{"id":14314,"date":"2025-03-14T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gii-usa.org\/sjc\/?p=14314"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:02:20","slug":"march-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gii-usa.org\/sjc\/2025\/03\/14\/march-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"March 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">March 16, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\">Speaker:<\/td>\n<td>Rev. Joseph Garfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\">Topic:<\/td>\n<td><b><i><em><strong>\u201cLetting the Sap Flow&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- Bulletin Summary Ends --><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Schedule\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Speaker<\/td>\n<td>Rev. Joseph Garfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Worship Leader<\/td>\n<td>Erwin Widiarta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Musician<\/td>\n<td>Grace Pohan, Randy Renandya &amp; Hari Rediawan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Usher<\/td>\n<td>Hannah Suwargo &amp; Tiana Siddik<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Holy Communion<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Slide Operator<\/td>\n<td>Fulbert Jong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Sound System<\/td>\n<td>Adrian Hartono<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Indonesian Svc.\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Ev. Mariany Tjing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Toddler<\/td>\n<td>Michelle Darmawan &amp; Monica Tanuwidjaja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">PreK-K grader<\/td>\n<td>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Erika Fataniah &amp; Shelly Sia<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35\">1st to 3rd Grade<br \/>Lower Elementary<\/td>\n<td>Mariana Oswan &amp; Selina Cheng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">4th to 6th Grade<br \/>Upper Elementary<\/td>\n<td>Yanny Prasetya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">7th to 8th Grade<br \/>Pre-Teen<\/td>\n<td>Seniwati Hung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">9th &#8211; 12th Grade<br \/>Teen<\/td>\n<td>Jeh Lin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Pulpit Flower<\/td>\n<td>Jerry Sugiarto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"35%\">Refreshment<\/td>\n<td>Maria Joana &amp; Hari Rediawan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- Bulletin Program Starts --><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"worship_order\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>WORSHIP ORDER<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">1.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p>Prelude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p>Call to Worship<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">3.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congregational Singing: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<em>The Lord will Provide<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">4.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><b>**<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening prayer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">\n<p>5.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congregational Singing: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<em>Do it Again\u201d &amp; \u201cSurrounded<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">6.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">**Intercessory Prayer (Sunday School children may go to their class)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">7.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p>Scripture Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2015%3A4-6&amp;version=NKJV\">John 15:4 &#8211; 6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">8.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p>Congregational Singing: <em>\u201cLord, I Give You my Heart\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">\n<p>9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Sermon: <strong><em>&#8220;Letting the Sap Flow&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">10.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p>Offering Song: <em>\u201cStand in Your Love\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">11.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offering Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">12.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memory Verse: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2015%3A5&amp;version=NKJV\">John 15:5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">13.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p>Announcement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">14.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doxology<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">\n<p>15.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Benediction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">16.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congregational Response: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gii-usa.org\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/amen_amen .pdf\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Amen, Amen<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">17.<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postlude<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"13\">\n<p><strong><i><em>** Please speak quietly while waiting outside and enter the room after the prayer ends.