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Sunday 18th October 2020 ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Every person complete in Christ - Colossians 1: 28 WELCOME BACK to St George’s church! Finally, after many months of meeting Online we are now able to meet together, in person. Thank the Lord and rejoice with us. You will notice that Church has changed in many ways, but the Lord remains the same and so does our mission of presenting everyone complete in Christ. God has given us new ways of sharing Christ with our world, our city and our neighbours. He has also given us news ways to develop how we nurture our faith and support each other in the Lord. Thanks for being part of these new ways. THE COLLECT FOR 19TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Almighty God, your son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence. Give us pure hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN. AMEN. http://www.stgeorges.org.sg https://www.facebook.com/stgeorgeschurchsingapore 1

THE HEALING AT THE POOL JOHN 5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” Our Lord had come to a sad place, the pool of Bethesda. I can see the Lord, walking with compassion among the sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed, with great pain in His heart. He knew they were there for one reason only – to be made well. “Miracles’ had happened at the pool before. People were healed when they had jumped into the water when the pool’s water was stirred and had gotten well. News of this spread and so sick people had flocked to this place, hoping to be healed in the same manner. For many of them, this was the last place of hope for healing. Upon learning that a man paralyzed for 38 years was there for a long time, our Lord asked him if he wanted to get well. This was a question that needed no asking. All of them wanted to be made well. 2

The man did not give a direct answer to the Lord, because it was obvious, he wanted to get well. Instead, he told the Lord that being paralyzed, each time the water got stirred, somebody else got into water ahead of him. So, he never had a chance. Yet, he had kept coming because there was no hope for his healing anywhere else. Having heard his answer, the Lord, told this paralyzed man to stand up, pick up his mat and walk ! This was a shocking thing to tell a paralyzed man to do, because it is not possible for him to do that. What happened next was more shocking ! This paralyzed man stood up, picked up his mat, and walked ! A miracle had taken place. And it was a miracle that did not need jumping into the stirred water ! What the man did was obey the Lord’s command. He did not know it was Jesus that gave him the command, but he just wanted to be healed. He acted and obeyed Jesus’ command. Friends, it is the authority and power of the Lord that healed the paralyzed man. The paralyzed man wanted to believe, acted, and obeyed, though it made no sense to obey. Praise the Lord for His great compassion. Praise the Lord for His authority and power. We marvel at the naive and unquestioning response of the paralyzed man. But his response brought healing. Lord, we pray for belief to accept your authority and obey your commands. Rev Paul Tan 3

1 Corinthians 7:15-24, 39-40 15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Concerning Change of Status 17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. 21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you— although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave. 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. 39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. 40 In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God. 4

9.00AM “Live” Service Order of Service WELCOME Toh Soon Kok PRAYER OF PURITY AND Toh Soon Kok TITUS 2 & 3 CREED SONG Come Now Is The Time To Worship CONFESSION Toh Soon Kok BIBLE READING 1 Corinthians 7: 15-24, 39-40 Shanthini Arthur SERMON Rev Ian Hadfield SONG Speak O Lord INTERCESSIONS, THE COLLECT Larry Bradley COMMUNION ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev Ian Hadfield CLOSING Toh Soon Kok 5

PRAYERS PRAISE GOD FOR WHO HE IS • Thank our Lord that his love never changes, and his mercies are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness O Lord. THE WORLD • Pray for Samoa (Pacific). Praise the Lord for the historical effects of the gospel on the nation. Samoans have been Christian for over a century, and every village has at least one church. Pray for its effect on current lives Much of the Church suffers from nominalism, and rivalry among denominations does not adorn the gospel. • Pray for peace in Kyrgyzstan. Bring before the Lord an end to the conflict. Bring before the Lord our world that it will work in unity to deal with important issues of the environment and COVID-19 Vaccine etc. Pray for God’s grace. SINGAPORE • Pray for those who are unemployed in Singapore. Pray for the Lord’s mercy for those struggling in their workplace. • Ask the Lord to give wisdom to the government in dealing with unemployment. • Pray for Rev. Titus as he is made Bishop of Singapore today (18th Oct). Pray for God to use him and the Anglican Church for the glory of Christ and the good of Singapore 6

