IN AND AROUND. Aldersgate In and Around Bi-Monthly Issue is also available at September - October 2018

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1 IN AND AROUND Aldersgate In and Around Bi-Monthly Issue is also available at September - October

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3 Missions Month Step Up, Step Out! September was Missions Month, and it saw a diverse range of speakers sharing with us God s heart for missions. From Aldersgate Methodist Church s very own Rev Teresa Wilborn to invited speakers such as Mr Kenneth Bong and Rev Dr Norman Wong, the church was reminded that we were to arise and step out in faith to reach the world for Jesus. In the middle of Missions Month, Mr Tan Soo Inn s message of the need to integrate work, worship and rest was a vital reminder of what was needed to be involved in missions for the long haul. Church members were also able to purchase books from Methodist Missions Society and Operation Mobilisation, and also indicate their interest in upcoming church missions trips. Indeed it was a fruitful month of hearing God s Word, and being convicted to go forth to make disciples of all nations. 3

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5 40 Days of Prayer by Pr Wendy Chiang 1 Jul 9 Aug 2018 One divine call from God united people across Singapore from different churches, ministries and ages to gather for prayer in solemn assembly. Over 40 days, different anchors led AMC to worship and seek God s face for the welfare of our church and nation. As two, three and more gathered in Jesus name, we experienced God s tangible presence in meaningful and powerful ways. And we learned how to pray by praying together. Here are some photos of the action. To God be the glory! 5

6 Aldersgate praise centre by Ms Eunice Lai Term 3 Overview + Upcoming Future Events APC was given the privilege of hosting two schools for their community projects during the months of August and September. Through participating in these programmes, the children learnt teamwork, perseverance and sportsmanship. 1) Woodlands Secondary School s badminton team conducted a series of station games for the children. 2) During the September holidays, Fairfield Methodist Secondary School s Girls Brigade conducted some activities and craft for the children. Teachers Day Dinner 31 Aug Our annual Teachers Day Dinner was held at Beach Road Kitchen. The teachers had the opportunity to bond and interact with one another. APC would like to thank Pastor Lynette, Pastor David and Mr. Eric Lim for joining us at this appreciation dinner. 6

7 Caleb85 by Ms Diana Chong Floral Arrangement Workshop 21 Jul 14 ladies attended a floral arrangement workshop, How to arrange flowers in a bag. The workshop was conducted by our very own, Ms Trudy Tay. Everyone enjoyed the time of fellowship and learning. Best of all, each brought home a beautiful floral arrangement. Glowing Years Ministry Convention 31 Jul - 02 Aug This year, 8 seniors from our church joined 108 seniors from other Methodist churches in Singapore in a 3-day, 2-night GYM convention held in Johor Bahru. The TRAC President, Rev Dr Gordon Wong, shared God s Word from Isaiah 54: 1-17, Strengthen your stakes and build your inner life. It was a good learning journey for the seniors. GYM Outreach Service cum High Tea 08 Sep 10 members, together with their friends, attended the GYM Outreach Service cum High Tea held at Fairfield Methodist Church. The speaker was Pastor Don Wong of New Charis Mission. Upcoming Events 19 Oct - Hearing The Voice Of The Methodist Church Of Singapore 23 Oct - Senior Weekday Prayer Faith Methodist Church 31 Oct - Senior Monthly Weekday Worship Faith Methodist Church Speaker: Bishop Emeritus Wee Boon Hup 7

8 Praise APC + Caleb85 Praise APC with Caleb85 29 Aug In partnership with the Children s Ministry, Ms Yuen Wai Mey, and six ladies from Caleb85 guided the APC children in making Teacher s Day cards for their APC teachers. 8

