Weekly Church Update
Week of November 9th, 2025
During the month of November, we will be taking a love offering that will go towards our Missionaries. Online donations can be directed to the Benevolent Fund. All donations to the Benevolent Fund during the month of November will go towards our Missionaries. In-person donations can be left in any of the donation boxes, please indicate on the check or the envelope, "For Missionaries Offering".
2026 CIBC Calendars will be available this Sunday, 11/2. It is $3.5/each, and we have limited supplies. We will be selling it after the Cantonese Sunday service in Room 101, and after the Mandarin Sunday service in the Fellowship Hall.
Please join us for an English baptism service on Nov 30th, 1:30pm–2:30pm, as we witness several sisters declare their faith in Christ through the waters of baptism. Lunch will be provided for a nominal cost at Social Hall.
2025 Shoebox Ministry: Seize this exciting opportunity to share Christ with a needy child using a simple shoebox! Other than hygiene items and school supplies, try to include a “WOW” gift in each of the shoeboxes! Maybe a medium-sized backpack, a soccer ball with a pump, or a good quality cute stuffed animal? Share a personal note, and pray for the recipients of your shoeboxes as well! The boys and girls are waiting!! *A friendly reminder that in addition to candies and toothpaste, soap is also not allowed inside the shoeboxes.
Please bring your shoeboxes to church along with $10 shipping cost each. You can also pay for the $10 shipping cost online at https://samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/label-options/ and follow your box and find out the country where your box will be delivered. The Shoebox Booth will be open every Sunday near the stairway and outside of the Sanctuary from 10am-11am and 12:15pm-12:45pm.
Shoebox Send-off will be on Sunday, November 23rd after church at 1pm. We need helpers to load shoeboxes into cars and transport shoeboxes to Redwood Chapel in Castro Valley. The driver sign-up sheet is posted on the wall outside of the “OCC Shoebox Room”.
Lastly, please e-mail pictures of you/your family/fellowship group packing shoeboxes to If you have any questions and suggestions, please contact Cynthia Lim or Lannie Mok.
2025 Expense Reimbursements: To ensure that we close 2025 in a timely manner, please submit reimbursement requests with eBlue form and receipts to no later than January 11, 2026.
2025 Donations: For donations to be included in your 2025 tax year, they must be submitted to CIBC by Sunday, January 4, 2026 and dated no later than December 31, 2025. Online donations for 2025 must be submitted online before 12:00am on January 1, 2026. Anything received after that date/time may not be included for 2025. No exceptions. If you have any questions, please contact the Finance Committee at or
The 2025 FLOWER CALENDAR is available for signup. It is posted on the Church Ministry and Church News bulletin board on the hallway. If you wish to sign up, please use the flower envelopes placed on the wall next to the flower calendar, and designate your date(s) to commemorate someone or something.
Note: The Children will participate with the Congregation in the Sanctuary from 9:15am to 9:35am. Between 10:45am and 11:00am, the children will be provided with snacks and have supervised free time. They can be picked up by their parents during this time, or they can remain in the room until their teachers escort them to their Sunday school classrooms at 11:00am.
Children’s Sunday School (1st - 5th grades) 11:00am - 12:15pm
1st grade: Room 316
2nd grade: Room 312
3rd grade: Room 314
4th - 5th grades: Room 311
Parents: Please be sure to pick up your children promptly at 12:15 PM.
If you need to park in the parking lot right next to our church on 8th St and block other people's cars on Sundays, please remember to give your car key to the parking lot usher or people in charge in Room 101, and provide your name and contact number as well. In addition, please pick up your car key in the parking lot after the Sunday services as soon as possible. If you come late, please find your key in a black box on the wall of Room 101.
If anyone is in need of a ride to CIBC for Sunday Service, please contact Transportation Chairman Lawrence Mue at (925) 980-6713, or email him at