The Sunday Gathering @ FCBC

Don Fong talks to us about living with stage 4 lung cancer Don Fong tells us about his personal journey with cancer and later the group shared their own experiences whether they had cancer or if they have helped a friend or family member who is going through it. Because of the nature of this topic, once again, viewing the presentation is much more impactful than reading about it. Attached below is a link that will allow you to view this past Sunday Gathering.  Thank you Don for opening up and sharing the details of your journey and telling us how and when you discovered you had cancer, how you have dealt with it in your day to day life and how others can ease the comfort of talking about and to a cancer patient.  Don's faith is as strong as ever and feels this is God's plan and is ready to walk with God in whatever path is chosen for him. Please Click Below to view Don's class: https://youtu.be/I5swnhyybCo https://youtu.be/jfrfKTe5VJc ----

Robert Mah leads our discussion today, “how does homosexuality impact our lives” Robert Mah continues our topic but from a different perspective asking the group questions and sharing his own personal experiences.  The message was informative, honest and engaging. Interpreting this presentation into this blog would not do its justice, nor would you get the full impact of what and how Robert presented. Well done Robert! We applaud you for researching and sharing your personal experiences. Please scroll down to the YouTube links and view at your leisure. Don’t miss. Robert has notes from this discussion. If you would like a copy, please let him know. -------------------- George Lai reminded us to make scripture part of our lives. Not just read it. Understand it and live it. Today he spoke about the scripture from John 11:25. Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me though he may die, he shall live. And whoever liv

Standing Room Only! Thank you Paul Fong (Pungo) for leading our discussion today, "Can we all get along?" The Sunday Gathering thanks everyone for joining today. We hit record numbers today and appreciate your participation.  Our topic for today focused on how FCBC and our Christian community currently manages their views on homosexuality. Pungo opened our discussion by defining what the American Baptist policy is. He tells us that homosexuality practises are incompatible with Christian teachings and that FCBC is part of the Growing Healthy Churches Region (formerly the Church of the West) practises, "Welcoming but not affirming" - What does this mean? "Welcoming but not affirming" is when homosexuals are welcome to a church community but they are not affirming. For example, they may not participate in the choir, teach Sunday School and/or there may be other limitations placed upon them. He mentioned there was 1 church out of 80 t