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Vision: Building a Church after God's Own Heart SUNDAY 4th JULY WELCOME TO CAMBERWELL METHODIST CHURCH We are faith community that growing in our love for Jesus, who died for our sins, and raised from the death. We are called to follow Jesus, and to make disciple 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 to Get in Touch.

Silent Prayer ORDER OF WORSHIP Call to Worship Holy Communion Adoration & Praise (4 July 2021) Prayer <B e Still in the Presence of the Lord> Apostle Creed Welcome/Notices 396 <Give of Your Best to the Master> Offering Intercessory Prayer Mark 2:1-12 Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper Life Changing Healing: The Case of the Paralytic Scripture Reading Proclamation of the Word Chorus of Response Benediction Ministry Roster 4/7/2021 Preacher Rev. Justin Tan Worship Leader Daniel Ha Song Leader Cheryl Chan Backup Zoe Ha Pianist Sarah Ha Keyboardist - Accompaniment Faith & Kelly Cajon - Bible Reader Sammi Chua Multimedia Yew Fong Lim Live Stream/PA Alister Chew & Jonathan Liew Ushers Jonathan & Danielle Ting Floral - HC Prep Mary Liew Preacher Rev. James Kong Ministry Roster 11/7/2021 Song Leader Wesley Chew Worship Leader Esther Liong Pianist Venus Backup Verene Accompaniment Simon Wong Keyboardist - Bible Reader En Sing Lim Cajon Jono Tan Live Stream/PA Alister Multimedia Joseph Fung Floral - Ushers Jacklyn & Jamilyn Wong HC Prep - 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. Pray for coming back to church to 2. P ray for LCEC 2021 and English working worship Committee that they may work together to reach out to families, our 2.1 Pray for ongoing streaming work to young people, and our community. be effective, and glorifying God; Please pray for the search of suirtable new pastor for English Congregation. 2.2 Pray for wisdom to discern how to allow congregation to come back to 3. Pray for Annual Conference continue worship with limited seat capacity due to be faithful in leading all churches in to social distancing; Australia, that we may work together to bring the gospel to the those who are 2.3 Pray for the small groups, and lost, and discipled to be fisher of men fellowships continue to connect with and women. each other, and reach out to other; 4. Pray for Boon Koh’s sister, Christina, 2.4 Pray for God’s break through in and her family in Canada: Samuel all that church is doing so that we and Ruth; Flora’s recovery; Ben; Mr. may experience renewal in the life of Tan (Angeline’s father); Recovery community and ministry. after surgery: Jimmy Kong; Bick Seng; Recovering at home: Uncle Lu, Rev. Y.C. Liong. 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. P ray for our church family continue to 6. P ray for spiritual awakening experience living God in each of these household at Camberwell Methodist 1.1 your plead with the Lord to be Church. We pray for deeper relationship merciful to us and graciously draw us among the family members, deeper back to Himself and His ways. Ask Him to relationship between husband and show us unfailing love and grant us His wife, and deeper relationship between salvation that we may rejoice in Him. parents and children. I cannot stress more than saying this is the time, God 1.2 restore us again, O God our is at work through and in our families. Saviour...Will you not revive us again, Let us not look else where but instead that your people may rejoice in you? look within our daily relationship and Show us your unfailing love, O Lord, and our family. God is right there with us. grant us your salvation (Psalm 85:4,6-7); Seek Him first and His kingdom, all these things shall be added to you. 1.3 Thank 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. 1.4 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 COMMUNITY WATCH Welcome Prayer Meeting We welcome everyone who join our worship Thursday (08/7) 7:30PM Prayer Meeting to be service. May the peace of God be with you! If you led by Boon Koh through zoom. Let us serve one are a new friend to the church, please introduce another through prayer. yourself. We welcome Ps. Allan Quah, our part time English pastor, and his wife. Ps. Allan Quah starts on Offering detail the 1st July 2021, at the same time, we also have our Ministry Intern & Youth Worker Wesley Chew Thank you once again for brothers and sisters who starting on the same date. They will serve with the faithfully support the ministry of the church through pastoral team under the Minister-in-charge. Please finance, prayers, and participation. May God bless uphold them in your prayer. you. Here is the bank detail for your reference: Account name: Chinese Methodist Church in Restrictions Australia Camberwell; BANK: ANZ; BSB: 013 225; A.N: 4939 79025 As there is no change to the restrictions for Melbourne. The restrictions regarding venue of Offering worship are still effective: For Religious gatherings and ceremonies: Permitted for up to 300 people $7,051.60 (20/6-25/6/2021) per venue, density quotient of 1 person per 4 sqm applies. As such (due to the space constraint as Pastoral Needs required by the restriction, a max of 85 people (Total) is allowed per service (Sanctuary: 42, Foyer If you have any pastoral needs, please do not (Lobby): 10, Nursery Room (above Foyer): 7, Annex: hesitate to seek Rev. James Kong (0413 953 238) 26). or local preacher: Lina Lim, Chris Ting, or Joo Soo Lim. If you need the pastor to pray for you, do approach Rev. James Kong after the service. We welcome our congregation back for physical EEU 5th - 9th of July 2021 worship. However, they will need to book online https://bit.ly/return-to-cmc to ensure that it would EEU Youth Leaders Conference will be at not reach the limit. At the same time, face mask Camberwell Methodist Church from 5th to 9th July needs to be worn. The YouTube live streaming 2021. will be continued for the worship service. At the same time, Sunday school will announce its own Family Devotion arrangement through its group. Thank you all for your co-operation. Do take good care, follow the We encourage families to start a regular family restrictions, continue to love others as ourselves, devotion each week. It is our main thing for our step forward for COVID vaccination and continue church because we will grow stronger, closer, and to pray. more love for God and one another. Let us not waste this time of being together…. explore every Church Camp 2022 opportunity to play, to read, to do something together, to pray and to sing together. Dates: 07-10 January 2022 (Friday to Monday). Venue: Philip Island. Theme: “Growing a gospel- 5 centered Family”. Please reserve the dates for attending the church camp. Other details will be available soon.

