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You’ve probably heard this saying: God loves you just as you are, but He loves you too much to let you stay that way. So, He wants to change us. Some of us are eager for that change (“Help me kick that habit, Lord!”) and some may be more hesitant to let go (“I just want a slightly better life...but nothing extreme!”). The truth is, the Christian life is all about internal, permanent, never-regrettable change. Starting today, we’re going to spend 5 weeks looking at various encounters with Jesus in the gospels, and how people’s lives were changed for the better. I pray that you will find helpful takeaways for your own life application.

PAST 4 WEEKS (Thousands HKD)

YEAR TO DATE (27 WEEKS) -1.6% deficit on giving YTD Budget YTD Giving YTD Variance

$37.9M $37.3M -$0.6M

3,600 3,100 $3,312

2,600 2,100

Budget $1,404

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Weekly Budget Weekly Giving Weekly Variance Bold Faith Fund $126.4M Bold Faith Initial Fund Raising Target $1 Billion

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Outstanding Pledge $38.6M

Change March 12, 2017 9:30am, 11:30am, 3pm, 5pm 633 King’s Road, 1/F, 2/F, 10/F

12 march 2017

TODAY baby dedication

We are delighted today to join with two families in the dedication of their children to the Lord: Arthur Tristan Tan, born 18 March 2015, to parents Sunny & Esther (9:30am, 10/F) Yuet Yan Joyelle Lau, born 23 July 2015, to parents Ivan & Michelle (3pm, 2/F) We warmly welcome all family and friends visiting for this occasion.

TODAY welcome home volunteer orientation

Serving as a volunteer at Island ECC is both fun and rewarding. Come and hear about opportunities today, 1:30-2:30pm, 11/F Living Room C. Sign up online or at the Connect Counter.

MAR 23- APR 11inspired bible exhibit

Inspired: The Exhibit will unfold around ten themes and will include stunning scrolls, manuscripts, books and Bibles rarely seen publicly. This exhibit presents a historical perspective on the origin of the Chinese Bible, a replica of the Gutenberg Press, and an original Isaiah manuscript. It will be held at St Andrew’s Church Kowloon, from Mon-Sat 10am-9:30pm, and Sun 3pm-9:30pm.

MAR 25 prayer retreat

Make the most of this Lent season and the Inspired Exhibit devotional by joining us for a prayer retreat that focuses on the importance of knowing and living out His Word. There will be worship, corporate prayer, and time for guided individual reflection. Mar 25, 10am-4pm, 11/F Living Room, $50 (lunch included). Register at any Connect Counter.

MAR 31 donations to island ecc

Annual tax receipts will be issued mid-April 2017 for donations made to Island ECC from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Donations should reach us by March 31. Anything received after this date will be included in next year’s tax receipts. To update your correspondence address with us, please email [email protected].

APR 2 kids club fx - humility

Bring the whole family to celebrate Easter, and learn all about Humility - putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve. Apr 2, 1:30pm, 10/F Auditorium. Please pick up free event tickets and optional lunch coupons from 9/F Welcome Desk.

JUL 1-5 iy summer camp

Registration Deadline: Mar 26 Get ready for an unforgettable summer with Island Youth’s summer camp at the ClubMed Resort in Sanya! Each day we will have worship and small group sessions with intentional time to connect with God and others. For more information, email [email protected].

classes

For registration or more information, register online at islandecc.hk/classes.

TODAY enriching your marriage

Your marriage is special and worth attention. Join other couples for this 3-week “check-up” to enrich your marriage. Couples will take an on-line evaluation between classes and will be provided with private printed material as feedback for them on essential marital themes. Sundays, 11:30am-1pm, 8/F classroom.

outreach

APR 14 easter prison outreach registration open

We will visit the English speaking inmates at the Pik Uk Prison, and share our faith with worship and testimony on Apr 14, 8:30am-1pm. Mandatory training today, 2pm-3pm, 11/F Small Group Room. Priority will be given to men.

JUL 1-8 taiwan mission trip

Info Session: Mar 26 / Registration Deadline: Apr 16 For our 5th year, we continue to serve in an aboriginal village in Taiwan by caring for families and sharing the gospel through action. This year our trip will take place in early July. Come to our information session on Mar 26 at 1:15pm, 10/F Living Room. For more information, please email [email protected] or register at islandecc.hk/outreach/global/roc/

opportunity bold faith development director

This full-time position will spearhead the development of the Bold Faith Initiative in building relationships and cultivating generosity to raise sufficient funds to acquire new church premises. We are looking for a mature Christian leader with solid managerial experience in development and fundraising. If you are interested, please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected].

Change When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give Me a drink?” 8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 7

The Samaritan woman said to Him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 9

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.” 10

“Sir,” the woman said, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can You get this living water? 12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” 11

Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 13

The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” 15

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He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

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“I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that You are a prophet. 20Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 19

“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and His worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” 21

The woman said, “I know that Messiah is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am He.” 25

John 4:7-26