1. Holy Word for Morning Revival:
This week, we will be enjoying Week #33 message, “The Vision, Experience, Enjoyment, and Expression of the Supreme Preciousness of Christ for the Genuine Church Life”, from “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3)”, Volume 6. These messages were given during 2025 June Semiannual Training in Anaheim.
2. BfA(Bibles for America) Special Webinar:
There was a special and important webinar (a seminar held on the web) for all the churches in North America hosted by BfA (Bibles for America) yesterday.
Topic: The Truth Sets Us Free
This webinar can be considered a follow-up to what was presented to the NA elders on December 24 during the past semiannual training in Anaheim.
It was the first direct communication with the churches and the saints about the 2026 nationwide endeavor of all the churches to preach the complete gospel to the unbelievers and to minister the deeper truths to the seekers in America.
If you were unable to attend the special webinar hosted by BfA yesterday, you can watch the recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/8GHyYsymlt4?si=zlv13dXNBNyYLl9y
3. Delays in Weekly Newsletter and Prayer Ministry Emails:
Recently, we have been experiencing technical issues with sending out the weekly church newsletter and Prayer Ministry emails of the church in Torrance through our Gmail account. As a result, many saints have been receiving these emails several hours late.
To resolve this issue, we plan to change the delivery method for the weekly newsletter and prayer requests. Going forward, the weekly newsletter and prayer requests will be posted on the church website by Monday evening and Tuesday evening, respectively.
Therefore, if you do not receive these emails on time, please visit the church website:
https://churchintorrance.org
4. A newborn baby:
We are happy to share that brother Wentao and his wife Hannah welcomed a baby boy last Wednesday. The baby’s name is Nathan Shang. We praise the Lord for a safe delivery.
5. Contribution Acknowledgment Letters:
The church in Torrance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which is a tax-exempt entity recognized by the IRS. Therefore, your donations to the church are income tax-deductible.
If you donated $250 or more to the church in 2025 by check or Zelle, we will provide you with a Contribution Acknowledgment Letter for your IRS tax reporting. This letter is useful if you intend to deduct your contribution on your income tax return. You will want to keep it in case you get chosen for a random audit by the IRS.
If you need one, please contact sister Amy Liu as soon as possible.
You may fill out the following online Contribution Acknowledgment Letter Request Form (2026): https://forms.gle/dm8j8MwYU5khbTMRA
6. Bible Reading Scheduler:
Living Stream Ministry has developed a website that can be used to create a schedule for reading the Holy Bible Recovery Version regularly in several different ways. The scheduler is located at “schedule.recoveryversion.bible”. A schedule created on this website can be used to read the Bible without footnotes in addition to reading the New Testament with footnotes according to the schedule.
If we read the Word of God regularly, we will become what we read (see CWWL, 1977, vol. 1, pp. 6-7).
7. The 2026 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held in Anaheim, California from Friday, February 13, 2026 through Lord’s Day, February 15, 2026.
This conference is the first feast of 2026 among the seven feasts in the Lord’s recovery.
There will be translation into English, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Some other languages may also be available.
For more details, please visit https://www.lsm.org/announcements/events.html
8. General Services for the month of January 2026:
Chinese-speaking saints will serve in four designated areas:
1) Lord’s Table Set-up, 2) Love Feast Set-up, 3) Kitchen Clean-up, and 4) Hall Cleaning.
* Please remember to clean building #2 as well, except for the children’s meeting room.
9. Donation by Online banking, ZELLE:
If your bank allows you to use the Zelle service to send money, you may send your offering to the church online by Zelle. Please use this email address thechurchintorrance@gmail.com to send donations by “Zelle.”
Please note: Our Zelle account email address is not ChurchinTorrance@gmail.com but
TheChurchinTorrance@gmail.com
10. We continue to maintain the Zoom meeting option for those who cannot attend the in-person gathering due to various reasons on the Lord’s Day. We also have set up the Zoom meeting equipment in each language prophesying room to enable hybrid prophesying meetings.
(https://zoom.us/j/9744993520 : Meeting ID: 974 499 3520).