issue date:28Dec2014 - Living Praise Presbyterian Church
28 DECEMBER 2014 BULLETIN! Address: 8A Bishan Street 13 Singapore 579794 Tel: 6259-1943 Fax: 6259-4279 [email protected] www.livingpraise.org.sg Living Praise Presbyterian Church Order of Service THE GATHERING! 2015 Meeting Time ! Prelude ! ! ! Opening Prayer & Call to Worship ! Songs of Praise! ! ! The Gospel Song ! ! Come People of The Risen King ! ! How Great Is Our God ! ! Amazing Grace! Psalm 92:1-4 ! Elder Chan Siew Heng Youth & Young Adults 9am to 11am English Service & Sunday School 11.30am to 1pm (every 1st Sunday - combined Family Communion Service) OUR WELCOME, PRAYERS & GIVING ! Welcome ! ! ! ! Offertory ! Doxology ! ! Pastor Foo Yuk Yee Mandarin Service 11.30am to 1pm Prayer of Intercession (every 1st Sunday Holy Communion Service) There Is A Hope Join us for Lunch Every Sunday! 1pm to 2.30pm Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow THE WORD ! Scripture Reading ! Sue Kim Lee 1 Corinthian 13:13 Sermon ! ! ! ! ! ! Elder Tan Yeong Nam Take Me Deeper THE SENDING ! Closing Song ! ! ! Benediction ! ! ! Announcements Deeper In Love Now Unto Him Join us for Monthly Games & Learning Day! (every 1st Sunday) • Get to know someone new. • Talk to someone about the message. Pray with someone. • • Speak with a pastor, elder, deacon or a friend. ! Please carry our conversations about God over to lunch and minister to one another. Our Mission in Living Praise Presbyterian Church is to know, love and enjoy God forever – and lead others to do the same. Our 10 Year Vision by end 2022 is to have 100 (+ existing in 2012) families, to know, love and enjoy God forever and lead others to do the same. Published and Printed by Living Praise Presbyterian Church MICA (P) 031/05/2013 Welcome to Living Praise! Dear friends, On behalf of the leaders and members of Living Praise Presbyterian Church we warmly welcome you to our church. We hope that you'll be blessed by your visit this morning as you find out more about Jesus and meet some of His people. Do stay back after the service, join us for lunch fellowship and speak to us. We would love to get to know you. We warmly invite you for our regular Sunday services from 11.30am - 1pm. If you would like to find out more about our church activities do contact me at 91821644. Pastor Yuk Yee, on behalf of the leaders and members of Living Praise. STAFF CONTACT Reverend Foo Yuk Yee OFFICE EXT EMAIL Acting Senior Pastor 9182-1644 [email protected] Reverend Tan Hoo Sun Daniel Associate Minister, Mandarin Ministry 9833-1984 [email protected] Preacher Stanley Soh Pastor, Youth & Young Adults Ministry 9695-9286 [email protected] Pastoral Associate (Chaplain & Sunday School Ministry) 9698-6051 [email protected] Pastoral Associate (Church and School Ministry) 9770-9539 [email protected] 9622-4659 [email protected] Carol Ng Gerard Su Roy Chang (Study Leave @ Singapore Bible College from July 2014- June 2017) Tan Lip Teng Senior Church Manager, Administration & Facility Management Evelyn Tan Admin Executive [email protected] MINISTRY TEAM (ELDERS) Richard Ong Elders & Deacons Court Clerk, Chairman Personnel 9297-9680 [email protected] Hospitality Ministry 9824-5105 [email protected] Wang Kim Meng Family Ministry 9630-3096 [email protected] Chan Siew Heng Cell Groups Ministry 9754-5689 [email protected] Sunday School Ministry & Assistant Treasurer 9651-1442 [email protected] 9179-7029 [email protected] Treasurer & Young Adults Ministry 9144-3480 [email protected] Missions Ministry 9824-4536 [email protected] Tan Yeong Nam MINISTRY TEAM (DEACONS) Jessie Wong Sow Har Daniel Loke Kwong Yan Wilson Tay Swee Kiat Church and Worship Ministry Martin Chen Wee Bang MINISTERS Congregation of Living Praise 28 December 2014 Name RESPONSE SLIP (Please tear off) (Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms./Mdm.) Address Email Mobile Age Group Please tick where applicable Home 18 & below 19-30 Office 31-40 I would like to join a Discovery Class to find out more about Christianity. I would like to know how to be a Christian. 