ST GEORGE’S • Pray for those who are considering remarriage that they will carefully and prayerfully think through the next steps. Pray for those who are remarried and the blending of families. • (Pray for a St George’s Mission Partner) Hermon Living Waters Ministry (India) - A nearby temple had a sacred object destroyed and the perpetrator unknown, sparking attacks on Christians. Please pray for peace in the area and for the safety of believers, especially Joseph (the leader) as he tries to manage these problems • Pray for those who care medically for Rena, Rosemary, Christina, Kah Seng, Caitlin and Tee Dhye. • Pray for all who mourn including Jenny Stead and the family after the death of her husband Peter and for Babe and the family after the death of her husband Berndt. • Praise God for the birth of twins, a girl (Amélie Aerin) and boy (Matthias Aeshin) to Deborah and Wijnand. “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:68b 7

Be Spiritually renewed and refreshed 1) Join a Life Group Life Groups are small groups which meet in homes or at church or on Zoom (or a mixture of in person and virtual) where we meet together, study God's Word the Bible together, pray and care for each other and Do Life Together (hence the name Life Group) Contact Marc to join a group [email protected] Marc will help you find a Life Group for you on a day and time that suits you. 8

2) Be a person who gives sacrificially A follower of Jesus is someone who is generous with their money to causes that advance the kingdom of God. The Old Testament encouraged tithing, giving 10% of income to the Lord. The New Testament encourages us to go beyond and give sacrificially as God gave sacrificially his son and Jesus sacrificially gave his life. St George's appreciates people giving in 3 ways: (go to https://www.stgeorges.org.sg/how-do-i-give a) Setting up regular payments through a standing instruction to your bank, b) Mobile banking app or Paynow/Paylah (see at the bottom of this message) c) Giving regularly through retiring offerings after each Church Service. 3) Be a person who serves A follower of Jesus is someone who will serve, serve in church, serve in the community. Here is a link to enable you to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/sgcMinistry-Involvement-Nov20 There is training provided by us too. 9

St George's Safeguarding Training St George's new Safeguarding Policy is a church wide policy to help us provide a safer environment for children and youth to grow in knowing and experiencing the Lord. Our policy requires all who are involved in working with young people, under the age of 18 years old, need to do annual training. We are offering one more training opportunity for not only leaders, teachers, and helpers but for anyone from St George's Church. Everyone is welcome. Last Opportunity Sunday 25th October 2 pm in person at church It is a Free Event and is for 1 hour duration. Sign up for either event here: https://tinyurl.com/SGC-SAFETRAININGOCT2020 10

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To Register for Services 'In Person' at 100 pax/Service - 9am and 5:30 pm during October go to https://stgeorgeschurch.churchcenter.com/registrations To Register for Services 'In Person' at 100 pax/Service – 8 am, 10:15 am and 5:30 pm during November go to https://stgeorgeschurch.churchcenter.com/registrations To Register for Youth and Sunday School (in limited numbers) 'In Person' during November Services go to https://stgeorgeschurch.churchcenter.com/registrations NOTE: Sunday School is available 'In Person' for 8 am and 10:15 am NOTE: Youth is available 'In Person' for 10:15 am and 5:30 pm. 12

In Serving the Church Go to this link https://tinyurl.com/SGC-Ministry-Form-2020 and sign up to help serve at church on Sundays 9 am during October and at our Midweek Wednesday 10:30 am Communion Service. Go to this link https://tinyurl.com/sgcMinistry-Involvement-Nov20 and sign up to help serve at church on Sundays at 8 am, 10 am and 5:30 pm during November, December, January. etc... Use this link https://tinyurl.com/sgcMinistry-Involvement-Nov20 to offer help with Sunday School, Youth, Toddler Time, Mums and Tots, and/or Join one of our Life Groups - small groups 13

