hall at 19:30 on Friday, March 6.
  • EM CAFÉ IN MARCH
    For the March meeting, EM Cafe will participate in the Spiritual Revival Conference hosted by SLPC.
  • SAVE THE DATE “EM JOINT RETREAT”
    EM will have a joint retreat with Tainan International Community Church (TICC) and Chuan Ai Baptist Church (民雄傳愛教會EM) 8/28 – 8/30. Please save the date. Details and pre-registration to follow.
  • OFFERTORY RECORDS VERIFICATION
    SLPC encourages its congregation to verify his/her offertory records through SLPC’s Line OA member service. Contact James for help on access.
  • OFFERING ENVELOPES
    Please use the dedicated envelopes for different kinds of offerings: tithe, building fund, thanksgiving, seasonal, special occasions, and etc.
  • THE ELECTRONIC CONNECT CARD
    The electronic version of the Connect Card can now be accessed by scanning the new QR Code below.
    eConnectCard
    Or by clicking this link: https://forms.gle/AJqmNU2HkizjJXNH6
  • SCAN OR CLICK TO SIGN-IN EVERY SERVICE
    Please scan the service QR Code around the Chapel entrance or on the bulletin, or click the Sign-In link that will be posted in the EM Family Line group chat each Sunday morning for attendance.

***Special Notice***

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ! May the peace of Christ be with you!

The Taiwan CDC has loosened its policies on the COVID-19 restrictions. However, it’s an enclosed space inside the church. As a result, please observe the following guidelines when inside the church premises:

1. Please make sure you have your masks properly worn when entering and inside the church. Disinfect your hands with alcohol if necessary. Maintain social distancing whenever possible.

2. If you don’t feel well, exhibit symptoms of cold, or have been in close contact with people who are contracting COVID-19, please consider to stay at home and participate the online service instead.

3. Food and drinks are conditionally allowed inside the church compound.

Thank you and let’s worship God together on Sundays!

Electronic Sunday Bulletin
EM encourages its congregation to use the electronic version of the Sunday bulletin to save paper.  Please click the following link to access the eBulletin:

https://shorturl.at/R1UBt

Or scan the following QR code.

If you have any suggestion regarding the eBulletin, please let us know.  Thank you!

SERVE IN EM

Come and serve in EM!  You can join the Liturgy, the Audio/Video team, the Praise team, the EM Choir, the Homeless Ministry team, or the Kids Club.  Email: emcaresforyou@gmail.com for more info.

Bible Verse of the Week


Isaiah 42:1
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations."


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

THE LOGOS IS GOD MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN
(REFLECTIONS ON JOHN 1:1-18)

Pastor Michael Lu

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Word in the original Greek, is the word Logos. Logos is God’s self-expression in action. Although the Word is not a perfect translation, because Logos cannot be simplified into just verbal expression, but it is appropriate because God’s Word in the Bible creates, reveals His will, and goes forth from God to accomplish His creation and redemption.

Logos or God’s Word takes us back to the beginning, to Genesis, where God created the heavens and earth with His Word. This links the Logos in John 1 back to the beginning, back to creation, and back to God in the beginning.

The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and in our faith we understand that to be Jesus Christ. Thus, John 1 connects Jesus, before becoming flesh as man, back to the beginning, with God, and was God. Before Jesus the man, He as the Word was with God, and was God.

The Logos is God making Himself known to the world through Jesus Christ. This reveals to us that Jesus wasn’t just a good teacher, a prophet, a priest, but with God in the beginning, and all things came into being through Him. This is the Jesus that we worship, that took our sins with Him on the cross, and through Him transforms us into sons and daughters of God.

The Logos is God making Himself known in His own creation, in the form of His creation, connecting Himself to us through Jesus Christ. Nothing else can connect us to God, but God Himself. However, how can God connect Himself to us? It is through Jesus Christ, that is both God of creation, and also flesh and blood.

Jesus Christ, the Logos, the Word can connect the created to the Creator because He is both, and being both He serves as the bridge between God and humanity.