Chairperson: Amy Tong
Speaker: Rev ET Wong
Worship leader: Charlie Mak
Proclamation
How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
(Psalm 84:1-2)
Opening Prayer
Singspiration
Ten Commandments
Scripture Reading
Sermon
Judges (2): The Problem of Safety
Response Hymn
Doxology
Benediction
Threefold Amen
Announcements
A warm welcome to everyone who's joining us for the first time this morning. We are delighted to have you here.
Church meetings during Alert level 2:
i) All Sunday services, small groups and meetings are to remain online.
ii) The church building will not be opened unless it is absolutely necessary. If there are any urgent needs that you need to go to church, please contact Stanley beforehand.
iii) The Pastors may carry out special pastoral visitation during level 2. Please contact your pastors if you are planning to do any pastoral visitations.
Church meetings during Alert level 1:
All church activities will be back to normal, subject to the recommendations or requirements from the government.
Church Camp: will be held on 27-29 November. We are looking for volunteers to help with organising. Please get in touch with Nixon if you want to help or find out more.
Mid-Autumn Gala: The Cantonese service is organising a mid-Autumn gala in late September, open to the public. If you’re interested in performing an item on the day, please let Nixon, Jeri or Vincent Liu know.
Church 26th Anniversary: It will be held on the 7th of June at 10 am. Our theme this year is “Staying Connected.” Click to see the poster.
TNT: The current series is called #AskPastorET at 11 am on Sundays (Link: https://meet.google.com/jct-tqpo-xav). Please click here to see the list of topics that Pastor ET will be covering this month. If you have a question for Pastor ET, they can be submitted through this link: https://forms.gle/W9XwNKQDvojuY8C26
Bible Reading Plan
We would like to invite you to join our Bible reading plan community on YouVersion. We aim to encourage us to read, study and meditate the Word of God together. We have started a new plan called "30 Days In The Gospel Of Mark" on Tuesday (28/04). If you already have a YouVersion account, you can join by clicking this link. If you have any questions, please read this step-by-step guide or email Pastor ET @ et.wong@holywordchurch.org.nz.
Mission Information
Please pray for S&C and H&P are still waiting for the Covid-19 situation to be under controlled before they can return to their mission fields.
Colombo in Sri Lanka is currently lockdown indefinitely. Church services are now moved to online. Please remember Rev Janet’s well being.
Praise the Lord! The church in Tanzanian has found a permanent meeting place near the city and has applied for registration to become an independent church. The church expansion project is now in full swing. The whole project will require around USD92,000. Pray that God will give more strength to the church committee to accomplish God's plan. May the church can become a blessing to the local Chinese people.
Prayer Items for the Week
Pray for brothers and sisters in HWC that they will still draw near to God and actively participate in various church meetings via the online platforms over the period of pandemic lockdown.
Pray for all areas affected by the coronavirus. We pray for God's healing.
Pray for pastoral recruitment for the Senior Pastor, Cantonese and English services.
Pray that brothers and sisters can live out the church motto this year - "Renew our lives, become His disciples."
Last Week's Sunday Service Attendance
English Service: 68 online
Cantonese Service: 135 online
prayer meeting: 32 pre-service
Mandarin Service: 57 online, prayer meeting: 15
Next Week's Roster
Chairperson: Jason Chow
Speaker: Rev ET Wong
Worship: Team B