All that’s going on around Camberwell Methodist Church COMMUNITY WATCH CMC Youth Camp 19th – 22nd September costs as mentioned as well as the purchase and 2021 installation of necessary equipment and furniture, plus clearing a dozen trees to establish ditches to Theme: “The Simple Gospel”. Speaker: Ps. Stephen prevent flooding on site. Hence, we would like to Tan. Please check with Oscar Ling or Wesley Chew invite you to participate in the fundraising for the for details. purchase of our church property. We hope that you will find joy in giving, knowing that God will 2021 Family Discipleship Seminar 10-12 reward you in heaven. MMC’s account detail: September (English) Mercy Methodist Church, BSB:484799 Account: 609503161, you can transfer direct to their Theme: God’s Kingdom Blessings: The Gospel and account. (Refer Page 14-15) the Family. Speaker: Rev. Dr Moses Tey (and Cathy Tey). Please scan the QR code for registration, and Methodist Volunteer Academy contact your local church pastor in-charge for more information. (See Page 9) There is a series of webinars in July. Strongly encourage our members to join. (Refer Page 10-- Board of Christian Social Concerns Prayer 13) Letter (June-July 2021) Holiday Children Character Camp Please continue to care for our community and pray for the prayer items listed. (Refer Page 8) Date: 24-25 September 2021 Venue: Camberwell MC. A day camp over two days - fun times for year Mercy Methodist Church 1 to year 9 children of family and friends to learn about exciting characters from the Bible through Mercy Methodist Church has successfully secured story-telling, sing-a-longs, games, arts and crafts. an existing church in the Tanah Merah suburb on There will be a special theatrical performance by May 31 2021, with a land area of 3,594m2and the children about the adventures they discover an existing building area of 356m2. The purchase on the second day of the camp. Google form will price is eight hundred and fifty thousand be available on the website for registration soon. Australian dollars ($850,000), with addition of administration fees and basic renovation costs Dumplings totalling an estimated one million Australian dollars (AUD $1,000,000). Settlement of the Please collect and pay for your pre-ordered property is scheduled for 5th July, 2021. At present, dumplings today from the Sister Fellowship. We Mercy Methodist Church had raised a total of thanks the Sister Fellowship for the diligent service. AUD$820,000, which means we are AUD$180,000 short of our target. This will cover basic renovation CAMBERWELL METHODIST CHURCH 58 Cooloongatta Road, Camberwell, VIC 3124 • Tel: (03) 9889 0702 • www.cmca-camberwell.org.au Minister-in-charge: Rev. James Kong 0413 953 238 6

