Newsletter November 2025 Happy Thanksgiving!

Written By Stephen Hosea

Salam dalam kasih karunia Kristus Yesus!

Tanggal 27 November adalah Hari Raya Thanksgiving bagi umat Amerika. Pada hari yang bersejarah ini, dalam rangka merayakan Hari Thanksgving, gereja kita akan mengadakan Thanksgiving Luncheon pada  tanggal 22 November, jam 10.30 siang, di Resham Event Center, 3101 Walnut Ave. Fremont. Pembicaranya adalah Rev. Daniel Gilham dengan tema “Gloriying God with Thanksgiving”.  Bagi jemaat yang mau mengikuti acara ini, harap segera mendaftarkan diri kepada Shana Siddik, Marco Ho, Agnes Rosida. Harap jemaat dapat memakai kesempatan ini mengundang keluarga dan teman-teman mengikuti acara ini. Melalui acara ini, kita keluarga besar GII akan untuk bersyukur dan memuji Tuhan serta menjangkau tema-teman yang baru mengikutinya.,

Ucapan syukur adalah kehendak Allah. Allah ingin kita menjadi seorang yang selalu bersyukur. Pengucapan syukur merupakan salah satu sarana kita memulikan Allah (Maz 50:23). Rasul Paulus mengingatkan kita dalam kitab Efesus 5:20: “Ucaplah syukur senantiasa atas segala sesuatu dalam nama Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus kepada Allah dan Bapa kita.” Semoga Perayaan Thanksgiving ini mengingatkan kita senantiasa bersyukur didalam segala hal kepada Tuhan.

Setelah Perayaan Hari Thanksgiving, kita akan masuk ke bulan Natal. Gereja akan merayakan Hari Natal Gabungan dengan Jemaat San Jose pada tanggal 13 Desember, jam 4 sore di GII San Francisco dengan tema: “Why Celebrate Christmas?”. Marilah kita berdoa agar Tuhan memberkati acara ini untuk memberitakan berita kesukaan tentang kedatangan Juruselamat kita Jesus Kristus kepada teman-teman serat anggota famili kita.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!

Pdt. Stephen Hosea
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Stephen Hosea

Rev. Hosea is known for his friendly and warm personalities. He is a hard-worker who loves the Lord and his congregation. He made a commitment to serve God at the age of 14 while he was in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia. After completing his Bachelor of Theology at Southeast Asia Bible Seminary (SAAT) – Malang in 1981, he went to Azusa Pacific University to continue his study for Bachelor of Art and Master of Art in Religion in 1983. To support his ministry in counseling, Rev. Hosea continued his study for Master of Art in Marriage Family Child Counseling (MFCC) in 1984 and received his Doctor of Philosophy in Marriage Family Child Counseling from California Graduate School of Psychology – Corte Madera in 1996.

His ministry started when he served in Christ Church (Gereja Kristus Tuhan) in Kediri, East Java. Then he became Assistant Pastor in Church of Share the Gospel (Gereja Beritakan Injil) in Jakarta before he left to continue his study in the United States. Rev. Hosea served in IEC – Los Angeles until 1984 when he moved to San Francisco. He continues to faithfully serve the Lord in IEC – San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and San Diego until now. He is also the President of Christian Evangelical Mission in West Coast since 1993, serves as Senior Pastor in Chinese Evangelical Church – San Francisco, and the President of Christian Evangelical Chinese School – San Francisco.

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