20230730 English Bulletin

WELCOME TO CAMBERWELL METHODIST CHURCH We are a faith community that is growing in our love for Jesus, who died for our sins, and is raised from the death. We are called to follow Jesus, and to make disciples of all nations. If you would like to know more about God, Jesus, or our church or the Bible, please use [email protected] / Minister-in-Charge Rev. James Kong 0413 953 238 / Assistant Pastor (English) Ps. Allan Quah 0402 675 219 to Get in Touch. 58 Cooloongatta Road, Camberwell, VIC 3124 • Tel: (03) 9889 0702 • www.cmca-camberwell.org.au

ORDER OF WORSHIP 9th Sunday After Pentecost/Theological Education Sunday Worship Service (30 July 2023) Silent Prayer <Be Still in the Presence of the Lord> Call to Worship Psalm 28:7-8 Adoration & Praise Prayer Psalm 107:10-22 Responsive Reading The Lord’s Prayer Colossians 1:28-29 Scripture Reading Theological Education and You, Me Proclamation of the Word 409 <Have Thine Own Way, Lord> Offering Offering prayer Welcome/Notices Chorus of Response Benediction Ministry Roster 30/7/2023 Preacher Rev. James Kong Worship Leader Chris Ting Song Leader David Chieng Backup Wesley Chew Pianist Jaden Wong Accompaniment Steven Yek Drums - Bible Reader Josephine Wong Multimedia Esther Yee Live Stream/PA Bryan Law & Jin Loong Wong Ushers Elaine & Joanna Wong Floral Monique Hii HC Prep - Ministry Roster 6/8/2023 Preacher LP Chris Ting Worship Leader Daniel Ha Song Leader Zoe Ha Backup Audrey Ling Pianist Verene Kang Accompaniment Strings Ensemble Drums - Bible Reader Maddie Tiong Multimedia Yew Fong Lim Live Stream/PA David Ha & Samuel Ling Ushers Cassandra & Josiah Tan Floral - HC Prep Cerene Koo 2

“God looks for those whose hearts are prepared to be intercessors before Him ...Intercessors can be the only ones standing between an individual or a nation and God’s wrath.” Henry Blackaby Weekly Praying for the Church 1. P ray for coming back to church to 3. P ray for Annual Conference continue to be worship faithful in leading all churches in Australia, that we may work together to bring the 1.1 Pray for ongoing streaming work to be gospel to the those who are lost, and effective, and glorifying God; discipled to be fisher of men and women. 1.2 Pray for congregation to come back to 4.1 Pray for Jimmy Kong, Aunty Su King Ting, physical worship in the church; Christina (Boon Koh’s sister, Canada), Flora (Singapore) and Ben (USA). Thank 1.3 Pray for the small groups, and you all for upholding them in prayer. fellowships continue to connect with each other, and reach out to other; 4.2 P ray for our brothers and sisters who are unwell and in distress. Let us continue to 1.4 Pray for God’s breakthrough in all uphold them in prayer as well as showing that church is doing so that we may our care and support to them. experience renewal in the life of community and ministry. 4.3 P ray for the world situation, may the war end and peace be restored. 2. Pray for LCEC 2023-2024 and English Ministry Committee that they may work 4.4 P ray for the Federal Government in together to reach out to families, our young Australia to govern with wisdom. people, and our community. 4.5 P ray for those affected by the natural disasters and the rescue effort. 4.6 P ray for Bishop Milton Nee, all chairpersons and members of AC boards for 2023-2026. 3

“God looks for those whose hearts are prepared to be intercessors before Him ...Intercessors can be the only ones standing between an individual or a nation and God’s wrath.” Henry Blackaby Weekly Praying for the Church 5. Pray for our church family continue to 6. P ray for spiritual awakening experience living God in each of these household at Camberwell Methodist 6.1 y our plead with the Lord to be merciful Church. We pray for deeper relationship to us and graciously draw us back among the family members, deeper to Himself and His ways. Ask Him to relationship between husband and wife, and show us unfailing love and grant us His deeper relationship between parents and salvation that we may rejoice in Him. children. I cannot stress more than saying this is the time, God is at work through and 6.2 restore us again, O God our Saviour... in our families. Let us not look else where Will you not revive us again, that your but instead look within our daily relationship people may rejoice in you? Show us and our family. God is right there with us. your unfailing love, O Lord, and grant us Seek Him first and His kingdom, all these your salvation (Psalm 85:4,6-7); things shall be added to you. 6.3 T hank God that He is willing to give the Holy Spirit to those who ask. Cry out to Him for an outpouring and mighty working of the Holy Spirit in our day. 6.4 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. (Luke 11:13) 4

