2019 Family Camp

June 28 - July 1, Friday - Monday

at Murietta Hot Springs Conference Center

Map

For medical assistance, contact camp doctor: Dr. Joseph Chan – (714) 267-3069.

For medical emergency, notify FCBC leadership immediately, request 911 services or notify any MHS staff.

For shuttle service at camp, contact brother Robert I – (949) 533-5852.

Schedule

A Special Note to Families

Families need camp. Family campers come to find space and relief from the stress they experience at home. You are encouraged to attend the sessions, yet we realize that parents with young children may not be able to do so. Feel free to go at your own pace – guilt-free. Your love and care for these little ones requires much patience, and we are happy you are here with us!

Camp Check-Out

Check-out is 12 PM
Campers to inspect rooms; Return to original condition.
Return all MHS equipment.
Return room keys. (Counselors collect keys from your cabin. The charge for lost keys is $10 each.)
Turn in Camp Evaluation form.
Have a safe trip home.

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Speakers

English Speaker - Pastor Hanley Liu

Hanley Liu – serves as the English Lead Pastor at First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut, California (FCBCW). He is happily married to his wife Meryl and the two have one daughter. Aside from family and ministry, Hanley’s greatest passions are running, reading, coffee, spicy foods, candy, Chargers football, Lakers basketball, and Dodgers baseball. He is a graduate of Biola University (B.A., 2003), Talbot School of Theology (M.Div, 2006), and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min, 2017).

Chinese Speaker - Dr. Hoong Hing Wong

Dr. Hoong Hing Wong is professor of New Testament at Logos Evangelical Seminary as well as the director of the PhD and ThM programs. Before coming to Logos, he was for 13 years the senior pastor of the Ottawa Chinese Alliance Church in Canada. He came to Christ while studying engineering physics at the University of British Columbia in the 1970’s. He received his theological education at the Canadian Theological Seminary, Westminster Seminary and Sheffield University. His expertise is in the Gospel of Matthew. Dr. and Mrs. Wong have two grown children. Sarah is an attorney in New York City and Samuel works as an occupational therapist in Southern California.

Youth Speaker - Pastor Mathieu Pau

Mathieu Pau (M. Div., The Master’s Seminary) is an associate pastor helping with Small Groups and Discipleship. His hope is to be able to progress in faithfulness and to steward himself in any way as best he can for Him (1 Timothy 4:15). In his time at Lighthouse, he has come to appreciate the love and care of the elders and staff. He is also encouraged by the familial and discipleship culture at the church. In his spare time, he enjoys powerlifting, amateur carpentry, sports (though good at none), reading, coffee, listening to 90’s and early 00’s R&B, and spending time with his wife Lisa and daughter Harper.

Children's Speaker - Auntie Lois Sherwin

Lois Sherwin, MA in Christian Education from Talbot School of Theology invests her life in reaching boys and girls of all ages with the love and truth of Jesus Christ! She has served as part of Family Camp since 2002! Lois is married to Dr. Nick Sherwin, a business professor at Biola. They live in La Mirada with their daughter Jennifer and visit their son Nick jr and his family in the Bay Area as often as they can!

Message Outlines

English Messages - Pastor Hanley Liu

Message 2: Redeemed for God’s Mission (1 Peter 2:9-10)

Listen to Part 1

Listen to Part 2

Exposition:

Our Privilege: A people redeemed for God’s own possession (2:9a)
Our Proclamation: A people who proclaim stories of o___________ redemption (2:9b)
Our Pardon: A people marked by redemptive m__________ (2:10)

BIG IDEA: Jesus’s people share the privilege of experiencing and proclaiming stories of o_________ redemption.

Discussion Questions:

How does the privilege of being God’s people refresh the way you view God, others, or yourself?
How has God taken your struggles and turned them into stories of redemption?
How might your stories of redemption help point others to Christ?

Message 3: Discipline of An Everyday-Missionary (1 Peter 2:11-12)

Listen to Part 1

Listen to Part 2

Exposition:

Our inward discipline (2:11)
Our outward d________ (2:12a)
For the g_________ and glory of God (2:12b)

BIG IDEA: Our inward discipline and outward d_________ is for the g__________ and glory of God.

Discussion Questions:

In what ways have you felt like/been treated as an exile, stranger, or alien as a result of following Christ? (From family, friends, community, etc.)
If you were to survey the non-Christians that God has placed around you, what do you think they would say about your authenticity as a Christ-follower?
How can your church help you grow in your inward discipline for Christ?

