2025 Congregational Meeting

SUNDAY, November 9, 2025

AGENDA

1. Opening Prayer

2. Year-In-Review

   1. Church Events

   2. Anchor Events

   3. Attendance & Offering

3. Council Candidates

4. Department Reports

5. Pastoral Reports

6. Financial Summary

   1. Statement of Activities

   2. Balance Sheet

   3. 2026 Budget

   4. Yearly Summary

7. Confirmation of Council Candidates and 2025 Budget

8. Election of Financial Auditor

9. Closing Prayer

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Program Events

• Anchor Christmas Party (Dec 20, 2024)

• Anchor Hangouts (Dec 27, Jan 3)

• Brothers’ Appreciation (Apr 11)

• Union Rescue Mission (multiple)

• Senior Nite Out (May 25)

• Grad Night (June 6)

• Fourth of July gathering (Jul 4)

• Anchor Huntington Beach (Jul 6)

• Harvest Crusade, live-streamed (July 19)

• Anchor Retreat (Aug 1-3)

• Welcome Night (Sept 19)

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Student Events

• Ballet Kulkan (Dec 1, 2024)

• Monrovia Boys' JV Volleyball (Mar 5)

• LCHS Choral Spring Festival Concert (Mar 11)

• Monrovia Boys' JV Volleyball (Mar 20)

• Heritage Christian Girls' Lacrosse (Apr 7)

• Arcadia Orchesis (May 1)

• Glendora HS Graduation (May 28)

• Shin Dance Academy (Jun 8)

• Temple City HS Graduation (May 30)

• Monrovia HS Graduation (June 4)

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Average Weekly Attendance (through Oct 26, 2025)

• In-Person: 66 ± 11*

• Streaming: 5.3 ± 2.7*

  * population standard deviation

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Total 2025 Budget: $274,460

General offering (excludes building, missions, and love) Through Oct 26, 2025:

• Average Weekly: $4,251 ± $4,032 OLD

• Total General Offering (through Oct 26): $178,522 OLD

• Budget target (as of Oct 26): $226,957 NEW

• Cumulative Surplus/Deficit (as of Oct 26: – $74,037 (deficit) OLD

• % of Budget (as of Oct 26): 70.7% OLD

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Methodology: Averaged weekly numbers plus average estimated streaming numbers

† Through Mar 8, 2020
‡ From April 4, 2021
* Through Oct 26, 2025

* Both Offering and Budget through Oct 26, 2025
(Total 2025 Budget: $274,460)

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Sue Cheng

I was invited to a Bible study in my junior year of high school. The Bible study was Genesis 1. Right after the study I asked God into my life.

I have been married to James for 32 years. We share two daughters, my son, and his daughter. My greatest "accomplishment" is all my three children are saved and have a personal relationship with Jesus.

Gloria Hsiao

Gloria was born in Japan and accepted Christ in high school. She met her husband Joseph in youth group, and they now have three children.

She graduated from UCI and has been a sales rep for a coffee company for 27 years. She loves checking out new restaurants, vacations, and swimming.

Morris Tien

Morris is blessed to be married to Elsa. Morris was baptized in 1980 at EFCLA, and he has been a member of EFCLA for over 30 years serving in numerous roles as Sunday school teacher, deacon and elder.

Before coming to Generations Church, Morris served as the Children’s Department elder for eight years at EFCLA. Fun fact: Morris is a self proclaimed Haka Warrior.

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OPERATIONS (Aileen Lam)

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EQUIP (Tim Lau)

2025 is my first year serving in council. I am grateful to the Lord for giving this opportunity to serve at Generations Church LA. Thank you for your supports and prayers throughout the year. My family and I are truly blessed by the Lord to be part of the Generations family.

Christian Education is where we study the Scriptures with fellow brothers and sisters and help each others grow as individual and as a church. We are many parts of the body of Christ. Please come join us and get excited to grow together in Christ! In CE this year we started to study discipleship. Pastor Mike taught the class, as we studied the book “Multiply” by Francis Chan. What is a disciple? How to become a Disciple? It is God’s command for us to spread the gospel. In Matthew 28:19 Jesus said, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” For those attended we definitely felt enriched and blessed. Currently Pastor Mike is wrapping up Leadership Training and we continue to pray God to mold many more faithful leaders in Generations. Our next area in training will be small group leadership.

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FELLOWSHIP (Aileen Lam)

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MISSIONS (Ping Ng)

Our goal is to encourage and train members of Generations Church LA to become missionaries in other nations to spread the love and gospel of Jesus Christ.

