by Pastor Patrick Cho

Dear LBC family and friends,

I know it has been a while since I last sent out one of these, but there are so many exciting things going on at the church that I want to communicate with you all! Please take some time to read through everything!

Before we get to the ministry opportunities, I wanted to share what a wonderful time our family had in San Jose this weekend with LBCSJ. If you don’t know, Lighthouse San Jose officially installed Dr. Mark Chin as their pastor this past Sunday. Mark and Julie and their two boys, Athan and Joshua, are an amazing family, and it was really great to witness the church’s warm reception of their new pastor at their installation service and annual banquet. If you don’t know the Chins, I’m sure we’ll have plenty of opportunities in the future to meet them and hopefully have Mark come down to preach for us here in San Diego. But for now, please pray as the family continues to get acclimated to their new city, new surroundings, and new church family. Personally, I’m really excited to have Mark as part of the pastoral team for the Lighthouse Alliance. Every opportunity we’ve had to get together has been an incredible blessing.

I’m sure it will take a little time for the church to get to know Mark and for everything to get into a good groove, so please pray for LBCSJ especially during these opening weeks and months as they get used to the changes. With Pastor Mark coming in, that also meant this past weekend was the last that Pastor John Kim was helping with pastoral duties at LBCSJ. We are so grateful for his sacrificial commitment to provide support for the leadership while also working to get LBCLA off the ground. Praise God for His sustaining care and grace. It was a bittersweet moment to see the church say goodbye to John while welcoming in their new pastor, Mark.

Well, be sure to “mark” this momentous occasion for LBC’s church history! Praise God for how He has worked in the lives of those in LBCSJ to bring them to this point.

In His grace,

Pastor Patrick

Here are the happenings at LBC San Diego:

• FINANCE WEEKEND. Please mark your calendars for September 26-28. We are pleased to have Jim Rickard, of Stewardship Services Foundation, come to minister to us and walk us through an extremely practical weekend conference on financial stewardship. The cost for the weekend is free but lunch on Saturday will be $10/adult (children eat free). Here’s the schedule:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
7:00 PM – General Session 1: Fourteen Steps to Financial Freedom
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
10:00 AM – General Session 2: Estate Planning Seminar
12:00 PM – Lunch with the Church
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
9:00 AM – General Session 3: Convictions for Biblical Stewardship
11:00 AM – Q&A

Please feel free to invite your family and friends to benefit from this weekend conference. In order to ensure we have enough handouts and food for lunch, we will be taking a signup. If you plan to be at the weekend conference (and you should!), PLEASE EMAIL PASTOR PATRICK TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT (pastorpatrick@gmail.com).

Also, we are hoping to provide childcare for the general sessions. If you are available to help out, please contact Carol Lim (nursery) or Josh Liu (older kids). Your service will help free up parents who would benefit greatly from the conference.

• GRACE LIFE BEACH FELLOWSHIP. This Thursday, September 11, we will be having a Grace Life hangout at the beach! It all starts at 5:30 PM at La Jolla Shores (by the volleyball courts). Hot dogs and s’mores will be provided, but we need to know if you’re coming. PLEASE EMAIL PASTOR PATRICK TO RSVP BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. If you would like, bring a side, snack, or dessert to share!
• MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDIES. The college and youth ministries will be having Bible study at the church on Friday at 7:00 PM. Contact Josh Liu (youth) or Roger Alcaraz (college) for more information.
• MISSIONS REPORT NIGHT. The Czech Republic summer missions team had a wonderful time ministering overseas and want to tell you more about it! We will be having our Missions Report Night on Saturday, September 20, at 5:00 PM. Come learn about what the Lord is doing in the Czech Republic! Food will be served.
• SOFTBALL FELLOWSHIP. On Saturday, October 4, a group of people will be heading up to Orange County for some softball with LBCOC and LBCLA. If you are interested in playing, please talk to Randy Tsuchiyama. You’re welcome to join us even if you just want to cheer or hangout, but we need to know how many people are going (so CONTACT RANDY).
• ALL-CHURCH RETREAT. Our annual All-Church Retreat is coming up on October 24-26. Our speaker this year is Dr. Greg Harris of The Master’s Seminary. Please mark your calendars and save the dates! More information is forthcoming.
• BEACON. Please don’t forget to check out the LBC Beacon on the website as well as to take advantage of “Stoogle.” Stoogle is an extremely helpful search engine if you are looking for something and want to filter out unhelpful websites. Give it a try on the Beacon!