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A FAMILY BLESSED TO BLESS THE COMMUNITY AND THE NATIONS5 Boundary Road S(549954) • Tel: 6285 1234 • Fax: 6285 4434 • [email protected] • www.plmc.org
SUNDAY 27 JAN 20194th Sunday in Epiphany
SERMON & SCRIPTUREThe Kingdom Agenda
Matthew 24:14
SPEAKERPastor John Koe
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We welcome all friends and visitors to our worship services. If you are here for the first time, please inform a greeter. We would love to connect with you. Do take some time to complete the response slip inside the welcome pack and hand it to a greeter. Please join us at our Visitor’s Corner next to the Contact Point for a time of fellowship and light refreshments after the service.
TODAY, 27 JAN7.30am Peranakan ServiceSpeaker: Rev Jimmy WongSermon Title: Makna Perjamuan KudusScripture Lesson: 1 Korintus II:23-32Worship Leader: Nyonya Emily Lim
9am Sanctuary Service &11.15am Celebration ServiceSpeaker: Pastor John KoeSermon Title: The Kingdom AgendaScripture Lesson: Matthew 24:14 Worship Leaders:(9am) Ms Seow Shih Yuan(11.15am) Mr Vernon Meng
9am Youth ServiceSpeaker: Mr Low Kwang MengSermon Title: 10 Old Words For A New WorldScripture Lesson: Exodus 20:1-21Worship Leaders: Ms Kimberley-Ann Tan & Ms Crystal Tan
9am & 11.15am Mandarin ServicesSpeaker: Rev Christopher ChinSermon Title: Pray In Every Life SituationScripture Lesson: Philippians 4:4-7 Worship Leader: Mr Ezekiel Ang
BereavementOur condolences to the families of the late:• Rev TC Nga ( Nga Tieng Chieng ) • Mdm Koh Hood Khee• Mdm Luee Tan Hooi
FRI, 1 FEB7.30pm - The Parenting Teenagers Course (Jordan Hall)
SAT, 2 FEB10.00am - Following Jesus in Public John1-12 (Covenant Chapel)
4.00pm - Peranakan Fellowship (Jerusalem Room)
1.30pm Filipino ServiceSpeaker: Mr Lito NosaSermon Title: Desperate for GodScripture Lesson: Matthew 5:3Worship Leader: Mr Andy Toh
WeddingOur congratulations to: Gary Ng & Krystal Kong who were united in Holy Matrimony on 12 Jan 2019.
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Ways To PrayPlease fill in the prayer cards available at the Sanctuary entrance and place it in the Prayer Box. You may forward confidential concerns to the Pastors directly.
You are welcome to use the 24/7 prayer room in the Fellowship Hall from Monday to Saturday or the prayer room at the Sanctuary Block, Level 3 from 6.00 am to 7.00 pm, Monday to Saturday.
You may use the altar area after ministry time if you would like to pray quietly on your own.
Cell GroupsIf you wish to be involved in a vibrant community of believers - sharing life experiences, encouraging one another, developing deep fellowship with others, praying and being prayed for, worshipping and studying God’s Word - join a cell group TODAY! For more information, email [email protected].
The Manger (Cry Room)The Manger is located at Level 3 of the Sanctuary and is strictly reserved for families with children below the age of 3 years. Children 3 to 12 years old are strongly encouraged to attend Silver Boxes*, our children’s programme at Level 1 of the Sanctuary. We also have Shiny Tots ministry* at 9.30am and at 12pm if your child is between the ages of 12 months to 30 months. If you or your child is unwell, please refrain from using The Manger as the germs can spread easily. *Sessions not available on first Sunday of each month.
PLMC Inner Healing Ministry An inner healing and deliverance ministry (which uses Sozo tools) that helps you enhance your personal connection with God, empowering you to fulfil your God-given purpose. For appointments or enquiries, email [email protected] or call 8119 0555.
Counselling ServicesAre you feeling overwhelmed and stressed with struggles in your life and need someone to share with? You can contact our trained counsellors for an appointment at [email protected] or 6285 1234.
