Thursday, December 20, 2012

nections Weekly Newz‏‏

My Fellow Connections members and Friends!

We had a great time celebrating Christmas among our fellow Connections family members and friends last friday night. Once again thank Raquel for hosting us at her place! Speaking of events, we will be having a BBQ potluck gathering at Rafa's house right after church this sunday. Please contact her if you plan to attend the gathering so she can get a head count for lunch this Sunday. Bring a side dish or dessert if you can. Contact Rafa at 626-551-9824 if you have any question. Her home address: 5743 Baldwin Ave Temple City CA 91780.
Also for those who are interested in seeing the Christmas light, we will meeting right after the Christmas Eve Service(begin at 5:30pm) this coming monday at about 6:30pm at the front office. We will go out for dinner right after the tour. So please contact me by phone or email if you plan to attend so I can make arrangement for carpooling.
Just a note, our fellow member Kruez's mother who has sufferred pancrea cancer. She is in critical condition and doctor's diagnosed that she will not last for more than 2 months. So please remember her in your prayer. Feel free to drop him an email kreuz9@gmail.com with word of encouragement.
Be sure to check our weekly prayer requests and calendars as our requests, events and dates constantly developing for us.
Have a Bless and Wonderful Christmas season!
James
 
 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Connections Weekly Newz‏

Good Morning Fellow Connections members and Friends!

Once again we will be having our Annual Christmas Party tomorrow night at Raquel's house. This is one of our biggest event of the year. If you haven't responded yet on Evite or email you can still do so. Just let me or Raquel know. I really want to encourge everyone to attend. Like I said you are welcome to bring guests to this party. We will have delicious food, great Christmas program and tons of fun tomorrow night. So you don't want to miss out. The party will start at 6:30pm. As always, arrive early or late, leave whenver you have to. Seeing one another and sharing exciting things in our lives are something that make us different than other groups. Contact Raquel Marquez at 626-484-1619 or rmarquez410@yahoo.com or myself at 626-716-8618 or jtstar97@hotmail.com if you have any question.
We will continue our "40 Days in the Word" video session this Sunday with Pastor Tommy Kyllonen from Crossover church in Tampa, FL at 9am in Rm 208. Jud will be teaching on Psalm 119:24 . Let's go deep in our spiritual walk as we strive to make a difference in this world.

Take note the Volleyball night will be cancelled through out the Month of December due to busy holiday season. We will be notify all of you when we will start up again in January.
By the way, just a friendly reminder that this week is our turn to clean up after refreshment about 10:20am at the patio.
Be sure to check our weekly prayer requests and calendars as our requests, events and dates constantly developing for us.

Have a bless weekend!

James

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Connections Weekly Newz‏

My Friends at Connections!

Just want to remind everyone the deadline to sign up for our Annual Christmas Party is this friday. If you haven't responded yet on Evite I encourage you to do so. You can also contact Raquel directly or myself if you have trouble signing up on Evite. I want to encourge everyone to attend our Christmas Party. You are welcome to bring guests to this party. We will have delicious food, great Christmas program and tons of fun on December 14th. So you don't want to miss out. So please contact Raquel Marquez at 626-484-1619 or rmarquez410@yahoo.com or myself at 626-716-8618 or jtstar97@hotmail.com if you have any question.
We will continue our "40 Days in the Word" video session this Sunday with Pastor Jud Wilhite from Central Christian church in Las Vegas, NV at 9am in Rm 208. Jud will be teaching on Isaiah 55:10-11. Let's go deep in our spiritual walk as we strive to make a difference in this world.

Be sure to check our weekly prayer requests and calendars as our requests, events and dates constantly developing for us.

Have a bless weekend!

James

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Connections Weekly Newz‏‏

Good Evening Friends at Connections!

First of all, I would like to thank everyone who is able to volunteer for Family promise at FBCA last sunday. We have carried out our mission once again as "light and salt" in our community by serving dinner to homeless families. If you were not able to serve, fear not, we have plenty of service projects coming up that you can be taken a part in. Also, thank you Rafa for openned up her house again for our After Thanksgiving Potluck Party last Saturday. We had a great time and certainly bonded the friendship among us.
A sad note to share with you all, our very own Christopher Curtis's father has passed away early this afternoon. Please continue to pray for Chris and his family during this difficult time.
We will continue our "40 Days in the Word" video session this Sunday. This sunday we will be watching Pastor Rick Warren from Saddleback church, CA at 9am in Rm 208. Rick will be teaching on Matthew 7:24. Let's go deep in our spiritual walk as we strive to make a difference in this world.
Don't forget our Annual Christmas party is coming up on December 14th please contact Raquel Marquez at 626-484-1619 or rmarquez410@yahoo.com if you have any question.
If you are interested to learn to play tennis or volleyball please contact Maizie Tam at 626-716-0302 or maizietam@yahoo.com.

Be sure to check our weekly calendars as our events and dates constantly developing for us.

Hope to see you this Sunday!

James