Watermark Parents: What's my purpose?

Dear Watermark Parents,
Just a reminder that there is no Parents Bible Study this week, please attend the Prayer Group or other local Bible Studies.

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, I'd like to share with you several amazing experience on the Ash Wednesday at: http://www.blessed-family.org/faith-sharing/
I trust you will be amazed and I hope you will be encouraged.

Also, I just took out my "Purpose Driven Life" (標 竿人生) book again for a chapter a day this Lent. Let me know if you'd like to walk this 40 days with me.

May God bless your family always,
+Tony

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Watermark Parents: We have never seen anything like this

Dear Watermark Parents,
We will meet this Saturday at 7:30 to share the same Gospel passage as our kids. The Gospel shows us Jesus saw the faith of the paralytic and told him "child, your sins are forgiven" and "rise, pick up your mat, and go home." The man was healed and everyone was astounded and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."

It was a very memorable day last Saturday, while Wendar and I took part of the Valentine's 25th Year Anniversary blessings with the Bishop (see event blog/pictures), our kids went to Berkley's famous People's Park to serve lunch for the homeless (see Brandon and Daniel's blogs). We all had a life changing experience.

Let's come together and share some songs and prayers, share our joy, our pains, our fears, our hope, and our frustrations, and together we will see what amazing things God has done in our lives and what's in store for the future.

May God's blessings be with our families always,
+Tony

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Tijuana Ministry registration

Dear Watermark Parents,
Peace to you and your family!

Please see email from Hai Hsia about this year's Tijuana Ministry registration.

God bless,
+Tony
PS, thanks to Feiwen, the registration form is also available at: www.sjccc.org/download/tj09_application.doc

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Subject: Fwd: [tjcommittee] TJ09 - Committee Meeting Minutes 2009-01-11

From: Hai Hsia Chen

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:19:38 -0800

To: Tony Fu

Dear Tony, here is a letter I wrote to the parents of Watermark. Please forward. Thank you and God bless.

各位親愛的Watermark 家長:

又到了一年一度 TJ 報名的時候. 這工程浩大, 費時費錢又費力, 令主辦人擔心, 傷腦筋的事, 我有點私心

的建議 core team 停辦 算了. 這些勇敢的家長們, 看到年輕人在這 TJ project 中能得到的好處, 都願意

再努力下去.

既然如此, 我就自告奮勇, 寫信鼓勵大家把握機會, 讓你家的年輕人, 去體驗一下 常年呆在 他們 comfortable

zone 裡永遠無法感受到的體驗. 至於已去過的, 仍想去的年輕人, 更要鼓勵他們, 讓他們去. 因為, 很多的

leadership, 在第二年, 第三年, 才有機會發展到極至.

附 報名表 若您需要 可download.

祝您受惠良多 主祐平安

海霞敬上

Re: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Dear brothers and sisters,
Thanks for a very wonderful session with old friends and new friends (Grace and her talented daughter Jessica). Check out our pictures!
http://picasaweb.google.com/blessed.family.org/0902WatermarkParents?authkey=KTFkTuislj0#slideshow

Hope to see you at our next gathering at 2/21.

May God bless your family with peace and joy always,
+Tony

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Dear Watermark Parents,
We'd like to resume the Bible studies for parents on odd Saturdays of the month, so people can attend prayer group and other Saturday Bible studies on even Saturdays. Please join us tomorrow night 2/7.

Our Gospel this week is from Mark 1:29-39 (http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/020809.shtml), the beginning of Jesus' ministry with healing and preaching. I'd love to share my personal experience in the beginning of my faith journey as well as my experience from the workshop last week. As today's scripture reading says "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever", we know that he is with us and loves us always. Let's enjoy our journey with joy and hope.

Here is a beautiful viral Christian powerpoint from Alice for your contemplation and enjoyment: http://www.blessed-family.org/viral/Christian/May-God-Bless-You.pps

May God bless you and your family always,
+Tony

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