Chairperson: Pastor Ivan Hui & Nixon Fong
Speaker: Rev ET Wong
Interpreter: Rebecca Hu & Amy Tong
Worship: English Worship Team
Holy Communion: Rev. Timothy Lim
Proclamation
I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
before the “gods” I will sing your praise.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name
for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
that it surpasses your fame.
(Psalm 138:1-2)
Opening Prayer
Ten Commandments
Singspiration
Scripture Reading
Colossians 2:6-7;3:12-16;4:2-6
Sermon
Stay Connected
Response Hymn
Holy Communion
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.
Holy Word Church Financial Report for the period ended March 2020
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H4YAsxTrZRxIijXGF8y-n_ulfnurqhMg/view?usp=sharing
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.
Enoch Fellowship is organising 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.
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.
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.
Pastor ET will be on leave from 8th to 21st of June.
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 will be starting a new plan called "Lord, Hear Our Cry: A 30 Day Prayer Challenge" on Monday (01/06). 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”.
S&C are currently in New Zealand and their flights were cancelled continuously. Pray for the other mission workers in the field so that they may continue to stay in position to serve the Lord.
H&P also remained in New Zealand and are currently teaching online and is planning to return to the field in August. Please keep them in your prayer.
The epidemic in Colombo, Sri Lanka continues. Physical worship has been suspended for two months. Pray for Pastor Tam who is currently applying for a third-year missionary work visa. Her daughter in Australia has a baby due in September so she is also planning a visit to her then
Give thanks to God! The Tanzanian church is now adding dormitories and worship halls to the new site, and the project is in full swing. The entire project will cost approximately US$92,000.00. Pray that the Lord will keep the whole project running smoothly and the church can bless the local Chinese and expand the kingdom of God!
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.
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: 66 online
Cantonese Service: 128 online, prayer meeting: 28 (before) / 64 (after)
Mandarin Service: 50 online, prayer meeting: 12
Next Week's Roster
Chairperson: Jason Chow
Speaker: Pastor Derek Lee
Worship: Team B