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Find a Friday fellowship找一个团契

818 S Del Mar Ave, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Living Water
Living Water
Home首页Sundays主日Fellowships团契Students留学生Sermons讲道Who we are关于我们

818 S Del Mar Ave, San Gabriel, CA 91776

(555) 014-8830

info@example.org

Find a Friday fellowship找一个团契
Pink and white church with Chinese characters on its tower
Our sister church in Taichung, where Pastor Tsai was baptised / 蔡牧师受洗的台中姊妹教会

Living Water Chinese Church · 活水华人教会活水华人教会 · Living Water Chinese Church

English

Come thirsty. There is water here for every language.

We are one church in two languages: an English congregation of students, young families and the kids who grew up here, and a Mandarin congregation of parents and grandparents. Lunch at 12:30 is for both.

  • English worshipSun 9:30 AM
  • Friday fellowshipsFri 7:30 PM

Room 120, the chapel

Plan your first Sunday

中文

口渴的人,都可以来。这里的活水,不分语言。

我们是一个教会,两种语言:英文堂有学生、年轻家庭和在这里长大的孩子;国语堂有父母和祖父母。12:30 的午餐,大家一起吃。

  • 国语崇拜主日 11:00
  • 周三祷告会周三晚 7:30

大堂

第一次来主日

Since 1978始于1978年

It started with nine graduate students and one rice cooker从九个研究生和一个电饭锅开始

In the autumn of 1978, nine students from Taiwan began meeting on Friday nights in an apartment near campus to read the Gospel of John. Someone always brought the rice cooker. By 1985 there were families, and by 1992 there was a building on Del Mar Avenue.1978年秋天,九位来自台湾的留学生每周五晚上在学校附近的公寓里一起读约翰福音。总有人带着电饭锅来。到1985年,有了家庭;到1992年,有了 Del Mar 大道上的教堂。

We are still mostly a Friday-night church. The fellowships meet in homes and classrooms all over the valley, and that is where most people here first got known by name.我们至今仍是一个以周五晚上为中心的教会。各个团契在山谷各处的家中和教室里聚会,这里大多数人都是在团契里第一次被人叫出名字。

Read our story教会历史

"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." John 4:14, KJV「人若喝我所赐的水,就永远不渴。」约翰福音 4:14

团契 · Fellowships团契

Friday night is when the church happens周五晚上,才是教会真正的样子

Each fellowship eats together, studies one passage and prays. Pick the one that fits your stage of life, and come this Friday.每个团契都一起吃饭、查一段经文、彼此代祷。选一个适合你人生阶段的,这个周五就来。

See all seven fellowships查看全部七个团契
Family around a long dining table in a bright room

Fridays 7:30 PM · in homes周五晚 7:30 · 家中

Family fellowship家庭团契

Four groups of parents in their 30s and 40s, meeting in homes in Arcadia, Alhambra, Temple City and San Gabriel. Kids play upstairs.四个小组,30到40多岁的父母,在阿凯迪亚、阿罕布拉、天普市和圣盖博的家中聚会。孩子们在楼上玩。

Find the nearest home找离你最近的
Three students studying together on a campus bench

Fridays 7:00 PM · Room 210周五晚 7:00 · 210 室

Student fellowship学生团契

International and local students from nearby campuses. Dinner is free and usually dumplings.附近大学的留学生和本地学生。晚餐免费,通常是饺子。

New this semester?这学期刚来?
Smiling older woman with glasses among garden flowers

Tuesdays 10:00 AM · Fellowship hall周二上午 10:00 · 副堂

Golden Years长青团契

Hymns, tai chi, a Bible lesson and lunch for grandparents, many of whom came to help raise their grandchildren.唱诗、太极、查经和午餐。很多长辈是来美国帮忙照顾孙辈的。

Join on Tuesday周二来
Group of happy students talking by a railing

Fridays 8:00 PM · Room 120周五晚 8:00 · 120 室

Young professionals社青团契

Twenty- and thirty-somethings, in English. Bible study, then late-night boba on Valley Boulevard.二三十岁的年轻人,英文进行。查经后去 Valley 大道喝珍珠奶茶。