Devotion Week 22: 4th July 2021 Theme: Standing Together When Things are Shaky Bible verses: Philippians 1:27 ESV 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, It is always encouraging when believers are able to stand together in the face of difficulty and opposition. Oftentimes, opposition comes from the outside. Other times, opposition comes from within. Yes, believers often find themselves at odds with other believers. And while the reasons are unending, the end result is always the same: damage to our witness, weakening of our bond, and fracturing of essential relationships. Division destroys. The Apostle Paul, in his famous letter to the believers of Philippi, was insistent of their commitment to unity. Paul knew the power of one or oneness, which is achieved when believers humble themselves for the greater good of the Kingdom. He also knew of the ongoing temptation of always “being right” and the temptation of always “having the last word.” So, Paul admonished these believers to focus! Just One Thing Theologians have suggested that this scripture (Philippians 1:27) is a motto-text for the entire book of Philippians. Paul was adamant about unity. So, of all the things he would write, he wanted to draw everyone’s attention to this singular focus: “standing firm in one spirit…” Paul wants to hear that the Philippians are, in fact, • Living by the Spirit of God: surrendering to God’s Spirit moment by moment. • Living in the spirit of unity: committing oneself to promote unity with other believers. • Living in the fight for the gospel: battling for souls on the front lines as a missionary. He wants these objectives to be fulfilled together! Talk It Over Unity can be difficult. What hindrances have you experienced in your pursuit of unity? What examples of successful reconciliation have you experienced? What steps will you take going forward to keep unity at the forefront of your relationships? Prayer Pray this week: Lord, help me to love my brothers and sisters. Help me to walk in humility, as Christ modelled. Help me to extend forgiveness, to give the benefit of the doubt when there is confusion, and to extend grace to others. Help me to model the power of one in my home, at my church, and in my ministry. All for your glory. In Christ’s name, amen. 7

Board of Christian Social Concern 2021 六-七月祷告事项 June – July Prayer Items: Bible verses: 耶稣说，我就是道路，真理，与生命，若不藉着我没有人能 到父那里去。Jesus said, “I am the way, the Truth, and the Light, no one come to the Father except through me.” （约翰福音 John 14:6） 1. 为那些曾经被歧视，被欺压祷告。求圣灵赐帮助他们能够从悲伤和 苦毒中走出来。并能以神的爱去饶恕那曾伤加害他们的人。Pray for those who have been discriminated, and oppressed. Pray for Holy Spirit to bring them out of pains and bitterness. 2. 为着澳洲的原住民仍面对着酗酒，家庭暴力，高失业率和高辍学率 等问题祷告。求神透过政府的政策和社会关怀能帮助原住民脱离现 状。Pray for our aboriginal community in Australia to be free from alcohol addiction, family violence, high unemployment and low schooling. Pray for God to restore and deliver our people from these conditions through the policy of government and the assistance of our society. 3. 求圣灵使信徒们走出教会去关心及看见他们社区里的需要如流浪 汉，精神疾病，高自杀率，失业，新移民问题等使神的名在世人中 间被彰显。Pray for Holy Spirit to compel our church members to walk out of the church into our community, especially to help the homeless, mental illness, suicidal persons, unemployment and new migrants so that the name of God will be manifested among His people. 4. 继续为世界的疫情祷告，求神医治这大地並恳求圣灵在每个国家呼 召神的子民来归向事奉祂。Continue to pray for covid19 in global setting, we pray for God to heal this land and ask Holy Spirit to call upon God’s people to turn to Him. 5. 为我们的教会祷告，求神帮助我们成为世界的光，地上的盐，来面 对我们目前社会的挑战。Pray for our church to be the light of the world and be salt of the earth to stand on biblical ground as we face various challenge of our own society in Australia. 8

