WELCOME TO CBCGL English Ministry Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell Pastor Peter Wu, Senior Pastor | Pastor Nathan Willems, Youth Pastor James Chung, Mandarin | Pastor Chen, Cantonese 197 Littleton Road | Chelmsford, MA | | - Praise the Lord! We have collected a pledge of $ 3, from last Sunday and reached a total pledge of $1,930, in which we have already received an actual total amount of $1,547, Please complete the pledge by the end of March and also continue to pray for and participate to pledge for the equipment expenditure. Ask God to bless that we can move on to Phase II quickly after completion of Phase I. Please issue the check to "CBCGL" and write "Building Project" in the memo section of the check for your donation. - The next baptism will be on Easter Sunday 3/27. Anyone prepared to be baptized may contact Pastor Nathan (for youth) or Pastor Wu (adult). Pastor Wu can be reached at or - Children ’ s Sunday Services are calling parents to lead worship for Preschool to 1st Grade between 11:30- 12:30. Please contact Minister Chow for sign up: - During the Youth Ministry 30 Hours Famine, many youths will help with the Children Ministry Spring Clean-up on 3/18 Saturday 9-11:30am. If you ’ re interested to give a hand, please contact Minister Chow to sign up: - Please lift up our youth who will participate in the “ 30 Hour Famine ” March in your prayers - The pastor candidate Gideon Lee will attend Friday fellowships and Wednesday prayer meeting in the next 2 weeks. We thank God for this opportunity of fellowship with brother Gideon and family, and please continue to pray for the pastor search process - May God lead EMC for a smooth process of voting for the new name of English Ministry on March 20. The four choices are: Crosswalk Ministry, The Well Ministry, Cornerstone Ministry, Community Bible Ministry. - Women ’ s Fellowship today, 12:30-2:00PM, Koinonia Rm, BYOL, Contact: Pat Fung Family News and Prayer Requests Seeking to Transform Lives and Communities - Opportunities and Actions, John 9:4 Update from Henry Lu, COCM Dear mission partners, One of COCM’s key mission ministries is to reach the young overseas Chinese students in the UK. Over the past years, I have seen many of them growing in the saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. While the majority of them returned to their home countries after graduation, some have stayed and are actively serving in the mission field. It is always a great joy to work with young people. Although the process can be painful and frustrating at times, but by God’s grace we do get to see signs of their growth towards maturity both physically and spiritually. Young adulthood is a critical juncture in human life when significant relationships are often developed and cemented. It is inevitable that young people will fall in love. And when they have found the love of their lives, they exhibit such an aura of excitement that affects everyone around them. Recently, I was involved in officiating a wedding for a young couple and counseling another couple to prepare for marriage. So there was a sense of “love in the air” at the COCM Mission Centre. I must say that other than knowing Jesus, getting married is the most important event in my life. Like many young people, I met my wife when we were overseas students on the same university campus nearly 30 years ago and we got married right after my college graduation. Later in March, we will celebrate our anniversary and give thanks for the amazing grace and abundant love God has poured down on our marriage for more than a quarter of a century. The journey of our marriage is parallel to our journey as followers of Christ. Our love for each other has grown over the years, much like our love for the Lord. Noisy emotions gradually give way to quiet understanding; words of promise slowly turn into action of commitment. Our marriage is strengthened as we grow in love and mature in Christ. In his book, *The Four Loves*, C. S. Lewis points out that we must learn to love with charity, the love of God. This is the agape love that goes beyond attraction and fondness. It goes beyond friendship and family ties. It is the sacrificial love that goes beyond human capacity. “This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us” (1 John 4:10-12). In this season of Lent, let us set aside time to reflect on the greatest love that God has for us through Jesus Christ. May we draw closer to the Lord and rely on the love He has for us to love one another. Serving together in Christ Rev Henry Lu, General Director Focus on Missions March 13 th, 2016 Call to Worship Scripture Reading & Opening Prayer Songs of Worship Message Making the Moment Last Romans 6:1-14 Elder Sean Lee Response & Offering Announcements Benediction and Doxology Sunday School 11:30AM