Youth Messages - Pastor Mathieu Pau

Message 2: When Jesus Reveals Our Idols (John 6:1-15)

Key Idea: We must worship Jesus on His own terms, and not our own.

The Specific Setting (vv. 1-4)
The Impossible Situation (vv. 5-9)
The Miraculous Meal (vv. 10-14)
The Idolatrous Hearts (v. 15)

Message 3: No Other Way (John 6:60-71)

Key Idea: Follow Jesus because He is far better than what the idols of the world can offer.

A Low View of Jesus Results in a Low Commitment to Jesus
A High View of Jesus Results in a High Commitment to Jesus

Children's Messages - Auntie Lois Sherwin

Saturday Morning Session

Bible Lession: Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1-9

Bible Verse: Its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9

Project: Paint Wooden Catch Game & Full of Hot Air

Saturday Evening Session

Bible Lesson: The Table of Nations – Genesis 10 – Psalm 139 – Acts 17:26

Bible Verse: And He made from one man, every nation. Acts 17:26

Project: DNA & Spot the Color

Little Kids' Camp

Infants through age 5

Letter to Parents

Devotions

Adult and Youth Devotions

A Child-in-Christ Lives in Hope – Eddie Liu

Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Prov. 22:6

A child under guidance will have a hopeful future. A child who learns to enjoy Christ will grow in God’s will. And a child maturing in God’s will will commit to serve Him.

Lead the Way

In his younger days Billy Graham came to preach in a small town. He wanted to mail a letter home, but couldn’t find a mailbox. He asked a passing boy, who led Graham by his hand to the post office. Before they parted Graham thanked the boy saying, “Son, if you come to the church tonight, I will tell you how to go to heaven.” The boy replied, “Mister, I am not going to church tonight. The post office is near and you don’t even know where it is, how would you know where heaven is? It is far away! How would you know the way?” Graham replied, “You are correct. You led me to the post office. Tonight I will introduce you to someone named Jesus. He will lead you to heaven.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” – John 14:6

A child led lovingly to Christ has hope in life.

To be in Christ is to enjoy love and warmth

Christ not only teaches, He shows us. Through Him and in Him we get to enjoy bountiful lovingkindness. In addition to receiving teaching, doctrines, rules, laws and gifts from our heavenly Father, we enjoy Him through Christ. Grace is not merely material or spiritual gifts. Grace is God giving of Himself to us that we may fully enjoy Him in Christ Jesus. As believers mature in Christ we become more like Him. We would live our lives according to God’s will to benefit more of His promises.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. – Heb. 10:36

Even in tribulations a child who knows to enjoy Christ will receive what God promises.

Maturity trends toward Commitment

To grow spiritually is to mature spiritually. A believer maturing in faith may struggle with life’s challenges and is not yet completely Christ-like. Still, one who is in-Christ is blessed with living a life with hope. To be spiritually matured needs the growth to enjoy Christ and be prepared to face life’s challenges. Those who are in-Christ are assured of God’s promises and blessings of living in hope.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, – Heb. 6:19

Hope points to promises yet to realize. The motivation for believers’ submission to Christ originates from our enjoyment of Christ, and His completed work. Christ has committed Himself, and fulfilled His promise. Are we willing to renew our commitment to Christ?

Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. – 1 Cor. 9:26-27

A mature child-in-Christ is motivated by the Holy Spirit to commit.

Children's Devotions

Adult and Youth Devotions

Love Our God and Love Our Neighbors – Victor Siu

Mark 12:30-31 – Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.

One of the teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” Jesus answered by quoting 2 places in the Old Testament. One is in Deuteronomy 6:4-5 and the other one is in Leviticus 19:18.

I believe we all love our self with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength. But the Bible teaches us to love our neighbors also with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength. Why is that? Isn’t that a commandment that is extremely difficult to follow?

1 John 4:20 gives us a clear answer. “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.” Alternatively, it can be explained as our desire to love God has to be demonstrated through our action of loving our neighbors.

We can love our dear ones with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength. But this commandment orders us to love all our neighbors in the same way, which can be almost impossible to follow, unless we base on our love to God and extend it to love our neighbors, and with the love from God that we have experienced to radiate it out to love others. Our Lord Jesus Christ has perfectly lived out this commandment when He was on earth. Hudson Taylor has made this quote, “If I had a thousand pounds China should have it. If I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour?”