Members of the Mission’s Department: Ping Ng, Morris Tien, Ted Chang, Pastor Mike Kim, Kåre Thoresen and newly added member, Yun-Lan Wong

2025 Highlights:

Missionaries and Organizations we support:

1. Global Recording Network [globalrecordings.net] – Mike & Cora

2. Northwest Ascending Campaign – Daniel

3. International Action Ministries [actioninternational.org] – Rick & Eunice

4. Rafiki Foundation [rafikifoundation.org] – David & Julie

5. Live Global [liveglobal.org] – John & Bev

6. Indo Partners [indopartners.com] – Jeff & Kurt

7. Mission International [mission-international.org] – Frank (New organization we began supporting in 2024)

Mission Activities:

1. Each mission’s team member is assigned a missionary that they are responsible for updating the council and the congregation on their ministry.

2. Met with EFC Irvine to discuss joining their missions trip to Mexico.  Their trips are filled by members of their own church and they do not have open slots for Generations Church members.  But they allow us to go connect with their established mission connections in Mexico, we just need to arrange our own team and transportation into Mexico.  We would use their Mexico facility.  They have specific days which they allow for this and we would have to request the days from their missions deacon, David Pan.  Cost is typically $420/person, (with a 10 person group).  If you have less than 10 people going, the cost will go up.  The cost covers:

   1. Team expenses

   2. Food and offerings for the local churches

   3. Translators ($50/day)

   4. Insurance

3. Talked with EFC El Monte and they have mission trips to Taiwan and Japan.  For future years, if Generations would like to participate when they do these trips, we should connect with them early in the year and be aware of their timeline, training, and fund raising activities.  When joining another churches mission trip, there is a possibility that there may not be many spots open for our Church members if the mission trip is well attended by the church organizing the trip.

4. In 2026, the Missions Committee has budgeted to increase our giving to each of the 7 missionaries/organizations which we support from $200 to $250/month.

 Mission Week:

We designate one week in each calendar quarter as Mission’s Week.  When one of the missionaries we support come to Los Angeles, we invite them to come share their experience with us.  Missionary guest speakers do not have to be the missionaries that we support.

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CHILDREN’S MINISTRY (Wendy Cheng)

In Luke 18:16, Jesus says, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

Events:

• Palm Sunday Skit --"triumphal entry into Jerusalem

• Easter egg hunt – Recurrection eggs for Holy Week

This year would not have been possible without your support and prayer. I would like to thank the following:

• To our amazing kids, thank you for reminding me the beauty of simplicity.

• To all parents, thank you for entrusting us with your children; and

• To all CM teachers, thank you for dedicating your time, loving the children, and cultivating the children’s faith in Jesus Christ through biblical teaching.

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WORSHIP (Henry Ting)

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FINANCE (Aileen Lam)

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Lead Pastor Mike Kim

Looking Back:

Not so long ago, people took every precaution out of fear to not be “contagious”. With the start of 2025, I challenged us to not hesitate being “contagious”. The theme of the past year was “Contagious Faith” based on Hebrews 10:23-25:

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

We are reminded to gather together, encourage each other, and stimulate one another to “love and good deeds”. We can experience a dynamic faith within a community of believers.

Discipleship is an expression of contagious faith. We focused on discipleship during Christian Education utilizing the book, “Multiply”. We walked through the book together learning the simplicity of discipleship while confronting its challenges. We learned that the story of Scripture is as relatable and applicable today as when it was first written. Discipleship requires engaging in a relationship with the intention of growing faith.

We transitioned straight into leadership training. The focus of leadership training is on influence. Everyone has the potential to lead even without the title of leader. Everyone has the potential to lead because everyone has the potential to influence others for Jesus Christ. A church leader is not motivated by titles, authority, attention, or praise. The purpose of leadership is leading people to Jesus. The motivation of leading is seeing Jesus in people’s life. Church leadership is a product of having a contagious faith.

We took a break from the “God’s Story In Our Story” study after concluded our time in the book of Genesis. We began a new study of Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” in the book of Matthew. The focus of Jesus’ teaching is the kingdom of heaven. Jesus challenges His people to shift our focus away from the cares of this world and seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness. This requires a willingness to seek God’s will over our own.

Looking Forward:

If GCLA is to take the next step of growth, we need people willing to influence others in their relationship with God. The challenge for GCLA going forward is stretching our faith beyond pre-existing comfort zones. My prayer for GCLA is that an emboldened faith will be discovered throughout the coming year. People will be bold enough to help lead others. People will be bold enough to be vulnerable. People will be bold enough to invest in community when life seems too busy. People will be bold enough to care for others they are not familiar with. People will be bold enough to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. People will be bold enough to seek the kingdom of God over the kingdoms of men.

Thankfully, we often receive more blessings than we give when we serve the Lord. I pray we find this to be true in 2026. In 2026, I am going to ask for assistance with an experiment with a change in our Sunday schedule. If we can start service in the first hour (10 o’clock hour), then we will have the flexibility to invest in other areas of ministry after service, including fellowship groups. Time is precious to everyone. We want to be most effective with the time we are given.

