Chairperson: Nicholas Powell
Speaker: John Tucker
Worship leader: Team A
Proclamation
Praise the LORD.
I will extol the LORD with all my heart
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
Great are the works of the LORD
they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures forever.
(Psalm 111:1-3)
Opening Prayer
Singspiration
Ten Commandments
Scripture Reading
Sermon
Navigating the Storm
Response Hymn
Closing Prayer
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.
The “Pray for Muslim in 30 days” campaign has ended. Thank you all for your prayers. The Mission Department is calling for sharing and reflections from your participation of the campaign to publish in the Mission Month. If you would like to share, please write a short paragraph of your experience or insights and send to your small group leader or directly to mission@holywordchurch.org.nz, closing on 21st June.
Enoch Fellowship is organizing a session with the invited speaker Dr Cannis Tse to talk about the emotional struggles of teenagers, the relationship between emotions and neural development, as well as how to go through this troubling phase with children. The talk will be delivered in Cantonese via Zoom, at 7:30 pm on Saturday 20th June. Admission is free, but please sign up via https://forms.gle/5kyVyv1RffpvgYNV9.
Annual Tax Receipt 2020: Finance Department has started emailing out the tax receipt for offerings in the 2019-2020 financial year. For those who made an offering but are not on our email list, please contact our Finance Deacon Amy Yeung or the English congregation deacons to obtain your receipt.
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
The theme of the Mission Month this year is “Mission after Pandemic”.
The focus will be how Mission has been impacted by the pandemic in relation to the 4Cs: Connection, Consolidation, Contribution and Cooperation, from 4 different perspectives: personal, church, organization, and missionary/mission field.
The aim is to help our members to understand where mission in the last days is going, and how to live out the church motto - "Renew our lives, become His disciples."
The theme hymn is “People Need the Lord”.
Prayer Items for the Week
Pray for the upcoming Evangelism Explosion course. May the Lord stir the participants’ enthusiasm of evangelism and prepare the non-believers’ heart, so that more people can become gospel warriors and know the Lord.
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.
We thank God for the faithful serving of the pastoral team at HWC during the lockdown period, may God reward them with even more wisdom to serve. We also thank the brothers and sisters of the Media Department for their extraordinary efforts to get the church to worship online so efficiently.
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: 69 online
Cantonese Service: 130 online, prayer meeting: 33
Mandarin Service: 43 online, prayer meeting: 10
Next Week's Roster
Chairperson: Nixon Fong
Speaker: Karl Udy
Worship: Team B