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Save The Date: Pastor Daniel Chan's Retirement Banquet - Sunday, 11/3/2024. Tickets will be available for purchase in September 2024.
Venue: China Pearl Restaurant (Quincy)
237 Quincy Avenue
Quincy, MA 02169
Ticket price: $65.00
Adult Sunday School "Studies in Matthew" 11:15am-12:30pm at 120 Shawmut in the MFR. Email AdultSundaySchool@bcec.net to join mailing list & for zoom link.
Chinatown Community Sports Come watch games or join for the after-game scrimmage. Games start at 12:45 in the JQES gym. Visit our web page https://tiny.cc/BCECsports for latest updates and scheduling.
Project Destiny Summer Camper Application is now available! Project Destiny Summer is BCEC's 5-week summer program for students currently in grades 5-8. The program dates are 7/1-8/2. Apply at www.project-destiny.com/camper2024/. The deadline to apply is May 3, 2023.
Freedom Concert will be on April 27, as a fundraiser for the RouteOne Ministry, a ministry tending to women exploited by the sex industry in Massachusetts. It will be held at Granite City Church in Quincy (315 Whitwell St, Quincy, MA 02169), and there will be free food, music, as well as survivor stories. For more details, please see here for more details. We hope brothers and sisters can register and join this event!
Family Fellowship is looking for some help with Child Care. Family Fellowship is usually every 2nd Saturday of the month at 120 Shawmut. Their next meetings are April 13th, May 11th, and June 8th. If you're interested, you can reach out to Amy Lo for more details.
Love Your Block Chinatown Cleanup will be on Saturday, April 20, and we would love for brothers and sisters to come show some love to our community by helping with cleaning up! Interested parties please register at here.
Boston Rescue Mission The Social Responsibility Committee is resuming bringing volunteers to serve food to folks at the Boston Rescue Mission every other month! However, please note that we are now serving during the lunchtime of every third Saturday in even-numbered months going forward. If you or your small group (up to 4 people) is interested in serving on April 20, please call or text Szechun (Jay) Leung at 617-304-6562.
Chinatown Respite Care (CRC) hosts monthly sessions for kids with disabilities where they engage in Christian activities and provides parents and caretakers a chance to de-stress. The next session is April 27 from 4-8 PM at 120 Shawmut, and volunteers are very welcome to join with no prior experience needed. If you are interested, please email chinatown.respite@gmail.com for additional details. You can also join CRC’s prayer request mailing list by reaching out to the same email.
Global 6K for Water On May 18, run or walk with Team BCEC in World Vision’s fundraiser to provide clean water to communities around the world that lack access! Help us meet our goal of $20,000 by signing up on the BCEC team page. Your $50 ($25 if under 18) registration fee also goes towards the goal of providing clean water. Encourage your family, small group, or friends to join the team and walk together with our BCEC team at the Watertown's Arsenal Community Park on May 18. Contact Elysia Moy for a registration code or any questions.
Project Destiny Summer Looking for a way to serve the local community? PD is BCEC’s Summer Activities that serves middle schoolers in Chinatown. We’re recruiting a team of adult/college/high school counselors for an 8-week adventure of life and gospel ministry in the city (June 15-August 07). Get info and get in touch about your interest here.
Job Posting BCEC is seeking to hire the following position:
1. Administrative and Ministry Support Coordinator (primarily supporting English ministries)
2. Mandarin Minister - Newton Campus
Please click on BCEC Job Portal (bcec.net/jobs) for more information.
Senior Pastor Daniel Chan's Retirement Please see his letter here and Robert Huie's response as the Board of Deacons chairperson.
Pastor Enoch Liao's Sabbatical Pastor Enoch is currently on his 12-month sabbatical. Please pray for him to be renewed and refreshed through this sabbatical.
Security and Safety BCEC has hired trained security guards to monitor the front door in Chinatown and Newton from 8:30am to 2:30pm every Sunday. Please contact Pastor Steve Liu if you have any questions.
2023 Herald Garage Parking Permit Extended for 2024 BCEC has an agreement with Herald Garage Management such that the current BCEC parking sticker (expires 10/31/2023) will be honored until 10/31/2024. No action is needed for the current Herald Garage parking permit holders.
Global Partners Updates Do you want to hear regular updates, stories, and prayer requests from our global partners? Sign up here for a secure monthly newsletter.
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Online Library BCEC has subscribed to an online church video library by RightNow Media which allows our church members free online access to thousands Christian videos on marriage, parenting, etc. for adults, students, and children. Sign up by text, BCEC to 49775, or see the QR code.
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4/7 Adult Sunday School
4/13 Family Fellowship
4/20 Love Your Block
5/3 Project Destiny Camper Application Deadline
5/18 Global 6K for Water
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Prayer Request and Online Prayer Meetings
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Prayer Request The pastoral staff and prayer team would like to pray for you. Please fill out this form.
Online Prayer Meeting is every
Wednesday 7:30-8:00pm, hosted by Pastor Ken Liu. We invite people to join us as we pray for our church with an emphasis on the English congregations.
If you would like to call into the prayer meeting, please contact Helena Fong.
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Offering Three ways to give.
1. To give online, here.
2. To text, using your credit/debit card text GIVE to 617-404-4821 from your phone.
Standard text message rates apply.
3. To mail to BCEC, Church offering checks (no cash please) should be mailed to the following address:
BCEC Treasurer
120 Shawmut Ave.
Boston, MA 02118
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Pray for global workers Tim & Judy Shine reaching International students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. They host monthly lecture on faith and science. Give thanks for their Easter celebration last week and reaching out to Muslim students during month of Ramadan. Pray for open door for the Gospel.
Pray for Hualian County in Eastern Taiwan, which were hit by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake on April 3rd. Nine people are killed and thousands more are injured. Pray that rescue workers may continue to locate and save survivors. Pray that God will grant peace and comfort amidst this difficult time and help the region to recover.
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BCEC Connections, a publication to inform, involve, and unite the BCEC extended church family. The latest publication is available here. (Summer 2023, Issue 52)
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Special Attachments/Reports
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April 7, 2024
Encounters with the Risen Christ (1)
Mike Chu
John 21:15-24
English Standard Version
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” 19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.”
20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” 23 So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”
24 This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
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