Use of Photos or Video RecordingsPlease be informed that by entering these premises and participating in the worship services and other activities, you are deemed to have given consent for the use of your image captured in any photo or video recording by PLMC for all communication purposes. Thank you.
Electronic Funds Transfer for Tithes and PledgesIf you wish to tithe via GIRO, interbank transfers, or internet banking, youmay do so using the following details:Account Name: Paya Lebar Methodist Church • Bank Name: DBS BANK LTD •Bank Code: 7171 • Branch Code: 023 • Account Number: 023-905121-9
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WELCOME Pastor John KoeWe welcome our Guest Speaker this morning, Pastor John Koe. Pastor John is Senior Leader of Petra Church. He first joined Petra Church in December 2004, and was its Senior Pastor until October 2018.
His heart’s desire is for all believers to encounter the transformative power of the Gospel, and to be equipped and empowered to extend God’s kingdom reign in every sphere of society. Fluent in English and Mandarin, he also ministers internationally, teaching with a focus on the Person, beauty and redemptive work of Jesus Christ, with the thrust of preparing and empowering the end-time generation for the manifest presence and move of God. Carrying sharp prophetic insights that have helped many understand the times we live in, his messages are marked by careful study of Scripture with relevant life applications, and drawn from his diverse experience in business, ministry and missions.
Pastor John is also Founder of FrontierWorks, an international, trans-denominational apostolic ministry serving movements and movement leaders in fueling revival in the nations. His book “The Good God: Rediscovering the Gospel” has been translated and published in English, Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia and Spanish.
Pastor John is also the Speaker for the English Congregation at PLMC Camp 2019 – Thy Kingdom Camp.
PIC-CL MeetingPlease note that there will be a PIC Clus-ter/Cell Leaders Meeting TODAY. All Cell Leaders, Assistant Cell Leaders and Cell Administrators are encouraged to attend. Venue: Haven/Gabriel/Michael Time: 2.30pm-4.30pmTopic: In The Image Of God Speaker: Bishop Emeritus Dr Wee Boon Hup
Appeal for Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF)MSF is raising funds for upgrading buildings and providing teaching aids, and to avail bursaries and financial aid to needy students from our 16 Methodist schools. Hence, it is appealing to worshippers to strengthen this church-school partnership through their generous support. Donation envelopes will be given out at the end of the service, and your assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Church Camp 2019 - Thy Kingdom Camp (19-22 Jun)In view of Chinese New Year, the registration and payment booths at the Fellowship Hall will be open on 3 & 10 Feb 19 only from 10.00am to 11.30am. The booth to try on the Camp tee-shirt will NOT be open on these two Sundays. Please note that Early Bird registration ends 28 Feb 19 while hotel rooms are available. Campers are reminded to pay their camp fees by the deadline stipulated on their invoices.
PLMC Trackers 2019 - Fund RaisingThe PLMC Youth Ministry is pleased to announce that 5 youths, namely Rachel Mok, Rachel Koh, Jolene Sia, Callie Cheong and Matthew Robinson, have signed up for the annual Trackers Program. It is a three-month discipleship programme under Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) designed to challenge them to take up their cross daily and follow Jesus. The 5 youths will be raising funds TODAY and on 3 Feb 19 at the Fellowship Hall for the Serving Phase of the programme. We encourage you to give and support them generously.
Mandarin Service 1. MS Sunday Worship ServicesDue to the busyness of preparation for Chinese New Year, there will be only one Mandarin service at 9.00am on 3 February. Services on 10 February will resume as per usual.
2. MS Testimony BookletWorshippers can collect the MS testimony booklet from the ushers after the main services. You can use it to reach out to Mandarin-speaking friends during Chinese New Year.
