NEW LIFE NEWSLINE NEW LIFE BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 10 Marsiling Lane Singapore 739147 Tel: 63686322 Fax: 63682494 E-Mail: nlbpc@singnet.com.sg Website: www.nlbpc.org For the Word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ Rev.1: 9 Vol. 23 Number 41 LORD S DAY 14 October 2007 PASTORAL TEAM PASTORS Rev. Daniel Khoo 6368 2779 (O) Rev. Peter Tan 6368 2885 (O) Rev. Lim Chee Boon 6365 9786 (O) Pr. Nathan 6365 9787 (O) MINISTRY STAFF Sis. Dorcas Chionh 6365 9784 (O) Sis. Lilian Lee 6365 9788 (O) ADMIN STAFF Dn. Steve Tan 6368 6322 (O) Ms Lim Lee Lee 6365 9785 (O) KINDERGARTEN PRINCIPAL Mrs. Eunice Tay 6368 9567 (O) CHURCH SESSION Eld. Siow Chai Sheng Eld. (Dr.) Sim Chee Seng Eld. Sivaraj Prasad Eld. (Dr.) Tow Siang Yeow Eld. (Dr.) Paul Tsao Dn Chong Fook Chan Dn. William Goh Dn. Karapan Mohan Dn. Ivan Lim Dn. Steve Tan Dn. Tan Wee Boon Dn. Yap Chee Kian Tamil: Dn. Kumaran Barathan Chinese: Dn. Donald Chee Dn. Thomas Tan Order of Worship PRELUDE: Organist HOLY CONTEMPLATION: The LORD is in His Holy Temple CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 16 HYMN OF WORSHIP: 3 Love Divine INVOCATION: Dn. Chong Fook Chan GLORIA PATRI RESPONSIVE READING: Matthew 16 HYMN OF PRAISE: 406 Who Is on the Lord s Side? OFFERING: Doxology Praise God, from whom all Blessings Flow SCRIPTURE READING: John 21: 15-23 HYMN OF PREPARATION: 405 Have I Done My Best for Jesus? PASTORAL PRAYER: Eld. Siow Chai Sheng MESSAGE: Lovest Thou Me? - Sp. Eld. Siow Chai Sheng HYMN OF CONSECRATION: 453 I Love to Tell the Story BENEDICTION: Threefold Amen ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dn. Chong Fook Chan DISMISSAL HYMN: The Lord Bless You and Keep You Yellow Week PRAYER FOCUS: Missions Letter from Kenya I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:1,5 Dear brethren, We greet you in the Wonderful Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The month of July and August is like autumn, cool and dry. The trees are turning yellow and shedding their leaves. It is the season for animals migration, which is also the peak period for safari. The August school holidays have passed quickly and the students are back in school.
New Life Team Visit Rev. Daniel Khoo and team (comprised Kok Whye, Freddie and Janet Tan, Lucas Wong and Lilian) arrived on 14.7.07. During their stay, the Lord enabled them to perform many tasks: v Rev. Daniel Khoo ministered to many Pastors from our locality through the 1 st ever conducted Pastors Seminar since 1998. He shared with them from a book Changed: Experiencing God s Transforming Power by Rev. Bill Mills. The Pastors expressed that it was very enriching and wished it could have been extended for more than one day. Pastors Seminar at Kiluani Glory New Life Church v Bro.Freddie and Sis.Janet taught the children in Sunday School. Bro.Kok Whye ministered to about 10 students from Kiluani Sec. Sch. Bro. Lucas taught the youths in Youth Fellowship. v Bro. Kok Whye, Bro.Lucas and Joshua (our local worker) with Rev. Khoo took 2 days to work on the new generator. They checked and laid the cables. It was not an easy task in making necessary changes and ensuring that all the lines are working. This is especially so because the new generator was delayed and arrived only in the 2 nd week of their stay. The Lord granted Rev. D. Khoo much wisdom to solve all problems in good time. Praise the Lord! v The team also met up with the new Head Master of Kiluani SS. He expressed that the school is interested to work with the mission again. Praise the Lord. 2 Newsline
Life Team visit Life BP Church also sent a team comprising Bro. Lim Pin, Bro. Francis Leong, Sis. Mimi and Sis. Evelyn Tan. They arrived on 4.8.07. Sis. Mimi & Sis. Evelyn, VBS v In the 1 st week, Sis. Mimi and Sis. Evelyn conducted 3days Vacation Bible School (VBS) to about 120 children and also taught them in Sunday School. The children were happy and beaming with joy when they saw Sis. Mimi, who had visited them the year before. They enjoyed singing all the songs she taught them during last year s VBS. Now they learned more bible stories, new songs and art & craft. They were teachable and enjoyed all the lessons very much. v Bro. Lim Pin and Bro. Francis Leong spoke at the Church Seminar for 2 days. They taught the church lessons on giving, prayer, and women leadership in Church. They also covered female circumcision and showed a videotape on the evils of Female Circumcision and idolatry. Praise God that about 80% of our local church members came for the seminar. It had never been so well attended by the members before. Some of the ladies came very early in the morning to prepare lunch before the seminar so that they will not miss any of the messages. They have learned much from the messages. Surely, they must have grown in commitment to and shown a greater interest in the word of God. Pastor David Aluvisia from Lenkejabe Church came with some of his church members on the 2 nd day of the seminar. We thank God for all visitors from New Life and Life BP Church who had brought invaluable spiritual blessing to us at Kiluani. Praise God for enabling each of them to use their talents well for His glory. The Lord confirmed His blessing by sending a few days of good rain to us in August. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. 14 October 2007 3
