SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Prospective Small Group Leader: If you still have a desire to serve the ministry in a way that allows you to focus on deep growth, accountability and vulnerability with three or four brothers, please consider becoming a small group leader. We have extended this deadline for filling out the small group applications ONE MORE WEEK until Monday, May 18, 2009. Please pray about it and ask God whether He wants to use you to serve in this way. I encourage all of you to fill out an application and prayerfully consider being a leader next year.

2. Senior Banquet: We invite all CCM members, present and past, to join us at Shanghai Reds Restaurant in Marina Del Rey for a honoring of the seniors in CCM this year. It will take place at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. $25 for Seniors, $30 for CCM members, $35 for guest and alumni. See you there!

3. Beach Night: Are you tired of meeting for CCM at the same old UCLA campus lecture hall? Well, we are going to the BEACH this coming Thursday! If you would like to go, please meet us at Sunset Rec. Turnaround at 5 PM on Thursday for rides! Bring yourself, $5 for food, and an a smile because we are going to enjoy God, each other, and his creation all night long!

4. Prayer: We continue to encourage the ministry to pray for each other, for seekers of Christ, and for those that have not had an opportunity to know God. Stay consistent in your prayers because they are so powerful. 2 Thessalonians 5:16

Take care everyone and God Bless! Notes from Pastor Richard Kim’s sermon will be posted and pictures from the Small Group Outing at the Getty as well!

 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENTS

I hope everyone had a great spring break! Pictures and sermon notes from retreat will be put up, so keep checking in for those! There are a few announcements that need to be made for the next couple weeks:

1. Gospel Night: We are having a night for Christians to specifically bring out their non-Christians friends in order to expose them to the Good News about Jesus and the Gospel. We will have Gospel Night on Week 3, April 16 with CCM Advisor Daniel Matsuoka speaking for us. Please invite and pray for your friends in order that they may come on Thursday with open ears and hearts. If you would like to help plan for gospel night, please talk with Bekah (contact information is on the contact webpage).

2. Cafe Night: On Saturday, April 18, 2009, we will once again, we are having a great night of celebration for the work that God wants to do around the world through many of our CCM members. Come for a night of amazing showcases of talent, great food and incredible worship with God. If you would like to go, sign up with a second year on Thursday nights, or e-mail Jerry Chang at jerrers.chang@gmail.com If you would like to perform, e-mail Jerry Chang as well.

3. We are going to have many more amazing activities throughout this year. Please keep an eye out for opportunities to serve and enjoy the fellowship of your fellow brothers and sisters in CCM!

Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:2

 

SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENTS and NEWS

Congratulations to you all! You are all now about half-way done with the year! We have a couple announcements for you guys about the coming week!

1. CCM SWEATERS: We continue to have a few people who have yet to buy and pick up their wonderful CCM sweaters! If you have not done so, please pay $32 to Peter Hwang as soon as possible. If you still would like one, please ask Peter Hwang to see if there are still some available. = )

2. FRESH FUN 2009: We had our first annual Fresh Fun progressive night, and will be having a few pictures posted up from the event! BE ON THE LOOK OUT! Thanks to all you freshmen and upperclassmen who came out. Much Love from CCM.

3. TRI-CAMPUS: We are going to have tri-campus meeting with CCM Irvine and San Diego at Irvine this coming Wednesday night, February 11 at 7:00 pm. Our beloved CCM founder Pastor Ben Shin will be speaking for us. If you would like to come join fellow CCM brothers and sisters in worship, please e-mail one of the CORE members (their contact information is on the Contact Info page).

4. Poetry Auction: Our quarterly fundraiser for missions is our annual poetry auction! Either individuals or groups create services in a form of a poem and people at CCM would vote to bid on those services coming Week 8 for fellowship! For example:

“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You look hungry,
So I will cook for you!”

If you and your small group would like to do a service, please e-mail Caroline Youn at cyoun21@yahoo.com with the (a)poem, (b)service, (c)starting bid and (d)how many people the service is for.
If you and your small group or friends would like to buy a service, make sure to come on CCM Thursday Week 8 to buy some services! All the proceeds go towards missions so come with your wallets and checkbooks!

Have a great weekend and study hard for your midterms and write your papers well! May God continue to love you and keep you always! Best of Luck this WEEK!

 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

Welcome back to CCM and UCLA Week 1!

We have ordered the CCM Sweaters and are expecting them to come in approximately two weeks! If you signed up to buy one, please pay attention to the following:
- The free gift that comes with the sweater will come on a first pay, first receive basis. Please give all payments to Peter Hwang.
- Each sweater costs $32 and please make checks payable to Peter Hwang.

We are having our first ever Fresh Fun Night on Week 4, January 28 starting at 6:00 pm.
- This will be a really great time for the freshmen class to meet and fellowship with all the different classes at CCM. There will be dinner, dessert, games, activities and much more! If you are interested, please sign up for Fresh Fun this coming Thursday night, Week 2, January 15 or e-mail Peter Hwang (his information is in the contacts on the website).