9 children s Ministry by Ms Yuen Wai Mey Aldersgate Praise Centre (APC) Gospel Follow-Up 14 Aug - Oct A team of five counsellors (Jody Chan, Linda Mok, Lorraine Seah, Tan Chiu Ai and Yuen Wai Mey) have started a seven-session Gospel Follow-Up with children from APC who have indicated interest to know more about Jesus. Parental Involvement in Children s Ministry 2 Sep One of the aims of the Children s Ministry is to involve parents in the ministry to children. The parents took over and led the CM Sunday sessions on 2 Sep. This gave the children the opportunity to see their parents playing a critical part in their discipleship. At the 8.30am session, Mr Jeffrey Er, father of Jarrett and Kaleb, shared the Word with the children. The topic was Refocus. He shared four interesting ways for the children to refocus their attention on God. TG CG led in the 10.30am session. Gibson Soh and Michelle Soon, accompanied by children on the keyboards and percussion, led the combined worship. Tay Li Ping shared a lesson based on the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector with the primary level children. Using a lesson on Jacob s Well, Timothy and Janet Ng taught the pre-schoolers to be kind to others. CM Stewards Appreciation 2 Sep In service of the CM stewards, a cosy gettogether was organised for them. About 20 persons gathered at Khor Poh Khim s home for lunch and a good time of bonding and fellowship. Ps Lynette and Ps David shared a few words of encouragement from the Word of God with the CM stewards. Appreciation gifts were presented to the CM stewards by Ps Lynette. Upcoming Event: Children s Day Celebration on 14 Oct

10 Chinese ministry by Ms Clara Toh Alpha Facilitator Training 28 Jul About 30 people from both the Mandarin and the English services attended the Alpha Facilitator Training conducted by Rev Lam Tien Keong. The participants were taught 1. Techniques for welcoming new friends 2. Do s and Don ts for facilitators 3. How to engage new friends in sharing Many benefited from Rev Lam s humorous teaching. Everyone is looking forward to being involved in the upcoming Alpha courses. 10

11 Prayer Ministry by Ms Denise Lim ENCOUNTER WITH GOD THAT BRINGS CHANGE 18 Sep Rev Dr Amos Jayarathnam shared on encounters with God that bring change. When we encounter God, our lives will change and we learn to trust Him with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding. He emphasised that our inner being, which is our spirit, must be trained to discern what God is saying to us. Our mind, emotions and circumstances can be hindrances to our hearing the voice of God clearly. We must get into position to encounter God. Rev Dr Amos ended with saying that even if we do not encounter God and walk closely with Him, we may still be able to operate the gift but we operate outside the will of God. Thirty seven people attended the talk. Many were blessed and were prayed for by Rev Dr Amos. 11

12 WSCS by Mrs Linda Woon WSCS Executive Committee President Mrs Linda Woon Vice President Mrs Rosalind Chua Vice President Mrs Betty Low Secretary Mrs Anne Lim Asst Secretary Ms Jeanie Shim Treasurer Mrs Angelic Lee Asst Treasurer Mdm Chen Pai Wah Missions Mrs Wendy Sui Witness & Evangelism Miss Irene Chan & Miss Shirlane Lim Discipleship & Nurture Mdm Trudy Tay Outreach & Social Concerns Mdm Lucy Lim & Mrs Caroline Wang Local Church Activities Mrs Michelle Woo & Mrs Cecilia Teo Nominations Committee Dr Jean Sia - Chairperson, Ms Chew Lee Eng, Mrs Susie See, Mrs Esther Seow, Mrs Serena Tan Chinese Ministry Representative Ms Jenny Goh Advisors Mrs Amy Lee, Ms Katherine Low, Mrs Wendy Sui Ex-Officio Rev Dr Lynette Sathiasingam (Pastor-in-charge) Ex-Officio Pr Wendy Chiang -Cheong Ex-Officio Mdm Choo Lai Eng (TRAC WSCS President) 12

13 Young Adults by Ms Cindy Ling Knowing and Fulfilling Your Kingdom Assignments 21 & 28 Jul With Rev Henson s dynamic teaching, we learnt about what it means to live as citizens of God s kingdom. Every citizen of God s kingdom is a soldier who cannot always remain in the assembly area, resting and recharging. A soldier needs to be awakened, aligned and assigned. Participants began evaluating if we were still asleep or have awakened. If awakened, we need to check if we are aligned with God. Soldiers only need to be alert and remain aligned, waiting on God for our assignments. The teaching was clear and easy to understand, leaving participants with much to reflect. 13

