January 2006: A Lighthouse is born

Thank to many people's prayers and efforts, a new lighthouse Bible study was born. Praise the Lord! We have begun the tradition of meeting on even Saturdays of each month, starting January 14, 2006. In each gathering, we study and share the Sunday readings and we walk the faith journey together. (http://www.usccb.org/nab/)


On 1/28, we also had a delicious banquet dinner to celebrate the Chinese new year. Wendar led the first Bible study, and Elisa led the 1/28 Bible study.

1/28/06: Jesus speaks with authority

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!
Wishing everyone a very blessed year of the dog with
love, joy, and peace from our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is the information for this Saturday's
Lighthouse 2 Bible study and faith sharing gathering:

o Bible Study:
* Sunday Mass readings for Jan 29:
(http://www.usccb.org/nab/ for English version)
o Deuteronomy 18:15-20
o Psalms: 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9
o 1st Corinthians 7:32-35
o Gospel of Mark 1:21-28
* Please bring your Bible with you
- Elisa will lead


Thanks be to our Lord for giving us a new teaching
with authority
for announcing the coming of His kingdom of justice,
love, and
peace; there even unclean spirits must obey and cease.

"Now the Lord is the Spirit; and
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
-- 2nd Corinthians 3:17

Looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday.
Cheers!
May God bless and lead us always,
William

p.s.:
There are 2 additional items related to our Chinese
New Year celebration activities this week:

(1) Our Lighthouse2 Chinese New Year dinner at 5:30pm
this
Saturday 1/28/2006 before the Bible Study at
7:30pm:
Thanks to Nick and Wendar for organizing this.

The reservation is at:
Silver Wing
10885 N. Wolfe Road, Cupertino
(408)873-7228

We currently have a reservation for 12; and we
have 10
people so far. So if anyone wishes to join us,
please let
Wendar know by email: wendar@blessed-family.org
or phone: (408) 255-9796
Thanks.

(2) SJCCC's Chinese New Year celebration this coming
Sunday
(1/29/06). Attached email has the detailed
information.
It is a wonderful way to start the new year and
have everyone
in our group share the joy of the spring
festivities and
receive abundance grace.
Please reply to sister Kai Min as soon as possible
with
headcount if you would like to join the dinner
right after
this Sunday's Chinese New Year Mass celebration.
The dinner is $10 per person.

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Dear brothers and sisters in Chirst,

Our community has a big celebration for our Chinese
New Year this coming Sunday (1/29/06).

Bishop McGrath and our friends from the Diocese of San
Jose will join in with us.

I am so happy to invite all of you to come celebrate
our New Year and to have fun. Please try your best to
dress to reflect
"Chinese Culture".

Schedule as follows:

3:00pm ~ 4:15pm Mass ( includes parish Jubliee Cross
and the
rite of Honoring Ancestors)
4:15pm ~ 5:15pm Reception (inculdes traditional show
and red
envelopes to kids)
5:30pm ~ 6:30pm Presentation (at resturanent)

6:30pm ~ ??? Dinner (at China Stix Resturanent)

All are welcome. Please don't miss this wonderful
celebration of Chinese New Year.

ps. If you want to join the dinner party, please let
me know ahead of time because we need a head count for
the resturanent. Thanks.

May God be with us always and bless us.
Happy Chinese New Year

kai min

1/23: Chinese New Year Celebration for Lighthouse 2

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This is a reminder that we have a CNY celebration for
lighthouse2 this coming saturday (1/28/2006).

The reservation is at:
Silver Wing
10885 N. Wolfe Road, Cupertino
(408)873-7228

Here is a brief description of the direction:
The restaurant is located within the 99 Ranch Market
Mall at the south-west intersection of Homestead and
Wolfe. It is located at the south-west corner of the
mall.

Please be there at 5:30pm so that we can have more
time to enjoy the food and be on time for our 7:30pm
bible study session.

So far, we have the following attendees.
Elisa Yao, Angela Wong, William, Nick, Patricia, Tony,
Wendar, Christine, Brandon and Daniel.

If you have not replied and are interested to join us,
please feel free to let us know by Wednesday.

Thank you all and have a great week ahead!

Nick and William

1/14/06 First Lighthouse 2 Bible Study

>Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Happy New Year to everyone!

Here is the information for our first
Lighthouse2 Bible study group gathering in the new
year:

o Bible Study:
* Sunday Mass readings for Jan 15:
(http://www.usccb.org/nab/ for English version)
o 1 Samuel 3:1-10,19
o Psalms: 40: 24,4; 7-8A;8B-9;10
o 1st Corinthian 6:12-20
o Gospel of John 1:35-42
Wendar will lead

o Date/Time: 1/14 (Saturday) 7:30pm

o Snacks: Tony & Wendar will bring snacks
o Attached is the schedule for the quarter,
please invite a friend!
o Please bring your Bible with you

Praise and thank God for finding and gathering us for
our first Bible study meeting. Let us begin our new
year by reading, listening, and studying the Bible so
we may understand more
about our Lord and His un-conditional love for us.

Not only does God have a plan for each and everyone
of us, but His plan is good!!
So let us find this out through His words in the
Bible.

"For I know the plans I have for you,"
declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future." -- Jeremiah
29:11

We will promptly start our Bible study with music
praise and worship at 7:30pm for about half an hour,
then Wendar will take over to lead the Bible study
roughly from 8pm to 9:30pm. After the Bible study we
will have a chance to chat over snack in a very
informal yet very friendly environment.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday.
Cheers.

May God bless and lead us always,
William