41-50 50 & above I would like to join the New Members’ Class and be Baptised / Confirmed / Transferred (Kindly circle your response) I would like to join a Cell Group. I would like to join a Foundation Class. Others: I would like to know more about church activities. I heard about Living Praise from __________________________________ (Family / Friend / Came On My Own) 2 SERMON OUTLINE! 21 DECEMBER 2014 Scripture: 1 Corinthian 13:13 Title: Take Me Deeper Preacher: Elder Tan Yeong Nam INTRODUCTION! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A. IN FAITH (Heb 11:1)! ! ! ! ! ! ! B. IN HOPE (Rom 5:1-5)! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TAKE ME DEEPER C. IN LOVE (1 John 4:16)! CONCLUSION# # # Reflection Do stay back to pause, reflect and pray about what God has spoken to you during the service. Please be mindful of others who may be praying. Do share with others over lunch fellowship to encourage them. Sermons are available on our church’s website at www.livingpraise.org.sg or on your Android ph ones! Download LPPC App from https://play.google.com/store. Search using the keyword: "LPPC" or "Living Praise Presbyterian Church" 3 Praiselines by Elder John Seah 28 DECEMBER 2014 From The Pastoral Leadership Team Resolution versus Commitment "If you want to make the most out of your life, you must make a commitment to success rather than just making a New Year's Resolution for change." It's that time of year again, right? Time to make a new year's resolution! What will we promise ourselves, our family or God this coming year. Will we promise to lose some weight, yes, that's a good one. Will we promise to change our attitude, exercise more, pray more; just what will we resolve to do? I propose that instead of making a resolution, we make a commitment. The difference between the resolution and the commitment is.... a commitment is long lasting, a resolution is temporary. A resolution sparks our motivation, a commitment maintains our resolve long after the resolution has fizzled. In other words when we commit, we invest! A resolution is “the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.” In contrast, a commitment is defined as “a pledge or promise; obligation.” The result of a resolution lies in why the resolution was made. By definition, a resolution is an intention or determination to make a change. To be more successful, the resolution must evolve into a commitment. A commitment is stronger because it involves a pledge, promise or obligation to a course of action. As Believers, we can submit our goals to God and pledge to achieve them. Proverbs 16:3 says - Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. The key difference between a resolution and a commitment is in the follow-through and emotional investment. A personal commitment carries a greater desire to meet or exceed the personal pledge and a drive to develop and demonstrate this same commitment. Try making New Year Commitments versus Resolutions for Year 2015 and beyond. Allow the Holy Spirit to work within us to Discover, Develop, and Demonstrate growth in the appropriate areas of our lives in 2015 and beyond. Discover Discover is a verb of action. Every day is a day we can discover and rejoice in something new about God. Day by day, God desires a closer walk with Him. Seek to walk in God’s footprints more often and keep God closer to our hearts and persistently on our minds. As we seek to uncover and reveal the areas of our lives that are not submitted to Him, the Holy Spirit will reveal the goals we need to commit to. Discover and be open to what God has planned for us this coming year and in the future. Develop As we discover fallow non-spiritual areas of our hearts and minds, pray and meditate as we turn them over to Jesus. To properly develop the shaky areas of our faith, make the time for a consistent one on one with Christ to pray for the strength and wisdom needed to develop these areas. Satan will be working 4 overtime to counter-attack the development. Thus, be just as diligent to ensure we maintain our full armour of God to repel his attacks. (Ephesians 6:13) For the revealed areas, set interim goals on the calendar and with friends as a checkpoint