Did you know we have two Spotify playlists? One is updated weekly and features songs we’ll be singing during the upcoming weekend, and the other contains nearly all of the songs we sing at SGCC! (If you don’t have a Spotify account, you can set one up for free) You can also select playlists to add them to your library so you can find it easily! | |
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As we have done for many years now, this year’s Easter Offering will go to Global Outreach Ministries. In the past this special offering has provided funding for projects and opportunities beyond what is in our regular budget. Through your generosity, we have purchased books for the Greek Bible College library, provided funding for relief ministries in Ukraine, paid for missionary visitations, enabled missionaries to attend conferences, and many other things. You will find giving envelopes in your Sunday bulletin. You may also click on the button below, pull down on the Fund menu and choose Easter Offering.
Thank you for your support and generosity,
Pastor Dave
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If you missed Pastor Steve’s interview on KKLA this week you can watch the video by clicking on the button below, as well as other interviews for the whole passion week. Scroll down for Pastor Steve's interview. | |
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In 1969, we established the W. Joseph Hemphill Scholarship Fund. The purpose of this fund is to give supplemental aid to qualified young people to help them enter into, continue with, and accelerate preparation toward a full-time Christian vocation. If you are a college or graduate student, pursuing a full-time career in ministry or missions, please contact Pastor Dave Halverson at dhalverson@sangabrielcommunity.org to request an application. Applications are due Sunday, April 14.
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SGCC Men’s Conference
Biblical Manhood
April 13, 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Attention all men of SGCC, we encourage you to attend our Men’s Conference on campus, April 13th, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The theme is “Biblical Manhood.” There will be teaching from Pastors Steve, Greg and Dave. We will provide, at no charge, light continental snacks and coffee, as well as a full lunch and snacks in the afternoon.
There will not only be teaching but also a time of worship, a game, and great fellowship together. Please join us, stop by the the Men's Conference table outside the Sanctuary, between worship service and Sunday School to signup!
You may also sign-up by emailing Bill Larew at blarew@sbcglobal.net.
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SGCC Women’s Conference
Joy Amidst Conflict
Friday Evening, April 26 through Saturday, April 27
In The Basement
Please join us for a sweet time of learning, worshiping our great God and fellowship.
Our Speaker will be Michelle Spansel. Michelle grew up in Southern Ohio before attending and graduating from The Master’s College with a Liberal Studies degree and a teaching credential. Michelle has been involved in education for the last 30 years.Her greatest joy has been the ministry of mothering her 7 children and serving alongside her husband as a pastor’s wife. Mark and Michelle are planting Redeemer Church in Santa Clarita and her passion is to equip women with the truth of God’s Word.
We will also have six of our own ladies from church who will be sharing their personal testimonies of finding joy during difficult times.
Mark your calendars, so you don’t miss out on the opportunity to eat, fellowship, worship and learn together!
Save the Date! Sign-ups begin this Sunday outside the Sanctuary and in Sunday School classes. Cost is $20.
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Women's Ministries invites you to
Hearts @ Home
Ladies, join us for our Spring 2024 round of Hearts @ Home. H@H is a great opportunity to gather in another woman's home to fellowship and meet other ladies from church. We have a few locations and dates below, we hope you join us! For any questions, contact Linda Ordaz @ dalens@hotmail.com
Dates & Locations:
Saturday, April 13 from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Nancy Ang’s Home in San Marino
Friday, May 3 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Celeste Christensen's Home in Monrovia
Saturday, May 18 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Linda Larew’s Home in Altadena
Saturday, May 18 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Carissa Lysne’s Home in San Gabriel
Saturday, June 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Georgia Singleton’s Home in San Gabriel
(exact addresses will be sent out after signing up)
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Our Ministry: Most of the young men that attend every Thursday evening in our gym are unbelievers yet an average of 10 to 15 men stay each week for the Bible study. Javier Ordaz leads in the Gospel of Mark and Marcus Balocca in John. We lovingly have an opportunity to build relationship and rapport as we beseech these young men to be reconciled to God.
We warmly greet each young man and open in a prayer circle before the games begin. We greet each other by name and have observed that this group is marked by kindness as they play. We pray this is a sign that God is moving in their hearts.
Requests: Please pray that God would speak to these men through His word, that they would be saved and that other young men would visit as we share Christ. Please pray that those who do not presently stay for the study will soon, if only to hear once about our blessed Savior.
For additional information or to serve in the ministry, contact Javier Ordaz, jordaz@sangabrielcommunity.org.
