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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.

GOOD NEIGHBOURS MONTHLY CONNECTIONS

Join our monthly outreach connections with your family, friends, or CG! No long-term commitment needed, but be prepared to want to sign up for more.

#1 Kopi with Migrant Brothers

Coffee, snacks, and good conversation. Bring the love of Jesus to migrant workers at Kranji Recreation Centre through your friendship and hospitality. We welcome all with a heart for these brothers to join our kopi sessions –

1st and 3rd Sundays, 4.30-6pm

Kranji Recreation Centre, 11 Kranji Close

#2 Gladiolus Place

Together with the Ladies Ministry, join us for monthly baking or craft sessions at Gladiolus Place – a non-profit Christian residential refuge for at-risk teenage girls. We welcome all females (young and young at heart) to be part of the restoration journey in these girls’ lives –

2nd Saturdays, 10am-12.30pm

Gladiolus Place, 6A Mattar Road

Sign up here. For more information, please contact Jiahui (jiahui@biblechurch.sg) or Yi Ling (yiling@biblechurch.sg).

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will no longer be conducted under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act passed by the Government in March 2020.

The AGM will be held physically in church on Sunday, 2 April 2023 at 12.30pm in the Peace Sanctuary. The Council strongly encourages all members* to attend this year’s meeting. Lunch ($5 per person) will be provided at 11.30 am. For catering purposes, please click here to register for lunch by 29 March 2023.

Amendments (required by the Registry of Societies and by the Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth) are to be made to the Church Constitution at this year’s AGM. In accordance with Section XVI “General” of The Bible Church, Singapore’s Constitution, these special resolutions need to be adopted by a two-third majority of members present at a general meeting. Under our Church’s Constitution, a quorum of at least one third of the total membership as may appear in the Register of Members is required before the AGM can proceed. Hence, in order to ensure that we can proceed with the AGM on a timely basis, members who are unable to be present physically for the AGM or who are unsure if they are able to make it to the AGM are encouraged to submit a proxy form so as to help form the quorum.

Each member present physically, and each proxy form submitted, will be counted towards the quorum of 291. Please submit the proxy form if you are not attending or are unsure if you are able to attend the AGM physically.

The following documents have been emailed to all members:

○  AGM Notice & Agenda

○  Minutes of the last AGM held on 19 March 2022

○  Church Secretary’s Report for 2022

○  The Bible Church, Singapore’s Constitution (with proposed amendments in purple text)

○  Financial Statements

○  Proxy Form (to be submitted to the church office only if you are unable to attend the AGM physically)

Limited hard copies of these documents can be collected outside the Peace Sanctuary. For more information, please email the Church Secretary at debs111@gmail.com or the Church Office at office@biblechurch.sg.

*Please note that only members who are at least 16 years old, who have been members for at least 1 year as at 2 April 2023 and whose names are on the church's main register as at 31 December 2022 are eligible to propose, second or vote at the AGM.

PASSION WEEK SERVICES

Good Friday Services

7 April 2023

8.30am and 10.15am

Kids For Christ program at 10.15am

Easter Sunday Services

9 April 2023

8.30am and 10.15am

Kids For Christ program at 8.30am and 10.15am

Note: There will be no Saturday service, Teenacity and KFC on 8 April 2023.

24/7 PRAYER RELAY

Wherever you are, join believers from The Bible Church Singapore, in a 168-hour Prayer Relay during Passion Week, from Palm Sunday (April 2) to Easter 2023 (April 9). Prayer pointers will be provided nearer the start date. To book one or multiple 1-hour slots, please click here.

RETREAT CENTRE FOR LENT

To facilitate an extended time of reflection this Lent season, the church is opening up the studio at 1A Jubilee Road to be booked for personal retreats.

While we may be familiar with retreats involving structured worship sessions, a speaker and discussions, a personal retreat is slightly different. It is a practice of setting aside time and space to focus on your relationship with God and how this relationship impacts your overall well-being. The extended time spent isn’t necessarily about intense Bible study, but more about being intentionally present with the Lord. The goal of retreat is to become a lover of God, to be loved by him, and to be open to the Spirit’s leading.

If you are interested, please click here and state your preference for a 3D2N slot starting 22 February (Ash Wednesday) to 7 April (Good Friday). There will be a recommended love gift to help cover the cleaning and use of the studio.

For more information, please contact Tan Beng Hwee at benghwee@biblechurch.sg or Leong Pei De at leongpeide@gmail.com.

UPCOMING MISSIONS TRIPS TILL JUNE 2023

Please click here for some details of the upcoming mission trips.

The exact dates for some of the above trips are to be confirmed. Please check with the respective contact persons about the dates and programmes or you may contact Asst Ps Gift Daniel at giftdaniel@biblechurch.sg.

During the second half of the year, we plan to send mission teams to Nepal and to selected locations where our EquipAsia training is going on. These teams will be smaller in size and may include travel to remote places and have a specific ministry focus. If you are interested to go for mission trips to Nepal or to EquipAsia countries, please contact Asst Ps Gift Daniel.

Pre-Mission Trip Training

To derive the maximum benefit from the mission trips, we have certain guidelines for mission trippers. One of them is to attend the pre-mission trip orientation cum training session. The training provides an overall understanding of missions and attempt to address questions such as: Why go on a short-term mission trip? What are the Do’s and Don’ts of a mission trip? What can you expect from a mission trip? How to avoid turning a mission trip into a holiday trip, etc.? All our mission trippers are expected to go through this training. Please participate in the training even if you are not sure of your participation in a trip, but are considering a trip in the next 2 years.

Date: 6 May 2023 (Sat)

Time: 10.00am – 12noon (on Zoom)

Please register here to indicate your interest.

