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Next Worship Service

Sunday, July 12, 2026
7th Sunday after Pentecost

Scriptures: Revelation 4:1-11
Message: Keep Your Eyes on Heaven
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of July 12th ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    Join us tonight at 8pm for our weekly Sunday Devotional Bible Reading via EM’s YouTube channel @SLPCEM. Link will also be made available on our EM Family Line group and EM FB page.
  • EM AUDIO/VISUAL CO-WORKER
    We are seeking Spirit-led audio/visual co-workers for our A/V team to help with sound, PPT, and live broadcasting. If you have a burden for multimedia ministry, please get in touch with Pastor Lu or EM Secretary James.
  • GUPOZENG SEMINAR
    Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋委員) will be our Gupozeng (牛埔庄) seminar’s guest speaker today, speaking on the topic:  “Taipei – A City of Warmth, Designed for the People 為人設計的城市，有溫度的台北.” It’s open for everyone, so please join us in the 10F Hall starting at 12:30pm.
  • 2026 EM RETREAT
    Registration deadline is today. Click the link below to see details and sign up: https://forms.gle/VLdEvUpMpRUWiASK8

  • 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


Revelation 4:11
Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

TAKE IT UP FOR YOURSELF
(REFLECTIONS ON 2 KINGS 6:1-23)

Pastor Michael Lu

As the sons of the prophets were going out and cutting down trees for building, in order to expand their living space, one of them lost an axe head in the water. Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in the place that the axe head fell into the water, and made the iron float.

7 He said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it.

The axe head floated to the top of the water after Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in the place that the axe head fell, but the one that lost the axe head still needed to reach out his hand and take hold of it.

Take it up for yourself reminds us that we need to take hold of the provision provided by the Lord, the grace of Jesus Christ, and God’s mercy.

Let us reach out when the Lord’s grace again is poured abundantly in our lives rather than just remaining passive observers and then complaining that we have never received the blessings of God.

This episode also reminds us that nothing is too small for the Lord, even a lost axe head is in the realm of His grace and provision. It is a reminder for us to trust in the Lord in both big and small things.

Next we read that the king of Aram realized Elisha knew all his plans, as though he had been listening in the king’s own bedroom. In response, he sent horses, chariots, and a great army to capture Elisha.

Although sending horses and chariots and a great army to capture Elisha, we read that Elisha was surrounded by his own spiritual army. No, not the army of Israel, but the army of God.

It wasn’t until he prayed for his servant to see, that he could see as Elisha did.

17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Take it up for yourself also teaches us to pray to see what the Lord sees, which is not just the physical world holding us captive and trying to capture our hearts, but the spiritual world, with horses and chariots of fire surrounding us, the church, the body of Christ.

Elisha prayed and closed the eyes of his captors, and did not open them until they were brought in the presence of the king of Israel. Eventually they were sent back to the king of Aram to be a witness of the power of the God of Israel.

Take it up for yourself, brothers and sisters, and experience the fullness of God of all creation. It is the Lord that gives, and it is for us to receive.

Let us experience our God, our faith, and the healing of Jesus Christ in all His fullness, grace, and majesty!