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Next Worship Service

Sunday, September 20, 2026
7F Chapel, 11AM
17th Sunday after Pentecost

Scriptures: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-9, 18-19
Message: Who am I?
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

Recent Sermons & Services

Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of September 20th ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    Join us tonight at 8pm for our weekly Sunday Devotional Bible Reading.
  • BBQ PARTY
    EM, the Riverlink Fellowship, and the Youth Ministry are cohosting a BBQ party on the 12F after the service today. If you have signed up, please move to the 12F after, not before, 12:30 pm. Thank you.
  • SCHOLARSHIP AWARD APPLICATION
    SLPC will stop accepting financial scholarship applications for students today. For late applications, please see Secretary Lo (羅靜婷幹事) in the 9F office.
  • THE GATHERING WORSHIP & PRAYER
    Starting in 2027, EM Cafe will transition into “The Gathering” Worship & Prayer Night. We are recruiting co-workers (all languages welcome) to worship and pray together as we prepare for this new chapter. If you are interested in joining the planning team, please join us on the 7th floor on Oct 2, at 7:30 PM.
  • BAPTISM
    Next baptism will be on December 27. If you are interested, please then see Pastor Lu for details.
  • 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


2 Samuel 7:18
Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

HOPE WILL BE FULFILLED IN PEACE
(REFLECTIONS ON MICAH 5:1-15)

Pastor Michael Lu

2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth from Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
3 Therefore He will give them up until the time
When she who is in labor has borne a child.
Then the remainder of His brethren
Will return to the sons of Israel.
4 And He will arise and shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will remain,
Because at that time He will be great
To the ends of the earth.
5 This One will be our peace.

Too little, but One will go forth from our God to be ruler in Israel. One from the days of eternity, meaning not just a man, not out of creation, but the Son of God, the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One.

Today’s Scriptures speaks of a time without peace, but yet holding out in hope. When in hope, she who is in labor gives birth to a child, hope will turn into peace. For this Son will arise and shepherd God’s flock, in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.

This hope will be fulfilled in peace, Shalom, wholeness in God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. To the ends of the earth this message of hope will be fulfilled in peace. For us that live in that peace, we know that today’s Scripture is talking about Christ, the Messiah, the man that was Jesus, but from throughout all eternity was always Christ.

This One will be our peace.

That is why we read in Ephesians 2:14,

For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups (Jews and Gentiles) into one and broken down the barrier dividing wall.

Yes in the day of the Lord, Assyria, representing the enemies and powers that oppose God’s people, will be trampled and delivered to judgment. And the Lord’s people, in Christ, no matter where they are spread out, will not be overcome by the world, but rather will be overcomers.

Hope will be fulfilled in peace. That peace is Christ, and we are living in the fulfillment of that hope, and at the same time waiting for Jesus to return to bring all to completion.

Let us then live in the hope that is fulfilled in peace, because of the birth of a King in Bethlehem, too little from the world’s eyes, but brought forth from the Lord.