{"id":10443,"date":"2015-02-07T01:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T09:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=10443"},"modified":"2015-02-07T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T02:23:55","slug":"lbc-weekly-spark-february-7-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2015\/02\/07\/lbc-weekly-spark-february-7-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"LBC Weekly SPARK &#8211; February 7, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Pastor Patrick Cho<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear LBC friends and family!<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s been a couple weeks since the last Spark (there goes that New Year&#8217;s resolution!). I hope you are doing well and walking in the Lord! These last couple Sundays, we have been walking through a biblical understanding of <a href=\"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/sermons\/sermons\/why-church-membership\/\">church membership<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/sermons\/sermons\/why-church-displine\/\">church discipline.<\/a> I hope it has been a helpful series. My plan is to continue walking through a short series on the church before moving on to other things, but this Sunday we&#8217;ll be introducing the theme for 2015. We have been doing this since 2000. Here are the themes we have covered in the past:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>2000 \u2013 SHINE THE LIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2001 \u2013 SEE THE GLORY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2002 \u2013 JESUS IS LIFE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2003 \u2013 LIVE THE LIFE, LIVE TO TELL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2004 \u2013 LIFE IS NOT ABOUT YOU<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2005 \u2013 MUCH ABOUT JESUS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2006 \u2013 LOVE THEM LIKE JESUS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2007 \u2013 BUILDING THE BODY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2008 \u2013 IN CHRIST ALONE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2009 \u2013 FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2010 \u2013 UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2011 \u2013 BOUND AS ONE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2012 \u2013 DYING TO KNOW HIM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2013 \u2013 MAKING GOD BIG<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2014 \u2013 ONE THING I DO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2015 \u2013 ???<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always, I hope you are looking forward to opening up God&#8217;s Word together on Sunday morning and delighting in the fellowship He has provided for us through the church. Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n<p>In His grace,<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Patrick<\/p>\n<p>Here are this week&#8217;s ministry opportunities:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Grace Life \/ Single Life Fellowship Activity.<\/strong> Yeehaw! Grace Life would like to host an evening of food and fun with the folks of Single Life! Come on out on Saturday, February 7, at 5:00 PM, for some good ol&#8217; country fun! Singles, please sign up with Lance Toy. Grace Lifers, please sign up with Kristie Rudolph.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members Meeting.<\/strong> Don&#8217;t forget that we&#8217;ll be having a members meeting on Sunday at 4:45 PM. All members are highly encouraged to come. As always dinner will be served!<\/li>\n<li><strong>College Life Retreat.<\/strong> Please be praying for our collegians as they head up to retreat on the weekend of February 13-16. Pastor John Kim of LBC Los Angeles will be their speaker as they cover the topic of &#8220;True Love.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>LBCLA.<\/strong> Please also keep praying for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lbcla.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">LBC Los Angeles<\/a> (and all the LBC church plants!). This weekend, LBCLA will be celebrating one year of ministry! Congratulations to Pastor John and the members of LBCLA!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Membership Class.<\/strong> Our next membership class will be on the weekend of February 21-22. Part 1 of the class will meet on February 21, from 9:00 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM, at the church. Part 2 will meet on February 22, from 1:00-4:00 PM. Attendance at both classes is required. Please contact Pastor Patrick for an application or if you have any questions about membership (pastorpatrick@gmail.com).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baptism Service.<\/strong> We will be having a baptism service on Sunday, February 22, at 4:00 PM. Come out to support those who will be sharing testimony of how God has worked in their lives to bring them to faith in Christ.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Single Life Retreat.<\/strong> The Single Life annual retreat will be taking place March 13-15 at Pine Valley Bible Conference Center. This year&#8217;s guest speaker will be Pastor Alton To from San Francisco Bible Church. The cost will be $150 per person and registration will open in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned for more details!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Czech Republic Missions.<\/strong> If you are interested in applying for the Czech summer missions trip, please join us Sunday after Sunday School hour for a brief introductory and info meeting. We will plan to meet as soon as Sunday School is over in Room 107.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Care Month.<\/strong> Don&#8217;t forget that February is Care Month! Stayed tuned each Sunday as the Care Ministry provides unique opportunities encourage your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Pastor Patrick Cho Dear LBC friends and family! I know it&#8217;s been a couple weeks since the last Spark (there goes that New Year&#8217;s resolution!). I hope you are doing well and walking in the Lord! These last couple Sundays, we have been walking through a biblical understanding of church membership and church discipline. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lighthouse-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10446,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10443\/revisions\/10446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}