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Next Worship Service

Sunday, May 10, 2026
6th Sunday of Easter

Scriptures: Leviticus 12:6-8 (NASB 1995)
Message: The Grace of Life
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

Recent Sermons & Services

Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of May 10th ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    We have begun our weekly online Devotional Bible Reading starting at 8:00pm every Sunday. We will host this on our EM YouTube channel moving forward. The link will be sent out in our EM Family Line group prior to the meeting.
  • MOTHER’S DAY
    Thank you, mothers! If you are married (sisters only) or a mother please accept a special gift prepared by SLPC with love.
  • 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 on Sunday, May 31. Open to everyone. Please register if you need refreshments. https://reurl.cc/xWKoK1
    (LANGUAGE: Mandarin / Taiwanese)
  • 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


Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE HEART
(REFLECTIONS ON PSALM 137)

Pastor Michael Lu

1 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2 Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.
3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

In today’s Psalm, we see an image of musicians that once led worship in Jerusalem, in the courts of the temple, with their harps hung upon willows in exile, in Babylon. Their captors, demanded them to sing songs, the songs of Zion.

The captors wanted to be entertained, but the musicians would not sing, and would not play. Rather they were by the rivers of Babylon weeping, because they remembered their home, and that they were no longer home. No more songs would come out of them as they thought to themselves,

4 How can we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?

Yes, we perhaps can understand their emotions, sadness, and despair. Perhaps it is because we have found ourselves in similar emotional situations before. But it is also here that we see the faithfulness of the heart even in times of loss and hopelessness.

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand forget her skill,
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Although their harps are hung up, although they are not in the mood to play them or to sing, but the faithfulness of the heart reminds them to remember and have hope even in despair. They will not perform for their foreign captives, but their hearts will not be owned by them either.

The world can take away everything we have, but it cannot have our hearts. The faithfulness of the heart is our hope and strength, because it is the Lord’s, bought with the blood of Jesus Christ.