The theme for 2026 is “Bold Faith” based on Psalm 23. May we experience a faith emboldened by our Good Shepherd. May we discover that our courage and boldness come from our Good Shepherd who is leading us, providing for us, and protecting us. May we find ourselves strengthened with courage during times of discomfort and uncertainty. May we find our faith fed in peaceful pastures as well as dark valleys.

Associate Pastor Andy Kuo

Anchor Student Ministry has grown this year due to our current students inviting new friends. I am encouraged by what I perceive as the Holy Spirit working through the ministry. The students seem to be growing and learning in their faith. Five students were baptized so far this year, and there are more who are interested before the end of this year. They seem to be continuing in their spiritual disciplines: many students read and pray daily, and a few are in personal bible studies with others. We youth pastors know that it is not through our own effort that students are brought to faith, so praise God!

Our room 11 is being renovated by Cailyn Wu as part of her Gold Award project for Girl Scouts. We are excited what decluttering and a new coat of paint will do for our room!

While Leilani Hsiao has left us for college, we are joined by four potential new small group leaders: Katherine Chen, Aidan Hsiao, Mikaelah Kim, and Jasmine Liao.

Michelle Shen, our adult leader, and Caleb Chuang round out the leadership team. We have also added worship leaders Josiah Wong and Sophie Wu to our Thursday night leader meetings over Discord. Michelle continues to be an invaluable partner in ministry. She is dedicated, and she helps keep me in check!

Sundays

Christian Education

Sunday school attendance is stable as we review the passage for the speaker that same Sunday. The students are very responsive to questions, and I am very encouraged by their discussions.

Preaching

I finished the book of Esther by covering chapters 7-10. I urged us to get back to remembering God. To create our own traditions, or habits, or constant reminders to help remind us of who God is and what God has done. I exhorted us to be more like the Jews in the final passages in remembering God and what he has done for us, as they established their Jewish holiday Purim to commemorate the saving of their people, so that they would never forgot.

The next book I chose was Ruth, which was actually suggested by the Anchor students (specifically, Viviam Liao!).

I invited us to be like the people in the story: to be like Naomi in her contagious faith (our theme for the year!) to Ruth; and to be like Ruth in the way that she treated others so well that her behavior was well known to others.

Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. (Ruth 1:16b)

Finally, I encouraged us to be like Boaz in both doing right things, and doing things right, and to be like him in helping others in dire need.

Tech Team

Our tech team remains stable with Kevin Lee (video), Elsa Tien (lyrics, announcements), and James Cheng (video + lyrics). Caleb Chuang helps control lyrics and announcements. We continue to live-stream to YouTube via OBS and ProPresenter. Thank you to these volunteers for their dedication every Sunday!

Fridays

The main topics/series were:

• Integrity: living a life of integrity to make Jesus look good and therefore glorifying God, to others

• Own Your Faith: learning humble obedience from Joseph, the father of Jesus

• Cleaning up our Mouth/Mind/Motives: cleaning up our image when it comes to what we say, what we see, and what we do

• Refuel: understanding the “warning lights” that come into our lives and the spiritual disciplines to help refuel our spiritual tank

• Investing class: how the financial markets work, being a good steward of our money

• More than a Hashtag: encouraged the students to be more “plugged in” to God like a lamp (constantly, throughout the day) rather than a cell phone (once a day)

• I AM: God’s own name for himself; Jesus is Love, Truth, Always with us, and Savior

• Brainwashed: contrasting the messages of the world’s way versus God’s way

• Cliques: why we clique up, and ways to welcome others into the youth group

• How to Read the Bible: devotionals; understanding biblical genre, structure, and features; inductive bible study

• James: exploring how faith and works, works

Student Contact Work

Meeting students remains a core part of youth ministry, one that I absolutely love. Seeing students in their “natural habitat” seems to allow deeper discussions on matters of family and faith. My personal family scheduling now requires that my son (and at time my wife) tag along at times, but we are still able to have meaningful conversations while my son is occupied with reading and solving chess puzzles. We also love inviting the students over to our home, and our son loves it even more!

Baptisms

I held baptism classes. Five students were prompted by the Holy Spirit to get baptized: Karla Gomez, Cailyn Wu, Jasmine Liao, Josiah Wong, and Hannah Wong. Praise God! Please be in prayer for them to continue their faith journey.

Anchor Events

Anchor had a busy year! This year we held Brothers’ Appreciation (album) with a Studio Ghibli theme. The boys dressed up in their favorite anime character, and girls organized games, food, and heartfelt tributes at the end of the night. They did a great job!

Union Rescue Mission is our staple serving location, and we have been going for nine years now. Many new students joined us there year, along with some parents. Aki Ishibashi was also able to join us before he went back to Japan.

