July 6, 2025 Church News

  1. Welcome to our Holy Communion Sunday Please pick up your Communion elements at the front desk. The sermons will be uploaded to our YouTube channel at 2:30pm.
  • English & Youth Service: 10:00am @ Gym; JAM @B7; Junior JAM 10:15 am @A9
  • Cantonese: 8:30 & 11:30am @Sanctuary; Mandarin: 10:00 am @Sanctuary
  1. In-Person English Sunday School 11:30am – 12:30pm
  • Children’s Sunday School in B4-B7;
  • Adult class in the Gym; Senior High School in A10; Junior High Sunday School in A13
  1. 2026-27 Deacon Election The Deacons Nomination Committee announces:
Guidelines for Nomination of Deacons

The nominee should be:

1)     PGMBC church members 21 years of age or above may be nominated for election as deacons;

2)     born again, baptized Christian for at least 2 years (I Tim. 3:6) and is a member of our church (Acts 4:23) and familiar with the church;

3)     monogamous, irreproachable in marital relationship and relationships with the opposite sex (I Tim. 3:2);

4)     of good reputation (I Tim. 3:7/Acts 6:3)

a)        Not indulgent in bad habits or committing immoral or illegal acts;

b)        a testimony in his own personal life and family life (I Tim. 3:4);

5)     exercising full responsibility in matters of offering, being an example unto others (Matt. 6:21, I Cor. 16:2);

6)     of high spiritual caliber (Acts 6:3) and understand the doctrinal truth of the Gospel (I Tim. 3:9); attending the major church meetings regularly (Heb. 10:25) and is concerned with the church’s work; willingly co-operating with others in serving the Lord (I Cor. 12:24);

7)     has presided in other duties eg. Committee chairmanship, Sunday School teachers or others evangelistic works of the Gospel and is recognized as a faithful and responsible worker (I Cor. 4:2, I Tim. 3:10).
  1. To celebrate 20th Anniversary of Mandarin Ministry, we are in the process of collecting commemorative photos, text messages, audios, videos with blessings and encouragements. Ongoing collection from June to Sept, with deadline on each month end. Contact: Leon Li
  2. A team is clearing unwanted items from the church. Department and fellowship leaders – please check and clean your belongings before 7/30.

Church cleanup process:

1) Remove any unsafe equipment/objects

2) All rooms in the church will be processed one by one

3) Each room includes (pastoral and admin office)

Just take out the discarded items and put them in the box set up next to it (with instructions)

4) Any enquiries: Pastor Esmond, Joseph Wong, Ira Shum

  1. The Deacon Board has decided to update all ministry pastor titles to reflect their specific ministry roles. See page 4 for details.

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  1. A Pause in EM Prayer Meetings

The EM prayer group will take a pause until July 23rd. We will stay in contact with each other through our EM Prayer Group Whatsapp. If you wish to be included in that please contact Pastor Don at . If there are any matters that you would like us to pray about please contact Pastor Don about that as well

  1. 8/11-15 (Mon-Fri. 9a-3p) Soccer Day Camp for ages 6-12.

We are nearing maximum registration—praise the Lord! We are seeking volunteers to serve as assistant coaches, first-aiders, videographers, photographers, and helpers at the registration desk and in the kitchen. To sign up, please contact Pastor Bill. or 604-416-3261

  1. Lighthouse Ministry: next visit on 9/18(Thu) in English
  2. 7/19(Sat. 11am-3:30pm) Church Picnic is changed to be held in the church as Family BBQ Day due to the restrictions of the park. Please register to get the meal coupon from 6/15 to 7/13. Registration fee per person after subsidized by the church: free for age 4 and under; $5 for age 5-12, 70 and over; $10 for age 13-19; $15 for age 20-69. Free for church gatherings’ new comers of Jan. – July or new non-Christian friends with

Let’s enjoy the summertime with yummy food, photo booth, hymns, Cantonese drama, group games, model kit show etc. together!

  1. 7/5-12 PG Casa de Luz Missions Trip Update

A team of 15 members left for Mexico on Sat.

Please keep the Casa De Luz Mission Team in your prayers. Pray that God will protect them from anything that may harm them or hinder their ability to do His work. Also, pray that when the team members return next week, they will be transformed by their experiences during this mission trip.

  1. The Mission Dpt decided to support our 17-28 year-olds students to join Urbana 25 on Dec 28 to Midnight NYE – a Christian student missions conference. Inquiry
  2. Please pray for the sick and the family.