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Sunday, March 1, 2026
2nd Sunday of Lent

Scriptures: Isaiah 49:1-7
Message: “Servant Song II: To the Ends of the Earth”
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of March 1st ***

  • SPIRITUAL REVIVAL CONFERENCE
    To commemorate SLPC’s 113th Anniversary, there will be a Spiritual Revival Conference (培靈會) in the 10F Hall at 19:30 on Friday, March 6. EM Café will also participate in the event.
  • WORD & BREAD
    Our very own tea master Chuck Cook will be preparing hand-brewed tea (泡茶) for everyone to enjoy. Light snacks will be provided and we will also have a Bible & Faith Q&A with Pastor Lu in Room 702 next Sunday (3/8). Please come and enjoy tea and bring your questions for the Q&A session.
  • EM 20TH ANNIVERSARY
    EM will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a dedicated service and celebration on March 15. There will be a special program, Holy Communion, and a light lunch afterwards. All EMers are welcome!
  • RETREAT SURVEY
    Please fill out the following form to help us better prepare for this year’s Retreat. https://forms.gle/RD36g4tpptnSvRUZ9
  • 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


Isaiah 49:6
"It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth."


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

ALL ARE COMING TO HIM
(REFLECTIONS ON JOHN 3:22-36)

Pastor Michael Lu

John the Baptist came to prepare the way of the Lord. His baptism was one of repentance, and preparation for the kingdom of God, and of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, to be revealed to the world.

However, as we see in today’s Scripture, Jesus also was baptizing, and although John’s baptism continued, John’s disciples questioned John about the other baptizer, that is Jesus.

26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.”

Why were John’s disciples concerned about Jesus baptizing? Although they were also baptizing where they were, why did the disciples say, “all are coming to Him,” as if what they were doing wasn’t meaningful and didn’t count?

John the Baptist was called to baptize and to prepare the way for the Lord. Jesus is the Lord, the Christ, and now it is for Him to be the way. We learn in John 4 that Jesus didn’t actually do the baptizing, but it was His disciples, given authority by Jesus, that baptized.

And isn’t that how it should be? What Jesus’ disciples were doing, should be credited to Jesus Himself, and not His disciples, because the disciples are not the way, but it is Jesus Himself that is the way.

John’s disciples were worried that everyone was going to Him, but what they didn’t realize is that everyone needed to go Him, because it is only through Him that they could get to God. As I meditate on today’s Scripture, it reminds me that many times in our faith, that the one we are following, actually isn’t Jesus, but Jesus’ servants.

There are many times that church leaders and ministers also gain disciples, that follow them, are taught by them, are baptized by them, but lose sight that the only that they follow and are a disciple of is actually Jesus Christ.

“All are coming to Him,” is how it should be, because John the Baptist himself said he is not the Messiah. Why then should his disciples treat him as the Messiah, or compare him to Jesus, as if Jesus was taking away the glory from John?

Our ministry should be one where “All are coming to Him,” because if it is anything else, then it isn’t the way, the truth, and the life.