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Last Sunday's (7/29) • Morning Worship attendance – 86 • Afternoon Worship attendance—55 • Sunday School attendance – NA • Offering - $25,400 • YTD Giving - $1,115,348 • Remaining amount needed to meet budget - $2,335,127 ($101,527wk)
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 31— August 11 Japan STM 2 16-18—VEF Vacation Bible School 26—Sunday School Teacher Training (11:00AM)
September 2—Children’s Sunday School begins
October 7 — Marriage Seminar
November
18 — Thanksgiving Potluck
December 9— Parenting Seminar
Contact Church Phone: 03-571-6803
Pastor John Olson Ext:2221 [email protected]
Pastor Darren Carter Ext:2224
VEF Secretary [email protected]
Ext: 2315
Victory English fellowship
新竹市建功一路二號
B1, No. 2, Jian Gong 1st Road,
Hsinchu City 30071
Next Week:
“Jonah’s Anger ” Pastor Darren Carter
Connect with us on Facebook: Victory English Fellowship
https://www.vefellowship.com/
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Order of Service
Call To Praise / Opening
This is Amazing Grace
Announcements
Praise Team
Call to Worship John 15:1-4
Worship in Song Everyday
Forever
Scripture Reading Romans 11:22-24
Worship in Song In Christ Alone
Before the Throne of God Above Heart of Worship
Children’s Moment & Greetings! Sermon: “Jonah Obeys”
Jonah Chapter 3
Pastor Darren Carter
Response
Praise Team
Benediction Pastor Darren Carter
Small Groups of VEF
Interested in starting a small group? Need assistance finding a group? Contact Pastor Darren Carter at 03-571-6803 ext:2224
Time Meeting Place Leader Contact Number & Email
SUN 1500
Korean Group Victory - 605
Jonathan Eun
0920 729 307 [email protected]
SUN 1930
Young Men’s Group Venue Changes
David 0966 086 635 [email protected]
TUE 1730
NCTU Engineering Building 3 - EC543
Maria Currently on summer break
WED 1900
Women’s Bible Study Science Park
Hannah Currently on summer break
THU 0700
Men’s Breakfast Ikari Coffee 738 Guangfu Road
Jeff 0987 378 323 [email protected]
THU 1100
Korean Women’s Group Victory –B1-103
Yeonjoo Hwang
0922 310 253 [email protected]
FRI 1930
Youth Group Victory –8F
Linus Lu Currently on summer break
FRI 1930
Indonesian Group Victory –6F
Timothy William
0909335550 [email protected]
FRI 2000
Emmanuel Group I Puding 3rd Road
Bih Qui Tiang
0966-545-764 [email protected]
FRI 2030
Emmanuel Group II Longshan East Rd
Esther Chen
0975-339-713 [email protected]
SAT 11:00
Epic of Eden Bible Study Victory–B1-102
Pastor Darren
1:30 Music
Call to Praise
Call to Worship
Days of Elijah
John 15:1-4
Worship in Song
Shine Jesus Shine Trust and Obey
Scripture Reading Romans 11:22-24
Worship in Song Part 2
Still Blessed Assurance
Announcements
Keep Pastor John and the Japan Short-term Mission Teams in your prayers as they work to share the Gospel in Japan.
More volunteers are needed for the afternoon service. We need greeters and PowerPoint operators, as well as musicians. If you can assist with any of these areas, please talk to Pastor Darren asap!
VEF will be holding a Marriage Seminar on October 7th, and a Parenting Seminar on December 9th. Be sure to mark those on your calendars. Registration details will be provided as these events draw closer.
Serving Opportunities
Vacation Bible School is coming! VEF will hold it’s VBS August 16-18, 2018. To register for VBS please fill out the registration form and place the completed form in the offering box. VBS is for kids from 4 years old through entering 6th grade.
Indonesian Cell Group
The Indonesian group at VEF is made up of Indonesian
Natives who are now living in Taiwan. Our group is a
blend of students and professionals coming together
to invest in one-another, and grow in Christ.We meet
every Friday Evening from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the 6th
floor of Victory. Our fellowship includes worshipping
God through music, sharing prayer requests, Bible
Study, and more!
Small Group Feature
This Week Volunteer Workers 9AM: Set-up and Greeters: June, Candy— Worship Team: Edmund, Anne, Angel, Jay W., Karen, Vernon— PPT: Joseph — Sound: Justin 1:30PM: Set-up and Greeters: Worship Team: Yi Ching, Thomas, Samuel, David, Jan, Jean— PPT: Adam— Sound: Tim W.
Next Week: 9AM: Set-up and Greeters: Susan, Sam— Worship Team: James, Esther L., Sam L., Justin, Luke, Karen, Jessie, Edmund— PPT: Kenton — Sound: Mario 1:30PM: Set-up and Greeters: Worship Team: Johan, Darren — PPT: Adam— Sound: Timothius
Korean Group
안녕하세요 We meet every Sunday after Church and
focus on the pastor’s sermon that day, through discus-
sion and sharing each others’ opinions and experiences
freely.
Our activities also include singing worship songs and
eating lunch together.
We welcome anyone who can speak and under-
stand Korean!
