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Next Worship Service

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

Scriptures: Matthew 5:13-16
Message: The Witness
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of October 11th ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    Join us tonight at 8pm for our weekly Sunday Devotional Bible Reading.
  • BAPTISM
    Next baptism will be on Sunday, December 27. Participants will need to complete 6 baptism courses, which the first one starts on next Sunday (10/18), before the ceremony. 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


Matthew 5:16
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

LET US GO WITH YOU, FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU

(REFLECTIONS ON ZECHARIAH 8:1-23)

Pastor Michael Lu

23 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”‘”

When will be the day when people will stop us on the streets knowing that we are a people of God that go to the house of the Lord to worship and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”

Isn’t this a beautiful picture of how the Church should exist in the world today? Rather than being shaped by the world and led away from Christ, let us be a Church so shaped by Christ that we lead the world to Him.

Today’s Scripture is a promise to the Jews that one day they will be back in the City of Truth, the Holy Mountain, that is Jerusalem and “Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age. And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.”

What a beautiful picture of restoration,

8 and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.’

Yes, this is the promise of God that purposes all things. It was the hope for the Jews returning to Jerusalem, and it is also the hope for the Church as we wait for Jesus’ return, bringing with Him new heaven and earth, new Jerusalem.

We are reminded today when we read the prophets in the Old Testament, that there was a practical message for those at that time, but since the Bible is living Word, the words of the prophets also reach beyond that moment in time, across time and space, and speak about eternal promises and hope to the Church.

We who are in Christ Jesus should hope in the promise of God for the Jews, because it is also a promise for the Church. What a beautiful day, and what a wonderful hope, when the world says to us, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”

Lord, awaken us from slumber so that we can be the Church in Christ Jesus, by the work of the Holy Spirit, living each day with hope for the day that those around us will say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you?”