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A Day of Simple Reflection“There is no deep knowing of God apart from a deep knowing of self and no deep knowing of self apart from a deep knowing of God” (John Calvin). Knowing God and knowing self are both necessary for wholeness and holiness. This day of simple reflection offers one the opportunity to reflect on self and God that we may grow in self-awareness and God-awareness…a start to growing in wholeness and holiness. You will be guided into simple reflection exercises on your relationship with God and discover what you really feel about God, how you are with God and your journey with Him. For more information please contact Soo Hoong at [email protected]/Time: Saturday, 16 Mar 2019Time: 9.00am-4.30pm Venue: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary House of Prayer and Formation (FMM), 49 Holland Rd, S(258849) Cost: $20 per person (lunch included) Facilitators: Teo Soo Hoong and SD Team (Spiritual Direction Team
Missional Business TalkCurious to see how your workplace skill sets can be used by God? This sharing is by a pioneer in missional business who runs hotels and cafes in East Asia, and is especially for those interested in cross cultural missions, entrepreneurship and real-life discipleship. We foresee an engaging and intimate session with honest sharing and Q&A. Limited places available. Date/Time: TODAY; 2.30pm-4.30pm Venue: Music Room
PLMC Marriage Preparation CourseThis course will help you and your partner understand your relationship and be better equipped for marriage. More details are available nearer the date. Email Andy at [email protected] for more enquiries.Who Should Attend: You are encouraged to attend the course at least one year before your wedding date. Kindly note that this course is held once a year.Prepare-Enrich Assessment: Couples need to set aside a day to meet with their counsellor to review the results.Group Sharing: There will be a small group sharing facilitated by a couple throughout the sessions.Dates: Wednesdays; 3, 10, 17 & 24 Apr, 8, 15, 22 & 29 May 2019Time: 7.30pm-9.30pmCost: $100 per couple
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Discipleship & Nurture Courses
1. Following Jesus in Public (John 1-12)This is part 1 of a 3-part series on the Gospel of John, and in these sessions we will learn to follow Jesus in different domains of our lives as a disciple.John wrote, “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30-31 ESV)Exploring the gospel of John will reveal to us more of who Jesus is, particularly, that He is the Christ and the Son of God. With this knowledge we will have “real and eternal life in the way He personally revealed it” (Message). Or as NLT translates it, we will “have life by the power of His name.” The life Jesus gives us is not meant only as a passport to heaven. It is life to be lived, here and now, as well as in eternity. The approach in this study of John is to look at Him through the eyes of the disciple and seek to follow Him as today’s disciples.
2. Divine Design (Discovering Your Gifts)God has a dream for your life and has an assignment for you on earth. He created you in His image, He filled you with His Spirit, and He blessed you with spiritual gifts so that you could live a life of impact. In this study, we will learn how to discover, develop, and deploy the gifts God has given us.Dates: Mondays; 18, 25 Feb; 4, 11, 18, 25 Mar 2019 Time: 9.30am-11.30amVenue: Conference RoomCost: $10 per personFacilitator: Mr Low Kwang Meng
Dates: Saturdays; 2, 9, 23 Feb; 2 Mar 2019 Time: 10.00am–11.30amVenue: Covenant Chapel Cost: $10 per personInstructor: Bishop Emeritus Dr Wee Boon Hup
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APOLOGETICS – Defending Our FaithOften, pre-believers challenge us about why we believe what we believe, and they reveal their misperception of God by the questions that they raise. Apologetics is the discipline of giving reasons for our faith, but doing so with gentleness and respect for the questioner. This talk will help us understand how apologetics can undergird evangelism, and can help us in Outreach. Please register with Ms Wendy Lau at [email protected] by 31 Jan 19.Date: Saturday, 23 Feb 2019 Time: 9.00am-2.00pm Venue: Sophia Blackmore Hall, L6 Methodist Centre, 70 Barker Road S(309936)Fee: $10 per person (subsidised) inclusive of breakfast & lunch
Glowing Years Ministry (GYM)1. GYM Discovery Walk – i Light Marina Bay 2019Date: Saturday, 16 Feb 2019Time: 5.00pm-9.30pm Cost: $2 per personVenue: PLMC Plaza (Dinner on your own at Marina Square)
2. TRAC Seniors Ministry Worship ServicesDate: 13 Feb, 13 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 MayTime: 2.30pm-4.00pmVenue: Faith Methodist Church Worship Hall 4Please see details on GYM Notice Board
3. Disciple 2 Course (INTO THE WORD INTO THE WORLD)This 32-week study offers a deeper examination of Genesis, Exodus, Luke, and Acts, emphasizing the rhythm of coming to God and going for God, approaching all experiences of life as opportunities for faithful witness and service.Dates: 20 Feb-20 Nov 2019 (Wednesdays) Time: 7.30pm–10.00pmVenue: HavenCost: $25 per person (Limited spaces available)Facilitator: Mr Low Kwang Meng
Register for the above courses with payment at Contact Point on Sundays by TODAY. For further information, contact Mr Low Kwang Meng at 6285 1234 or email to [email protected].