2021 Family Discipleship Seminar 13-15 August (Chinese) & 10-12 September (English) What is God’s purpose for marriage? What is God’s purpose for family? Can every individual or family be a gospel-centred, Christ-centred and God-glorifying person for God? And how does that look like? We will try to answer some of these questions … God’s Kingdom Blessings: The Gospel and the Family Theme Talks Speaker: Rev. Dr Moses Tey (and Cathy Tey) Date and Time: Based on Melbourne time (AEST, UTC/GMT +10 hrs) Chinese Seminar Session 1 (Friday 13 August 8:30-10:00 pm) Session 2 (Saturday 14 August 11:00 am-12:30 pm) Session 3 (Saturday 14 August 8:30-10:00 pm) Session 4 (Sunday 15 August 8:30-10:00 pm) English Seminar Session 1 (Friday 10 September, 8:30-10:00 pm) Session 2 (Saturday 11 September, 11:00 am-12:30 pm) Session 3 (Saturday 11 September, 8:30-10:00 pm) Session 4 (Sunday 12 September, 8:30-10:00 pm) *Session 1 Topic 1 – 1 Corinthians 15:1-5 – Gospel of First Importance *Session 2 Topic 2 – Genesis 1 – The Family at the Heart of God’s Kingdom *Session 3 Topic 3 – Luke 2 – A Key for Next Generation’s Faithfulness *Session 4 Topic 4 – Deuteronomy 6 – Family Discipleship at the Heart of God’s Great Commandment -Event Coordinator – Rev. Gloria Ling, Rev. Michael Ting, Board of Christian Education, CMCA -IT, Zoom and YouTube (and registration) etc. – Dennis Wong -For more information and registration etc. – Please scan the QR code for registration, and also contact your local church pastor in-charge for registration and more information Moses’ intensive biblical exploration of how God builds His church spans from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. At the heart of this comprehensive framework is the family of God. This framework address many challenges churches face, including developing authentic leaders, marriages, children as they become adults, and the explosion of church programs. Moses’ team serves in China (2.5 million live attendance), USA, and part of SE Asia. Upon graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree, Moses pursued a M.Div at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, ThM at Asbury Theological Seminary, PhD of Communications at the University of Kentucky. He and his wife, Cathy, are currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Church and Family. They have been married 27 years with two adult sons who love the Lord. 1 9

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CMCA Mercy Methodist Church 11.06.2021 Dear Reverends, Pastors, Brothers and Sisters in Christ of CMCA, Peace in the Lord! We thank God for His grace and love for choosing us to serve the Him with one heart and one mind in all the churches and preaching point in Australia! 1. Our Story It all began in September 2013, with the encouragement of then Bishop Kwang, under the leadership of Rev. Alexis Lui and LCEC of EMP Methodist Church, the first Chinese Worship Service of EMP Preaching Point was held at a rented venue at Sunnybank Community Centre in Brisbane, giving birth to a church planting ministry. After about a year, due to the increased rental cost of the Sunny bank venue, the church then secured the rental of Mansfield Christian Reformed Church venue in January 2015 (the current rented worship place) to continue to reach out to the Chinese community and entrusted a group of brothers and sisters from EMP Methodist Church to commit and serve in the Preaching Point. Praise the Lord, for over the next few years, through the passionate pastoral care of Rev. Alexis Lui and Rev. Tay and the faithful brothers and sisters in serving the Lord, the congregation number and the financial capability of the Preaching Point gradually increased. 2. Establishment of Mercy Methodist Church In order to move towards becoming a church, a working committee team (including the church building team) was set up at the end of 2018 with the consent of the LCEC and Reverends of the EMP Methodist Church, in order to work together with EMP church executive committee to manage the ministries in the preaching point. By the grace of the Lord, the inauguration of the Chinese Methodist Church of Australia (CMCA) Mercy Methodist Church was held during the Thanksgiving Sunday Service on 29th December, 2019 under the auspices of Bishop Albert Wong. 3. Church Purchase Plan As a relatively newly established Church, building or purchasing an existing church is an extremely challenging task. However, the executive committee of Mercy Methodist Church, the church building team, and brothers and sisters have the same vision that Mercy Methodist Church needed to have our own worship venue to continue to expand its church ministries mainly because: ) Our Sunday Service is allocated to 3:00pm as the current rented venue also accommodates the worship times of other congregations. 2) We do not have a formal lease agreement for the rented venue, and so may be forced to relocate at any time. 3) There is a lack of classrooms for adult and children's Sunday School classes at the current venue, therefore some of the Sunday school classes are currently held at home prior to Sunday Service. 14

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