Bulletin for October 22, 2023

• English Online Prayer Meeting will be on every Wednesday at 8 p.m. on ZOOM1 (pw: 4757). Information is on the church website. All are welcome to join.
• Today we will pray for our Taiwan Vision Trip during pastoral prayer. Vision trip members are: Rev. Joe Chan, Betty Kong, Philip Cheung & Tiffany Lam. Their trip will be from Oct 31 to Nov 9.
• We welcome our guest speaker Rev. John Mah from Mississauga Chinese Alliance Church to preach for us this morning. Rev. John Mah is the English Ministry Pastor at Mississauga Chinese Alliance Church (MCAC).  His former career has been in Architecture which focused on planning, design, and building.  Having the call for ministry to build the local church, he received further education (M.Div.) at McMaster Divinity College.  He has been a pastor at MCAC for over 15 years which included youth ministry work for a decade.  Having grown up as a “Pastor’s Kid” within an ethnic church in his early life, he has experienced spiritual growth and also faced tension as a leader between the polarizing cultures.  Yet, God continues to grip his heart, to form his holy discontent – thus creating an immense passion in the faith journeys for the 2nd and 3rd generation, learning with them what it means to live in obedience to the radical commands of Jesus.  He is a father to 2 boys aged: 14, and 12, and his wife works at the local Hospital.  In his free time, he is a gym rat and hangs out at the gym – mostly in the sauna, and loves to eat chicken wings only on Tuesday nights.    
• Next week, our guest speaker is Rev. Jeff Chan from Mississauga Carmel Mandarin Alliance Church.
• English Ministry Town Hall Meeting will be held today during the English Sunday School time frame. Pastor Brian will share the direction of the English and Cantonese ministry to the English congregation. Please attend and learn about how God will be leading our church and ministry.
• Online General Meeting will take place on Nov 5^that 1:30 pm on ZOOM; therefore, there will be no lunch provided on that day. An email will be sent to all eligible voting members with access links and verification code this Friday, Oct 27^th. Members are required to do one of the following and submit the ballot by Nov 4^th at 10pm: a) Complete the voting form and personally attend the meeting on ZOOM; or b) Complete the voting form and assign a proxy to attend the ZOOM meeting on their behalf. (proxy must assign to active member)Please note that it is the requirements per our by-laws that only the votes of those who attend (either personally or by proxy) will be counted. Members who only complete the form without attending or assigning a proxy will not have their ballots counted. Should you have any questions, please contact Rev. Joe and Rev. Darren. Should you not receive an email but you believe that you are an eligible voting member, please email office@ccac.church as soon as possible. Agenda as follows:
  1. Election of nominees as Elders for 2024-2025: Cecilia Ho, Ricky Ho & Adi Lau.
  2. To approve 2024 financial budget.
  3. To approve CHAN CHOONG & CHANG CPA Professional Corporation as our external auditor for year 2023.
• To celebrate the church 35^th Anniversary, our church will take family photos for members and brothers and sisters after the two Sunday services on the 12^th and 19th of Nov as commemoration. Please pay attention to the announcement.
• Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child” is a hands-on way for us to bless struggling children in the developing world by filling shoeboxes with toys, hygiene items, school supplies, and other items. Same as last year, anyone can pick up one or more of the Christmas shoe boxes in the church now, to prepare their own with $10/box for shipping. If you cannot pack your own, please donate $40/box. All donation please use our offering envelope and write OCCon the line “Others___. The deadline of collecting shoe boxes is Nov 19, Sunday. For detailed information, please visit the link.
• The church gymnasium is undergoing renovations now, and all sports activities are canceled until further notice.
• To protect the environment, you can bring your own tableware and dishes for lunch to reduce waste. You are welcome to make a free-will lunch donation, $8 per adult, $4 per child under the age of 12, (lunch donation is not included in the tax receipts).
• Beginning with the General Meeting in March 2024, Member voting eligibility will be determined according to the requirements of the current church by-law’s “voting members”. Please be sure to sign in when you attend Sunday Service in order to fulfill the eligibility to vote in the future.
• Offering through E-transfer is now available. From your bank’s website, you can donate via Interac e-Transfer within the transfer / payment menu option. No security question or password is required. Use the email account. In the “Message” section, please include your name, address, phone number, amount, and the offering accounts you would like to support. You can give to multiple funds in one transaction. (All undesignated donations will be allocated to the General Fund)