Our summer was full of events. To kick it off, we took out our graduates for Senior Nite Out (album) and then celebrated them at Grad Nite (album).

We had five graduates: Leilani Hsiao (UCR), Peyton Lau (UCSD), Viviam Liao (UCI), Eugene Wong (PCC), and Jessica Wijaya (PCC). We wish them well in their new academic journey, and we pray that they would get plugged into a campus fellowship.

We had multiple gatherings in our home, including the Fourth of July (album) and live streaming Harvest Crusade (video). We went on our annual trip to Huntington Beach (album).

We ended the summer with our biennial Anchor Retreat (album), this year in Orange County. I spoke about keeping up our faith and doubt that we may have during our journey of faith. We ended the sessions with a Gospel presentation and memorization of the Roman Road (retreat handbook), which all the students were able to do!

Many thanks to Michelle Shen and Gloria Hsaio for handling logistics and cooking. We could not have held retreat without their help!

We began the fall with Welcome Night (album) as we welcomed Annika Adidjaja, Adeline Chen, Isabelle Chen, and Tiffany Lu to Anchor.

Miscellaneous

Arcadia Allies

I am the Pastoral Advisor for Arcadia Allies (instagram), a campus Christian club, now in my seventh year. I offer pastoral/theological support for officer meetings (Monday night video calls) and attend each club meeting on Wednesdays during lunch.

Personal

My CT scans and blood work continue to be clean for testicular cancer, and my wife’s scans are also clear so far for breast cancer. Please pray that our scans continue to be clear!

We are finding parenthood mostly fun, and we have taken our son to various theme parks and on trips throughout the year, including San Diego and Cincinnati. He is now in the second grade and continues to be heavily involved in sports. His favorite activities are tennis, soccer, chess, and flag football. He likes Chinese class and piano…a little less.

My father was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the spring, but after six rounds of chemotherapy, he was declared cancer free! Also, my mother had a stroke in the summer, but she is recovering well. As a result of my parents’ health issues, we have travelled back to Cincinnati twice this year, and we have one more trip planned over Thanksgiving break.

Denouement

It has been an honor serving Generations Church LA as the youth pastor for the past nine years; it has been an incredible journey. Thank you for entrusting me with the spiritual care of your students.

I have greatly enjoyed the time I have spent with them: all the Winter Retreats, beach trips, Brothers’ and Sisters’ Appreciations, Anchor Retreats, Harvest Crusades, Union Rescue Missions, Navajo Missions, tutoring, concert performances, sports games, instrument recitals, random hangouts, and Friday Night Fellowship (and the unhealthy food/drinks afterwards!).

The Anchor student ministries is not the Andy Kuo show. It is not the Michelle Shen show. It is the Jesus Christ show. We are here to make Jesus and God look good.

Indeed, the mandate of youth ministry is for the entire body of Christ to come alongside an abandoned generation to help them transition to adulthood within the context of Christian community. Toward that end, I hope and pray that Michelle Shen and I were able to help lead your students well.

I have loved hanging out with your kids, they are all so very precious to me, and I am greatly saddened that my time here is drawing near an end. I am praying that the right person will help lead the Anchor student ministry to their next chapter, as mine comes to a close. Please be in prayer for my family for the next step in our lives. May we follow where God leads us!

I remain always—

Very sincerely yours,

Andy Kuo

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2025 Statement of Activities

Total Income: 216,869.46
Total Expense: (203,294.08)
Other Income: 28,862.39

Net Income: 42,437.77

2025 Balance Sheet

Total Assets: 852,178.30
Total Liabilities: 0

Total Equity: 852,178.30

2026 Budget

Worship: $6,400
Equip: $4,600
Outreach & Care: $7,500
Fellowship: $13,200
Children’s Ministry: $2,600
Finance: $24,550
Operational Cost: $39,050
Missions: $30,000
Pastoral Office: $197,700
Insurance: $1,500

Total Expense: $357,100
– Missions – $49,800?
– Building – $16,600?

GRAND TOTAL: $274,460?

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To the Finance Committee
Generations Church of Los Angeles
Arcadia, California
October 29, 2025

I have reviewed the inancial statements and other inancial records (income statements, balance sheet, trial balance, bank statements, reimbursement receipts, deposit slips) of Generations Church Los Angeles. My responsibility is to express an opinion on the audit.

For the 2025-year audit I selected a random 2-month sample of cash receipts, cash disbursements, and payroll withholdings. They were consistent with bank and financial statements and were properly documented and authorized. Proper segregation of duties was implemented by the inance committee members. The audited materials were accurate, and no irregularities were found.

Internal controls were observed and appear to be in compliance with policies and procedures set by the Finance Committee.

Robert P Wu
2025 Internal Auditor

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