CHANUKAH
Chanukah celebrations, December 24.
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GUEST SPEAKER DOUGLAS HAMP
On December 10, guest speaker Douglas Hamp presented a very compelling argument about the language that Yeshua spoke. Doug is a teacher at the School of Ministry at Costa Mesa Calvary Chapel and his book Discovering the Language of Jesus, can be purchased on line or from our resource library.
Doug earned his MA in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his three years in Israel, he studied both modern and biblical Hebrew, biblical Aramaic, Koine Greek and other ancient languages as well as ancient texts and the archeology of the Bible.
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SIMCHAT TORAH
On October 22, we celebrated Simchat Torah with reading of passages from the beginning and the end of Torah.
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SUKKOT
October 15 was our Sukkot celebration. Sukkot is going to be one of the major holidays to worship the Lord in the Kingdom.
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GUEST SPEAKER BRUCE COHEN
On September 10, our guest speaker was Rabbi Bruce Cohen of Congregation Beth El of Manhattan.
Rabbi Cohen has also served as an editor, author or columnist for Messianic Jewish Life magazine of The International Messianic Jewish Alliance (IMJA), and for The Messianic Times quarterly newspaper, The Voice of the Lord devotional and recent Voices of Messianic Judaism essay anthology, Kesher Journal of Messianic Judaism, First Fruits of Zion magazine, and other literary venues. Rabbi Cohen is a well-known author, and has been a frequent speaker at Messianic Conferences both in the United States and abroad, as well as a television and radio guest on shows in the USA, Canada and Russia. Rabbi Cohen has had a weekly television show in Manhattan since 1998.
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BARRY & BATYA SEGAL WORSHIP
On August 6, Barry & Batya Segal led us in an uplifting music worship, showed a video of their ministry to the needy in the land of Israel, and shared their passion for salvation of the people of Israel.
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MIKVEH CEREMONY
July 23, marked a new beginning for five believers who committed themselves to the Lord by obeying His commandment to be immersed (Matthew 28:19).
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YOM HaATZMAUT PICNIC
On May 14, we celebrated Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence Day, with a Picnic held at Trails End park in the city of Orange. We had lots of fun games and "serious" discussions.
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YOM HASHOAH MEMORIAL SERVICE
On May 7, we had a special guest speaker for our Yom Hashoah Memorial Service, Mel Mermelstein, a Shoah (Holocaust) survivor and founder of the Auschwitz Study Foundation, Huntington Beach. Mickey Montage, last year's memorial service speaker, was also our guest of honor.
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GUEST SPEAKER DAVID HOCKING
On April 30, guest speaker David Hocking, founder of Hope for Today Ministry, delivered a powerful message about Passover entitled "Anyone for Matzah?" If you would like an audio CD of his message please e-mail your request.
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PASSOVER
We celebrated Passover on April 23, with a Seder at Radisson Hotel, Costa Mesa.
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GUEST SPEAKER FRANK EIKLOR
On April 9, we had the world renown pro Israel guest speaker, Frank Eiklor, President and founder of Shalom International, Oceanside, California.
Frank Eiklor was reared in an Illinois home where the word “Jew” was used to malign and stereotype. His life was transformed while a U.S. Marine in the Far East when he discovered the Bible—both Testaments—were Jewish, John was not a “Baptist” but a Jew, Jesus was not a blue-eyed Swede from Chicago and Paul was Saul—God’s Jewish missionary to pagans like Frank.
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PURIM
The holiday of Purim came this year on March 26. Purim is a reminder of the powerful deliverance of God for His chosen people. The story of Purim is a refreshing reminder in light of recent international events. We celebrated Purim with the play "A Purim Rap" — written, cast, and directed by our own Vivian Gall — booed the name of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, and cheered for Mordechai!