We’ve just started a series of sermons and Bible Studies on the Book of Revelation. The Bible Studies will give people an opportunity to ask questions and study the book of Revelation in a more detailed way. After service this Sunday Pastor Dennis will be looking at the idea of the rapture and critiquing the Left Behind series. The Bible Study is today after service at 11:25AM sharp in the multi-purpose room. Everyone is invited to attend. 

This coming Thursday we have our monthly Missions and Community Prayer Meeting. This meeting is through Zoom and is open to anyone interested in simply coming to pray. We usually have one our missionaries from Cambodia joining for this meeting. It’s a great opportunity to empower our witness and pray for the people in our community. The link for the Zoom will be in our weekly City Light email newsletter. 

Sign-up for Hosts and Lead Cooks

Our next “Table Fellowship” will be on Saturday, April 13th. The Table Fellowship is a time when our church can come together through preparing and sharing a home cooked meal. It’s a time to meet new people and open up about our lives. We’re currently looking for people to host and also lead cooks. If you’re interested, please sign up at the Welcoming Table or the sign-up link in our weekly newsletter.

After service we’ll have a special Easter lunch catered by Eastside Tacos. We hope everyone can stay to enjoy the food and fellowship. We’ll be clearing out the plaza right after service to make room for tables. Keep an ear out for Joe Moon who will be directing traffic for lunch. We also have a Photo Booth at the entrance for anyone who wants to take pictures. Finally the children will have their own Easter activities on the stage during lunch. We hope it will be an amazing afternoon for everyone.

Our annual Good Friday Service will be at 7pm right here at the Terasaki Budokan. Join us for a time of worship, responsive reading, prayer, preaching and communion as we remember the cross of Christ. 

Next Sunday we’ll be having a lunch for those in the Art and Media industries. This will be a great time to connect and pray with those who are in a challenging and often high pressure industry. If you are interested in joining you can sign up at the Welcoming Table or see Tim Fryett for details. 

Also at the Budokan we will have a Gym Fellowship on Sunday, February 18th after our service. We plan on having a dodgeball game in the first hour and pickup basketball in the second hour. We welcome people of all ages and abilities to join us for a fun gym event. 

We’re really grateful to be partners with the Terasaki Budokan which is part of a non-profit called the Little Tokyo Service Center. They periodically have a need for volunteers to help them lay down and collect the large mats that protect the basketball courts. Our church has committed to helping them for an event on Friday February 9th from 10pm to Midnight. If you can help out please sign up at the Welcoming Table. This would be a great blessing to our friends here at the Budokan. 

We have our annual congregational meeting this Sunday, January 21st. This is our yearly meeting where we will go over our plans, vision and budget for the year. We will also have an election for our two deacon candidates: So Choi and Jean Lee. IF you are are a member we strongly encourage you to attend. The meeting (but not voting) is also open for any visitors. 

SAVE THE DATE: Women's Fellowship event. Additional details to come via email invitation.

The Children’s Ministry will be sponsoring a Christmas Craft Event at the Union Rescue Mission on Saturday, December 16th. The event is for children staying at the URM; we have four different craft tables for the kids while their parents are shopping for Christmas gifts in the URM Chapel. You can help by donating money for the craft supplies, volunteering for the prep work or volunteering for the event. There will be a sign-up link in our weekly CLC Newsletter this week. You can also see our children’s ministry director, Kirsty Moon. 

This Sunday is our “Thanksgiving Sunday” at City Light. We have a lot of great refreshments you can enjoy after our service. Please join us after service for a great time of fellowship. We wanted to especially give thanks to our Hospitality Team not only for this Sunday but also their faithful service every Sunday.

Next Thursday our church will be hosting a worship service for Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row. We would love for you to come out and support. We’re also looking for musicians to help lead worship. Please see Pastor Dennis if you are interested in supporting. 

We have a new season of Beer and God beginning this coming Wed. Pastor Dennis will be leading this group for those who are exploring Christianity. If you or a person you know are interested in joining please sign up at the Welcoming Table. The meetings will be on Wed. At 7pm at Highland Park Brewery in Downtown. 

We are nearing the end of a process of nominating, training and electing new officers to our church. In order to proceed, our Book of Church Order states that we need a petition signed by 1/4 of our congregation members to call a congregational meeting in order to vote on officers that have been approved as candidates by our session. If you are a member, and desire to have this congregational meeting, please sign the petition on the welcoming table that will be overseen by John Cheng. We hope to release the names of the officers who are approved by the session shortly. Please pray for this entire process!

Just a reminder that we’ve changed our service time from 10:30am to 10am. Moving the service time allows us be in cooler weather during the summer. It also allows us to linger longer after the service. Please spread the word for those who may not have heard. 

We will be heading to the URM warehouses in Downtown LA from 9am to noon to help sort their many donations for their thrift stores. This is a tangible way to help serve the homeless community and support an existing ministry doing great work. Union Rescue Mission is the largest homeless service provider in Los Angeles and their thrift stores help support their mission for a more humane and just world. You can sign up at the Welcoming Table or on our website.

Final Month of Meetings

Our community groups will be finishing up our meetings for this season. We’ll be taking a break for the summer for the leaders to be refreshed. We look forward to a lot of great events including men’s and women’s retreats over the summer break.

On Thursday, May 4th the Worship Team has their quarterly Jam Session. If you’re interested in joining the worship team, this is a great opportunity to play with the worship team in a casual setting to see if you would be a good fit. If you’re interested in joining please talk with our worship director, Laura Oliver.

In a couple Sundays our church will have a Backyard Super Bowl Party. The Kangs will be hosting this backyard party at their home in Eagle Rock. We’ll be having a BBQ, we’ll have a halftime karaoke contest and of course watch the game. The party starts at 4pm on Sunday, Feb. 12th. Please sign up at the welcoming table or ONLINE.

Next Sunday we have the joy of sending off the Gim family in a commissioning service. We will be commissioning them as our first missionaries to Cambodia. Pastor Tim Lim, who was a missionary in Cambodia, will be speaking next Sunday. We’ll also have a special lunch right after our service to celebrate. If you are interested in helping out with the service or bringing a dessert or drink please sign up at the Welcoming Table. 

Community Groups: Weekend Group: Sundays at 4pm

Our community groups are beginning again after taking a short break during the winter. We have groups that meet all throughout the city. We are highlighting the Weekend Group which meets Sundays at 4pm. You can sign up for any group at the Welcoming Table or online at citylightchurch.org