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Next Worship Service

Sunday, May 24, 2026
Pentecost

Scriptures: Exodus 40:34-38
Message: The Glory of the Lord
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of May 24th ***

  • 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.
  • COLLECTION OF SUPPLIES
    The Summer Mission Team (暑期工作隊) of the SLPC Youth Ministry is collecting brand-new or gently used, clean, and undamaged stationery items, stuffed toys, and other items appropriate for elementary students. If you have any of the aforementioned items that you would like to donate, please contact Secretary Wang (王馨怡幹事) at 2541-5390 ext. 223, or bring the item(s) to the 1F front desk and indicate that they are for the Summer Mission Team. The collection deadline is Sunday, 6/21.
  • 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 next Sunday (5/31). Please register if you need refreshments. (LANGUAGE: Mandarin / Taiwanese) https://reurl.cc/xWKoK1
  • 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 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

PEREZ TO DAVID
(REFLECTIONS ON RUTH 4)

Pastor Michael Lu

17 The neighbor women gave him a name saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, father of David. 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron, 19 and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, 20 and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon, 21 and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, 22 and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.

As we conclude the Book of Ruth, we are shown the interaction between Boaz, the kinsman-redeemer, and the “closest relative.” The closest relative could not redeem Elimelech’s land because Ruth would jeopardize his own inheritance.

Thus Boaz redeemed and bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon, including marrying Ruth. However, while this seemed like a blessing for Naomi, the widow of Elimelech, and for Ruth, there was something greater going on in this seemingly simple love story.

As we consider Boaz’s genealogy, we see that it begins with Perez and leads to David. Who is Perez? Perez was the son of Judah and Tamar. For details of this unique birth, please read Genesis 38. Boaz is also connected in the other direction to the future King David.

The book of Ruth ends by tracing this genealogy to show that God was working through this simple family of four that left Bethlehem in search of a better life in Moab. Yet through their tragedy, rather than returning empty as Naomi proclaimed, they returned as part of God’s great plan of redemption for Israel in Ruth.

Perez to David shows us God’s plan unfolding through Boaz and Ruth that would ultimately lead to the Messiah coming from the line of David. Perez to David reminds us that our simple story, our simple family, no matter how tragic or broken, can be used for God’s eternal purposes.

Ruth, this foreign widow, perhaps once seen as a burden to Naomi, became the ultimate blessing, not only for Elimelech and Naomi, but for all of Israel. That is how great God is: He can take the littlest of things and turn them into something with seismic and eternal impact.

Let us never look down on ourselves, our family situations, or our backgrounds, because God does not look down on us, but desires to use us for His kingdom purposes.