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Next Worship Service

Sunday, May 17, 2026
7th Sunday of Easter

Scriptures: Exodus 19:18-25
Message: Go Down and Come Up Again
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

Recent Sermons & Services

Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of May 17th ***

  • 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.
  • SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR
    Taipei Kuei Shan School (奎山學校) is seeking native English speaking Christian college students with a love for God’s children and a huge desire to see them walk in His ways to serve as summer camp counselor to its 200 PreK to Grade 8 students during July 1-28, 2026. If you are interested, please send your resume and a cover letter to: summercamp@kss.tp.edu.tw, or reach out to Beth (EM Kid’s Club and Praise Team co-worker).
  • 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


Matthew 27:50-51
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

HOW BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD!
(REFLECTIONS ON PSALM 144)

Pastor Michael Lu

15 How blessed are the people who are so situated;
How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

As we read today’s Psalm, may the Holy Spirit stir within us, filling us with thanksgiving, remembering how blessed are the people whose God is the Lord! We are blessed, for God is our Lord, and He has adopted us through Jesus Christ as His people.

While reading through today’s Psalm 144, an image of a kingdom came into my mind. A kingdom is made up of the king and/or queen, but also of all that are under their care. This includes the royal household, leaders, servants, soldiers, and all who dwell within the kingdom.

Today’s Psalm is a prayer to the Lord in the midst of the pressures and dangers associated with leading a kingdom. Such responsibility is too much for human rulers to handle alone. There must be divine intervention, divine protection, and divine direction in order for the kingdom to be guarded and to flourish.

That is why the psalmist considers how blessed it is to have such a great God who is willing to care for Jerusalem.

3 O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?
4 Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

This reminds us of the fragility of life, even for a leader chosen and placed over a kingdom by the Lord. It also reminds us of the humility required to recognize that it is only by the grace of the Lord that He would choose a people and a kingdom as His.

How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord! He is the rock of our salvation, stretching forth His hand from on high, providing deliverance and salvation from all the dangers of the world we live in. He is the rock on which we stand, and so the kingdom we belong to, revealed through the church, can stand, because in the end it is His kingdom.

Let us then also sing a new song to our Lord, because how blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!