Weekly Church Update
Week of August 24th, 2025
The 2025 All Church Camp will be held at the Redwood Christian Park Camp near Santa Cruz over the Labor Day weekend, from August 29th to September 1st. Our camp speakers are Pastor Jason Kim – English; Rev. Albert Lam – Cantonese; Rev. Randy Tsang – Mandarin and Pastor Ian Kwon – Youth. This year’s theme will be “God’s Home <---> My Home,” and theme verses are Act 2:42-47.
- Room assignments and Driving Direction Map are posted on the bulletin board outside of Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please ask Jenny Bang during IBF time or at Room 101 after Chinese service this Sunday (8/24), or email her at
- If you have COVID or if you feel sick, please test and notify the registration team at It is recommended that you do not come to camp, and your registration fee will be refunded to you.
- Note: If you requested a Cabin, make sure to bring your own beddings, linens & towels! Beddings, linen and towels are included for Deluxe and Standard room ONLY.
- Check-In Time will begin at 3pm，on Friday, 8/29. Location: Administrative Lounge right next to gift shop at camp site entrance. *Dinner will be from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. After 7:30pm, check-in will be moved to Tabernacle.
For those driving from the bay area to ACC, if you would like to avoid a winding route, you can first enter a Starbucks address in GPS at 260 Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, and it will direct you to Mt. Hermon Rd from Hwy 17, then continue to Redwood Christian Park.
Please check out 2025 ACC theme song, “One Voice” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The 2025 Oakland Chinatown StreetFest will be taking place next Saturday, August 23th and next Sunday, August 24th, from 10am to 5pm. The event will be on 9th St. and Franklin St., it might cross some of your driving routes to church and some streets might be blocked. Please prepare in advance for parking.
Please note that there will be NO English, Mandarin service and children's ministry on Sunday, 8/31, during the ACC weekend. But we will be having a Cantonese service at church at 11am, on Sunday, 8/31 (Live Streaming at the same time). *Children's Worship, IBF and Sunday school classes for all three congregations will be cancelled.
There will be a special GCM (General Congregational Meeting) on Sunday, September 14th to announce and introduce an English Youth Pastor candidate. The meeting will take place beginning at 12:30pm in the Sanctuary.
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