My prayer: “My dear Heavenly Father, my Lord Jesus Christ has taught me to love the Lord my God with all my heart, and with all my soul, and with all my mind, and with all my strength. I also have to love my neighbors with all my heart, and with all my soul, and with all my mind, and with all my strength. I sincerely admit that I lack this kind of love to my neighbors and I lack the courage to do it. Lord, please restore my insufficient love and strengthen my courage to follow your commandment. Pray in the holy name of my Lord Jesus Christ, Amen

Children's Devotions

Adult and Youth Devotions

Daniel Wu, translated into Chinese by parents Alfred & Erica Wu

Why is loving other people so challenging? I remember while stressfully preparing for our wedding, that several people reminded me the wedding is not the be-all and end-all. In fact, the wedding day is the first of many getting to know and love each other. We would soon discover that growing in oneness is not as easy as just getting married. Our differences came to light from simple things such as how we make dumplings and clean the kitchen to difficult things such as how we resolve conflict. The more we were in each other’s lives, the more evident our sin became and the easier it was to be critical of one another. Yet, being able to love each other despite our sin has grown us the most in our marriage.

Read: John 13:31-35

Jesus is preparing His disciples for His departure and in verse 34 Jesus gives a new commandment to the disciples to love one another. In verse 35 He states that this love will be the distinguishing mark of His disciples. Why would Jesus choose our love for one another as a mark of our discipleship if it is so challenging to love one another? This is the defining mark of the church because truly loving another is impossible by our own strength. Verse 34 shows us how we are to love one another – by experiencing the outpouring of Jesus’ love for us and reciprocating that love to others.

Jesus, being God, is love – His nature is to love (1 John 4:8). He loved us in coming to die and take the judgment we deserved (1 John 4:10). His love seeks to save even the most ungrateful enemies – which includes us (Romans 5:6-8). He lavishes grace upon His people through His choosing, not based on our own merit (Ephesians 2:8). Therefore, His disciples are to be the most love-filled people on earth and embody that love, especially within the church. We are called to seek one another. As we see the sin in each other’s lives, we are called to love even more. So let us ask ourselves, Do people know I am Jesus’ disciple by the way I love others?

I naturally want to respond to this question by comparing myself to others or pointing out how the church can love others better. But how am I loving others in comparison to how Jesus loves me? Perhaps that starts with knowing the love of Jesus. Have you experienced His loving grace in salvation from your sins? If you are a believer, do you know the depths of His love by seeing the depths of your own sin?

The next step begins with moving toward other people in the church. We cannot love people if we do not know them. Perhaps that means stepping outside of your comfort zone and just sitting next to someone you don’t normally talk to. Maybe someone from a different age group or even language group at camp. Perhaps it means talking to a friend about what God is teaching you or asking how you can pray for them (Phil 1:3-4). Maybe you have felt wronged by someone and feel bitterness toward them. You feel like you cannot forgive. We cannot love others on our own. None of us will love God or love people with the entirety of our being without the Spirit of God. Let us pray that the Spirit would show us our utter lack of love and show us the magnitude of God’s love for us (Ephesians 3:18).

Children's Devotions

Family Camp Team

Program

Worship Song Leader & Musicians	Katie Leong, Jonathan Yee, Percy Cheng, Pastor Steven Lee, Tiffany Yee, Josephine Yee, Stephanie Chan, Matthew Chan, Caleb Cheng
Families Leading in Worship	Terry & Janice Wong family; Joe & Rosie Chan family; Andrew & Mary Mui family; Percy & Ming-feng Cheng family; David & Amy Yune family; Samuel & Christine Lee; Pastor Steven, Scott Lee, Kevin & Katie Lee families; Robert & Juny I; Fred & Vivien Lee; Wei-wan & Judy Li family
Messages	Pastor Hanley Liu, Dr. HoongHing Wong, Pastor Mathieu Pau, Auntie Lois Sherwin
Interpreters	Philip Huang, Victor Siu, Winnie Chau, Patrick Sum
Praise & Presentations	Katie Leong
Testimony Night	Pastor Godfrey Hom
Pray for Meals	Eva Benson, Joseph Chan, Danny Choi, Andrew Mui, Benny Lau, Leon Yau, Ryan Dou, Tom Yee

