20220123 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 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 / 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 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (2021-01-23) Silent Prayer <B e Still in the Presence of the Lord> Call to Worship Adoration & Praise Prayer Responsive Reading Psalm 50:16-23 The Lord’s Prayer Welcome/Notices Offering 406 <Take My Life and Let It Be> Intercessory Prayer Scripture Reading 2 Peter 1:16-21 Proclamation of the Word The Glory of Christ Chorus of Response Benediction Ministry Roster 23/1/2022 Preacher LP Lina Lim Worship Leader Michael Fung Song Leader Jenny Chiu Backup David Chieng Pianist Ing Soo Tiong Keyboardist - Accompaniment Cheng Loon Leong Cajon Bryan Law Bible Reader En Sing Lim Multimedia Wesley Chew Live Stream/PA Jonathan Liew & Jin Loong Wong Ushers Elaine & Joanne Wong Floral - HC Prep - Preacher Ps. Allan Quah Ministry Roster 30/1/2022 Song Leader Jin Loong Wong Worship Leader Steven Yek Pianist Jia Xin Wong Backup Albert Wong Accompaniment Joseph Fung Keyboardist - Bible Reader Kierren Kang Cajon Jonathan Liew Live Stream/PA Gerald Wong & Alister Chew Multimedia Yew Fong Lim Floral Vera Liang 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 3. Pray for Annual Conference continue worship to be faithful in leading all churches in Australia, that we may work together to 2.1 Pray for ongoing streaming work to bring the gospel to the those who are be effective, and glorifying God; lost, and discipled to be fisher of men and women. 2.2 Pray for wisdom to discern how to allow congregation to come back to 4.1 P ray for Jimmy Kong (therapy worship with limited seat capacity due treatment), Ken Hii, Clarence Yek, to social distancing; Uncle Hii, Aunty Su King Ting, Mdm. Lu (Mrs. Kong’s mum), Christina (Boon 2.3 Pray for the small groups, and Koh’s sister, Canada), Flora (Singapore) fellowships continue to connect with and Ben (USA). Thank you all for each other, and reach out to other; upholding them in prayer. 2.4 Pray for God’s break through in 4.2 P ray for our brothers and sisters who all that church is doing so that we contracted Covid and those in close may experience renewal in the life of contact. Let us continue to uphold community and ministry. them in prayer as well as showing our care and support to them. 2. Pray for LCEC 2022 and English Ministry Committee that they may work together to reach out to families, our young people, and our community. 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 Combined Mission Prayer Meeting Thursday (27/1) 7:30PM We welcome everyone who join our worship service. May the peace of God be with you! If you Prayer Meeting to be led by Rev. James Kong via are a new friend to the church, please introduce Camberwell MC Online Group on Facebook. Let us yourself. come to count our blessings and give thanks. Let us continue to serve one another through prayer. Restrictions Pastoral Needs UPDATED PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS TO KEEP VICTORIANS SAFE If you have any pastoral needs, please do not Face masks will be required in all indoor settings, hesitate to seek Rev. James Kong (0413 953 238), except private homes, for persons aged eight and Ps. Allan Quah (0402 675 219) or local preachers: older will have to wear masks in all indoor settings Lina Lim, Chris Ting, or Joo Soo Lim. If you need the - except private homes - and at all large outdoor pastor to pray for you, do approach Rev. James events, from 11.59pm on Thursday 23/12/2021. Kong or Ps. Allan Quah after the service. Gentle Reminder: The church strongly recommends all church attendees to check in with QR Code as Family Devotion a loving gesture to enable us to keep track in the event of an outbreak. Furthermore, facemask will We encourage families to start a regular family need to be worn indoor together with frequent devotion each week. It is our main thing for our washing of hands. church because we will grow stronger, closer, and As the Omicron variant is contagious and transmit more love for God and one another. Let us not fast, if you have any symptom, please go for waste this time of being together…. explore every testing and isolate until the test result returns opportunity to play, to read, to do something negative. together, to pray and to sing together. Personal Testimony We encourage you to write your personal testimony and send it to [email protected]. 5

All that’s going on around Camberwell Methodist Church COMMUNITY WATCH Use of church venue for followship The Methodist Church in Malaysia-Relief Fund Please book through picktime.com to avoid clash of use. Please make sure all lights, air-conditioners, Board of Christian Social Concern of CMCA wish and other equipment are switched off, also to collect target of $10,000 to support current flood making sure all doors are locked before leaving. disaster relief happening in Malaysia. Please give generously and all collected fund will be given to Daily Bible Reading Methodist Church in Malaysia for their distribution in those affected areas. If you give in envelope or Encourage our members to read the Bible,”Bible online, please put a reference MCM-RF. The local in One Year” take you through the whole Bible in church will contribute your amount into CMC. May 365 days. Every day, a different theme is explored the Lord be pleased with your offering and bless through a selection of scriptures taken from the you. (Refer attachment on Page 9-10) book of Psalms or Proverbs, as well as the New Testament and the Old Testament. There are 3 editions to choose from (Classic, Youth, Express). (Please refer page 10) 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. Here is the bank detail for your reference: Account name: Chinese Methodist Church in Australia Camberwell; BANK: ANZ; BSB: 013 225; Account Number: 4939 79025. We have prepared an Offering Box in the Lobby for envelope offering. Offering: $6,707.00 (9/1-14/1/2022) 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

