WELCOME TO HWC ENGLISH SERVICE (1 AUGUST 2021)

Chairperson: Amy Tong

Speaker: Herman Yeung

Singspiration: Charlie M, Daniel H, Kinson L, Justin L, Rebecca H, Lillian W

Proclamation
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
(Psalm 100:1-2)

Opening Prayer

Singspiration

The Ten Commandments

Scripture Reading

Phil. 3:12- 16

Sermon

Pressing Towards The Goal

Response Hymn

Holy Communion

Doxology

Benediction

Threefold Amen

Announcements

  1. A warm welcome to everyone who's joining us for the first time this morning. We are delighted to have you here.

  2. We would like to encourage our brothers and sisters to wear a mask or face covering when attending our activities. As you are entering into the church building, please remember to sanitise your hands and sign in using the NZ COVID Tracer App or write your name down on the attendance form. We will continue to live stream our Sunday services online for those who needed to stay home.
    If you have cold or flu symptoms, please stay home, and call your doctor or Healthline on 0800 358 5453 for advice about getting tested.

    For a copy of our church policy at different alert levels (dated 08-10-2020): Click Here

  3. 19th Annual General Meeting will be held at the Church on Saturday, 14th August 2021 at 2:00p.m. The 11th Deacons election will be held on the same day. Members will receive a notification letter by email. For those who do not have email please collect your notice on the ushers desk.
    According to the Church Rule Book:
    (a) the AGM must be held with 50% of active members attending. Active members are those who have attended more than half of the worship services in the past 52 weeks.
    (b) if members cannot attend the AGM in person, they can authorise a church member (who must be an active member) to attend and vote on their behalf. Each active member can only be authorised by three members at most.
    (c) The members who are not attending in person must get ballots and envelopes from the church administrator in order to vote. Then ballots in sealed envelopes must be returned to the secretary by 2:00p.m. on or before 13th August with a valid proxy form.
    (d) The AGM will be postponed to the following week if there is a lockdown.
    (e) FY20/21 financial report and FY21/22 budgeting report have been emailed to members. Should you have any queries, please feel free to email your queries to Finance department. They will answer your queries in the AGM.

  4. Mid Autumn Festival Celebration night: We will have a Hong Kong style BBQ to be held on 18th September (Saturday) 4:30PM to 8:30PM. We welcome all brother and sisters and feel free to invite your friends. There will be a Creative Lantern competition and kids-friendly activities.

    Pricing: Adults and 12 years old or over $15 each; under 12 years old $10 each; Under 5 years old free of charge.

    Please contact Daisy from Cantonese service if you are interested. Deadline sales: 5th Sept. First come first serve.

  5. Considering the Covid situation has been under control in New Zealand, and there is no mass gathering restriction in place, the church has decided to cease recording attendence for those who are attending our services online starting in September. We encourage brothers and sisters to attend service physically so we can worship and fellowship together. Note: we may revert depends on the alert level changes in the future.
    Online streaming will continue as normal so brothers and sisters who are unable to attend physically can still participate through streaming.

  6. Church Camp: We are excited to announce that the church camp this year will be held at the Peter Snell Youth Campsite from Friday 3rd December to Sunday 5th December. Put it in your calendars and diaries and more information on the theme and registration will be coming out shortly. Please pray for the camp theme development process, that the theme developed would be applicable to us and our hearts can be engaged to respond to the work of the Holy Spirit.

  7. Pastor ET will be preaching at the Mandarin Service today at 2:30pm.

Mission Information

  1. August Mission month:
    Theme: Perspectives of Mission
    Hymn: People need the Lord
    Purpose: A deep understanding of God’s plan - the congreation will rekindle their enthusiasm for missions, so that everyone knows how to respond every mission opportunity
    Thoughts: What are the prespective of our M1-M4 missionary during pandamic?
    Topics and speakers as follows:
    (a) 1st Aug: Herman Yeung (English service) (M1 missionary)
    (b) 8th Aug: Mr. Kaul Udy - Tandem Ministries (M2 missionary)
    (c) 15th Aug: Rev Daniel Huang - Care Ministries International (M4 missionary)
    (d) 22nd Aug: Rev Clement Man (M3 missionary)
    (e) 29th Aug: Mr. George Weiland - My Mission (Combined Service)
    May the Lord use His servants that all brother & sisters in Christ understand M1-M4 missionary and to commit, to expand the Kingdom of God together.

  2. The missions of HWC can be divided into four categories (Acts 1:8):

    Mission 1: Congregation: Friends, classmates, colleagues, neighbours, etc. who have a relationship with brothers and sisters in Christ.

    Mission 2: Community – in Auckland area

    Mission 3: Domestic – outside Auckland area

    Mission 4: Cross-regional (outside New Zealand)

  3. Donation instruction:
    M3 online donation: ANZ 06-0229-0142488-02 or submit cash with the white form in an envelop into the donation box
    M4 online donation: BNZ 02-0108-0014295-67 or submit cash with the blue form in an envelop into the donation box

    Donation receipt: You can claim tax return for M3 donation but not for M4. M4 donation receipt is for confirmation purposes only.

Prayer Items for the Week

  1. The motto for this year will remain the same as previous year. Pray that brothers and sisters can live out the church motto this year - "Renew our lives, become His disciples."

  2. Pray for the Deacon election in July. May God find the suitable person to serve His people and church.

  3. Pray for pastoral recruitment for the Senior Pastor and English service pastor.

  4. A new pastor has been hired for the Cantonese service. Please pray for her application of the work visa. May God give her peace in her wait.

Last Week's Sunday  Service Attendance

Service: 55 + 5 online (English), 109 + 17 online (Cantonese), 55 + 1 online (Mandarin)
Prayer meeting: 12(before service)/ 67(after service) (Cantonese), 15 (Mandarin)
Children’s Sunday School: 19 (English), 26 (Mandarin)

Next Week's Roster

Chairperson: Fung Lam

Speaker: Karl Udy

Singspiration: Violet Y, Kenny P, Shirley H, Steve G, Daniel H