Caring

Little Kids’ Camp	Carren Chang, Stacey Hom
Children's Program	Uncle George Chiu
Youth Camp	Pastor Steven Lee, Scott Lee
Youth Counselors	Matthew Chan, Nathaniel Chang, Jonas Choi, Stephen Lam, Kasey Leong, Tony Nguyen, Jonathan Yee, Roxy Chan, Stephanie Chan, Melanie Chan, Crystal Peng, Chris Wong, Lauren Yee, Tiffany Yee, Josephine Yee
Small Group Discussion Coordinators	Jenny Sy-Munoz, Pastor Godfrey, Daniel Choi, Erica Wu, Carol Huang, Dian Choi
Small Group Discussion Leaders	Danny Choi, Godfrey Hom, Kevin Lee, Tony Lin, Mike Yee, Tom Yee, Terry Wong, Nipa Halim, Adrienne Lee, Renee Lin, Lannie Quan, Patty Quon, Naomi Suzuki, Christine Yee, Janice Wong, Daniel Lim, Percy Cheng, Lily Liu, Ming-Fen Cheng, Hsiao-Fen Chen, Christine Lee, Judy Yang, Juny I, Robert I, Weiwen Li, Joseph Chan, Victor Siu, Albert Choi, Tim Che
Senior Care	Robert & Juny I, WeiWen Li, TC Chang

Activities

Watermelon Contest	David & Amy Yune
Craft	Lily Liu, Adrienne Lee
Workshop	Pastor Tony Lin
Body Worship/Exercise	LiShia Wang, Yueh-Chin (Jessica) Liu
Camp Photo	LiHui Hsu, Roger Peng
Slide Show	Nathaniel Chang

Support

Logo Design	Rachel Yuan
Brochure, Banner, etc.	Rose Chan
Promotion	Faith (Terry, Janice) Wong, William (WeiWen, Ying) Li
Registration	Melissa Sum, Rose Chan, Jenny Sy-Munoz, Judy Yang, Christine Siu
Audio/Visual	Jonas Choi, Caleb Cheng, Robert Sie, Samuel Lee, Samuel Lee
Devotionals	Eddie Liu, Victor Siu, Daniel Wu, Auntie Lois Sherwin
Handbook	Patrick Sum
Translation	Dian Choi
Camp Info Microsite	Scott Lee
Check-in	Melissa Sum, Rose Chan
Hospitality, Sunday lunch get-to-know-you	Nipa Halim
Snacks/Refreshment	Jenny Sy-Munoz
Medical 714.267.3069	Dr. Joseph Chan, Dr. Josephine (Hsiao-Fen) Chen, Dr. Daniel Lim
Transportation, Camp Shuttle	Uncle George, Robert I 949.533.5852
Name Tags	Patrick & Melissa Sum, Chan family
Camp Coordinators	Patrick & Melissa Sum

2019-06-28 - Family Camp

2019 Family Camp

June 28 - July 1, Friday - Monday

at Murietta Hot Springs Conference Center

Map

Schedule

A Special Note to Families

Camp Check-Out

Speakers

Message Outlines

English Message - Pastor Hanley Liu

Message 1: Foreigners in this World (1 Peter 1:1; 2:4-8)

Youth Message - Pastor Mathieu Pau

Message 1: Having the Right Story (John 3:22-36)

Children's Message - Auntie Lois Sherwin

Friday Evening Session

Little Kids' Camp

English Messages - Pastor Hanley Liu

Message 2: Redeemed for God’s Mission (1 Peter 2:9-10)

Message 3: Discipline of An Everyday-Missionary (1 Peter 2:11-12)

Youth Messages - Pastor Mathieu Pau

Message 2: When Jesus Reveals Our Idols (John 6:1-15)

Message 3: No Other Way (John 6:60-71)

Children's Messages - Auntie Lois Sherwin

Saturday Morning Session

Saturday Evening Session

Little Kids' Camp

English Message - Pastor Hanley Liu

Message 4: Everyday-Missionaries under Secular Government (1 Peter 2:13-17)

Youth Message - Pastor Mathieu Pau

Message 4: Love to the Uttermost (John 13:1-20)

Children's Messages - Auntie Lois Sherwin

Sunday Morning Session

Sunday Evening Session

Little Kids' Camp

English Message - Pastor Hanley Liu

Message 5: Everyday-Missionaries in the Secular Workplace (1 Peter 2:18-25)

Youth Message - Pastor Mathieu Pau

Message 5: Making Known His Glory (Isaiah 6 & John 12:36-43)

Children's Message - Auntie Lois Sherwin

Monday Morning Session

Little Kids' Camp

Devotions

Adult and Youth Devotions

Children's Devotions

Adult and Youth Devotions

Children's Devotions

Adult and Youth Devotions

Children's Devotions

Family Camp Team

Program

Caring

Activities

Support

Camp Evaluation

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