CrossPoint Community Sunday Service
Chinese Bible Church of Greater Lowell
January 23, 2022 11:25AM
Live Stream: https://www.cbcgl.org/livestream
Presided by Marina Lam
Music led by Minister Jeremy MacDonald
Call to Worship and Welcome
Praise Chorus
Announcements
Testimony: Adrien Lam
Scripture Reading
Message
Sermon: Why die?
Speaker: Pastor Nathan Willems
Responsive Chorus
Benediction
Doxology
Assisted by
Live Stream Operator: Nathaniel Xie
Audio Operator: Bob Chen
Slide Operator: Joshua Sun
Ushers: John Huang/Christine Yuan
Meet with Pastor Nathan
Every 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoon from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 30-min per slot, members of CrossPoint Community, or youth, or youth parents may schedule a time to meet with Pastor Nathan (in-person or online). Please make an appointment with Pastor Nathan in advance. Also, please note that you can contact Pastor Willems anytime.
- Prayer and Service Requests
Share your prayer and service requests online on our intercessory prayer and service request list. https://bit.ly/3dXEjuX
Mission Column
Name: Henry Lu (UK)
Mission Target: Chinese in UK/Europe
Henry serves as the general director of COCM (Chinese Overseas Christian Mission) is an inter-denominational mission with the objective of bringing the gospel to the Chinese scattered over Europe and local Europeans. Reaching the Chinese to reach Europe is their vision.
Prayer Requests:
- Praise God for a strong end to 2021 with the safe passage of two events – 1) the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service that allowed them to welcome recently-arrived Chinese nationals from HK to celebrate Christ’s birth with them over carols and a hotpot dinner and 2) the Year End Student Camp which was maxed out and allowed for greater access and influence over Chinese students who came as servants, new believers, and seekers
- May God continue to guide student leaders in the new year on their respective campuses and in their local churches to be good soldiers for Christ
- Pray that God would continue to use the COCM Mission Center to bless the Chinese Diaspora in the UK and Europe, proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, help believers to grow toward spiritual maturity in Christ, and encourage them to step out to participate in global mission
2022 Mission Fund
Thanks to brothers and sisters for the continued support and help to the mission ministry. The mission fund received last year far exceeded the goal of $110,000. Praise the Lord! The budget for the mission fund in 2022 is $120,000. We encourage brothers and sisters continue to pray for and support the missionaries. May God bless you as you participate in the expansion of His Kingdom.
You may make an online donation via Zelle to the following email address:
mission.fund.cbcgl@gmail.com (Mission Fund)
2022 Church Theme
The theme for church in 2022 is “Revive Us Again”. We pray that everyone will be revived by God in 2022.
Installation of Elders, Pastor/Minister, Deacons & 33rd Anniversary
The installation of Elders, Pastor/Minister and Deacons of 2022 will take place today 1/23. It will also be the 33rd Anniversary of CBCGL. May the Lord continue to bless our church with love and grace. We continue to spread the gospel and glorify our Lord.
2022 Leadership Team
CBCGL church council has approved the 2022 church leadership team:
Acting Senior Pastor – Elder Sean Lee,
Council Chair – Elder Ming Chiang,
Council Vice Chair– Elder Jeremy Wu,
Deacon Chair– Deaconess Li-chuan Lin.
Please pray for these leaders and may our Lord continue to bless ministries at church.
2022 Elder Board & Deacon Roster
Sean Li
Ming Chiang
Jeremy Wu
Oscar Hsu
Li-Chuan Chou (Deacon Chair)
Ministry Deacons:
Shiping Geng (Mandarin Ministry)
Tony Ge (CrossPoint Ministry)
Paul Li (Cantonese Ministry)
Charles Wang (Youth Ministry)
Shu Lam (Children Ministry)
Cross-Church Functions:
Jecko Li (Finance)
Alan Lam (General Service)
Shufen Chen (Global Mission)
Yajwu Wu (Local Mission)
Thanks to Elder Raymond Xie, Elder Rick Shih & 2021 Outgoing Deacons (Changjian Sun, Xiaoyu Wang, Oscar Hsu) for their faithful service. May the Lord’s grace be with them.
With effect from 1/1/2022, Brother Changjian Sun will be the Minister Intern in Mandarin Ministry for 1 year.
Continuation of normal in-person activities at church
CBCGL will continue normal in-person activities this weekend including both Friday fellowship and Sunday worship service.
Everyone is reminded to stay vigilant against COVID-19
1. Stay home if you feel ill, consider getting tested if you experience symptoms of COVID-19.
2. Follow church COVID-19 requirements, protocol, and guidance at this link: CBCGLCovid19RequirementsProtocolsGuidance_v2.docx
If you have any questions, please contact your ministry pastor, minister, elder, or deacon/deaconess.
CBCGL Covid-19 Task Force
2021 Donation Receipt
2021 CBCGL donation receipts have been sent to your email as of 01/15/2022.
Please check your email. If you have any enquiry, please feel free to contact Jecko Li (Finance Deacon) via email jecko.li@lowell.church .
