Weekly Church Update
Week of January 18th, 2026
- Worship Services 9:00 - 10:10AM
- IBF and transition between services 10:10 – 10:30AM
- All Sunday School classes (adult & children) 10:30 – 11:40AM
- Sunday School classes 9:15 – 10:15AM
- Worship Services 10:30 – 11:40
- Children’s Worship 9:00 – 10:20AM
- Children’s Sunday School 10:20 – 11:40AM
Monday, January 19th is the Martin Luther King Jr holiday, the church office will be closed.
On Feb 1st, the English Congregation will share during a slightly extended IBF time about the 2026 theme of "Following Christ Together" and associated plans.
On Feb 1st, the Cantonese Congregation will have a special lunch meeting from 12:00 to 1:30pm in the Social Hall. During that meeting, the 2026 theme and plans will be shared. Lunch will be provided at a nominal cost.
The 2026 Oakland Chinatown Lunar New Year Bazaar will take place on Saturday, January 31st and on Sunday, February 1st, from 10am to 5pm. The event will be on 9th and Franklin Streets. Please plan accordingly.
CIBC Women’s Outreach Event (English), “An Amazing Journey of Grace” will be held on Saturday, March 14th, from 10am to 2pm, at CV First Baptist Church, 18550 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley. Cost: FREE, and lunch will be provided, but no childcare. Registration is now open online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9EHn13n4AbXRnQ_l-74MbhIam6GRyQFVy1MOAgD0Ug11zwQ/viewform For questions email:
Summer Enrichment Camp (SEC) will be held from June 15th (Mon.) to June 19th (Fri.), 2026 for kindergarten to 4th grade (completed) students. Staff registration is open now! Please sign up online by January, 25th, 2026 at https://forms.gle/czXhguqN4y3poftx9 and see more details on our church website. Paper forms will be available on the table outside of Rm 101 as well. There are many different areas to help, part-time and full-time.
The Nursery and Toddler room (3 months infants to 3 years old) is looking for helpers to serve at both 9:00am and 10:20am on Sundays. If you are interested in volunteering or to learn more about it, please contact Jenny Bang at A Sign-up form is also posted on the bulletin board outside of the Sanctuary.
We would like to establish a church wide event calendar, highlighting events that will take place in 2026. We plan to use the existing calendar on the church website. The types of events we would like to show may include all-church events, fellowship events like retreats or outreach events, general outreach events, baptisms, GCMs, holiday events, fellowship socials, etc... We don't want to show "regular" meetings or activities that are regularly recurring. Please inform us of these types of events by sending the information to our AAs at . Please provide dates, times, location and what the event is and any other relevant information. This calendar will appear on our website, so the information will be public.
The 2026 FLOWER CALENDAR will be available for signup. It will be 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.
Children’s Church (1st - 5th grades) 9am - 10:20am, Sanctuary then Room 313
Note: The Children will participate with the whole Congregation in the Sanctuary from 9am to 9:20am, then transition to Room 313. Between 10:20am and 10:30am, 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 10:30am.
Children’s Sunday School (1st - 5th grades) 10:30am - 11:40am
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 11:40 AM.
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