May 10, 2009                                ANNOUNCEMENTS                                 985

1.        To give you an opportunity to take the mothers among us out for lunch, no lunch will be served today at church!

2.        Parents, please pick up your child(ren) at Bungalows 1-2 & 3-4 immediately after service.

3.        Jonathan Szeto will be preaching on 5/17.  Reserve time to get to know him over lunch in Bung. 3-4.

4.        Special Notice: Starting 5/17, all 2^nd session Sunday Schools and Worships will start at 10:50am and end at 12:10pm.

5.        Mission Faire (6/7) International Food Faire & STM Fundraiser.  If you can help cook and/or bring food, please sign up with Andy, ; for baked goods, contact Yolanda, .  All contributions will be counted as donations towards STM funds.

6.        Short Term Mission Opportunities: Pick up STM application in box#89, fill it out, then turn it in to box#51.

Ø    Hong Kong (6/15-30, partnering w/ Missionary David Chu; appl. deadline is 5/17) & Peru (9/15-30, partnering w/ Lima Church, appl. deadline is 7/26) Pastor Wilson, < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >;

Ø    Macau (8/2-18) Appl. deadline 5/10.  Pastor Joseph, ;

Ø    Crosspointe STM (6/30-7/4, partnering w/ Dennis Conner) contact Hanley, < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >;

Ø    STM SOW-2 in July, if interested, contact Steve Loo, .

7.        VBS (6/22-26, 1:30-4:30pm) Registration 5/17-6/14. Details to follow.

8.        VBS Task Force:  Training sessions on Sun, 5/31, 6/7 & 6/14, 12:30-2pm.  Sign up in 1^st training session.  Details please contact: Meryl  Lua, Preston Fong or Alice Chin.

9.        Church Prayer Meeting (5/13, Wed., 7:30pm, PC).  Join us at our weekly meeting to pray for our church & one another.  Childcare in #213.

10.      "Experiencing God in the Privilege & Responsibility of Prayer": Join us in an united effort of prayer, praise songs, and testimonies on Sun., 5/31 in PC, 6-8pm. Light dinner at 5pm. Everyone is invited.

11.      Attention All 2009 Graduates—we would like to recognize all our graduates (high school and up, regular attendees) in June.  Please give their names to the office by 5/31.

12.      Happy Birthday to: 5/10 – Eleanor Tang, Michael Goto, Fred Zhou (周文強), Joshua Lim (林仕義),  5/11- Edward Jewik, Richard Jewik, Su Ning (甯劉素芬), Gloria Chu (朱詠儀); 5/12- Debby Hsu (徐洪黛莉); 5/13- Joe Indrawan, Nick Hill (林木興), Peter Chow (周宗安), Jennifer Lew (劉月娟), Matthew Matsumoto Chen; 5/14- Michael Chow (周乃帆); 5/15- Shirley Lee (李綺霞), Louise Low (盧蔡杏), Christine Loo (蔡悅羚), Leon Szeto (司徒亮); 5/16- Guang Qing Ma (馬廣慶), Kent Szeto (司徒健), Wayland Chew (趙偉倫), Gene Feng (馮季言), Timothy Ho (何偉強), Alvin Ma (馬永霖), Zoe Lau (劉彥希); 5/17- John Hill (許華偉), Tiffany Suryakusuma, Rylan Yip.