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Next Worship Service

Sunday, June 14, 2026
3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Message: One in Love
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

Recent Sermons & Services

Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of June 14th ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    Join us tonight at 8pm for our weekly Sunday Devotional Bible Reading via EM’s YouTube channel @SLPCEM. Link will also be made available on our EM Family Line group and EM FB page.
  • GUPOZENG SEMINAR (牛埔庄講義所)
    The Gupozeng will host a seminar to talk about Bible stories behind world renowned paintings and the meanings pertinent to faith. It’s open to everyone, but please sign up if you need refreshments no later than today. (LANGUAGE: Mandarin)  https://reurl.cc/ovm4dg
  • SLPC BAPTISM
    The next opportunity to be baptized at SLPC will be on Sunday, August 23. Please get in touch with Pastor Lu if you are interested in finding out more.
  • 2026 EM RETREAT
    Registration for the EM Joint Retreat at Tainan Linzinei Retreat Center (台南林子內靈修館) has opened. Click the link below to see details and sign up: https://forms.gle/VLdEvUpMpRUWiASK8

  • 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


1 Corinthians 13:13
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

WHEN WORD & POSTURE ARE ONE
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 KINGS 8:54-66)

Pastor Michael Lu

54 When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. 55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice.

In his prayer of dedication, praying for the Lord to hear in heaven when Israel repents, to forgive their sins, and to make them objects of compassion, Solomon did so kneeling on his knees, with his hands spread toward heaven.

Kneeling expressed humility and dependence before God, while his hands spread toward heaven demonstrated his appeal to and expectation from the Lord.

Let us imagine Solomon’s posture in our minds, and perhaps we can also practice such a posture of prayer and supplication. Solomon did not do this in the quiet of a prayer room where no one would see, but before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel.

We know we should worship and pray to the Lord both personally and corporately. However, can we learn to do so without an added layer of concern for what other people are doing, what other people will see, or what other people will think? Can we lift up our hands in worship, spread them toward heaven, or kneel in humility before our Lord?

The issue is not whether everyone must kneel or lift up their hands. The Bible presents a variety of postures in prayer and worship. Rather, the question is whether our outward posture reflects the reality of our inward worship. Are our bodies disconnected from what our hearts and lips are expressing?

What I often find interesting is that we sing worship and praise songs about lifting up our hands or kneeling before the Lord, yet our actual body posture and the words we are singing do not always match. Our lips sing one thing and pray one thing, but our bodies can be somewhere else, detached from it all.

As Solomon rose from his prayer and supplication, he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice. Solomon’s proclamation, just like his posture of prayer, involved his whole person, body, mind, and spirit. He spoke with a loud voice, with conviction and confidence, not shying away from the moment or from God.

For some of us, it is simply learning to open our lips and sing, pray, or worship the Lord. For others, it is learning to unite our bodies with what we are proclaiming with our lips, so that our worship is not detached or disjointed. This is not ultimately a work of our own determination, but a work that the Holy Spirit can do in us and among us.

Being filled with the Holy Spirit is not merely an inward experience. It often becomes visible as the Spirit moves us to pray, to sing, to worship, to kneel in humility, to lift up holy hands, and to stand boldly and speak for the Lord.