Announcements for July 12, 2026

Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • 2026 North American Chinese-Speaking Saints’ Perfecting Training (West Coast) will be held from Wednesday afternoon, July 29, 2025, to Sunday noon, August 2, 2026, at the Fremont Springs Conference Center (FSCC) in Northern California. Registration for in-person attendance has ended. Registration for online attendance is July 15th.
  • Please refer to the prayer meeting schedule below:
DATEPRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer BurdensZoom
July 14Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English), Brian and Gigi Morrison’s home
July 21Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Jeff & Sarah MacGillivray’s home
July 28Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Ray & LIza Chen’s home
  • We will be reading week 4 of the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the 2025 Thanksgiving Blending Conference titled “The All-Inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.” Copies are available in the bookroom.
  • We will read the Life-study of Philippians messages 21 and 22 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)
July 1298008
July 1998052
July 2698074, 98075, 98027, 98028, 98029
August 2Medina, Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Marysville, Carnation, Mercer Island, Seattle, Newcastle, Renton, Federal Way
August 998004
August 1698005
August 2398006
August 3098007
USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULELORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE
DateTeamDateTeam
July 12BJuly 121
July 19CJuly 192
July 26DJuly 263
August 2AAugust 24

SCHEDULE

College Training: July 15-19

Bible Camp: July 21-25

North American Chinese-Speaking Saints’ Perfecting Training: July 29-Aug 2

Camp Canby: August 13-16

Summer School of Truth: August 12-16

MINISTRY READING

Prayer (12 July 2026)

Let us carefully look into different aspects of prayer according to the record of the Bible.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER

14. “I sought a man…who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me”  Ezek. 22:30

God sought a man among the Israelites who would stand in the breach before Him for the children of Israel. It is the same in the church. Those who are standing in the breach before Him for His people are those who are praying for His people. Only those who pray before Him can stand in the breach among His people. Many times a breach between the brothers and sisters, such as a problem in the church, requires prayer in order for the breach to be filled. Prayer fills the breaches in the church and solves the problems in the church.

15. “Concerning My sons, / And concerning the work of My hands, command Me”

Isa. 45:11

This verse speaks of commanding God concerning His sons and His work. Commanding God is the highest kind of prayer. This kind of prayer is the highest right that we enjoy before God. God needs us to exercise this right and pray, commanding Him for His work on His children. When God wants to work on His children, He needs people to command Him to do what He desires according to His heart’s desire and determination. Prayer that commands God concerning His work can and should be practiced by those who know Him and His heart’s desire. Often this kind of prayer is necessary for God’s work.

HOW TO PRAY

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

1. “Lord, teach us to pray” Luke 11:1

We must ask the Lord to teach us to pray because none of us can pray. When we come to the Lord, we should not pray according to our own determination or idea or according to our own heart or tendency. We should place ourselves before the Lord and quietly wait for the Lord through His Spirit to teach us how to pray. While we wait, the Spirit will lead us and give us an inward sense about how we should pray and the content of our prayer. We should then pray according to this inward sense. When our inward sense is according to the Spirit’s leading, our prayer will be according to the Lord’s teaching and leading.