May 9th, 2024

Join us this Saturday for

Dadurday!

Dear Church Family,



The Hemphill Scholarship fund has been a valuable tool to encourage and assist those who are pursuing education for full-time Christian ministry. Historically, we have taken a special offering on the first Sunday in June to provide for the scholarship fund. Remarkably, last year the congregation was so generous that there is still a substantial balance in the scholarship fund and therefore we will not need to take an offering this year.

I am also pleased to announce that our scholarship award recipient for the coming school year is Jonathan Balentine. Jonathan will be continuing his M.Div. program at The Master’s Seminary in preparation for full-time pastoral ministry.

In love and thanksgiving, 

Pastor Dave

There's still time to sign up for

Hearts @ Home!

Ladies, please 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 women from church. We have a few locations and dates below, we hope you join us! For any questions, contact Linda Ordaz at dalens@hotmail.com.

Open slots available for location below:

Saturday, May 18 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Carissa Lysne’s Home in San Gabriel

(exact addresses will be sent out after signing up)

Growing in Grace News

Pastor Steve’s radio program Growing In Grace will now be airing in Lebanon on Belight.FM, the radio ministry of Lighthouse Arab World. Growing In Grace will air on Monday’s at 4:30 PM (that’s 6:30 AM in California) and will repeat five times during the week. In addition to the airwaves throughout Lebanon, Growing In Grace can be heard throughout the Arab World and beyond on Belight.FM’s website and mobile app! Pray that God would use this opportunity to open hearts to the gospel and encourage the church.

Pastor Dave

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.

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.

Our members, Grace Balentine and Peter Otoshi, will be going on missions trips this summer. They've shared prayer requests pertaining to their trips. Please join us in praying for them.

Grace Balentine

Togo

• Pray that the Gospel would be spread, and people would give their lives to Christ.
• Pray that the team would be able to help the missionaries and encourage them in their Kingdom service.
• Pray that our team would work well together, ultimately bringing glory to the Lord.

Peter Otoshi

Nigeria

• Pray that God would purify and advance His church in Nigeria and the spread of the Gospel amidst heavy persecution.
• Pray that God would use this opportunity to direct my steps in fulfilling the Great Commission, whether locally or abroad.
• Pray for the Spirit of God to fill me with His love and wisdom to boldly and winsomely interact with unbelievers.
• Pray for physical safety and health as I travel, adjust to the culture and climate, and navigate situations with risk.
• Pray that I would know God better and delight in Him more through a disciplined prayer life and fellowship with believers.

 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:

All Creatures of our God and King – St. Francis of Assisi

Sing – Nathan Stiff, David Zimmer

Psalm 145 – Modern Post

Be Thou My Vision – Dallan Forgaill

All Glory be to Christ – Modern Post, Kings Kaleidoscope



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!

MAY BIRTHDAYS

If you have a May birthday, let us know,

we'd love to add you to our list!

Emily Peterson – 5/1

Robert Kievit – 5/3

Sean Cornish – 5/3

Veronica Martin – 5/4

Andrew Estrada – 5/5

Jeanni Beauchamp – 5/6

Shannon Warren – 5/6

Victor Ghabril – 5/8

Luke Halverson – 5/11

Beverly Vandercook – 5/11

Linda Bronkar – 5/14

Craig Kappe – 5/15

Georgia Singleton – 5/15

Linda Young – 5/16

Nancy Ash – 5/19

Trace Paniagua – 5/19

Celeste Christensen – 5/21

Herb Purnell – 5/22

Luis Bustamante – 5/25

Matt Lysne – 5/25

Michael Singleton – 5/25

Daniel Vera – 5/26

Maria Peterson – 5/27

Ryan Martinez – 5/28

Torry Barkley – 5/31

Jen Peterson – 5/31

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