Announcement from The Church Council

• In recent years, paperless becomes the trend in doing business, as a result, ECBC Finance Committee would like to email the official offering receipt for a Tax deduction (RECEIPT) to our brothers and sisters for 2020 and subsequent years. Please sign up for the request for an e-Tax Receipt at the church webpage by providing your personal information to ensure the information on the RECEIPT is correct. To sign up for the request, simply go to the Offering Information page. You may also find the page under the “Resources” Tab at the top. Please Complete the “ECBC e-Tax Receipt Registration” form on or before January 15, 2021. Please note the information provided is strictly confidential and is solely used to issue the RECEIPT.
• Paper RECEIPT is available for those who did not sign up for the e-Tax Receipt and it will be issued and picked up at our church office. RECEIPT will be mailed to those who live out of Edmonton. The date of the RECEIPT distribution will be announced in later days when our review of the offering is finalized. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the e-Tax receipt, please contact us at finance@ecbchurch.org.

English Congregation Announcement

• Alberta declared a State of Public Health Emergency to protect the health care system from COVID-19. Here are the details regarding “Places of Worship” Provincewide Mandatory restriction – Effective Dec. 13
  • Faith services are limited to 15% of fire code occupancy for in-person attendance.
  • Physical distancing between households must be maintained.
  • Mask use is mandatory.
  • Faith leaders and other speakers can remove their masks while speaking if there is a distance of 2 metres. The mask must be put on again once finished speaking.
  • Group performance activities, such as choir singing and playing music, are permitted if they are normal worship practices and not for the purpose of entertainment. Performers must wear masks at all times.
• Our Joint Christmas worship is taking place on Sunday, December 20th at 10:00 am. The Cantonese Congregation is leading that worship service and we welcome everyone to join us to celebrate Christmas and participate in this joint worship via YouTube Live. [Link: TBA]
• Online Bible Study every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.

• FoodBank will continue to need volunteers at this time of physically-distancing. Pastor Lum can help you set up a time with FoodBank if you want to form a group to go help out. Note, a volunteering group is limited to no more than 6 people at a time.
• We have changed the format of our Prayer meeting. We are incorporating the Breakout function in Zoom which enables us to form multiple smaller prayer groups. Please come join us every Wednesday at 7:00 pm MDT.
  – Prayer Room: 948-974-2989 ; Password: 282762
  
  Here are some quick instructions:
  Step 1: Sign up and Download Zoom at https://zoom.us/
  Step 2: Log in to Zoom using your credentials
  Step 3: Join the meeting using the meeting code and password