January 4th, 2024

This Sunday: All-Church Sunday School

Holiness of God Book Study

This Sunday, we will have an all-church Sunday school to explain how our church small groups that will be going through R.C. Sproul’s classic book, The Holiness of God together. Women’s, men’s and mixed gender groups will meet during the day and evening using Ligonier Ministries' curriculum, videos and supplemental materials for further study and a deeper dive into God's word.

An email will go out on tomorrow with more information!

Books will be available this Sunday for self-service sale in the Pastors' Conference Room with exact change or check to SGCC for $15. They also will be available throughout the next week as the church office's are open.

All students 3rd grade and up will join their parents in the Gym for the all-church Sunday School, so please pick them up directly after the Worship Service. Nursery, Toddler and K-2nd grade will have regular Sunday School.

For any questions, please contact Michele Saucy or Dave Halverson.

Holiday Campus Closure

The school and church offices will be closed through Friday, January 5. The offices will re-open on Monday, January 8th.

Women's Ministries:

Fellowship & Lunch

Ladies of SGCC, you're invited to our Women's Fellowship and Lunch. Join us next Tuesday, January 9th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Stewart Lounge.

Bring your lunch and enjoy a great time of fellowship with other women in the church. Don’t miss this sweet opportunity!

For any questions, contact Paula Free

pfree@sangabrielcommunity.org

Bible Institute Class:

'Rightly Handling the Word of Truth'

This class addresses how to effectively read and study Scripture. Students will learn the basics of approaching a passage, understanding what it says, and applying that message accurately and powerfully. The book of Colossians serves as the basic text, and the Bible study method Blocking will be introduced and utilized throughout. Pastor Greg will be the teacher.

Wednesday nights 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Stewart Lounge 

January 17th – March 6th (no class February 7)

Email Greg Golden for any questions. ggolden@sangabrielcommunity.org

Baby Shower for Natalie Halverson

The Genesis class invites SGCC women to a baby shower for Natalie Halverson! Please bring a main dish to share (no nuts).  

Talk to Michele Saucy or Emily Cornish with questions!

Sign up for 2024 Pulpit Flowers

Sign up to provide flowers for the pulpit on a Sunday morning! Arrangements cost $45 and Fanny's Flowers will deliver them to the church before the Worship Service. Following the service you get to take the flowers home! We'll include your name in the bulletin, as well as the name of the loved one/occasion you are remembering or honoring. (Please comment your name and occasion you'd like to celebrate)

We are unable to accept anonymous flower recognitions. 

$45 checks can be made payable to "SGCC" and can be mailed to the church.

Click below to access the sign-up.

Contribution Statements for 2023

The IRS advises that you not file your 2023 federal income tax return before you receive your contribution statement from the Church. Contribution statements for 2023 will be mailed no later than January 31, 2024. 

If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Katelyn Parsons at kparsons@sangabrielcommunity.org.

Prayer and Praise

Steve & Sally Hagman  

Operation Mobilization

Prayer and Praises from our trip. 

Met with a physical therapist I mentored several years ago. I gave her an English Arabic Bible and she was excited to receive it, “I have been thinking about reading the Bible”. Pray for this precious friend. 

Praying for Sheba in Salalah This is part of the Isaiah 60 prayer Initiative. We had an 8-hour prayer day where we invited several workers in the region to pray and share. It was exciting to hear that one of them will be starting the work of translating the scriptures into Mahri. The Mahra is an unreached people group we prayed for extensively last year during a prayer journey and one of the things we specifically prayed for was scripture translation. Praise God for a prompt answer to pray. Pray for the scripture translation process. 

We were at the Oman Yemen border, praying for an end to the war, violence, that food and medical supplies can get in. We took communion nearby. Pray for the war and violence to stop. We hear that the Yemeni church is growing, but under persecution. Pray for the believers. 

Pray for the peoples of this region of Sheba to know Him. Sheba encompasses south western Oman, Yemen, southern Saudi.

In two weeks, we drove 5113 km. We traveled with another couple who were looking to take prayer groups into the country. God protected us from all the aggressive drivers on the road. Steve was successful in filming and gathering info to create prayer videos. We met with and prayed for isolated workers in a couple of cities. We read aloud Isaiah 60 almost everyday - God was able to reveal different things to us each day. We spent time in prayer and worship each day in all the cities visited. They were all small cities. 

Steve and I were in the desert and we came upon a Saudi couple. They invited us for dinner the next night. We found out they have met a worker couple in a nearby city, encouraging us for only God can provide such opportunities. We hope they will be able to meet. Pray for this young couple, she is expecting a baby in December, as with the other worker couple. 

We were able to enter Medina. Steve was able to pray for healing for a man we met there. Pray this man will receive healing through the only One that heals, our Great God. 

In the next weeks, Steve will be working on all these videos. The next prayer journey, part of the Isaiah 60 prayer initiative, will be the beginning of February in Northern Saudi. Praying for Midian. 

 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” (Psalm 122:1)

To encourage us to prepare our hearts for worship,

here are the songs for this Sunday:

10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin

A Mighty Fortress - Martin Luther

O God, Our Help in Ages Past - Isaac Watts, William Croft 

How Great Thou Art - Stuart K. Hine

I Will Glory in My Redeemer - Steve and Vikki Cook

Before the Throne of God Above - Charitie L. Bancroft, Vikkie Cook



Growing in Grace Radio

Growing in Grace is the radio ministry of San Gabriel Community Church to the greater Los Angeles area, featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Steve Balentine.

You can find Growing in Grace on KKLA 99.5 at 5:00 p.m. on Sundays

Online Giving

It's easy to give your tithes and offerings to the church

online, or simply by sending a text message!

Text the word GIVE to 626-499-5600

You can make one-time, recurring and designated gifts! If you have any questions regarding online giving, contact our Financial Specialist, Katelyn Parsons 

(kparsons@sangabrielcommunity.org)

Thank you for your help in contributing to the mission of San Gabriel Community Church as we seek to make known the glory of God to all peoples!

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

If you have a January birthday, let us know,

we'd love to add you to our list!

Nilce Johnson – 1/1

David Mings – 1/2

David Lopez– 1/2

Hannah Erlandson – 1/2

Jocelyn Gee – 1/2

Daisy Lim – 1/2

Marcus Balocca – 1/4

Gail Rheinhardt – 1/4

Micaela Tjandra – 1/4

Carl Vandercook – 1/4

Zachary Angulo – 1/5

Michele Saucy – 1/7 

Matthew Fong – 1/7

Dave Fenderson – 1/8

Art Garcia – 1/8

John Martin – 1/9     

Johnathan Pulos – 1/11

Todd Sorrell – 1/12

Katelyn Parsons – 1/13

Paul Tremper – 1/13

Jonathan Balentine – 1/14

Dennis McCosh – 1/14

Maynard Johnson – 1/14

Lauren Oberlander – 1/15

Jeana Trimeloni – 1/15       

Larry Dinkins – 1/16

Ava Bronkar – 1/17

Stan Smith – 1/17

Christina Delgadillo – 1/18

Adrian Pujayana – 1/23

Caeden King – 1/23

Matthew Warren – 1/25

Vanessa Mathiesen – 1/26

Paulina Salazar – 1/26

Noah Beckler – 1/27

Rodica Leonas – 1/27

Michael Medina – 1/27

Lydia Silva – 1/29    

Seth Halverson – 1/30

Don Hoover – 1/31