reminder of our commitment. If we have committed to read the Bible more, set a monthly goal; if it is losing weight, make an appointment to meet a friend during the week to work out or sign-up for a class or a half-marathon at the end of the year. Honour God by developing the areas He has pointed out in our spiritual walk. Demonstrate As God enlightens our minds during the discovery process and impresses on us where we need to develop our lives, create with Him a plan of action to demonstrate and perpetuate our growth. After all, 3D (Discover, Develop and Demonstrate) Believers consistently demonstrate the dramatic difference that Christ makes in the lives of believers as we flesh out the words of God in our 3D lives. Follow Him and discover the truth found in His Word. Follow Him more and develop the truth in our lives. Follow Him consistently and demonstrate the truth and the light of Christ to others. Questions: Discover A. After prayer and determination, what are some things that God wants you to work on this coming New Year? B. Commit each discovery to God (with a prayer partner) and pledge to work on it. Develop A. How can you ensure that you consistently apply yourself to what the Holy Spirit has pointed out? B. Do you expect the growth in the area(s) to be easy or challenging? Demonstrate A. How will your New Year’s commitment affect your spiritual growth? B. How will it affect your witness? For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. (2 Timothy 1:12 King James Version) My prayer for you, dearly beloved for 2015 and beyond is really that everyone's name be found written in the book of life - by committing your life / everything to God! (Revelation 20:15) (I, John, your brother and fellow believer in Christ write to the Church in LPPC @ Bishan - from the island of Singapore) Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3 5 THANKSGIVING, PRAYERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS ! YO U TH & YO U N G AD U LT S 28 DECEMBER 2014 MI NI S T RY YAYAM Youth Camp 2014 We praise God for our annual camp and for the Word of God that was shared. We thank God too that even though there were some unforeseen changes that took place, God was gracious and He provided for us. May He continue to do His good work among our young people and cause them to live out their Christian lives loving others like Jesus. New Year New Beginnings Youth Ministry Sundays – 9am to 11am Young Adult Cells – 9am to 11am Pray for our youths and young adults that they may take time to reflect on 2014 and give thanks to God for their joys, sorrows and challenges. As 2015 beckons, may they once again come before the Lord and recommit their lives to Him. May their hearts be drawn to Christ that they may be disciplined to be punctual for Youth Ministry Sundays and also for young adult cells each Sunday. May the Spirit continue to work in and through their lives that they may grow in love for Christ and for one another. CHURCH SCHEDULE JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2015 Date 4 Jan, Sun Sunday Sermon New Year Message Event Family Communion Service Monthly Games & Learning Day Topical Series: Know What You Believe In - Part I “I believe in God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth...” We recite the Apostle’s Creed during our gatherings but what does it really say? Join us each Sunday as we learn more about our central Christian beliefs as sumarised by the Apostle’s Creed. During these weeks, in cell group s we will be learning how to share the gospel. 