Bulletin for Sept 24

Next week English fellowships are scheduled to set up lunch and clean up. Please note and come to help.
Congregational fellowship lunch will take place today in the gym after English Sunday School and Chinese Sunday Service.
Today is the last day to accept the nominations of 2017 elders by church members. Please submit in writing to the Nominating C
Alpha Ministry would like to invite all brothers and sisters to join the alpha ministry prayer group to pray together. If you are interested, please send email to cm.evangelism@ccac.church. We will send you the latest updated prayer items and news.
We thank our Lord that last Sat we had more than 170 people attend the church picnic and there were at least 10 new comers. We hope that these new comers will continue to come to the church and know the Gospel. Please also pray for the financial needs of this event. We are still short $663. If you would like to make a free-will offering, please specify “church picnic” on the offering envelope.
Annual General Meeting will take place Oct 15 in the gym after English Sunday School and lunch. All members please take note and make every effort to attend the meeting.
Thanksgiving Night will take place at 7:30pm on Saturday, October 14. All brothers and sisters are welcome to register if they would like to share a thanksgiving testimony or song. Children program is provided. Deadline for registration is October 8. Detailed information, please visit thanksgiving.ccac.church.
CCAC Badminton Tournament will be held on Sunday, Oct 22 in the gym. Detailed information has been posted on the bulletin board. Please contact David Chan from Zion Fellowship for registration.
Our church deficit on General & Building fund is $90,000 at the end of August. Please continue to pray for our needs and brothers and sisters’ steadfast offering.
Local Short Term Mission: Our church partnered with Toronto Alliance Church in downtown Toronto to provide dinner to the poor, homeless and underprivileged in July. The response and support of both the Chinese & English was very positive. We have schedule the next time to Feb 17, 2018 (Sat) and detailed information will be provided later.
After running our Wednesday evening English Prayer Meeting for more than 2 years, the English leaders have evaluated and decided that it was time to change our approach and format to corporate prayer. Beginning in Oct., we will transition our English prayer meeting to the first Sunday of every month at 1-1:30 p.m. in the observation room. Church prayer items will be distributed to the small group leaders where they would encourage their group members to pray for the church on a weekly basis. The Wed. evening prayer meeting will continue to the end of Sept. during this transition period. If you have any questions/concerns about the changes of the English Prayer Meeting, please speak with Philip, Cecilia, Pastor Darren or Rev. Joe Chan.
Administrative Assistant Karen Fung will take a day off tomorrow.
Passion to Reach Ministries will hold a Gospel outreach conference “GO Conference” on Oct 13-14 (Fri – Sat) in two places, Scarborough & Brampton. It is designed to equip you to build bridges with the people that God has placed in your life! For those interested and register, please contact Pastor Joe. Detailed information please visit www.goconference.ca. The cost is free since our church will be a partnering church for this conference.
The Mission Hub, a shared workspace for individuals and organizations involved in missions and ministry in the Toronto area, will hold a one day conference “Live Called” on Oct 14 (Sat) in Knox Presbyterian Church in downtown. It is an opportunity for young adults to explore a variety of ways in which they can respond to God’s calling and engage in Kingdom work. The cost of the event is $15 with lunch early bird (by Oct 6) and $20 regular. For detailed information and registration, please visit www.livecalled.net