All that’s going on around Camberwell Methodist Church Church Announcements Welcome Friendship Evangelism We welcome everyone who join our worship service. No Basketball session on 30/7. To resume on 13/8@3- May the peace of God be with you! If you are a new 4PM. Boroondara Sports Complex. Contact Joseph friend to the church, please introduce yourself and Fung 0411 539 082. leave your contact details. Special Ministerial Fund Raising Prayer Meeting Stewardship & Finance Committee has reported to Thursday (03/8/2023) @7.30PM will be led by Ps. Allan the congregation on 25 June 2023 that the church Quah via zoom. We invite all brothers and sisters to needs to raise $100,000.00 for ministerial projects serve in prayer ministry. (including missions, PA System Upgrading, repair and maintenance, etc.). We invite you to join in the Pastoral Needs opportunity of loving offering to this special fund to make our church a better and safer place. Please mark If you have any pastoral needs, please do not hesitate or denote SPE (Special) when you offer or transfer to contact Rev. James Kong (0413 953 238), Ps. Allan online. Quah (0402 675 219) or local preachers: Lina Lim, Offering detail: Chris Ting, Joo Soo Lim or Michael Fung. If you need Account name: Camberwell Methodist Church Inc. the pastor to pray for you, do approach Rev. James BANK: ANZ Kong or Ps. Allan Quah after the service. BSB: 013 225 Account No.: 647177624 Family Devotion Description: Special Abbreviations: SPE We encourage families to start a regular family devotion Bank reference (service): C9/E11 each week. It is our main thing for our church because we will grow stronger, closer, and more love for God Notice from Music & Worship and one another. Let us not waste this time of being together…. explore every opportunity to play, to read, to Due to recent complaints about excessive church do something together, to pray and to sing together. noise at night, we will stop using drum and bass with immediate effect from 8/7 until further notice. Also, keep Usher Training all doors and windows closed during rehearsals. Training will be conducted for ushers on 13th August 2023 after the English service. Safe Church Awareness Workshop 02/9/2023 (Saturday) at the Annexe of Camberwell Methodist ChurchTime: 9.30AM-4:00PM. Specially for those who have not attended SCAW. Please reserve the time and register through https://forms.gle/ pFZTNzjU3kkkZpAQ6 5

All that’s going on around Camberwell Methodist Church Church Announcements CMCA Ministry CMCA Theological Education Sunday BoTESF Fund Appeal English Family Discipleship 2023 30/7/2023 is our CMCA Theological Education Family Discipleship 2023 (English) will be on 8-10 Sunday. Board on Theological Education Scholarship September 2023 and we will have Rev. Dr. Chris Fund (BoTESF) appeal to our brothers and sisters to A. Kiesling of Asbury Theological Seminary as our support by donating to the Fund. Offering Target 2023: speaker. $90,000.00 We invite you to register using the QR-Code on the Account Name: Chinese Methodist Church in Australia poster or the following google form: https://forms.office. Inc. BSB: 013-225 Account: 268138975 (Please specify com/r/hE0rEz4qmf offering to BoTesF during transaction so the fund will be allocated correctly.) (Refer Pg 9) There will be 4 sessions for English Family Discipleship and the time stated on the posters is AEST (Australia Eastern Standard Time). Offering detail Thank you once again for brothers and sisters who faithfully support the ministry of the church through finance, prayers, and participation. May God bless you. Please take note that Camberwell Methodist Church has a new bank account. Here is the bank detail for your reference: Account name: Camberwell Methodist Church Inc.; BANK: ANZ; BSB: 013225; Account Number: 647177624. We have prepared an Offering Box in the Lobby for envelope offering. Physical offering collection during the service will start from July, at the same time, you can still transfer your offering through bank transfer. Offering: 16/7/23 - 21/7/2023 $12,179.65 Description Abbreviations Bank reference Tithing TITHE C9/E11 C9 TITHE Paul WONG General GEN C9/E11 C9 GEN Paul WONG Thanksgiving TKS C9/E11 C9 TKS Paul WONG Mission MIS C9/E11 C9 MIS Paul WONG Theological student THE C9/E11 C9 THE Paul WONG Special SPE C9/E11 C9 SPE Paul WONG Others OTH C9/E11 C9 OTH Paul WONG Building fund C9/E11 C9 Camberwell mc Paul WONG, E11 Mercy mc Paul WONG…...... 6

@ WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE ? Isaiah 40:31  but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (ESV) Family Altar 2023-07-30 Daniel Lived Out the Gospel SCRIPTURE Daniel 6:3-5, 14-22 In Daniel 6, apart from his daily personal prayer (Dan 6:10), we know nothing about Daniel’s personal or religious life. We don’t know if he was involved in any kind of social or religious good causes, or if he went around evangelising the Babylonians. We see Daniel mainly in his daily secular work, serving a pagan government. But one thing is clear: Daniel lived out the Gospel. People see Daniel’s life. Daniel’s enemies found him to be “faithful” and without “negligence or corrup�on” when they atempted to make accusa�ons against him on government affairs (v.4). But a good tes�mony for God is not always atrac�ve to pre- believers. The effect could be the opposite instead, as in Daniel’s case (v.5). Darius’ response to his cas�ng Daniel into the lions’ den by his mistake (vv.14-15, 18-19) shows how highly he valued Daniel for his commitment to the state’s well-being. Perhaps, what Daniel could say about himself is of great significance: “I was found innocent before God” (v.22). Daniel walked with God in such a way that he could have such confidence about himself with humble honesty. People see Daniel’s God. For Darius, the God of Daniel was central in Daniel’s crisis that he had caused: “Your God” (vv.16, 20). Darius saw Daniel’s God in the later’s life, not just his integrity. We do not know how Darius saw God in Daniel’s life. But we know he saw the reality of God in Daniel. It must be that this reality was manifested in how Daniel lived his life and did his work. OBSERVATION What do the acts and words of Daniel’s enemies (vv.3-5) and King Darius (vv.14, 18-19) toward Daniel tell us about him? APPLICATION What do people see and say about my life? PRAYER Write a prayer to God as your response from your medita�on on and applica�on of the Scriptures. PRAYER POINTS Give thanks & praise; Pray for the Genera�ons: That parents will live out the Gospel and model it for the children; Pray for those in need. SONG htps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy3W4bW4cIw Live Out Love 7

CMCA Board on Christian Education presents 2023 Family Discipleship Seminar Scan to register Rev. Dr. Chris A. Kiesling Professor of Christian Educa- tion and Human Development at Asbury Theological Semi- nary. His areas of expertise in- clude development and disciple- ship with young and middle- aged adults, moral develop- ment, identity and faith for- mation across the lifespan, and development and discipleship in marriage and family. Prior to teaching at Asbury Seminary, he was the pas- tor at Manchester United Methodist Church in Arkan- sas from 1989 to 1993, and associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Texas from 1993 to 1998. He also served as campus minister at Henderson State/Ouachita Baptist Universities from 1989 to 1993, and served as an adjunct professor in the philosophy department at Henderson State. I. Friday 8/9/2023 8pm AEST– Foundational Concepts for Family Discipleship II. Saturday 9/9/2023 10am AEST– Healthy Marriages/The Sound Relationship House III. Saturday 9/9/2023 8pm AEST – Parenting as Image Bearing/Parenting Styles / Dis- cipline Encounters IV. Sunday 10/9/2023 8pm AEST – Family Discipleship Practices 8

澳洲基督教華人衛理公會 ŚŝŶĞƐĞDĞƚŚŽĚŝƐƚŚƵƌĐŚŝŶƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ;DͿ 神學教育助學金部 ŽĂƌĚŽŶdŚĞŽůŽŐŝĐĂůĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ^ĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ&ƵŶĚ;Žd^&Ϳ  20/07/2023 Dear Bishop, Reverends, Pastors, LPs, Co-workers and Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Re: CMCA Theological Education Sunday BoTESF Fund Appeal Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. As per our CMCA calendar 30th July 2023 is the Theological Education Sunday. Theological Education Sunday is the day when church reflects on the contribution and significances of Theological educations. And at the same time, we remember those who are directly or indirectly involved in theological education, be it students, teachers, or other supporting roles. CMCA currently has 2 sponsored Theological Students under BoTESF. Please continue to keep them in your prayers, and to support them in this wonderful journey of faith. They are: a. Richard Leong, a. Perth, Western Australia, Third year student, graduating 2024 b. Edwin Qin a. Brisbane, Queensland, Second year student, graduating 2025 In 2022, under the urge of the former Bishop Rev Albert Wong and Rev Yuk Chong Liong, the board proposed the 10-Year Vision, and was adopted by the Annual Conference. The 10-Year Vision in short is that within 10 years (2011-2030) the board plans to help 20 Theological Students to fill the vacancy of Retired Pastors and Long-Term Missionaries in CMCA. The goal of 20 Theological Students does not include the additional pastoral resources required for the organic growth of CMCA churches. Based on current arrangement, it costs $900,000 to support 20 Theological Students, an average of $90,000 a year. Therefore, in 2023, we have set an offering target of $90,000 to support our ministry. During this coming Theological Education Sunday, the Board would like to appeal to various churches under CMCA to support our Theological Education Scholarship Fund. Traditionally a second offering will be collected during Theological Sunday service for this purpose. Some churches might have different arrangement but that’s fine. The main objective is that we are participating in this in unity. We understand offering for one Sunday may be limited, therefore in order not to put too much pressure on individual church and member, we encourage brothers and sisters in Christ to contribute to BoTESF in other occasions directly via bank details below: Account Name: Chinese Methodist Church in Australia Inc BSB: 013-225 Account: 268138975 (Please specify offering to BoTesF during transaction so the fund will be allocated correctly.) We thank you in advance for your continual support to BoTESF. Should you have further questions on BoTESF’s ministry please feel free to contact us [email protected] . We look forward to a fruitful Theological Sunday this year. In Christ, Dennis Wong 9 BoTESF Chairperson