Mission v Joshua, our general worker cum guard learned much from Rev. Daniel Khoo on how to lay and fix up the cables and light. v Currently, all the houses, clinic and church are lighted up. At night, Kiluani is like a little town from far. Thank God for the New Life team for their efforts have made life more comfortable for us, and for Lifers gift of the new generator. v All the mission staff had a good meeting with Rev. Daniel Khoo. He encouraged and commended them for their faithfulness and good work with the mission. v Thank God that Kenya Power (the utilities board of Kenya) has installed the transformer but they have yet to connect the cables to our station. Clinic v In July, a team of trainees from Kikuyu Mission Hospital came here to conduct the Eye Clinic and do some simple eye surgery e.g. Surgery for Trichiasis and I & D for chalazion. Trainee doing a simple eye surgery v Two months ago, a 15yr. old Maasai lady delivered a baby girl with a face presentation. I had never encountered such cases before. By God s grace the baby was delivered but was flat at birth. The good Lord revived the baby after resuscitation. All glory to our Great Physician. v Three weeks ago, another lady delivered a premature baby at about 32 weeks gestation. Thank God for sustaining the baby boy. He weighs about 1.1kg only. He was then transferred to Kajiado Hospital immediately. I visited him last week; he was doing well and growing. The mother was very grateful to God for preserving her baby because she had a miscarriage in her 1 st pregnancy. Praise the Lord. In all challenges, We can trust our All-Knowing God for overcoming the difficult situation. 4 Newsline
Church Baptism the first at Kiluani Glory New Life Church, 22 July 2007 1. On 22.7.07, Rev. Daniel Khoo conducted the 1 st baptism since the mission started in 1997. He baptized 4 ladies and had 6 transfer of membership. Holy Communion was also administered for the 1 st time. It was a day of rejoicing in the Lord. 2. During the 2 teams visits, a Pastor s Seminar, a children VBS and a Church Seminar were conducted. Young and old, all are blessed by the visitors. Praise the Lord. 3. Two weeks ago, the youths with eight mamas and 3 men climbed a mountain. Mama David Keru, a grandmother of about 80yrs old cheerfully and victoriously reached the summit. With God all things are possible. Glory to His Name. 4. We had John Letuya, 2 nd year student from Bible College of East Africa (BCEA) to speak on Following Christ. We also spent some time in group praying. Thank God for the blessed time of seeking Him up on the mountain. 5. Pastor Omweri was away for a month to take a rest at home due to his recent poor health. Thank God that he is well now. Prayer Items 1. Since the 2 nd team left, we have not been receiving rain. Do pray that the Lord will send rain. 2. The church members and the youths will grow in commitment and hunger for God s word esp. those who were baptized. 3. The men in the church will be committed in the Lord. 4. That Kenya Power will soon connect the cables for us. 5. The medical ministry will continue to be a channel of witness and blessing to the community. 6. Wisdom and good health for all who are serving the Lord. His unworthy servant Puimeng 14 October 2007 5
Kiluani Mission, Kenya Pray for Rev. Mark Kim that the Lord will enable him as he continues to serve in the Bible College of East Africa (BCEA), Kenya. May the Lord give him wisdom also to oversee the mission work at Kiluani and elsewhere. Pray for Ps. Omweri that he continues to faithfully preach the Word and for the Lord to bring the increase especially among the men. Pray for Sis. Pui Meng that God will protect her and grant her grace and wisdom. Pray also for her plan to take 6 months rest next year. Pray for church members, especially those who were baptised recently, to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Pray for the school that Chapel hour and Worship for the students with the mission will be restored soon. Pray also for the school to raise enough funds to build yet another dormitory. (The school now has 300+ students.) Also note the prayer items listed in Sis. Pui Meng s letter. China Ministry Pray for the leaders that the Lord will strengthen them and remember much of the training that they have received. Pray for them to be examples to their flocks. Pray also for the Lord to provide for their families. Pray for the Chinese brethren that they will grow in the faith and understanding of the Word of God. Pray for the nationals that worship with us on Sundays that the Lord will be merciful and save many. ndian Ministry Pray for the Indian National Sunday evening ministry among the Indian nationals - about 30 or more - that many will come to receive the Lord. Pray that some of the more faithful brethren will be catechised and added to our church. Pray for Pr. Nathan and helpers to share the same godly vision to do the good work. New Life, London Pray for New Life London that the Lord will provide a resident pastor. Pray for Bro. Mok and his wife Carol to serve faithfully and with commitment and that all their efforts will add to the church in London. Also remember Mok s studies at the Tabernacle. Pray for unity of vision among the leaders and church members at NLBPC, London. Pray for God s wisdom for the leaders in NLBPC, Singapore as they oversee the church in London. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh ntercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8: 26 27 6 v Prayer Meeting Wednesday 8 pm Chapel Newsline
v Corporate Prayer Sunday 9 am Sanctuary Join the church for prayers if you are committed Wednesday nights, come early on Sunday and pray together with the rest of us. Prayer is the life line of the church! NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Renovation in progress: Currently the pews are being re-worked and as this work is very messy it needs to be done in the car park. Members are asked to bear with the fact that some car lots have been taken up for this purpose. Ladies Thursday Class starts THIS THURSDAY 18 Oct 10am. This class is taken by Mrs. Jessie Tow and they are studying Genesis. Lunch is provided. Please register with Rev. Peter Tan. AF Couples Night: Remember your date with your spouse this Saturday! Sp: Eld. Khoo Peng Kiat Date: This Sat 20 Oct Time: 6.15 pm Venue: HomeTeamNS Sembawang Resort opposite Sembawang Shipyard. Reach Out by Faith (ROF): Door-to-door evangelism NEXT SUN! Meet at 1.30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome! Please pray for God to soften the ground as New Lifers go out sowing the seeds. Operation Clean-Up: Sat 27 Oct. at 9 am. Fellowship Groups are kindly requested to come and clean your respective areas. Session Meeting: Session members are requested to attend the meeting the following Sun 28 Oct at 1.30 pm. in the Conference Room. Church 24 th Anniversary Combined Service is on Sun 11 Nov. Choirs or whoever is presenting any items are requested to send by email the lyrics etc to the church address by 31 Oct. UPCOMING EVENTS: Sunday School Retreat on Sat 17 Nov. All teachers and helpers, please see your Superintendent (Junior Dept Bro. Aaron, Senior Dept Dn. Yap & Pre- School Sis. Shermaine) for the invitation letter. Family Seminar: This seminar will be held on Mon Wed 26 28 Nov 2007 at 8 pm. in our church. Please mark these dates in your calendar. Calling all Youths! Black vs. White: Of angels, the devil and the Holy Ghost. Do we really have guardian angels? Are demons and devils for real? Come and find out at the YF Camp to be held on 27 to 29 Dec (Thu to Sat) in our church premises. Watch this space for more info. 14 October 2007 7
WELCOME TO NEW LIFE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHURCH THEME FOR THE YEAR 2007 Our Conformity to God s Will That ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Colossians 1: 9 APPOINTMENTS FOR THE WEEK 14 20 October 2007 SUN 8.45 am Sunbeam Choir Practice 9.00 am CORPORATE PRAYER 9.15 am Pre-Service Singing 9.30 am ENGLISH SERVICE Sp: Eld. Siow C S Cp: Dn. Chong FC 9.30 am TAMIL SERVICE Sp: Pr. Nathan 9.30 am Toddlers Club/Nursery Worship 9.30 am Kids Church 9.45 am Teens Worship Sp: Dn. Steve Tan 11.30 am CHINESE SERVICE Sp: Pr. Yeo Hwee Yeow 11.30 am Sunday School 11.30 am Men s Fellowship 3.00 pm Ju Eng Chapel ALBPC Sp: Rev. Lim Chee Boon 6.30 pm CHINESE 2 nd Service Sp: Rev. Daniel Khoo 7 00 pm Indian National Fellowship WED 8.00 pm Prayer Meeting Sp: Rev. Peter Tan What is Mortal Man? Job 4: 1 21 THURS 10.00 am Ladies Thursday Class: Genesis SAT 3.30 pm YF 6.15 pm AF Couple Night Sp: Eld. Khoo Peng Kiat NEXT SUNDAY 21 October 2007 SUN 9.00 am CORPORATE PRAYER 9.30 am ENGLISH SERVICE Sp: Rev. Peter Tan Cp: Dn. Tan Wee Boon Elder on Duty: Eld. Tow Siang Yeow Usher I/C on Duty: Dn. Mohan 9.30 am TAMIL SERVICE Sp: Bro. S. Pr. Nathan 11.30 am CHINESE SERVICE Sp: Rev. Daniel Khoo 3.00 pm Ju Eng Chapel Hebron BPC Sp: Eld. Siow Chai Sheng 6.30 pm CHINESE 2 nd Service Sp: Rev. Lim Chee Boon COLLECTIONS FOR 7.10.07 Tithes/Offerings: ENGLISH TAMIL CHINESE TOTAL S$ 12,099.65 708.00 2,135.75 14,943.40 Sunday School: Adult U/L Jr Nursery Toddlers Total S$ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Benevolent Fund S$50/= Africa S$100/= Renovation Fund Collection last week S$1000/= Total Collection to Date S$132, 254.00/= On This Sunday 14 October 2007: Elder on Duty: Eld. Siow Chai Sheng Usher I/C on Duty: Dn. Yap Chee Kian Teens on Duty: Benjamin Goh & Zhao Jie Blessings! Flowers: Dn. Tan Wee Boon & family Fellowship Tea: Mr. & Mrs. Lim Chin Hong Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. Psalm 148: 5 8 Newsline