Lastly and most importantly: We are now having Morning Wednesday prayer at 8:00 AM at Treetop near Panda Express.
- For those of you who would love to pray and understand the power in prayer, please feel free to join us Wednesday mornings to pray for each other, for CCM, and for anything and everything you COULD imagine!

 

Fall 2008: Week FIVE (October 30, 2008)

SPEAKER Rand Cho (Irvine Baptist)
Quick to Anger, Lacking in Love Jonah

Not the Jonah that We Know
- Jonah, contrary to misconceptions, did not repent (Chapter 2 is solely an acknowledgment of God’s sovereignty)
- Jonah was the only prophet who refused God’s commission; he labored in fleeing to Tarshish and getting on the boat. Why all this work to disobey God? Ninevah was the capital of Assyria, a nation that was merciless and harbored so much hatred toward Israel. Jonah had the secret desire to see the capital be obliterated.
- Ultimately, however, even the king of Nineveh took a lowly and humble position (“covered himself in sackcloth and sat on the ashes), and repented.
- This was the power of God in action: a pagan city submitted to His will despite the weakness of Jonah.
- This testifies to God’s great love for ALL things and to rebuke Israel who was hesitant to share God’s glory with Gentiles.

Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry, even to death.” Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

How much more should we love our enemies that God has so much compassion for Nineveh? We need to understand how we treat our enemies through His example. It is amazing to think how deep our relationships would be if we could even slightly resemble His great love. So we have MUCH to pray for!

 

Fall 2008: Week FOUR (October 23, 2008)

SPEAKER Steve Chang (Living Hope Community Church)
Friendship 1 Samuel 18
“Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt.”

Prince and Pauper
- Jonathan was the prince of Israel and heir to the throne
- David was unimpressive and the youngest child of his family
- Yet Jonathan quickly and willingly gave up his garments and sword (symbolizing his status) to David. Why?
- Jonathan knew that David was God’s anointed one and the true heir to Israel

Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity”
- Friends are a constant source of love
- They are closer than brothers for a brother may only help during times crisis
- True friends will rejoice in the other’s successes despite their own failures

Jonathan, Not David
- “And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept the more (1 Samuel 20:41).”
- In this case, we strive to be like David and find a Jonathan; however we should BE Jonathan

Imagine it is your wedding day. Do you know who your 5 best men are?
Are they people who you have built sharpening friendships with?

 

Fall 2008: Week THREE (October 16, 2008)

SPEAKER Dave Jung (Nasung Artos Community Church)
God’s Love Letter John 13:31-35
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Last Words
-Jesus is sharing his last words before he gets crucified, therefore there is desperation and added meaning/importance to those words!
-He calls us His children, implying our intimate relationship with God

Called to Love
- Agape love comes through unity in Christ
- Our love also comes from the divine, supernatural love given to us by God
- So let us smother the “wolves of dissention,” our apathy with God’s calling
- We need to be true shepherds of his word to this world

The Greatest Gift (1 Corinthians 13)
“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

Is that how your own love looks like?

 

Fall 2008: Week TWO (October 9, 2008)

SPEAKER Steve Jin (The Vine Church)
Refining in Christ Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Chris lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

The Cross
-Considered most shameful object, a sign of the cruelest punishment
-But to Christians, represents: beauty, closeness, redemption, healing, brokenness
-Where is the cross in your life?

We Have Been Crucified
-Being crucified means our old self died
-Our brokenness is good, but we still try to hide it with our fake selves!
-Yes, we are all broken; but the Cross empowers us to live how we want to live, THROUGH FAITH
-The unselfish thing is to crucify yourself every day & choosing Christ
- Choosing Christ is not easily done; It takes will and desire!

How Do We Choose Christ?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Galatians 5:22-24)
-Fruit is singular, so all 9 traits must accompany it! Must bear all!
-We have to be involved in a community setting, where we get tested and refined; where those traits can develop
-We need each others’ jacked-up-ness!

 

Fall 2008 Week ONE (October 2, 2008)

SPEAKER Steve Chai (New Hope)
Why We Are Here Acts 2:42
“They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”

We are a community that sharpens each other FOR THE LORD.

Peter’s exhortation to the believers who were baptized during Pentecost: “For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself (39).”
After the blessing, the community knew they could not be stagnant, and continually devoted themselves to the Lord with a day-to-day new commitment.

4 Things to Devote Ourselves to:
1. Apostles’ Teaching: In a world of no Truth and hope, we find those elements in Scripture.
2. Fellowship: More than saying, “Hi.” Fellowship is the coming together of saints to build each other for Christ’s kingdom. We are meant to do this Christian life together.
3. Breaking of Bread: It is a reminder that Jesus is coming back, which serves as the power of the Gospel. Life in the church is fueled by that fact.
4. Prayer: Prayer is the best way to show love.

CCM understands what you’re going through, so we seek a portrait community as above.
Acts 2:43-47 describes how a church can grow through praising God and fellowship with gladness and sincerity at heart (by having a single focus on Jesus Christ)