11 Jan, Sun Talk 1: Believing in God 18 Jan, Sun Talk 2: Believing in the Triune God 25 Jan, Sun Talk 3: Believing in the Sovereign God 1 Feb, Sun Talk 4: Believing in the Identity of Jesus Family Communion Service Monthly Games & Learning Day 8 Feb, Sun Partnership Sunday Welcome our SMC Chairman & KCPPS Principal Men’s Blessing Day 15 Feb, Sun Talk 5: Believing in the Sacrifice of Jesus 22 Feb, Sun Talk 6: Believing in the Reign of the Jesus Christ Worship Gathering I 6 THANKSGIVING, PRAYERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS We lift thankful eyes to God for His provision of KCPSS for the past 2 years for our ministries. There are many reasons to praise God for and give thanks to Him. This could be a lesson learnt from the sermon series, encouragement from our cg meetings, working with children in the Sunday school, getting to know newcomers, taking the step of baptism, amongst others. Come 31 December @ 8pm, we are having a Thanksgiving service. There is a segment to invite us to share our thanksgiving to God. Do spend some time as the year draws to a close to pen down your thoughts first and bless others by your sharing during the service. For more details, please approach Elder Tan Yeong Nam. Living Praise Ladies Prayer Fellowship SUNDAY SCHOOL Date: 4 January 2015, Sun Time: 9.30 am Venue: School Canteen Parents whose children are in Nursery, please come and fetch your children from “Truth” (room across the Creche) after the church service. We invite you to join us for a time of sharing and prayer. Closing of 2014 Accounts All Ministries: Please note that all claims and invoices for payment are to be submitted to the Church Treasurer by 4 January 2015. Jan 2015 4 We regret that we will not be able to honour any claims or request for payment after the aforesaid date. This is to enable us to close our accounts for the year and also to prepare for external audit. Good things come in threes! Come 2015 we’ll be adding a third part to our service! Every first Sunday of the month we’ll have a time of fun and games, and learning together as a family. Part Three : Monthly Games & Learning Day Part One: Our main service - we are served by the musicians, song leader, duty pastor and preacher. Part Two: Lunch fellowship - we serve one another as we eat, catch up and pray for one another Part Three: Monthly games & learning day - we play games and learn together as a family Date: 4 January Time: 2-3.30pm Bonding games LPPC’s plans for 2015 7 MINISTRY INFORMATION OUR FAITHFULNESS 21 December Attendance @ Service 278 (English Service) 42 (Mandarin Service) Sunday School 59 Tithes & Offerings! $35,391.75 Our 10 Year Vision By end 2022 to have 100 (+ existing in 2012) families, to know, love and enjoy God forever and lead others to do the same. Building Up, Reaching Out, Passing Down CELL GROUPS Roster 28 December 4 January 2015 Duty Pastor/ Elder/Staff Pastor Foo Yuk Yee Roy Chang Service Leader Elder Chan Siew Heng Roy Chang Annabelle Wang, Daniel Lee, Benjamin Ho, Irwin Tan, Benjamin Ho, Ian Lim, Isaac Lee, Ian Lim, Phoon Kwong Mun, James Soh, Yeo Jia En & Ruth Chen & Yeo Jia En Marcus Ong Scripture Reader Sue Kim Lee Tan Nguan Sen Visual Team Kelvin Tan Seck Siok Hui Audio Team Eddy Ho & Matthew Loh Welcome Team Elder Jimmy Tan Elder Wang Kim Meng Gloria Ong, Jerlyn Lee, Ng Kay Beng, Ann Quek, Png Yiye, Valerie Seet & Barney Dunne, James Soh & Yap Swee Hin Simon Soo Musicians & Singers Ushers Eddy Ho, Keefe Quek, Matthew Loh & Phillip Hoh If you are interested to join a Cell Group, please fill in the response slip on page 2. Thursday, 8pm, Bishan Elder Wang Kim Meng 9630-3096 Thursday, 2pm, Bishan Elder Sue Kim Lee 9695-5395 Friday, 8pm, Marymount/ Toa Payoh Friday, 8pm, Yio Chu Kang/ Thomson Friday, 8pm, Upper Thomson Road Friday, 8pm, Bishan Saturday, 3pm, Bishan Saturday, 3pm, KCPPS Saturday, 3.30pm, KCPPS Elder Jimmy Tan 9626-6068 Tan Nguan Sen 6457-4754 Daniel Loke 9179-7029 Elder David Lim 9620-2953 Elder Chan Siew Heng 9754-5689 Steven Tan 9686-1906, Loh Pui Wah 9630-7618 Elder Tan Yeong Nam 9824-5105 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Chew Siew Chin 9618-2745 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Elder Kok Siew Hoong 9622-6087, Chew Wing Kee 9111-0114 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Felix Lim 9826-9750 , Wilie Wu 9652-1180 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Elder John Seah, Tay Swee Kiat 9144-3480 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Priscilla Lam 9754-5182 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Pr Stanley Soh 9695-9286, Tan Nguan Sen 6457-4754 Sunday, 9.30am, KCPPS Elder Richard Ong 9297-9680
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