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We are now able to offer an Assistive Listening System in the Sanctuary for those that have mild to moderate hearing loss. We currently have four devices available for use and more devices can be added as needed.
These small devices will provide direct audio during the entire worship service and will allow you to adjust the volume to meet your individual needs.
You must sit in the main center section of the sanctuary to use this new system. The system is not available in the North or South chapels.
If you would like to take advantage of this new system, please stop by the soundbooth before the service.
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Worship Service Video Archive Now Available
You can now view our entire worship service video archive by clicking the button below.
This new archive gives you access to our full worship services going back to our very first livestream and is updated weekly.
You can also access this archive by visiting the main church website and selecting the Vimeo icon at the bottom of the website.
We hope you enjoy this new resource!
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Membership Classes will be offered during the Sunday hour beginning April 28. This four-week series is perfect for those interested in pursuing church membership or just wanting to learn more about SGCC. Please contact Garrett Trainor for more information at gtrainor@sangabrielcommunity.org.
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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.
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Bob & Maria Hill - Greece
Prayer & Praise:
How great it is to be busy in the Lord’s work and happy about it. As a matter of fact, I was recently asked to do a seminar on Loneliness and Discouragement in the Ministry, and I had a lot to share—but I’ve been asked to repeat it three times! Did it seem like I was saying that we are lonely and discouraged? Not a chance! We have learned to deal with it, as these are frequent problems within ministry.
You will soon be celebrating Easter, but the Eastern Orthodox don’t have Easter until May 5 this year. We are often asked, “Do you celebrate Easter with us, or with the Catholics?” (They don’t realize that the Orthodox are only about 12% of the world’s 2.4 billion Christians!) So right now for 40 days everyone is “fasting” and then for 40 more days everyone in Greece will be saying “Christ is Risen” and “He is Risen Indeed.” But our answer to the question of when we celebrate Easter is that we honor the Risen Lord every week! Please pray for meaningful Gospel conversations that will lead to them knowing Christ.
In a few days, it will be Game Night—which we have every last Friday of the month. These last couple of months, we have had a number of English-speaking students from the local university coming to join us in our worship. This has been a great encouragement to us, and I know they appreciate it too.
In a couple of weeks, the Bible college will be having an open day for potential students. We are concentrating this year on making contacts within the churches and ministries in the Athens area. Please pray that it would be well attended and God would draw students.
We are planning a brief visit to our children during the summer. It’s quite an itinerary, and we hope to see most of our grandchildren. It gives us something to look forward to. Please pray for safe travels and a refreshing time with family. May we form sweet and godly memories on this trip.
We pray that you will enjoy God’s presence and grace in a special way. Thank you for your prayers.
Warmest wishes,
Bob and Maria Hill
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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:
Christ the Lord is Risen Today (He is Not Dead) – Charles Wesley, Samuel Arnold, Kurtis Parks
Crown Him With Many Crowns – Matthew Bridges, George Elvey
Jesus is Alive – J. Tealy, J. Maxwell, J. Reeves, M. Farren, N. Shepherd,
T. Tranter
Is He Worthy? – Andrew Peterson, Ben Shive
The Great Bridegroom – Donny Hoover
In Christ Alone – Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
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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
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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!
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MARCH/APRIL BIRTHDAYS
If you have a March birthday, let us know,
we'd love to add you to our list!
Linda Fischer – 3/25
Jerry Jambazian – 3/25
Nathan Papik – 3/26
Elias Farah – 3/27
Mary Roberts – 3/28
Laura Papik – 3/29
Karen Navarrete – 3/29
Jon Tjandra – 3/29
Takeno Alm – 3/31
Rich Julio – 3/31
Ellen Lozar – 3/31
Sandy Moyer – 04/02
Tom Balentine – 4/3
Grace Balentine – 4/4
Cristina Peterson – 4/4
Rich Rasmussen – 4/5
Faith Balentine – 4/7
Lia Koester – 4/7
Jerry Roselli Stoehr – 4/10
Joy Steward – 4/11
William Louie – 4/12
Chesed Bialon – 4/18
Connie Ciranna – 4/19
Dave Halverson – 4/19
Kiem Liem – 4/19
Sutton Mathiesen – 4/20
Sharon Balentine – 4/21
Markus Acosta – 4/22
Joseph Alvarez – 4/22
Victor Dorado – 4/22
Conor Smith – 4/23
Steve Balentine – 4/28
Ruthie Edwards – 4/29
Dylan Pujayana – 4/29
Katia Schery – 4/29
Aaron Felix – 4/30
Christina Tremper – 4/30
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