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To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Loving God with all your heart. Is it possible for God to come near to you? Daily? Weekly? What would you do if you could hear from God clearly? Would you rearrange your day to spend time with HIM? We will be looking at practices this week that allow us to develop a vibrant and affectionate relationship with the God of creation.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Will Cheung and two others share about their experiences at Urbana.

1. Spiritually “minded” is our high calling 2. Spiritually “minded” is a transformative process Spiritual Disciplines Fasting Prayer Silence Solitude Giving Worship Celebration Sabbath (rest) Study Service Submission Simplicity Spiritual Practices Meditation Physical Reminders Study Intentional Relationship

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

We all know that we should love God, love people, and serve the world, but how do we become the kinds of people who naturally are more loving? Our new 6 week sermon series will explore what it means to learn from Jesus as His disciples in a practical way. Extra Credit Activity 1: Say to yourself, “Even though I ____, I will not be afraid, for you are with me.” (ex. Even though I got into a nasty fight with someone earlier…Even though I have to go into my horrible work tomorrow that I absolutely hate…)‍ Activity 2: Create your own Beatitude for someone around you. “Blessed are the [describe them], for the kingdom of God is open to them too.” (ex: blessed are the autistic, blessed are the hard-to-get-along-with, the kind of awkward, etc.)Reading: Matthew 4:17-7:29, preferably in one sittingReflection/Activity: Read the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-10). What “unblessable” condition do you face (ex. Poor, ugly, incompetent, shy, awkward, etc.)? Say out

After almost 30 years of renting, last year God provided a building for us to own. However God's church is not a physical building, but His people. This Sunday we will dedicate our place of worship to our Lord Jesus Christ. Maybe more importantly we will hear from the story of Nehemiah's dedication of the rebuilt Jerusalem wall what it means to be God's dedicated people.

Christmas Service

Jesus is very nature God and deserves all our glory

Do you truly see Jesus as a Savior? The idea of a savior is likely not common for most of us today. Especially with that "can do" spirit that fosters a false sense of self-sufficiency, many don't think they need one? But there are some hardships or trials that human efforts will not overcome. That's where Jesus can save us if we let him. In Luke 2, the lowly shepherds were given this good news: 1. Jesus came to offer us salvation (v.11). From the hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, "Born to give them second birth." 2. Jesus lives among us (v.12). From the hymn, "Hail, the incarnate Deity." 3. Jesus brings reconciliation with God, that gives us peace (v.14). From the hymn, "Peace on earth...God and sinners reconciled." Can we be like the lowly shepherds and accept Jesus as our savior? Tag line: "Jesus is our savior; don't live life without Him."

Jesus is the rightful king of israel and come to establsh His kingdom that will have no end

Continuing with our 100th celebration, Laura Hoo interviews Lynn Yagisawa, Executive Administrator of CLC.

The promised one of Israel. He is Immnanuel, God with us.

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

"Letting justice roll down, as Amos proclaims, means letting it bring healing to ourselves, to each other and to our land with the quenching waters that make wrongs right as they cleanse the dirt and filth of injustice. God teaches us to love good and hate evil, but our world is filled with both our own greed and individual injustice and systems of injustice. We will take a look at how the system of patriarchy in particular have meant a lack of justice for widows and orphans and led to human rights abuses against women until this day. We will look at how scripture shows us how God made both man and woman in God's own image with a plan for our mutual flourishing in the kingdom work of justice."

Injustice permeates our world, yet as Christians we sometimes turn a blind eye to the suffering of others or become callaus. King Jeroboams' reign had been quite profitable for the Northern Kingdom, at least in a material sense but moral decay was settling in. And so God spoke through the prophet Amos that He was going to judge the people of Israel - 'The Northern Kingdom' because of their Privileged Positions, Prophetic Revelations, and their Persistent Opressions. Israel were selling off needy people for goods, taking advantages of the helpless, oppressing the poor, and the men were using women immorally.

Our lastest edition of #weareCLC is a pause in time to appreciate Frank Chow. Frank has been our primary sound engineer since the Pandemic started and he designed our internet infrasture at our new place. Listen as Laura Ho teases out some of the details of his service and why he does it.

Zacchaeus. We all want to belong, because we have been created for community. But unfortunately people are more likely to be exclusive rather than inclusive. Zacchaeus the tax collector was one who wanted to belong, but he was instead excluded by his own people. 1. As an outcast, Zacchaeus desperately wanted to see Jesus. (v.2-4) 2. Jesus sees the marginalized and his presense brings great joy. (v.5-6) 3. Jesus came to "seek and save the lost" like Zacchaeus. (v.9-10) Who in your midst do you need to see? Maybe it is even you. Come to Jesus, and if you are desperate, he will see you. Being seen brings joy to the unseen.