Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study: Acts: 5:1, Arthur will lead
This week, we will study a rather controversial topic of Ananias and Sapphira's death because they lied to the Holy Spirit and kept money to themselves. I don't quite understand the rather extreme manifestation myself. Perhaps this could spark some interesting discussions...
God Bless,
Maria
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study: Acts: 4:23, Angela will lead
Once Peter and John were freed, they wasted no time, but continued to pray and invoke the Holy Spirit. We will find out how the works of the Holy Spirit has turned from giving boldness and wisdom to the believers in proclaiming the Good News, to that of creating selfless charity amongst the believers…
See you all on Friday.
God Bless,
Maria
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study:Acts: 4:1, Corinna will lead
The Holy Spirit continues its works through Peter and John and other believers. Giving them extraordinary boldness, wisdom to witness about the risen Christ, speak against the Jewish leaders and converting thousands to believe in the resurrection of our Lord.
God Bless,
Maria
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study: Acts: 3:11, Lucia will lead
We will continue to read about Peter's witness to the Israelites about how the lame man was cured through the power of the name of Jesus. His preaching and recount of Jesus' crucifixion by the ignorant crowd, centers around the theme of: "Ignorance leads to sins and repentence leads to forgiveness and Spiritual strength."
See you all on Friday.
God Bless,
Maria
Here is the invitation/summary from Maria:
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study. We have a new location this week. After much hard work and blessings, Mike and Corrina are ready to open up their new home for our gathering. Thanks and congratulations! We also have a guest speaker this week. Welcome Ana!
Another announcement and reminder is about SJCCC's Chinese New Year celebration this coming Sunday (1/29/06). Attached email has the detailed information. It is a wonderful way to start the new year and have everyone in our group share the joy of the spring festivities and receive abundance grace. Please rsvp to Kai Min with headcount if you would like to join the dinner right after the celebration.
God Bless,
Maria
Dear brothers and sisters in Chirst,
Our community has a big celebration for our Chinese New Year this coming
Sunday (1/29/06).
Bishop Mc Grath and our friends from the Diocese of San Jose will join in
with us.
I am so happy to invite all of you to come celebrate our New Year and to have
fun. Please try your best to dress to reflect "Chinese Culture".
Schedule as follows:
3:00pm ~ 4:15pm Mass ( includes parish Jubliee Cross and the rite of
Honoring Ancestors)
4:15pm ~ 5:15pm Reception (inculdes traditional show and red envelopes to
kids)
5:30pm ~ 6:30pm Presentation (at resturanent)
6:30pm ~ ??? Dinner (at China Stix Resturanent)
All are welcome. Please don't miss this wonderful celebration of Chinese New
Year.
ps. If you want to join the dinner party, please let me know ahead of time
because we need a head count for the resturanent. Thanks.
May God be with us always and bless us.
Happy Chinese New Year
kai min
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study: Acts: 2:1, Arthur will lead
We will learn about how God has sent his holy spirit to guide his early Church. How does this apply to us? Perhaps an out pouring of the Holy Spirit can help us overcome our own limitations in our quest to be closer to God. Come find out…
God Bless,
Maria
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is the information for this week's Bible study. We will begin studying a new book - The Act s of the Apostles: Chapter 1, Mike will lead
Hope your week was filled with much joy, peace and blessings!
God Bless,
Maria
http://www.blessed-family.org/It was one of my first testimonies from 6 or 7 years ago, please forgive my extremely poor Chinese. My language skills are pretty poor, but God decorate the weak parts with His glorious deeds, so hopefully it is still worth reading. On the site, you can also see a few other bilingual Lent related articles on the site. Over time, I will try to put up our other testimonies that we have published over the years.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Happy New Year to everyone! Here is the information for the first Bible study gathering of the new year. Bible Study: Matthew 28:1-20, William will lead
I look forward to seeing everyone again after a long break. Thank you Tony for sending out the notices last month! Praise and thank God for keeping us and our families in his good hands till we meet again. As I'm catching up on the happenings, I learned that it has been an eventful few weeks. Let us all keep each other in our prayers that God's grace will strengthen us and his spirit will continue to move us in putting our complete trust in Him, that all things happen for a reason, eventhough we do not understand it now. I'd just like to share a beautiful verse from Isaiah that I have found solace in over the years:
"My thoughts, says the Lord, are not your thoughts, nor are my ways your ways. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts." (Isaiah 55: 8-9) Connecting the dots takes time. Sometimes, it takes more than a life time - Till that happens, lets keep our Faith, Hope and Love high and find encouragement and God's peace through each other's prayers, kind words and actions.
God Bless,
Maria
