Pastor Ben shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “When Opportunity Knocks...” from the book of Second Samuel on July 19, 2017.
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Gina Chen shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “To Build or not to Build”. She reminded us to have questions in mind, to hear God's answers, and to respond to God's answers .
Pastor Ben shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “When Opportunity Knocks...” from the book of Second Samuel on July 19, 2017.
Guest Speaker Jason Wang shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “A Eulogy for Abner” from the book of second Samuel. He reminded us that "Delayed obedience is still obedience" Serving our King takes humility, courage, and character.
Joe Hsu, one of our beloved Elders, shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “The Stage” from the book of first Samuel. On the Father's Day special, he used his own experience as a Father to share with us the steps to become a Godly father.
Alex Guo shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “Now This is Eternal Life” from the book of first Samuel. He explains that eternal life is knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom He sent, and furthermore we can know Him and have a taste of eternal life right now!
Pastor Benjamin shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “How to Deal with Challenges in Life” from the book of first Samuel. He invited sister Melody to shared with the story about her experience of losing her love of life in an accident. Her experience and testimony can be a great story and can be helpful for a lot of people.
Sister Kitty Yang shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “Avenger - The Untold Story” from the book of first Samuel. She reminded us that our present suffering and the injustice in life are actually preparing us to receive God's promises and blessing for our lives. Let us choose to stay in God's protection and not be rushed to take matters into our own hands.
Alex Guo shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “From Sadness to Praise” from the book of Psalm. All songs trigger and express our emotion, but different from popular songs, the book of Psalms all directed their attention back to God. Through the interaction with God, many of the Israeli got transformed and regained their faith. Alex encouraged us to seek God in the face of struggle, and allow the spirit of God to transform us, from sadness to Praise.
Pastor Benjamin Chen shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “To do or not to do” from I Samuel 24. Pastor Benjamin reminded us that we need to have patience, and stay faithful to God’s promise in the valley of our life.
Pastor Benjamin Chen shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “When You Are in a Low Valley in Life” from I Samuel 21:1-15. Pastor Benjamin reminded us that in our deep valley of life, God sends unexpected help to walk with us through the struggles.
Sister Sharon Hou shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “The Soil Project” Sharon Hou reminded us that we need to be sensitive and obedient to God’s words, and constantly trying to identify and live it out. There are three symbols in this analogy, the sower, the seed and the soil. This story often refers to the person spreading gospel, the word of God, and our heart. The seeds spread by the sower are essentially the same, but they have very different outcomes because of the differences in the locations they were spread.
Pastor Anthony So shared with the 1.5 Generation Congregation at EFCI on the topic of “The Lord Wants to Use You.” Pastor Anthony So reminded us that we are valued deeply by God, and were carefully chosen to live and serve for God’s purpose.
Pastor Benjamin Chen of EFCI shared with 1.5 Generation @EFCI on the topic of Bitter & Sweet in the Wilderness from the book of Exodus.
Daisy Tsai of Logos Seminary shared with 1.5 Generation Congregation @EFCI on the topic of Issac and His Wells: Following God's Direction with the passage from the book of Genesis.
Pastor KC shared with 1.5 Generation congregation on the topic of hospitality. He emphasized importance of hospitality in the history of the church and the impact it will bring to our ministry.
Pastor Ben shared in his sermon to the 1.5 Generation congregation at EFCI Christian Church on the topic of How Religion Bounds Us? He raised the distinction between following a religion versus having a relationship with our creator. “True religion is about our inner hearts”, he declared.
Pastor Ben shared with us today the importance of observing the Sabbath in our Christian walk and provided us practical ways of how we can find rest in our loving God.
Sister Angel Chuang shared with us how to be the best example for other Christians from the book of Romans. She shared that believers have a duty to bear each other’s weaknesses and also should seek to please our neighbors. These teachings are set by Jesus’ example, which is the best example. When we imitate Jesus, we become and example for others.
Pastor Ben shared with us on why we need to transformed and given us practical ways to do so.
- To be a better you is to surrender yourself to God.
- To be a better you is to renew yourself