Devotion Week 4: 23th January 2022 Theme: Honour and Integrity Psalm 101:1-4 ESV I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. The president of a seminary express his concern over the school by saying, \"I fear we may be turning out graduates with a great number of beliefs but not enough conviction.\" Conviction gives beliefs a backbone. David wasn't satisfied with a set of theological truths floating around in his head; he pinned them down to concrete convictions. It's as though he is saying in Psalm 101:1-4, \"I'm committed to God's purpose, whatever it happens to be.\" In these four verses he lists four great qualities the believer must possess in order to discover clear direction. Each one assaults an aimless mindset. Verses 1 and 2 describe the qualities of honour and integrity. Honour I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. (Psalm 101:1) Observe what David praises through song: steadfast love and justice. These two qualities not only define God, they represent the guiding values by which He wants the world to operate. Many years later, the prophet Micah will write, He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a] and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) The first value, “steadfast love,” combines the ideas of extraordinary and unselfish mercy, love, friendship, kindness, and loyalty. The New Testament concept of grace captures the spirit. The companion word, translated \"justice,\" which denotes an orderly, equitable administration of government; it describes that quality of civil rule that allows everyone to live peacefully and productively. 7a

David resolves to make these two divine qualities the song of his life. He commits to letting them animate every decision and every relationship. Integrity I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; (Psalm 101:2) The first part of this verse has to do with public integrity as David says, literally, \"I will give heed unto the way of integrity.\" The original Hebrew term translated \"blameless\" or \"integrity\" means \"to be whole, complete, finished.\" It carries with it the idea of being totally honest, thoroughly sound. The king of Israel knew that his life before the people had to be solid and honest for the kingdom to remain strong. The second part of this verse has to do with private integrity—he mentions being sound in \"my house\" and \"my heart.\" Integrity is about authenticity, which doesn't change based on the audience or venue. Reflection: Where are you at? Do you make these two divine qualities the song of your life? Do you commit to let them animate every decision and every relationship? Prayer From Living the Psalms by Charles R. Swindoll, copyright © 2012. . 7b

20th December, 2021 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Our Methodist Crisis Relief and Development (MCRD) volunteers are already at ground- level rendering help where possible at places affected by the recent flood that has brought much damage in a number of States. To volunteer help in your localities affected by flood, please contact the following MCRD Coordinators:- Penang: Samuel Lee +60 16-424 1213 Kinta District: Goh Min Sum +60 12-517 3196 Manjung District: Peter Ling +60 17-548 3860 Lim Chee Wee +60 12-558 9753 Kepong: Andrew Lai +60 12-366 7712 Koh Hwei Yee +60 16-600 5205 Ampang: Samuel Chiam +60 11-2015 4556 Klang: Samuel Siah +60 12-297 7797 Melaka: Lye Ching Yen +60 16-227 8048 Segamat: Yeo Bee Hui+60 12-757 2998 Kuantan: Ngien Su Kong +60 19-824 3072 Raub/Benta: Guok Shu Yau +60 16-934 4135 General: Michael Chang +6011-2906 5092 Helen Ngu +6011-2906 5091 Leonidas Woo +60 19-290 6194 To donate money to bring relief to the families and individuals affected, you can either support through your local church or send the funds to the following account. AREA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MALAYSIA UOB Bank Berhad Account number: 1293032896 After depositing the funds, please send us your bank-in slips and let us know via [email protected] your contact details for us to acknowledge your contributions with official receipts. Let us be praying for all the people and places that have been affected by the flood. We pray for the water to recede, roads and homes to be cleaned up speedily, water and electricity supply to be returned to normalcy. Pray also for all victims at the evacuation centres to be 8

taken care of with sufficient food, mattresses, blankets, medicines, and toiletries. Let us not forget to pray for the safety of those who are mobilised to help the affected areas. Pray everyone will be protected from the Covid-19 viruses too. Pray also for flood mitigation efforts to be undertaken by authorities regularly. The wonderful grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Blessings, Bishop Dr. T. Jeyakumar 9

Bible in One Year 2022 https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/ Bible in One Year with Nicky Gumbel – Classic Edition 365 Days Overwhelmed at the thought of reading the Bible? Spend time each day hearing from Nicky and Pippa Gumbel as they take you through the whole Bible in 365 days. Every day, a different theme is explored through a selection of scriptures taken from the book of Psalms or Proverbs, as well as the New Testament and the Old Testament. Nicky and Pippa provide commentary on these excerpts to provide insight and practical application. https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/classic/ https://www.bible.com/zh-CN/reading-plans/29244-bioy-2022-en Bible in One Year 2022 Express Edition 365 Days In a hurry? Take less than 15 minutes each day to cover key passages throughout the whole Bible. Every day, a different theme is explored through a selection of scriptures taken from the Old and New Testaments, as well as the book of Psalms or Proverbs. Nicky and Pippa Gumbel’s commentary on these excerpts are full of insight, wisdom, and practical application and will give you an in-depth overview of the entirety of the Bible across the year. https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/express/ https://www.bible.com/zh-CN/reading-plans/29365-bioy-2022-express Bible in One Year 2022 Youth Edition https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/youth/ QR Code 10