IN APPRECIATION

Our deepest condolences to the family of Mr Sim Ch'or Hee on his home calling on 13 March 2023. Ch'or Hee was the beloved husband of Mrs Sim-Ng Boon Siew and the father of Sharon and Jason.

Boon Siew and her family would like to thank members and friends for their prayers, visits and condolences.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a Ministry Support staff who will provide the necessary administrative support to enhance the smooth functioning of the various ministries.

Requirements and skills

• Strong administrative and coordination skills

• Good written and oral communication skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and the ability to learn new software and office management systems with training

• Able to plan, organise & coordinate events

• Able to work independently as well as part of a team

• Able to multitask and handle concurrent deadlines with accuracy and attentiveness to details

• Able to work full time (40 hrs/week including working on weekends)

Please email your detailed CV to benghwee@biblechurch.sg.

UPCOMING EVENTS

OUT OF THE DEPTHS: A LENTEN PRAYER AND WORSHIP EXPERIENCE

Sunday, 19 March, 2.00-3.30pm

Peace Sanctuary

Join the young adults for a time of prayer and worship, based on the movements of Psalm 130. Come seek the Lord through praise, personal reflection, and intercessory prayer (for one another and the world).  

TBC ASIAN MISSIONS FELLOWSHIP (ONLINE)

Scripture exhorts us to encourage one another as the day is drawing near. This is what we aim to do through our Zoom fellowship with our mission partners (who can speak English) serving in Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines and other countries.

Started in May 2021, this time of worship, devotion, sharing and prayer has been well received. In 2023, our devotions will be based on the book of Jonah. Due to security concerns, please note that this will be a closed meeting. Please join us if you have a burden to encourage those who are going through persecution and difficult times.

The meeting dates in 2023 will be 20 March, 8 May, 3 July, 4 September and 6 November at 8.00-9.30pm.

Please click here to register.

For more information, please contact giftdaniel@biblechurch.sg.

SCHOOL OF DISCIPLESHIP (SOD) MODULE III - SCRIPTURE

Date: 8 Tuesdays starting 21 March 2023

Time: 8.00 – 9.30pm

Venue: Seminar Room 1 (next to The Well)

Instructors: Tan Geok Seng and Dr Lee Hong Huei

The School of Discipleship is open to all Christians, particularly those younger in the faith. For this module on “Scripture”, we will learn about the Bible as God’s Word to us, the COMA (context, observation, meaning, application) approach to studying various Bible genres and texts, and how to use simple Bible Study tools. There will also be guided Bible reading with facilitators.

Please click here for more details and to sign up.

If you have any questions, please contact Ps Lim Wei-en at weien@biblechurch.sg or Tan Geok Seng at gsyyern@live.com.

LADIES BLESSED LUNCH CONNECTION

Have you ever wondered if it’s even possible to find joy in Jesus especially when you are facing a challenging situation? Yet, we are promised joy in Christ. Joy that brings strength and helps us through the most difficult situations of our days.

Come join us for a time of fellowship and discover what you can do to find that joy in Him.

Please click here to sign up before 1 April 2023.

For enquiries, please contact Angela at 6779-3255 or angela@biblechurch.sg or WhatsApp +65-8800-0913

COMMUNITY MEALS

The next community meals will be held in the Grace Fellowship Hall on:

• 1 April 2023 after Saturday Service at 6.15pm (Dinner)

• 2 April 2023 after Sunday 2nd Service at 11.30am (Lunch)

This is a good opportunity to connect with friends, old and new, over food and warm fellowship. For catering purposes, please click here to sign up by 29 March 2023 (Wednesday).

KIDS FOR CHRIST (KFC) EASTER SPECIAL

Theme: Because Jesus gives us life and hope!

Date: 9 April 2013 (Sunday)

Time: 8.30-9.45am or 10.15-11.30am

Ages: 4-12 years old

Do register with QR code or click link below: 

https://forms.gle/jhKewkmbY6jFuG7s6

FAMILY DAY PICINIC 2023

Join us for Family Day Picnic for a day of exciting fun and warm fellowship.

Date: 22 April 2023 (Saturday)

Time: 9.00am to 12.00pm

Venue: West Coast Park, at the Grand Lawn

There will be fun group games & activities, and small group picnic food and fellowship.

Enjoy the greenery and fresh air of West Coast Park, the healthy and easy inter-generational activities, and get to know new friends of all ages in the church community. Make this a memorable weekend!

Don’t miss this Family Day event. Sign up begins today. Click here to register.

You may sign up as a family, CARE Group or individuals. Individuals will be assigned to a small group.

For enquiries, please contact Asst Ps Lai Keet Keong at 9618-7220 or keetkeong@biblechurch.sg.

CHURCH CAMP 2023

Following last year's memorable campference where we learnt a lot about the views of different generations, we continue with these intergenerational conversations at our long-awaited church camp, which will be held from 16-19 June (Fri-Mon) at Forest City Marina Johor Bahru. With the theme “Gen Fest - Celebrating the Generations”, let's take a time out together to hear from Reverend Tan Kay Kiong as he shares more about the multigenerational church and God's plans for us.

Sign up at camp.biblechurch.sg by 30 April 2023. Please contact Jobina at jobinatan2@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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.

Please click here to request for a private link to the English Worship Service.

2. Kids for Christ

Sat Preschool & Primary:  5.00-6.15pm

Sun Preschool & Primary: 10.15-11.30am

3. Teenacity

Sat Service: 3.00-4.15pm

Sat DG time: 4.45-6.15pm

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 18 & 19 Mar 2023 (Vol 46 No.11)*

For internal circulation only