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Next Worship Service

Sunday, March 8, 2026
3rd Sunday of Lent

Scriptures: Isaiah 50:4-11
Message: “Servant Song III: Obedience in the Midst of Suffering”
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of March 8th ***

  • WORD & BREAD
    Our very own tea enthusiast 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. 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!
  • EASTER FLASHMOB PROGRAM
    On Sunday, April 5, SLPC will mobilize its congregation for community sweep and singing hymns in the nearby parks and MRT plazas in the afternoon. If you are interested, please then sign up online or in person.
  • 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 50:10
"Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God."


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

SIT DOWN
(REFLECTIONS ON JOHN 6:1-21)

Pastor Michael Lu

In today’s Scripture, as a large crowd followed Jesus, He asked Philip a question, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?” Interestingly, the author of the Gospel of John, which he often does, provides us with some spiritual insight. He writes,

6 This He (Jesus) was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

Philip’s answer, wasn’t one of trust in Jesus, but rather the impossibility of such a large ask, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.”

A denarii was equivalent to a day’s wages. Two hundred denarii thus would have been wages for 200 days of work, or about eight months. Philip’s response was that even eight months wages wouldn’t be enough for everyone to get a small bite. For Philip the question that Jesus asked was impossible.

This is when Andrew said to Jesus that there was a boy who had five barely loaves and two fish, but also doubted saying, “but what are these for so many people?” Yes, this is impossible, but it is in the impossible that Jesus wants to show His disciples that in Him and by Him, nothing is impossible.

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted.

When Jesus asked Philip His question, Philip’s response indicated that this was an impossible ask, and an impossible task. However, Jesus didn’t want Philip to do the impossible, because it was truly impossible. Rather, as Jesus indicated to the people to sit down, he also wanted Philip to sit down, and let the Lord of the impossible to do His work.

14 Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Yes, the sign, not just the miracle, that Jesus performed again pointed to His identity, the Prophet who is to come into the world, but as we know, not just a prophet like Moses as the Jews anticipated, but greater than Moses.

Brothers and sisters, as we face the impossible in our life, do we look at the five barley loaves and two fish in our possession and find ourselves in despair and without hope? Then perhaps Jesus is also telling us today, sit down, because it is when we stop trying to do the impossible using our own strength, and give what we have to the Lord, that He will do as He did for the five thousand.