Welcome to

Chinese United Methodist Church San Francisco

Posts By: cumcsf

Weekly Announcements: October 8th, 2017

  • We are collecting donation to support the hurricane victims. Please write down ‘Charity Fund—Hurricane Victims’ on the envelopes. Please write check payable to ‘CUMC’. Donation will then collected and send to the UMCOR to help the victims.
  • Nominating Committee will meet today at 1:00 PM in the 3/F. Members of the committee are Ms. Christie Ng, Mrs. Miranda Wong, Mrs. Donna Yee, Mrs. Gayle Kong, Miss Katrina Sun, Mrs. Holly Yee, Mrs. Dianne Wong, Mr. James Huang, Mrs. Josephine Wong and Rev. Ernest Kan (Chair).
  • The Methodist Fellowship will meet today in the Chapel from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Members please come.
  • The Mission Committee will be meeting on 10/15 from 2:00—4:00 pm in the 4/F.
  • All committees are reminded to submit a 2018 budget request to the Finance Committee before 10/22 for approval before submit to the Church Council for approval.
  • The Finance Committee will meet on Sunday, 10/22, at 1:00 pm. in the chapel. Members are Mr. Eugene Wong, Mr. Edward Wong, Mr. Brendan Huang, Mr. Thomas Li, Mrs. Adrienne Lieu, Mr. Joe Yee, Mrs. Junie Collins, Mrs. Kathy Lau and Rev. Ernest Kan.
  • We are going to replace our old steel chairs and tables with much lighter ones. You are welcome to take them back home if you want to get some after register with the Board of Trustees members. After November, we will donate them to our sister United Methodist Church.
  • The Luncheon Fellowship will be on 10/22 after the 11:30 am Chinese-Speaking Worship Service. Please mark your calendar & plan to stay for the fellowship with your church family.
  • The Mission Committee invites you to support the ‘Operation Christmas Child’ to pack Christmas presents for the 3rd World children who needs your help. If you have shoeboxes with lids, please bring them to Eugene. Each box requires a $7 shipping charge. If you want to donate the gifts to fill the box or boxes, please give your generous donation to Eugene.
  • We will have the Joint Choir singing on the Joint Chinese Thanksgiving Sunday (11/19). The Joint Choir will be conducted by Mrs. Celia Kan. Every one is welcome. Please join us on every Sunday, starting from 10/8, from 12:30—1:30 pm in the Sanctuary.
  • The Board of Directors of the Chinese Christian Union will meet at the Chinese Independent Baptist Church on 10/17 at 2:00 PM. Mrs. Betty Chia, Mr. Thomas Xiao and Rev. Ernest Kan are our delegates.

Weekly Announcements: October 1st, 2017

  • We are collecting donations to support the hurricane victims. Please write down ‘Charity Fund—Hurricane Victims’ on the envelopes. Please write check payable to ‘CUMC’. The donation will then collect and send to the UMCOR to help the victims.
  • We will host the Mid-Autumn Festival in our church on 10/1 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. We want to outreach to the community and preach the gospel to them. We will have game booths like, art, ping pong ball in the bucket, rings in the bottle, marble in water with chopsticks, snack & drink, etc. For details and volunteering, please contact Mr. Edward Wong. Please pray and invite your family and friends to come.
  • Nominating Committee will meet on 10/8 at 1:00 PM in the 3/F. Members of the committee are Ms. Christie Ng, Mrs. Miranda Wong, Mrs. Donna Yee, Mrs. Gayle Kong, Miss Katrina Sun, Mrs. Holly Yee, Mrs. Dianne Wong, Mr. James Huang, Mrs. Josephine Wong and Rev. Ernest Kan (Chair).
  • The Methodist Fellowship will meet on 10/8 in the Chapel from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Members, please come.
  • The Mission Committee will be meeting on 10/15 from 2:00—4:00 pm in the 4/F.
  • All committees are reminded to submit a 2018 budget request to the Finance Committee before 10/22 for approval before submitting to the Church Council for approval.
  • The Finance Committee will meet on Sunday, 10/22, at 1:00 pm. in the chapel. Members are Mr. Eugene Wong, Mr. Edward Wong, Mr. Brendan Huang, Mr. Thomas Li, Mrs. Adrienne Lieu, Mr. Joe Yee, Mrs. Junie Collins, Mrs. Kathy Lau and Rev. Ernest Kan.

