Welcome! Fall Church Cleanup TODAY BYOYT Area to Clean: Prayer Guide continued Our Church Family (individual needs) Pray that we understand God’s calling for us concerning our jobs, family, and church family. Pray for God’s faithful provision for those who are unemployed; may God use this to draw them close to Him. Pray for those who are sick. Pray for parents to raise their children to follow Jesus. Outreach Pray that we are witnesses of Jesus Christ in daily living, and have a thirst to declare the goodness and greatness of God. Pray for God to raise up workers and create outreach opportunities. Pray for our missionaries on the field to be encouraged and be fruitful in sharing Christ. Pray that we serve one another whole-heartedly. May God use the shoe boxes we gave through Operation Christmas Child to bring children and parents to Christ. Welcome! We are glad that you have chosen to worship the Lord with us. If you are a first time guest, we want to especially welcome you. May you be blessed as we worship the Lord together! Fall Church Cleanup TODAY BYOYT Area to Clean: back parking lot CALL TO WORSHIP SCRIPTURE READING PASTORAL PRAYER SONGS OF WORSHIP MESSAGE  "When Neighbors Move Us“ Luke 10:25-37 Dr. Michael Lindsay RESPONSE AND OFFERING Announcements BENEDICTION & DOXOLOGY Joint Family Sunday Service and Child Dedication Ceremony Nov. 22 Main Sanctuary FOCUS ON MISSIONS Reaching near and far for God’s kingdom Praise and Prayer Request from Ron and Shelby Dear mission partners, We praise God for our DTC (Singapore) Reunion. 8 of us plus several friends stayed in a beautiful Campsite near the Lake Biwa, Nagahama City, Japan. By God’s grace, we all have been in Christian ministry for over 30 years. We would like to request your prayers for the followings: For Shelby with the second adult interdenominational Bible Studies on Wednesdays in Taichung City For the families that receive food supplies from the Food Bank. Although government helps many poor, there are still many families in need Continue to prayer for 350 Filipinos who made decisions to follow Christ during the Anniversary celebration of our partner church: Logos World Mission For God to grant us travel mercy during our Home Service between October and December, as we visit six of our supporting churches in 4 cities For our future assignment after we return to Taiwan from the Home Service For guidance from God as we plan our retirement Thank you for your faithful support and your prayers. Ron and Shelby, Chiayi City, Taiwan Serving Co-workers Date 11/8/2015 11/15/2015 MC Nathan Willems Eddie Chew Media Team Kathy Goulding Bob Chen Slide Operator Jesse Gan Wesley Chung Usher 1&2 Peter Barmettler Pat Fung Sabine Barmettler Ying Fleming Praise Leader Dan Yuan Eric Hsu You are invited to join us for Sunday School at 11:45 AM Sermon Discussion: Rm A203 Bible Study (Romans): Rm A113  Youth Parent Fellowship: Rm A223 “Parents & Youth: Growing Together in the Lord”  Youth: 7th Grade (A209) 9th Grade (A215) 11th Grade (A219) 8th Grade (A211) 10th Grade (A213) 12th Grade (A208) Notes: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell Prayer Guide Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 Praises & Thanksgiving to God Praise God for giving us his Son and leaving us his Spirit until Jesus comes again. Thanks be to God for the college students returning home for Summer break. Continue to pray that their faith would be strengthened and that the break would be a time of renewal and fellowship. Thank God for His bountiful provision of jobs for our recent college graduates; continue to pray for those who are still searching. Thank God for speaking to us through the preaching of His Word. The World Pray for God granted strength for us to bear witness to His will, even when we are pressured not to. Pray for the salvation of our national and regional leaders, and wisdom for our leaders to act and live in a God pleasing manner. Strengthen His church world-wide as she is increasingly under persecution of the world. Provide protection to those churches in regions currently under crisis. Our Church Pray for our church congregation to have deeper understanding of God’s word and