14 Youthphoria by Mr Christopher Chng Youth Alpha 15 July - ongoing Youthphoria started running the Youth Alpha programme, on the 15th of July. The goals are to refresh the youths on the basics and foundations of the faith and to invite their friends who are interested to find out more about Jesus. We have run 5 sessions and it has been an interesting time to engage with the video content, talk and hear about the questions that our youths have about the faith. We fellowship over lunch and a session of basketball afterwards. If you know of any youth who would be interested to join us, please invite them for the next session on the 7th October, Sunday. We start with lunch at 12.30pm. A video session follows starting at 1.30pm. Please contact Joel Tan or Christopher Chng for more information. 14

15 3 G's of Tithing You GET to tithe Tithing is not something you ought to do or have to do it is something you get to do. Instead of thinking of tithing as an obligation, change your mindset and look at it as a way to joyfully acknowledge God s provision over the resources He has asked you to steward. Joyful generosity is a gift. Tithing is a GOOD DISCIPLINE Tithing develops our spiritual discipline of giving. Just start and trust God. The Bible talks about the discipline of being faithful with little, so that you will later be faithful with much. The goal of tithing is to establish the financial priority of putting God first and honouring Him as the giver of all good gifts. Tithing is an act of GRATITUDE Tithing cultivates a heart of gratitude as we remember and give thanks to God for His provision in our lives. We learn to live under His Provision and be constantly thankful for His blessings in our lives. References:

16 AMC + Fairfield Methodist Schools Methodist Schools Long Service Awards Service Aug Fairfield Methodist Schools Founder s Day Celebration 4 Aug 16

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19 WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR & MRS RUSSELL TAY ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR BABY BOY, MASTER NOAH ZAC TAN Personal Data Protection Act Notice Privacy Policy and Consent to use of Personal Data By interacting with, submitting information to or signing up for any organised activity offered by Aldersgate Methodist Church, you agree and consent to Aldersgate Methodist Church collecting, using, disclosing and sharing of your personal data, for the purpose of our church administration, services, programmes, ministries, activities and any other purpose that is reasonably related to carrying out the aforesaid. Aldersgate Methodist Church respects personal data and privacy, and will only share such information with third parties on a required basis that is compliant with our PDP policies. EDITORIAL TEAM FOR IN AND AROUND Rev Dr Lynette Sathiasingam, Rev David Ho, Pr Wendy Chiang, Andrew Ang, Gracia Chiang, Lorraine Seah, Dawn Seow, Tan Chiu Ai 19

20 Pastoral Team Pastor-in-Charge: Rev Dr Lynette Sathiasingam Pr Wendy Chiang (Discipleship & Nurture, Cells, GB, Cluster C) Mr Thiruselvam S/O Govindaraju (Prayer, Pastoral Care, Hospitality & Security) Mr Christopher Chng (BB, Youth) Pastor: Rev David Ho Pr Anna Loo (Chinese Ministry) Ms Yuen Wai Mey (Children, Missions [admin]) Ms Clara Toh (Lay Pastoral Staff-Chinese Mninstry) Admin Staff Mrs Han Suat Hoon (Administrator) Ms Dorcas Lee (Lay Admin Staff - Communications) dorcaslee@aldersgate.sg Mrs Catherine Chia (Lay Executive Staff) catherinechia@aldersgate.sg Ms Daphne Wong (Lay Executive Staff) daphnewong@aldersgate.sg Our Sunday Services English (Traditional): 8:30am English (Contemporary): 10:30am Mandarin: 10:30am Youth Service (Youthphoria): 10.30am Children s Ministry: 8.30am / 10.30am More Info Church Office Operating Hours Monday to Friday: 8.00am 5.30pm Saturday: 9.00am 1.00pm Sunday: 8.00am 1.00pm Aldersgate Methodist Church 98 Dover Road, Singapore Tel: Fax: contact@aldersgate.sg Website: