Bulletin: March Bulletin

English Service Sunday at 8.30am

DATE	TOPIC	SPEAKER
01/3	Acts Part 8 – Chapter 9:1 - 31	Alan Low
08/3	Acts Part 9 – Chapter 9:32 – 11:18	Chin Peng Kit
15/3	Acts Part 10 – Chapter 11:19 – 12:25	Laurence Kirton
22/3	Acts Part 11 – Chapter 13 - 14	Lim Seok Hoay
29/3	Acts Part 12 – Chapter 15: 1 - 35	Lim Seok Hoay

Chinese Service Sunday at 8.30am

01/3

Devotion & Prayer

Wong Chee Chun

08/3

Boldness Displayed in Spirit Filled Disciples

Chang Teck Wei

15/3

Healing Of The Lame In Beautiful Gate

Cephas Liu

22/3

Open Topic cum Testimony

Teng Wan Dung

29/3

Persecutions Upon The Church

Tneh Seng Kong

Other Meetings

Tuesdays

8.30 pm

Assembly Bible Study

CGC

01/3, Sun

7.30 pm

Tamil Adult Bible Study

Home of Vanaja

07/3, Sat

6.30 pm

Tamil Ministry Prayer Meeting

Home of Laurence & Yoke Lin

16/3, Mon

8.30 pm

Workers' Meeting

CGC

21/3. Sat

5.00 pm

Girls' Youth Fellowship

CGC

28/3, Sat

6.30 pm

Ladies' Easter Outreach Dinner

CGC

31/3, Tue

8.30 pm

Corporate Prayer

CGC

Sunday Duties (01/3 & 08/3)

Sunday Duties (15/3 & 22/3)

Sunday Duties (29/3)

Table Assistants

Leader:    Wong Choong Yee

*Asst 1:    Vincent Ng

*Asst 2: Thomas Yap

Asst 3:     Lim Seok Hoay

Announce: Lim Seok Hoay

Ushers

Lim Seok Hoay & Siew Peng

Yew Lai Sim, Ms Kong, Eugene Ng

Table Assistants

Leader:    Lee Kwok Meng

*Asst 1:    Oon Meng Kar

*Asst 2: Eugene Ng

Asst 3:     Chin Peng Kit

Announce. Chin Peng Kit

Ushers

Richard Long & Gene Long

Yew Lai Sim, Ms Kong, Eugene Ng

Table Assistants

Leader:    Julius Evanson

*Asst 1:    Thomas Yap

*Asst 2: Aaron Mah

Asst 3:     Yon Soon Guan

Announce. Yon Soon Guan

Ushers

Ronnie Yap & Sook Mun

Yew Lai Sim, Ms Kong, Eugene Ng

* Asst 1 & Asst 2 in charge of the Offering Bags

Floral Offering

Pianist

Care Group On Duty

01/3

08/3

15/3

22/3

29/3

Low Choi Kam

Susie Khor

Karen Goh

Lee Suet Yim

Lim Chin Mi

Susie Mah

Melody Goh

Joanna Mah

Rachel King

Susie Mah

Lim Hong Sang's Care Group

SPECIAL EVENTS

Ladies' Easter Outreach Dinner, March 28, 2009 Sat @ 6.30pm in CGC

Let's take the opportunity at Easter time to bring someone we know and love to find out what Easter really means. A few of our ladies will be singing about “ The Man On The Middle Cross,” our theme. Do pray and support us with your presence.

Klang Valley Easter Conference organized by the GLO committee

Conference Theme : “Transformed by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ”

Titles of Messages: (1) The Purpose of God in His Resurrection;

(2) The People Transformed by His Resurrection;

(3) The Preaching of His Resurrection; and

(4) The Power of His Resurrection

Date of Conference: Saturday, April 11, 2009

Venue: The Life Chapel, Petaling Jaya

Time: 9 am to 5 pm

Conference cost: RM 25 per participant (inclusive of lunch, refreshments and materials)

Speaker: Mr. Ken Harding from Australia

You are invited to attend the conference. Please submit your names to Alistair or Hong Sang.

March 2009 Personal Bible Study

01/3 – 07/3

08/3 – 14/3

15/3 – 21/3

Acts 9:32 – 11:18

Acts 11:19 – 12:25

Acts 13 - 14

22/3 – 28/3

29/3 – 04/4

Acts 15: 1 - 35

Acts 15:36 – 18:22

The above audio Bible passages (MP3) CDs are available on loan from the office

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The Truth of Gathering to the Lord Jesus Christ

THE TRUTH OF GATHERING IN PROSPECT – 2 Thessalonians 2 v 1

In this verse, Paul points us forward to the day when the Church in its entirety will finally be gathered around the Lord Jesus Christ, when He comes again; “ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him.” What a tremendous prospect that is for the Church, when the Lord Himself descends out of heaven to the air, the dead in Christ are raised, and together with those alive He will draw every child of God to Himself, to gather His own, together unto Himself. He will then be the unrivalled object of our affections, as we gather eternally to Himself in changed and glorified bodies, fitted for the glory of heaven.

The New Testament Greek word for “gathering together unto” in this verse (episunagoge, from which is derived the word synagogue), in the noun from, it is found in the New Testament only here and in Heb.10.25, “Not forsaking the assembling (i.e. the gathering) of ourselves together as the manner of some it is; but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” We must all, as individuals, be greatly exercised and influenced by the knowledge that at every gathering of the assembly He is in our midst. Such a truth should mean that we will be exercised about our attendance at the gatherings of the local assembly, and not neglect them since Christ is there. Every gathering is another blessed opportunity and immense privilege to be in His presence, to be where He is, and He is the one who is so worthy of our presence.

There will be times when duties of employment and family, legitimately prevent perfect attendance, but the bent and habit of our lives should be organized around our attendance at the gatherings of the saints. The saints should be able to depend upon our consistent presence; they should be surprised when we are not there, rather than be surprised when we attend. When perhaps you get home from work late on a weeknight, exhausted from a busy day of work, and there is the assembly prayer meeting and bible study to attend, the truth of gathering to Christ in the midst should be the deciding factor in our decision.

This word for “gathering together unto” is also found in other New Testament Scriptures in the verb form; the first such reference is in Matt 23:37. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem , that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen doth gather her chickens under her wing, and ye would not.” The Lord is weeping over the city, for it had been His great desire to gather to gather them together unto Himself, and yet they would not receive Him and we see how it broke the heart of Christ. He laments for those who would not gather unto Himself, and to be enjoying our presence with Him. What sadness it must therefore bring to His heart, when believers have little interest in the gatherings of the assembly, and little interest in gathering unto Himself.

And we can miss so very much spiritual blessing and encouragement when we absent ourselves from the gatherings. In Jn. 20, Thomas was not with the other disciples the first time the Lord appeared in their midst; Jn.20:24 “Thomas.....was not with them when Jesus came.” He missed out on tremendous blessing, seeing the risen Christ, and even receiving the Holy Spirit when the Lord had breathed upon the other disciples. Who can know what blessing we are missing, if we are not in attendance where Christ is?

By Ian W. Gibson ( Winnipeg ,

Canada ) Assembly Testimony July/August,2008 to be continued