Bulletin Announcements – 26 January 2014
This morning we warmly welcome Pastor Chadd Hafer and his wife Parisa to WS. May his ministry be a blessing to us all.
Starting next Sunday: Four Keys to Happiness – Success? Freedom? Love? Me? – we will having a series of 4 talks on happiness and Sam Chan will be speaking. Invite your friends, Start the conversation with all your friends now on what is happiness and how we can find it?
CHURCH RETREAT: Growing Together, Serving Together! – Church Retreat on 14-16 March 2014 to be held at Stanwell Tops. Save the Date! Registration starts today.
Children Ministry Announcement – No Sunday school today. Parents, please make sure that your children are in your care. Term 1 Sunday school for 2014 will start on 2 February 2014. Please fill in enrolment form for your children. Contact our teachers or Liza for one. Play Group will start 4 February 2014.
Baptism: Those who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour and desire to be baptised, please see Rev. Keith Noldt or a deacon about commencement of baptism classes. The WS baptism service is in May.
TODAY: EGM on 26th January 2014 Notice is given hereby to all members to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting called by the diaconate to be held on 26th January 2014 at 12:30pm at the Chapel of the church.
Motion (1): To call Pastor Chadd Hafer as a full-time pastor of the church to serve CroydonPark@10 English congregation. His term will be 3 years and renewable.
Motion (2): To call Rev. Andrew Choy as a part-time minister of the church to serve the Cantonese congregation. His term will be 3 years and renewable.
We must thank God for His abundant grace because He has prepared for us a buyer for the property at 55, Boyle Street. This buyer will use the property for residential use and the exchange of contract has been taken place on 15 January. As the sales process is in progress at the moment, please refrain from using this property from now on and thank you for your co-operations.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (Matthew 9:36 NIV)
At the end of Matthew 9 Jesus’ ministry is described in two short sentences and this is one of them. Now, we’re told here that he had compassion on the crowds. The dictionary defines ‘compassion’ as – ‘a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.’ Firstly, we see that Jesus’ ministry was motivated by the suffering of those around him as well as his theological agenda. Secondly, and more importantly, is that this motivation turned into action. When he saw sheep in need of protection and provision he took it upon himself to be their Shepherd. Consider how truly wonderful this is! What other god is there who is moved by people in distress? What other god is willing to serve the weak? We in Jesus have a God who is compassionate towards the harassed and helpless. In Jesus a God who is tender even towards you a sinner when you’re fatigued and feeble. Now that’s a God worth having, isn’t it?
from pastor Ariel