<\/em><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"memory_verse\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>MEMORY VERSE<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><em>\u201cI am the vine, you\u00a0are\u00a0the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much\u00a0fruit; for without Me you can do\u00a0nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>John 15:5<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a name=\"Weekly Bible Reading\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>WEEKLY BIBLE READING<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Corinthians%207%20-%208&amp;version=NKJV\">1 Corinthians 7 &#8211; 8<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Thursday : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job%2023%20\u2013%2024&amp;version=NKJV\">Job 23 \u2013 24<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%2044%20\u2013%2047&amp;version=NKJV\">Genesis 44 \u2013 47<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Friday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2062%20\u2013%2066&amp;version=NKJV\">Isaiah 62 \u2013 66<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1Samuel%206%20-%2010&amp;version=NKJV\">1 Samuel 6 &#8211; 10<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Saturday\u00a0 : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark%203%20\u2013%204&amp;version=NKJV\">Mark 3 &#8211; 4<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalms%2033%20\u2013%2035&amp;version=NKJV\">Psalms 33 &#8211; 35<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\" fellowship=\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><strong>Fellowship Schedule\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Fellowship<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Topik<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Place<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"49\">Wed.<br \/>Mar. 19<\/td>\n<td width=\"82\"><strong>Prayer Meeting<\/strong><br \/>7:00 PM<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\">Short Message<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"132\">Ev. Glenn Sebastian<br \/>MC: Riawati Woen<br \/>Music: Rini S. Lie<\/td>\n<td width=\"132\">Church<br \/>191 E Gish Road<br \/>San Jose, CA 95112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"49\">Fri.<br \/>Mar. 21<\/td>\n<td width=\"82\"><strong>Young Adult<\/strong><br \/>7:30 PM<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\">Unanswered Prayers\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"132\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stephen Arjanto<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"132\">Church<br \/>191 E Gish Road<br \/>San Jose, CA 95112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"bulletin_news\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>ANNOUNCEMENT<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">1.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to our Sunday service. If you are first time joining us, welcome! Hope you will join us again next week. Please invite your family and friends to join our Sunday service or fellowship so that they may hear the word of God and be blessed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Praise the Lord! The total mission pledge received has exceeded the target by $4,972.50. Thank you to everyone who have supported it. God bless!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">3.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our condolences for the passing of Jap Chatherine Yuliana (86 years old), the older sister of Mr. Daniel Atmadja in Jakarta on March 13. May God comfort and strengthen the grieving family. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">4.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s church picnic is a combined picnic with IEC San Francisco which will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 11:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm at Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont (Lions 1 &amp; Lions 2 area). More details will be announced at a later time. Please pray for this event and start thinking about inviting new friends to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">5.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p>The church financial report for the month of July \u2013 December 2024 has been posted on the bulletin board. Please contact our treasurer should you have questions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">6.\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p>Local mission trip to Fresno \u201cGleanings Summer Season\u201d will be held on July 27 \u2013 August 1. Participants are open to teenagers (7th graders) \u2013 adults with a maximum of 20 people. With the church subsidy, the cost is $100 per person (covers lodging, meals and transportation for the 5 working days). Deadline to register is April 13. We will have an info session next Sunday, March 23, on the second floor at 11:45am. For questions\/ registrations, please contact Erni (408-707-0621), Seni (408-598-1858), or Ev. Glenn (510-219-1894).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">7.\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p>We would like to ask your cooperation to not bring any food\/drinks into the worship room or leave any leftover food\/drinks anywhere else, but please discard them in the trash bin near the entrance or in the kitchen. Do not throw them in the trash bins in the toilets downstairs or upstairs.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"prayer_request\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"gii-table-zebra\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>PRAYER ITEMS FOR THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">1.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry: pastors, deacons, committees, Sunday School teachers, music\/choir, Bible Study groups, headquarter church in New Jersey as well as the West Coast churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congregation: the sick or recovering, the pregnant (Rina, Sisca, Kimberly &amp; Joy), those seeking employment and faith\/spiritual growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">3.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World: Russia \u2013 Ukraine war, persecution\/murder of Christians in Syria, Congo and several other places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">4.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"447\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Country: Indonesia and the U.S. (the leaders in an effort to prosper their people with economic stability).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"15\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"447\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 16, 2025 Speaker: Rev. Joseph Garfield Topic: \u201cLetting the Sap Flow&#8221; SCHEDULE Speaker Rev. Joseph Garfield Worship Leader Erwin Widiarta Musician Grace Pohan, Randy Renandya &amp; Hari Rediawan Usher Hannah Suwargo &amp; Tiana Siddik Holy Communion \u00a0 Slide Operator Fulbert Jong Sound System Adrian Hartono Indonesian Svc.\u00a0 Ev. 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