DAILY READINGS ROSTER

TRAFFIC ST. MATTHEW’S CHURCH Monday 09 May’16 MARSHALL REFRESHMENTS (THE DIOCESE OF SINGAPORE) Acts 19:1-8 1K, Eng Hoon Street, Singapore 169796

08/05 Kenneth Kwek Crew 1 (Sandy, Dorothy, Mee Wah Email: [email protected] Psalm 68:1-6 Irene, Sharon) Website: http://www.smc1902.org John 16:29-33 15/05 Dylen Mun Crew 6 (Kwek, Shawn, Raphael, Tel: 6224-9909 Fax: 6222-4491 Emergency Hotline: 9188-6880 Douglas, Rueben, Benjamin)

Tuesday 10 May’16 22/05 Raphael Chong Crew 5 (Irene Chong, Susan Tan, Acts 20:17-27 Joshua, Joey, Hazel, Samuel) : Rt Rev Rennis Ponniah Vicar: Rev Stephen Lim Psalm 68:9-10, 18-19 Assistant : Rt Rev Low Jee King Clergy: Rev Koh Hock Soon

John 17:1-11 BIBLE READING WORSHIP LEADER Rt Rev Kuan Kim Seng of Singapore: Rt Rev Low Jee King 08/05 Sandra Chong Eric Chong Wednesday 11 May’16 To grow a community that continues to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ 15/05 Loh Tuck Yew Gina Sim Acts 20:28-38 through Discipleship, Alignment, Reaching Out and Exaltation.

Psalm 68:27-28, 32-35 22/05 Sandie Wun Ilango 08 May 2016 – SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

John 17:11-19 WELCOME TEAM OFFERTORY TODAY (08 May 2016) NEXT SUNDAY (15 May 2016) Level 2 Sanctuary Level 2 Sanctuary 08/05 Love Team Edwin Lim 8.30am 8.30am Thursday 12 May’16 Bible Reading Bible Reading Acts 22:30, 23:6-11 15/05 Peace Team Sandra Chong

9.00am 9.00am Psalm 16:1, 5-11 22/05 Joy Team Connie Ho John 17:20-26 Prayer & Praise Service Holy Communion Service Preacher: Pastor Santar Singh Preacher: Rev Stephen Lim, Vicar LAY READER INTERCESSORY PRAYER Sermon: “Created For Greatness” Sermon: “The Law” Friday 13 May’16 08/05 - Yong Ping Ping Scripture: John 15:1-17 Scripture: Exodus 20 Acts 25:13-21 15/05 Ng Lam Lee Ng Lam Lee Large Print Church Bible: 1676 Large Print Church Bible: 118 Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 22/05 - Sandra Chung Small Print Church Bible: 721 Small Print Church Bible: 54 19-20 John 21:15-19 9.30am @ Basement 9.30am @ Basement SIDESMEN Sunday School – “Mother’s Day” Sunday School – “Life Of Christ”

08/05 A Willis Sim* B Phyllis Tan Saturday 14 May’16 11.30am @ Basement 11.30am @ Basement C Ho Yin Yin D Chia Runjin* i) Agape Young Adults – “Romans” i) Agape Young Adults – No Lesson Isaiah 22:15-25 ND Psalm 15 15/05 A Maureen Wong* B David Chew ii) Agape Youth – “B2B: The Church” ii) Agape Youth – “B2B: The 2 Coming” C Regina Phua* D Wong Mee Wah Acts 1:15-26 11.30am @ Level 3 11.30am @ Level 3 John 15:9-17 22/05 A Lawrence Tan* B Dorothy Soh Petra Bible Study – “Luke 1" Petra Bible Study – “Luke 2 & 3" C Dolly Chow D David Ho*

11.30am @ Level 4 11.30am @ Level 4 GENERAL INFORMATION HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR ALL Baptism Class (Foundation 1) – Session 5 Baptism Class (Foundation 1) – Session 6  Church Office Hours:  An air-conditioned nursery is available for mothers with infants at “The Uniqueness of Christ” “The Uniqueness of Christ” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun: 8.00am-3.00pm Baby Room inside the Gallery and Hope Room, Level 3. COLLECT FOR TODAY:  Toddlers aged 1½ - 3 years & Kindies aged 4-6 years are invited Mon: Office is closed Eternal God, the King of Glory, You have exalted Your only Son with great to join the Pre-schoolers Class at Level 3 Grace Room. Tue-Fri: 9.00am-5.30pm triumph to Your kingdom in heaven. Leave us not comfortless, but send Your  A caregiver is required to accompany a child less than 3 years Sat: 9.00am-3.00pm Holy Spirit to strengthen us and exalt us to the place where Christ is gone old.  To issue a cheque, before, and where with You and the Holy Spirit He is worshipped and glorified,  Primary Level children can join our Children’s Church at the now and forever. Amen. kindly make it out to: Basement after main service worship at 9:30am. LECTIONARY READINGS: “St Matthew’s Church  Youth service is held at 11.30am every Sunday at the Basement. (English)” Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26 - 4- -1-

