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Next Worship Service

Sunday, April 26, 2026
4th Sunday of Easter

Scriptures: Exodus 3:11-14
Message: “I AM”
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of April 26th ***

  • EM CAFÉ
    EM Café is currently on hold. We look forward to reopening in July and warmly invite you to join us again. Thank you for your support and understanding.
  • SERVANT’S PRAYER MEETING
    The Servant’s Prayer Meeting will take place in the 12F Chapel next Sunday (5/3) from 9:00am to 10:00am. All coworkers and EMers are encouraged to attend.
  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING
    We will begin weekly online Devotional Bible Reading starting next Sunday (5/3) at 8:00pm. Meeting Link will be sent out prior to the meeting via our EM Family Line group.
  • SPORTING EVENTS
    The second season of the Basketball and Badminton Clubs are now open for registration. Please click the respective links for event details. (LANGUAGE: Mandarin/Taiwanese)
    Basketball Club: https://reurl.cc/2am2l6
    Badminton Club: https://reurl.cc/YDXK9D
     
  • 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


Exodus 3:14
"God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM "; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' ""


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
(REFLECTIONS ON PSALM 122)

Pastor Michael Lu

Jerusalem was the place where the tribes of Israel met and gathered in unity to worship the Lord. It was a place of fellowship, a place of reunion, it was familiar, and it was their spiritual home. That is why the psalmist rejoiced with those who said, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

The reunion was not just a reunion of a people, but a reunion of God’s people with God in their midst. The house of the Lord was the place of worship, and the spiritual home of God’s chosen people. That is why gathering together in Jerusalem to worship the Lord, an ordinance for Israel and built into their Law, was the Lord’s blessing for them and not just out of obligation.

This reminds us that God’s Law was the source of rejoicing for Israel because it united them, gave them an identity, and this identity was not only as God’s people, but also as a nation, the tribes of Israel, neighbors, friends, and family.

Brothers and sisters, as we gather as a church, although we no longer define church by a location or a building, it is still a blessed gathering of God’s people in fellowship with one another.

Let us rejoice when we have an opportunity to go to the house of the Lord, because that is the place where we gather together to worship Him. It is there that we will find our people, our neighbors, our friends and family, because it is there that we will be united in Christ as brothers and sisters, and with our Lord, our Father in heaven.

The question for us then, is as we gather together in fellowship and worship as the people of God, is it the source of our joy? Do we rejoice when it is said to us, “Let us go to the house of the Lord?” Does our gathering bring about unity, community, and joy? If not, then let us pray that the Lord can return to our joy, that is fellowship and worship with God and His people and rejoicing when it is said to us, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Meeting together is gathering together in the house of the Lord, and that should be the source of our joy and our peace. Just as the psalmist wrote,

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. 7 May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” 8 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

Let our place of worship be our spiritual home, a place where we meet with our family in Christ and with our Father God. Let it also be a place of peace, so that we may find safety and security in that place, and where we can say to one another, “Peace be within you.”