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Next Worship Service

Sunday, May 31, 2026
1st Sunday after Pentecost (Trinity Sunday)

Scriptures: Ephesians 2:14-22
Message: Why Trinity?
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of May 31st ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    Please join us tonight at 8:00pm for our weekly Sunday Devotional Bible Reading via our EM YouTube channel @SLPCEM. Link will also be made available on our EM Family Line group and EM FB page.
  • TAIWANESE HYMNS FEST
    Renowned Taiwanese gospel song writer, Michael Cheng (鄭明堂老師) will come to SLPC to share his stories and songs in the 10F Hall from 12:30pm to 3:00pm this afternoon. It’s open to everyone!
  • SERVANT’S PRAYER MEETING
    The Servant’s Prayer Meeting will take place in the 12F Chapel next Sunday (6/7) from 9:00am to 10:00am. All coworkers and EMers are encouraged to attend.
  • COLLECTION OF SUPPLIES
    If you can donate any brand-new or gently used, clean, and undamaged stationery items, stuffed toys, and other items appropriate for elementary students, the Summer Mission Team of the SLPC Youth Ministry is collecting. Please contact Secretary Wang (王馨怡幹事) at 2541-5390 ext. 223, or bring the item(s) to the 1F front desk and indicate that they are for the Summer Mission Team. The collection deadline is Sunday, 6/21.
  • 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


Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

THE THINGS ABOVE
(REFLECTIONS ON COLOSSIANS 3:1-17)

Pastor Michael Lu

1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

What is the saying? “Don’t look down?” Yes, if you have a fear of heights and are stuck on a high ledge, don’t look down. What else could we say to help someone in this situation? “Keep your eyes on me!”

Paul is also saying the same thing, “keep seeking the things above,” and “set your mind on the things above.” Don’t look down “on the things that are on earth,” is what Paul writes, because the things on earth lead to destruction, while the things above lead to life.

When we know Christ and are known by Him, we are brought into His death, dying to our flesh, but having life in the Spirit, waiting with hope for eternal salvation in Him. That is why Paul writes about that hope,

4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

When we are buried with Jesus in baptism (Ref. Colossians 2:12), our life is no longer what we once knew, but Christ is our life. Our life is no longer our own, but Christ lives in us (Ref. Galatians 2:20).

Yet in this union with Christ, although we have died to the things of this world and our flesh, we know very well that we still live in our flesh and in this world until the day our Lord calls us back home to Him.

That is why Paul reminds us to “keep seeking the things above,” and “set your mind on the things above.” If we look down, then we will be in danger of falling back into the ways of the world and the flesh. Yes, we should be dead to these things, but looking down many times draws us back down into the chasm.

However, looking up, keeping our eyes on Jesus, and focusing on the things above will help us to wait with hope and expectation for the day we are delivered physically from this dark and broken world.

The world and all the troubles of the flesh desire us to stay trapped in our fear, but the things above want us to break free of the old self, put on the new self, so that we can be united with Christ who is all, and in all.

The old self does things in its own name, and for the world’s name, but in Christ, the name in which we live is Jesus Christ our Lord.

17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Let us keep our eyes fixed on the things above, united with Christ who is all, and in all, and live our new life all in the name of the Lord Jesus.