ANNOUNCEMENTS (08 May 2016) PRAYER FOCUS FOR THE WEEK (08 May 2016)

1. Blessed Mother’s Day (1) St Matthew’s Church St Matthew’s Church (Cont’d) We salute all mothers for their love, care and sacrifices made for their families. As an (i) Our Congregation (vi) Church Camp 2016 acknowledgement of the critical role that they play, the church is giving a token of Pray that we will be firmly grounded in (Sun to Wed, 12-15 Jun) appreciation to all mothers in the church during service. the truth of the gospel and be faithful Pray for the health of our speaker Bishop to the teaching in word and in deed. John Tan and the committee as well as 2. Disasters in Japan and Ecuador good responses for the registration. The second collection last Sunday was $1,769.00. Thank you for your generosity. (ii) Our Ministries 3. SMC Silver Fellowship May those serving in ministries be very (vii) Baptism Class (Foundation 1) Please note that there will be no Silver Fellowship gathering in the month of May. intentional about praying and seeking Praise the Lord for the 3 adults, 1 youth what the Lord is doing today in their and 2 children who are currently attending 4. Community Service Visit to Pacific Healthcare Nursing Home ministries. the class. May the Lord give them wisdom Date / Time / Venue: Sat 14 May / 10:00am to 12:00pm / Pacific Healthcare to understand His Word and grant them a Members are encouraged to participate in our Community Service. (iii) Our Sick heart of passion that keeps them focused

5. SMC Combined Family Day Outing to Labrador Park God’s peace, comfort and hope for: on their study. We pray that His Word fill Date / Time / Meeting Point: Sat 21 May / 4:00pm / Labrador Park MRT Station Mrs Catherine Tham, Mrs Helen Liew, their being and renew their heart. Registration fee: $3.00 per person (inclusive of Bento Box dinner, fruit and drink) Mr Yong Joon Nam, Mr Ho Yong Kai, Kindly note there will be no transport provided. Mdm Yuen Siew Shain, Mdm Maisie (2) Diocese of Singapore Ng, Mr Tan Yew Chong. Synod Meetings, 12-14 May Do invite your families and friends to join us for a fun walk! Please register at the Pray for Bishop Rennis Ponniah for Admin Corner, Level 1 after service. Registration closes on Sun 15 May. (iv) Our Members Overseas wisdom and anointing as he chairs the 6. SMC Church Camp 2016 – Theme: Be Holy For God God’s protection and grace on those: Synod Meetings (13-14 May). And for Date / Venue: Sun-Wed, 12-15 Jun / Mutiara Hotel, Johor Bahru Working abroad SynodPlus Gathering on “Mission through Camp speaker: Bishop John Tan Victor Hui & Tracy Lee (Japan) Education” (12 May). Uphold Studying abroad Ng Moon Hing as he preaches God’s Camp fees: Adult $350.00 Lawrence Gregory (England) Word at the Synod Meetings. Senior Citizen age 60 & above $290.00 Andrew Chew (Australia) Agape Youth 1 & 2 $290.00 Melissa Chew (Australia) (3) Singapore (Full-time student / non-working) Rachel Chong (Australia) Outbreak of HFMD Cases Child age 3 – 12 (extra bed) $250.00 Rachel Looi (Australia) As of 23 Apr, 12,166 confirmed cases, up Child age 3 – 12 (without bed) $150.00 Mission abroad from 8,835 cases reported in 2015. We Registration Closing Date: Sun 15 May Konstanze Kwek are at the threshold of a new epidemic. Hurry save the dates and grab your roommate to register together! This year, you ( – 29 Apr to 27 May’16) Pray for God’s protection over our people can register online at: www.SMC1902.org/churchcamp2016 especially the young. Pray for the chain of (Required: Name as in passport, NRIC / FIN / Work Permit No., Birth Date) (v) Our Mission Abroad transmission to be broken. 7. Anglican Schools’ Primary One Registration Exercise 2016 (Phase 2B)  Baloi Kolam, Batam Date / Time: Mon-Tue, 18-19 Jul / 8:00am to 11:00am, 2:30pm to 4:30pm Please keep our core group in (4) World Anglican schools for enrolment: St Hilda’s Primary School (co-ed), St Margaret’s prayers as they seek to change our Raging Wildfire in Canada Primary School (girls) and St Andrew’s Junior School (boys). mission direction in Baloi Kolam. Massive wildfire in western Canadian city

For more details, please approach the church office.  Ban Chang, Thailand of Fort McMurray forced the evacuation of

Do keep our team in prayers as 88,000 residents. Pray for God’s peace to 8. Medical Mission to Batu Aji, Batam (Sat 30 Jul) be upon the people. May the Lord bless Cost: full-time student / non-working adult $30.00; working adult $100.00. they kick-start their preparation for the trip in July 2016. the firefighters with good weather to assist This medical mission is held in conjunction with St. Andrew’s Cathedral. There are them in bringing the fire under control. 10 places available. If you are keen in reaching out to our neighbours, kindly submit your names to Dr Alex Chung, Lester Wong or Iin Leong.

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