Announcements - November 5, 2017

• Mr. Shum Chi Ming, Shera’s father, has passed away on October 17. Please remember his family in your prayer. Mr. Shum’s funeral service will be on November 7, 10:00am at Forest Lawn Chapel. 
• Please enter the main hall as soon as the Chinese service is over. Also do leave the seats in the foyer for the Chinese congregation to have fellowship with one another. 
• Please move your car from downstairs parking lot 30 minutes after the worship service. 
• Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are ready for pick up at the main entrance. Internal collection day will be on November 19. Please contact Felix Loo for any enquiry. Deacon board meeting will be held today at 2:00pm at Room A. 
• A breakfast fundraiser event, “Breakfast Together”, will be held on November 12 between 8:45am – 9:30am. Fundraising for Rev. John Loh of Gospel Operation International, supporting his disaster relief work in Mexico City clothings and other resources to children living in poverty. 
• If you are a newcomer and wants to join small group or know more about our community, please contact Pastor Gladys. 
• Please inform the office if you are unavailable to fulfill your serving roles on Sunday. Do not do it on your own. If you know of your traveling plans, please inform us ahead of time. 
• 2018-2020 Deaconship Election 
• Existing deacons are Samson Chan, Justin Chen, Peter Cheung, Godfrey Leung, Lily Liu, Tsz-Lam Mak and Jenny Tse. 
• Samson Chan and Godfrey Leung (1st term) deaconship will be ended on December 31, 2017. Peter Cheung (2nd term) deaconship will be ended on August 31, 2017 as he will become a Pastoral intern of Westside effective September 1, 2017. Therefore, three of the deaconship candidates will be elected to replace the positions in 2018. 
• Nomination Committee: 
• Deacon Rep: Justin Chen, Lily Liu, Tsz-Lam Mak 
• Congregation Rep: Dick Chan, Maria Wan, Jackson Yu 
• Criteria and procedure for deacon election has been posted on the bulletin board. After reading carefully, please obtain the application forms from the church secretary, if necessary. 
• All nominees are required to be approved and recommended by the nomination committee. 
• Timetable: 
• August 27 Nomination commences 
• October 29 Nomination closes 
• November 12 Publication of final deaconship candidate list 
• November 26 Deaconship election