Epic Bible Study
We are a weekly Bible Study group led by Pastor Darren
that meets in B102 on Saturday mornings at 11:00. Our
focus is on better understanding the characters and
narratives within the Old Testament in order to better
understand the New Testament. We use Dr. Sandra
Richter’s “Epic of Eden” book and video series. There
are short daily lessons to do at home that will help to
facilitate class discussion and further understanding.
Each study is 12 weeks, and missed sessions can be
made up by watching the video series outside of class.
For more information on any of these groups, scan the QR Codes
JONAH —3 “Jonah Obeys”
Tailor the following questions to fit the needs of your group. Start with a BREAKING THE ICE question, then get real with two or three CONNECTING questions and end by challenging one another to TAKE IT HOME. For those who want to explore God’s Word further, use the DISCOV-ERY QUESTIONS. Jonah’s obedience influenced the Ninevites to: 1. Believe God 2. Call on God 3. Repent of their evil ways 4. Receive God’s mercy
BREAKING THE ICE: Name a famous person or people group that you seriously doubt will ever become follow-
ers of Christ. Share your reasons for thinking this.
What is the best “second chance” story you’ve ever heard, outside of the Bible?
CONNECTING: 1. Describe a time when God gave you a second chance. Why do you think God gave Jonah a
second chance to go to Nineveh? How do you think Jonah felt about it the second time? Why did God give Nineveh a chance to repent? What can we learn about God through the story of Jonah?
2. Why do you think the Ninevites were so quick to repent and believe God? What has God shown you that you need to do, but you have not yet done? Commit to your Cell Group to obey God immediately.
3. We can all identify with the ongoing battle with indwelling sin that Paul speaks of in Ro-mans 7:15-17. Repentance means to turn from sin; to change one’s mind and actions so that they agree with God. How does true repentance transform a person, inside and out? For what do you think our country needs to publicly repent? Doing what God says not to do is called a sin of commission. Not doing what God said to do is called a sin of omis-sion. What is your greatest sin of commission or omission?
4. In what situations would you consider fasting and/or giving up physical comfort, like the Ninevites, in order to seek God? Have you ever fasted and prayed for the salvation of an-other person or people group? How long did you fast and pray? Did you see any results? Did the Ninevites change God’s mind or did God give them the opportunity to change their minds?
5. Someone once said, “God does nothing on earth except in response to believing prayer.” Do you agree or disagree? Give your reasons. Why didn’t God just speak directly to the Ninevites instead of sending Jonah? Why does God choose to use us to accomplish His will on earth? How willing are you to be God’s messenger and take the good news to undeserv-ing people? With whom is God asking you to share the good news?
TAKE IT HOME: 1. What will you do to obey God’s call this week to take His message to the lost? Who will
you begin praying for? Ask God to reveal to you the message you are to share (be sure it includes His grace and mercy). Deal with any personal doubts or unbelief that would prevent you from doing your part or trusting God to do His part.
2. For what sins of commission of omission do you need to repent? Ask God to reveal His grace and truth regarding these sins. (John 8:31-34) We sin because, in some area of our thinking, we are not believing God’s Word and relying on Christ. Sin is defeated when we agree with God concerning sin and it’s remedy— Christ! So, acknowledge the sin(s), thank God for His forgiveness, and trust Christ to empower you and live through you. Believe that Christ lives in you and that you can “do all things through Christ who strengthens (you)” (Philippians 4:13). Bring every thought captive regard-ing this sin and make them obedient to Christ.
3. What has God shown you that you need to do, but you haven’t yet done? What will you do to obey God immediately? Share this with your LifeGroup so they can pray for you and hold you accountable.
DISCOVERY QUESTIONS: Read the third chapter of Jonah. What evidence do you see in this story that God is a God of second chances? Do you
think Jonah heard God speak audibly or in his thoughts? What was Jonah’s response to God’s word? How do you know when God is speaking to you? Why do you think Jonah was quick to obey the second time God spoke? What thoughts do you think went through his mind? How do you think he felt about going to Nineveh?
What kind of physical scars do you think Jonah had from being inside the fish for three
days? When people asked him what happened, what do you think he told them? How would Jonah’s appearance and/or his story encourage the fear of the Lord in the Nine-vites?
What message did God tell Jonah to preach? (v 4) How did the Ninevites respond to
Jonah’s message? (v 5) How do you account for this? What did the Ninevites believe God was going to do? How is God’s message similar or different today? Who is God wanting you to speak to about His grace?
Repentance is changing our mind and actions to agree with God. From what did the
Ninevites repent? (v 8) What was the king’s main concern? (v 9) What was God’s re-sponse? How does this story of God’s love and mercy compare to the New Testament message of His love and grace? What can we learn from God’s dealings with Nineveh? How will you apply this to your life?
VERSES FOR FURTHER STUDY: Nahum 1:1, 3:1, 19; Matthew 5:43-48; Acts 10:1-35, 26:14-20; Romans 2:1-11; 10-11; 2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Peter 3:9
SECOND TIME: SHENIY — SECOND TIME, AGAIN.
GO: QUWM , YALAK —GO NOW. GO IMMEDIATELY.
DO TODAY!
STARTED: CHALAL BOW —LETTING LOSE OR UNTY-
ING. OVERTURNED; HAPAK—DESTROYED; OR
CHANGED
