Epic Church / Crop Walk 2009

Welcome - Pastor Erin


Opening Worship - Susan Park's team


Pastor Kevin - breakfast

Announcements - Diane

Offerings - Rick

Sharing - Pastor Erin

food and fellowship

Breakfast Burritos!

Epic Church and friends walking together for the 2009 Crop Walk Day!

Link to more photos for Crop Walk Day 2009.

-DB-

Epic / WACC Joint Service

Our host Church Wilshire Avenue Community - today was our annual joint service with both Epic Church and WACC


Art's worship team with Manny from WACC rehearses and opens with worship


Pastor Mark from WACC and Pastor Erin (Epic)


Announcement - Pastor Erin

Pastor Kevin prayed for the offerings.


Main Sermon - Pastor Kirk (WACC) on prayer


Closing worship - Art's team


Closing prayer - Pastor Kirk

Pastor Kevin prayer after worship and blessed the luncheon time between the two churches.


BBQ luncheon with Epic and WACC in the plaza

-DB-

Terrible/Beautiful "Easter"

"What's under the hood?"


Pre-service prayer


tweeting setting and reviewing lyrics


Gospel Choir & Worship team


Gospel Choir rocked!


Offerings - Pastor Erin


Jessie does double duty: Gospel Choir & announcements


Special offering music by the GC


A powerful message from Pastor Kevin


Sharing / Discussion Question


looks like Pastor Kev is in a box


diagramming the gospel


Ingrid monitoring sound quality during worship


communion and worship


Benediction - Pastor Kevin

SERIES: Terrible/Beautiful The Final Days of Jesus
MESSAGE: Easter
TEXT: Matthew 28:1-20
SYNOPSIS: I'll venture to guess that most Easter messages end here with the women encountering the Risen Christ, or maybe with the chief priests paying off the guards to cover up the resurrection (including one's I've preached!). But it's curious in Matthew's 28th chapter that the Great Commission follows immediately after these events. Is there a link between Easter and the command of Jesus to go and make disciples? I think so. Before the cross, the message was to become a disciple. After the resurrection, it's about making disciples. The women, the disciples, are dramatically different after meeting the resurrected Jesus. Easter, this grace of God, it seems, makes new things possible. Easter is not meant simply to be celebrated, but to fundamentally change how we live, why we live, and for whom we live.

Bonus Video







-DB-

Terrible:Beautiful "The Cross"

Worship Team rehearses


Sound Team tweaking settings


Media reviewing lyrics and sermon notes


Refreshments are prepared


Greeters are ready


Welcome - Pastor Erin


Announcements - Pastor Kevin


Crop Day Walk and fasting announcement


Solidarity - Bethany


Church Board appreciation for Art Pang


Offerings - Michael


New book series introduced


Main Sermon "The Cross"


Scripture - Matt. 27


Sermon Illustration - Palm Sunday


Sermon Illustration - The Cross


Sermon Illustration and conclusions


Discussion questions - motives


Closing prayers


Communion and Worship - Becky's Team


Benediction - Pastor Erin

SERIES: Terrible/Beautiful The Final Days of Jesus
*MESSAGE: The Cross*
TEXT: Matthew 27:32-50
SYNOPSIS: The cross is the point of conflict between the world and the Kingdom of God. It represents a regime change (Brueggemann). But the cross is not central to what is happening, Jesus would have dies one way or another. What does that tells us about God's connection to us?


Bonus Photos:


Reine and Pastor Cory Ishida from Evergreen Baptist SGV (Epic's parent church) visited today.


Kate, Elaine, Julie and baby Wong chillin' in the warm California Sun.