Weekly Announcements: September 24th, 2017

 

  • We would like to thank Mr. Warren Tam for sharing God’s message today. May the Lord reward him.
  • Rev. Ernest Kan is invited to officiate the pastor ordination Service at Toronto Chinese Methodist Church in Canada. Pastor Kan and Mrs. Celia Kan flew to Toronto on Friday and will be back to the Bay Area on Tuesday. May the Lord watch over their trip.
  • We are collecting donations to support the hurricane victims. Please write down ‘Charity Fund—Hurricane Victims’ on the envelopes. Please write check payable to ‘CUMC’. Donation will then collect and send to the UMCOR to help the victims.
  • Nominating Committee will meet on 10/8 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel. Members of the committee are Ms. Christie Ng, Mrs. Miranda Wong, Mrs. Donna Yee, Mrs. Gayle Kong, Miss Katrina Sun, Mrs. Holly Yee, Mrs. Dianne Wong, Mr. James Huang, Mrs. Josephine Wong and Rev. Ernest Kan (Chair).
  • We will host the Mid-Autumn Festival in our church on 10/1 from 1:00 -4:00 pm. We want to outreach to the community and preach the gospel to them. We will have game booths like, art, ping pong ball in the bucket, rings in the bottle, marble in water with chopsticks, snack & drink, etc. For details and volunteering, please contact Mr. Edward Wong. Please pray and invite your family and friends to come.
  • The Methodist Fellowship will meet on 10/8 in the Chapel from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Members, please come.
  • The Finance Committee will meet on Sunday, 10/22, at 1:00 pm. in the chapel. Members are Mr. Eugene Wong, Mr. Edward Wong, Mr. Brendan Huang, Mr. Thomas Li, Mrs. Adrienne Lieu, Mr. Joe Yee, Mrs. Junie Collins, Mrs. Kathy Lau and Rev. Ernest Kan.
  • Co-sponsored by Walgreen & Chinese U.M.C is going to hold the Flu Shot Clinic today, Sep. 24, between 1:00-4:00p.m. in the Social Hall. Please bring your picture ID. If you have any questions, you may ask the pharmacist on duty.

Weekly Announcements: September 17th, 2017

  • The Board of Directors of the Chinese Christian Union will meet at the Independent Baptist Church on September 19, 2017 at 2:00PM. Mrs. Betty Chia, Mr. Thomas Xiao, and Rev. Ernest Kan are our delegates.
  • The 10th Comprehensive Art Class session began on Sept 2, 2017 to December. Class hours are every Saturday from 10:30AM to 12:00PM, total of 12 weeks. Please contact Ernest Huang for more info. 
  • We’ll have our All-Church Luncheon today after the Chinese-Speaking Worship Service at approximately 12:45PM. Please stay for the simple lunch prepared for all and enjoy the fellowship with your church family.
  • We are collecting donations to support the hurricane victims. Please write down “Church Fund – Hurricane Victims” on the envelopes. Please write the check payable to “CUMC. Donations will then be collected and sent to the UMCOR to help the victims. 
  • Nominating Committee will meet on 10/1 at 1:00PM in the Chapel. Members of the committee are Ms. Christie Ng, Mrs. Miranda Wong, Mrs. Donna Yee, Mrs. Gayle Kong, Miss Katrina Sun, Mrs. Holly Yee, Mrs. Dianne Wong, Mr. James Huang, Mrs. Josephine Wong, and Rev. Ernest Kan (Chair).
  • We will host the Mid-Autumn Festival in our church on 10/1 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM. We want to outreach to the community and preach the gospel to them. We will have game booths: art, ping pong ball in bucket, rings in bottle, marble in water with chopsticks. We will also have snacks and drinks. For details and volunteering, please contact Mr. Edward Wong. Please pray and invite your family and friends to come.
  • The Methodist Fellowship will meet on 10/8 in the Chapel from 2:00PM to 3:30PM. 
  • There will be free flu shots on September 24th from 1:00PM to 4:00PM at our church.