A Farewell Note from Rev Dr Soh Guan Chin to St. George's Church Composed 4 October 2020 Warm Greetings in Christ, dear people of St. George's Church! It has been my joy and privilege to have served with our parish for 6 years since 1 October 2014. Rev. Mark Dickens was Vicar then. I was asked by Bishop Rennis Ponniah, who has just retired, to assist him as priest. It was arranged as an agreement between my Mission, The Joshua Mission, and St. George's Church. My role was to work with him, and cover for him, when he had multiple engagements. This included celebrating, preaching, or officiating on Sunday communions & services, baptisms, weddings, funerals, home blessings, birthdays, and like pastoral duties. May the Lord continue to bless every family and every person who received from Him through these ministries, not just those I did, but all at St. George's. 14

The time for my farewell has come because of the growth of my Mission. When I joined St. George's, my Mission had 6 countries in its preaching and teaching network. It now has 18. Therefore, my load as Founder & International President, to teach, develop teaching materials, organise and administrate has grown. Also, over these years, more clergy and staff have been engaged at St. George's. Hence it is timely for me to focus more on my Mission. My attachment ends on 31 October 2020. But I am based in Singapore, and you are very welcomed to receive the preaching & teaching that is offered through my Mission, and to participate. Please do visit the Mission website www.thejoshuamission.net for messages & information, and to give, as the Lord may lead. By the way, the Mission is not named after me. Both the Mission and myself are named after the “Joshua” of the Bible. Thank you very much to you, the parish, to Rev. Ian Hadfield, the PCC, and the leaders, for all your prayers, fellowship, and funds to my Mission. I am sure there will be future opportunities to work with St. George's. May the Lord's blessing abide upon us all to worship and serve Him fruitfully for His glory. Revd. Dr. Soh Guan Chin (Joshua YJ Su) 15

A FINANCIAL GIFT TO SAY \"THANK YOU\" to Rev. Dr Soh Guan Chin If you would like to say \"Thank You\" to Rev. Soh in a financial way in order to support The Joshua Mission, then please give through an envelope by cash or cheque marked \"Gift Rev. Soh\" or put that description in the details field in your electronic transfer. Please do so by the 2nd November. 16

Midweek Communion Every Wednesday at 10:30 am A weekly opportunity to gather to celebrate what Christ has done in a tangible way. This is a Church Service for those in the COVID-19 vulnerable group (over 60 years of age and/or those with other health issues) Please register for the Service (as only 50 people can gather). Please go to our church website: https://stgeorgeschurch.churchcenter.com/registrations to register or ring/send a WhatsApp message to the Office 96577142 (new church mobile number) Please let the office know if you would like transport to St George’s to attend the Service. 17

Church Live Stream Online Watch the 9 am St George's Church Service as it happens from home, the car, with others etc. Go to this site https://rebrand.ly/SGCLiveStream -YouTube Live from 9 am on Sunday. NOTE: from the 1st November 2020 there will no longer be any pre-recorded Services but only the Live Streamed Service (which will continue to be available on Church's Website and the Church's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/StGeorgesChurchSingapore ) 18

For our online Services, View at St George's YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/StGeorgesChurchSingapore (Services are available from 7 am on the date of the Service and soon after on the Church's website itself https://www.stgeorges.org.sg ) Interactive Church SUNDAY From 8 am OR 5:30 pm on Sundays, join us for St George's Online Church. 8 am Zoom details: Join Zoom Meeting For Zoom details, please email Betty Wu at [email protected] The last 8 am Zoom Interactive Church will be held on the 25th October. 19

5:30 pm Zoom details: Join Zoom Meeting For Zoom details, please email Betty Wu at [email protected] The last 5:30 pm Zoom Interactive Church will be held on 18th October. 20

CHILDREN Online Sunday School 10-10:45 am every Sunday in October. Join in for a song, a story, a prayer, and an activity. For kids of all ages and their parents. Zoom Details: Please contact Narelle Hadfield. Note that from 1st November 2020 Sunday School will be offered in person at the 8 am Service and on Zoom and In Person at church (with limited numbers) for the 10:15 am Service. Please register your children for Sunday School In Person https://stgeorgeschurch.churchcenter.com/registrations. 21