Donation
We accept online donation via Zelle from your online bank or mobile bank apps via the following three emails:
general.fund.cbcgl@gmail.com (General Fund)
mission.fund.cbcgl@gmail.com (Mission Fund)
Events.cbcgl@gmail.com (Special fund-raising events, or registration fee for retreats or programs like VBS)
Please include your full name, as shown in your check book, in the optional Zelle message. If email address is included, please replace the @ character with a blank.
(E.g. “jsmith@gmail.com” will become “jsmith gmail.com”)
For first time CBCGL donor via Zelle, please send an email to treasurer@lowell.church to have your donation confirmed.
You can also send your donation via your online bank “Bill Pay” or send check to CBCGL at 197 Littleton Road, Chelmsford MA 01824
If you have questions or need email confirmation about your donation, please feel free to contact the CBCGL treasurer via treasurer@lowell.church.
New Life Toastmasters Club (Virtual):
Sunday Zoom Meeting is hosted at 1:30 pm for video conferencing communication and leadership training.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81263192812?pwd=azR3TGlpUzE5UXlvdjZTK0hoOUN0dz09
Meeting ID: 812 6319 2812
Passcode: 296181
Join by phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Meet with Minister Jeremy MacDonald
Every 2nd Sunday afternoon from 1:30pm – 3:30pm, youth, youth parents may meet with Minister Jeremy. Please make an appointment with Minister Jeremy in advance.
Children’s Ministry
2022 VBS Coworkers Training
VBS is coming back in 2022 and the planning has kicked off this week! Want to serve God to bring more children to His kingdom? We have a special training opportunity as VBS assistant director and other helper opportunities. Please contact Min. Katherine or Angie Tso.
- Sunday worship (11:25pm – 12:30pm):
CBCGL Live Stream: https://www.cbcgl.org/live-stream/
- Wednesday night prayer meeting (7:45pm):
Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/758587937?pwd=aS9sZUdxcm1janNNM2I2aXJ6Smx2QT09
Meeting ID: 758 587 937
Password: 030086
Join by phone: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
3. Friday night Bible Study (7:30pm – 9:30pm):
Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/685376249?pwd=cWtyUk1pckJiRHJxZVZCSGdJZWw2UT09
Meeting ID: 685 376 249
Password: 840840
Join by phone: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
4. Adult Sunday School “Big Survey, Big Screen Perspective“ (9:45am – 11:00am):
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/491248585?pwd=RnpLcnpjQ01nTGZLSmhaZ3l4L3dKQT09
Meeting ID: 491 248 585
Password: 403767
Join by phone:+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
5. Young Adult/Empower Sunday School Class (9:45am – 11:00am):
Teams Meeting:
6. [Seasonal] Tuesday Alpha Class (7:30 pm – 8:30 pm):
Please invite your friends and family to join our online Alpha Class.
For details, see https://www.cbcgl.org/
COVID-19 Task Force New Proposal
The COVID-19 positive cases are surging in MA and states in our region. COVID-19 task force proposes the following:
- a.Suspend Sunday lunch service for now, but still allow brothers/sisters to bring their own food to eat at the church cafeteria and keep social distance when dining at church.
(Also remind our congregations that when dining at church, they should throw the trash to the trash bin located at Building B cafeteria to minimize the cleanup effort)
- Suspend serving food for any activities in church for now.
- Remind everyone our COVID-19 protocol
üStay home if you have any symptom (even if you believe the symptoms are resulting from a cold or other causes)
üKeep social distance
üWear face mask regardless of vaccination status
- CDC recently loosened its quarantine guidelines, COVID-19 Task Force decided to keep the current 10-day quarantine or have negative test result guidelines.
- MPR opens for only no-contact sports and activities that are organized by fellowship groups or church ministries.
- Suggest holding off nursery reopening for now.
Latest COVID 19 Guidance
Everyone is reminded to stay vigilant against COVID-19, in light of new variants.
1. Stay home if you feel ill, consider getting tested if you experience symptoms of COVID-19.
2. Follow church COVID-19 requirements, protocol, and guidance at this link: CBCGLCovid19RequirementsProtocolsGuidance_v2.docx
If you have any questions, please contact your ministry pastor, minister, elder, or deacon/deaconess.
Covid-19 face mask mandate
Based on the current COVID-19 pandemic situation and latest CDC guidelines, the COVID-19 task force updated the church COVID-19 policy：
1: Wearing a face mask is required to attend church indoor activities regardless of vaccination status except when preaching, teaching or leading worship service.
2: After international or domestic travel by plane, self-quarantine for 10 days before attending church in-person activities or follow state and CDC recommendations or requirements.
3: The MPR room is limited to only non-contact sports, e.g. ping-pong, badminton, etc.
COVID Waiver & Release
- The church lawyer has revised the COVID-19 waiver form. Members and coworkers who are going to church for meetings/gatherings, please download the new form below at
Please fill in the form and give it to ushers or coworkers when you arrive at the church. Hard copies of the COVID-19 Waiver form will also be available at the entrance of our sanctuary. Parents are required to fill in the form for their kids under the age of 18. Please note that only one completed waiver form per household is required.
COVID–19 Special Task Force
The COVID-19 Special Task Force includes Deacon Tony Ge (Chairman), Elder Jeremy Wu, Pastor Ben Tu, and Brother Ray Gan. The committee is responsible for developing COVID-19 related policies, handling COVID-19 related tasks and emergencies, and approving church reopening programs.