live by His grace. Pray that the church builds its trust in Christ alone. Pray that we seek His will daily; pray that God makes His house a house of prayer Pray for the revival of our church and church leaders That God may grant wisdom and growing maturity to our leaders to lead us. Pray for healing and growth for those in broken relationships with the Lord Grant wisdom to our leaders so they lead the congregation according to His will Continued on back Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell Growing and Rejoicing in the Lord CBCGL FAMILY NEWS: Beginning on Nov. 1st, through the month of November, pledge forms for the Building Renovation project will be available. Please take time to prayerfully consider what you can pledge to give. Praise the Lord. We have collected a total pledge of $30,300 last Sunday plus $300,000 from church reserve. This is 19% of total that we need for the Building Project. Please take notice that when you write a check for the pledge, please write "Building Project" in the memo section. Children Dedication Ceremony will take place during the joint Family Sunday Service on Nov. 22. The youth ministry committee has started planning for next year's Costa Rica short term mission trip. We are looking for the team leader. If you have the burden and are interested in participating, please contact us (Tony Ge, Nathan Willems, Sophia Wong, Vivian Gillis, or Grace Ren). CBCGL is participating the world mission of Operation Christmas Child this year. Please remember those in need in your prayers, and give generous with thankful heart. Please contact Cynthia Huang if you are willing to help. The Fall church cleanup is scheduled TODAY (backup date: 11/15). Please mark your calendar, BYOYT, and partake this church-wide service activity. Seminar by sister Alice Tsang: From Gratitude to Generous Giving - tax planning to boost our offering capacity, on Sunday, Nov. 15th, 1:30pm ~ 2:30pm, Main sanctuary ENGLISH MINISTRY CONNECTIONS: Prayer Meetings: Wednesday: 7:45 PM; Thursday (TC): 9 PM “He that lives without prayer, lives as if there were no God.” – A. Burgess Adults: Rm 218, contact Marina Lam at Marina.Lam1@gmail.com Young adults: English Sanctuary, contact Christina Feng at christina511@gmail.com Youth: Pastor Willems’ office Thursday TC, contact Bob Chen: rkchen@att.net Fellowships: Empower: for college students - Meetings are seasonal (when students are home).  Contact Liz Cheung at echeung91@gmail.com for details Young Adults Fellowship - Contact Eric Hsu at:  978-761-5559 or eric.cf.hsu@gmail.com Homebuilders - for singles and couples of the older variety – Friday 7:45-9:30PM at church Rm A- 203.  Contact Peter Barmettler @ 978-681-9923, pbarme6224@gmail.com; Homebuilders Too - for singles and younger couples - Every second and fourth Saturday, 5:30 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Contact Pastor Willems at:  978-844-2896 or chefwillem23@yahoo.com Second Friday Fellowship – Friday 7:45pm to 9:30 P.M.  Contact Marina Lam at:  978-256- 1378 ormarina.Lam1@gmail.com. Women’s Fellowship and Prayer: 1st Sunday of the month, 12-1:00 PM, Koinonia Rm, contact Pat Fung @ 978-645-1674, or patriciafung5@gmail.com LYF: Lowell Youth Fellowship (LYF):   http://lyfsite.tumblr.com/ for more details Friday Night LYF: 7:45 PM, LYF Room – For all 7th-12th Grade Students November 8th, 2015 Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell Pastor Peter Wu – Senior Pastor of CBCGL, Acting English Pastor Pastor Nathan Willems – Youth Pastor James Chung – Mandarin Pastor Chen - Cantonese 197 Littleton Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824 Tel: 978.256.3889 or 978.256.6276 Website: www.cbcgl.org e-mail: english@cbcgl.org Mail list: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/cbcgl-english-ministry Attendance & Offering: week of 11/1/2015 Attendance Offerings   General $ 12,591.00 Ex. Transfer Mandarin 227 Mission $ 3,166.00 CCRA Cantonese Building  $ 100.00 NETC English 99 Youth STM Mission (YTD) $ 63,027.00 Children 61 Samaritan  $ Mission Target $ 100,000.00 Infants 7 S. Income $ 100.00 Offering (YTD) $ 459,184.82 Special Fund  $ 100.00 Total 394 Weekly Total $ 16,057.00