Come this Friday这周五来

This week本周

What's on, day by day每日安排

Opens on today. Every gathering is free and open to visitors.默认显示今天。所有聚会免费,欢迎新朋友。

Sunday主日Today今天

  • 9:30 AM

    English worship英文崇拜

    Chapel, Room 120120 室小堂

    Worship
  • 9:45 AM

    Adult Sunday school成人主日学

    Rooms 201–204201–204 室

    Learning
  • 11:00 AM

    Mandarin worship国语崇拜

    Main sanctuary大堂

    Worship

Monday周一Today今天

  • 7:00 PM

    English conversation class英文会话班

    Room 204204 室

    Learning

Tuesday周二Today今天

  • 10:00 AM

    Golden Years长青团契

    Fellowship hall副堂

    Fellowship

Wednesday周三Today今天

  • 7:30 PM

    Prayer meeting祷告会

    Main sanctuary大堂

    Prayer

Thursday周四Today今天

  • 7:00 PM

    English conversation class英文会话班

    Room 204204 室

    Learning

Friday周五Today今天

  • 7:30 PM

    Friday fellowships周五团契

    Homes and Rooms 120, 210家中及 120、210 室

    Fellowship

Saturday周六Today今天

  • 3:00 PM

    Choir rehearsal诗班练习

    Main sanctuary大堂

    Music
Wen-xin L.

In her words她的话

I landed at LAX at eleven at night with two suitcases. Brother Hsu was holding a sign with my name spelled correctly. I have come every Friday since.我晚上十一点到洛杉矶机场,带着两个箱子。许弟兄举着写着我名字的牌子,名字一个字都没写错。从那以后,每个周五我都来。
Wen-xin L.文馨Graduate student, arrived August 2025研究生,2025年8月抵达

Photographs照片

A year at the long tables长桌上的一年

Taken by members, mostly on phones, always with permission.由会友拍摄,大多用手机,都经过本人同意。

Mid-Autumn potluck in the courtyard
Mid-Autumn potluck in the courtyard中秋节院子里的聚餐
Sunday lunch, Golden Years cooking
Sunday lunch, Golden Years cooking主日午餐,长青团契掌勺
Sisters' fellowship lunch after Thursday study
Sisters' fellowship lunch after Thursday study姊妹会查经后的午餐
Finals week tutoring in Room 210
Finals week tutoring in Room 210期末考试周,210 室课业辅导
Dumpling night, student fellowship
Dumpling night, student fellowship学生团契的包饺子之夜
Church picnic at Vincent Lugo Park
Church picnic at Vincent Lugo ParkVincent Lugo 公园教会野餐
Find a Friday fellowship找一个周五团契

Tell us your stage of life and neighborhood, and a leader will invite you to dinner this week.告诉我们你的人生阶段和住址,团契负责人会在本周邀请你来吃饭。

Living Water

Founded in 1978 as a Bible study for graduate students. Today about 420 people worship in Mandarin and English every Sunday in San Gabriel.1978年由一群研究生的查经班开始,如今每主日约有420人在圣盖博用国语和英语敬拜。

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  • Fellowships团契
  • Students留学生
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  • Who we are关于我们

Find us联系我们

  • 818 S Del Mar Ave, San Gabriel, CA 91776
  • (555) 014-8830
  • info@example.org
  • Sun 9:30 English · 11:00 国语主日 9:30 英文 · 11:00 国语
  • Wed 7:30 PM prayer meeting周三晚 7:30 祷告会
  • Fri 7:30 PM fellowships周五晚 7:30 团契
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Design notes

Why Living Water looks the way it does

A website for a Chinese church where Mandarin-speaking parents and grandparents and English-speaking children and students share one building and one calendar. It leads with the printed-program feel of a Chinese church bulletin, and it treats the church's most practical ministries, Friday fellowships and airport pickup for international students, as front-door actions.