Taking a Look Back: July BBQ 2017

The post-college group, Corem Deo, has been hosting monthly events for church members to get together and enjoy each others’ company. For the month of July, they organized a July 4th BBQ that included a bunch of food and fun activities. Led by Joshua and Stephanie, they cooked a bunch of hotdogs, burgers, and chili for everyone to enjoy. There was also an intense game of kickball involved! 

If you missed this event, you can check out some of the pictures below taken by Stephen.

Weekly Announcements: June 25th, 2017

  • There will be a prayer meeting at the Chinese worship service every Sunday. If you would like to participate, please gather in the chancel area of the sanctuary. There are yellow prayer request cards at the back of the pew. Please write your prayer request and place it in the offering plate or give it to an usher for the Prayer Team and Pastor.
  • Only July 8th, from 5:30 – 9:00pm, we shall have a Grad Night in honor of Class of 2017. Come and celebrate our graduates this year as they move on to their next phase in life. Please let Joshua Wong know if you are coming by July 1st as we need a headcount for food and seating. Parents of graduates are cordially invited.
  • The Sunday School will have the Promotion Sunday on July 9 at 10:00am at Social Hall. Parents are invited to come and to support your children. We will have the Combined Chinese Sunday Service at 11:00am.
  • The English Missions Committee will meet today at 2:00pm in the 4th floor.
  • The Methodist Fellowship Group will meet today in the Chapel at 2:00pm. Members please come.
  • The Bishop together with her cabinet appointed Rev. Ernest Kan back to our church.
  • As a result of traffic rearrangement caused by the Pride Parade. Ms. Monica Le cannot come to the church to prepare our lunch. Therefore, the Luncheon Fellowship is going to be postponed later. Sorry for the inconvenience.
  • There is a hearing on the opening of medical marijuana outlet (MCD) at 2505 Noriega Street in San Francisco. We have members living in tis area who might be affected by this presence. The Chinese Christian Union has learnt about this issue and would encourage member churches to voice out our view on these. Please use the information inserted in this program to voice your concern.

Summer Retreat 2017

Summer is almost here so that means retreat is right around the corner. Our retreat location this year will be held at Redwood Christian Park. It will be from August 6th – 9th (Sunday – Wednesday) so please mark your calendars down!

To save your spot, please complete the form and turn it in (along with payment) to Josephine Wong or Jennifer Lai.

Chinese form (中文)

English form

Weekly Announcements: June 11th, 2017

  • There will be a prayer meeting at the Chinese worship service every Sunday. If you would like to participate, please gather in the chancel area of the sanctuary. There are yellow prayer request cards at the back of the pew. Please write your prayer request and place it in the offering plate or give it to an usher for the Prayer Team and Pastor.
  • Next Sunday is our Father’s Day Sunday Service. We are going to have a joint service for the Chinese groups, the 10:15am and 11:30am. The joint Chinese service will be at 11:00am.
  • Church Retreat Fundraising will service English Breakfast on June 18th, from 10:00am. Please reserve the date.
  • Summer Church Retreat will be held from August 6 to 9 at Redwood Christian Park. Miss Katrina Sun is the Chairperson of the Retreat. Please pray for the committee. The speaker for the Chinese group will be Rev. Homan Yeung and the speaker for the English group will be Pastor Tim Leung. Please pray.
  • The Luncheon Fellowship will be on 6/25 after the 11:30am Chinese-Speaking Worship Service. Please mark your calendar and plan to stay for the fellowship with your church family.
  • The Chinese Mission Committee is going to have an Evangelistic Meeting Meeting at Dr. Daniel Wu’s house on July 29 in the afternoon. Please save the date.
  • The Sunday School will have the Promotion Sunday on July 9 at 10:00am at Social Hall. Parents are invited to come and to support your children. We will have the Combined Chinese Sunday Service at 11:00am.
  • The 2017 Cal-Nev Annual Conference of the UMC will be held on Wednesday, June 21 to 24 at Hyatt Regncy at Burlingame. We have Mr. Brendan Huang, Mr. Ken Yee, and Rev. Ernest Kan as one of the delegates.

