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English Service on Sunday at 8.30 am
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DATE
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TOPIC
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SPEAKER
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01/2
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Open Topic/ Financial report
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Lim Seok Hoay
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08/2
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Acts Part 5 – Chapter 5:12 - 42
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Frankie Yew
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15/2
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Acts Part 6 – Chapter 6 - 7
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Lee Kwok Meng
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22/2
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Acts Part 7 – Chapter 8
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Yon Soon Guan
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Chinese Service on Sunday at 8.30 am
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01/2
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Devotion / Prayer meeting
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Cephas Liu
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08/2
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Christ's Ascension And Evangelism
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Alan Chai
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15/2
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Impact Of The Pentecost Event
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Yap Heng Leong
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22/1
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Peter's Maiden Address
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Cephas Liu
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Other Meetings
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Tuesdays
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8.30 pm
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Assembly Bible Study
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CGC
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01/2, Sun
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7.30 pm
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Tamil Adult Bible Study
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Home of Saras
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14/2, Sat
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12.30 pm
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Tamil Ministry Prayer Meeting
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Home of Ezra & Kumari
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16/2, Mon
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8.30 pm
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Workers' Meeting
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CGC
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21/2. Sat
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5.00 pm
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Girls' Youth Fellowship
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CGC
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24/2, Tue
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8.30 pm
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Corporate Prayer
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CGC
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28/2, Sat
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3.00 pm
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Ladies' Open Day
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Home of
Janet Lim
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Sunday Duties
(01/2 & 08/2)
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Sunday Duties
(15/2 & 22/2)
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Table Assistants
Leader:
Richard Long
*Asst 1:
Robert Tan
*Asst 2:
Lim Poh Hin
Asst 3:
Lee Kwok Meng
Announce. Lee Kwok Meng
Ushers
Julius Evansion & Suzie Evanson
Alice Phang, Jonathan & Joanna Mah
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Table Assistants
Leader:
Aaron Mah
*Asst 1:
Robert Ng
*Asst 2:
Richard Long
Asst 3:
Ronnie Yap
Announce. Ronnie Yap
Ushers
Lee Kwok Meng & Chuan Pin
Alice Phang, Jonathan & Joanna Mah
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* Asst 1 & Asst 2 in charge of the Offering Bags
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Floral Offering
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Pianist
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Care Group On Duty
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01/2
08/2
15/2
22/2
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Alyce Ng
Janet Lim
Phoon Lai Har
Yap Pik Yee
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Joanna Mah
Susie Mah
Rachel King
Joanna Mah
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Chin Peng Kit's Care Group
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SPECIAL EVENTS
LADIES' OPEN HOUSE, 28 FEB 2009
An invitation to all ladies to a CNY afternoon tea with the Ladies' Committee on Saturday, 28 Feb at 3.00pm. at the home of our sister, Janet Lim. The theme in keeping with the CNY's spirit is “Red Hot!” Come dressed as red as you can! There will be a prize for the one judged the best dressed. There will also be a briefing for the Ladies' work for 2009 and the Ladies' Committee would like to hear your suggestions and input so that we can firm up our plans for the new year. Let's encourage one another in our walk and work for the Lord.
February
2009
Personal Bible Study
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01/2 – 07/2
08/2 – 14/2
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Acts 5:12 - 42
Acts 6 - 7
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15/2 – 21/2
22/2 – 28/2
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Acts 8
Acts 9:1 - 31
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The above audio Bible passages (MP3) CDs are available on loan from the office
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The Weapon of Truth
Our changeless weapon in a changing world.
How dreadful a thing it is to allow ourselves to get into a condition of soul in which we are unable to bear distinct testimony against the ministers of Satan. “We must,” it is said, “be liberal”; “we must not hurt people's feelings.” But truth is truth, and we are not to put error for truth. Nothing but a secret desire to stand well with the world will ever lead to this careless method of dealing with evil.
It is often urged, “We must present truth in such an aspect as will attract,” when what is really meant is that truth is to be made a kind variable, elastic thing, which can be turned into any shape, or stretched to any length, to suit the taste and habits of those who would fain put it out of the world altogether.
Truth, however, cannot be thus treated; it can never be made to reduce itself to the level of this world. When the church stoops so low as to acknowledge the wisdom of this world, who will observe any distinct testimony for God.
The attempt to accommodate truth to those who are of the world can only end in complete failure. Let truth stand upon its heavenly height; let saints stand fully and firmly with it. It is far better to allow the contrast between God's truth and the world's ways to be fully seen, than to identify with them, when they really do not agree.
We have no idea how insidiously it creeps in upon us. The enemy at first weans from really simple and Christian habits, and by degrees we drop into the current of the world's thoughts. What is needed is the single-minded devotion of people to whom the Lord is everything and the world is nothing.
All this is deeply solemn. We know of few things more dangerous than intellectual familiarity with the letter of Scripture where the spirit of it does not govern the conscience, form the character, and shape the way. What we have now is a cool indifference on the part of Christians to the Scriptures—pure truth wields little power over the conscience—and thereby the sharp edge of Scripture is blunted or turned aside. Christians may quote scripture after scripture, but it seems no more than the pattering of rain upon the window: human reason is at work, the will is dominant, self interest is at stake, human opinions bear sway, and God's truth practically is set aside. We want to tremble at the truth of God, to bow down in reverential submission to its holy authority in all things. A single line of Scripture ought to be sufficient for souls on any point. May the Lord raise many faithful witnesses and true hearted witnesses in these last days.
The truth of God is a perfect chart, in which every exigency of the Christian manner has been anticipated. Every rock, every sand bank, every shoal, every strand, every island, has been carefully noted. All the need of the
Church of
God and its members has been fully provided for. How could it be otherwise? Could the mind of God have devised, or His finger sketched an imperfect chart? Impossible! We must either deny the divinity or admit the sufficiency of the Book. We are absolutely shut up to this alternative. We must set a higher value than ever upon the truth, and to warn them, in most urgent terms, against every influence, whether of tradition, or rationalism, which might shake our confidence. It is imperative that we keep the truth of God—treasure it in our hearts—and submit to its authority.
By C. H. Mackintosh. Uplook October 2000
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