Announcements for August 16, 2026

Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM

  • In-Person at the Bellevue meeting hall: 1835 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
  • Zoom

Announcements

DATEPRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer Burdens, Zoom
August 18Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Jeff & Sarah MacGillivray’s home
August 25Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Ray and Liza Chen’s home
September 1Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)
  • We will continue reading week 3 of the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the 2026 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference titled “Noah, Daniel, and Job–Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.”
  • We will read the Life-study of Philippians messages 31 and 32 this week.
    • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages; the Life-Study mobile app is available for download
  • To join a Life-study reading group, use the link below: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/LifeStudyReadingGroupSignUpChurchInBellevue 
  • The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
  • Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.

CLEANING SCHEDULE

TIME PERIODCLEANING GROUP (Zip Codes/Cities)
August 1698005
August 2398006
August 3098007
September 698008
September 1398052
September 2098074, 98075, 98027, 98028, 98029
September 27Medina, Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Marysville, Carnation, Mercer Island, Seattle, Newcastle, Renton, Federal Way
October 498004
USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULELORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE
DateTeamDateTeam
August 16CAugust 162
August 23DAugust 233
August 30AAugust 304
September 6BSeptember 61
September 13CSeptember 132
September 20 DSeptember 203
September 27ASeptember 274

Schedule

Camp Canby: August 13-16

Summer School of Truth: August 12-16

ITERO (Amsterdam, Netherlands): September 24-26

Ministry Reading

Prayer (16 August 2026)

HOW TO PRAY

Concerning any matter, we need to pray. Now let us consider how to pray.

13. And in praying do not babble empty words as the Gentiles do; for they suppose that in their multiplicity of words they will be heard. (Matt. 6:7)

The words of our prayer should be brief and to the point. Although we can repeat our words as the Lord did in the Garden of Gethsemane, we should not babble empty words.

14. Concerning this I entreated the Lord three times (2 Cor. 12:8); And leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same word again. (Matt. 26:44)

In order to break through in a matter, we often need to thoroughly and clearly pray several times. Both the Lord Jesus and Paul prayed in this way.

15. Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you. (Luke 11:9)

Sometimes asking in prayer is not enough; we must seek. Sometimes seeking in prayer is not enough; we must knock. We should ask for the Lord’s blessing, seek the Lord Himself, and knock to enter into the presence of the Lord. In prayer we should initially ask for the Lord’s blessing, then gradually seek the Lord Himself, and finally, knock to enter into the Lord’s presence. Prayer should always move from the Lord’s blessing to touching the Lord Himself and then to entering into His presence.

Crucial truths in the Holy Scriptures, CWWL, 1932–1949, vol. 3.

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