Weekly Announcements: May 21st, 2017

  • We would like to thank Mr. Eugene Wong for preaching at the English Sunday Service, and Mr. Jason Huang for preaching at the 10:15am and 11:30am Chinese Sunday Service. May the Lord reward them.
  • There will be a prayer meeting at the Chinese worship service every Sunday. If you would like to participate, please gather in the chancel area of the sanctuary. There are yellow prayer request cards at the back of the pew. Please write your prayer request and place it in the offering plate or give it to an usher for the Prayer Team and Pastor.
  • The English Mission Committee will be meeting on 5/21, Sunday, at 2:00pm in 4/F.
  • The Luncheon Fellowship will be on 5/28 after the 11:30am Chinese Speaking Worship Service. Please mark your calendar and plan to stay for the fellowship with your church family.
  • Summer Church Retreat will be held from August 6 to 9 at Redwood Christian Park. Miss Katrina Sun is the Chairperson of the Retreat. Please pray for the committee. The speaker for the Chinese group will be Rev. Homan Yeung and the speaker for the English group will be Pastor Tim Leung. Please pray.
  • There is a hearing on the opening of medical marijuana outlet (MCD) at 2505 Noriega Street in San Francisco. We have members living in tis area who might be affected by this presence. The Chinese Christian Union has learnt about this issue and would encourage member churches to voice out our view on these. Please use the information inserted in this program to voice your concern.
  • Pastor and Celia Kan is taking time off from Thursday, May 18th – 21st attending Celia’s nephew’s graduation ceremony in Austin, TX. Please pray.

Weekly Announcements: May 14th, 2017

There will be a prayer meeting after the Chinese worship service every Sunday. If you would like to participate, please gather in the chancel area of the sanctuary. There are yellow prayer request cards at the back of the pew. Please write your prayer requests and place it in the offering plate or give it to an usher for the Prayer Team and Pastor.

Last Sunday, the Administrative Council approved Ms. Monica Le to be the Vice-President of the Council, Mr. Brendan Huang and Mr. Ken Yee to be our delegates to the 2017 Cal-Nev Annual Conference of the CUMC which will be held from Wednesday, June 21 to 24 at Hyatt Regency of Burlingame.

CLAM (Conference Lay Minister) is a ministry to support the local church ministries. Faithful and committed members of the church are encouraged to be trained as Lay Ministers to help their local churches, or other local churches in the Annual Conference to do the ministry. The Cantonese CLAM program will be taken care by Rev. Ernest Kan. The Cantonese training program will be held on every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at 10-12pm.

The San Francisco Chinese Christian Union (SFCCU) will have monthly meeting on 5/16 from 2:00-4:00pm in Cumberland Chinese Presbyterian Church in Chinatown. Mrs. Betty Chia, Mr. Thomas Xiao, and Rev. Ernest Kan are our delegates.

The Women Association of the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union will host a retreat on Saturday, 5/27, from 10:30am to 2:00pm at the First Chinese Baptist Church at 1 Waverly Place, Chinatown. Rev. Ernest Kan is the key-note speaker. The theme is “The Place of a Woman in the Bible.” There will be luncheon and the ticket is $3 each. Please get the ticket from Mrs. Betty Chia. Please pray.

The Luncheon Fellowship will be on 5/28 after the 11:30am Chinese-Speaking Worship Service. Please mark your calendar and plan to stay for the fellowship with your church family.

Summer Church Retreat will be held from August 6 to 9 at Redwood Christian Park. Ms. Katrina Sun is the Chairperson of the Retreat. Please pray for the committee.

What's the best way to know more about us?

>> <<