Built for
Mandarin-speaking families from Taiwan and mainland China in the San Gabriel Valley, their English-speaking children, international students arriving at nearby universities, and seniors who came to join their grandchildren.
Navigation
Left sidebar. A fixed column holds the name, every page and the address, so nothing is ever more than one click away on desktop.
Pages
Home, Sundays, Fellowships, Students, Sermons, Who we are
Hero
a mirrored bilingual opener: the same welcome written in two languages, each with its own service times, shown together on purpose so both congregations are greeted first. Variants: a = two columns that face each other across a centre rule, with a wide photo beneath; b = one headline set large with its translation directly beneath like an interlinear text, a shared timetable and a portrait photo; c = a full-height photo beside a printed-programme column where each language has a hanging label; a short action form as the hero: the one thing most visitors came to do (request a ride, ask for help, register a child) can be done before they scroll, with reassurance beside it. Variants: a = headline, reassurance and a photo on the left with the form as a raised card on the right; b = a tall photo carrying the headline, with the form and reassurance on a plain panel beside it; c = headline beside a photo, then the form laid out as one horizontal booking bar

Typography

Noto Serif SC is a Song-style serif, the letterform of printed Chinese Bibles and hymnals, and its brush-shaped stroke endings make headlines feel set rather than typed. Body text is Noto Sans SC, which is Source Han Sans with Source Sans as its Latin, so Mandarin and English paragraphs share one height and weight. Times and room numbers are in IBM Plex Mono, like the typed insert slipped into a hymnal.

Color

The site opens in ink: a blue-black taken from 墨, the stick ink of calligraphy, with porcelain blue from 青花 blue-and-white ware as the brand color. The accent is the vermilion of a name seal, used for live badges and the occasional highlight. The light theme turns the same palette into stone-coloured paper with cobalt ink, rather than simply inverting it.

Layout and navigation

A fixed left sidebar keeps every page, the address and the main action in view, which suits a congregation that comes back to the site to check one time or one room. Page names are bilingual and specific: Sundays, Fellowships, Students, Sermons. On phones the sidebar folds into a compact top bar.

The hero

The opening is a full-height photograph beside a column laid out like a printed order of service, with each language given its own hanging label, so both congregations see their own service time first. The photo is the church in Taichung where the senior pastor was baptised, its tower painted with 福音, and the caption says so. It ties a San Gabriel congregation to the place many of its founders came from without pretending the building is ours.

Calls to action

The sidebar button says "Find a Friday fellowship" because Chinese churches live in their 团契: the Friday groups are where newcomers get known by name. "Request an airport pickup" serves the international students who arrive at LAX each August knowing nobody, and it is often how they first meet the church.

Photography

Photos lean on tables, steaming pots, open Bibles and campuses instead of worship stages, partly because that is what this church looks like on a Friday and partly because honest pictures of Chinese-American congregations are hard to find. Water appears on the sermon page for the church's name, from John 4. Where faces appear, they are students and families who could plausibly sit in these pews.

Accessibility

Each language carries its own lang attribute so screen readers switch voice and the right glyph forms load. Chinese body text gets 1.75 line spacing for legibility at phone sizes. Contrast passes 4.5:1 in both themes, and the hearing loop, large-print hymnals and step-free entrance are noted where visits are planned.

Type system

  • DisplayNoto Serif SCA Song-style serif with brush-shaped stroke endings, the face of printed Chinese Bibles and hymnals, with Latin capitals drawn to match.
  • TextNoto Sans SCSource Han Sans with Source Sans for its Latin, so a Mandarin paragraph and its English twin set at the same height and weight.
  • AccentIBM Plex MonoService times and room numbers in a plain mono, like the typed program slipped into the hymnal.

Colour and contrast

Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.

Dark theme

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Body text on pageAa15.09:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa13.41:1AAA
Secondary textAa6.72:1AA
LinksAa8.68:1AAA
Button textAa8.88:1AAA
Accent label textAa6.81:1AA
Text on dark bandsAa16.0:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa8.04:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa8.88:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa5.39:1AA

Light theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa14.87:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa16.57:1AAA
Secondary textAa5.63:1AA
LinksAa7.73:1AAA
Button textAa9.23:1AAA
Accent label textAa5.96:1AA
Text on dark bandsAa14.87:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa7.8:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa9.23:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa5.98:1AA

Designed by Greater Purpose Web. Names, people and events are sample content.