COMMUNITY MATTERS

WELCOME

A warm welcome to all newcomers who are with us today. We would love to meet and get to know you. Please click here to help us get to know you better.

THE BIBLE CHURCH BROADCAST VIA WHATSAPP OR TELEGRAM

Via WhatsApp

All Members will be added onto the WhatsApp Broadcast. Save the number 8925-0242 into your phone's contact list.

For non-members, save the number 8925-0242 into your phone’s contact list and WhatsApp your full name to this number to join the broadcast. 

Via Telegram

Click the LINK to join the ‘Bible Church Broadcast’ Channel:

https://t.me/+3UDmAyazRsQzOTk1

VISIT A CARE GROUP

If you wish to visit or serve in CARE Groups (https://www.biblechurch.sg/care-groups), please contact Asst Ps Lai Keet Keong at keetkeong@biblechurch.sg or through WhatsApp or Telegram at 9618-7220.

PASTORAL CARE

Find out more about our pastoral care by clicking here.

Please feel free to contact any of our pastoral staff or the church office (office@biblechurch.sg or 6779-3255) via email or text messages should you require prayer. If you know of anyone who is facing financial difficulties, please let us know as well.

COUNSELLING MINISTRY

There are certain times in our lives when we feel stuck or unable to cope. If you are going through a season of challenges and need emotional support, the Lay Counselling Ministry in the Bible Church would love to pray and journey with you through your struggles and difficulties.

Trained counsellors are available to help with pastoral care and short-term counselling for children, youth and adults, including TBC members, regular attendees and those seeking Christian counsel.

Please click here to find out more.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

If you are looking to serve in one or more of our ministries, please click here to find out more.

CHURCH COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

On behalf of the 12 newly elected council members, I want to thank you for endorsing their leadership. The term of office for the new council will commence after the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and last for a period of 2 years.

Please lift up the leaders in your prayers as they seek to be shepherds of God’s flock.

May 1 Peter 5:2-3 be true of all our leaders.

God bless you,

Elder Tan Chin Tiong

VISION 2028

In the past ten years, the church has embarked on a vision discernment process once every five years, which would then guide us subsequently. This process ensures that we have a habit of seeking and listening to the Lord as a leadership team. Likewise, as we prepared to celebrate our 65th church anniversary in 2023, the Church Council and the Staff team embarked on a similar process over the past 18 months to seek the Lord in prayer and to hear one another with respect to the thoughts and aspirations for the church. We hope to articulate our discernment of the Lord’s leading for the church for the next 5 years (Jan 2023 to Jan 2028).

Please click here for the full document.

2023 PULPIT SERIES - THE STUDY OF ACTS

We will be studying the Book of Acts for our 2023 Pulpit Series. Hard copies of the Bible Study Guide on Acts (by The Bible Church, Singapore) are available for $3.00 per copy. A softcopy of the guide can be downloaded here or from the church website.

SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (SCE) SEMINAR ON THE BOOK OF ACTS

Recordings and notes of the SCE Seminar on the book of Acts, held on 14 January 2023, are available here: https://www.biblechurch.sg/sceseminar2023

APPLICATION FOR BAPTISM/TRANSFER OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

The first baptism and membership transfer of 2023 is scheduled for 9 April 2023. All completed application forms for baptism and membership transfer must be submitted to the Church Office via email to meefang@biblechurch.sg by 29 January 2023 (Sunday).

Please note the following requirements:

• Baptism & Membership transfer applicants – to attend 4 classes scheduled for Sundays 5, 12, 19 and 26 Feb from 8.30 – 10am.

• Membership transfer applicants (should be regular worshippers with the church for at least a year) – please submit your salvation testimony and reason for transfer together with your application.

For more information, please contact Timothy Lee at timothy@biblechurch.sg or 9753-9752.

The next baptism & membership transfer is scheduled for 28 and 29 October 2023.

HOSTING EQUIPASIA STUDENTS

12 FEBRUARY TO 4 MARCH 2023

EquipAsia is a regional training program of our church to equip bi-vocational pastors with Bible knowledge and ministry skills. We are conducting Part 3 of the programme for a total of 20 students from Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos and Mongolia from 12 February to 4 March 2023. Seah Jiak Choo, Paul Lim, Eric Goh & Rev Dr David Wong will be teaching various sessions.

The EquipAsia students will be worshipping with us for two weekends and they will be hosted by various CARE Groups (CGs) for meals. The students are allowed to share with our members the spiritual needs in their countries for our prayers. However, please note the following:

1. No soliciting of funds

We strongly discourage the students from soliciting funds directly or indirectly for their needs and likewise for any CG or church member to give cash to them directly. We will provide them with food & lodging, as well as a token allowance for their needs. However, should any CG or member be moved to give, all such gifts should best be channelled to The Bible Church, Singapore, by designating them for the EquipAsia Programme. All contributions will be pooled together and may be used at the discretion of the EquipAsia leadership team, in part or in whole, to support the EquipAsia ministry.

2. No pictures on social media

If you happen to take pictures with the EquipAsia students, please do not post such pictures on any social media. Some of these countries have religious sensitivity and it may jeopardise the students’ ministry in the long run.

