Sunday Worship Service ENGLISH SERVICE // April 19, 2020

Lord’s Grace Christian Church 1101 San Antonio Rd Mountain View, CA 94043 (650) 623-0917 Sunday Worship Service ENGLISH SERVICE // April 19, 2020 A MOST UNLIKELY WITNESS Speaker: Pastor David Huang Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-8 (ESV) • How can we Shine Together now? By showing kindness in a stressed out world. • An unfortunate rise of racism against Asians. My experience in junior high. • Our reality isn’t scarcity. 2 Kings 5 series on sharing our hope with those different from us. 1 N aaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was 2 a leper. N ow the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she 3 worked in the service of Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” • Naaman had power, success, and leprosy. Only an Israelite slave girl could help him. 4 5 S o Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.” A nd the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. • Naaman was unbelievably responsive because he saw his brokenness. • The girl’s childlike faith began an improbable chain of communication. 6 A nd he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know 7 that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.” A nd when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.” • We can see God’s grace as merely human. We can affirm truths about God without praying. 8 B ut when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” • Naaman’s healing wasn’t as important as his faith. Miracles are only a sign. • Much more than Elisha, Jesus is our confidence that God is among us. (Heb. 3:5-6) • People want to hear and share good news on John Krasinski’s Some Good News. • Even Paul was rejected, but he endured & encouraged us to. (2 Tim. 2:20; Rom. 10:14-15) • God reached an open heart by the simple faith of a most unlikely witness. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The Coronavirus situation may have affected our church members in many ways. LGCC has a love fund available to help our church family in times of need. The purpose of the fund is to provide temporary financial assistance to people with emergency needs because of illness, injury, unemployment, poverty, accidents, natural disasters, family problems, and other crisis situations. Please contact an elder or pastor for more information. 2. The March love offering was used to support World Vision and Medshare for their relief work in China and other countries. The April love offering will be used for supporting Coronavirus relief work in the US. We will be looking for good channels to do that. 3. Welcome! If you are new to Lord’s Grace, we want to get to know you! Please fill out the newcomer’s form: http://tinyurl.com/lgccwelcomecard 4. Do you feel lonely and need someone to talk to during this shelter-in-place period? Do you want a friend to talk to? Stephen Ministers are here to support you. They can call regularly and pray for you during this difficult time. If you are interested, please contact Tammy at [email protected]. 5. If you desire care, prayer and help during this pandemic time, please contact any of the Coronavirus Response Team members (Pastor Patrick, Julia Chan, Chrissy Cheung, Daniel Cheng, ML Chan, John Hui, Abraham Law, Mindy Gao, Pastor Pan, Pastor Chiu). As always, we will maintain confidentiality. 6. LGCC Retreat update: LGCC has decided to cancel its retreat at Mt. Hermon for the weekend of May 29-31, 2020. In its place, the church will be hosting an online retreat, with details to be announced in the upcoming weeks - please save the dates. If you have already registered and paid for the retreat at Mt. Hermon, the planning committee will follow up with you to cancel your registration and return your retreat fees. Give to LGCC: lordsgrace.org/giving While the shelter-in-place order is in effect, the pastoral and office staff continue to work hard remotely to maintain smooth operations of LGCC’s worship and ministries, to care for the congregants, and to share God’s love with the communities. During this time, church members can continue to make tithing and offering through various means, including online and with stocks. Checks can be mailed to the church office -- 1101 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 Last Week’s Web Attendance Cantonese Worship 143 English Worship 131 Mandarin Worship 97 Children Worship 72 Sunday School Children 72 Youth - Adult Cantonese: - Mandarin: 24 Missions (Mandarin & English): - .

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