This Friday at Dig Deeper Online, we will be continuing our teaching series called 'the Ephesians Series'. We'll be looking at Ephesians 3:1-13 as we journey with Paul in this letter as he encourages us to live our lives in the light of God's big picture! Also, this Friday, we'll be hosting our Physical Dig Deeper meeting at (2) homes keeping to the (5) person rule in each household excluding the people already in the house. If you're interested in hosting a group or sending your teen to one, please do let us know by getting in touch at ([email protected]) 22

Join us this Sunday at Circuit Breaker LIVE for the first of back-to-back 'Ask Anything' Q&A sessions via Zoom with Andrew Thomas & Jenny Foord. YOUTH Sunday Circuit Breaker LIVE happens every Sunday from 11 am until the 26th October then it will move to 10:15 am and 5:30 pm on Sunday 1st Nov. & Dig Deeper Online happens every Friday from 7-9 pm. We welcome all teens to join us at both our meetings! For more info, please get in touch with Shehan at ([email protected]) 'In-person youth at Church will resume on 1st November at the 10:15 am and 5:30 pm services. Registrations for in- person youth is open. We'll also be continuing to broadcast Youth on Zoom for all those who are unable to make it to Church! 23

Toddler Time Online Toddler Time continues online every Tuesday at 10 am (for about 30 mins) on Zoom. Please contact Hydie at [email protected] for more details. 24

NOTICE ON CHANGE OF USE FOR TES FUNDS 1st September 2020 Dear Donors, If you have previously donated to the PMF-ST GEORGE’S CHURCH account to support the restoration of St George’s Church, and received a tax deduction on your donation, please note that the scheme now allows collected donations to be used for: 1. Restoration of non-protected but historical structures within our Monument’s compound; 2. Works that are required for compliance with statutory regulations; and 3. Payment of Lease and TOL renewals. This is in addition to the original approved use, which was to support the restoration of the monument building. The Parochial Church Council has recommended, and Church Members have approved at the recent AGM that up to S$160,000 of funds in the PMF- ST GEORGE’S CHURCH account be used for Payment of Lease and TOL renewals. Should you have any concerns or objections to your donation being used for these new purposes, please contact Annette Ho (email: [email protected]), with your official tax exemption receipt as issued by NHB, by no later than 31st October 2020. Note: After 1st November 2020, it shall be taken that donors have no objections to the additional proposed uses, and donations will be channeled to fund these, where applicable. signed by a) Rev. Ian Hadfield (Vicar St George's b) Craig Martin (Honorary Treasurer) 25

Sunday 18th October 2020 at 4pm Service Watch livestreamed from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVle1035AY 26

For your prayerful consideration Whilst the church is not meeting together, we still have financial costs as well has providing assistance to those who need it. So, we ask that you prayerfully and carefully consider giving online through PayNow or Planned Giving. For PayNow 1. Please open your bank app and tick the \"scan & pay\" and scan the below QR code or tick the PayNow icon, you can choose to key in UEN number: T08CC4075KSGC. Please go to this section of the website to find out more https://www.stgeorges.org.sg/how-do-i-give Or download the form here. And send the completed form to Annette: [email protected] 27

Contact Us [email protected] Vicar: Rev. Ian Hadfield [email protected] Seniors: Rev. Paul Tan [email protected] Associate Minister: Rev. Dr Soh Guan Chin [email protected] Children's Ministry: Narelle Hadfield [email protected] Youth Ministry: Shehan Thomas [email protected] Small Groups/Life Groups: Marc Wang [email protected] Filipino Ministry: Hydie Valdez Admin Manager: Nicholas Tan [email protected] Finance: Annette Ho [email protected] Membership & Courses: Betty Wu [email protected] Property: Cynthia Lamb [email protected] Rosters+Website: Lesley Limpin [email protected] Office Mobile (WhatsApp only) 96577142 (New Mobile Number) Address: St George's Church 44 Minden Rd, Singapore 248816 28