Let us welcome these Christian brothers and sisters in our midst and pray for the effective run of the third and final part of the EquipAsia programme. If you have any questions, please contact Asst Ps Gift Daniel at giftdaniel@biblechurch.sg.

ST LUKE'S ELDERCARE (SLEC)

Hongbao Project 2023

As a ministry partner of the St Luke’s ElderCare (Clementi Centre), our church is supporting the “St Luke’s Hongbao Project 2023”.

We would like to thank you for your past support. This year, we would like to request for your kind support again by making a donation through the St Luke’s Hongbaos which will be placed on the offering boxes at the back of the Sanctuary.

You may also donate by credit card online at http://bit.ly/slhb2023. All donations made to St Luke’s ElderCare Ltd and St Luke’s Hospital are eligible for 250% tax deduction. To receive tax deduction, you are required to fill in your NRIC/FIN or UEN No.

You may drop your Hongbao in the offering boxes by 29 January 2023 (Sunday).

NO ENGLISH SERVICES AND KIDS FOR CHRIST (KFC)

In view of 21 January 2023 (Saturday) being Chinese New Year Eve, there will be NO English Services and KFC on that day.

There is also no KFC and Crux on 22 January 2023 (Sunday). All, including children, are welcome to join us for our regular Sunday 8.30am and 10.15am worship services.

CLEMENTI BIBLE CENTRE

In view of the festive season, Clementi Bible Centre will be closed on 23 and 24 January 2023.

HOLY COMMUNION IN JANUARY 2023

Please note that Holy Communion is scheduled for 28 & 29 January (weekend following Chinese New Year on 22 January).

UPCOMING EVENTS

CHURCH PRAYER MEETING

Date: 27 January 2023 (Friday)

Time: 8.00-9.30pm

Venue: Joy Chapel (Level 2)

Prayer Leader: Snr Ps Beh Soo Yeong

Join us as we embark on a journey to grow in greater prayerfulness. Let us seek the Lord to deepen our passion for and practice of prayer, so we will experience deeper intimacy with God, greater dependence on the Spirit and more willing obedience to Jesus.

Come, receive the Word of God and intercede for Vision 2028 and for the ministries of Worship and the Pulpit.

We will also have the opportunity to pray for parents whose children are far away from the Lord and for one another.

While we strongly encourage physical attendance, we will enable online participation for those who are unable to come onsite.

Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 923 2231 0095

Passcode: cpm2023

THE PRE-MARRIAGE COURSE (TPMC) 2023

Dates: 28 January; 4, 11, 18 & 25 February 2023 (Saturdays)

Time: 1.30 – 4.30pm

Venue: Rooms #04-01/02

Registration closes on 22 January 2023 (Sunday).

TPMC provides couples (in courtship or a steady relationship) Christian principles and practical handles to build strong and healthy marriages. Over 5 sessions, couples will learn the critical importance of commitment and other pillars of marriage, as well as how to make a marriage work. These include:

• Learning to recognise and appreciate each other’s differences (gender and personality)

• Skills necessary for relationships to grow (how to listen, express feelings and resolve conflicts) and how to make each other feel loved and respected

• Developing emotional and sexual intimacy (in marriage)

• Sharing life's journey through goals, values and dreams

The course is designed so that couples will have ample opportunities to discuss and dialogue, as a couple, on critical issues regarding marriage, with the couple’s privacy respected. This course is compulsory for members who are planning to have their marriage solemnized by the Church* in 2023/2024, and is also suitable for pre-Christians. Your friends are welcome to join the course.

COURSE ADMIN

1. Every couple who is planning to have their marriage solemnized by the Church will be paired with a marriage counsellor for at least 4 sessions to go through the Prepare and Enrich assessment tool (USD35 per couple) as well as a marriage mentor couple to walk with them through the first year of marriage.

2. Please purchase two recommended books before the start of the course: Married for God by Christopher Ash and The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller.

For more information or to sign up, please click here or contact Asst Ps Timothy Lee at timothy@biblechurch.sg.

*Pending the fulfilment of all criteria according to our marriage policy.

WORSHIP SERVICES

1. English Services

Sat English Service: 5.00-6.15pm

Sun English Service 1: 8.30-9.45am

Sun English Service 2: 10.15-11.30am

Sun Crux (Young Adults): 2.00-3.40pm

Weekly sermon videos can be accessed here from every Monday.

Live streaming of the English service has stopped wef 26 & 27 Nov. Please click here to request for a private link.

2. Kids for Christ

Sat Preschool & Primary:  5.00-6.15pm

Sun Preschool & Primary: 10.15-11.30am

3. Teenacity

Sat Service: 3.00-4.30pm (Will resume on 28 Jan 2023. Meanwhile, please join our English weekend services.)

Sat DG time: 5.00-6.15pm (Will resume on 28 Jan 2023. Meanwhile, please join our English weekend services.)

4. Chinese Ministry

Sun Service: 8.45-10.15am

OUR MISSION:

TO GLORIFY GOD BY BEING DISCIPLES IN A DISCIPLE-MAKING COMMUNITY OF JESUS CHRIST

Copyright © 2022 *The Bible Church, Singapore*, All rights reserved. 

*Electronic Bulletin 22 Jan 2023 (Vol 46 No.3)*

For internal circulation only