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PrayerFocus1. With the Lunar New Year round the corner, let us once again pray for opportunities to reach out to the people around us with God’s love and the Good News Of Salvation. Let us also uphold in prayer those who are sick, lonely or grieving over the loss of a loved one, that they may receive comfort and healing and experience God’s reassuring presence.
2. Pray for the Ministry To The Visually Impaired as we continue to explore how we can bless and reach out to the visually impaired community.
3. Prayer requests from Gospel Mission To The Blind:Boh Sheng and his brother Rendi were baptised on 6 January 2019. Pray that they will read the Bible regularly and continue to have encounters with the Lord Jesus.
Chua Ah Sye has been coming regularly for Chinese cell meeting. He still has some partial sight, and his wife bought him a printed Bible. Pray that he will be able to read the Scriptures with the limited sight and get to know the Lord personally.
Mdm Lee was diagnosed with vitreomacular traction and is very worried about the vitrectomy. Mei Hui and her sister will be very grateful if we could uphold their mother in prayers. Please continue to pray that Mdm Lee will open her heart to Jesus soon. Mei Hui and her husband Hock Seng are now going to church regularly.
3. GYM Senior ConnectDate: Thursday, 14 Feb 2019Time: 10.00 am Venue: Fellowship Hall
For more details, refer to the GYM Notice Board opposite the breakfast counter in the Fellowship Hall or contact Patrick Teo at 9696 0355 or Evelyn Chua at 9112 2091.
*Please note that registration for courses, talks, workshops, events & activities, Missions trips and any other activities mentioned in this bulletin is strictly on a first-come-first-served basis. Once the maximum number of participants has been reached, the event or activity will be deemed to be full regardless of the closing date originally stated. All information in this bulletin is deemed to be correct as at the date of publication.
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Chng Seok Tin has been very busy preparing for her art exhibition and has not made time to listen to the audio Bible and messages that we have given to her. She was told that the cancer has spread into her liver and that the tarceva drug is not working. Our volunteer, Gail Lai, would like to visit her regularly and befriend her. Please pray for favour and the Lord’s anointing upon Gail, and that the spiritual blindness over Seok Tin will be broken soon.
The new contact, Mr K.K. Wong, had been hospitalized for brain tumour treatment and had not started braille lessons. He is not open to Christians. Pray that he will have an encounter with the Lord and receive salvation.
Please uphold our Chinese New Year outreach on 16 February. Mrs Peck will be preaching.
Continue to pray for volunteers who can drive to fetch the visually impaired to our fellowship meetings.
4. In a world filled with uncertainties, we can become so complacent as to believe that these uncertainties will not affect us or we may be gripped with fear and forget that our Heavenly Father is in total control. Let us continually approach the Throne of grace to pray for our broken world with the assurance that in His time, God will put all things right, restore peace and sorrow and pain will be no more.
5. As the governments of Malaysia and Singapore work towards resolving the disputes between our two countries, and while each country may feel the need to protect its sovereignty and interests, pray for good sense to prevail so that relations will not deteriorate any further. Pray for amicable solutions to be found that would benefit all.
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